Lean In with Casey Grey

In this Podcast, Case Grey interviews his wife and life partner Natasha Grey. A former Psychotherapist and the author of the acclaimed children's book, Everyday Superheroes. She is also the host of iTunes New and Noteworthy podcast, The Conscious Living Podcast where she spent two years interviewing and learning from the best in the industry, everyone from NY Times bestselling authors to CEO's of large organizations who incorporate meditation into their business' as well as powerful women raising a family at home. Natasha's experience as a psychotherapist combined with her immersive work in meditation practices' gives her an incredible advantage of cultivating a unique, transformative environment and experience for all human beings from all walks of life.

After years of exploring different meditation practices, Natasha concluded that its not one type of meditation practice that fits all. Younion doesn't hold a specific belief structure around one type of meditation, but rather encompasses a variety of modalities, practices and philosophies. Younion has a variety of offerings to choose from that accommodates everyone's needs on any given day without having to ascribe to a particular belief or religion to guide their practice or experience.

Episode Links:

Instagram @natasha_a_grey

Younionstudio Website

Episode Timeline:

• 2:50 Natasha's childhood
• 12:00 Getting kicked out of kindergarten
• 17:00 Therapy
• 25:00 Moving to California
• 43:00 Why meditation you Younion
• 53:30 Parting words of advice

Podcast Quote:

"People feel like their missing out on all the good stuff which was the crap that was making them sick to begin with as opposed to: You get to put this beautiful source of energy into your body and this is what you're going to get because of it"

Natasha Grey

Casey Interviews his gymnastic's coach  Alex MacInnes. Born and raised in Prince Edward Island where he competed in gymnastics and represented PEI in 7 Canadian National Championships. Alex moved to Ottawa to pursue his studies and work with at risk youth before deciding to take the big risk and open up his own gymnastics training center. Now with a growing team of gymnasts he continues to grow as a coach and help youth and adults pursue improvements in strength, flexibility and cardio all while having a good time! In this podcast Alex talks about growing up in gymnastics and the transition from athlete to business owner and much more! Check out the podcast links below for more information.

Episode Timeline:

• 2:50 Starting gymnastics
• 8:30 Moving to Ottawa to study and become a youth worker
• 15:00 Struggling as a new business owner
• 23:00 Getting into training
• 30:00 Expanding the business
• 33:30 Speacializing in your stenghts
• 38:50 Parting words of advice

Episode Links:

• alexkazamgymnastics
• youtube
• Instagram @alexkazamgymnastics

Podcast Quote:

"It's so important to find balance in your training that's going to allow you to move better, feel better and live longer, that's what I'm really after is helping people achieve that with the end goal of happiness" Alex MacInnes

In this podcast Casey interviews architect and green building consultant Mark Rosen, owner of Building Energy Inc., and co-owner of a new startup company. Born and raised in Canmore, Alberta, Mark moved to Ottawa to pursue his studies in architecture before working for his father in law as an energy advisor. He met his wife Megan while studying and not long after attaining jobs in their fields, they decided to stop what they were doing,  quit and travel the world. Mark shares how their travels inspired the design of their current passive house and provides fresh insights on how homes should work, where the industry is headed and lots more. Check out the podcast links and timeline to learn more.

Episode Links:

• SharpHomeTech
• BuildingEnergyInc
• WeBuildaHome
• WeWonder

Episode Timeline:

• 2:00 Introduction to passive house
• 4:30 Mark shares their blog and travel experience
• 10:00 Mark talks about his work background
• 27:00 How does a house work
• 30:45 Building standards
• 35:30 Fighting climate change
• 42:50 Lessons learned from living in a passive house
• 47:00 Final thoughts

Podcast Quotes:

"More people will probably read their cars user manual than their homes user manual if one even exists"

--Mark Rosen

"People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty most of the time "

-- Tim Ferriss (referenced)

In this Podcast Casey interviews Michael Peixoto, husband, father, professor, soccer coach and award wining principal architect at ARCA-VERDE architecture inc, he talks about his own 2600square foot Passive House he and his wife Robin Peixoto (principal interior designer with the firm Parallel 45) designed and moved into with their two daughters in 2017.

In this podcast Michael talks about the business and how he got into architecture, what success means to him, changes in the industry, juggling his family commitments and so much more. Check out the podcast timeline and links below:

Podcast Timeline:

• 2:00 Introduction
• 7:15 Passive house
• 13:15  What attracted Michael to architecture
• 23:15 Michael talks about bringing a project to completion and what success means to him.
• 29:15 Changes to the construction industry
• 36:50 Michael talks about starting his own practice
• 39:15 How does Michael spend his free time?
• 48:40 Michael and Casey talk family
• 1:00:00 Some parting advice from Michael

Website Link

arca-verde.ca

Podcast Quote

"You take a series of information and criteria and you somehow dilute that into something that ends up as a physical building, there's something incredibly rewarding about that"

-- Michael Peixoto

In this episode Casey interviews Lynne Lafontaine a banker and sales marketing professional, until the age of 40, when a separation inspired her to change careers and buy a house and renovate it. Lynne took 6 years to finish her first renovation, through the process she realized she didn't enjoy laying floors and painting, but she enjoyed designing the space. In this podcast Lynne talks about her first renovation, going back to school at 40 and how she got into the business by starting a staging business. Lots of advice on setting expectations for your next project, and as an trained cook she shares some kitchen design advice and introduces a new exciting project in the works called,  Next Fase Design. Check out the podcast links and timeline for more details.

Timeline:

• 2:30  Lynne's background and first renovation
• 6:00  Retaking grade 12 math at 42
• 7:00  Architectural design vs. Interior Design
• 10:00 Staging - Lynne's first gig in the business
• 18:30 Managing client expectations 
• 20:50 New home owners don't do this before your renovation!
• 27:00 Lynne on budget: how do you get the real budget?
• 30:00 What makes a good team?
• 41:00 Designing a functional kitchen
• 44:30 Lynne introduces her new design concept: Next Faze Homes
• 49:15 Lynne's last words of advice

Episode Links:

Houzz

Facebook

Quote:

"When I got separated I had to redirect my career into another direction at 40 odd years old, so I decided to buy a house in Manor Park and renovate it. "

-- Lynne LaFontaine

Rock Thomas, a self made millionaire of several business and six award winning RE/MAX franchises, is the founder of a group called M1. As part of M1, the group does regular Facebook Live events called Monday Night Live. In this live event Casey has the mic to answer questions from the tribe and speak about the three steps to Conscious Building.

Podcast Timeline:

3:45 Introduction

7:45 Becoming a father and becoming more conscious/aware of your purpose/calling

14:30 The importance and benefits of writing

18:30 Questions to start asking yourself to become more conscious and replace bad habits.

21:00 What we don't know, we don't know. What we should know about indoor air quality.

26:30 Getting past writers block

28:30 The importance of Fresh Air Systems

31:45 Surrounding yourself with the best team

39:15 Family and breaking the habit of work, work, work.

52:00 Introduction to Gingko

55:30 Introduction to M1

Podcast Quotes

Casey talking about his son

"we feel like we're supposed to teach them, but if we're curious and open to it they will teach us more than we will ever teach them"

 Rock Thomas speaking on M1

"It's like a buffet of information that you could use for your business and life"

Podcast Links:

GoM1

Rock Thomas

Casey's Blog

https://www.caseygrey.com/blog/business-mastery

Casey's most recent client meeting inspired his latest podcast where he talks about the benefits of feedback for personal and business growth.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, it's the one that is most adaptable to change.

Casey talks about how relevant this is to him, as a businessman, father and husband.

Read the book:

Beyond Mars and Venus

www.caseygrey.com 

Meet Chris Castillo, serial entrepreneur, part owner of Ottawa's Koichi Ramen and Mechanic to You. He's been a business mentor of Casey's for over 6 years as part of his Master Entrepreneur consulting group and recently launched a second coaching company called Fire Within.

In this episode we learn how Chris developed his entrepreneurial skills as a kid living with a single mom growing up in the desert of Chile to how he made his first $500 in consulting services at the age of 18.

Chris has a ton to offer in this podcast. Everything from goal setting to good business principles to how to be innovative and creative and how to use other people's money. As usual, he over delivers!

Audio Table of Contents

2:50 Chris's background

8:00 Chris comes to Canada

22:00 Setting high goals

30:30 Chris's 4 businesses

34:20 Business principles

36:25 Using other people's money his first $500 in consulting services

50:00 Family life

61:00 what's in the future

Podcast Links

• Master Entrepreneur
• Fire Within Coach
• Mechanic to You
• Koichi Ramen

"A lot of new businesses get into the practice of getting the wrong stuff. A new desk, new phone, website, business cards, logo... Get the customer first and THEN grow it! "

-- Chris Castillo

You wouldn't guess that Chad has 10 years on Casey, his half brother, they were even wrestling partners growing up, so it comes with much excitement that Casey finally sits down for a conversation with his half brother Chad St-Louis.

Chad shares stories beginning with his early childhood. Born with hearing loss and a heart arrhythmia and living with a single mom, Chad's situations were influential in developing that sense of empathy for others. This has been a key factor to his success and life's work. From being a mechanical engineer to starting and running his own engineering consulting firm, to joining Casey at The Conscious Builder and now partnering on their newest company, Gingko, Chad is a force for good.

Chad shares his life changing experience and Christmas miracle that occurred on December 21st, 2018. He talks about the factors that led up to this event, what happened and how it has changed his work and family life for the better. He shares some of these changes and ideas that we can take advantage of and start implementing in our own daily practices.

Here are some interesting links worth checking out:

• The One Thing: https://amzn.to/2U0wFWP
• M1: https://gom1.com/
• St-Louis & Associates: (website coming soon) http://st-louis.ca/
• SaveStation: https://savestation.ca/neighbourhood-defibrillator-program/
• https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/gingko.html

Podcast Timelines:

4:20 Chad's Introduction and personal story

18:00 Chad's work background

31:30 Chad's life changing experience

44:30 What is SAVERS

52:00 What is in the future for Chad

Quote from the podcast:

"Understanding that we have different strengths and respecting those strengths of the other person, so we're not competing and there is no ego involved, we're not about being right, it's about doing  what's best for everybody, whether that's the team, the homeowners, youtube viewers or the listeners of this podcast, its how do we make it better for the people that we're doing this for " Casey