Conversations with Cary

You can reach today's guest, Nolan Cunningham, by visiting his LinkedIn profile:

• linkedin.com/in/nolancunningham 

Nolan's certifications:

- Precision Nutrition Certified Level 1 Coach

- CrossFit Certified Level 1 Trainer - ID 1012371

Nolan's inspirational songs:

• colorblind by Mokita
• I Don't Feel Alive by Chelsea Cutler

We all have a wheelbarrow that we have been pushing down the path of life - we pick this wheelbarrow up at birth and often fill it to overflowing with both big and small burdens. The secret is that we do get a choice to continue pushing these burdens or how we continue to push these burdens. Listen to the story of how Liora learns this valuable lesson.

We all run from things that scare us - for me, it was physically running from dogs for many years, but we all run in not so obvious ways. Today I discuss what we might run from and why we might run from those things.

We often feel sad when our children stop believing in Santa - but why do you have to stop believing in something that is so real? Listen to how I transformed the magic of Santa from something fleeting and magical to something enduring and real.

We all either know or have been (or currently are) leaders who let their fear guide their actions. Or maybe we think of leaders that just don't simply know how to lead. Here we talk about how to be a great leader, how to lead from a place of strength and confidence rather than letting our fear guide us.

We have all been conditioned to believe in the traditional hierarchy, where somebody sits at the top and others set somewhere below that. The problem is that we tend to assign value to ourselves and others based on where we sit in that hierarchy. Let's keep the best of the hierarchy and ditch the worst!

We often think that selfishness is clearly bad and selflessness is clearly good. I'd like to suggest that we rethink that and realize that we need a good blend of both in order to have a balanced life.

Today we are going to explore how questions and curiosity are related, or are they? The answer is that sometimes that aren't. I talk about three types of questions that don't require any curiosity at all.

I had a phobia of dogs for more than 25 years - in this podcast, I share how I conquered that crippling fear.

In this episode, I tell my story of digging out of a massive amount of debt when I was in my 20's. I talk a little bit about how to do it, and I talk about the mindset shifts that were required in order for me to accomplish this goal.