You Deserve The Rich And Satisfying Life You May Believe Has Been Taken From You. Loss feels overwhelming. There,  I’ve said it. We also recognize that overwhelming may feel different depending on who you are. That’s where Nesreen comes in as a professional certified in life and grief coaching. She is the owner of Harbor Light Coaching, and she understands grief on a profoundly personal level and as a trained and certified coach. That makes her not only empathic but effective. In this episode, I open up about loss and the effect of grief in my own life, both as an individual and as an entrepreneur. We discuss methods to identify distress in your own life, combat toxic positivity, and how to surround yourself with a network that uplifts, listens, and acts. This is an episode that you don’t want to miss.

How Small, Small Steps and Large Leaps Can Get You To Your Most Fulfilled Life. Steve Fredlund is problem-solving gold. He is not only an actuary coach, business owner, innovator and public speaker; he is a dedicated father. Not only that, he is a humble and kind guy from East Central Minnesota that has a passion for poker and disc golf. That’s the right combination of traits for us to have a conversation about finding happiness. See, the thing that isn’t obvious is that Steve one day found himself completely unhappy in some of his major life choices. He had a life set up for him to win, yet he discovered that he didn’t want to reach those specific life goals. So what did he do? He learned basket weaving in Rwanda. Join me as we talk to Steve and understand more about his journey and what exactly disc golf really is.

Life can be tough sometimes. What you’ll discover in this conversation is that the key might be admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do I live my life within that and be great?' That’s the mindset of the week’s guest, Daniel Blue. Daniel is a driven entrepreneur, podcaster, best-selling author, speaker, finance enthusiast and problem solver. If you look him up, you’ll see him sourced in Forbes for his work in money management but that’s just a small part of his story. Daniel spent a part of his early life stuck in addiction. Daniel was a teenage father. Daniel watched his mother work tirelessly to support their lives while his dad moved back to Mexico. Daniel was angry. That was his past, and life is tough Today, Daniel is building the life he wants. He became all of the things that success stories are made of, and he’s going to talk to us about how we designed his life and also give you some really helpful financial tips. It’s a great episode.

Unlock the Force of Your Own Story to Impact Others and Change Lives. To kick off the second season of the podcast and Mental Health Awareness Month, I want you guys to plug into the power of storytelling, specifically your own story. Co-founder of the transformative company Endless Stages, Michael Harris will lead us through the steps that will help you tell your story and get your message out into the world. Michael understands the challenges we face, for years he struggled with chronic health issues, addictions and low self-esteem. Today, however, he uses his story to support others in telling their stories. What better way to start our month-long discussion of mental health, than to begin with how we can be our strongest selves by being honest, transparent and vulnerable. That’s how we form powerful communities, engagement and connection.

Unlearning Your Old Ways Of Approaching Business and Discovering Your True Passion. Everyday, millions of people around the globe think of new ideas or new ways to evolve existing ideas to meet their and their market’s needs. Yet, only a few of these people actually move forward with that idea in the hopes of improving their lives and the lives of the consumers they hope to attract. We tend to only hear the stories of the ones who create billion dollar ideas. But what about the rest? What about the single mother single parent who juggles life with an entrepreneurial dream of starting a cannabis accessory company. Let’s delve into that story and stories like that, today on Man Versus Brand.

It's a 4/20 pop-up episode where we discuss all of the barriers and restrictions that you need to overcome to realize your Cannabis start-up dream. Using all of my experience in consulting in the industry and available information in the market, I want to delve into why it’s so difficult to get into this start-up space and what you need to know to push your way through. It’s a 4/20 talk that you don’t want to miss.

Pierre has journeyed the road to professional, personal, emotional and spiritual resurrection throughout his life. These experiences have led him to become an author of 10 books, a playwright, a minister and a youth program director. We are going to talk about the many ways that he has been able to reconnect with old ideas, turn them into fresh initiatives. Are you ready to discover the things you need to know, to tap into the concepts that you thought were long buried and no longer viable? Let’s breathe new life into them. It’s Lenten season, so we are doing this in the spirit of renewal, reinvigoration and resurrection. Let’s get to that old idea now!

We have had three great talks on the topic of re-branding and resetting your life. Hopefully, you got something from them. Everyday, on the news we see examples of what works and what doesn’t in a professional and personal brand.What’s there to learn? After thinking on the subject, I have some final thoughts before we enter into some new conversations, stories, lesions and issues that face us as humans and as business creators. Let’s go down this path and see where it lands us.

How Uneasy Starts Can Still Result In Successful Ends. Shawn started as an at-risk youth and fought through the military, experienced the tragedy at 9/11 and owned a gym during Covid-19. He has overcome! Still keeping with the re-brand, re-set theme, our conversation shifts to discussing the obstacles that may prevent us from following a clear, straight path in life or in business. For every story of a brilliant, successful and well-funded entrepreneur, there are millions of folks that are in the market and still working on the mission. They push through obstacles, tragedies and loss to keep steadfast on the journey - wherever it may take them. Join me as I talk to Shawn about navigating personal and professional obstacles as an entrepreneur and how to win when winning is the only option left.