The Thrive Podcast

Elevate Your Food with Guest Kristel de Groot, Co-Founder & CMO of Your Super

In this incredibly informative episode, Garth and Dara host Kristel, recently named one of Forbes 30 Under 30, and co-founder of Your Super, a next-gen industry leader in plant-based living. The company was created when Kristel’s partner Michael Kuech, then 24, was diagnosed with cancer. Together with her orthomolecular nutritionist mom and aunt, she developed 5 superfood, and 2 vegan protein mixes to boost Michael’s immunity. Kristel shares with us her journey to help Michael get healthier, how to eat more plant based, the health benefits of eating more plant based, and the benefits of super foods.

Learn more about Kristel and her company, Your Super:
www.yoursuper.com
@yoursuperfoods
@blissbykris

Follow Garth and Dara on the following:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

Summer - Lazy

Paying things forward

Shark Pens?!?

Garth & Dara Admit We Have Been Neglecting Our Messages A Little Bit

Episode 53: Write On, with Brian Goulet, CEO of Goulet Pen Company

In this fun and insightful episode, Garth and Dara talk with Brian Goulet, CEO and Co-founder of Goulet Pens. Brian shares all his favorite writing secrets, how writing can help you connect with your loved ones, and the benefit of living with gratitude each day. Are you taking the time to tell your loved ones how you feel? Why not write them a note?

Website: www.GouletPens.com

Personal Instagram: @Brian.Goulet

Personal Twitter: @BrianGoulet_

Personal Email: [email protected]

Company Instagram: @GouletPens

Company YouTube: The Goulet Pen Company

Company Twitter: @GouletPens

Office Phone: 804-368-0482

Follow Garth and Dara on the following:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

Links to products mentioned in this episode:

TWSBI Eco

Pilot Varsity

Brian’s favorite inks:

Noodler's Liberty's Elysium

Robert Oster Blue Water Ice

Diamine Marine

Good video resources for people interested in learning about fountain pens:

Fountain Pen 101 series

Top 5 Fountain Pens for Newbies

7 Biggest Fountain Pen Mistakes

Episode 52 Make This Your Best Summer Yet

Are you ready to have a great summer? Wondering how you can help yourself? Even if you’re facing a challenging situation or are dealing with something you wish you didn’t have in your life, you can still help yourself have a great summer.

In this fun and informative episode, Garth and Dara share different suggestions and ways you can change it up, helping yourself make the most of the summer ahead.

Here’s a blog post Dara wrote about this: http://https//crazyperfectlife.com/summer/

Here’s the pen company Garth mentioned in this episode: https://www.gouletpens.com

You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Our 1s & 2s Sound Guy, Tim Beeman: https://suchnsuch.org/

Episode 51: Hope is Dead

Is this meaningful and inspiring episode, Garth and Dara talk about the power of hope and how having it can influence your life.

They also talk about the power of action.

Both speak about how hope alone won’t help you accomplish your dreams or desires, and how sometimes you need to take the next step to get you where you want to be.

Hope plus action can help you realize your dreams.

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You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

A Ballsy Sense of Tumor

We are so happy to introduce you to Justin Birckbichler, testicular cancer survivor and thriver. Justin was 25 when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

In this episode, Justin shares his story and provides important information, all through his use of humor. We loved talking with Justin and are incredibly impressed with how he is using his story to help others.

Learn more about Justin at his website: https://aballsysenseoftumor.com

His important self-exam chart, all men should have: https://aballsysenseoftumor.com/how-to-do-a-testicular-self-exam/

You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

Are you a competitive person? Do you constantly compete with others and measure your success against other people? Maybe, you don’t pay attention to this, but find there are people constantly looking to you for a measurement of their personal success.

Can a person be overly competitive, and if so, when does it cross the line?

In this episode, Garth and Dara share their personal experiences having to do with competition, what they’ve learned and how to keep your competitive nature in the healthy zone. It’s all fun and games until it’s not.

You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

The FREE closed Crush Cancer Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/183817682165909/?multi_permalinks=248590082355335¬if_id=1527598690123875¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic

Episode: 7 Telling Your Kids You Have Cancer

In this honest and raw episode, Garth and Dara share what it was like when they each had to tell their young daughters they had cancer.

Garth has gone down this path 5 times, and says it doesn’t get any easier. Recently diagnosed with cancer for the fifth time, he describes how hard it is to look Emma in the eye and have to tell her his cancer has come back.

Dara’s daughters were 11 and 14 when she was diagnosed, and she’ll always remember the sound of her youngest daughter hyperventilating when Dara told her about being diagnosed with cancer.

No-one wants to ever get cancer. But, having young children makes the experience even harder. Garth and Dara discuss the feelings of guilt they both encountered, as they watched their daughters struggle with having a parent who has cancer. They also share tips that will help the audience should they find themselves in a situation where they need to share difficult news with their kids.

You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

The FREE closed Crush Cancer Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/183817682165909/?multi_permalinks=248590082355335¬if_id=1527598690123875¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic

Here is the information on the product discussed on the podcast. Click here: http://www.napkinnotesdad.com/backup

Episode 47: Be Your Own Hero

Sometimes, you have to lean on yourself, step-up to whatever it is life has tossed your way, depend on others a little less, and be your own hero.

This episode is all about how to help yourself be the hero you might need right now, rid yourself of victim mentality and shut down the potential villain with-in.

If you want to feel inspired to discover the superhero inside of you.

You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/

Episode 46 - How to Tell Your Kids Really Hard News

Dealing with a difficult situation is hard enough, but when you have kids involved, and you find yourself faced with telling them the news, it can be especially challenging.

In this episode with the Family Coach and author Catherine Pearlman, Dara and Garth talk about their personal experiences sharing hard news with their daughters and get helpful tips from the expert.

If you want brilliant suggestions and advice on how to navigate the challenging waters of dealing with a hard situation while helping your kids, this episode is for you.

To learn more about Dr. Catherine Pearlman: http://www.thefamilycoach.com/about/

To learn more about Dr. Pearlman’s book, Ignore it! https://www.amazon.com/Ignore-Selectively-Behavioral-Parenting-Satisfaction/dp/0143130331

You can learn more about Garth and Dara on their websites and on social media:

Garth’s website: www.napkinnotes.com

Dara’s website: www.crazyperfectlife.com

Garth’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/napkinnotes/

Dara’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/crazyperfectlife/

Garth’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/napkinnotesdad/

Dara’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/crazyperflife/