My guest on starTEDover today is Chuck Chapman, who shares his story of life not going as planned time after time, but still getting to the place of being ok with being ok.

Chuck Chapman is a Licensed Psychotherapist and certified No More Mr. Nice Guy Coach. Chuck specializes in helping men recover from toxic shame, codependent behaviors, and less than satisfying relationships. Based on the work of Dr. Robert Glover's No More Mr. Nice Guy, Chuck teaches men to become fully integrated into higher-masculinity through conscious embodiment work.

Chuck's new book No More Mr. Nice Guy: The 30-Day Recovery Journal is a supplemental work to Dr. Robert Glover's original work is now available on Amazon.com. You can read more about Chuck at his website niceguyhelp.com

My guest on starTEDover is Mary Lynne Lewark, who shares her story of first finding safety and then constriction in the structured dance world, before giving herself permission to feel the full range of her feelings.

Mary Lynn Lewark is a dance artist, choreographer, movement healer, yoga teacher, and educator.  She has created two movement houses in Denver, C0. - Between the Bones Dance and Bone House North where she has inspired dancers and people to develop their singular and collaborative voices in performances, workshops and everyday lives. Her authentic movement process is simple, direct, and communal, allowing a person to freely connect to their innate desire to move with their personal story.  

Learn more about Mary Lynn: betweenthebones.com and bonehousenorth.com

My guest today on starTEDover is Mike Harris, who shares his story of booms, busts, and resilience.

Mike Harris is a coach to top leaders and other elite performers and a former finance executive and high-stakes poker pro. His mission is to champion the leaders of today who are shaping the next 100 generations of life on this planet. He's currently finishing up his first book, Complaint Cleanse, to be released in early 2021.

For more information about Mike, visit: www.mikefharris.com

My guest on starTEDover is Sandy Sembler, who shares her story of being stuck in the same cycle of unhealthy relationships until she learned that she needed to “Feel to Heal.”

More about Sandy:

“I help women create a joy-filled, abundant life full of thriving relationships they've always desired.” – Sandy Sembler, Embodied Results Coach

Sandy Sembler is an internationally recognized embodied results coach and creator of the SakredShe program, empowering women to “break up” with toxic patterns limiting their love, business, and success, and embrace a joy-filled, abundant life.

Sandy’s SakredShe program was created after her own 10-year healing journey and her desire to “make her mess a message and her test a testimony!”  Sandy merged disciplines from teachers around the world to ignite clients towards change in their mind, heart, and body, tapping into the unlimited energy and creativity of their feminine flow, and releasing unhealthy patterns. 

The transformation Sandy’s clients achieve is due to her compassionate yet ‘take no prisoners’ coaching style, her own personal journey, and her ability to deeply connect with each client as a unique soul.

Sandy’s deepest desire is for each client to intentionally claim their authentic purpose and abundance of self-worth, trust and live more fully, and create the quality relationships so deeply desired.

• Certified Pranic Healer (Level 3)
• Certified Advanced Theta Healer
• Certified High Performance Coach
• My own life’s journey and experience!

[email protected]

www.sandysembler.com

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Welcome to episode number 18 of starTEDover, the final episode of season one. My idea from the beginning was to produce 18  18-minute interviews that would inspire listeners and even save lives. Though my guest today was one of my first interviews, I wanted to save publication for the season’s finale because, frankly, my guest Ryan Geist could have used a story like his when he was experiencing his darkest days of addiction and psychosis. I hope you will be inspired by his story, share it, and then tune in for season two of starTEDover, beginning soon.

In Ryan’s own words: “Hi, I'm Ryan. I am on a mission to help people say "YES" do their deepest desires. Life is short, time is precious. Fear is real. I should know, my story is riddled with questionable decisions, failures and decisions driven by fear. My biggest mistake is that I never asked for help. I thought I could do it alone. I thought I was supposed to do it alone. It took a great deal of humility and courage to finally face my deepest fears... the big bad dragons guarding all the treasures of my soul. But I did it, and the greatest treasure of all is being able to help others face their fears and grow into the greatest version of themselves. With the right plan, the right support and the willingness to go to any length to achieve your dream - anything is possible.”

Contact Ryan: [email protected]; 717-557-6565; or @ryangeist on all socials

My guest on starTEDover today is Gretchen Shanks, who shares her story of living through decades of sexual shame before learning how to celebrate her own worthiness.

Gretchen Shanks (she/her) is a Seattle-based sex and dating coach certified in the Somatica Method, an experiential and practical method of coaching grounded in the body.

Up until her early 40s, Gretchen struggled with dating, had only had sex a handful of times, and felt undesirable and unattractive. Years of talk therapy couldn’t shift the beliefs she had about herself. Then she got help from an intimacy coach and somatic body worker. She reset her body image issues, learned to confidently tap into her sexy side, and to approach dating, sex and all of her relationships with greater ease and enjoyment.

Now she gets great satisfaction helping others rewrite their stories around sex, intimacy, dating, and relationships to have the kind of experiences and connections they’ve always wanted. Regardless of what your relationship goal is (monogamous marriage, polyamory, a single life with lots of dating fun, or anything in between), Gretchen is excited to help you get there!

Gretchen can be found on Instagram @gretchen.shanks and at her website www.gretchenshanks.com.

My guest on starTEDover today is Ali Kole, who shares her story of cracking open, living lighter, and bringing more beauty to the world.

Ali Kole is a sensual muse who helps women and couples ignite passionately enlivened intimacy and freedom in their lives and relationships.  During her 20+years as a beauty industry CEO and advisor, her search to “have it all” led her to 14 years studying, practicing and now teaching intimacy and pleasure.  Using her own marriage and career as a laboratory, Ali dedicated herself to the art and practice of hot monogamy and expansive erotic expression, training and assisting with world leading spiritual intimacy and relationship teachers including David Deida, Michaela Boehm and John Wineland.  She now co-teaches sacred intimacy with John Wineland and assists David Deida with courses and retreats worldwide.  Ali is also a long time sensual dance student and licensed S Factor® teacher, trained by Sheila Kelley.  She lives a healthy happy passionate life in Boulder CO with her amazing husband of 14 years, and her gentle delicious practice has been featured in retreats and courses worldwide.  Ali creates a safe inviting space for you to reclaim your body for your own pleasure, express your emotional truth,  and discover and reveal your most beautiful, alive self, alone or with a partner. 

She can be reached at [email protected].

My guest today on starTEDover is Kirk Westwood, who shares his story of pushing to be the best, which led to tremendous pain, and then learning to follow what he loved, which led to tremendous healing.

Diagnosed with an illness they said would kill him, Kirk Westwood turned to doing things he didn’t understand: Extreme Shamanic practices and rituals from around the world that fundamentally changed him as a person.

Studying at the feet of several masters for many years to develop skills that dramatically altered the course of his life. He reluctantly kept being drawn back to the honing of an acute intuition to read people and situations.

Not wanting to be a healer and enamored by the exploits of close friends who were elite military operators, he did the ultimate run-away and joined the Army.

It was there, embedded with an Australian Special Forces Unit to train up for Selection that he observed the all too common occurrence of Special Forces Operators (SAS, Commando's, SEAL's, Delta units) experiencing extreme luck in dire combat situations.

After a live-fire training accident ate away the cornea in his left eye months before deployment, he focused his skills into forging a trainable dynamic to create what looks like luck. A "Bubble of Luck" if you will.

His impetus was then to travel the world documenting extreme rituals and practices to understand the common thread of these practices that miraculously change lives.

Becoming an expert with thousands of hours in reading people and situations effectively and in what cultures do around the world to create what looks like good fortune, the journey continues.

Now companies, organizations and sports teams have used his skills to make/raise millions of dollars, successfully pivot technologies and create winning teams as a direct result of him creating luck for them.

Contact and more information on consultancy, sports team training and speaking engagements can be found at theluckbubble.com

My guest today on starTEDover is Richard Ayling, who shares his story of choosing between a lifetime of medication and being an outsider or a life of flow, balance, and belonging.

Richard Ayling is a transformational coach, author and facilitator, with over twelve years’ experience in training and personal development. In 2006 he was diagnosed with a lifelong autoimmune disease, and this led him to study mindset and meditation to aid his recovery.

In 2016 he became one of the first instructors trained by Wim Hof in breathwork and cold exposure disciplines. In 2017 and after successfully overcoming his illness, he moved to Bali to develop his embodiment and coaching practices, and is now a certified Traditional Hatha Yoga teacher. As an entrepreneur and former business owner, he now has over 30,000 hours of teaching and coaching experience, and teaches self-awareness practices for mindful and meaningful living around the world. When he isn't coaching or facilitating, you can find him in the surf, on the mat, or learning something new with a good coffee in hand.

To contact Richard directly, email [email protected] or visit his website www.re-align.co

He can also be reached through multiple social media platforms.

My guest today on starTEDover is Mark Doody, who shares his story of being caught in a cycle of shame and drug use that he finally broke with a prayer to find his car keys.

Mark experienced an incredible transformation. After years of struggling with heroin addiction he reconnected with hope and strength as he stepped into a life of sobriety and purpose. Today, with 8 years of sobriety, Mark works in a leadership role for an LA based tech company, is in a healthy loving relationship with a beautiful partner, and dedicates his spare time to helping people struggling with addiction find sobriety for themselves.