What an ambitious podcast right!?  

My friend Dr. Andy Garrett and I talk about how our unique identities forge the way for our unique purpose in life, love, and business, and Andy brilliantly lays out a process for anyone to discover how they are uniquely different and the unique purpose that is the outflowing from this place.  

We cover some questions like: 

• How we discover our unique purpose.
• What tends to be the greatest barriers to people living with purpose
• How getting to know yourself - and turning this self-knowledge into a simple - but practical blueprint for how to make decisions that reflect what is most important and meaningful to you.
• The role that autonomy plays in creating a life of purpose?
• How understanding your core values is critical to knowing your purpose - and living Authentically.
• How true purpose should be intrinsically motivated?
• What role does our identity play in establishing our purpose?
• How understanding what true virtuousness is - can help you discover your purpose?

Without understanding our unique identities, our unique core values, and our unique purpose, it makes life and relationships a real challenge.  In order for any of us to be truly successful, we have to know who we really are, and how this translates to showing up in the world.  I hope you enjoy our 60 minute conversation!

Dr. Andy can be reached here: 
https://ag-thrive.com/about/

When we take a look around, particularly on social media, we see so much division.

The world, and sometimes even our families, can get divided into camps of “good guys” and “bad guys”.  Of course, the world is never this simple, and when we don’t know how to have conversations that unite, things become divided.

Unfortunately, this division is taking place inside some families and business teams, which is just too sad and tragic.

Creating more unity with the people we care about is simply about engaging best practices with our ability to communicate with each other.

In this short solo podcast, I talk about an essential 3-step process to creating more unity with the people we care about.

If your family or business team feels divided, take the lead by watching this video and practicing these 3 steps; my promise is that it will bring a greater sense of unity with those you care most about and put a halt to the unnecessary and challenging tension.

Cheers to building unity,

Quentin

In today's episode, we’re having a conversation with a special friend of mine, John Davidson.  John is a psychotherapist and happiness coach in the UK, and the owner of Happiness Hacks, an international training program to help people increase their level of happiness.  

John knows a lot about happiness and we cover some really important ideas in this show!

We talk about: What are some unique challenges or obstacles to happiness and fulfillment to those that are busy professionals?

Is there a difference between happiness and fulfillment?

There’s so much in the world that promises to make us happy.  More money, new jobs, new relationships, material possessions, etc.  Why don’t these things ever really make us any happier?

What are the secrets that happy people know about happiness, that others don’t?

How can someone listening cultivate more happiness in their lives?

You can find John Davidson here: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/happinesshackspodcast/

Website: https://www.happinesshacks.net/login-here

Podcast: https://happinesshacks.podbean.com

Everyone's drinking more since COVID-19. 🙋🏼‍♂️

That's not necessarily a horrible thing, unless it's becoming something you're struggling with that's negatively effecting your life. I did this podcast with a friend where we talked about:

The 4 Secrets Top-Performing CEO's Know to Keep a Healthy Relationship with Alcohol.

Although we did this podcast for a group of CEO's, It doesn't matter is you're a CEO or not, it can be useful and valuable information for anyone that wants to fine tune their relationship with alcohol.

It's long (51 minutes), but it might be valuable if you or someone you love could use some encouraging thoughts on this topic now.

In this latest episode, I interview Marriage and Family Therapist, Vanessa Cain, LMFT, about what parents can do right now to parent well during this time of being full-time parents while working from home. 

In this episode, Vanessa talks about 5 helpful parenting must-do's for busy parents: 

1. Make Meaning

2. Self Care.

3. Follow a flexible schedule.

4. Teach mindful breathing to your children.

5. Make “fun” family time a priority.

Vanessa give some great insights into parenting during this time, and we hope you find it useful in your own parenting journey right now. 

In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Philipe DellaMonica, the head instructor at Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu U.S. Headquarters in Irvine, CA.

Philipe manages and oversees Brazilian jiujitsu instruction for over 700 customers; one of the largest BJJ schools in the world.  He is also:

·     BJJ coach and cornerman for UFC champions TJ Dilliashaw and Rafael Dos Anjos

·     BJJ National champion 

·     BJJ European Champion 

·     BJJ World championship medalist 

·     BJJ Pan ams medalist 

·     BJJ Multiple times IBJJF international open champion. 

And seriously...one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet.  I had the honor of discussing with Philipe his natural leadership style of being open, caring, friendly, and extremely personable and how this contributes to his success in life and in business. 

Philipe can be reached on IG at philipefurao and at https://graciebarra.com/irvine-ca/

This is a quick 13-minute episode where I discuss 5 things we can all do to help those around us feels more psychologically and emotionally safe. 

Providing an emotionally safe environment has never been more important than right now. Whether you're managing a team at work and want to create enough safety so employees remain loyal and committed, or you're trying to help your kids feel more safe as a parent during these changing times, these are the 5 guidelines for all of us to follow.

In this show, I interview my friend and personal business mentor, Jeff Zakaryan.

Jeff worked as a senior marketing executive for a Fortune 500 company before leaving the corporate world to become an executive coach.  While working as an executive coach to some of the most prominent CEO's in Southern California, Jeff and I met each other and developed a friendship that later turned into a mentor/mentee relationship.

In this episode, here are some of the things we talk about: 

**Why has it been important for Jeff to dedicate his time and energy to mentoring? 

**How should we see the role as a mentor?  What do mentors actually do?

**What is the the greatest value mentors provide?

**Why do you think having a mentor is essential?  And what might happen if we didn’t have one?

**In all your experience coaching high-level executives and mentoring entrepreneurs, what is the ONE THING you’ve seen that limits the potential of individual’s or organizations?

**How has mentoring others helped you grow as an individual?

**What would you say to anyone listening to this episode that doesn’t have a mentor, or doesn’t mentor others?

In today's episode, we’re having a conversation with a special friend of mine, Chris Williams, LMFT.  Chris is a leadership consultant, a relationship therapist, and the owner of a group counseling practice in Orange County, CA.

Chris specializes in relational and emotional health working with leaders all across the country. 

 
Here are a few of the ideas we chat about in this show: 

**Now more than ever, this is when being a leader is tough.  You have a group of people depending on you to “have it all together” in some ways, but you might not feel like you have it all together at all. You might be really overwhelmed too. What are you seeing with the leaders you work with right now in how they’re generally handling all of this emotionally?

**As the cliché goes, it can be lonely at the top.  Many leaders don’t have an outlet to be honest with their own emotional experience.  How should leaders process their emotions during this time, yet balance the need to be seen by the people they lead as not falling apart?

**If leaders adopt the mentality of “staying strong” by denying & suppressing their emotions right now, why could that be a bad thing and what is the potential hazards of not being honest with yourself.  (And conversely, what is the upside of being able to process your emotional experience right now?)

**Where are the safe places for leaders to really experience their emotions right now?

**What is the ONE piece of advice you would give to any leader right now that is feeling overwhelmed by the prospects of the future, but also needs to demonstrate leadership capabilities to their team?

Chris can be reached at:  https://www.renovaricounseling.com/chris-williams

In this quick 13-minute episode, I share a story about a friend of mine who's daughter is out of state in college quarantined in her dorm room and why she prefers to stay there as opposed to coming home to the safety of her family.

This story is applicable for any of us who are parents, or if we oversee people in a leadership role in our jobs.  I explain why hardship is a necessary ingredient to develop our character, our resilience, and our self-worth as people and how we can all benefit to look at the COVID-19 crisis through a lens of personal development.

I hope you enjoy this short episode!