JJ Brun - The Retired Spy, Operative 431

Website: https://theretiredspy.com

Scott White, The Life Is Too Short Guy, is the happiest guy you will ever meet. After spending over a decade in investment banking on Wall Street, he took a chance and became an entrepreneur and business builder. Today he is Chairman and CEO of a public real estate company. Now Scott is on a mission to make the world happier one smile at a time. With his endless energy, he motivates and inspires everyone he meets to focus on happiness, gratefulness, and positivity.

Website: www.lifeistooshortguy.com

Book: The Life Is Too Short Guy: Strategies to Make Every Day the Best Day Ever

Colin Kingsmill is an entrepreneur, coach and Founding Partner at Whole Human Coaching and a Strategic Advisor to Kaylo (www.kaylolife.com). He is currently authoring a book entitled “Fear Less: Crossing the Bridge from Fear to Bliss.”

He believes that we have lost touch with our shared humanity and have become distracted by division, identity politics, negative news cycles, corporate and special interest greed and other forces that crush our souls.

He is on a mission to help people rediscover their humanity, be fearless and free, and remember who they are and who they will be to change the world.

Website: https://colinkingsmill.com

Vinnie Stergin is a musician, artist & educator. He grew up in the Austrian mountains, where his parents kicked him down a ski slope when he was just 3 years old - that’s when he had to learn to stay on track.

Website: https://tltp.mindfulukulelemethod.com

Lost Traveler Podcast listeners can opt in for a free 4-part mini course of the The Mindful Ukulele Method!

The journey of Sensei Miwako Sakabayashi began in Japan, but it really changed course when she moved to Portland, Oregon, USA, and founded JAMS (Japanese Abacus Mathematics School), the only math school in the Portland and Beaverton area certified by the League for Soroban Abacus. They use the teachings of Abacus & Anzan instruction to build a solid and strong foundation of mental mathematics with lifelong skills. Mental math calculation is a skill that children retain for life. Abacus gives any child the skills and confidence to excel in STEM-related subjects beyond the classroom. When a child experiences success, they naturally grow in confidence and self-esteem, as well as in their desire to continue the pursuit of that success. What’s more, with JAMS specialized instruction, every child will build a solid and strong foundation of mental mathematics with lifelong skills.

The abacus doesn't only have these proven positive effects on children... but on people of every age! This is why she has also started offering Abacus Online, for anyone and everyone to unlock their brain's full potential. Sensei Miwako believes it is her mission to help you find the secret to keeping your brain healthy no matter the age.

Websites:

Japanese Abacus Mathematics School https://jamsportland.com

Master classes online for all ages! https://www.abacusonlineclasses.com

Manuj Aggarwal grew up in a small town in Northern India. A friendly child, his home was troubled. He withdrew into his shell, becoming aloof and angry. At age 15, he started working in a factory. He labored 12 hours/day with only $2 as a daily salary.
In 1995, a new computer institute (Aptech) threw its doors open in his town. Tuition was greater than a year’s salary, but Manuj scraped together funds for the first class where he found his passion: Computers and Programming. He met his wife there and they fell madly in love. But their marriage was disapproved of by his family…

Ultimately, Manuj had to run away from home with only a suitcase full of clothes. After finally marrying, they traveled to Canada and started a new life. Even in a new country, he had to overcome enormous challenges. Today, he is excelling and inspiring others to pursue their dreams. Today, Manuj Aggarwal is a recognized global thought leader in Startups and AI, an elite technology consultant, and a business mentor.

🏅 President Obama and Bill Gates have made special mentions of an education technology he delivered
🏅 Miami Dade (the 2nd largest college in USA) has listed him among the leading experts in AI
🏅 Recognized as one of the top 500 global thought leaders in AI and Startups by Brainz Magazine
🏅 His technology projects have impacted the lives of 10 million people
🏅 He holds 4 patents in artificial intelligences

🏅He has also authored of 2 books on technology

Besides technical expertise, Manuj has a deep knowledge of human psychology and neuroscience. This gives him an extra edge.
Going from being a factory laborer for $2/day to being a respected global leader in the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies has reinforced his belief that anything is possible.

Victoria Casanova⁠ is a certified End of Life Doula through the University of Vermont, and has been studying Death and Dying for over a decade. They feel that their main purpose in life is to provide Death education and a safe space to discuss any Death related topics that would typically be considered taboo in our modern Western society. They are currently working on an End of Life Planning practice to help people put their wishes and medical paperwork in place to have a mindful and graceful passing, and are the founder of a Death discussion group on Facebook called "Death Positivity Daily." Victoria is also a Non-Binary person and uses They/Them pronouns.

Facebook Group: ⁠Death Positivity Daily⁠

Suggested YouTube Channels by Death Doulas:

⁠Alua Arthur: Going With Grace⁠

⁠Dr. Karen Wyatt: End-of-Life University⁠

⁠Suzanne B O'Brien RN: Doulagivers Network⁠

⁠Dr. Sarah Kerr, PhD: Centre for Sacred Deathcare⁠

Suggested Reading:

⁠Cultivating the Doula Heart by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy⁠⁠

Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley⁠⁠

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death By Caitlin Doughty⁠

Referenced in this episode: The Lost Travelers Club: Peregrine - a term now used for parents of child loss.

Celina Shands has a great back story that led her to focus on workforce development, education, nonprofits, and entrepreneurship.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Celina approaches business like a true southerner—relationships first, business second. She is the founder/CEO of Full Capacity Marketing (FCM), a 20+ year old national consultancy specializing in brand storytelling and strategic communications for those in the workforce, education and entrepreneurship sectors. As a former Female Athlete of the Year, Celina attributes her love of sports as the driving force and passion that she puts into every single project. FCM’s customer-centric model has earned the company more than 75 global awards for its customers who have built sustainable and relevant brands across the nation. A professed horse lover, Celina spends her free time at the barn riding and working on her equitation skills, and recharges with the love of her life who she met during the COVID-19 pandemic—on Bumble!

Website: https://www.fullcapacitymarketing.com

Article: The Future of Work

Referenced In This Episode:

Awakening the Warrior Within: Secrets of Personal Safety and Inner Security, by Dawn Callan

Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing, by Daniel Foor

Find Celina Shands on the following Socials:

https://blog.fullcapacitymarketing.com/

https://www.facebook.com/FullCapacityMarketing

https://twitter.com/FCMWorks

https://www.linkedin.com/company/full-capacity-marketing/

https://www.youtube.com/@FullCapacityMarketing/

Nathaniel A. Turner is sought after by organizations and individuals worldwide to share the tools, techniques, and strategies to live life in the present with joy on purpose.

Everything Nate shares today was discovered and tested for nearly thirty years, beginning with endeavoring to give an unborn child a life better than he had. Successfully designing his child's life backward, he discovered that the process now known as 'The Life Template' might be helpful for others.
Today, he teaches businesses, schools, not-for-profits, and families how to achieve any goal or objective through backward design. Nate's life mission is simple.
First, he wants us to consider who we are and whether we are now who we want to be when we are no more. Second, he wants us all to embrace our responsibility to leave the planet better than it was when we arrived by helping, serving, and making sure all who encounter us know their lives matter.
Invite Nate for a conversation. You will enjoy traveling with him on a stretch of the remarkable journey called life. Together you will laugh out loud, be provoked to think outside the box and strategize ways to serve something greater than yourself.  

Website: https://www.nathanielaturner.com

TED Talk: We Owe Generation Z an Apology Today 

Non-Profit Organization: The League of Extraordinary Parents (LXTRAP)

Blog: https://raisingsupaman.com/blog/

Books:

Raising Supaman

Stop the Bus: Education Reform in 31 Days

It's A Jungle Out There: Power Parenting Lessons Inspired by The Lion King

Journey Forward: How to Use Journaling to Envision and Manifest the Life You Always Wanted

The Amazing World of STEM

Tim Dinh Bui had his first transcendent meditation experience at the age of 13. Since then, he has been a disciple of the greatest Buddhist masters of our time.

As a 25+ martial arts teacher and practitioner he brings the value of embodied teachings and philosophies of the East and his direct experiences through meditation into his coaching and his vision for impacting the world. As a serial entrepreneur, he aspires to bring his practical business experience in combination with his spiritual and contemplative background to help shift the world into the most inspirational and connected world possible.

Website: www.timdinhbui.com/highperformancehumans-1266

Referenced in this episode:

Book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Book: A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

Card Game: We're Not Really Strangers