In today's First Time Story I was joined by Matt Jaskol a pro skydiver, Ex Red Bull athlete, pro race car driver and racing instructor, and on top of that a small business owner.

Matt shared the story of his time on the show Castaway, we start from the beginning of him being approached to be on the show...to the transformation he went through while on the show, and what life has been like since returning. This is a long interview...but it is full of amazing content, stories, and Matt was truly open with us.

Although the interview was well over the allocated time we still played the First Time Lightning Round where Matt and I got our mudding wires crossed but we also found out Matt can air fry a mean turkey!

If you're struggling with anything right now, I highly recommend listening to this interview because it will help you find strength and inspiration!

In episode 26 of the Expert Advice Before Your First Time Series, we explore an option to consider for the first time to remedy the overindulgence of snacking and drinking during your quarantine. I was joined by Ben Azadi who is a genius when it comes to intermittent fasting. A proven method to help improve your health.

Ben is the founder of Keto Kamp, and the author of three best-selling books; The Perfect Health Booklet, The Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet and The Power Of Sleep.

Ever since he went through an immense personal transformation of shedding 80 pounds of fat, he’s been on a mission to help 1 billion people live a healthier lifestyle.

In this episode, I tell you the story of a date filled with playing games to include my first time playing disc golf. It turned out I sucked at playing disc golf. I was exhausted by the end because I couldn't get my disc to go more than a few yards and I seem to manage to hit every tree around. But it's still made for one of the most memorable dates I've had so far.

In today's First Time Story I was joined by Deborah Olatunji a writer, award-winning poet, activist, public speaker, and author of Unleashing Your Innovative Genius: High School Redesigned. Did I mention Deborah is a seventeen-year-old high school senior from Delaware? An amazing young woman intensely passionate about education.

She is here today to share the story of her first time performing spoken word poetry.

Next, we played the First Time Lightning Round and Deborah shared the story of taking part in donating over 1,000 books.

I had quite a few firsts in this interview. Deborah was the first teenager I’ve interviewed, first time I had someone read their poetry, and first time I exploded into tears during an interview...

Deborah is such an impressive person!! You don’t want to miss out learning about her!

In episode 25 of the Expert Advice Before Your First Time Series, we get into a topic that I knew nothing about until I met the expert guest, Jamie Lee, who introduced me to animal reiki. When it comes to animal reiki, it does not matter what kind of pet or animal a person has and there are wonderful benefits to it for both animals and humans.

Jamie Lee, who has over 18 years of experience with Reiki and she’s certified in teaching the elite ‘Let Animals Lead’ method.

Listen with an open mind and discover something new for you and your pet!

In keeping with the theme I started last week, I share another dating first time story, and this time, it's about the first time I had two dates, with two different guys, in the same day. It was during my road trip in Canada. I left one city, stopped for a lunch date and then had another date once I arrived in a new city.  It made for a really great day!!

In today's First Time Story I was joined by Brad Rasmus all the way from Queensland, Australia. Brad is an intrepid world traveler, Holistic Health Coach of 25 years and Ketone Biohacker. He joined me to share the first time story of starting his first online business, 19 years ago with his now wife, and how that lead them to traveling around the world for 1.5 years and a life of doing online businesses.

Brad's story is incredible when you think about it - he is one of the first few people to travel mostly for free, while blogging back in 2003, before all the technology that exist today.

We also played the First Time Lightning Round where we learned about Brad's fear of snakes 🐍.

We had a blast! I hope you enjoy this first time story 😊

In episode 24 of the Expert Advice Before Your First Time Series we are joined by Gary Glass, the Director of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) because today we'll be looking at a great way for you to stay engaged and occupied while staying at home - homebrewing beer!! Gary has been homebrewing beer since 1993.

One of the best ways to stay entertained and happy during lockdown is to keep trying out new things. There’s never been a better time to try out a new hobby or learn a new skill. Many people are turning towards creative hobbies and kitchen-based skills for inspiration during these challenging, unprecedented times.

Homebrewing is a field that’s grown in popularity over the last few years, as the craft beer and real ale scenes have become more creative. It can be a lot of fun and provides a delicious end product as well. 

In the next few episodes of my first time story, I've decided to share some dating firsts. I'm kicking things off with sharing the story of my first wedding date. After attending all of my brothers and sisters weddings and my friends weddings, without dates, I was done flying solo at weddings. So when my youngest sister go remarried I was determined to have a date. However, going to a wedding in Las Vegas while living in Germany made finding a date...interesting.

In today's First Time Story series I am joined by my friend Renee Bobb, an award winning entrepreneur, a Regional Executive Director for Bunker Labs, an empowerment coach, philanthropist, author, trainer and owner of the Music City Icons Pro Women's Basketball Team. She shared the first time story of becoming the owner of a pro women's basketball team and the madness around her team's first game as an owner.

Next, we played the First Time Lightning Round and we learn about how Renee's grandma wanted to make sure her grandkids knew how to grow their own food.

There are so many other inspiring first time stories in this interview you don't want to miss!!