Terje Kuusk

Do you ever feel a bit off?  You can’t really put your finger on why, but you’re not quite yourself.  Have you ever considered that maybe your internal energy isn’t flowing very well, or that negative energy in your surroundings is bringing you down?  Today’s guest Terje Kuusk is a Reiki master practitioner (heals and fixes energy flows in the body) and practices real estate energy clearing and upgrading as well.  We’ll discuss Terje’s connection to energy and how we can tap into and clear the energy around us.

Energetic Healing (with Terje Kuusk)

David Shuck

How do you feel about the things that you own?  Does your enjoyment for them usually peak right when you purchase them and then slowly fade from there?  There’s certainly science to back that up, which is one of the reasons that they say it’s better to spend your money on experiences as opposed to things.  But what about things that we own that grow and change, whose ownership becomes a sort of experience in itself?  A couple years ago I learned about raw denim and and decided to purchase a pair for myself.  Unlike most of my clothes, I was looking forward to what they would look like in a year or two, and every day I wore them brought me more satisfaction that my new jeans were truly becoming MY jeans.  The experience that I’ve had with my jeans is something that today’s guest, David Shuck, knows an awful lot about.  He is the managing editor of heddels.com, the foremost website for all things raw denim.  We’ll discuss denim and the philosophy behind owning things that need to be broken in.

How do you feel about the things that you own? Does your enjoyment for them usually peak right when you purchase them and then slowly fade from there? There’s certainly science to back that up, which is one of the reasons that they say it’s better to spend your money on experiences as opposed to things. But what about things that we own that grow and change, whose ownership becomes a sort of experience in itself? A couple years ago I learned about raw denim and and decided to purchase a pair for myself. Unlike most of my clothes, I was looking forward to what they would look like in a year or two, and every day I wore them brought me more satisfaction that my new jeans were truly becoming MY jeans. The experience that I’ve had with my jeans is something that today’s guest, David Shuck, knows an awful lot about. He is the managing editor of <a href="http://heddels.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">heddels.com</a>, the foremost website for all things raw denim. We’ll discuss denim and the philosophy behind owning things that need to be broken in.

Raw Denim (with David Shuck)

Reed Olsen

Most of us live our lives looking forward to things.  This is fortunate.  This is the privileged position that we are in.  It also means that we often neglect the present and miss out on the magic of the mundane.  We look forward to getting off work, so we don’t have as productive of a day.  We look forward to the weekend, so our week seems less fulfilling.  We look forward to getting to our destination, so we overlook the beauty in the journey.  Being present in the here and now is a popular philosophy, but few of us truly embrace it the way that today’s guest has.  Reed is a tour cyclist.  He rides his bike 100’s (sometimes 1000’s) of miles on vacation.  He has ridden similarly freakishly long distances to work and back, day after day.  Reed has taken what for many of us is the thing that stands between us and being where we want to be, and embraced it as the place that he does want to be.

Tour Cycling (with Reed Olsen)

William Warren

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  You know what’s really worth a lot?  Both.  Science tells us that if we both see and hear a concept our retention and comprehension go through the roof.  It was this fact that today’s guest, William Warren, unknowingly channeled when he sketched concepts out during meetings at his former company.  His drawings were so great that he became known for them in the office, and ultimately left to start a company dedicated to them and the art of visual communication.

The Sketch Effect (with William Warren)

Gianna Biscontini

Like just about everything else under the sun these days, we seem to be putting a lot more scrutiny and focus on the workplace.  And why not?  It’s where we spend the majority of our day.  There’s the ‘work is work’ camp who believe that work was never meant to be fun, they pay you for it after all.  There’s the ‘work should be fun and rewarding’ camp who believe that each of us should be able to have a role we enjoy.  Luckily for us, more and more companies are coming around to the latter camp.  Happier bees make more honey.  Today’s guest, Gianna Biscontini, is a certified behavior analyst and founder of W3RKWELL.  She created W3RKWELL to help other companies understand how to keep employees happy and healthy for the long run.

Behavior Analyst (with Gianna Biscontini)

Mike Garrett

We're on vacation for 2 weeks. Enjoy some of our favorite episodes from the vault while we're out. New episodes start 6/26!

Replay - Ep. 20 Sensory Deprivaton Floating (with Mike Garrett)

Travis Sigley

We're on vacation for 2 weeks. Enjoy some of our favorite episodes from the vault while we're out.

Replay - Ep. 60 Cuddle Therapy (with Travis Sigley)

Adrian Lee

We're on vacation for 2 weeks.  Enjoy some of our favorite episodes from the vault while we're out.

Replay - Ep. 82 Paranormal Psychic (with Adrian Lee)

Sheila Cannon

Corin Camenisch

What is your brand?  Are you the funny one that also has a soft side?  Are you the quiet one that opens up to close friends?  It can be so hard to nail down because people are so complex, and we’re constantly changing.  The same can be said of most businesses.  This is why businesses are turning to outside experts, like today’s guests from Blow Branding, to help them define their brand.  Is it what you do?  Why you do it?  How you make people feel?  We’ll learn all about the recipe in today’s episode.

Brand Strategist (with Corin Camenisch & Sheila Cannon)

Mike Seper

I’m going to give anyone reading this a peek behind the curtain.  When I’m writing these blurbs for the episodes I try to come up with a thesis around which I will write.  Now, sometimes when I come up with a thesis I try to tap into the collective zeitgeist and think of a stat or a fact that we all agree with that is going to support my thesis.  Like, ‘we all like puppies’.  After I think of the stat or fact, I then go to good old google and search for it, to add some level of integrity to what I’m saying.  Cut to this weeks episode. I think to myself, the most wanted superpower has to be flight.  This is gonna tie in perfectly to this week’s episode on zip-lining and why people like my guest, Mike Seper, love it.  So I go to google, see if a large scale survey has ever been done on what super powers people want, and low and behold one has been done.  Cool, just gotta make sure everyone wants to fly like Mike and I and then we can get this show on the road.  And…4th?!  4th place!  Flying is not first, nor second, nor third.  4th.  The number one power people want is invisibility, which in addition to ruining my blurb about flying, really throws a monkey wrench in my idea that the vast majority of humanity is good.  Something tells me that these people don’t want invisibility so that they can anonymously help more people.  Anyway, to all my fellow flyers at heart, today we learn about a way we can get close to the real thing.

I’m going to give anyone reading this a peek behind the curtain. When I’m writing these blurbs for the episodes I try to come up with a thesis around which I will write. Now, sometimes when I come up with a thesis I try to tap into the collective zeitgeist and think of a stat or a fact that we all agree with that is going to support my thesis. Like, ‘we all like puppies’. After I think of the stat or fact, I then go to good old google and search for it, to add some level of integrity to what I’m saying. Cut to this weeks episode.  I think to myself, the most wanted superpower has to be flight. This is gonna tie in perfectly to this week’s episode on zip-lining and why people like my guest, Mike Seper, love it. So I go to google, see if a large scale survey has ever been done on what super powers people want, and low and behold one has been done. Cool, just gotta make sure everyone wants to fly like Mike and I and then we can get this show on the road. And…4th?! 4th place! Flying is not first, nor second, nor third. 4th. The number one power people want is invisibility, which in addition to ruining my blurb about flying, really throws a monkey wrench in my idea that the vast majority of humanity is good. Something tells me that these people don’t want invisibility so that they can anonymously help more people. Anyway, to all my fellow flyers at heart, today we learn about a way we can get close to the real thing.

Zip-lining (with Mike Seper)

A podcast that explores the interesting paths people take in life, and why and how they take them. From cuddle therapists to financial advisors.  New episodes every Tuesday.

I love Half Hour Intern because the show is not too long and always has very interesting topics.

So Interesting!

This is a great podcast! It’s fascinating to hear about the career paths of such a diversity of professionals. I walk away from each episode feeling inspired and having learned something new!

Fascinating!

Half Hour Intern

If I had a dollar for every time I wished I had a dollar, I’d be the Bill Gates of dollars. Is money really where it’s at though? John Lennon and The Beatles sure didn’t think so. Mark Zuckerberg recently decided to begin the process of giving 99% of his Facebook shares toward learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities. That is A LOT of dollars! It seems for many people that make it to the top financially there’s still a longing to do more, to give back. One of the best ways to give back is to find a great non-profit that you believe in, and support it. Today’s guest, Amanda Brock, found a non-profit that she loved and started donating her time and money. After a time that wasn’t enough and she left her job to work full time at the non-profit. She’ll let us know all about the switch and the non-profit life.

Nonprofit (with Amanda Brock)

Often times in nature bigger is considered better, more beautiful. The ocean, the stars, the redwoods of Yosemite. Likewise, smaller things can be considered cute, and fun. Puppies, kittens, even baby corn. The world of bonsai perfectly blends the two, taking what would be a full size majestic tree, and shrinking it down to pot size sensibility. Today we learn about having the best of both worlds with Bonsai.

Bonsai (with Jeremy Campbell)

Jamie Grayson

They say that you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover. I’d say that’s pretty good advice, and today’s guest is the living embodiment of why.  Jamie went from Broadway actor to being recognized as one of the foremost experts on baby gear in the world.  Jamie is a single male with no kids and no plans for having them.  Someone whom you would not look at and think, there is a guy that knows all about babies. Yet, life is a strange and beautiful thing that takes us down paths we would never imagine.

The Baby Guy NYC (with Jamie Grayson)

Mackenzie Collier

How we feel as we enter a space is a pretty complex thing.  Smells, sounds, spacing, art, furniture, plants, lighting - it all melds together in our minds to make us feel a certain way.  Do we feel relaxed, energized, uneasy?  The interesting thing is, most of us won’t even know why we feel a certain way in a home or building, we’ll just feel that way.  Today’s guest is a trained interior designer, which means that it’s her job to create a space that not only looks appealing, but one that makes you feel a certain way.  Want to feel relaxed and care free when you’re at home?  Mackenzie can do that for you.  Want to feel energized every morning when you look around your bedroom?  She’s got you covered.  Today we explore the intricate ins and outs of the interior design world.

Interior Designer (with Mackenzie Collier)

Jackie Christensen

Is technology always a good thing? I don’t just mean electronic gadgetry; I mean any form of scientific advancement. This past century has been such an interesting one where we’ve come SO far with science and medicine, only to realize that moving forward is not always progress. We can grow more crops than ever thanks to pesticides and genetically modified seeds, only to realize that our food doesn’t carry the same nutritional value, and our fruits and vegetables don’t look and taste the same as they once did. We can double the size of our pigs so that we can have bacon on just about everything, but the super-sized pigs are so fragile that they can’t even go outdoors or they’ll die from disease or infection. We have a plethora of antibiotics to kill off pathogens, and we now have a growing list of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Perhaps it is due to this that more than ever people are skeptical of the ‘better by science’ approach and are trying old school methods for health and well being. One of the more popular and interesting approaches is Ayurveda. The ancient Indian science/study/philosophy of health and well being is REALLY old school, but as you’ll hear, many of it’s ideas and principles seem to be popping up all over lately.

Ayurvedic Practitioner (with Jackie Christensen)

Santa Bruce

Ep.160 - Mall Santa (with Santa Bruce)

Rebecca Miller

I want you to think about the difficult decisions you’ve made in your life.  More specifically, I want you to think about the tough conversations you’ve had to have about these decisions.  Maybe telling your parents that you’re moving out?  Dropping out of school to pursue your dream?  How about telling your significant other, “You know that large amount of student debt I accumulated to become a lawyer?  Well, I decided I’m going to stop practicing law and start baking pies for a living instead.”  I know, pretty specific, but it’s also exactly what today’s guest did.  Now, only a few years later, her pie shop has almost doubled it’s business, she’s in the works to get their dough sold at Walmart, and her #WorldPieDomination blog has over 1,000 readers a day.

Pie Maker (with Rebecca Miller)

Geraldine DeRuiter

‘A penny for your thoughts?’  An interesting question, isn’t it?  It sure doesn't place a whole lot of value on your thoughts.  Our thoughts, feelings, experiences, people just don’t care that much about them.  Everyone’s got their own problems and they definitely don't want to hear mine.  Yet somehow, some people are paid for their thoughts, more than a penny in fact, and it’s not just famous people.  Thanks to the internet regular people just like you and me are sharing their lives and finding that people value what they have to share.  Today’s guest, Geraldine DeRuiter of The Everywhereist, shares her award-winning-blog-book-deal-getting journey with us.

Blogger & Author (with Geraldine DeRuiter)

Have you ever been cut off in traffic and felt that you now had a personal vendetta against the person in the other vehicle?  Have you ever gotten in an disagreement with a family member and proceeded to think about how angry they make you for the rest of the day?  Have you ever had a bad day and taken it out on someone that had nothing to do with it?  It sounds like you could use some practice in emotional regulation.  Today’s guest, Dr. Patricia Zurita Ona or "Dr. Z", explains how most of us could use a little work at regulating our emotional state.  She’ll give us tips and advice for recognizing our emotions as they enter a heightened state, and altering them to for our benefit.

Emotional Regulation (with Dr. Patricia Zurita Ona)

Christie Rafanan

What is yoga?  Is the answer a simple one about exercise or is it a complex one about philosophy and awareness?  After today’s interview I have a feeling that if you asked 10 different people you may get 10 different answers.  Christie Rafanan is an amazing yoga teacher in San Francisco, and a good friend of mine.  We’ll dive into that many layered question trying to define yoga and hear about how it transformed Christie’s life.

Yoga Instructor (with Christie Rafanan)

Andrew Hermansen

What do you think of when you think of the word therapy?  Therapist?  Most of us think of traditional psychotherapy, talking through your life and problems with someone.  Using your head to fix your head.  However, many people and cultures throughout history have placed an equal, if not greater, focus on the body as a means to mental health.  Surrounding yourself with nature, exercising, playing, these are all things that can have a massive impact on your mental state.  In fact, it’s so important that an entire school of therapy is devoted to it.  Today’s guest, Andrew Hermansen, will teach us all about it.

Recreational Therapist (with Andrew Hermansen)

Jeremy Newberger

Documentary film is a truly amazing form of art and storytelling, and thanks to the rise in popularity of streaming services like Netflix, we seem to be living in the golden age of the documentary. From gripping crime stories, to heart-opening human connections, to downright eye-opening, world-view-changing film, documentaries don’t just entertain, they educate. And as Sea World can tell you post Blackfish, that education has a lot of power. So what is it like to wield that sort of power? What is it like to have your audience demand that you both entertain them, and give them some food for thought?

Documentary Film Maker (with Jeremy Newberger)

Tom Perry

Imagine the one thing that truly captivates you.  The thing that you love doing, thinking about, and learning about.  Now imagine that you get the opportunity to do that thing for a living, and then imagine that you’re surrounded by other amazing people, from all over the world, who love that thing just as much as you do.  Today’s guest, Tom Perry, is a brilliant particle physicist working at the mecca of particle physics CERN.  He and thousands of other physicists work daily at the Large Hadron Collider to make some of the great scientific discoveries of our time.  In part one of our interview we’ll learn about life at CERN, the LHC, and what happens when you smash two protons together at close to the speed of light.

CERN Particle Physicist Part 2(with Tom Perry)

Brent Underwood

The world sure has become a fast moving place. Everything is ever-changing, and trying to gain a handle on it all feels more and more impossible. Just when I start to feel like I really understand a current technology or app, another ‘must have’ is just around the corner or already taking its place. There are some amazing people though, that seem to thrive in this setting. Those special few that stake their claim in a field and proclaim that they will be at the forefront, they will be the ones seeing and making change. They do not get left behind as they do not wait for any playbook, and boldly venture out into unknown frontier to swiftly meet whatever success or failure lies ahead. Today’s guest is one of these people in the field of marketing, and his company’s ideas will expand and/or blow your mind.

Creative Marketing Prodigy (with Brent Underwood)

Angela Lauren

Sports is generally not known for having high caliber reporting.  In fact, most of the time when I’m watching I’m amazed at how boring the questions seem that are being asked on the sidelines.  But despite this perceived laid back nature there is a ton of work that goes into sports reporting.  I’m talking stats.  I’m talking about demanding an interview from someone that doesn’t want to talk to you right now.  I’m talking about trying to say something intelligent while not overwhelming the interviewee, and trying to keep everything under 30 seconds.  There’s a whole lot that goes into it,  and that’s just the sideline reporting side of things.  Today we speak with Angela Lauren who has been there and done that with just about every job in the sports reporter field.

Sports Reporter (with Angela Lauren)

The landscape of marijuana in the United States (and many other areas of the world) is changing.  Thanks to that changing landscape it is not only not as taboo as it used to be, it’s also a possibly serious, legal business venture to get started with.  Despite the shift it’s still a great place to make a lot of money depending on where you live.  Today’s guest, Alex, manages a full scale weed growing operation in Los Angeles.  He’ll tell us all about the legal ways to make money working with and growing weed in California.

Marijuana Grow Manager (with Alex) Part 2

Kara McCabe

Reading is something that, like most people, I didn’t really take to until I got older.  When I was growing up, even through high school and college, I had way too much stuff on my plate to concern myself with reading.  Which friends house am I gonna go over to?  How can I cover up the fact that I didn’t do my homework today?  Does Madison like me or is she just being really nice?  So many questions and concerns running around my head, and reading definitely wasn’t one of them.  In the past few years though, things have really slowed down for me in the chronic existential crisis mode that is youth, and alas I have found books.  Luckily for our species there are some that are more mature than I was.  The impressive few that enjoy learning and reading at a young age.  Today we speak to Kara McCabe who liked reading so much she decided she wanted to be a high school English teacher.  Now, as an English teacher in the U.S. and as a volunteer teacher to girls in Afghanistan, she helps recruit the next generation of young readers.Interview Contents:3:00 - What made Kara interested in becoming an English teacher?5:00 - The curriculum, and what you want to teach vs. what you have to teach.8:00 - Teaching grammar.11:00 - Getting kids to read.17:00 - Trying to make things more exciting for the kids.18:30 - The types of kids that like to read.23:30 - Difficult concepts for the kids to learn.25:45 - Trying to get kids interested in things like Shakespeare.31:30 - Getting involved in your students’ lives.36:45 - Volunteering time teaching girls in Afghanistan.42:45 - Kara’s favorite part about being an English teacher.43:30 - Advice for volunteering.

Reading is something that, like most people, I didn’t really take to until I got older. When I was growing up, even through high school and college, I had way too much stuff on my plate to concern myself with reading. Which friends house am I gonna go over to? How can I cover up the fact that I didn’t do my homework today? Does Madison like me or is she just being really nice? So many questions and concerns running around my head, and reading definitely wasn’t one of them. In the past few years though, things have really slowed down for me in the chronic existential crisis mode that is youth, and alas I have found books. Luckily for our species there are some that are more mature than I was. The impressive few that enjoy learning and reading at a young age. Today we speak to Kara McCabe who liked reading so much she decided she wanted to be a high school English teacher. Now, as an English teacher in the U.S. and as a volunteer teacher to girls in Afghanistan, she helps recruit the next generation of young readers. Interview Contents: 3:00 - What made Kara interested in becoming an English teacher? 5:00 - The curriculum, and what you want to teach vs. what you have to teach. 8:00 - Teaching grammar. 11:00 - Getting kids to read. 17:00 - Trying to make things more exciting for the kids. 18:30 - The types of kids that like to read. 23:30 - Difficult concepts for the kids to learn. 25:45 - Trying to get kids interested in things like Shakespeare. 31:30 - Getting involved in your students’ lives. 36:45 - Volunteering time teaching girls in Afghanistan. 42:45 - Kara’s favorite part about being an English teacher. 43:30 - Advice for volunteering.

High School English Teacher (with Kara McCabe)

Carin Ryan

Over the course of the next few weeks we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the third of these, Flight Attendant. This was one of the jobs that I was most excited to hear what a day in the life was really like, and Carin could not have been a better representative for the show.  Enjoy!

Replay - Ep. 87 Flight Attendant (with Carin Ryan)

Chris Cox

Have you ever wondered about how that pair of shoes you’ve been wanting shows up in an ad for you online?  Just how much data is being collected on you and how is it being used for marketing?  Enter the world of programmatic advertising.  Chris Cox will tell us all about the present and future of the marketing and advertising world.

Programmatic Advertising (with Chris Cox)

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