Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things - Conversations With Coach Dris

Today's guest is Faisal Alshawa. Faisal works with athletes to improve their exercise performance and recovery through nutrition and busy people to help them commit to living a healthy lifestyle with more energy and joy.

He loves witnessing positive changes in people's lives and being a part of that change. He loves making people healthy, genuinely happy, and confident, and he is dedicating his life to doing that.

He is the book author of Fill Your Mind Before You Fill Your Plate,

as well the founder of the mobile app nourish that helps people live healthier and happier lifestyles

Faisal is very articulated, and I found our conversation very rich and interesting. We go through his beginnings, his challenges, and his ambitions. I like his approach to nutrition, especially how he adds the mindset component to it, often overlooked by most nutrition specialists.

Podcast notes:

* Faisal on Linkedin

* Fill your Mind before your Fill your Plate Book

* Believe nutrition on Instagram

This week's podcast is with Seana Forbes. Seana is a Skyrunner. Skyrunning is a mountain running sport above 2,000 meters where the incline exceeds 30%, and the climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade.

Seana is also a digital marketing expert, sports marketing, and PR specialist, and she also coaches running in Munich.

I met my multitalented and passionate guest at our favorite fitness group and training ground, The Eisbachfit. Today we unpack what I consider an extreme sports. We talk about how to prepare for it and what it takes to be a mountain runner. We also speak about Seana's life, her habits, lifestyle, and her early life.

Show notes

* Seana on LinkedIn

* Seana on Instagram

* Interesting book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Meet Jana, Sarah, and Andrea, three brilliant female photographers who are a part of the 14x2m women photographers collective. In this interview, we discuss their mission and passion and their story and what led them to do what they do right now. We are putting the spotlight on their challenges as women photographers and what has to change. 

The 14x2m collective started in June 2019. 14 female photographers showed their work in a 2 meters space each. I met them in their second exhibition, and I am sure this is just the beginning of a long-lasting and successful journey.

Andrea Senyk

Canadian Photographer

Part of the Munich photographer women’s group since Spring 2019

Web: www.andreasenyk.net

Instagram: andreasenyk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-senyk

Saripicture | Sarah Domandl

German Photographer

Part of the Munich photographer women’s group since early 2020

Web: saripicture.com/

Instagram: saripicture

KontraPixel | Jana Erb

German Photographer

Part of the Munich photographer women’s group since summer 2019

Web: kontrapixel.de/

Instagram: KontraPixel

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kontrapixel/

This week’s podcast is with Claire and Victoria, the two founders of Businettes. They are helping aspiring female entrepreneurs build their own businesses. Their vision is to develop a fully automated platform to empower as many fempreneurs as possible. At the moment they are offering a semi-digital founders training with the option to book personal coaching sessions.

The two founders like to follow a purpose and they believe in the freedom of the entrepreneur's lifestyle. They love to hear about innovative business ideas and to work closely with ambitious women and helping them reach their full potential. I have enjoyed our conversation, both Claire and Victoria have great energy and are super interesting to talk to.

The Challenge & The Solution

Women running a business is still behind compared to how many men are operating their business. The problem is in education where young girls are being told that this kind of career is for men, rather than for women. Claire and Victoria are there to shift this limiting belief and lead by example, showing other women that is all possible, and that they are all capable of not only running a business but thriving at it.

Show Notes

* Businettes Website: www.businettes.com

* Businettes on Instagram: instagram.com/businettes/

* Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/businettes/

Businettes are promoting their founder's training www.businettes.com/founders-training and offer 15% off to all your listeners with the promocode 15Dris-Businettes

This week’s podcast is with Benedikt Wiechers, a management consultant who’s currently pursuing a Ph.D. @ RWTH university where he is also involved in building the new flagship startup program. Benedikt works with exceptional deep-tech teams from around Europe - helping them get to market and raise capital.

He enjoys helping and coaching startups on their way from idea to market and he helps them to find solutions to their most pressing issues. Together with his team, they are creating a European leading university-based incubation program, where deep-tech startups find the resources and support they need to excel and be successful.

Innovation through Collaboration

The RWTH Incubation Program believes in innovation through collaboration. Their mission is to discover and support Europe‘s most promising tech startups. This young team of experts offers a structured program with resources and networks to help them succeed while enjoying the startup journey.

From valuable mentorship and coaching to a broad corporate network and a vast RWTH research landscape, the RWTH Incubation Program participants enjoy accessing outstanding offerings and resources. They aim to maximize the time spent on product development, interacting with customers, and talking to investors.

Interview notes

Books mentioned: the pyramid principle, by Barbara Minto

Damea Dorsey is a surf action, athletes, models, and city and landscapes, photographer. For over 12 years, he has captured some of the most exciting images in the field of surfing. This week's podcast interview is about how to seize the moment. 

Just like for his photography business, Damea learned to be prepared and ready to capture the moment. During this conversation, he tells us about his background, his beginnings, his growth, and, more importantly, his relationship to the ocean. 

Damea's story is full of great examples that illustrate how to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way. From being a beach boy to a lifeguard to a marketing manager for one of the biggest names in the surf industry and then to a surf photographer traveling the world with the greatest surf athletes of all times; Damea found his way to doing what he loves by taking the right decisions in the right moment.

In this podcast, you will learn:

* What you can learn from living by the ocean

* How to be resilient through challenging times

* What it takes to seize the moment

It was nice to host Damea in my podcast. He is inspiring and easy to be around. He has a lot of stories to tell and seems to have lived 100 lives. We met last summer, more specifically in August during a surf trip that I made in one of the Indonesian islands. The former senior staff photographer at TransWorld Surf is now based in Bali, Indonesia, and this is his story.

Podcast notes:

* Damea's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dameadorseyphotography/

* Damea's Instagram: http://bit.ly/dameasinsta

* Barbershop business: https://www.instagram.com/dorseysbarbershopatdeus/

https://youtu.be/htMCcJrBr4Y

Susie Crick was the first female Chair of the Surfrider Foundation Australia and was responsible for the development of the programs, community collaborations, partnerships, and events. She joined Surfrider Australia in 2012 as the President of the South Coast Branch and has remained in that position to date. Her roles within Surfrider Australia are voluntary.

Susie studied a Bachelor of Education (Art/Music) UNSW; Diploma in Graphic Design, School of Visual Arts; Certificate in Early Childhood Studies; Level 3 Elite Figure Skating (Ice) Coach and IOC Coaches Solidarity; Level 2 Artistic Gymnastics Coach; she surfs terribly but loves the ocean.

Susie has extensive business and travel experience and took up a career with Qantas Airlines in 1988 as an International Flight Attendant and has traveled throughout the world, seeing first hand the negative effects of single-use plastics and many other issues affecting the marine environment due to human impact.

In 1997, as a mother of three young children, she built and founded a progressive preschool on the South Coast of NSW with a strong focus on the environment called Planet Childcare Centre. The children in her care, go to the beach to have lessons and do beach cleans, and their program has a marine emphasis.

Her strong entrepreneurial energy and flair have grown the Surfrider brand in Australia. Driven by her desire to find solutions for global heating, the climate crisis, and the plight of oceans and the marine environment, she trained with Al Gore, and she became a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. Susie was selected from over 10,000 applicants to be chosen as a crew member on eXXpedition.com, which is an around the world sailing voyage doing ocean microplastic research. Susie will be sailing from Tahiti to the Cook Islands in April 2021. She is also an Ambassador for WaveChanger.org  

Susie is an advocate for organizing events that attract media attention and connect like-minded people and organizations to join her personal mission to grow community awareness and educate the public into action. She enjoys speaking at conferences and writes a marine environmental column for a magazine and sits as a voluntary Director for the following 'Not For Profit' Boards: the Boomerang Alliance, CitizenBlue, and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  

Interview Notes: 

* Get in touch with Susie on Linkedin.

* Follow her on Instagram

* Surfrider Foundtion Australia

Assil Bernossi was born in Tangier (Morocco) and very early evolved in an environment influenced by diverse cultures. After graduating from high school, he flew to Paris to study and to start his professional career. After a few years, he felt emptiness; the City of Light was no longer so bright to his eyes. He then decided to leave everything behind to go to Bali.

This break leads him to beautiful encounters and miraculous experiences. Today, he is no longer the same Man. As an entrepreneur, he manages his startups from all over the world. He considers the world to be his country. In recent years, he has lived in fifteen different countries on three continents. Movement and travel bring a precious dimension to his daily life: the acceptance that nothing is eternal and that everything is destined to disappear one day.

Thus, this atypical way of life opens up new perspectives for him and brings him a series of lessons, especially on a spiritual level. This is what inspires him today to write to share his story.

This podcast interview is about his journey of self-discovery and the steps that led him to it. We discuss Assil's life philosophy and approach to life. We dive into how his attitude changed so radically.

His book Jeux de Conscience Eveille is an illustrated analysis of the different states of consciousness as well as their repercussions on personal balance and professional performance. Through his story, we can see parallels with our own lives. His insights are definitely transferable and can help us reflect on the way we approach our recent challenges with Covid19.

Interview Notes:

* Assil's recent book: JEUX D'UNE CONSCIENCE EVEILLEE

* Recommended Books: Conversations with God

* Favorite Hautors: Deepak Chopra and Boris Cyrulnik

This month's podcast is with Dylan Crawshaw, head of operation and development of G-Herbal, a plant-based supplement harnessing the power of Indonesian herbs known for their positive effects on body and mind.

G Herbal aims to provide herbal supplements that are made from ingredients that can be traced straight to the source. They are continually working with their partners in Indonesia and across the globe to create supplements that most effectively and safely improve people's health and wellbeing.

I have invited Dylan to my podcast because I was particularly curious about his journey and background. As you will notice during this conversation, most of our discussion is about his story, rather than the products that he is in charge of developing. 

Dylan is very passionate about what he does. You can clearly hear it in the tone of his voice. During this interview, Dylan shares key insights on how to pursue the things you love and develop them.

In this podcast, you will learn:

* How to pursue something that you are passionate about

* How to navigate through changes and challenges

* The importance of using the right supplements

* How G Herbal supplements are different than others

* The story of G Herbal supplements

* How to keep a healthy work-life balance

Podcast notes:

* https://www.gherbal.com/

* https://www.facebook.com/pg/gherbal/

* GHerbal Global: https://www.instagram.com/gherbalglobal/

* GHerbal Indonesia: https://www.instagram.com/gherbal.id/

https://youtu.be/HCv51FAkxPY

Coach Mark Mariani On Focus and Consistency

Mark Mariani is an internationally recognized certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a former Marine Sergeant and Elite Close-Protection Professional. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with first-class honors from Point Park University. He is also a life-long martial arts student and competitor. Mark has a unique skill set, contagious energy, and genuine passion for inspiring, guiding, and educating others to achieve holistic health and wellbeing.

Mark is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, TRX Master Instructor, Trigger Point Master Instructor, as well as an MMA conditioning coach (MMA CC) and 'Training For Warriors' (TFW) certified level-2 coach. He is a recognized leader in the South East Asian Fitness Industry, where he regularly presents coaches' development and certification programs. He has trained a wide variety of people: heads of industry, senior military officials, Navy Seals, Olympians, UFC fighters, and members of the general public. They wish to improve health, fitness, and performance.

As a United States Marine, Mark was a member of an elite team of security professionals that provided antiterrorism protective measures for U.S. Strategic interests. He coordinated numerous protection missions for selected individuals in third world countries. As a special response team leader, Mark strategically led his men to respond to threats and crises. He completed a successful tour of duty and was highly commended for professional achievement in the superior performance of duties.

Mark worked as an Executive Protection Agent at Gavin de Becker & Associates, the leading executive protective firm in the United States, where he managed a ten-man protective detail for high profile clients. As a detail leader, he was the first point of contact for the overall security/protection of the family and safeguarding over $100 million in valuables and estates. He was a two-time recipient of the prestigious Gavin De Becker' Atlas Club Superior Performance Award' for elite physical fitness. The leadership, mental strength, physical endurance, and commitment to service required in these roles are foundational elements of his coaching philosophy.

Mark travels the world as a coach, presenter, and consultant, inspiring audiences to take control of their lives through an effective mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery. He has trained thousands of instructors and is particularly passionate about designing courses and workshops that professionally develop other fitness professionals. His presentation style is high energy and motivational, and he builds strong connections with his audiences by referencing his unique experiences.

Mark's motivation is to make a difference in the world, and this is exemplified in his extensive charity work, focused on improving the lives of underprivileged children in Thailand and Indonesia. His life and work aim to encourage others to also wholeheartedly pursue these goals with an uncompromising commitment to excellence, discipline, and determination.

Interview Notes:

* Mark on Instagram

* Thanyapura Thailand

* Book Recommendations: The Biology of Belief - The Power of Now - You Are The Placebo