Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

Today's guest is Tommy Spaulding, the founder and president of Tommy Spaulding Companies, a leadership development, speaking, training, and teambuilding organization based in Denver. He is also a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling author of three books: It's Not Just Who You Know, The Heart-Led Leader, and The Gift of Influence.

Every day we humans get to choose whether we will be Leaders, Followers, or Critics. And, if we choose to be Leaders, there are two types: Servant Leaders-, or what Tommy calls Heart-Led Leaders, or self-serving leaders.

According to Tommy's research, 90% of leaders are self-serving. This is just one reason his work is so crucial.

During this conversation, Tommy and I talk about the importance of helping leaders first love themselves, which seems to have been the missing element in leadership development programs for so many years.

We also talk about our mutual friend Steve Farber, author of four books, and Tommy's mentor. It was at Steve's Extreme Leadership event that Tommy and I first met several years ago.

I also mention work by Everett Rogers on the Law of Diffusion of Innovations. Find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

If you'd like more information about Tommy, send him an email at [email protected] or visit his website at www.tommyspaulding.com Find out more about Steve Farber at www.stevefarber.com.

Dick Richards is a man of many talents. I first met him nearly 20 years ago through the (then) new world of blogging, and I eventually met him in person at an event he facilitated in Minneapolis and I was intrigued with his process called Naming Your Genius.

I eventually brought Dick to Fargo to facilitate Genius workshops as part of an event called the Bigger Small Talk Summit, which I hosted for 3 subsequent years somewhere around 2008.

His 30-year career in deep energy work as it relates to executive leadership and communication is so important, and in this episode we talk about some of his experiences as a consultant which took him to 14 different countries.

We also share a passion for art, so you'll learn more about that aspect of Dick's talent here as well.

Dick is the author of four books: "The Art of Winning Commitment," "Setting Your Genius Free," "Artful Work," and "Is Your Genius At Work?"

If you'd like to subscribe to Dick's newsletter, send him an email at [email protected]. You can also see (and purchase!) his artwork at dickrichardsart.com.

Tough times tend to be painful ... but they open us up to take a new look at our lives.

Today's guest is Nova Wightman, author of the book "Awake and Aligned." Nova is also the owner and operator of Go Within Life Coaching, a certified Co-Active Life Coach (CPCC), a CwG Coach (Conversations with God) on Neale Donald Walsch's team, an NLP Practitioner, speaker, author and workshop facilitator, a Reiki practitioner, and is trained in and attuned to the Akashic Records.

In this conversation, we talk about the big questions like: "Who am I? Who do I want to be? Where am I going? Does my current life support that?"

Nova points out a lot of very useful and insightful ways to take awareness into real life and impact the world we are living in right now.

If you want to connect with Nova, take a look at her website, www.novawightman.com. In addition, Nova will be one of the presenters at Chill Out 2024, so if you want to meet her in person, get your ticket at chillout2024.eventbrite.com.

There was every reason to believe that today's interview wasn't going to happen. Technology issues for both of us might have prevented us from recording. But where there is a will, there is a way, and higher conversations just need to be born into the world.

Today I chat with Transformation Coach April Mata, who helps women transition from their corporate careers into their dream businesses by overcoming financial blocks and fear of making the big leap.

There is so much irony in today's conversation based on what both April and I KNOW about in our intellect and what we are each witnessing in our KNOWINGNESS. Coincidences? Maybe. But in this short but powerful conversation, we discover some of those in very non-accidental ways.

What can happen when what you KNOW about things actually manifests itself into your very BEING? Listen in and witness.

To learn more about April's work, visit her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilolsonmata/ or email her at [email protected].

Nicole Holland helps people move through their greatest fears, transcend doubt, and live their most authentic, joy filled lives. For the past four decades she has counseled countless individuals of all ages and walks of life through their darkest days with unwavering love and acceptance. Nicole compassionately supports growth without judgment or condemnation. You don't have to face your demons alone — even if the one you're most afraid of is yourself.

During this conversation we go deep - as we tend to do on Circle Up & Get REAL - and we talk about everything from purpose to spirituality and everything in between.

You can learn more about Nicole at heal.me/nicole.

Website/Blog: http://GrowthSeekersWelcome.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamunbegrenzt

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamunbegrenzt

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleholland

R& R – Rest and Relaxation AND Rock & Roll – both have vibrational energy. How do each of those R's cause you to FEEL?

Today's guest Denise Gaber shares her journey with both R&R platforms.

Denise is a Resilience Coach, a Sound Healer, and a Musician, who shares her wisdom and her coaching to help others discover their soul's blueprint and passion.

Listen in to this conversation where we talk about how vibrational energy – in whatever form – will help us with any identity crises we encounter throughout our lives.

If you'd like to connect with Denise, visit her website at www.denisemariegaber.com.

W. Coby Milne is the co-founder of Roman 3, a company named for the play on the Roman numeral 3. Their approach, like their name, draws on the process of INSPIRING change, fostering INNOVATION, and managing IMPLEMENTATION.

I "met" Coby through a random LinkedIn invitation, and we immediately hit it off. So much so that we are partnering to help a client measure results from intangibles like culture and leadership.

Listen in as Coby explains how he is using his project management skills to create an organization that is committed to measuring - and delivering value with - results that are difficult to measure.

Find out more at www.roman3.ca.

Today's podcast interview was so much fun! Joey Torkildson and I have been friends for several years, even though we've never met in person. Our relationship is a perfect example of how energy is non-geographic and how allowing conversations to emerge uncovers synchronicities and possibilities we might not otherwise recognize.

Joey is the owner and co-founder of Voila, a real estate company in the Twin Cities.

Joey and his team are disrupting the real estate industry by building their company on these core values:

A way to live this life – giving unexpected joy!

There is nothing better then giving of your time, self, or resources, with zero strings attached.

Sometimes requests of us are not convenient or easy, and our first thought maybe "how can I get out of this".. then we remember…Move the Couch!

What would love do? Show others patience- kindness- understanding..

Taking life to seriously can be exhausting, and egos get in the way of what feels right.

Life is hard, and inevitably we will face challenging times. Instead of shattering like glass, bounce like a ball!

Trust everything will work out in the end…it always does!

In a world full of Bagels, be a sprinkled doughnut!

Connect with Joey on Instagram at JoeyTork1 or any of the socials or check out his website at https://voilaitsold.com.

Despite what many people might believe, it is possible to create a career doing something you love.

Today's guest, Jonah Lantto, is living that belief as he's making a career of podcasting.

Jonah is the co-founder, host, and producer of the Midwest Murder Podcast, and has come to this career through discovering what he loved about the jobs he had before becoming an entrepreneur and making a living from podcasting.

Listen in and hear how confidence (not arrogance), humility, and possibility created an opportunity only Jonah could have lived into, owning his place in the world and his reactions with reality.

Jonah is living a life that can inspire others to do what they love, too.

Find out more about Jonah's podcast, Midwest Murder, wherever you get your podcasts, or connect with him on all the socials.

Katie Gross considers herself a "chaser of mystical and spiritual experiences" and she does that in her profession as a spiritual health nurse and cannabis nurse navigator. As a patient and a nurse, she has witnessed the gaps in the current "healthcare" model, so she decided to do something about it.

Her organization is called Your Higher Path Healing, and during this conversation we talked about many things including letting go of trauma by reconnecting the spirit to the body.

The many, many choices available for healing make it nearly impossible to sort through them all, so Katie sees herself as a facilitator who helps navigate those choices for people who are ready to take charge of their lives.

To learn more about Katie, visit her website at https://www.yourhigherpathhealing.com/.