Reach and Reflect

Intro - 0:00

Origin Story - 2:17

Path Analysis - 53:48

Tapping into Potential - 1:06:48

Meaning & Fulfillment + Actionable Advice - 1:29:50

Conclusion - 1:56:31

We are back! Episode 7 is here, featuring one of the most vibrant souls I’ve met. We’ll take you through her backstory so you can get a sense of where she’s coming from, her path to working for one of the top investment / asset management firms in the world, and her current vocation as an entrepreneur whose goal is to create even more entrepreneurs! (Also, she moonlights as a hypnotist)

As always we did our best to drop wisdom nuggets and weave actionable advice throughout. Enjoy 🙂

Find Ryden’s contact info below:

- https://www.instagram.com/rydenintotheclouds/

- https://www.instagram.com/leadwithspark/

- https://www.tiktok.com/@leadwithspark

- www.leadwithspark.com

-www.lachispaincubadora.com

-www.SomoAfrica.org

Listen to this if: You are feeling lost, de-valued by tech-culture or transactional relationships, are questioning from where to derive your self-worth, or want to learn how to help yourself, and lift others up while doing so. Josh has been grappling with these challenges and his story is not one you’ll want to miss.

This episode put a huge smile on my face and I hope it will do the same for you too.

As always, thank you for being you, and we hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, consider liking and subscribing.

Episode 5 is here! This time featuring my wonderful girlfriend Chelsea. Her perspectives and raw authenticity seem especially geared towards navigating through times of deep uncertainty.

In addition to the standard questions, we discuss: Uncovering your purpose. Spiritual awakenings. What it’s like to travel inward towards your pain instead of away from it. How to get back on your feet after having fallen into the pits of depression. Your sense of self-worth and identity. Feeling aligned with your purpose. Trusting yourself. Trusting a higher power. Expanding. Finding your internal abundance. Dealing with avoidance, frustration, and finding gratitude.

Since filming this, Chelsea has moved on from her Marketing positions to start her own body-mind coaching business! You can find out more at https://www.chelseamarie.com/

At 24 years old, Chelsea has achieved a considerable amount along traditional dimensions despite a challenging upbringing. She exemplifies what a commitment to conscientiousness can bring to life – at the time of filming she was a Creative Director for 2 wellness-oriented companies, and produces her own Podcast on holistic wellness and Ayurveda. We discuss in detail the rollercoaster of her life, making sure to pull out the details of how family trauma impacted her, and depression after shedding her Silicon Valley Unicorn “golden handcuffs” were like for her, making sure to highlight practical methods to assist others in moving through similar situations.

As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you. Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s. Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please leave a rating or review!

Joe is the son of an activist and a teacher, who evolved early on from a middle-of-the-pack beach bum teen into a true go-getter. He carved out a niche in a competitive educational space, and used that as his secret sauce to garner admission into Harvard. However, Joe’s college experience was overshadowed by a painful health condition, the conflicting diagnoses of which shattered his world-view and ultimately led him to found Karuna, his health-tech startup. At just 24 years old, Joe exhibits extraordinary levels of insight, empathy, and social responsibility. He found the appearing on the podcast very integrative and therapeutic. We hope those feelings are felt by you, the audience.

As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you. Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s. Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please subscribe or leave a rating!

At 35 years old, Salman Hatta has seen a thing or two. The child of 2 immigrants, he worked his way into Wharton through great diligence, and ended up working as a banker before the crash in 2008. Suspecting he was living someone else’s life, and not his own, Salman decided to seek greener pastures in the Silicon Valley tech world where he quickly learned that his place was not there either. Salman performed a leap of faith, leaving Silicon Valley to become a digital nomad before joining an organization called OneHeart that focuses on bringing plant healing to what I like to call “recovering Type-A’s.”

As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you. Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s. Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please leave a rating or review!

Hello and welcome to Reach and Reflect, a podcast where we interview guests from both traditional and alternative life paths, with the aim of figuring out, for the benefit of our audience, where they find fulfillment and meaning.

In her own words, at 25 years old, Maite Kuyasin is an artist, poet, and muse in full pursuit of the truth of the soul. In this episode, her daringly raw authenticity is a breath of fresh air in a world of highlight reels and fake media personalities. She believes that those that free themselves, free others. Not one to mince words, prepare to get esoteric and “woo” as we delve into her perspectives on the meta-structure of the universe itself as revealed by her tumultuous yet supremely uplifting story. We did our best to delve into the low-lights in order to provide actionable advice for anyone who should find themselves in similar situations.

As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you. Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s. Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please leave a rating or review!

Ep.1 Alejandro Perez – CFO of Non-Profit, Data Scientist @ Lyft

Hello and welcome to Reach and Reflect, a podcast where we interview guests from both traditional and alternative life paths, with the aim of figuring out, for the benefit of our audience, where they find fulfillment and meaning.

At 27 years old, Alejandro Perez is a CFO for a non-profit that mentors underprivileged youth, Destined for X, as well as a Data Scientist at Lyft.  A son of two immigrants, Harvard alumni, and Stanford MS&E Grad school hopeful, he exemplifies the American Dream in more ways than just his personal achievements.  Alejandro is a prolific thinker, philanthropist, and lives in a balanced fashion.  We will walk through his life’s journey, and do our best to extract and communicate his accumulated wisdom for your benefit.

As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you.  Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s.  Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please leave a rating or review!

Age: 27

Place of Origin: Miami

Parents: Dual / Immigrants (Nicaragua / Colombia)

Traditional Path: Harvard / Tech

Alternative Path:Philanthropy / Education & Mentoring

Self-Improvement Practices: Meditation / Self-inquiry / Bicycling / Weight-lifting

Contact info: [email protected]

Relevant links: https://www.destinedforx.com/