Grow the Good

Have you ever felt that positive momentum when you're on the right track or that something was meant to happen? This podcast episode with NYT best-selling author, speaker, and coach Christy Whitman goes deep into the 7 Universal Laws. You might be most familiar with the Law of Attraction where you manifest your energy to make something happen and then it does. focus what you want, feel what you want. Christy Whitman has appeared on "Today" as well as been featured in People, Woman's Day, and Seventeen Magazine.

Christy's most recent book, Quantum Success is her roadmap to using the 7 Universal Laws and how to turn your vision into a reality. There's a lot of great insight in this book that we talk about in today's show. She has a formula for creating success as an "inside-out" approach through the thoughts we think, the energy we put out in the world, and the limits we set.

• The 7 Universal Laws
• How to create positive momentum
• The Three Questions to ask yourself
• Viewing life with an Abundance Mindset
• How to manifest with the Law of Attraction
• How to figure out your higher vision
• How to create a positive environment as a parent

• FREE COPY of Quantum Success
• Christy Whitman's Website
• Get Quantum Success and her other books
• Christy's TEDx Talk

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Nicolette Richer is making huge strides in the power of natural healing. She is an entrepreneur and owner of the delicious whole food, plant-based organic cafe franchise: The Green Moustache. She also is a TEDx speaker, author of her new book, Eat Real to Heal, host of the podcast Eat Real to Heal, and founder of Richer Health. She also also appeared on Dragon’s Den. Nicolette has used clean eating to personally help heal people with cancer, type 2 Diabetes, skin conditions, and more. Nicolette’s mission is to ensure that people know human health and environmental health are inextricably linked, and that we can cure our diseases through diet.

• What is Gerson Therapy?
• Are juice cleanses healthy? Juicing vs Smoothies
• Building Green Moustache
• Tips for balance in life, especially for entrepreneurs
• Her experience on Dragon’s Den
• How to get kids to eat a plant-based diet
• Hospitals and Vending Machines
• Importance of eating organic
• Must-take supplements for whole-foods plant-based diets

• Green Moustache
• Richer Health
• Zak Bush on Glyphosate on the Rich Roll Podcast

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and help it grow! Even 4 bucks a month- the cost of one coffee per month helps a LOT! Thanks, I really appreciate your support!

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Negotiation is a skill and something we can all practice.  I was never particularly interested in negotiation until my entire income became based on how well I could negotiate. The first year was intimidating and to be honest, I still get nervous. I wanted to know the rules and how the experts did it. I've read a few books on negotiation, but my favorite one is called Never Split the Difference.  The book is written by a brilliant man named Chris Voss. Chris Voss is the FBI’s former lead international kidnapping negotiator.  When he negotiated, peoples' lives were on the line.  In addition to being an author and former FBI negotiator, Chris regularly lectures on negotiation and is the CEO of Black Swan Group.  He has spoken at business schools across the country and has also been seen on ABC, CBS, CNN, Forbes and more.In his book, he wrote about anecdotes from his career, the tools he used in order to be successful and how it can be applied to any situation. There are some very direct and easy to implement strategies you can start using immediately after listening to this show.  I strongly encourage you to read the book because this episode will be a great supplement to the information. The way Chris negotiates is all about listening, knowing how and what questions to ask, creating value for both parties, and even how to tell if someone is lying.  He also tells us the one question you can ask to get someone to respond to your email and how to get out of a speeding ticket.

• how Chris became a negotiator
• defining tactical empathy
• the 3 types of negotiators
• getting to no before getting to yes
• how to phrase a question
• how to say no
• the power of silence
• real life examples for getting a raise, getting out of a speeding ticket and more!

• • Never Split the Difference Book
  • Black Swan Group
  • book about empathy Chris mentioned: Beyond Winning by Bob MNookin
  • Twitter: @VossNegotiation
  • Facebook: @ChrisVossNegotiation
  • LinkedIn: @ChristopherVoss

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Have you ever wondered if you could build muscle on a plant-based diet?  This week, I sat down with Derek Simnett to talk about his shift from being more of a skateboarder, runner type to calisthenics and going to the gym.  Not only does Derek have a perfectly chiseled, muscular physique and inspires others to be healthier, but he is also a certified nutritional practitioner. Derek's YouTube channel with almost a 250,000 subscribers is a great corner of the internet where you can learn workout tips, how to cook delicious plant-based meals, and see what he eats on a daily basis.  Derek also offers his own e-recipe book on his website.  Derek makes it easy to eat healthier and move your body.

• How Derek found a plant-based path
• what made Derek decide to focus on muscle and physique
• How Derek built his YouTube Channel
• Tips and Tricks with supplements, iron, protein, meal planning
• How many grams of protein Derek eats in a day

• • Simnett Nutrition
  • Derek Simnett's YouTube Channel
  • Derek's Instagram
  • Cronometer Calorie Tracking

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and help it grow! Even 4 bucks a month- the cost of one coffee per month helps a LOT! Thanks, I really appreciate your support!

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I recently asked people on Twitter what new habits they are trying to adopt. 95% of the responses had meditation as one of the habits.  I've read a lot of articles on how meditation physically changes the brain, how it's a gamechanger not only for performance, but simply for enjoying life and how consistency is important.  But I've struggled.  I'd do it for a week and then give up (and then beat myself up for it).  I'd find my way back to it, but I couldn't make the habit stick.  I tried to figure out why I was having trouble making meditation a regular part of my routine.  When I believe in the benefits of something, I just do it - like my plant-based diet, like my 14 year commitment to my career as a cyclist... so why couldn't I just DO meditation?  It's because I couldn't tell if it was working.

I recently read the book, "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" by Jeff Warren and Dan Harris. By read, I mean listened.  Dan and Jeff both are narrating the book and Jeff even leads meditations in the audiobook.   Jeff was the funny, relatable meditation expert in the book and his teaching style really resonated with me.  He wasn't all serious and monk-y (is that a word?).  I realized I by being too skeptical, I was looking for reasons for it NOT to work.  I was even more excited to find the 10% Happier meditation app which has different instructors and just seemed like a more natural fit for me.

As I delved more into Jeff Warren, I learned he has also authored other books, leads meditation retreats, and is the founder of the Consciousness Explorers Club that creates community around meditation.  Jeff enjoys exploring consciousness through the mind, through the body, and even socially.  His goal is to help people live more fulfilled lives.  Jeff's background before he found meditation was in journalism, especially on the science side of things.   When Jeff went to his first meditation retreat, he said, that meditation did not come easily for him. "I was and am a distractible, impulsive, over-thinking, teeth-gnashing worrier. I preferred to think about all the things that could happen in meditation than actually were happening."

If you are curious about meditation or are struggling to make it a regular part of your life, I think you'll enjoy this podcast.  I asked him a lot of questions based on what I learned in Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics. We talked about how to meditate (even if you don't want to focus on the breath), different tools for learning about and accepting the inner workings of our emotions and thoughts, how to find the right practice for you, and even ways to make things like sports or even showering part of your meditation practice.

• the reasons why people have trouble starting meditation
• how to stick with it
• the 6 mental muscles
• how to create a practice that works for you
• power in equanimity
• how to know if meditation working

• • Jeff Warren's website
  • Try 10% Happier App for Free
  • Jeff's online meditation courses

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When Kikkan Randall was 5 years old, she decided she was going to the Olympics for skiing.  Most 5 year olds have lofty and cute dreams that rarely come to fruition.  That wasn't the case for Kikkan.  Not only did she make it to her first Olympics for cross-country skiing at just 19 years old, but she has 5 Olympic Games under her belt.  Kikkan's house might tip over with all the medals as a 17x US National Champion, 16 podiums at World Cups, and to top it off - a shiny Olympic Gold medal that she won in Pyeongchang in 2018.  2 years before Pyeonchang, Kikkan gave birth to her son.  Truly, she is wonderwoman.

Kikkan decided to retire after the 2018 Olympics and winter season.  She was on as major high until one night, she found a couple small lumps in her breast.  The doctors assured it was probably nothing, but Kikkan couldn't help be feel worried.  The doctor came out to talk to her after her mammogram and uttered that she had Stage 2 breast cancer.

This podcast from start to finish is very powerful.  It's a story of how Kikkan has achieved such amazing things in her life, her unshakable champion mindset that drives her to stay positive, and her mission sharing her journey being treated and healing from breast cancer. You might just listen to this episode a couple of times!

"The color pink has taken on a new chapter in my life as I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Although we caught it early and the prognosis is good, my life will change quite a bit in the coming months. It’s a scary thing to learn you have cancer and I have wondered every day since how this could have possibly happened to me. But I have promised myself that I will remain positive and active and determined throughout my treatment. I am going to bring as much tenacity, strength, and energy toward this challenge as I have throughout my entire career."

-Kikkan Randall (as quoted on her website)

• How Kikkan created a road map to Olympic Gold
• How Kikkan stayed engaged during her 20+ year career
• How to deal with nerves
• What it meant to be the first US skiier to win gold
• Kikkan's life as a mother of a toddler
• How it felt when she was diagnosed with breast cancer
• Staying active every day through chemo
• Kikkan's positivity keeps her going

• • Kikkan Randall's website
  • Kikkan's Instagram

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and help it grow! Even 4 bucks a month- the cost of

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Vanessa Van Edwards is one of my heroines.  She studies what makes people tick.  More specifically- the science of people.  Vanessa is a best selling author and behavioral investigator.  She creates compelling, super helpful, and instantly applicable advice on how to be successful in any social situation.  Vanessa has been featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the Today Show and USA Today. She has written for CNN, Fast Company and Forbes and is a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine.  She also speaks across the globe to Fortune 500 companies.

I discovered Vanessa from her book, Captivate.  As a professional people watcher, Vanessa created a guidebook on how to make great first impressions, how to have dazzling conversation, how to be likeable, creating social game plans, being able to read people and uncover hidden emotions, how to get the best from people and from yourself, how to speak so people will listen and so much more.  We barely scratched the surface of the massive value and gold mine of information Vanessa provides.  Today, we went straight into the heart of it: how to crack someone's personality which is also a chapter in her book.  You'll learn about the 5 ways to classify someone's personality, how speed read a person's personality, and how to interact in ways that will set you both up for success in your relationship - this applies to anything from work colleagues to significant others.  As someone who loves analyzing, learning, and understanding "why" about pretty much everything, I find Vanessa's brilliant contributions to be helpful every day.

• The Big 5 Personality Traits: OCEAN
• The Platinum Rule
• How to decode each trait
• What is an ambivert?
• What the word neurotic actually means
• how to use the big 5 to create successful relationships
• can you export worrying?

• • Science of People
  • Vanessa Van Edward's YouTube Channel
  • Vanessa's awesome book: Captivate
  • Seriously, click here.
  • Vanessa's Twitter
  • Her Instagram

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and h

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You know that section of trail that you've never seen anyone ride?  That one spot where you wonder if it's even possible?  Jeff Lenosky, aka the Trail Boss is the guy to do it.  Jeff tackles the hardest seemingly "unrideable" trails, rides them, and documents it for his youtube channel.  And in case you aren't familiar with Jeff, he is a world-class freeride and trials mountain bike rider with three trials national titles under his belt and the world record for the bunny hop on a full-size mountain bike (45.5 inches).  He has been in the sport since the late 80s.  Not only is he one of the world's most skilled mountain bikers, he is also a dad to his 3 children.  He also performs shows for hundreds of kids all year long.

In this episode, we talk about Jeff's evolution as a pro rider since the early nineties, how he has transitioned from trials to trail riding, why he decided to start a YouTube Channel, and some real life advice to help you improve your confidence and your riding.

• How Jeff has maintained a 20+ year career
• From Trials to Trail Riding: Jeff's evolution
• Life as a sponsored athlete
• Why Youtube?
• Does the type of bike make a difference?
• Does he still get nervous on technical trails?
• The Trail Boss name

• • Jeff Lenosky's YouTube Channel: Trail Boss
  • Jeff's instagram

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and help it grow! Even 4 bucks a month- the cost of one coffee per month helps a LOT! Thanks, I really appreciate your support!

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Imagine dedicating everything to your dreams and you actually achieve them.  Professional BMX Athlete Josh Perry had this life experience.  From seeing the X Games on TV to one day competing in them, Josh's path to success was one full of hard work, dedication, and tenacity.  But at age 21, Josh went to the hospital after crashing on his head.  His MRI uncovered the unthinkable.  Brain tumors.  With his whole future and dream life in front of him, Josh was forced to wrestle with the emotions, depression, and challenges of his diagnaosis and he did so by sticking to riding his bike. Josh is the definition of resilience and positivity.  After surgically removing his tumors, more came back to take their place.  But after doing research, he discovered Gamma Knife Radiation and a radical lifestyle change to take back control of his life.  In this incredibly inspiring episode, you'll hear how BMX taught Josh to get back up and keep going, even with brain tumors, how he lives with uncertainty and squashes anxiety, how to use comparison for the better, and his journey to eventually becoming a holistic health coach.

• How josh got into BMX
• Josh going from watching X Games to competing in them
• the day he received a crushing diagnosis of a brain tumor
• how to deal with fear and anxiety
• how we can use comparison for the better
• how to recover and get confidence back after brain surgery, an injury, or a sickness
• Josh’s journey to becoming a holistic healthy coach
• Josh’s mindset shifts to help him get through any adversity

• • Josh's website
  • Josh Perry's Twitter
  • Josh Perry's Instagram
  • www.AthleteRecoveryFund.org/josh-perry

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and help it grow! Even 4 bucks a month- the cost of one coffee per month helps a LOT! Thanks, I really appreciate your support!

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Have you ever driven your car 184 mph? I haven't either.  Imagine... going 184 mph on a bicycle.  Would you be scared?  "That's impossible" you might think.  I had never heard or imagined anyone going that fast on a bicycle. It seemed like you just wouldn't be able to do that.  Imagine my surprise in September when I met a woman who had done it.  Enter Denise Mueller Korenek.  On September 16, she clocked the fastest time EVER to be ridden on a bicycle: 183.932 mph to be exact.  She did this at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats with a very large front chain ring drafting behind a dragster. Imagine being inches off the back of a dragster at that kind of speed?

(Matt Ben Stone)

It wasn't her first world record either.  The 45 year old mother of three set the fastest female speed record in 2016 at 147.75  mph.  That wasn't enough, she went back for more and her current record is the fastest anyone has EVER ridden a bike.  Denise is no stranger to grand achievements.  As a racer in her junior days, she started collecting national champion jerseys in her closet.  However, she hung up the bike for nearly 20 years before finding it again.  Inspired and fired up, she ended up training again and scoring a few more national champ jerseys, this time as a masters rider.  With her vision, confidence and cycling fitness in the stratosphere, she set out to ride... insanely fast. With the help of her coach (who also had a speed record at one point) and a female race car driver (Shea Holbrook), they did it.  Twice.   This conversation is powerful.  We go deep into not only the logistics of how to actually ride a bike that fast and what equipment and training you'd need, but we went into the psyche of fear and self-belief.  And to be going so fast where you'll likely die if you make a mistake, there is an insane amount of focus and attention.

(Matt Ben Stone)

• Denise's early history as a cyclist
• Why Denise wanted to set the bicycle speed record
• All the details: the bike, equipment set-up, car
• How she trained
• How she mentally coped with fear and doubt
• What it means to hold the record

• • Video of Denise riding behind dragster
  • Project Speed Website
  • Follow Denise on Instagram

If you would like to support the growth my show, I’d love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With

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