The Jeffrey Van Dyk Show

James Trapp exemplifies overcoming adversity. The oldest of eight children, he was abandoned by his birth mother during his formative years. Nevertheless, he attended Princeton University, and became a successful criminal defense attorney in South Florida. It all came crumbling down when he became addicted to drugs while defending some nefarious Miami Vice types. He lost everything and at his lowest moved into a halfway house where he began to explore spirituality.

He now knows this was all part of his journey into his true calling. “If someone had told me a few years earlier that there were a thousand things I might do with my life, being a minister wouldn’t have been one of them. But here I am — and it’s definitely who I am.”

He became an ordained minister in 1994, and started pastoring Unity on the Bay (UOTB) in Miami. By 2005, over 70 percent of the congregation was between ages 20 and 49 and Sunday attendance increased from 125 congregants in 1994 to more than 1300 in 2005. Revenues grew from $200,000 in 1994 to nearly $1.9 million in 2005, when Dr. Trapp became President and CEO of Unity Worldwide Ministries (UWM), overseeing over 2,000 churches.

What I love about James is his humility and vision. He says, “We are not here to casually

observe the unfolding of history. We are here to consciously participate in its revelation. Our world is remade, reformed, and transformed by the cutting-edge ideas we are in conversation about on a daily basis."

GUEST LINKS:

PERSONAL WEB: www.jamestrapp.com

John Wolfstone is a burgeoning leader on a mission to help revitalize adulthood initiation rites of passage in a modern context. We talk about the need for adult initiation, the role they can play in our contemporary lives, and how they support leaders in learning to trust themselves with power, so they can use it honorably. We also discuss The Sacred Matrix, a feature length documentary film John is releasing this year about the work of the Tamera Peace Research & Education Community in Portugal, which is one of Earth’s most radical social experiments in human futurism.

John shares many of the lessons that Tamara has learned and a model they teach about a new regenerative, nonviolent planetary culture, with the vision of a post-patriarchal civilization free of violence and war. John and I discuss the lessons he learned from Tamera about creating trust and connection, having honest, sometimes difficult conversations, and building sustainable communities… while living sustainably.

GUEST LINKS:

Website: https://www.johnwolfstone.com/

Film Company: https://www.youtube.com/c/ReCultureFilms

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnWolfstone

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10220383

Tamera: https://www.tamera.org/

In this episode I speak with Lori Leyden, PhD, MBA, a deeply thoughtful, internationally known trauma healing professional, transformational leader and spiritual mentor. She has done collective trauma work around the world, working with genocide survivors in Rwanda, Aboriginal and refugee communities in Australian, and post school shooting communities in Sandy Hook, Connecticut and Parkland, Florida. Lori says that if we want to change the world, we need to address trauma, both individually and collectively. We talk about her near-death experience that gave rise to the Grace Process - a formula she teaches for transcending our egos and living in our hearts, which she uses in trauma healing. She also shares about Project LIGHT: Rwanda – the world’s first international youth healing, heart-centered leadership and entrepreneurship program and her award-winning documentary, When I Was Young, I Said I Would Be Happy, which chronicles the transformation of 12 Rwandan orphan genocide survivors and how they paid it forward to hundreds of other young people.

Lori’s work can be found here:

Personal Web: www.LoriLeyden.com

NonProfit Web: www.CreateGlobalHealing.org

FB: https://www.facebook.com/lori.leyden/

Free Gift - the 5-Step Grace Process: https://tinyurl.com/graceprocess

How do we get more people’s voices heard - especially in corporate environments where power usually stays concentrated at the top? That’s a question that Patrice Gordon is helping to address with a novel approach to “reverse mentorship.” Typically reverse mentorship is when a junior employee mentors a senior leader in an organization. Patrice is using it specifically to address power inequity, giving People of Color, LGBTQ peole and others whose voices are typically marginalized the opportunity to share their expeirence, first hand, with a senior leader (who is often cis geneder, white, and male). In this conversation, Patrice shares her experience of pioneering this approach at Virgin Atlantic, some of the pit-falls people can fall into when setting this up in their organizations, and the hard-won lessons that create success. Patrice is an emerging leader whose voice is being amplified by TED, Brene Brown, and in her forthcoming book: ‘Reverse Mentoring: Removing barriers and building a more inclusive workplace,” which will be published in November, 2022.

GUEST LINKS:

Website: www.eminere.co.uk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_patrice_g/

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/patricegordon

Murray Hidary is an entrepreneur and visionary musician who left the world of businesses on Wall Street in his 40’s to create whole new worlds for us with MindTravel, which are transformational experiences, delivered musically. Murray is a deep thinker and gifted pianist who crafted this whole new form of meditation with immersive, live performances of his provocative, real-time compositions at the piano. We talk about leaving Wall Street after taking 3 companies public, to create something wholly his own, which facilitated his healing after his sister’s death, and now facilitates healing and growth for people around the world. 

We also discuss his never-ending quest to deliver deeply moving, deeply immersive transformational experiences which he’s delivered everywhere you can imagine - from major concert halls around the world to the insides of volcanoes, the beach, the MET, central park, and even underwater. If you want to learn from a successful entrepreneur how to build something singular that’s an expression of your soul, you’ll definitely want to check this episode out!

Murray’s work and music can be found here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/616DzMAikv3VxhQyZaK52c

Do you want to know how to get people to listen to you, follow you, trust you and work with you? You have to be ‘likeable.’ It’s the quality that this week’s guest, Steven Goldstein, says causes people to get “Turned On” by you. He should know - he’s put people in front of the camera for Oprah and on the witness stand in front of congress.

Steven is a change-agent and civil rights leader who has worked as a television producer for Oprah, Congressional lawyer, leader of state and national civil rights organizations, and communications advisor to corporate and political leaders. As someone who has worked in politics, business and entertainment, Steven has been a mover and shaker in every sector of American power.

In this interview he breaks down the 8 essential attributes of creating likeability and how social change advocates can use these attributes to build an audience and create a better world.

Steven’s work can be found here:

Website: http://stevengoldstein.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevengoldstein

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StvenGoldstein

PBS.org Interview re book “The Turn On” and the 8 traits of likeability: https://www.pbs.org/video/breaking-down-8-traits-likeability-7xug56/

Susan Stiffelman is one of the most genuine, caring, insightful leaders I know, and a trailblazer in the world of conscious parenting. She has pioneered the work of using parenting as a doorway into your own growth and development, supporting parents in raising conscious leaders of our future. She is the author Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected and Parenting With Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids (an Eckhart Tolle Edition). Her work has been featured on “The Today Show,” publications like The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and countless print and radio interviews. We talk about her journey into this work, how she’s grown in her confidence to say what needs to be said, and some parallels between growing as a leader in your conscious business and raising conscious kids.

You can find Susan’s work and her upcoming course here:

Website: susanstiffelman.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanstiffelman

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanStiffelmanAuthor

Books: https://amazon.com/Susan-Stiffelman/e/B002MB1AGS

Membership programs and a new upcoming course:

https://susanstiffelman.com/susan-stiffelman-pwps-membership/

https://susanstiffelman.com/narcissism-membership-community/

https://susanstiffelman.com/pwps-six-week-intensive/

Martin Rutte is one of the most daring visionaries I know, willing to ask the questions no one else dares to ask. He has a rich background as a corporate consultant and co-authored the New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work. His newest book is: Project Heaven on Earth: The 3 simple questions that will help you change the world … easily. He says that we all innately know Heaven on Earth, and has the audacity to assert that this can be our reality. He calls those that take on Heaven on Earth projects ‘Heaven Makers’ and he’s supported these Heaven Makers in launching Heaven on Earth projects in every sector of society, from government to businesses and non-profits to community organizations around the world. Martin shares deeply and honestly how he responds to his soul’s call and the concrete steps he takes to help make his vision a reality. He’ll help you do the same in this episode!

You can learn more about Martin and his work here:

Web: www.ProjectHeavenonEarth.com

Consulting Web: www.MartinRutte.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-rutte-306bb9a/

Book: ‘Project Heaven on Earth’ on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/HeavenUS

Gift: Free 7 Day ‘One Week to Simply Begin Creating Heaven on Earth’: http://www.projectheavenonearth.com/

Dan Petroski is a visionary winemaker and change agent in Napa Valley. He left a promising publishing career at Time Inc. to become a winemaker, and just over a decade later, was named ‘Winemaker of the Year’ by the San Francisco Chronicle. He has crafted perfect 100-point score wines and had his wines named in the ‘Top 100 Wines of the Year’ by Wine Enthusiast… just to name a few accolades. But it’s his pioneering voice on climate in Napa (back when no one wanted to hear it), and his avant garde approach to marketing that captured my attention. We talk about everything from the future of wine to why his winery started an online magazine taking on social issues. His passion, commitment and divergent thinking are what give him - and his wines - a voice worth listening to.

GUEST LINKS:

Web: https://massican.com/

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danpetroski

Wineryl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/massicanwinery

To find more about Jeffrey’s work, go to: https://thecourageousmessenger.com/

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There are few people I know who can effectively build bridges between the least likely among us, but my friend Rich Tafel is one of them. He’s a strategist working on the frontlines of social change in the areas of faith, politics, and business. We talk about how and why he founded the Log Cabin Republicans in the 90s (an effort to work inside the party to affect change and get AIDS funding passed by the national government). We talk about bridging the ever-widening chasm between the left and the right in an effort to end hyper-partisanship in American politics. More recently he helped run the nation’s first statewide social entrepreneur competition out of Detroit. He also shares his thoughts on social entrepreneurs combining the best of capitalism and the social sector towards sustainable systems change worldwide. We discuss the current state of the world in the frame of spiritual evolution and creating a new world. Rich also shares his personal story of how his spiritual guidance led him back to the role of ministering a church.

GUEST LINKS:

Web: https://www.richtafel.us/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/richtafel

To find more about Jeffrey’s work, go to: https://thecourageousmessenger.com/

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