How do we find inner stability? How do we manage all the fear, uncertainty, anxiety? How do we create and move forward with certainty in uncertain times?

It’s easier said than done. But, today, John and I tackle these fears. We navigate creating certainty in even the most uncertain of times. We offer you with all the tools you need to feel centered; talk about meditating, the law of polarity, mindfulness, and so much more.

My hope is that each of you out there will find some value in this conversation. If you are looking for me just to ride the waves of whatever craziness is in the news today, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. Today, I'm thinking about Finding Home as finding an unshakable center in the midst of this chaos.

If you don’t already know him, John Mark Shaw is an executive & life coach, a leadership expert, a business strategist, a professional speaker and a successful entrepreneur. His mission is to empower high achieving entrepreneurs and leaders like you to unlock your potential and create the business growth and success you long for, so that you can be the difference-maker you were born to be and create the beautiful life for yourself and your family you dream of.

Sign up for John’s next training on Creating Certainty in Uncertain Times here: https://www.johnmarkshawcoach.com/transcendent-leadership

Connect with and learn more about John here: https://www.johnmarkshaw.com

I’ve heard from therapists that this could be the GOLDEN AGE of therapy. Across the globe, we’ve all had two years to come to grips with not only what’s been going on around the world, but what’s been going on inside us. And we need some help finding our way back home. I had a chance to catch up with brilliant psychologist and trauma specialist, and my cousin, Dr. Alana Siegel. Alana completed her undergraduate degree at Cornell University. She then earned her doctorate in Clinical and School Child Psychology at Yeshiva University. Fun fact, for those who have been here before, you’ll recognize Alana from my very first episode of Finding Home, on the “Power to Process”. 

We’ll discuss everything there is to know about creating safe spaces, processing the impact of Covid-19. We also talk about the similarities in experience, and the differences, between soldiers and doctors, in the US and in Israel, where Alana is based. We speak about the universal fear we experience of losing a loved one, and so much more. We talk about Alana’s background, her path into trauma psychology, and her vital discovery that “the external stress of Covid-19 led us, led people to cohere, to come closer together”.

Conversations like this one, especially when we are talking about our more difficult times as humans, but Alana’s research is a reminder that, in the hardest of times, human beings get through it, together.

Shownotes:

[2:00] Introduction to Alana Siegel!

[4:23] Studying Trauma Psychology: Covid-19 & Doctors

[5:50] Parallels & Differences between Israel and New York City

[17:00] Resilience 

[30:22] Responses to Covid-19 & Trauma

[33:02] Human Ecological Systems

[40:42] Concluding Thoughts

Alana Siegels’ Socials:

Website: https://www.dralanasiegel.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrASiegel/photos/

Email: [email protected]

Scott’s Socials:

Medium: https://medium.com/@thewiser

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvGlN5DqsOo7x6ZKj3YRWw/featured 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottharrisnyc/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisresidential/

Website: https://scottharris.net/ 

Harris Residential Team: https://harrisresidential.com

Brown Harris Stevens: https://www.bhsusa.com

Home is certainly much more than longitude and latitude.

For Jesse Stein, the founder and CEO of Audience.co, learning to appreciate home meant pulling his three kids out of school and traveling to dozens of countries in a year / That certainly creates a different sense of home. And it creates a lot of possible postcards to send to the people you love. and a lot to bring back in terms of what you've learned. Love can come through things as simple as a handwritten note.

Jesse built his business around sending notes like this. But here, you're not sending them to people you necessarily know, but sharing what you know in a new, old way.

Who doesn't like a handwritten note? We've come back to the old school, where their notes get a 90% read rate and 6X the response of normal direct mail. As we all experienced during the pandemic, feeling connected to one another online can be difficult - but people like Jesse are a testament to our ability to feel close to one another, through things as simple as a handwritten note to your clients. It’s a great reminder to keep it personal, and not transactional. And a great reminder that meaningful connections create good business. Clients are people first. We discuss how home can be made with a father halfway across the country and grandparents across the street. How it really does take a village to raise kids, and how important it is to have time and space to think and consider how to take your life to a new level. If a home can help you do that, it's doing its job!

It’s a great conversation, and there’s so much we can learn from Jesse about how to feel closer to one another, and the importance of creating a personable relationship with your clients. I hope you enjoy it.

Shownotes:

[2:00] Introduction to Jesse Stein!

[8:23] Gaining Perspective, Childhood, Hippie Movement

[10:50] Glass Half Full!

[17:04] The Inspiration for the Handwritten Note

[28:42] Perfectionism & Entrepreneurship 

[40:42] Mentoring & Serving People

[50:42] Creating a Useful Tool Box!

[57:42] Final Thoughts

Jesse Stein’s Socials:

Website: https://www.audience.co

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

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessejstein/

Email: [email protected]

Scott’s Socials:

Medium: https://medium.com/@thewiser

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvGlN5DqsOo7x6ZKj3YRWw/featured 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottharrisnyc/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisresidential/

Website: https://scottharris.net/ 

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarrisResiTeam

I started this podcast because I wanted to celebrate people who have found their passions, and put them to use in a number of different ways. I got to sit down for the second time with Liam Elkind, and dive into his community work, specifically the creation of his organization “Invisible Hands”, a non-profit community of organizers and volunteers delivering groceries, prescriptions, and other necessities to the elderly, sick, homebound, and people with disabilities.

Liam is a testament to the importance of community, of selflessness, and of determination. Today’s conversation is all about compassion and community. Whether you are walking your dog or taking a lunch break, tune in today to listen to what Finding Home is truly about.

Shownotes:

Socials:

Free Shakespeare in the Park

https://jackson.yale.edu/news/global-affairs-major-liam-elkind-named-2022-rhodes-scholar/

Liam's Socials:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-elkind-72724015a/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/liamelkind

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liamelkind/?hl=en

Scott’s Socials:

“How can we have a more equitable New York, as New York Comes back?

Katy Gaul-Stigge, President & CEO at Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, and social work graduate, has been dedicating herself to finding that answer for years. In her quest towards a more equitable New York City, time and time again, she remains a testament that an equitable New York is not just a dream, but a reality. Our conversation today is especially timely; Next week on April 28th, Goodwill is hosting its first gala, “Evening of Treasure”, a cocktail night that will be filled with inspirational stories from individuals Goodwill serves - and most excitingly: a sustainable fashion show. Don’t miss this highly anticipated night- Click here to sign up now!

More about Goodwill & Katy-Gaul Stigge’s Inspiring Work:

57 Goodwill NYNJ programs and 37 retail locations in the New York City metropolitan area, Northern New Jersey, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the capital region of NY. I had the opportunity, with Katy’s help, to launch a program in the middle of quarantine two years ago called the Spring Clean Challenge. It was rewarding to help 5000 new yorkers donate to goodwill at a time when staying home was driving everyone bonkers. We speak about Katy's work in the Bloomberg and Deblasio administrations, the two most recent mayors before Eric Adams, our current mayor, where She gained national and international attention for her development of Mayor de Blasio’s Career Pathways strategy as the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development.

She has led key City-wide agencies in the fourteen years of city service prior to joining Goodwill NYNJ. Including as Deputy Commissioner at Human Resources Administration (HRA) for Employment & Contracts workforce program including the Back 2 Work, Jobs-Plus, and subsidized job programs. She was also Assistant Commissioner at New York City’s Small Business Services (SBS.) where she led the Training and Advancement team which launched NYC Training Guide and expanded anti-poverty programs for working New Yorkers.

Shownotes:

[1:14] Sense of Civic Duty, Interest in New York City’s Dynamic

[2:40] Positives of the Pandemic: Half Glass Full

[2:50] Being on the front lines of social work and social justice

[3:26] Believing in each other

[4:07] Power of All-Woman High School & College: What made you the woman you are today?

[6:26] Being Driven by What’s Right

[8:26] Core of Social Work: Believing in Humanity

[10:25] From California to New York City

[18:40] Behind the Scenes of Goodwill

[28:40] Job Career Program at Goodwill

Erica Gruen is simply one of the best food branding authorities in New York City. She’s also a phenomenal storyteller, thinker, and most compelling of all: mastermind of one of the most popular channels ever as 'TV for everyone who loves to eat: Food Network. Taking over in June 1996 when the network had no ratings and no distribution, she staged a complete brand and programming turnaround and created a blockbuster in only two years - introducing the smash hits Emeril Live!, The Two Fat Ladies, and The Iron Chef.

Tune in now to hear Erica’s inspiring story of how she became one of the most innovative leaders in television, advertising, and new media technologies.

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A composer, songwriter, singer, and member of LA-based alternative band The Rescues, Gabriel Mann has made significant strides in every corner of the music industry.

Equally comfortable in drama and comedy, scoring, songwriting and production, Mann wrote the iconic theme and scored the award-winning hit comedy series Modern Family, and is currently writing, singing, and producing songs and scoring for ABC’s breakout drama A Million Little Things.

He’s also working on songs and score for season three of Disney's High School Musical: The Series, Pivoting for Fox, the new Darren Star-helmed Uncoupled for Netflix and the feature films Better Nate Than Ever for Disney, and SNOW DAY for Nickelodeon/Viacom. Mann opened for Alanis Morissette as a solo artist on tour through Europe and was the resident songwriter for Fox’s Arrested Development. He supported the Rolling Stones at Wembley Arena in England, sang on a Jack in the Box Superbowl ad in Spanish, and is a featured vocalist in Office Space and The Lorax. Mann produced Sara Bareilles' first album “Careful Confessions,” sang with Adele and Muse, and played a Christmas vs. Hanukkah show with Katy Perry.

Shownotes:

[01:17] Introduction to Gabriel Mann: Diving Back into Musical Roots, Acapella, Modern Family

[02:40] Growing up in Texas, Small Town in a Big City, Introversion

[03:50] Playing Piano & Learning Pop Music

[20:00] First Time Recording!

[22:36] Jumping into College Acapella

[28:47] “They Saw Me As The Future”

[30:00] Acapella as a Different Business

[39:35] Moving to LA for USC

[49:23] Opening for Alanis Morissette

[50:52] Writing for Arrested Development

[54:13] Getting a Record Deal, Having a Baby, T.V Show for ABC

[59:15] Writing Cues for Modern Family

[1:04] “Wearing Different Hats”

Scott’s Socials:

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Today, on Finding Home, Scott Harris features a very special guest, Noah Rosenblatt, founder and creator of UrbanDigs. UrbanDigs offers local analytics, personalized reports, and relevant insights to power meaningful conversations centered around the specific needs of your clients to grow your business.

Passionate, innovative, and adaptable are just some of the endless words that describe Noah Rosenblatt. As young as 13 years old, Noah became fascinated by the trading world, trading his own money. Freshly graduated, Noah began trading full time as a career. Eventually and very unexpectedly, as Noah himself puts it, the “housing crisis put me on the map”. Today’s conversation is all about Noah’s trek from trading to website building to selling real estate to finally cultivating the platform of his dreams: Urban Digs. Unlike any other platform, Urban Digs is deeply unique: it provides trailblazing and trusted market insight for not just brokers, but more broadly - any New Yorker. If you haven't already, check it out now.

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Nothing turns a house more quickly into a home than food.  The smells and the tastes can instantly transport you back to a particular time and place.  With the Jewish holiday of Purim rapidly approaching, this episode is particularly great.  We have with us food writer Rachel Ringler, who is helping us discover amazing Jewish foods both in and out of New York City. Rachel Ringler is a museum docent, challah instructor and cook who has strong feelings about the important role food plays in life, in family, and in community. You might know her from her myriad of food-think pieces she has written for The Foward and Mudrack. She gracefully reminds us that food is not just a biological necessity, but a vital philosophy that can transform our lives, our relationships, and our communities.

We talk about everything from why Israeli food is finally getting the spotlight, to why we forget about the power of a meal and a nap, and to how she came to be in the kitchen of a famous Israeli hotel baking challah for over 200 people.

Come join us for an intimate conversation about the power of food as more than just necessary physical nourishment, but a stronghold for our spiritual and emotional needs as well. Today, Rachel and I dynamically reach an important truth of life: Food is Home. And Home is Food.

Shownotes:

[01:25] Introduction to Rachel Ringler

[02:05] Love Affair with Food

[03:00] Childhood Food Memories

[04:25] Philosophy of Recipes

[07:54] Misbehavior & Food

[09:11] The “Secret Recipe”

[12:50] Food as Conversation

[16:56] From Cooking to Writing

[30:52] Final Thoughts: Creating an Experience, Cooking in Color, Details

Socials:

Scott’s Socials:

Medium: https://medium.com/@thewiser

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvGlN5DqsOo7x6ZKj3YRWw/featured

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

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

Website: https://scottharris.net/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarrisResiTeam

How do you bring 1000-foot buildings into being?  How do you manage the visionaries who create them?  How do you tell people not what they want to hear, but what they need to hear?

By being an entrepreneur- Learning By Doing.  This week Stephen and Scott talk about it all: From starting a boat maintenance business in high school, guiding clients through the maze of New York City real estate to staying resilient during market downturns. This is an episode you won't want to miss!

With more than 30 years of experience in New York real estate, Stephen is recognized as a trailblazer in the brokerage community and an expert helping developers bring their real estate projects to life. He is widely quoted in globally recognized media as a market authority including; The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Crain's New York Business, among others.

Along with his unmatched team of sales and marketing professionals, Stephen has built Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing into a market powerhouse through record-setting sales, unparalleled client service, and creative marketing.  His team along have marketed more than 10,000 new apartments.

This week’s episode is full of valuable real estate marketing, and interpersonal lessons. Whether you are walking your dog, commuting to work, or going on a run, tune into an inspiring episode about refining your entrepreneurial spirit, cultivating your very own career path, and helping your clients make the best decisions.

Shownotes:

[02:42] Meet Stephen Kliegerman: Bronx Native, Real Estate Family Business

[05:18] Fastincation with Real Estate at a Young Age

[09:00] Learning New York City’s Real Estate Market

[11:10] 1990 Real Estate Recession 

[15:46] Overtaking Family Real Estate Business

[17:35] From family business to Halsted to Brown Harris Stevens

[22:30] Working on developments: introduction to Toll Brothers

[24:30] Creating a boat maintenance business (at age 12!)

[30:00] Who are the best developers?

[34:52] Constructing a development isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. 

[46:50] Conclusion: “New York City rose to the occasion”

Stephen’s Socials:

Website: https://www.bhsusa.com/about-stephen-kliegerman

Scott’s Socials:

Medium: https://medium.com/@thewiser

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvGlN5DqsOo7x6ZKj3YRWw/featured 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottharrisnyc/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisresidential/

Website: https://scottharris.net/ 

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarrisResiTeam