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Kristoffer Carter - better known as KC - is an Executive Coach, meditation teacher, author, podcaster, husband and dad. He’s the ultimate hype man for purpose and transformation. His recent book “Permission to Glow” is a beacon on the pathway to meaning, fulfillment, and peace. He coaches people through their own personal transformation after he transformed all those years ago.

 
This episode is for you if:
-You feel unsure of where to start on your journey to transformation.
-You feel disconnected from purpose
-You need to reconnect with inspiration
-You love life advice in easy to digest, hilarious soundbites
-You want a guided meditation (at the end!)

What's in this episode?
In this episode, he walks you through his personal transformation from being a professional musician, to nearly passing away from stress-related illness at 26 years old. The 20 years that followed led him to become a Kriyaban Yogi who meditates for one hour every day. He now coaches executives for major companies across the country. 

KC walks us through the framework of his book, Permission to Glow, which gives us four permissions on the path to meaning and fulfillment. He really digs into the meat of meditation and how it strengthens every area of our life. Meditation also helps us to see ourselves more objectively.

This episode culminates with a live meditation at the end of the episode!

📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/kristoffer-carter-show-notes

Brooke Martin is a former award-winning TV News Anchor who came to national prominence in 2019 at the birth and immediate death of her daughter, 21 minutes later. In this episode, Brooke goes into great detail about the decision to leave television, the loss of her child and the renewed hope she's found.

 
This episode is for you if:
-You need a good cry (seriously, grab the tissues)
-You can identify with struggling to find your identity
-You can identify with the overwhelming feeling of loss
-You need Christian-centered inspiration

What's in this episode?
In this episode, Brooke Martin begins with the Best and Worst Times in her life, answering questions from Host Lauren Lowrey about the moment she had clarity in her life and when she found purpose.

You'll also hear from Brooke about what drew her to TV news and how her experience in the bright studio lights went from shining to burning as the years wore on. She details her final years in the industry and what was changing, personally, that pushed her to move on.

Brooke details finding out her daughter had a 0% chance of survival and still choosing to carry her full term. She describes the birth and staying with her daughter's body for three days to grieve.

📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/brooke-martin-show-notes

MaryBeth Hyland overcame the trauma of child abuse and a clinically diagnosed work addiction to find purpose in her work as a meditation teacher, coach and workplace culture expert. She builds bridges for people to move from out-of-touch to in-the-flow.

This episode is for you if: 
-You love energetic, fast talkers (like MaryBeth and Lauren)
-You're a little unsure about the spiritual stuff
-You're pretty grounded in your corporate career, but somewhat unfulfilled
-You identify with overcoming abuse or perfectionism

What's in this episode?
MaryBeth hits every note with this episode. She starts at the ground level to introduce spirituality to even the most obstinate observer, using wellbeing as the gateway. She teaches people to listen to their bodies, first, before ever introducing the idea of intuition. She's also very open about her own misgivings about the path until she found herself on it.

MaryBeth speaks in detail about her abusive father and her constant work to overcome perfectionism. Both things have informed her work to teach mindfulness and meditation. She gives people permission to be human in the most freeing way. 

She's constantly going into workplaces to help companies change their culture, so MaryBeth talks at length about the feedback she's getting about what people need right now: authenticity and connection. 

📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/marybeth-hyland-show-notes

Just when you think Rabbi Manis Friedman has stoked the fire he started in your brain, he pours gasoline on the flames. Don’t let the length of the beard sway you, you’re likely not expecting the life advice Youtube’s favorite Rabbi has in store.

This episode is for you if: 
-You love it when someone challenges long-held religious beliefs
-You long for deep and thought provoking conversations
-You want to be challenged in how you think about a higher power

What's in this episode?
In this episode, we sit down to talk sex and marriage, religion getting it wrong and innate human desires that will have you rethinking your views on life and death.

Rabbi Friedman will help you find answers to questions like ‘why am I here?’ and tell you why he believes love and sex are ruining marriages. If you’re ready to take a long, deep, hard look at your life, this episode is for you.

Get ready to ‘hmmm’ out loud.

Rabbi Manis Friedman was born in Prague and immigrated to the United States at the age of 5. He is an author, social philosopher and public speaker.

📝 SHOW NOTES 📝 Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/rabbi-friedman-show-notes

Sophie Shear is a longtime Nashville vocal coach who's been singing professionally since childhood. She's helped tens of thousands of singers through in-person and online coaching go beyond their instrument to excavate who they really are. This is an energetic episode that gives a peek behind the curtain of what even the most well-known singers must overcome: themselves. 

This episode is for you if: 
-You LOVE to sing (Sophie breaks into song A LOT in this episode)
-You love fast talkers (like Sophie and Host Lauren Lowrey)
-You're captivated by her work of bringing out someone's true voice
-You resonate with a story of personal transformation
-You love a Christian message

What's in this episode?
Sophie Shear grew up the daughter of a Christian recording artist who was big in the 1980s and 1990s. She began singing professionally at 8 years old, so music and singing has always been connected to her purpose, but her own struggles prevented her from embracing her sound. She now helps other singers excavate and overcome their own personal issues so they can truly find their voice.

Sophie describes she sees a person's voice like a plant with three parts: the plant, the soil and the bedrock. The plant is the voice that everyone hears. The soil is the emotional stories, lies or truths that a person tells themselves. The bedrock is who a person really is. All of those things impacts the sound of someone's voice. Sophie helps singers excavate their true selves to find their voice and share their message. 

 Sophie also describes how she addresses voice-work with clients and sings some some hilarious examples in this episode. 

📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/sophie-shear-show-notes

Ian Morgan Cron is a best-selling author, psychotherapist, speaker and Episcopal priest. He's obsessed with stories and how we weave them throughout our lives. He helps people change their own narrative to live with purpose and he does it through enneagram, an ancient personality typing system.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You need support in reframing your story
- You like deep conversations that force you into self-awareness
- You geek out on enneagram and Ian Morgan Cron's work

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Why enneagram?
6:56 - Ian’s personal story
9:14 - Why am I here?
11:21 - The story of YOU
15:38 - Acceptance vs Resignation
19:46 - The power of story
25:30 - Why Lauren started AMPstigator
26:38 - How you physically feel purpose
29:35 - The goal of Ian’s books
35:08 - Best Time/Worst Time
46:24 - Ian’s purpose
52:07 - Kintsugi

Ian Morgan Cron awakens people to the truth about themselves and their lives. He uses enneagram to help people get clarity around their personality and the way they've chosen to interpret a situation. He also helps us understand suffering in an objective way, walking us through the transformative process of reevaluating what we've been through.

"When we allow difficulties to carve out space within us," says Cron, "It can feel empty, but it leaves room for your greatest self to emerge." Ian details the difference between accepting a situation and resigning to it, a critical difference that will allow you to move past the negativity and break through to the other side.

"Human beings are processes; we move toward wholeness," says Cron. "We ebb and flow like the tides."

📝 SHOW NOTES 📝 Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/ian-morgan-cron-show-notes

I’m Lauren Lowrey and this is AMPstigator – a podcast dedicated entirely toward helping you find purpose and fulfillment in your life.

I can’t wait for you to jump into these episodes because I know they’ll have an impact! But before you do, I want to give you an idea of what you’re getting yourself into.

Recently, I sat down with 13 incredible people from all walks of life. They were all vastly different ages.
Different races, different nationalities, religions, orientations. But every conversation was centered around this one topic: purpose!

I'm fascinated that we could have wildly different experiences, but still somehow end up at the same place: a turning point, a moment of clarity and the eventual arrival at our life's purpose.

This debut episode gives you a taste of the types of people you'll hear from on the AMPstigator podcast.
  

Your purpose is calling. Will you answer?

SHOW NOTES
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Soundbites featured from 7 of our 13 podcast guests:
Mary Gauthier, Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriter

Charlie Nelson, Co-Founder, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery

Sophie Shear, Vocal Coach

MaryBeth Hyland, Founder and Chief Visionary of SparkVision

Ian Morgan Cron, Best-selling author, psychotherapist and speaker

Zulfat Suara, At-Large member Nashville Metro Council

Kristoffer Carter, Meditation Teacher, Executive Coach, Podcaster and author