The Apex Podcast

Kyle has always been the spitting image of what true health and wellness looks like inside and out. Growing up as a multi-sport athlete from 4 years old, it was always natural to live a health-conscious lifestyle.

After Kyle got a job at a local physical therapy clinic. His life would change forever. A patient of his introduced him to cryotherapy. Kyle was one of the first in the United States to access cryotherapy in 2012. As he dug deeper into the science, he realized he was onto something life-changing. After managing the cryotherapy division of the clinic for roughly three years, he decided to go out on his own and at only 24 years old, this young man took a leap of faith and pioneered an industry that was untouched, opening the first iCRYO location in his hometown of League City, Texas, in October of 2015. 

iCRYO is now set on a strategic goal of opening 1000+ locations, and Kyle is as dedicated as ever to providing everyone that comes in contact with iCRYO (whether employee or customer) a positive experience. 

In this episode, Kyle and Jan explore:

1. What it was like for Kyle to start a business at 24
2. 3 Core Principles of Entrepreneurship, from Jan and Kyle’s perspectives
3. What’s next for iCRYO and why it's important to always give back.

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Welcome to the 11th episode of The Disruptor Podcast !

Our guest today, David Kundtz, grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio.  He went out west in the 1960s, as a Catholic priest, and spent 20 years in the Diocese of Idaho as well as a couple of years in Cali, Colombia, South America. Shortly after returning to the United States, he left ministry, and attended the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California and began a private practice as a family Psychotherapist.  Which he did for over 20 years, David is now retired.

To learn more about David, his writings, or sign up for his biweekly inspirational newsletter visit https://davidkundtz.com/ 

Now that we have entered the third decade of the millennium and the volume of change and the subsequent disruption we are experiencing is truly unprecedented.  

As we like to say,  You are either being disrupted, or you are the disruptor. 

Or in other words are you Blockbuster or are you Netflix?   

With that said for nearly 2 years, all of us have been experiencing some form of disruption. 

When Jan and I interviewed Garry Gullar in Episode 8 in February, we talked about 2020 throwing us the mother of all disruptive curve balls.  We are now approaching the end of 2021 and we wanted to add a third component to The Disruptor theme:   

• How are you dealing with disruption?  
  
  
• What can you do to survive these waves of disruption that seem to be hitting us on various fronts? 

David has written a plethora of books on mindfulness and mental health. The most recent, The Art of Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going is the subject of this show. 

Some of the topics Jan and John discuss with David in this show are: 

• What is Stopping? Is it a system? Does it have “components?”
  
  
• How did he learn about Stopping? 
  
  
• How are Stillpoints, Stopovers, and Grinding Halts different from each other? 
  
  
• How Stopping is different from traditional meditation or a mindfulness practice. 
  
  
• David’s major life experience where he had to stop completely?
  
  
• How can we encourage the entrepreneurs we work with to incorporate these pr

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In this episode of The Apex Podcast Jan and John take the show’s standard mantra a little bit off track. We still focus on “ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things”, but we are adding a bit of a personal twist.

A few years ago, Jan and John discovered that their respective families have roots in two cities only 35 KM apart and as many listeners know Jan is Slovak and his family hails from the town of Košice and John grew up not exactly sure of the name of his ancestral village.  

In order to help clear up this ethnic confusion Jan and John had the pleasure of interviewing David Kundtz, whose grandfather (and John’s great-grandfather), Theodor Kundtz, emigrated to the United States in the 1870’s and in his own right was an ordinary person who accomplished extraordinary things, but that’s for another show.

Our guest today, David Kundtz, grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio.  He went out west in the 1960s, as a Catholic priest, and spent 20 years in the Diocese of Idaho as well as a couple of years in Cali, Colombia, South America. Shortly after returning to the United States, he left ministry, and attended the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California and began a private practice as a family Psychotherapist.  Which he did for over 20 years, David is now retired.

In addition, David has written several books, the most recent, The Art of Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going will be the topic of conversation in an upcoming episode of The Disruptor, so stay tuned.

To learn more about David, his writings, or sign up for his biweekly inspirational newsletter visit https://davidkundtz.com/ 

In the meantime, enjoy our conversation with David as we unpack the place of origin of David’s grandfather and John's great grandfather, Theodore Kundtz and maybe finally answer John’s question, “Where is my family from and why can’t I find it on the map?” 

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In this episode, Jan sits down with Karen Berger. Karen Berger is highly motivated and drawn to leadership, she aspires to help employees reach their ultimate ability within the workforce. She oversees business operations, sales strategies, and global business expansions, she has grown businesses and people. Her business success has been intentional, thoughtful, and thorough. She has accumulated a vast amount of understanding of workplace dynamics, relationships, and career aspirations; she now focuses on the success of others, helping businesses scale from start-up to maturity, and people, investing in themselves and their careers.

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The second way you can help is by REPPING the fact that you’re an #ApexChaser! Visit our merch line that is proudly partnered with Envision Clothing Company!

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We are in a period of digital disruption, and, as we like to say, “You are either being disrupted, or you are the disruptor.” Normally during The Disruptor Segment of The Apex Podcast, we discuss experiences and stories from the field that will empower any burgeoning entrepreneurs to deepen their design thinking practice and any naysayers to give it a second look. 

During this segment of The Disruptor, Jan and John diverge slightly and decided to “disrupt” our normal format and host a panel discussion of four Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) experts who explore how the Horses & Humans Research Foundation (HHRF) funded grants have supported research on the benefits of Horse – Human interaction with Veterans with PTSD and students who have experienced trauma.

We think trauma is an extreme example of disruption and many of us have experienced some form of trauma in 2020 and 2021. We start the show by exploring how and why equine therapy services help trauma patients. This is followed by a discussion on how grant requests from HHRF support the continued research.

The panel moderators consist of Pebbles Turbeville, the Executive Director of  Horses & Humans Research Foundation, and Tara Mahone, the CEO & Founder of Equine Immersion Project, LLC. Together they facilitate an excellent discussion on the serious and tough subject of Disrupting and Preventing Suicide through Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) for PTSD and Trauma Patients with Debbi Fisher, the Operations and Training Director for Hope for Heroes Equine Therapy Consulting and Hope for Heroes Horsemanship Center and Martha McNiel, the Director of DreamPower Horsemanship.

We are also excited to have this show hosted by the Horses & Humans Research Foundation, an organization that is a catalyst in advancing global knowledge of horse-human interactions and their impact on health and wellness, and their October 2021 conference about Horses and Humans Research. 

To learn more about and support the Horses & Humans Research Foundation (HHRF) please visit:  https://www.horsesandhumans.org/general-donations

To learn more about the outstanding  four Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) experts: 

Tara Mahoney:  LinkedIn and

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In this episode, Jan sits down with Catherine Zack. A corporate lawyer turned meditation teacher, relaxation guide, mindfulness coach, and wellness consultant. Catherine began her career as a litigator at a top-tier law firm in Washington, DC, a classic Type-A, high-achieving go-getter who checked all the right boxes and built a “successful-on-paper” legal career. But after a few years of that fast-paced, high-stakes, sleep-when-you’re done, big-law life, she finally looked up and realized that a career path toward the partnership wasn’t for her. In 2014, she walked away from the practice of meditation to create welcoming, inclusive spaces of belonging, empower people with tools of self-exploration, personal development, mindfulness, and restoration to help them thrive and come alive.

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Learn More about Catherine Zack on...

https://www.catherinezack.com/

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The second way you can help is by REPPING the fact that you’re an #ApexChaser! Visit our merch line that is proudly partnered with Envision Clothing Company!

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Pallavi Agarwal is the CEO & founder of Kander, a Salesforce consulting firm in Washington DC. Her passion is finding ways to help clients determine their true path and identify the technology which can be the vehicle to achieve the north star through project management and delivery. She believes that it’s about the business process and understanding the "why" of the user experience and customers to really drive the business outcomes for clients. She has over 15 years of management consulting experience. She enjoys traveling, hiking, and biking. She is also passionate about mentoring women in the community for personal and career growth and leads the DC Admin Salesforce group.

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Learn more and have a little bit of Kander in your life visit www.kanderconsult.com 

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Want to know who we have lined up on our guest list before anyone else? Even a small donation of THREE DOLLARS a month gets you an OFFICIAL “The Apex” sticker and access to the behind the realm of the scene of Apex Communications. A FIVE-dollar donation earns you a THANK YOU from Jan and RJ live on an episode of The Apex and a 10% off discount code for Envision Clothing Company!

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In this episode, Jan sits down with the Bee Man himself, Mr. Trent J Balduff. Trent is an environmentalist, beekeeper, and mindfulness advocate that has grown a beekeeping hobby into a fully formed non-profit.

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Want to know who we have lined up on our guest list before anyone else? Even a small donation of THREE DOLLARS a month gets you an OFFICIAL “The Apex” sticker and access to the behind the realm of the scene of Apex Communications. A FIVE-dollar donation earns you a THANK YOU from Jan and RJ live on an episode of The Apex and a 10% off discount code for Envision Clothing Company!

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In this episode, Jan interviews Jasz Rae Joseph on what it's like being a young woman in entrepreneurship, advice on self-awareness, and why you don’t need to be a morning person to be “productive”. Jasz is the founder of Jasz Rae Digital, a marketing consulting firm focused on helping service-based businesses achieve their growth goals. When she's not strategizing with clients, you can find her strolling around a trendy part of town with an oat milk latte in one hand and her rescue beagle mix's leash in the other.

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Want to know who we have lined up on our guest list before anyone else? Even a small donation of THREE DOLLARS a month gets you an OFFICIAL “The Apex” sticker and access to the behind the realm of the scene of Apex Communications. A FIVE-dollar donation earns you a THANK YOU from Jan and RJ live on an episode of The Apex and a 10% off discount code for Envision Clothing Company!

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In this episode, Jan, RJ, and Jacob sit down and talk about anything and everything just like old times. In these episodes, the founders of Apex Communications Network will explore the stories that make them who they are and discuss are burgers sandwiches? 

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Be sure to subscribe to our youtube channel for exclusive access to our highlights as well as our favorite pieces of advice! 

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Want to know who we have lined up on our guest list before anyone else? Even a small donation of THREE DOLLARS a month gets you an OFFICIAL “The Apex” sticker and access to the behind the realm of the scene of Apex Communications. A FIVE-dollar donation earns you a THANK YOU from Jan and RJ live on an episode of The Apex and a 10% off discount code for Envision Clothing Company!

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Know someone who would be a good guest? Email our Co-Host RJ Holliday at [email protected]