Return To Authenticity

Here we go with Episode 44!!

Tune in and meet McClain Hermes.  McClain lost her eyesight to a rare condition called Wagner Syndrome at the age of 8 years old.  She didn't let that stop her as she wanted to enjoy and play in the same games as her friends.  She learned, adapted and grew along the way.  She continued to swim and was swimming year round by the age of 10. Her mom driving her an hour each way to practice twice a day!  She continued to progress in swimming to an elite level, eventually competing in two Paralympic Games and multiple World Championships and is now training with Team USA at the Olympic and Paralympic training center in Colorado Springs full time.  

Join us for McClain’s inspiring story!   

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Season 2 of The Return to Authenticity podcast has arrived!  

Season 2 starts off with guest, Matt Hermes.  Matt’s story is incredibly inspiring as he shares how he faced and ultimately overcame challenge after challenge, including financial devastation with the 2008 real estate market crash, loss of his home in a short sale and near homelessness, and the severe chronic illness of two of his three children.  Through it all, Matt had to come to grips and deal with the fact that he had become a functioning alcoholic to cope with stress, and it was time for a change - his marriage, his family and his very life depended on it.

Tune in and hear how he did it!

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Instagram: @mattyhermes
Email: [email protected] 

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Here we go with episode 42!

Tune in and meet Aaron Guyett.  Aaron joined the US Marine Corps in 1999 and deployed to Kuwait and Iraq while on active duty. After leaving active duty in 2003, Aaron took a turn down the dark path of nihilism that led to the end of his marriage and a bottoming out before reaching a turning point and changing his life.  He felt a call to dig into his faith and he began a journey of exploration, immersing himself into a wide variety of faiths and ideologies to find the truth.  What did he discover?  Tune and find out!  

Aaron is now remarried with a young family and is a successful entrepreneur.  He’s Chief of Physical Strategy and Leadership for the Special Forces Experience, host of the Leaders of Leaders podcast and creator of a Rites of Passage program for kids, among many other exciting projects that we discuss on the show.   

Join us and meet this awesome, servant leader, husband, father, athlete and educator!

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Website: https://discipledinchrist.org/
Website: https://leadersofleaders.org/
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Leaders of Leaders

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Welcome to Return to Authenticity, episode 41, with our guest, Scott Wells.

Scott has an highly entertaining story that twists from the world of journalism to the oilfield, to the commodities trading floor to the world of magic on the high seas! 

Quite a journey for a kid from Southern Illinois who grew up in a town of six thousand people, 80 miles from St. Louis. 

Scott was disciplined in setting goals and having a plan for his life and when the time came to leave the trading floor, he was ready and the shift to being a full-time, traveling professional magician was set. 

Tune in to hear how he pulled it off! 

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Web: https://scottwellsmagic.com/
Web: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@texasmagician
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottwells2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottwellsmagic

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Episode 40!!

What a great conversation with Jessica Depatie.  Jessica grew up in Southern California, attended Cal State University, Long Beach and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism with an emphasis on public relations.  She pursued work in the field of marketing and had great success.  In 2016, after a series of jarring personal events, she found herself at a fork in the road.  Jessica chose a path less traveled and is now a shadow work educator, the host of the Shadow Work Library podcast, a Kambo provider and plant medicine apprentice, and the Co-Founder, Chief Marketing Officer and member of the cadre of the Special Forces Experience, a grueling 8-day Post Traumatic Growth experience where men test their mental and physical limits in a chaotic, raw, wilderness environment. 

Join in to hear how Jessica navigated her way to a life filled with adventure, mystery and service to others!

Connect with Jessica here:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jessicadepatie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicadepatie_/
Podcast: The Shadow Work Library https://open.spotify.com/show/66w50h8t263F8T00Kysz2c?si=3ac248f1d24544e6

Website: https://thespecialforcesexperience.com/

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Episode 39!

What a great conversation with Josh Painter.  Josh is a chill, California guy with an easy way about him, and an incredible story of rising to the occasion again and again.  He has continually said yes, and then figured out how to make it happen.  It began with an major curve ball at age 17 when he got his high school girlfriend pregnant and then figured out how to make a living to support his soon-to-be new wife and new baby. After burning out in the grinder of a job as a corrections officer, Josh dove into the real estate industry to allow himself the time and opportunity to make more money to support his family.  The real estate crash in 2008 took Josh down, as it did so many others, yet he stayed in it and fought his way back out, overcoming bankruptcy, a divorce and the loss of his home to foreclosure.  Josh rose from that bottom to grow his real estate business to a seven figure valuation and is now the author of the book, "Best Version Ever - Discover the Magic of Becoming Extraordinary" and leads a mastermind event called "Your Best Version Ever - Live".  

Tune in to hear Josh’s inspiring story!
 
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Website: https://bestversionever.com/
Book: https://bestversionever.com/book/
Live Event: https://bestversionever.com/event/
Instagram: @JoshPainter

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Welcome to Return to Authenticity Episode 38!  

Meet Mike DeSanti.  Mike grew up in a close-knit, Italian family in New Jersey, where he played sports at a high level and life was comfortable, predictable, and stable.  In a few short weeks, life changed dramatically as Mike suffered an injury that put him on the sports sideline indefinitely just as his brother moved away to college and his parents announced they were getting a divorce.  As a teenager, Mike retreated into his own psyche and lived outdoors for a year while studying classic writers and ancient teachings.  

After a chance trip to the American West, he discovered the beauty of Montana and decided to attend the University of Montana regardless of major!   After college he went into business and experienced great success, only to see his health and well-being decline.  He made the decision to pivot and return to his heart and authentic self.  Now a published author of “New Man Emerging”, a 1:1 coach, and men’s retreat leader in the mountains of Montana that stole his heart so many years before.  

Tune in to hear Mike’s awesome story and learn the lessons he’s learned along the way! 

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Connect with Mike here:

Website:  https://newmanemerging.com/

Instagram: @Mike_DeSanti

Website:  https://www.thevitalguide.com/

Mike's book, "New Man Emerging", found on Amazon:  https://a.co/d/9fRbh5w

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Here we go with RTA episode 37!!

Joining me in the studio today is  Kase Knockenhauer.  You're going to enjoy hearing the colorful and varied background Kase brings to the show.  His willingness to try new things that interest him and being willing to fail, learn, pivot and grow are matched by his belief that some things aren't meant to be and ego must be kept in check to prevent hanging on to ventures that simply don't serve you.  

Kase grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan and initially wanted to become an engineer until he learned how detail oriented engineers had to be!  Real estate came next and after trying the brokerage business he learned that it wasn't his cup of tea - investing and flipping was, so he made a pivot and his real estate business has exploded.  His business ventures have also included purchasing and selling a commercial airline fuselage, a 42’ school bus, an ambulance, a tank, over 14 cubic yards of winter beanies, and over $900k in imported classic Land Rover Defenders. 

Kase shares his willingness to try new things with the idea that making money in business should also be fun, while not making bets so big you can’t sleep at night. 

Tune in to enjoy Kase’s awesome story! 

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https://www.overlandinvestor.com/

Instagram: @overlandinvestor

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Return to Authenticity episode 36!  

In this episode, I sit down in the studio for a great conversation with Mark Anderson.  Mark grew up outside Boston, Massachusetts as an active kid playing most sports that included a ball:  baseball, golf, basketball, tennis, and volleyball.  

After a semester of junior college,  in the months prior to 9/11, Mark joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was active for 4 years from 2001- 2005.   During the spin up of the war, Mark did not deploy to a combat theatre prior to leaving active duty.   

After leaving the military, Mark earned his Bachelor’s Degree and went to work for a defense contractor and had the chance to deploy to Iraq for 16 months as a civilian on behalf of the US Military in a support role for a unit flying drones and small aircraft on reconnaissance and operations missions.  It was a completely unique experience as he was now exposed to the special operations community, their culture and their heavy op tempo.   

After returning from Iraq, despite earning a high income in the defense industry, and enjoying travel and other luxuries that that income provided him and his wife and their young children, Mark felt a sense of emptiness and a calling to help and serve others and decided to leave his career to pursue a career in physical training and wellness coaching.   

Mark recently purchased the studio he worked in as a trainer for 10 years, now renamed MWA Health and Fitness, where he focuses  on using an integrative approach with his clients, considering their life, physical, nutritional, and relationship health.  

Tune in and enjoy Mark’s bold and inspiring story! 

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Eric Sardina Executive Life Coaching

Feeling stuck, empty or out-of-sync at work, at home, or in your relationships?  As a business and life coach, I help individuals work through these feelings towards authentic lives of meaning and purpose.  I also work with organizations to help them optimize their teams and individual contributors.

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Connect with Mark here!:
Website: https://www.mwafitness.com/
Instagram: @markanderson_mwa

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Return to Authenticity podcast episode 35 is up!! 

Thomas Pfanner grew up in Eugene Oregon active in sports, playing high school football and wrestling.  

A key turning point in Thomas’s life happened at the age of 18, when he became a father and had no relationship with his son’s mother within a month of his birth. Despite that lack of relationship, life became work, go to school and spend time with his son.

Five years later, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and 4 years after that a Master of Arts degree in teaching before becoming a middle school teacher and coach.

Thomas started the Dad’s Who Lead podcast focused on helping men unlock their inner warrior to win in the Game of Life, and recently began coaching and hosting events for fathers and sons. 

Tune in and enjoy!  

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Eric Sardina Executive Life Coaching

Feeling stuck, empty or out-of-sync at work, at home, or in your relationships?  As a business and life coach, I help individuals work through these feelings towards authentic lives of meaning and purpose.  I also work with organizations to help them optimize their teams and individual contributors.

Interested in working with me or learning more?  

Connect with me below: 

Website: https://www.ericsardina.com  - book a free call here to discuss and learn more. 

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Instagram: @Eric_sardina26.2 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericsardina/

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Connect with Thomas  here:

Instagram: @dads.who.lead 

Podcast: Dads Who Lead

Website: https://dadswholead.com/

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