Positive Impact with Andrew Schultz

"Fertilizer is shit that you put in your garden to make things grow.....So I've been sitting in fertilizer for last 2 years."

"Yoga is kind of like dating. If you go on that 1st date and think this isn't for me, don't blame the yoga. The yoga works. We know this to be true." 

-Katie Brauer

Katie was one of the first people I envisioned having on the podcast when I started planning 2 years ago. The impact she's had on my life, personally and professionally, has been transformational. How I teach yoga and connect with my students, being vulnerable and sharing my truth, and simply owning my shit and sitting in when challenges arise.....All things I have learned from this powerhouse yogi, spiritual badass, true friend, and mentor......Someone I admire and respect a great deal. Listen all you'll understand why.  

 In this episode, Katie Brauer (@katiebrauertransform, www.theyogaprofessional.com) & I discuss:

Called a “powerhouse yogi and rising leader” by Forbes, Katie Brauer is an international yoga educator, high-performance coach, personal transformation expert, and mentor at the intersection of yoga and entrepreneurship. Her signature program, The Yoga Professional Incubator, is an online business and leadership immersion for yoga teachers determined to make a difference without falling into the burned out ’n broke trap.

An Aussie native and former professional snowboarder, Katie’s been featured in TEDx, Wanderlust, Entrepreneur, Gaiam TV, and more. She was the creative force behind the fastest growing boutique yoga studio and created 5-star ranked 200-hr and 500-hr Yoga Teacher Training Certifications that have graduated over 900 leaders.

She’s happiest mentoring people ready to get shit done, make a real impact, and create their own destinies.

Whether we realize it or not, we are planting seeds of intention with every thought, word, and action. In this episode, Andrew shares a story of a seed that was planted 6 months ago and began bearing fruit earlier this week.

Be mindful of what seeds of intention you want to be planting. The choice is yours. 

Dr. Harry Haroutunian is a leading expert in the field of addiction and recovery. More importantly, he is the man who helped change the trajectory of my family helping both my father and I get sober at Betty Ford Center. He is a dear friend, mentor, confidante, and amazing person. 

In my interview w/Dr. Harry we discuss:

Dr. Harry has helped individuals and families suffering from the disease of addiction for nearly 40 years via his role as doctor, author, lecturer, sponsor and friend. Dr. Harry is an internationally-known speaker and authority on topics of addiction and recovery from the disease of addiction, and has been featured in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post and appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Drew on Call and The Dr. Phil Show.

Following a 30-year history of family and sports medicine in southern Vermont, Dr. Harry spent the next thirteen years as Physician Director of Professional and Residential Programs at the world-famous Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Board-certified in both addiction and family medicine, Dr. Haroutunian worked with thousands of patients in treatment, ranging from high-profile celebrities and CEOs to stay-at-home moms and older adults. Over the years, Dr. Harry served as a consultant to major treatment centers, professional sports teams and Fortune 500 companies. As a recovering physician himself, he has great passion for helping other doctors and professionals, including entertainers, business leaders, members of congress, professional athletes and their families.

Dr. Harry can be reached at (www.drharybeingsober.com), [email protected], and (760) 674-0005.

In this episode of Pawsitive Impact (Get it?), Andrew shares about his 8-year old english bulldog, Ralphy, teaching him 3 very valuable lessons:

Andrew also shares about his darkest day - when he lost Ralphy - the day he was admitted to Betty Ford Center for drugs and alcohol. Yet also the happiest day - when he got Ralphy back - after he got clean and sober. 

There is absolutely NOTHING more important in Andrew's life than his best-friend and dog, Ralphy. 

John Vargo is the founder of Turn In (www.turnin.life), a non-profit organization that brings meditation and mindfulness practices to active duty and retired first responders. Day after day, year after year, the toll of responding to traumatic medical, fire, and police calls, combined with lack of sleep, leads many first responders into a prolonged state of depression and anxiety. To suppress the stream of mental anguish, first responders often turn to substance abuse, explosive and angry responses toward loved ones, nightmares and recounting traumatic calls which include: child fatalities, gruesome suicides and grieving families. Sadly, many nationwide studies have concluded that we lose more fire fighters annually to suicide than line of duty deaths. This is post-traumatic stress. 

John offers free meditation to all first responders, military, and veterans every Wednesday at 12pm @Yoga Six/Solana Beach. 

In this episode, John also shares:

To get in touch with John & Turn In, please email [email protected], or call (858)-369-0344.

Also follow on facebook & instagram @Turnin.life

Earlier this week I caught myself thinking, "I should be back in the corporate world. I should be multi-tasking. I should working 9 to 5. I should be wearing a suit and tie to work." WOW!?!?!? REALLY!?!?!?

Fortunately my threshold for pain is very small these days and I was able to course-correct and change my thinking. In fact, the corporate world and job almost killed me. I always wanted more, more, more.....Which, in turn, required more alcohol, more adderall, and more of everything not healthy.

Wanting the past and present to be different than it is = suffering. Instead we can focus on ACCEPTANCE! 

Andrew discusses volunteering at First Step House of North County, (www.fshnc.org). FSHNC is a 10-day non-medical social model detox that is 100% privately funded for low income alcoholics trying to get sober. 

If you or someone you know needs help, their phone # is (760) 230-9353. 

Your financial contribution or material donations are always welcome. It's a tax deduction. 

Andrew leads the listener through a guided meditation directing "Loving KIndness" to themselves, then aim the phrases of goodwill toward a mentor or benefactor, then someone they feel neutral about, then finally someone whom they have difficult feelings.  

The good intentions cultivated by loving-kindness meditation lead to more supportive self-talk and better moods. Research shows that loving-kindness meditation is "dose dependent" - the more you do, the more powerful the effects. One of the key benefits of loving-kindness meditation is reduced negative emotions like anxiety and depression and increased positive emotions like happiness and joy. 

"I thanked the young man for coming forward, which was a huge step toward healing his heart and mine. We experienced mutual honor and respect. This didn't mean the larger societal problem was fixed, but before society can be healed, the individual conflict within our hearts must be healed."      -Miles McPherson 

With recent shootings in both El Paso & Dayton over the past few weeks, there's no denying that we live in turbulent and divided times. Yet it's imperative, more than ever, to focus on what unites us vs. what separates us.  

Pastor Miles McPherson (@MilesMcPherson) is a former NFL football player, motivational speaker, and the senior pastor of the Rock Church and Academy (www.sdrock.com), which he founded in 2000, and grown to become one of the largest churches in America, with more than 20,000 weekly attendees in person and online. His new book The Third Option, Hope For A Racially Divided Nation brings a unique perspective to the discussion around race and race relations. 

In this episode, Pastor Miles & I discuss: 

With everything going on in the world, and all the noise on social media, a few questions to think about: