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Tom and Preston sit down with Curtis Morley, a recovering "Nice Guy" and talk to him about his philosophy and revolutionary courses about Counterfeit Emotions. Curtis touches on his life experience with pain and misery and the joy that can come from reframing pain. Curtis is a Wall Street Journal best seller, successful entrepreneur and focuses his time on his family and not being nice, but being kind.

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Stacey Davies sits down with Preston and Tom and talks about her upbringing, love for a good set of rules and her relationship with her late husband. She talks about her traumatic experience of abuse and domestic violence. She touches on the warning signs of abuse and grooming, as well as her unique care philosophy and ability to sit in the hard times with others struggling.

Please be advised this episode contains themes of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal abuse. As well as themes of rape, grooming, trauma, suicide, and other abusive and manipulative tendencies. 

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Through the struggles of ADHD and Anxiety to the stoke of success and leading businesses, Adam and Andrea Beckstrom know what it means to be resilient. They are owners in LÉVO a mind care company and are experts in their respective fields... it wasn't always that way though. Listen to them talk through their mental health journey as well as the setbacks, heartaches, and challenges that have made them the amazing professionals and parents they are!

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Tom and Preston sit down with Blair Perkes, Joe Hansen and Hite Stromberg, the first three individuals on the BrainStoke Ambassador team. They talk motivation behind the program, their initial thoughts, and they share a little bit about what each of them are going to share in the future. They talk about the team camp experience, and the importance of having other teammates that depend and count on you and lift you up. It's all here and hilariously powered by Veyo pie sugar and MTN OPS tiger's blood flavored Ignite!

PSA: Tom's and Preston's mics malfunctioned. Sorry for the blown out audio at times. 

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Brandy Vega gets it done! From a young age Brandy embraced the mindset, “if it’s to be, it’s up to me”. Her entrepreneur roots began at age 6 when she learned the art of selling rocks. It’s been meteoric growth from there including joining the military and serving in high-consequence moments during 9/11, being a Fox newscaster in her early 20’s, starting Vega Media Studio and the last few years, founding Promise2live. A death by suicide awareness foundation committed to challenging people to make a literal, “promise to live”. The struggle & stoke of Brandy’s story had us inspired at the grit and resilience of people.

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It's the 2023 review! With the whole BrainStoke team on the mics!  We go through our favorite moments of 2023 and what we are amped on for 2024!

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Davy Ratchford is the epitome of doggedness. As a young boy from Ireland whose family migrated to the U.S., Davy grew up in Logan, Utah. It was there that he begin to ask “why not me?”

From an executive team role at Salt Lake Real, a few stops at some of the nations largest and most  prestigious ski resorts, including Vail Resorts, Davy is no stranger to leading people. He now holds the GM title at Snow Basin ski resort, a highly awarded mountain with gorgeous terrain, POSH lodges and an amazing team of professional staff who run the place.

Davy is hilarious, down to earth and his “raise your hand” mentality is incredibly relatable. Get a DOSE of struggle & stoke with this servant-leader, husband, father and cheese-fry advocate.

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Trevor Farnes is on a mission. From the moment we arrived at Mtn Ops headquarters we could feel the conviction in who and what his purpose is. To humbly, conquer!

As one of 7 children, Trevor raves about his parents and siblings. It’s through those tight connections he learned hard work, entrepreneurship, and the brilliance of the “joy-wand”.

As a CEO of an active, outdoor brand we were stoked to listen to Trevor wear his emotion and faith on his sleeves. His stoke-for-life discipleship is infectious and combined with his commitment to offer the he best nutrition products on the market and to “Conquer Hunger” it’s easy to embrace Mtn Ops brand identity. Get your DOSE of struggle & stoke with Trevor.

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Dr. Alex Lawrence has endless “range”. From the classroom to CNN, and Wall Street Journal to EV Auto. Alex is charging ahead!

As a tenured professor with a thirst for the latest in tech, Alex’s stance on the use of AI and the likes of ChatGPT in the classroom and professional world as a tool for productivity landed him in the public eye on some of the largest and mainstream media outlets in the US earlier this year. 

As a serial entrepreneur and an affinity for pursuing hard accomplishments, he’s “all-in” on his boldest move yet; pioneering the electric and hybrid only vehicle dealership model with the opening of EV Auto’s flagship location a few months ago in Utah. 

Plugin and get your DOSE with Alex as he talks about the struggle & stoke of living life with the pedal, “full-E”.

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Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology.

Her clinical expertise and verbal-brilliance is universally relevant and timely as she explains the “struggle and stoke” of relationships as a parent, partner, spouse and child. 

 Brainstoke collaborated with Dr. Jennifer with the objective to give our listeners ideas and advice to have in their parent-coaching playbook.

3 Key plays:

1. Self-authorship

2. Personal / self-authority

3. Fitting in versus belonging

Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a frequent guest on LDS-themed podcasts on the subjects of sexuality, relationships, mental health, and faith. She is also the creator and host of Room for Two, a popular sex and intimacy coaching podcast.