The Irreplaceable Man Podcast

Do you demand results from yourself and your team? On its own, this uncommon desire to succeed is a very positive trait. But coupled with a no-bullshit communication style, you may be perceived as a bully. So, how can high-performing executives with this Warrior Spirit learn to communicate in a way that inspires action yet also fosters compassion and respect?

Jordan Goldrich is a Master Corporate Executive Coach on a mission to help executives perceived as bullies drive results—without damaging relationships. He recognizes the essential Warrior Spirit of these high performers and challenges them to adopt the Navy SEALs ethos of serving with humility, controlling their emotions and protecting those who cannot protect themselves. Jordan is also the coauthor of Workplace Warrior: People Skills for the No-Bullshit Executive and executive coach at the Center for Creative Leadership.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Jordan joins Emerald to discuss what prompted him to change the way he communicates, explaining why execs who are seen as bullies strike out and how he built new neural pathways in order to respond differently. He walks us through the process of soliciting feedback from your stakeholders and introduces us to the idea of becoming a Workplace Warrior. Listen in for Jordan’s insight on communicating your purpose to the people you work with and get his advice on leading teams through a high-stress situation (like the current global health crisis).

How Jordan developed his straightforward communication style

What prompted Jordan’s commitment to change the way he communicates

How execs who are seen as bullies see poor performance as a personal attack

The process of building a new set of neural pathways to respond differently

The value of doing market research on your internal market

Why execs seen as bullies need to know the potential consequences of their actions

How Jordan defines the Warrior Spirit and why we need Workplace Warriors

How to communicate the things you stand for as a human being

Jordan’s core purpose to provoke and support growth and healing

Jordan’s advice to execs on leading through a high-stress situation

• Make human connection and reassure team
• Focus back on plan to reengage colleagues

Jordan’s Website

Workplace Warrior: People Skills for the No-Bullshit Executive by Jordan Goldrich with Walter G. Meyer

New Media Summit

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshal Goldsmith with Mark Reiter

The Honor Foundation

Start with WHY: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

Find Your WHY: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team by Simon Sinek

Fran

What is the root cause of chronic pain? Western medicine typically tries to solve the problem with surgery, but what if what’s ailing us is not in our back or our knees—but in our brain? What if there are simple, accessible tools any of us can use to separate from our anxiety, quiet the central nervous system and heal our chronic pain?

Dr. David Hanscom is the creator of Back in Control, a platform dedicated to helping people solve chronic pain. He spent 32 years as an orthopedic spine surgeon before quitting his practice in 2018 to educate the public on the danger of unnecessary surgical interventions and the true cause of chronic pain. Dr. David is also the author of two seminal books, Do You Really Need Spine Surgery? Take Control with a Surgeon’s Advice and Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Dr. David joins Emerald to explain why chronic pain is a neurological problem, not a structural one. He shares his top tools for resolving chronic pain, describing how we can separate from our anxiety and rewire our brain to dampen its stress response. Listen in for Dr. David’s insight on the connection between mental pain and chronic pain and learn how to leverage expressive writing to lower the stress chemicals in your system!

What called Dr. David to quit his practice and focus on solving chronic pain

Why chronic pain is a neurological problem rather than a structural one

Dr. David’s simple tools for resolving chronic pain

• Relaxation
• Mindfulness
• Expressive writing
• Not discussing pain
• Sleep

How spine surgery is NOT effective in easing back pain

Dr. David’s insight on separating from our anxiety

How to rewire your brain to dampen your stress response

The connection between mental pain and chronic pain

The challenges Dr. David faces in helping people relieve their chronic pain

Back in Control

Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain by Dr. David Hanscom

Do You Really Need Spine Surgery? Take Control with a Surgeon’s Advice by Dr. David Hanscom

Dr. David’s Blog on Psychology Today

National Publicity Summit

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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We live in a world that trains us to worry. The problem is, when we focus on what we’re afraid of, we attract the very things we fear most into our lives. So, what can we do to replace these destructive mental habits like anxiety and self-doubt with something much more positive and productive?

David Stone is the transformational speaker and change agent behind I-FEARLESS, a platform dedicated to helping people overcome the worry and self-doubt that keep us from achieving our highest potential. He is on a mission to help 10M people overcome anxiety through his books, online courses, workshops and keynote presentations. David is also the author of Unsubscribe from Anxiety: Opt Out of the Myth That Worry is Required and Take Charge of Your Own Life Now.  

On this episode of the podcast, David joins Emerald to discuss how we manage to attract the things we fear most, explaining how he worried himself into homelessness and what he did to take responsibility for the situation. He weighs in on how we’re trained to worry by the world around us, describing how to replace anxiety and self-doubt with PURPOSE. Listen in for David’s insight on the relationship between celebration and gratitude—and learn his top strategies for living an anxiety-free life!

How David worried himself into homelessness in 2009

What David did to change his attitude toward challenges

The two factors that attract the things we fear most

1. Reticular Activating System
2. Law of Attraction

How taking 100% responsibility gives us the power to change our situation

How we’re trained, from birth, to worry

David’s transition from marketing consultant to entrepreneur

The creation process David used to write his book

How to replace worry and anxiety with PURPOSE

David’s mission to inspire 10M people to be anxiety-free

The relationship between celebration and gratitude

I-FEARLESS

Unsubscribe from Anxiety: Opt Out of the Myth That Worry is Required and Live Your Own Life Now by David A. Stone

National Publicity Summit

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Five Ways We Ward Off Wealth

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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The world of mergers and acquisitions is thought of as left-brained. And yes, it IS about developing a strategy and analyzing opportunities. But if you’re buying or selling a business, it’s important to be emotionally ready, too. So, how do you know if you’re fully prepared to take over a new venture? Or step away from the one you’ve built?

Domenic Rinaldi is the Owner and Managing Director of Sun Acquisitions, a mergers and acquisitions firm based in Chicago, IL. He helps the owners of privately held companies valued between $2M and $30M acquire and sell businesses. Dominic has been involved in 300-plus business transactions in a variety of industries, and he shares his expertise as a speaker, author and host of the M&A Unplugged Podcast.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Domenic joins Emerald to explain what called him to the field of mergers and acquisitions and describe the preparation necessary to buy or sell a business. He discusses the importance of soliciting help from the right advisors, hiring experts to compress your learning curve, and using your unique ability to move the needle in your business. Listen in for insight on leveraging your circle to make important decisions and learn how Domenic knows when a seller is emotionally prepared to step away from their business.

What called Domenic to the field of mergers and acquisitions

The mental and financial preparation necessary to buy a business

Why it’s crucial for buyers to solicit help from the right advisors

The idea of unique ability and how it can help you move the needle in your business

How hiring an expert helps you compress your learning curve

How Domenic coaches clients to maximize the value of a sale or purchase

Why Domenic brainstorms with his circle to make decisions

Domenic’s insight on the psychology of selling a business

How Domenic knows when a seller is emotionally ready to leave a business

Domenic’s challenge around using tech to get in front of prospects

Sun Acquisitions

The Nice Guys on Business

Strategic Coach

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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If your life looks good from the outside, but you’re feeling inner turmoil, it’s likely you’re living out someone else’s idea of what life is supposed to look like. So, how can you tune back into your natural frequency and start living your purpose? How can you tap into your perfect, unique Human Design?

Chetan Parkyn is the creator of Human Design for Us All, a platform dedicated to helping people awaken to their highest purpose and find personal fulfillment. Schooled in England, Chetan traveled the world as a mechanical engineer before discovering his true gift to read hands, cards and I Ching astrology. In 1993, Chetan uncovered Human Design, and he continues to study and teach the system worldwide. He is also the author of several books on the subject, including Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Chetan joins Emerald to share his calling to reintroduce people to themselves through the craft of Human Design. He describes how taking the energy out of his head and into his body helped him find his purpose and explains the mystical process that led to the creation of his first book. Listen in for Chetan’s insight around the danger in following someone else’s path and learn how to leverage Human Design to use your true nature to its greatest effect.

How Chetan’s inner turmoil inspired him to seek counsel

Chetan’s calling to reintroduce people to themselves through Human Design

How following his feelings helped Chetan find his joy

The mystical process that led Chetan to create his first book (with other’s input)

How Chetan’s own design as a Projector informs his work

Why Chetan refers to himself a ‘glorified piano tuner’

How Human Design helps us use our true nature to its greatest effect

The characteristics of a Manifesting Generator

How to recognize the behaviors that are out of alignment with our true nature

Human Design for Us All

Human Design: Discover the Persona You Were Born to Be by Chetan Parkyn

Books by Chetan Parkyn

Imagination IQ

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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The current education system uses data for harm. By ranking and comparing students, we create winners and losers in the classroom. And while the hope is that competition will motivate students to learn, the opposite holds true, as students on the wrong side of the bell curve lose their enthusiasm for school altogether. So, how can we reinvent our schools to use data for joy? How can we inspire ongoing student engagement and help our kids strive for their all-time best—each and every day?

Career educator Lee Jenkins is the creator of L to J Consulting, a practice that helps school districts keep students engaged from kindergarten through Grade 12. Lee’s revolutionary system is built on the principles of continuous improvement and growth mindset, and the schools he supports boast six times the learning of the average classroom. Lee has more than 50 years of experience as a teacher and administrator, and he is the author of the Amazon bestseller How to Create a Perfect School.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Lee joins Emerald to discuss the fundamental problem with education—believing we need to motivate students through competition. He shares his vision for the perfect school built around the idea of striving to achieve your all-time best and explains how his system promotes both individual achievement and team contribution. Listen in to understand how SKILL, WILL and THRILL work together to facilitate learning and find out how you can protect your child’s intrinsic motivation to learn!

How W. Edwards Deming’s work on data inspired Lee to his calling

The fundamental problem with believing we need to motivate students + employees

Lee’s insight on a parent’s role in protecting their child’s intrinsic motivation

Lee’s vision for a perfect school built around the idea of striving for all-time best

The danger in the rank and compare model of our current system

How SKILL, WILL and THRILL work together to facilitate learning

The L to Bell to J progression of learning throughout a schoolyear

How Lee’s system promotes team contribution AND individual achievement

The challenge Lee faces in getting his work out to more schools

What differentiates cramming from true learning

L to J Consulting

How to Create a Perfect School: Maintain Students’ Motivation and Love of Learning from Kindergarten through 12th Grade by Lee Jenkins

National Publicity Summit

Double Blessing by Mark Batterson

Edwards Deming

John Maxwell

Lee’s Parent Advice Sheet

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Western culture marginalizes death to the point where most of us won’t admit that it’s a natural part of life. But what if we could make friends with death? What if we could come to terms with our immortality and prepare for the end of life—but make the most of right NOW?

Patrick Willis is the creator of Unfinished Business, a platform designed to help others deal with death. He supports people diagnosed with a life-threatening illness in living their best possible life and leaving a legacy. Patrick is also creating an online course that provides resources for anyone looking to prepare for the end of life and protect their family should the worst happen.

On this episode of the podcast, Patrick joins Emerald to share his out-of-the-blue calling to support people at the end of life and discuss how he developed the courage to say NO to other projects and follow his purpose. He explains how he helps people make friends with death but live in the present, describing the support he provides that we don’t get from the medical system. Listen in for Patrick’s insight around the blend of the spiritual and practical that drives his work and learn how end of life planning is necessary—and actually quite fun!

Patrick’s out-of-the-blue calling to support people at the end of life

How to develop the courage to make room for your calling

• Look from longer perspective
• Coach to challenge priorities

Patrick’s mountain climbing analogy around the role of a coach

How Patrick blends the spiritual + practical in his work at Unfinished Business

How Patrick helps people make friends with death but live in the present

Patrick’s systematic approach to the creation process

How Patrick provides support that we don’t get from the medical system

Patrick’s forthcoming online course re: end of life planning

How Patrick is challenging the Western aversion to discussing death

Patrick’s quiet, deliberate practice of celebrating milestones

Unfinished Business

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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As men, we’re programmed to Lone Wolf it through life. To disconnect from our feelings and avoid physical touch with other men altogether. So, how do we create opportunities to hone our emotional intelligence? How do we learn to access what we’re feeling in our bodies? And how do we create the space to connect with other men and grow together?

Jason Lange is the men’s embodiment coach, group facilitator and evolutionary guide behind Evolutionary Men, a platform for men who want to deepen their presence in the world, clarify their purpose, and more easily connect with their power. Jason believes every man should be in a men’s group for the growth and support opportunities they provide.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Jason joins Emerald to discuss the danger around our cultural conditioning to Lone Wolf it through life, explaining how men’s groups made him feel safe to explore his feelings and make physical connections with others. He offers advice on helping other men access their emotional intelligence by modeling masculine touch and sharing our own emotional experiences. Listen in for Jason’s insight on the bravery it takes to be vulnerable and learn how to leverage embodiment to make dating and relating to others much easier!

The impact of growing up with little emotional or physical connection

How participating in a men’s group helped Jason discover his purpose

The danger around our cultural conditioning to Lone Wolf it through life

The opportunity men’s groups afford us to access what we’re feeling

How physical touch serves as a route to emotional release

How to help your sons access their emotional intelligence

1. Model how to hug and connect on deeper level
2. Be willing to go first in sharing emotional experience

How Jason thinks about homophobia and our fear of sexual energy

The power in owning what you feel and asking for help as necessary

How embodiment made it much easier for Jason to relate to women

Evolutionary Men

Ken Wilber

Jason’s Deep Dive Weekend Event

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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If you’re going through a particularly challenging season, pursuing your BIG goals may seem impossible. But the key to resilience lies in building momentum from small wins. Achieving one milestone can drive you forward to the next. And before you know it, you’re overcoming those perceived limitations and growing into the best possible version of yourself.

Winston Ben Clements is a motivational speaker and resilience expert on a mission to inspire 1 billion people to unleash their full human potential. Winston was predicted to live a life of isolation and pain due to a rare bone disorder that stunted his growth and made his bones extremely fragile, but he has taken a stand for a quality of life that knows no limits. In 2018, he gave a TEDx Talk entitled ‘Your Limitations Are an Illusion,’ and now he travels the world, delivering training and talks that empower others to break through their own barriers.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Winston joins Emerald to discuss the idea of borrowing other’s strength when you haven’t got enough yourself and finding the opportunity behind the obstacle. He shares his early intuition that he should be using his story to inspire others on a global scale, explaining what finally provoked his pivot from corporate IT to public speaking. Listen in for Winston’s insight on stepping into your calling before something less pure occupies that space and learn how to use moments to build momentum toward your big dreams.

The idea of borrowing other’s strength when you don’t have enough

Winston’s insight on looking for the opportunity behind the obstacle

What inspired Winston’s pivot from corporate IT to public speaking

Winston’s mission to inspire 1B people to overcome their perceived limitations

Winston’s early intuition that he should be using his story to help others

How to use moments to build momentum toward your big dreams

What gives Winston the courage to put himself in the spotlight

Stepping into your calling before something less pure occupies that space

How Winston leverages coaching to define the HOW for his big goals

How Winston celebrates milestones with an intentional rewards list

Winston’s Website

Winston’s Free Gift

Winston’s TEDx Talk

Toastmasters International

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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The universe has miracles in store for us, but we place limits on what’s possible by trying to control the outcomes. What if you started every day by asking, “If I were truly creating my life today, if I had no limitations and lived in a world of infinite possibilities, what would I choose?”

Dr. Dain Heer is a sought-after personal development expert, speaker and author on a mission to create positive change in the world, empowering people from every culture, country, age and socioeconomic status to manifest the money, relationships and life they desire. As the cocreator of Access Consciousness, he has inspired millions of people to tap into their own abilities and knowing and create dynamic change in their lives. Dain is also the author of the new release, Return of the Gentleman: Creating Nurturing Connections by Embracing the Authentic You.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Dain joins Emerald to explain how discovering Access Consciousness prevented his suicide and how the organization has grown since he joined the team 20 years ago. He offers insight on leveraging money to change other people’s realities for the better and shares his mission to create a sustainable, living Earth for the next 10,000 years. Listen in for Dain’s approach to cultivating a trust in consciousness and following positive energy to choose what to create next.

How discovering Access Consciousness prevented Dain’s suicide

How Dain’s expansive definition of consciousness views money

The purpose of money to change people’s realities for the better

Dain’s mission around creating a sustainable, living Earth

Why everything Dain creates must be a contribution

Dain’s approach to recognizing and manifesting what’s possible

What inspired Dain to write Return of the Gentleman

How to cultivate trust in consciousness + follow positive energy

How we limit potential miracles by trying to control outcomes

Dain’s Website

Access Consciousness

Return of the Gentleman: Creating Nurturing Connections by Embracing the Authentic You by Dr. Dain Heer

Wickedly Smart Women Podcast

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Emerald on Instagram

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