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"Dappa" (Anthony Samuels) is rapper, actor, & multifaceted entrepreneur. We've been friends since childhood so it's amazing to see the wonderful things he's doing in the world. We talk about when he fell in love with poetry, the decision to go all-in on music, bouncing back from failure, and many other things that reflect an intentional approach to bringing his dreams to fruition. 

 

Check out his music & follow him here:

Spotify

YouTube

Instagram

Twitter

 

Episode timestamps:

(2:10) How do you introduce yourself?

(5:05) When did you fall in love with making music?

(6:28) What told you that music wasn't a hobby, but that you had to jump in with both feet?

(11:17) Where does the "Young With Options" (YWO) brand come from?

(13:16) How did you get into childcare?

(21:16) How has being a dad changed your perspective?

(22:20) What do you tell young people to instill a "Young With Options" mindset?

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Leslie Lau is the founder of Finding Space and the creator of The Finding Space Meditation Program. The program, much more than a set of guided meditations, is a fully-immersive journey that will teach you the fundamental principles of the timeless art of meditation.

 

Leslie also co-hosts The Hustle & Flow Podcast wherein he explores a wide range of topics including life, business, mindset mastery, spirituality, physical health, and more.

 

Learn more about Leslie and Finding Space below:

 

Website

 

Podcast

 

Instagram

 

Episode timestamps:

 

(5:47) How do you describe your life before your "catalytic moment

 

(11:52) The catalytic moment: a cancer diagnosis during a routine checkup.

 

(23:46) Where does mindfulness enter the picture for you?

 

(27:39) What did your mindfulness/meditation practice look like at the start and how did you know if/when it started working?

 

(32:36) What is Finding Space and why did you decide to start a business?

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Cassandra Lam is a Vietnamese-American community builder, entrepreneur, and yoga teacher. She also happens to be a good friend! She currently serves as CEO of Join the Cosmos (website - - Instagram), which creates brands for Asian womxn to care for themselves, their community, and their world.

Episode Summary:

3:04 Why has discontent been normalized in the world?

5:01 When did you realize you weren't living the life you were intended to live?

9:40 Developing a focus on academic achievement and accolades. 

22:40 The power of trying new things.

 

24:12 Rock bottom gets a bad name.

 

26:30 Exploring entrepreneurship for the first time. 

 

33:50 What is the mission of The Cosmos?

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Meirav Tamir is an alternative medicine practitioner who is engaged with holistic stress management, personal guidance, and emotional support. Her work has brought her to realize the power of guided imagery meditation as a tool to encourage feelings of calm and joy in children. This work has culminated in the creation of the Imagine Meditation Cards for Kids.

If you stick around until the end, Meirav was kind enough to do a beautiful reading of one of the first cards she created. You won't want to miss it!

 

Learn more here:

https://www.theimaginecards.com/

https://www.facebook.com/imaginemeditation

 

Episode summary:

 

(1:50) How do you introduce yourself?

 

(3:35) What were you doing before you entered the world of holistic health?

 

(5:00) When & how were you introduced to holistic health & healing?

 

(7:40) What gave you the courage to open your own clinic?

 

(12:50) Do you focus on particular aspects or practices within alternative medicine?

 

(14:30) When were you first introduced to meditation and specifically guided imagery meditation? 

 

(22:15) How did you arrive at the idea of the Imagine Meditation Cards for Kids?

 

(28:20) How has the pandemic impacted your business?

 

(30:05) How do the cards work in practice?

 

(34:55) Meirav beautifully reads one of the original Imagine Meditation Cards.

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As we enter the busiest shopping season of the year, there's no better time than now to talk about mindfulness as it relates to our ravenous consumption patterns.  Malin Leth is the founder of Circulous (Instagram - website), a consultancy dedicated to helping organizations develop strategies to fight climate change and improve their resource utilization.Evelina Lundqvist is the CEO & Founder of The Good Tribe  (Instagram - website), an environmental and social impact solution agency that offers organizations innovative methods to conceptualize, prototype, and implement work with sustainable development.Together, they are hosts of the Love Zero Waste podcast (Instagram - Spotify - Apple), a show that explores how businesses, cities, countries, and how even you & I can contribute to creating a zero-waste society.

 

Additional resources:

 

Zero Waste Challenge by Love Zero Waste (Deedster)

 

Episode summary:

 

(2:40) When & how did you became interested in sustainability and the zero-waste movement?

 

(9:55) Due to the long-term and multifaceted nature of climate change, the problem can seem abstract. Is there something that makes this more tangible or palpable for you?

 

(15:45) There are roles for individuals, companies, and governments to play in sustainable development. How do you decide where to focus your energy?

 

(19:50) How, in pragmatic and everyday terms, do you make mindful consumption decisions when you purchase the things you need?

 

(27:20) What brands or products come to mind that do well to represent zero waste values?

 

(28:20) What type of work do you do at Circulous & The Good Tribe that helps to further zero waste and circular economy initiatives?

 

(36:20) Helpful resources to get educated and involved with the zero waste movement.

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Molly Horne is a beautiful dancer and a beautiful human being. We met during our college years at NYU via a mutual friend. Since then, I've silently watched from afar as she's blossomed into a professional dancer with a distinctive personal style. When I started thinking about what sorts of people I'd love to have on the podcast, glimpses of her expressive and enchanting movements sprang into my mind from the myriad personal choreographies that she posts on Instagram. Something told me that she moves through the world with an incredible amount of intention, and boy was I right. I have a feeling you'll enjoy this one. 

 

Follow Molly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollymoll12/

 

(1:45) How Molly responds when people ask, "What do you do?"

 

(5:10) When she first fell in love with dance.

 

(7:20) The best day of her life. 

 

(12:00) Moving to LA with a dream, but no plan.

 

(14:40) Chasing a passion while working 4 jobs. 

 

(19:20) A big moment of self-doubt. 

 

(24:30) Dancers operate outside of traditional employment benefits (e.g. healthcare). How that plays into Molly's thought process. 

 

(30:45) The intention behind sharing personal choreographies on Instagram.

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Dr. Jessica Louie, PharmD, APh, BCCP, is a friend and a mentor. She's the CEO of Clarify, Simplify, Align where she helps people overcome  overwhelm & frustration, take clear action on their goals, and focus their time on what matters most in life.

 

She's also a Master-level Certified KonMari Consultant and she combines her KonMari decluttering techniques with her unique Clarify, Simplify Align method to gain clarity of purpose, simplify physical, mental, emotional & spiritual clutter, and align work into your life. 

 

Website: https://drjessicalouie.com/

 

The Burnout Doctor Podcast: https://drjessicalouie.com/podcast/

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-m-louie-pharmd-bcccp/

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjessicalouie/

 

(2:30) Why she wakes up every morning.

 

(3:30) Where her journey began.

 

(6:46) Her experience with burnout. 

 

(10:35) The internal pressure we put on ourselves.

 

(14:00) Her mentors & sources of inspiration. 

 

(17:20) Crafting her own method & philosophy for helping people find purpose & happiness: the Clarify Simplify Align method.

 

(24:40) The intention behind her podcast, The Burnout Doctor Podcast. 

 

(27:15) Her vision for the future of her business.

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This is a short & tactical overview of our latest product update, Idenati Notes.

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Last week, we spoke about the past and present of Idenati. This week, we're gazing into the future, starting with the release of our latest feature: Notes! 

(1:35) The 3 categories of online activity: search, perform an action, & observe. 

 

(7:50) Notes: our experience in the past.

 

(10:50) Notes: building a custom notes app a few years ago.

 

(12:20) Notes: starting from 0 features.

 

(14:30) Notes: Introducing Idenati notes - the connection between notes & websites.

 

(22:50) Simple doesn't mean easy.

 

(27:00) What the future might hold.

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When launching a company, the chances of success are minuscule. So best to approach all aspects of the process with intention. For this conversation, I asked Jake to come back on to discuss our early careers, how we met, when & how we caught the entrepreneurship bug, and how all of that has culminated in the creation of Idenati. 

 

(0:51) Where our careers started  

 

(8:01) The importance of side projects 

 

(10:55) Co-founder love at first sight  

 

(18:46) How Idenati was born 

 

(38:05) Starting with why