In this episode of GUTS, I’m talking with Kyle Wege, owner of Crimson Sun Studios, which is a company that specializes in photography, motion and time lapse.

That said, what Kyle does for a living is only a small part of what we’ll be talking about today …

Here’s a breakdown of the topics we’ll be discussing:

• What prompted Kyle to start his business, and how he did it
• How having kids changed how he runs his business
• Striking a balance between being a dad, husband & business owner
• The most challenging part of being a parent who runs a business
• Consciousness and being in the present moment
• Tools and practices to help us be in the moment, even when we’re experiencing strong emotions of thoughts 
• The biggest challenge Kyle has faced, and how he handled it

KYLE’S BIO
Kyle Wege is a commercial photographer, musician, husband, and father. He owns and operates Crimson Sun Studios, providing commercial photography with specialties in architecture, drone, time-lapse, and portraits. Kyle plays bass guitar and actively writes and performs music with Madison-based groups Dub Foundation and Red Rose. Outside of work and creative pursuits, Kyle enjoys time with his family camping and hiking, and works to fit in the occasional game of basketball with friends at local courts.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND KYLE ONLINE

• IG - @kyle_wege (https://www.instagram.com/kyle_wege/)
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylewege/
• Website - https://www.crimsonsunstudios.com/
• The Good, The Bad, & The Dubby (movie) - https://www.goodbaddubby.com/

Thanks for joining us today, and be well.

In this episode of GUTS I’m talking with Trevor Lee, author of 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon.

TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS INCLUDE:

• How running can pertain to business
• The importance of preparation
• How to set a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal (BHAG)
• How to prepare, plan and practice in sustainable ways
• “Nutrition in business”
• Delivering the goal sustainably
• The mental challenges of all BHAGs
• The biggest challenge Trevor has faced, and how he handled it?

ABOUT TREVOR
Trevor has over 35 years of commercial-led business experience at the: 

• Senior manager
• Commercial director
• And managing director level

He now uses his presenting, speaking, revenue generation and overall commercial experience to help businesses and individuals turn presentations and pitches into revenue / client opportunities. 

Trevor runs presentation and sales training and coaching programmes and fills a gap when growing companies don’t have a sales or commercial director.

He’s the host of the ‘Better Presentations More Sales’ podcast.

He also hosts the ‘Running 44@60’ podcast, which was designed as a motivation & learning tool to help him run his first ultramarathon and 'celebrate' a landmark birthday.

FIND TREVOR ONLINE:

• Website: www.trevorleemedia.co.uk
• Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-lee-media/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trevorleepodcasts

FIND JOEY ONLINE:

• https://www.cuppaseo.com/
• https://gettingunderthesurface.com/

Welcome to GUTS Season 2, Episode 2.

In this episode I’m talking with Josh Taylor, Brand Director at SIXINCH USA, an experiential furniture brand. 

TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS INCLUDE:

• Who sixinch is
• What it's like to work with some of the world's top designers
• The sixinch creative process
• Experiential design
• How to be come "part of the DNA" of an organization
• Some of the initial and ongoing strategic marketing strategies Josh has employed
• One of the biggest challenges Josh has faced

JOSH'S BIO

At sixinch, Josh is the glue that keeps things connected. His main focus is strategic marketing strategies but he tends to dabble in every part of the brand. Whether it’s working with sales, designing furniture, improving operations or assisting a customer; Josh believes to truly understand a brand you have to be part of the DNA. His specialties include digital media, videography, design concepts, copywriting, brand awareness, omni-channel marketing campaigns and being awesome.

Prior to joining SIXINCH, Josh spent his early career in television where he chewed gum and kicked ass, but was always out of gum.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND JOSH:

• @jtpromotes on Instagram
• https://sixinchusa.com

Thanks for joining us today, and be well.

Welcome to the second season of GUTS!

In episode 1, we'll be tackling Being in the Moment & Diminishing Anxiety.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:
What if we approached our anxious thoughts differently?

Join me for a thought-provoking conversation that focuses on improving mental health by digging into the connection between mindfulness, meditation, self-care and relationships — including the relationship we have with ourselves.

You’ll leave this workshop with a better understanding of core concepts like acceptance, resistance and fear and learn best practices to help lower anxiety through awareness, consciousness and the “Yes, And” philosophy.

This workshop was originally presented at DreamBank in Madison, WI.
Click here to watch the video recording in its entirety.

Additional Resources:
Eckhart Tolle: talks about consciousness, ego, awakening, the pain body, etc.
(audio books are recommended)

• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (listen to/read this one first)
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment 

Michael Stone: mindfulness an Buddhist practices, although you don't have to practice Buddhism to benefit from the work

• https://michaelstoneteaching.com/

Zig Ziglar: talks about improving one's self image, goals, motivation, improving your mental attitude, etc. — listen on audio!

• Search "Zig Ziglar" on Apple Music or Amazon
• Your local library may also have his recordings 

The GUTS website: https://gettingunderthesurface.com

Thanks for visiting! And remember, you are not alone ...

In this episode of GUTS, we'll be diving into brewing a better blog with my efficiency-boosting, stress-reducing blogging process.

The process includes six steps to writing blog posts and developing relationships, and this process can also be used for the creation of podcasts and video …

The six steps include: 

1. The art of writing awesome blog titles
2. How to make your content rich and relevant
3. How to be the expert, and what to write about
4. Use of an engaging image, and adding some SEO to it
5. Answering the age-old question: how long should my blog posts be?
6. Creating a blog campaign that lowers your stress and makes blogging easier

We'll also talk about things like blog post frequency, and the three magic questions you'll want to answer when writing any kind of content.

Links to more info on blogging

• Learn more about my book, A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing
• Blogging-centric blog posts

In this episode of the GUTS podcast, I had the honor of talking with Tom Ziglar about leadership and about his dad, Zig Ziglar.

Tom is the author of multiple books. His latest is titled: 10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times, which we’ll be digging into today.

Chock-full of insights, my discussion with Tom is relevant for anyone who's a business owner, leader, or on the road to becoming a leader. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

• T. Rex managers vs. Coach Leaders
• Why an effective coach gets better results than an effective manager 
• We’ll discuss two of Tom’s leadership virtues, Kindness and Selflessness: Why they are so important? And how we can cultivate and incorporate these virtues into daily life?
• Top mistakes leaders make
• Zig Ziglar’s most important lesson 

MORE ABOUT TOM:
Tom Ziglar is the proud son of Zig Ziglar and the CEO of Ziglar, Inc. He joined the Zig Ziglar Corporation in 1987 and climbed from working in the warehouse, to sales, to management, and then on to leadership. Today, he speaks around the world; hosts The Ziglar Show, one of the top-ranked business podcasts; and carries on the Ziglar philosophy: “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” He and his wife, Chachis, have one daughter and reside in Plano, Texas. 

CONNECT WITH TOM ON SOCIAL

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thezigziglar/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheZigZiglar
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zigl...
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ziglarlife
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZigZiglar
  
  Thanks for listening to the GUTS podcast — stay well!

Welcome to the GUTS podcast.

Today we’ll be diving into part two of our conversation about trauma with Mark Brady, Ph.D.

Mark is a transpersonal neurobiologist, neuroscience educator, and recent throat cancer survivor. He’s also the prize-winning author of a number of books, magazine articles and academic papers and has published The Flowering Brain blog regularly for 14 years.

In part one of the series, we talked about trauma and disease, how to heal from trauma and how to heal emotional trauma — so be sure to check it out if you haven't given it a listen yet.

Some of these trauma topics are also discussed in this episode, along with:

• Stress hormones and how they affect the brain
• Is there such a thing as the compulsion to repeat trauma
• Healthy ways to deal with trauma
• Does the “suck it up” attitude cause trauma on top of trauma?
• Solutions-focused therapy vs. traditional “talk” therapies
• Trauma, grief and acceptance

RELEVANT LINKS

• Visit The Flowering Brain @ https://thefloweringbrain.wordpress.com
• Mark Brady, Ph.D. books: https://amzn.to/3Lbhh4x
• The Anatomy of an Upset, by Mark Brady, Ph.D.
• Trauma & Chronic Illness, by Veronique Mead, MD, MA

Welcome to Getting Under The Surface, episode 10.

WHAT THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT
Today we’ll be talking with a long-time colleague and brain guru, Mark Brady, Ph.D., who I met over a decade ago when I was writing a blog called Daddy Brain. Back then, I interviewed Mark about topics like children’s brain development and positive and negative forms of discipline.

As you may have guessed, today’s topic is brain-centric, and it’s an important one: it’s all about trauma. 

Discussion includes:

• How to identify and deal with trauma in healthy ways
• Trauma and disease
• How we can help children deal with, and overcome, trauma
• How movement, mindfulness and meditation positively affect the brain
• Metabolizing the stress hormone
• Becoming more aware of, and moving past, our childhood trauma

MORE ABOUT MARK BRADY, Ph.D.
Mark is a transpersonal neurobiologist, neuroscience educator, and recent throat cancer survivor. He spent 10 years at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, one of the nation’s premier think tanks (according to him: “stalking behavioral scientists in their natural habitat, undercover as the maintenance man!”). He is also the prize-winning author of a number of books, magazine articles and academic papers and has published The Flowering Brain blog regularly for 14 years.

RELEVANT LINKS

• Visit The Flowering Brain @ https://thefloweringbrain.wordpress.com
• Mark Brady, Ph.D. books: https://amzn.to/3Lbhh4x
• The Anatomy of an Upset, by Mark Brady, Ph.D.
• Trauma & Chronic Illness, by Veronique Mead, MD, MA

In this episode of Getting Under The Surface, we'll be exploring — and defining — analog user experience by telling the story of Juan's Food Cart in New York City.

Although this episode is less than 10 minutes long, it's packed with insights as to how a small food cart relates directly to your website, business and relationship development.

Want to learn more useful online marketing tips?
Check out my book, A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing.

I often find when people I don’t know try to “connect” with me on LinkedIn, they send a sales pitch just moments after I accept them into my network.

Nobody likes to be sold, not even the people doing the hardcore selling. But the quest for more business — especially if an organization is struggling through a pandemic — can leave professionals blind to the fact that they are essentially walking up to a complete stranger and proposing marriage — not even knowing their name.

This is when selling becomes "smelling."

And it can happen anywhere — on social media, your website, blog, or in the analog world. Avoid it, just as you would an expired container of milk.

In this episode of GUTS, we’ll talk about an alternative to smelling — the art of relationship building.

Links to the books mentioned in the podcast:

• The Little Red Book of Selling
• Go Givers Sell More
• A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing