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Name two things that SUCK! 

That's right, vampires and vacuums and in today's Transformation Tuesday I discuss how to navigate any kind of transformation you're ungoing, whether it's your health, relationship, career - you name it... these 3 Pro Tips will get you out the other side!

1. Reframe Failure

2. Build Your Social Support Network

3. Eliminate Vampires and Vacuums 

Let me know what you thought or if I missed anything in the show by firing me a note on IG #dailydose and please rate, review and share this episode out with someone you care about show if you dug it! 'Til next time folks,  y'all stay sweet! PEACE!

About The Host - Mike Schwartz

For more information on me, my coaching and my creative pursuits please check out miketheschwartz.com

Find me on all your favourite socials @miketheschwartz

Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | TikTok

Exciting news! Are you a Fitness Entrepreneur looking to scale your business?

The Fitprocademy has opened up enrolment for our 9 week Fitness Entrepreneur course: “The Hybrid PT Playbook: Become The Authority and Boost Your Bank Account!”

If you're a Fitness Professional, looking to level up your personal development, become the authority of what you do, learn the systems that stick and scale your coaching business by working less total hours and leveraging your expertise... this is the program for you. We only have a dozen seats and we're picky about who's a part of this.

Contact us at [email protected] to schedule a discovery call with one of our advisors and learn more. 

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

Today's show features one of the first "Aha" moments I remember having as an adult trying to navigate the everyday business that life slaps in your face. The late, great author David Foster Wallace serves up a Dose of perspective to the Kenyon College's 2005 Graduating Class in his commencement speech titled "This Is Water". It's friggin' gold, guys. Get into it.

Find the full speech on Youtube at https://youtu.be/8CrOL-ydFMI

About The Host - Mike Schwartz

For more information on me, my coaching and my creative pursuits please check out miketheschwartz.com
Find me on all your favourite socials @miketheschwartz

Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | TikTok

Exciting news! Are you a Fitness Entrepreneur looking to scale your business?

The Fitprocademy has opened up enrolment for our 9 week Fitness Entrepreneur course: " The Hybrid PT Playbook: Become The Authority and Boost Your Bank Account!

If you're a Fitness Professional, looking to level up your personal development, become the authority of what you do, learn the systems that stick and scale your coaching business by working less total hours and leveraging your expertise... this is the program for you. We only have a dozen seats and we're picky about who's a part of this.

Contact us at [email protected] to schedule a discovery call with one of our advisors and learn more.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

Music is one helluva drug.

If you want to get a release of dopamine and oxytocin in your brain, turn on a song you love. According to The New York Times, the “reward” part of the brain lights up when you hear music. They say “the idea that reward is partly related to anticipation (or the prediction of a desired outcome)” is a fact in neuroscience.

So when you listen to a song, your brain is trying to figure out what’s going to happen next without you realizing it. Then, whether or not your brain predicts correctly, it rewards itself with a shot of good-feeling chemicals. That’s why anticipation is a great tool to use in your song. It’s the thing that gets you high on music.

Music can also heal the brain

There’s a thing called music therapy where licensed professionals help people with brain damage, heart problems, or with many different physical issues through the power of music. It’s especially useful for people who have trouble speaking or comprehending language, whether because of a stroke or some other brain injury. Therapists use a style of singing with certain rhythms that can help bring back the cadence of speech.

The right side of the brain processes music while the left side processes language, so music therapy can help bridge the gap between the two. Music helps create new neurological pathways.

According to Harvard Medical School, patients with speech problems are “capable of singing words that they cannot speak.” And that’s why using “melody and rhythm has long been recommended for improving” speech and language comprehension in patients.

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If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

Where do we get the idea that it's not acceptable to fail? How does this play on our psyche? What if we changed the way we view "failure" and embraced it? In this conversation, keeping to the theme of Superheroes, singer-songwriter and frontman of The North Sound Forrest Eaglespeaker and I get into it, man. We chat about how life as a non-status Indigenous Canadian had a very different meaning to the word Superhero. It's always a blast with Forrest and he enlightens us with truth bombs and a whole shake up on the way things are. Life lessons gained from failure, what's next in the chapter of his music and a really good take on the music industry. Please go check out his new album about to drop October 23. Find their new single "Heavy Heart" on all streaming platforms and be sure to visit thenorthsoundmusic.com if you dig it.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

On this episode, Season 4 debuts with a deep dive into what it means to be a superhero in today's ever changing climate. I got to sit with the frontman of Kelowna groove-rock band, The Carbons, Tomy Thisdale.  

Please check out The Carbons YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAP... If you dig their stuff, consider supporting them as a Patron. For less than a cup of coffee per month you can help keep independent music pumping.  Here is their Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/TheCarbons 

Special thanks to Jake's Legendary Steak Spice https://www.facebook.com/JakesLegenda...Progressive for the dynamite green supplement. progressivenutritional.com  Subscribe and please share this out with someone you care about.  To learn more about what I do, please head to miketheschwartz.com

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

The world of a creative can be demanding. Pressures to perform, to excel and to always be on can take a toll mentally and physically. How do we stay strong, both physically and mentally to navigate the lifestyle demands. Melbourne's own Brett Cusack is one guy that's got some answers. Drawing on personal experience as an accomplished muso himself (search Megalove on iTunes, Spotify etc...) combined with his studies in human behaviour  Brett has become a leading force in the industry on helping other musicians build confidence from within in order to smash adversity right in the kisser. Tune in for my chat with Brett as we talk all things music, fitness and how to make the most of our own COVID experiences. 

Follow Brett along in Facebook at The Confident Musician

Wanna hear his project? Follow Megalove on all streaming platforms

The Rolling Stones did a house concert for One World: Together At Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7pZgQepXfA

And that's right... Charlie Watts doesn't own a drum kit. COVID has affect us all.

Theme music by my dude, Adrian Chalifour "Head Down, Heart Up" 

Please support independent music.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

The word "deliberate" is a literal mindf*ck and it wasn't until my chat with Coach Rusty Osborne that I put two and two together.  When you take away your own freedom you're deliberating yourself. The CEO and Founder of Find Your Total Health based out of Orange County, California and I get into all sorts of funky philosophical banter, energy stuff, and the neuroscience behind rewiring the behaviours of the past... you know...? All that airy-fairy shit. Well folks, Rusty is living freakin' proof that this airy fairy shit really makes a positive impact on the quality of life of those who implement it. He gives us insight as to what's trending in the LA music scene mid/post-lockdown, how he's been spending his time and why now more than ever is the best time for anyone in the music industry to take care of their health, happiness and general wellbeing. Tune in and check it out!

Follow Rusty on IG at (@)thecoachrusty 

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

When we all went into lockdown in 2019, we never could have imagined the ramifications this pandemic would have globally on so many parts of what we know, or rather - knew as "normal life". Lean in on my conversation with Michael 8, the genius behind Calgary, Alberta's post-hardcore, punk outfit "Telephone Silence" as we dive in on all things COVID, catch up on life and chat about their super controversial new music video for their latest release "Death by Luxury". It's a doozy. Tune in.

Here's the press: 

From Michael 8 of Septembryo, comes the new post hardcore project Telephone Silence. For fans of Deftones, Glassjaw, Thrice and Alexisonfire, check out the controversial new music video for the explosive debut single “Death By Luxury” available everywhere.

https://youtu.be/7UIRShs7tRU

Stream/Download "Death By Luxury" everywhere you enjoy music: https://bit.ly/38bAOzv

Theme music for The Dose "Head Down Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour pick it up or stream it where ever you do that sort of thing.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

As a part of the QuaranTalks series to help y'all stay pumped through this weird time, I had the wonderful pleasure of speaking with Leigh Graham, Founder of Fit For The Stage. 

Leigh is a wizard of wellness and as I describe her in our call "a quality-of-life-hack" expert. Tune in to hear our conversation around exercise and the state of mind and how it trickles into our wellbeing when we're thrown the Corona curveball. 

Leigh has a whole bunch of amazing online services available to help support your wellbeing so please reach out to her at fitforthestage.com 

Be sure to check her out on instagram at @fitforthestage  

Stay tuned for our tag-team online group fitness classes as well. You can follow me along and jump in anytime on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. @therealrockdok

trainerize.me/profile/mikedrop

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com

Any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Send me a text!

The man is a wizard when it comes to language. 

Tune in to this doozy to hear Mark England share with me his inspiring story about turning a career ending injury, severe depression and the cold hard-rock bottom reality of life into Co-Founding two of the most inspirational (and life-altering!) professional development companies in the world today. 

The words we use shape the way we think and thus shape the ways that we act. If you're acting like a donkey, take a look at your language.

Listen to Mark as we have a conversation on how adjusting just a fraction of your language can elevate your professional career to levels you once thought were Impossible. 

Check out Mark's websites and start to level up your language game.

procabulary.org

enlifted.me

And be sure to follow him on Instagram: @markengland2020

And if you liked this one, please be sure to share it out with someone you care about and subscribe on your favourite platform.

Gimme a follow on IG for more handy tips in the world of fitness, fuel and creativity to elevate your game and max your performance! @thedocrocktor

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themusicfitpodcast/message

If you or someone you know is in an emergency crisis situation please dial
9-8-8 in Canada & the US, 9-9-9 in the UK and 13 11 14 in Australia
Multiple organizations provide free access to mental health resources.
Canada: Unison Benevolent Fund
USA: Musicares
Australia: Support Act
UK: Help Musicians

Support the Show.

Wanna learn more about me and the Brave Method?
Head to bravebearmusic.com and watch the short video on the home page. Feel free to book a chat and see how we can help you be brave and bear adversity in all areas of your life.

Find me on the socials as well:
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Special thanks to everyone who's helped along the way and has believed in me. This podcast reaches over 2,000 listeners each episode; your support means the world to me.

If you're getting value from the show, please consider sharing it with a pal, rating and reviewing it or giving back. Donations are welcomed. Paypal.me/miketheschwartz

This production has been brought to you by Music Fit Collective.
Photography, Videography by Mudge Music
K. Browne Productions LLC and No Way Jose Productions

Theme Song: "Head Down//Heart Up" by Adrian Chalifour
Huge thanks to my Sponsors & Affiliates.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miketheschwartz.substack.com