The Awakened Dad

Marcus Startzel, or as I like to call him, "Colonel," is one of the best bosses I ever had. Before building an amazing career in the tech industry, he was US Naval Officer. He has held many significant leadership roles in the tech industry and is now the CEO of e-commerce company called White Box that is modernizing the way we approach e-commerce.

In today's episode, I talk to Marcus about his journey from getting into the US Naval Academy to working toward becoming a submarine Lieutenant to later applying his lessons learned to his business career.

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This episode is the first of many "voice memos" where I sit down and talk into the mic about something that's been on my mind.

In today's episode, I talk about how practicing expressing your emotions can help you like a better life. From a young age, we (especially men) are programmed to suppress and ignore our emotions, but this can be very dangerous and even life-threatening. Listen through to the end for a great exercise you can use to start getting more comfortable with expressing your emotions.

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Kristoffer Carter ("KC") is a spiritual teacher at the intersection of consciousness and business. He is the founder of This Epic Life, a website and podcast devoted to conscious living. He has worked with executives at Amazon, AT&T, Avery-Dennison, and many more businesses to show them how to become epic leaders.

In today's episode, I talk to Kristoffer about how his experience becoming a spiritual coach influenced this upcoming book, Permission to Glow—A Spiritual Guide to Epic Leadership!

To learn more about Kristoffer and all of his endeavors, visit his website, thisepiclife.com

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Paul Ollinger is a nationally-touring stand-up comedian, podcaster, and former digital sales leader. He performs at comedy clubs, festivals and corporate events all over North America. He is also the author of You Should Totally Get an MBA: A Comedian’s Guide to Top U.S. Business Schools.

Paul was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Rhodes College and borrowed $100k to get an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School. During a business school talent show he performed stand-up for the first time and got bit by the comedy bug.

Even though comedy was his true passion, he took the safer path, and found a steady job to help pay back his student loans. Over the next 15 years, he worked in digital media for companies like LAUNCH.com, Yahoo!, and Facebook where he was VP of West Coast Sales and one of the first 250 employees.

But after four years in his Facebook office, staring at a poster that asked, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?,” Paul finally came up with an answer—"Comedy!” Paul realized he was never going to be truly fulfilled doing anything other than giving stand-up his full attention.

“There is no feeling in the world like offering your point of view to a crowd of strangers and hearing their laughter,” shares Paul, “Connecting with an audience lets me know I made them feel understood and appreciated.”

Today, Paul focuses on his comedy career, which has taken him all over North America, sharing the stage with top comics like Dave Attell, Norm Macdonald, Bill Burr, Marc Maron, and many more. Paul has also been an official selection of the Laughing Skull, Asheville, Cleveland, DC, and North Carolina Comedy Festivals, and has headlined clubs like the famous Caroline’s on Broadway and West Side Comedy Club in New York City.

When Paul isn’t telling jokes, he is hosting his podcast, Crazy Money, in which he interviews broadcasters, celebrities, journalists, and everyday folks with an honest perspective on money, wealth and careers. The show focuses on how we think about and live with money, as a society and as individuals. Previous guests include Nobel Prize, Heisman Trophy winners, and dozens of New York Times Best-selling authors.

In his free time, Paul can be found playing golf, binge watching Netflix or checking the “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” page on LinkedIn. He lives in Atlanta with his beautiful wife, two wonderful children and French bulldog, Colonel Tom Parker.

In today's episode, I talk to Paul about the moment he realized he could be himself and how it helped him dive into comedy and build the career he has today!

To learn more about Paul all of his endeavors, visit his website, paulollinger.com

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Amber Lilyestrom is a transformational branding strategist and business coach, an author, a speaker, the host of the Amber Lilyestrom podcast! Her mission is to empower women to position themselves as sought-after experts and thought leaders through the creation of online brand presence.

In today's episode, I talk to Amber Lilyestrom about how her upbringing shaped her adult life and how a near-death experience while giving birth completely turned her life upside down and changed her forever!

To learn more about Amber all of her endeavors, visit her website, amberlilyestrom.com.

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Joel Lunenfeld has just about done it all. He's led teams at Moxie Interactive and Twitter, and he's recently moved onto founding philanthropic organizations like the Guardian Gym. But Joel says that the moment that both shut him down and opened him up was the sudden passing of his father.

In today's episode, I talk to Joel Lunenfeld about his incredible career & how the sudden passing of his father changed his life and opened him up to his truth around healing and "the medicine". He is currently building Storyteller Ranch which is the creative space that will serve as a place to help organizations tell their own story as well as individuals showing their own seed of greatness!

Check out Joel on Instagram @jlunenfeld. Check out the Guardian Gym on Instagram @guardiangym and visit their website, guardiangym.org.

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Welcome to The Awakened Dad.

My name is Brent Herd and my mission is to help as many of us reclaim who it is that we truly are and help one hundred million children live out their greatest lives.

In today's episode, I talk about how and why The Awakened Dad came to be.

Be sure to share this episode with your friends and follow us on Instagram @theawakeneddad.

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