Grateful Living

Craig Mullaney is currently a Partner at the Brunswick Group, an advisory firm specializing in business critical issues, he is also the bestselling author of “The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education, an Army Airborne Ranger, an Afghanistan combat veteran (2002-2005), and a Rhodes Scholar.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Craig’s experience going to West Point, the oldest service academy in the US

- Becoming a Rhodes scholar and attending the University of Oxford

- Serving in the US Army as a platoon leader in Afghanistan from 2003-2004 and how he looks at the situation in Afghanistan as an Afghanistan combat veteran

- Writing a NY Times Best-Selling book

- Working at the Pentagon for the Department of Defense

- Transitioning to work as a business executive at Facebook and now at the Brunswick Group

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Craig's Socials:

The Unforgiving Minute book: https://www.amazon.com/Unforgiving-Minute-Soldiers-Education/dp/0143116878

Brunswick: https://www.brunswickgroup.com/craig-mullaney-i9068/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigmmullaney

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

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

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Approximate Time Stamps:

0:46 Craig’s childhood an family background

2:05 Where did your academic drive/motivation come from in HS?

3:00 How did you decide to attend West Point?

6:15 How did, at 17, you have the perspective to be willing to give up your life for your country?

8:20 Who should go to West Point or a military academy?

12:10 Advice to current student at West Point

13:20 How do you look back at Ranger School?

17:03 How did studying Oxford and being a Rhodes Scholar help you with your military career?

21:04 What stands out from your time in the US Army as a Platoon Leader from 2002 to 2005?

23:47 How do you look at Afghanistan and the US withdrawal in 2021 as someone who served in Afghanistan?

27:27 Losing a fellow platoon member Private Evan O’Neil

31:40 How was transitioning back to the US and normal society after serving in Afghanistan?

36:23 Is there something you would say to civilians about US policy towards Afghanistan?

39:20 What was it like working under President Obama in the Defense Department?

43:00 Writing a memoir on your soldier journey

48:30 What was it like being a Senior Advisor for US AID?

52:10 How should CEOs and leaders think about their relationship with social media?

53:22 Being a Partner at Brunswick Group

54:30 Personal life wisdom

56:17 Any regrets on your time with West Point or Army?

57:20 Life advice to 25-34 year olds?

58:00 Supporting you

In this vlog, I talk about my #1 strategy to creating a more fulfilled and content life.

Let me know what you think and if you have any follow-up comments or questions!

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Travis Rosbach is currently running the Tumalo Group where he advises and consults for first-time inventors or entrepreneurs.

Prior to that, Travis founded Hydro Flask, the company that creates insulated, stainless steel water bottles. The vacuum insulation can stop heat conduction from inside to outside, or from outside to inside so the liquid inside stays cold/hot for at least 24 hours.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Travis’s early childhood with his parents getting divorced and having a stepfather

- Travis’s journey to becoming a SCUBA dive Master/Instructor, US Marine Boat Captain and Commercial Airline Pilot

- Travis’s journey with founding Hydroflask and eventually selling the company

- Losing his brother to a heroin overdose

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Travis's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisrosbach/

Tumalo Group Website: https://www.tumalogroup.com/

Hydro Flask's Website: https://www.hydroflask.com/

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

0:40 Travis’ summary of his childhood and adult life

6:53 Having grown up in a family where your parents divorced, is there any advice you would give to a child growing up with divorced parents?

10:40 Any advice to stepdad’s on bonding with a child?

13:07 Why didn’t you go to college? Was that intentional?

17:14 Any thoughts on college and whether parents should look at it differently?

19:48 What was the incentive to join your father’s dive shop business after high school?

23:19 Did working your father’s small business help with your business knowledge?

26:40 Advice on working in a family business?

29:15 What’s amazing thing about scuba diving?

32:06 Becoming a commercial airline pilot

37:47 What’s great about aviation?

40:09 Why’d you move to Hawaii?

43:42 How was running a signs company?

48:45 What’s your relationship with fear?

53:35 Talk to us about the forming of Hydro Flask.

57:42 How was the patent process?

1:01:49 Were sales hard?

1:05:40 How was managing the growth?

1:09:02 How was it being in a personal relationship with a business partner?

1:12:10 Do you have any advice to your younger self? Would have done anything different?

1:16:00 How was your experience selling the business?

1:19:30 Any advice on selling a business?

1:22:30 How was life after selling?

1:25:01 How was managing the money you got from the sale of the business?

1:28:40 What’s it like not dealing with financial stress

1:35:00 Do you think about your legacy especially with how popular Hydro Flask has gotten?

1:39:44 How has fatherhood changed you?

1:43:45 How was losing your brother to a heroin addiction? What would you pass onto others about that experience?

1:52:00 How can people support you?

I turned 27 yesterday! 

26 was a really insightful year. In this vlog, I talk about what I learned about 26 from a personal lens.

Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Blvk H3ro is a Jamaican singer with over 648k plays on Spotify, 700k plays on Apple, and 1.5 M plays on YouTube.

His latest collaboration in 2021 was with the band UB40, being a feature on 3 songs with them in their album Bigga Baggariddim. His latest album was in 2020 called “New Millennium” with Wayne J. His most notable songs right now are "It Nuh Easy", Original (Blvk H3ro & Wayne J), and Young Boss (Remix) (Blvk H3ro, Wayne J & Skillibeng).

In this interview, we talk about:

- Blvk H3ro’s journey of leaving his corporate bank job to pursue music full-time

- Blvk H3ro’s year of homelessness as he pursued music

- Blvk H3ro’s development as an artist from 2017 to 2021 and what’s next in 2022

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Blvk H3ro's Website: https://www.blvkh3ro.com/

Blvk H3ro's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blvkh3ro/

Blvk H3ro's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29v52R5tPpJ0Hrh1VnmZoZ

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

0:46 Black Hero’s childhood

3:41 How did your love for drumming and singing turn to let me try and become a singer?

8:17 How did your inner circle and family take it when you left your bank job and went all into music?

13:16 Talk to us about being homeless

16:13 Were you scared when you were homeless?

18:30 Did you forgive your friends who changed up when you lost your banking job?

22:02 Advice to a young artist just starting out

25:05 Talk about your early albums - THC EP, and H3ro’s Day

27:34 Talk about 2019 album “Immortal Steppa”

29:55 Talk to us about your music process

33:51 Did you feel established in 2019?

36:34 Did your family come around and start supporting you by 2019?

37:22 How did your relationship with Bunny Wailer form?

38:53 Any good stories of Bob Marley from Bunny?

39:45 Talk about your 2020 album “New Millennium” with Wayne J

42:36 How have you handled fame over the last couple years?

46:30 Are you scared that the girls that like you only like you cause you’re famous?

47:55 How was collaborating with Wayne J and UB40?

50:11 What’s up next for 2022 for Blvk H3ro?

54:10 Do you have any vices?

57:09 Do you have bad days?

59:05 What does Jamaica mean to you?

1:01:24 How do you set goals?

Hey guys, hope you're doing well.

I wanted to do a solo podcast episode reviewing my 2021 personally and for Grateful Living, and the lessons I learned.

Thank you to my family, friends and everyone who supported me personally and/or Grateful Living this year. The love of my personal friends and the Grateful Living community is tangible and I just appreciate the positivity and love we’re all spreading.

Hoping for a great 2022 for all of us 🙏🏽

Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

The other day, I was talking to a friend, and she asked me, how do I become more grateful?

I know I should be grateful – I’m blessed with a good job, an apartment, friends, family, all that, yet I just don’t feel the gratefulness or the joy of being alive with these blessings in my day to day.

In this vlog, I talk about my 3 strategies to becoming more grateful.

If you have any feedback for me or strategies you use, let me know!

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Katie Southworth is an internationally recognized abstract painter.

In August of 2015, Katie's mom, Ellie, passed away due to suicide. After her death, Katie's relationship with art grew as she honored and shared her mom's spirit through her art. In August of 2021, Katie decided to take the leap and became a full-time artist.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Katie’s family background and when she learned about her mom’s battle with depressive bipolar disorder

- Losing her mom to suicide and her life after

- Her art journey and how she became a full-time artist

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Katie's Art Bio: Her work harnesses the power of color and light to promote mindfulness, mental well-being and joy. Over 100 of her original works are in private collections in New York City, Vero Beach, LA, Edgartown, Hermosa Beach, Oakland, Denver, Canada, Slovenia, and more. Katie’s work has been featured in international publications including House & Garden UK, Vanity Fair London, and British Vogue. Her first solo show "Colorjoy" at New Canaan Gallery and Frame attracted over 300 people to Opening Night, and 10 pieces sold in total.

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Katie's Website: https://www.katiesouthworthart.com/

Katie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiesouthworth_art/?hl=en

Katie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Katie-Southworth-Art-115249890166271

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

1:57 Katie’s childhood and background

3:30 When did art become a part of your life?

5:00 First time hearing about mental health/bipolar disorder?

6:07 Can you introduce us to your mom and the events that unfolded in college?

10:20 Were there signs in the weeks before she passed?

12:45 What would you advise to someone in a similar grieving situation?

16:17 Advice to friends supporting another a friend who lost someone to suicide

18:50 Advice on transitioning back to normal life after a major trauma

22:15 Advice to a parent watching this who is considering suicide?

23:45 Did you deal with feelings of guilt?

26:00 Does time help with the grieving process?

27:58 Advice to someone dating someone whose lost a parent to suicide?

31:05 Any other advice grieving a parent who passes away due to suicide?

35:47 What’s your favorite memory of your mom?

37:45 What was your attitude in college with regards to art? Were you aiming to become a full-time artist?

45:07 Advice to an artist trying to either start a side art business or become a full-time artist

48:25 How did you find your style as an artist?

51:47 Finding your art space

53:34 Learning the art business

55:34 What’s your art process?

57:50 Do you gain confidence as time goes on?

1:00:14 What’s the biggest difference between being a part-time artist versus a full-time artist?

1:01:38 What’s your approach with goal-setting?

1:03:24 What do you hope for people that see your art to feel?

1:04:53 Doing a solo exhibition

1:07:04 What was it like being an art educator?

1:09:59 Is titling pieces easy?

1:11:22 Anything else on your mind?

1:12:52 Future of Katie Southworth art?

The other day, my friend asked, how do I stay consistent with going to the gym? I feel like I do well for 1-2 weeks, and then the 3rd week, maybe I have a stressful week, and then I never get back to my old schedule of going to the gym.

In this vlog, I talk about my 3 strategies to maintaining consistency with my goals.

If you have any feedback for me or strategies you use, let me know!

Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

In 2018, Shalini lost her husband Anand to suicide.

Shalini is now a mental health advocate with the goal of helping to destigmatize mental health.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Shalini’s childhood and growing up in a family where domestic violence was present

- Shalini’s attempted suicide at 18 and what led her to that point

- Losing her husband Anand to suicide and her life after that

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Shalini's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shalinituscano/

Shalini's Website: https://shalinism.com/

Shalini's Blog: https://www.facebook.com/ShaliniTuscano/

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

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Time Stamps:

0:00 intro

1:37 Overview of Shalini’s life story

12:38 Advice to a child experiencing domestic violence in their household

16:00 Did your personal traumas lead to bad behavior in school?

21:00 Did you ever fear physical or verbal abuse from your father as you protected your mom?

25:50 Can you speak about your attempted suicide at 18?

32:15 Advice to someone feeling suicidal right now

35:25 How did you feel ready for marriage, especially after seeing your parents situation?

41:20 Can you give us context on Anand’s attempted suicide earlier in his life?

48:11 Was there a change in Anand’s behavior months before he passed?

55:37 How was the week of Anand going missing?

1:02:15 How was the grieving process after Anand’s death?

1:04:48 You decided to be honest about Anand’s death and not call it an accident. Talk about that decision.

1:10:22 Advice for supporting a loved one whose lose someone to suicide.

1:111:53 Advice to someone who has lost someone to suicide

1:16:32 What advice would you have to someone with a significant other dealing with mental health issues?

1:23:42 How has transitioning to widow life been? Are you open to dating?

1:27:30 Did you deal with guilt after losing Anand?

1:30:15 Anything else you wanted to talk about?

1:30:40 Most positive memory of Anand?

1:34:08 Were you honest with young relatives of Anand, like nephews and nieces?