Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

Today I'm going LIVE without an agenda ... kinda like tightrope walking without a net.

I took some prompts from Rick Rubin's book "The Creative Act," but didn't need too much help when friends showed up and added their comments.

Thank you to Kelly, Andrea, Dawn, & Melissa for the conversation!

If you'd like more information about the REAL Me course, head over to https://getrealcircle.com and take a look.

What you are seeking is also seeking you!

Today's conversation was a true example of what can happen when two people who don't even know each other very well get together and allow the Master Mind to be present.

Matthew Cooksey is a therapist, coach, truth seeker, and speaker who is on a mission to help people embrace their human-mess - so we can all lead our best lives.

He reached out to me after hearing my podcast interview with Ian Williams, and we created the space for this very spontaneous and unscripted conversation where we talked about generational beliefs that have many of us living just a portion of the lives we were sent here to live.

Matthew shares his story of never feeling good enough, and how he literally fell off a treadmill which was the beginning of his awakening to who he really is.

Download Matthew's Nine Signs You Have a Masterpiece Trapped Inside You at his website, www.matthewcooksey.com.

Today's episode is kind of an accidental recording. Anthony reached out and wanted to connect, but I wasn't sure it was going to be a podcast episode, so I was recording in my car. But I'm glad I did!

Anthony Hamilton is the author of Mind, Time & Power, and was a guest on this pocast a few episodes ago. In this conversation he shares his recent experience on a trip to England where he experienced yet again, the power of synchronicities. 

You'll hear how Anthony actually created, in his vision, a talk he later gave to a group in England and the enlightnenment that created in his awareness.

If you'd like to learn more about Anthony, or to get a copy of his book Mind, Time and Power, go to www.mindtimeandpower.com. You can also join his community and get a free workbook to help you start noticing and recording these "coincidences."

Josh Hoper is truly a renaissance man. 

He started his career in finance and technology, and his own personal evolution has led him into an entrepreneurial venture called Torchlight AE where he works with clients as a coach, consultant, and facilitator to help them first identify their own light and then use it to light the way for their own customers and associates.

When humans can begin to tap into their own authenticity, their businesses will follow suit.

In this conversation Josh and I discover why we love getting together in real life: it's to demonstrate the theme of this podcast: to have conversations that matter with people who matter.

If you'd like to learn more about Josh, visit his website at www.torchlight.ae or find him on all the socials. He'd love to connect!

Andrea Hensrud is a licensed occupational therapist & certified health and life coach who is on fire to change the way the world experiences infertility. While that process really impacted Andrea's identity in what might be called a negative way, during this conversation, we unpack what it means to shift from an old belief system to one that, while different, doesn't have to be negative.

Andrea hosts a podcast called Diagnosis: Infertility, where she hosts conversations about infertility, sure, but also about all kinds of other issues and challenges - and victories - people can experience on that journey.

To find out more about Andrea's work or to listen to her podcast, visit www.andreahensrud.com or check out her IG page @Her.Infertile.Myrtle.

We all know what social media is, right? It's for showing your cat photos and your vacation videos and letting people know what you had for lunch.

Yes ... AND ... there is a lot more to learn and to implement if we want to get social media to work for us as we build our businesses.

Today in studio I chatted with social media expert Kaitlin Morales and her client, real estate professional Jenn Bergen. We unpacked a lot of reasons social media is crucial to building a relationship, not just a transaction.

If it's true that people do business with people they know, like, and trust, listen in as Jenn shares her experience having Kaitlin take the reins and show the world who Jenn is .... beyond the business.

You can find out more about Kaitlin and her social media wizardry at K&J Creative Company or contact her by email at [email protected].

Find Jenn at JennBergenHomes.com and wherever Kaitlin tells her to be.

Transformation is part of the nature of creativity and aliveness. Just look out your window and see how nature does it. 

It's not an easy process ... but it can be simple. So says today's guest Ian C. Williams, author of the Amazon bestseller Soil & Spirit: Seeds of Purpose, Nature's Insight & the Deep Work of Transformational Change.

In this conversation, Ian shares his personal journey, which informs his corporate work. If we are to experience a world at work or outside of work that revives civilization, the simple solution is for leaders to self-actualize.

In addition to being an author, Ian is an educator, speaker, and business advisor, and the founder of StillPoint Insight, where he and his team exist to help scale the impact of mission-driven organizations.

Learn more or connect with Ian at one of two websites: www.reviveuandi.com or www.stillpointinsight.com.

Bria Dimke is a remarkable woman. She is living the life many people only dream of because she is not afraid to take risks.

In this conversation, I learn from Bria how she has found herself, in her early 30s, living a life by her own design.

Bria follows her intuition and takes action others may wish they, too, could take, but don't because of practicalities that are probably not even true.

By following her joy, Bria has attracted connections that have led her to a sabbatical in Malaysia which led her to a stint as an NBA dancer to a master's degree in Germany where she is working for a European company where she is almost required to take time off and travel, another of her passions.

This is one inspiring interview!

You can find Bria on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bria.dimke) where she shares photos of her adventures.

I got hacked on Friday night.

Someone broke into my Facebook account and got access to my phone number, shut down my account, and sent a text wanting a $200 ransom to get my account back. That isn't the way I wanted to spend a Friday night, but I refuse to give in to cynicism.

If you want to learn more about the Enlightened Leadership Lab, visit www.enlightenedleadershiplab.com/invite.

Some people have really good ideas, but never do anything with them. 

That's not today's guest, Kyle Olson. Kyle has really good ideas and takes action.

Three years ago Kyle started the Longest Open House, a fundraising event to honor his father who died from Alzheimer's Disease. His idea was that he could combine his work as a Real Estate Agent with The Longest Day, a national event put on by the Alzheimer's Association. His idea was the Longest Open House.

So for the past three years, Kyle's event has broken the world's record for the Longest Open House, and he's well on his way to raising $100,000 for his cause.

In this episode, Kyle talks about this year's event, scheduled for June 23-25, 2023, when he is setting out to break his own record with a 64-hour marathon.

If you'd like to donate to Kyle's cause or come out and support his effort, you can find more information at https://movingfargomoorhead.com/longest-open-house-2/