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Fighting Fire with Firewalking – Dave Albin

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Podcast

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Fighting Fire with Firewalking

Dave Albin

Welcome to another episode of the Leave Better podcast where I interview high performers and business owners, gleaning from their wisdom, practical routines, habits, and mindsets.

In season 2 episode 41, we are pleased to have Dave Albin, founder of Firewalk Adventures, and a motivational speaker.

In this episode, we learn about how Dave turned his life around. He teaches us why we should keep our eyes up, match achievement with fulfillment, and create magical moments. Enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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Remember: The actions you take (or do not take) today set you up for six months from now. Make sure you do something today that pushes you toward that next level of you.

Now, go be INTENTIONAL.

The transcript of this episode.

[00:00:35] Dave’s Fire in His Life
[00:03:41] Substance Abuse
[00:06:42] Pain and Pleasure
[00:10:43] The Firewalking Conference
[00:15:39] Keep Your Eyes Up
[00:17:59] The Firewalk
[00:21:09] Fulfillment vs Failure
[00:24:39] Transition to Dave’s Company
[00:27:43] Being Different
[00:31:28] Why Does Firewalking Work?
[00:34:42] Honor and Respect
[00:38:18] Story You Tell Yourself

Firewalk Adventures

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Music by Tom Sherlock  

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All LeaveBetter Podcast episodes can be found here.

 

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Utilizing Worms and Laughter -Cathy Nesbitt

by | Mar 27, 2023 | Podcast

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Utilizing Worms and Laughter

Cathy Nesbitt

Welcome to another episode of the Leave Better podcast where I interview high performers and business owners, gleaning from their wisdom, practical routines, habits, and mindsets.

In season 2 episode 40, we are pleased to have Cathy Nesbitt, founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters, where she uses worms to compost everyday garbage into nutrient-rich fertilizer to help reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills!

In this episode, we learn why we need worms, how to overcome the fear of the unknown, and how to utilize laughter more to increase the joy in our lives. Enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

*Before you go—Sign up for my newsletter at Leavebetter.com.  Once a week, wisdom and practicality in your inbox.

Remember: The actions you take (or do not take) today set you up for six months from now. Make sure you do something today that pushes you toward that next level of you.

Now, go be INTENTIONAL.

The transcript of this episode.

[00:00:42] Behind the Worms
[00:03:59] The Ups and Downs
[00:10:09] Going Beyond
[00:13:06] Bringing the Joy
[00:18:29] Laughter Yoga
[00:21:45] Caring for Yourself
[00:25:58] What’s Next?

Where to Find Cathy:

Cathy’s Crawly Composters

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LinkedIn

Music by Tom Sherlock  

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

All LeaveBetter Podcast episodes can be found here.

 

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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If you are curious to know more, please contact me!

As someone who has been a therapist for over a decade and has been coaching people for over three decades, I am uniquely qualified to address your concerns.

Becoming an Entrepreneur – Greg Hickman

by | Mar 20, 2023 | Podcast

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Becoming an Entrepreneur

Greg Hickman

Welcome to another episode of the Leave Better podcast where I interview high performers and business owners, gleaning from their wisdom, practical routines, habits, and mindsets.

In season 2 episode 39, we have Greg Hickman, owner and founder or AtlAgency who helps consultants and digital agency owners productize their services, monetize their knowledge and systemize their operations.

In this episode, we learn how entrepreneurs grow through overcoming cognitive distortions, operating with fear, as well as defining your success. Enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

*Before you go—Sign up for my newsletter at Leavebetter.com.  Once a week, wisdom and practicality in your inbox.

Remember: The actions you take (or do not take) today set you up for six months from now. Make sure you do something today that pushes you toward that next level of you.

Now, go be INTENTIONAL.

The transcript of this episode.

[00:00:44] Greg’s Success
[00:03:25] Becoming an Entrepreneur
[00:07:35] Gambling vs. Being an Entrepreneur
[00:10:36] Self-Sabotage
[00:13:25] Getting a Therapist
[00:15:17] Cognitive Distortions
[00:17:35] When is it Enough?
[00:20:02] Turning Back Time
[00:23:42] Your Own Playing Field
[0027:23] Admitting What You Want
[00:31:54] Output and Input
[00:35:10] Focus on the Little Things
[00:38:09] Where to Find Greg

Where to Find Greg:

Greg Hickman

AltAgency

The Alter-Ego Effect

Music by Tom Sherlock  

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

All LeaveBetter Podcast episodes can be found here.

 

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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If you are curious to know more, please contact me!

As someone who has been a therapist for over a decade and has been coaching people for over three decades, I am uniquely qualified to address your concerns.

Saving Animals with Best Friends Animal Sanctuary- Julie Castle

by | Mar 13, 2023 | Blogpost, Podcast

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Saving Animals with Best Friends

Best Friends Animal Society is a place that provides animals safety and a sancuary. They beleive every pet has a story and each one is worth saving. They work hard and strive to acheive no-kill across the entire country. It all comes down to the small and simple acts that helps save animal lives. Everyone deserves access to loving pet, and pets deserve a loving home. Learn more about Best Friends at  www.bestfriends.org

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Behind Best Friends

Where did Best Friends Come From?

Best Friends Animal Society is an animal sanctuary that works to provide homes for homeless pets as well as work to achieve no-kill across the country. Animal shelters began to pop up after people stood up against hiring bounty hunters to grab animals and kill them as a method of population control. This was a terribly inhumane way to control the situation at hand which was homeless animals and pets. Shelters were people’s way of providing more humane treatment, however, the killing was still happening, just behind closed doors. This method of population control went on for decades.saving animals

Then Best Friends came along. They asked the question “Why are we doing it this way? Why are we thinking about the best ways to dispose of our best friends, rather than trying to save our best friends?” Best Friends became the beacon of light in this broken system. 

The Mission and Strategy

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary has built a strong team and continues to try to improve. Julie gives us some insight into how they built and maintained a great team. People need to understand why they are here, why they are helping, and what they are focussed on. This provides a “why'” and can instill motivation and passion. This is the foundation, that is the first step. The next step is empowering your team based on that vision, that “why”. They are going to create their own roadmap to success. They become their own problem solvers once they know the direction they are going to go. This ihelps the team grow which in turn helps the organization grow. This has provided the opportunity to achieve their vision and mission.

 

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No Kill 2025!

What Does “No-Kill” Mean?

According to the Best Friends website, in 2021 about 355,00 dogs and cats were killed in our nation’s shelter because they didn’t have a safe home to go to. Best Friends wants to change that. They are leading programs that provide support and training for animal shelters and rescue groups, as well as getting the community involved. Aminals deserve to have happy homes all across the nation.

The “Big Fix”

Part of the initiative to end the senseless euthanasia of healthy animals has to come down to having fewer animals to begin with.  Animals deserve to have a loving home. If we don’t neuter animals, then it leads to more animals than we have homes for. One of the first mobile spay/neuter clinics started in Utah and it would travel around offering discounted services to communities in Utah. This spread awareness and got people to more fully understand the why behind spaying/neutering your animals. This provided many people with opportunities in helping to stop the “hamster wheel” and reduce the amount of pregnant females that would give birth to animals that may not have homes to go to.

 

Keeping Up with Breeding Cycles

One of the hardest things is to keep up with breeding cycles. If you go into a community once a year, you’d be wasting money because you can’t keep up with the breeding cycles. Every community has different demographics. Some communities have more animals than others. It all comes down to targeting. It’s about formulas and following the data and being smart about the resources you have. The resources have to come from the community. Look at how the shelters are doing in your community by using the Pet Lifesaving Dashboard! Go to bestfriends.org and find your state and community and see how your shelter is doing and what you can do to help!

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Being a Woman CEO

nThe Woman’s Role

We live in a society that has core foundational issues when it comes to women and the woman’s role especially in the workplace. Julie explains her experience in Best Friends. She started in the mail room and did virtually every job in the organization until she became the CEO because it is a very matriarchal organization and always has been. However, there is a certain collaboration that comes with women leaders. It is less about a sprint to the finish and more about the essence of stongers together. We are not saying men who are leaders don’t have these attributes, but there are certain things that women do that should be celebrated more and valued more in the workplace. 

Environment of Kindness and Generosity

Women have this ability to create an environment of kindness, generosity, love. This is not to say that men aren’t capable of that, but it seems to be women’s innate nature. That why women are mothers and grandmothers. It is the nurturing side of humanity that creates a beautiful environment. These are the qualities that are hard to monetize in a capitalistic society. Most of the time people are chasing after that almighty dollar and they don’t appreciate collaboration unless it addes six or seven zeros to the bottom line. It might not be the most direct route, but it is the most sustainable route. 

Investing in the Culture

When you think about life, you go through high school, maybe college, you graduate, you get your first job. Then you work from that point forward until you are 67 or 70 and you are spending most of your waking hours with a group of people that you don’t really have a choice over. Then you retire and you maybe have 10-15 years left. It’s kind of a sour view of life, but that means that where you chose to work and where you work should be incredible. The experience there should be one of respect, kindess, generosity, where you feel safe and where you feel like you are truly taken care of. That is Julie’s number one goal in being the CEO of Best Friends. They were on that everyday. When people feel that way, they show up and do their best everyday. That is the outline of the Best Friends culture.

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Photo credits: Photo by Andrew S on Unsplash, Photo by jovin kallis on Unsplash, Photo by Amy Hirschi on Unsplash

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Live an Incredibly Full Life – Martin Salama

by | Mar 6, 2023 | Podcast

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Live an Incredibly Full Life

Martin Salama

Welcome to another episode of The LeaveBetter Podcast  where I interview high performers and business owners, gleaning from their wisdom, practical routines, habits, and mindsets.

In season 2 episode 37, we are pleased to have Martin Salama a life coach who created the Warriors L.I.F.E Code that works to help people accept who they are and respond to life in a positive manner.

In this episode, we learn how to live incredibly full everyday by optimizing our mindset, perservering, and go from a worrier to a warrior. Enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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Remember: The actions you take (or do not take) today set you up for six months from now. Make sure you do something today that pushes you toward that next level of you.

Now, go be INTENTIONAL.

The transcript of this episode.

[00:00:32] Martin’s Defining Life Moments
[00:05:39] Life as a People Pleaser
[00:08:03] L.I.F.E Code
[00:11:25] Your Gift to the World
[00:14:31] Depression
[00:17:12] Your Life Mindset
[00:19:40] How Can You Change?
[00:23:34] Worrier to Warrior
[00:27:22] Life is Good, Keep Going
[00:30:53] Business of Values
[00:34:28] Giving the Full Amount
[00:36:47] Optimize Your Mindset
[00:39:48] Where to Find Martin

Where to Find Martin:

Martin’s Website

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Music by Tom Sherlock  

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

All LeaveBetter Podcast episodes can be found here.

 

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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If you are curious to know more, please contact me!

As someone who has been a therapist for over a decade and has been coaching people for over three decades, I am uniquely qualified to address your concerns.

How to Invest In Yourself – Jeanne Omlor

by | Feb 27, 2023 | Podcast

Invest In Yourself

Jeanne Omlor

Jeanne Omlor

Welcome to another episode of The Leave Better Podcast  where I interview high performers and business owners, gleaning from their wisdom, practical routines, habits, and mindsets.

In season 2 ep. 36, we are pleased to have Jeanne Omlor – a certified business strategist and coach.

In this episode, we talk about invest in yourself in business and in life. You can do this by taking risks, being proactive, and changing your mindset to avoid complaining. Enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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Remember: The actions you take (or do not take) today set you up for six months from now. Make sure you do something today that pushes you toward that next level of you.

Now, go be INTENTIONAL.

If you liked this episode, check out “From Shame, to Forgiveness, to CEO” – Neena Perez

The transcript of this episode.

[00:00:09] Name Meanings
[00:01:29] You are Amazing!
[00:03:44] Change Your Mindset
[00:06:40] Talk About Grit
[00:10:59] It Is What It Is
[00:14:27] Do What You Want
[00:17:30] What is Your Life Worth?
[00:20:47] Invest In Yourself
[00:23:41] What’s Next?
[00:25:31] Where to Find Jeanne

Where to find Jeanne:

Jeanne Omlor

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LinkedIn

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Music by Tom Sherlock  

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

All LeaveBetter Podcast episodes can be found here.

 

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are found.

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If you are curious to know more, please contact me!

As someone who has been a therapist for over a decade and has been coaching people for over three decades, I am uniquely qualified to address your concerns.