It's The Bearded Man

I think we’ve all experienced a moment in our life where a thought or an emotion takes over control the way we feel. Whether it’s for better or worse, it becomes a runaway train that we’re a part of and there is no way of getting off. Now of course we’ll ride that train to the end if its a high high and we feel great BUT what if the thought or situation makes us feel sad, unmotivated or any other unwanted emotion? Well, we’re going to be looking for an exit strategy as soon as possible.

Today I want to talk about the power of mindfulness and the steps we can take that will allow for us to gain control of our feelings. By being better equipped for dealing with unwanted emotions or thoughts, we can recognize, accept, investigate & become non-attached to whatever arises in our mind. Mindfulness is an incredibly important skill for us to develop & one that we’ll be able to utilize for the rest of our lives.

Four Steps To Mastering Mindfulness :

• (1) Recognize : We must recognize & acknowledge what we’re feeling in this moment.
• (2) Accept : We must accept whatever is passing through us for what it is & not resist it.
• (3) Investigate : We must investigate the emotion to understand the root of where it’s coming from.
• (4) Non-Identification : We must learn the skill of non-identification and not attach ourselves to whatever arises. This too shall pass.

Challenge for the listeners

• Spend 15 mins in the next 24hrs to think through a recent situation you had difficulty with a thought or an emotion. Role play each of the four steps in your mind : Recognize, Accept, Investigate & Non-Identification. Get good at this process and the next time an unwanted emotion or thought has risen, use the same steps to work through whatever you’re going through.

Questions from the Stay Dialed In Community

• Evan Cudworth : Mindfulness in groups
• Steve O’Dell : Discuss things to avoid. What breaks mindfulness? Distracts us?
• Rugtomize : How to let go of the thoughts and energy behind them?

Pod Review Of The Week

• Matt Robitaille

Stay hydrated with Liquid I.V.!

Use promo code : THEBEARDEDMAN for 25% off your entire order

Got a topic / question you want me to cover? Hit me UP on IG @Bobbbaaaay

Sign up for the Stay Dialed In Newsletter!

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com

Brandon DesJarlais is a professional longboard skater, content creator & marketing professional. He’s the founder of PURE Longboard, an online longboard course and founder of AMP Skate, a new platform designed to make all styles of long boarding more accessible. He recently launched an international commercial with Facebook.

Topics :

• Falling in love with downhill skating at age 15
• Changing a skateboarding law in his hometown
• Having a strong work ethic to keep crossing things off the list
• Building a loyal longboard community through social media
• Practice 10% more than your biggest competition
• Experimenting different ideas / interests is a success
• Making $60k from Vin Diesel’s movie “Xxx3” & then traveling the world + investing in himself
• Beyond The Board Tour
• Recent International Facebook Commercial
• Sleeping in his car his senior year of college
• Founding Amp Skate, a new platform designed to make all styles of long boarding more accessible
• First step to reaching our inner potential : lower your expectation
• Challenge for the listeners : Schedule 15mins in your cal within the next 24hrs to do the 1 thing you really want to do

Connect with Brandon!

Instagram : @Desgnarlais

YouTube : Brandon DesJarlais

TikTok : @Desgnarlais

Website : BrandonDesJarlais.com

Stay hydrated with Liquid I.V.!

Use promo code : THEBEARDEDMAN for 25% off your entire order

Let us know your feedback of the show on our 4 question survey! 

Sign up for the Stay Dialed In Newsletter!

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com 

Are you tapping into your inner greatness today? How do we know if we’re or if we aren’t? It’s not like we get a noti on our phone saying “INNER GREATNESS UNLOCKED TODAY, WOHOOO!” What are the benefits of us stepping into our greatness? What does it cost for admission?

To tap into ones inner greatness, it’s a choice that only we can make. It’s open 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year & never closes up shop. When we strive to become the greatest version of ourselves, we’re able to tap into our ultimate potential & see what we’re really capable of. There will never be an end destination that we finally arrive at that says “WELCOME TO GREATNESS” because it will always be a work in progress.

7 Ways to reaching our inner greatness

• (1) Self-awareness of who you’re is absolutely crucial. We need to understand our strengths, weaknesses & interests.
• (2) Spending time in silence better prepares us for the future by reflecting and learning from the past which gets us ready for the future.
• (3) Always seek knowledge because there will always be more to learn.
• (4) Creating routines helps us to stay accountable to showing up to the activities that matter most to us. At some point the routine will become a habit and part of our lives.
• (5) To build the right circle of people around us, we must constantly audit and make sure these people inspire us and motivate us to become a better version of ourself.
• (6) Take care of your body because it’s our vehicle. We need to fuel, hydrate, push & rest it properly.
• (7) Create your dream home and utilize every inch of space you’ve got to your advantage. This is our sacred space that we should be happy and excited to be in.

Challenge for the listeners

• Spend 10 minutes within the next 24hrs and consider which of the 7 areas you need to put more effort into in order to tap into your inner greatness. It does not matter how many, just pick one to start with and continue to audit / work on each of the categories moving forward.

Questions from the Stay Dialed In Community

• Oliver : How to get in touch as a young person with executives / leaders of a company?
• Evan : How to communicate to your friends / peer pressure

Got a topic / question you want me to cover? Hit me UP on IG @Bobbbaaaay

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

Sign up for my new Weekly Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com

Christopher Stoikos is the founder of Viral Response, a production company that helps write viral video scripts for clients by leading with love. He previously was the founder + CEO of Beard Club which he helped grow to $50M in sales before exiting.

Topics :

• Learning to control where he exerts his energy
• Challenges of finding his identity after leaving Beard Club / losing his beard and becoming a father / husband
• Everyone deals with childhood traumas
• Importance of setting boundaries
• Plant medicine changed his perspective of life + the world (Magic mushrooms, Peyote & Wachuma)
• “Slow is smooth and smooth is fast”
• Vulnerability built stronger love with his wife Katherine
• Greatest lesson he’s learned from Dan Bilzerian
• What he’s learned about success
• Launching Viral Response to help brands story tell by leading with love
• Christopher freestyles on the spot
• First step to reaching our inner potential : Do not let money derail you from your devine path
• Challenge for the listeners : Do what lights you up most first

Connect with Christopher!

Instagram : @CStoikos17

Website : ViralResponse.ca

Spotify : Christopher Stoikos

Let us know your feedback of the show on our 4 question survey! 

Sign up for my new Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com 

-----------------

Adi Shakti Mantra:

The Adi Shakti Mantra tunes one into the frequency of the Divine Mother, and to the primal protective, generating energy. It is said that chanting it eliminates fears and fulfills desires.

Instructions: 

With one hand over your heart, chant the mantra like a song, 9 times, with sincere loving energy, with the intention: to attract my divine life partner into my reality. 

Mantra

Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Namo Namo

Sarab Shakti, Sarab Shakti, Sarab Shakti, Namo Namo

Pritham Bhagvati, Pritham Bhagvati, Pritham Bhagvati, Namo Namo

Kundalini Mata Shakti, Mata Shakti, Namo Namo

Meaning

I bow to (or call on) the primal power.

I bow to (or call on) the all encompassing power and energy.

I bow to (or call on) that through which God creates.

I bow to (or call on) the creative power of the Kundalini, the Divine Mother Power.

Link: https://spiritvoyage.com/mantra/adi-shakti/

___________________________________

The actual Poem that Catherine wrote Christopher: (include in bio of episode) 

He held so much light

You knew it scared him

Embracing fear as his friend and enemy

He became a skilled dancer in the fight

Navigating waves of emotionality

Self-sabotage could induce a dim

But that was just temporarily

Until his next moment of insight

How could he transform the dark?

If he could not face his own shadows

Society reflecting his pain

Could he handle the responsibility of fame?

Drinking, smoking, eating was not his version of fun

For a simple life in the meadows

Feet on the earth, gazing into the sun

Was how he dreamed of leaving his mark

Transcending generational anger

The urge to fuck women

And hit another million dollar marker 

"I'll let you know tomorrow" was his new answer

With a beard with fragments of gold

And eyes that sparkled like Sapphire

The truth was obvious

To this planet, his role was precious

___________________________________

Show credits : 

The spiritual teacher that taught me the quote, Slow is Smooth and smooth is fast: Alexander Dunlop

The spiritual teacher that learned all

About Money Is Love from: Barbara Wilder  

What does Drake, Jeff Bezos & Oprah Winfrey have in common? They’ve all created momentum in their respective careers. Now this didn’t happen out of thin air but rather over decades of consistently working within their own individuals lanes. Why is momentum important? Because once they were able to get things rolling, they got into their flow & we see where they’re today. All extremely successful & absolutely crushing it!

Today I want to talk about the importance of creating momentum, how we can get it started & how we can sustain it over a long period of time. It doesn’t matter what your goals are, this can be applicable to any area of your life. Once the momentum is rolling, it will take you anywhere you direct it it to go. 

Momentum definition : The strength or force gained by motion by a series of actions.

These are the four steps I use to create & keeping momentum

• (1) Just Start : In order for us to create any amount of momentum, we must first get started. It’s by far the hardest step but it’s crucial to any new beginning.
• (2) Stay Consistent & Be Selective With Distractions : As we build consistency over a period of time, we must be very selective with what or who we allow to distract us. Living a balanced lifestyle is healthy but we must make sure it’s balanced and not fully disrupting our momentum.
• (3) Pick Up Where You Left Off : When the momentum has come to a complete halt and it feels impossible to get things going again, just pick up where you left off. Don’t make up any story in your head about how difficult it will be to get things rolling again and instead get things moving in the forward direction.
• (4) Evaluate The Direction You’re Headed : As we create and keep the momentum moving, we must evaluate the direction we’re headed constantly. If not, we may end up somewhere we never intended to be.

Challenge For The Listeners

• Spend 10 minutes within the next 24hrs considering this :
• • If you have been debating starting something new, make a list of the first couple initial steps it will take to start
  • Evaluate what distractions you let pull you away and if there’s anything or anyone specific you do NOT want to be part of your life anymore
  • If you’ve stopped the momentum and haven’t touched the new paint set you bought or haven’t worked out in weeks… well today is the day

Got a topic / question you want me to cover? Hit me UP on IG @Bobbbaaaay

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

Sign up for my new Weekly Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com

Sydney Webb is the founder of Toto, a new category of enhanced cookie dough for mind, body, and spirt. It’s vegan, gluten free, no refined sugar and drool worthy.

Topics :

• The importance of building a passionate team
• Learning to become adaptable
• Process & reasoning of rebranding her business from “Madeby” to “Toto”
• Building emotional connections with people through content
• Storytelling is the greatest skill when raising money for a business
• Pros + cons of dating another entrepreneur
• Self-love practices
• Letting go of limiting beliefs
• Takeaways from the personal stillness from the pandemic
• Quieting the toxic thoughts in our head
• 5 Rules Of Living the most fulfilled life : Connect, Service, Generosity, Gratitude & Bravery
• Biggest takeaways from It’s The Beaded Man Podcast
• Mindset is everything
• A rising tide lifts all boats
• First step to reaching our inner potential : Believe
• Feelings Are Our Inner Guidance System
• Challenge for the listeners : Sit with a piece of paper & pen and see what you write in 30 mins

Connect with Sydney!

Instagram : @SydneyOliviaaah

Check out Toto!

Instagram : @TotoFoodsco

Website : Totofoods.co

Let us know your feedback of the show on our 4 question survey! 

Sign up for my new Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com 

Have you had days where you felt like you accomplished nothing? Do you stress thinking about the future, where you want to be & the work it’ll take to get there? Are you anxious to get to the finish line aka reach your dreams or goals and neglect enjoying the process of the day to day grind because of it?

Today I want to talk about the importance of focusing on winning the day in front of us. When I stopped wasting energy thinking about the future constantly, I was able to enjoy the day to day process and find gratitude in it. By creating a daily to-do list of items to complete, I am able to focus on what I can control today which helps me win my day.

Three principles to winning your day :

• (1) Creating Your List allows you to be accountable on what you can accomplish in the day ahead. By doing that, we spend less time thinking about the future and instead focus on the present moment.
• (2) Make adjustments in your list when necessary. Priorities will change on a daily basis and we need to readjust accordingly.
• (3) Be realistic in expectations for the day ahead and set yourself up for success. There is only so much you can do within 24hrs, don’t create a to-do list that is impossible to accomplish.

Challenge for the listeners

• Take 10 minutes sometime in the next 24hrs to create your list. Start with a few items and when you’re ready, add to it.
• See how this changes your focus from the big picture of where you want to go and instead focuses on what’s in front of you today.
• Give the list a try and hit my DM letting me know how it’s helped you!

Questions from The Bearded Man Community (The BMC)

• Austin Cole : Being okay with your productive hours. Personally a morning person.

Got a topic / question you want me to cover? Hit me UP on IG @Bobbbaaaay

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

Sign up for my new Weekly Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com

Dustin “Dusty” Watten is a member of the US Men’s National Volleyball team & a World Cup Champion. He's played internationally in countries such as Finland, France, Brazil, Germany & Poland over the past decade. 

Topics :

• Gratitude for his career thus far
• Winning the World Cup & realizations that came from it
• Creating a Daily List of micro tasks help him focus on what he can do daily
• Traveling abroad for 12+ years & sacrifices to play at the highest level professionally
• Avoiding escapism decisions by being more conscious
• Changing his relationship with alcohol
• Understanding our personal priorities
• Four Foundations  : Intention, Purpose, Love & Service
• Advice for starting + staying consistent with meditation
• Experience + learnings from a 10 day vipassana mediation retreat
• Creating the Mamba Mentality within us is about getting clear
• First step to reaching our inner potential : Meditate & journal
• Challenge for the listeners : Meditate for two minutes

Connect with Dustin!

Instagram : @DustinWatten

YouTube : @DustinWatten

Website : DustinWatten.com

Let us know your feedback of the show on our 4 question survey! 

Sign up for my new Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com 

Do you hold back expressing how you feel because you’re afraid of what people might think or say? Have there been times when you get anxious or overwhelmed because you have something on your mind but are afraid to speak up? Are you hesitant to be your most authentic self because of what society might say?

Today I want to talk about the importance of being vulnerable. By sharing how I actually feel, I take off all the weight on my shoulder an am able to clear my mind of whatever thoughts are in my head. Being vulnerable is absolutely crucial for my mental health and overall well-being.

“Vulnerability is terrifying. The courage it takes to reveal your heart is one of the most daunting and yet rewarding experiences in life. It will set you free” - The Better Man Project

Three Principles For Being Vulnerable

• (1) Humans deal with every emotion possible. Whatever wanted or unwanted emotions we’re dealing with today, we must remind ourselves that it’s okay and that this too shall pass in time.
• (2) Finding a medium to express our emotions is incredibly important. There is no right or wrong way to do it, what’s important is that we find a medium that allows us to transfer these emotions out of your mind and body
• (3) Ignore the negativity that comes your way from being vulnerable. The best way to fight it is by keeping our head held high, expressing love back & letting opinions in one ear and out the other.

Questions From The Bearded Man Community

• Jewell : Stereotypical men struggle with vulnerability in relationships. Why and how can women encourage it?
• Rugtomize : Perservance
• Orlystory : Communication skills

Got a topic / question you want me to cover? Hit me UP on IG @Bobbbaaaay

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

Sign up for my new Weekly Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com

Tracy Komlos is a global community builder, serial entrepreneur, event producer and change maker. She’s the founder + CEO of Pangea Dreams, co-founder of M.E.S.H., co-founder of Multiverse & co-founder of LA Hike Club.

Topics :

• Surrounding herself with passionate people ignites her soul
• Important trait of being an entrepreneur : There is no option B
• Solo trip to India changed her perspective on the life she wanted to create for herself
• Seeing how traveling positively impacted her, she launched Pangea Dreams
• Importance of finding fulfillment in what we do
• Why the smallest details matter when creating an unforgettable experience
• Using functional mushrooms to get rid of eczema opened her mind to how beneficial mushrooms can be
• Holistic changes in lifestyle to help her thrive
• 5+ years of cutting out alcohol
• Life changing experience with psychedelics
• The power of our mind creates the reality we’re living in
• Life happens for you, not to you
• Attending Burning Man in 2019 solo
• Navigating 3 long term relationships from age 19 to 28 & how it impacted her moving forward
• Importance of falling in love with ourself
• First step to reaching our inner potential : Believe in yourself
• Challenge for the listeners : Gratitude journal + mirror talking

Connect with Tracy!

Instagram : @TracyKomlos

Website : TracyKomlos.com

Check out her businesses!

Pangea Dreams : @PangeaDreams

M.E.S.H. : @Lets.Mesh

Multiverse : @Multiverse.Marketplace

LA Hike Club : @LA_HikeClub

Let us know your feedback of the show on our 4 question survey! 

Sign up for my new Bearded Wisdom Newsletter!

Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay

You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here’s how:

• Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show
• Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay

—-

Follow The Bearded Man!

Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay

YouTube : @BobbyHobert

Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay

Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com