The work of Shantell Martin is a meditation of lines — a language of characters, creatures, and messages that invites her viewers to share in her creative process. * Underlying Shantell’s work is a quest for identity — her own, discovered and refined in the development of her characteristic style, and that of the viewer, engaged by Shantell’s direct questioning and further explored in her winding lines. Her artwork has appeared in the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of the Contemporary African Diaspora,...
Dec 27, 2020•42 min•Ep. 161
Matthew Jansuzek has taken Escape Fitness to a $33 million-dollar global business chosen by big brands and independent fitness professionals, such as the UFC, Equinox, 1Rebel, Sanctuary Fitness and more. * During the pandemic, Matthew has become an advocate for at-home training and maintaining physical and mental health to persevere in the face of life's challenges. In addition to being a father, he has started five companies and sits on the board of three companies across three continents. Here...
Dec 20, 2020•56 min•Ep. 160
Alyssa Nobriga is an entrepreneur and thought leader in the coaching industry. She’s dedicated to women’s empowerment and leads soul-centered professional Mastermind groups. Alyssa has supported tens of thousands of people around the world to transform their businesses and lives. She has been featured by Deepak Chopra, Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, Bank of America, YPO, Psychology Today and others. * Alyssa is the founder of Mastery for Coaches, an online business course for conscious entrepreneur...
Dec 13, 2020•48 min•Ep. 159
Dr. Alex Auerbach is the Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors. He joined the Toronto Raptors after serving as the Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology for the University of Arizona. Dr. Auerbach has worked with NCAA Division-I schools in the Pac-12, ACC, Big 12, and Conference USA. * Dr. Auerbach earned his doctoral degree in counselling psychology with a specialization in sport and performance psychology from the University of North Texas. He received a Master’s in ...
Dec 03, 2020•50 min•Ep. 158
Peter Guzzardi has worked in publishing for more than forty years. Prominent books he has edited include Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time , Deepak Chopra’s Ageless Body , and Susan Cain’s Quiet , just to name a few. He is an independent editor and writer having recently published his own book Emeralds of Oz, Life Lessons From Over The Rainbow . * Connect with Marc >> Website | LinkedIn | Instagram If you're enjoying the podcast - please leave a review! Thanks as always for listeni...
Nov 26, 2020•52 min•Ep. 157
Christina Rice is an intuitive, 7D energy healer, and business mentor who built a 7-figure coaching business. She is also the founder of the No Bullshit Business School, Brain Rewiring Certification Course, and host of the top-rated podcast Wellness Realness . * Connect with Marc >> Website | LinkedIn | Instagram If you're enjoying the podcast - please leave a review! Thanks as always for listening and have the best day yet!⠀ * Special props 👇 Producer & Editor - John Balderston Music...
Nov 19, 2020•48 min•Ep. 156
Josh Clemente , previously a SpaceX Lead Life Support Systems Engineer, CrossFit L2 Trainer, Senior Engineer at Hyperloop One and now founder and president of Levels - a company sparking Metabolic Awareness in pursuit of Metabolic Fitness . * Work 1 on 1 with Marc to implement mental fitness in your life >> mchampagne.com If you're enjoying the podcast - please leave a review! Thanks as always for listening and have the best day yet!⠀ * Special props 👇 Producer & Editor - John Balders...
Nov 12, 2020•52 min•Ep. 155
Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning journalist. He is one of the world’s leading experts on high performance . * He is the author of eight bestsellers with both A Small Furry Prayer and Stealing Fire being nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His writing has been translated into over 40 languages and appeared in over 100 publications, including The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Wired and TIME. * You can pre-order Steven's newest...
Nov 05, 2020•43 min•Ep. 154
Ellen is a certified coach and talent consultant for people pursuing courageous career paths. As Founder of The Ask she leads people to ask the right questions about their life and career to find work that truly matters. She brings a wealth of experience hiring into tech companies and building entrepreneur accelerator programmes in the London startup ecosystem. Ellen's Newsletter covering in-depth answers to commonly asked career questions! * For Mental Fitness Training with Marc >> mchamp...
Oct 29, 2020•50 min•Ep. 153
Today I’m speaking with Apolo Anton Ohno , America’s most decorated winter Olympian of all time, a New York Times best-selling author, and speaker on a life mission to help people become their best in health, work, and life. * Stay tuned for Apolo’s new podcast “ Gold Metal Minds with Apollo Ohno ” and book “ Hard Pivot ” all releasing soon! * For Mental Fitness Training with Marc >> mchampagne.com If you're enjoying the podcast - please leave a review! Thanks as always for listening and h...
Oct 22, 2020•46 min•Ep. 152
Jerry Colonna founder and CEO of Reboot.IO, the author of Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up, and a certified professional coach. Prior to this work, Jerry was a venture capitalist focused on investing in early-stage technology-related startups. He co-founded New York City-based Flatiron Partners with Fred Wilson, which became one of the nation’s most successful early-stage investment programs. He has used the knowledge gained as an investor, executive, and board member for more than 1...
Oct 15, 2020•48 min•Ep. 151
We've got two awesome humans bringing some serious neuroscience and neuromarketing genius to the conversation today! * Matt Johnson is a professor, researcher, and writer specializing in the application of neuroscience and psychology to the business world. Matt received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology/Neuroscience from Princeton University in 2013. He regularly provides expert opinion and thought leadership on a range of topics related to the human side of business. He advises both start-ups a...
Oct 08, 2020•47 min•Ep. 150
Glenn Livingston, Ph.D. is a veteran psychologist and is the author of the hugely successful book Never Binge Again . * Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients AND a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants. Most important, however, was his own personal journey out of obesity and food prison to ...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 149
Yanik Silver has been called a Cosmic Catalyst, a Maverick Mischief-maker and a Galactic Goofball. * He is the creator of the Cosmic Journal , author of Evolved Enterprise and the founder of Maverick1000, a global network of top entrepreneurs & visionary entrepreneurs making a serious difference in the world, without taking themselves too seriously. In fact, it’s not unusual to find him dressed as a lemur, a showgirl or even in matching mermaid tails with Sir Richard Branson. * This group as...
Sep 17, 2020•55 min•Ep. 148
John Assaraf has built 5 multimillion-dollar companies, written 2 New York Times Bestselling books and featured in 8 movies, including the blockbuster hit “The Secret” and “Quest For Success” with Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama. * He is the founder and CEO of NeuroGym a company dedicated to using the most advanced technologies and evidence-based brain training methods to help individuals unleash their fullest potential and maximize their results. * Twitter: @johnassaraf Instagram: @johnassar...
Sep 10, 2020•53 min•Ep. 147
Jason Feifer is editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, and host of three podcasts: Pessimists Archive, a history show about why people resist new things; Hush Money, about all the ways money makes life awkward; and Problem Solvers, about how entrepreneurs solve unexpected problems in their business. * He has been an editor at Men's Health, Fast Company, Maxim, and Boston magazine, and has written about business and technology for the Washington Post, Slate, New York, and others. His novel Mr....
Sep 03, 2020•23 min•Ep. 146
Today we are rocking a joint show where I (your host - Marc Champagne) along with Kevin and Alan from the Hyper Conscious Podcast are jamming on all things Mental Fitness. I would categorize this episode as incredibly practical—loaded full of practices and prompts that you can immediately apply to your life and relationships. * The Hyper Conscious Podcast - Become the best version of yourself. When you change the way you think, you change the way you live. Make sure to take advantage of the free...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 145
Quentin Allums (just Q) is a speaker, community builder; as well as the co-founder of Strange On Purpose Studies , a fast-growing startup based out of Milwaukee. He has amassed over 10 million views on LinkedIn content and was one of the first video creators on the platform. * Just Q on LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube just Q's Podcasts - Strange On Purpose & Humans That Game Video reference - What do you struggle with? * Journaling Prompts : How does this connect to my end goal? Is this absol...
Aug 20, 2020•37 min•Ep. 144
We go deep on all things mental fitness and specifically what's possible when combining two of the biggest mental fitness practices—meditation and journaling. Justine is a certified meditation teacher, magnetic marketing strategist and mentor to soulpreneurs growing their own businesses online. Joey Cofone is Co-Founder/CEO of Baronfig and an award-winning graphic designer based in New York City. * You can find the Bloome Meditation Journal at baronfig.com Justine on Instagram >> https://w...
Aug 13, 2020•56 min•Ep. 143
Elizabeth Martin, L.Ac is a licensed acupuncturist that focuses on the four pillars of Chinese medicine: acupuncture, manual therapy like cupping and massage, herbal medicine, and meditative modalities such as Qi Gong to treat emotional imbalances. She specializes in treating woman's health, allergies, cancer, anxiety, and more. Elizabeth is the owner of Hands On Acupuncture in Long Island, NY. Journaling Prompts: How can I best use my gifts to serve others? How can I be the most efficient with ...
Aug 06, 2020•45 min•Ep. 142
Mandy is an inspirational writer, entrepreneur and speaker, whose body of work focuses on lifting the human spirit. She has been featured in TED, Forbes, and Inc Magazine. During the 2020 corona-virus pandemic, she created, The Daily Uplift — a project authoring personalized notes and reflections to strangers to elevate mindsets and spirits and to help address its global mental health toll. Her debut book, Up— releases in 2021. It is a book inspired by Mandy's personal story and recovery of two ...
Jul 29, 2020•46 min•Ep. 141
Today I'm chatting with Sean Burke reviewing the CheckingIn App (not paid review). The app is a free and private tool to help you increase self-awareness and daily mindfulness through a simple two-step check-in process focused on one-word descriptors and an energy scale. Learn more about CheckingIn —> www.checkingin.co Free download on iOS & Android Bring CheckingIn to your business —> www.checkingin.co/business/ * Mental Fitness Training with Marc >> mchampagne.com * If you're e...
Jul 23, 2020•21 min•Ep. 140
One of the most inspiring, kind, humble, and brilliant humans I have ever interviewed. Naveen Jain is an entrepreneur driven to solve grand global challenges through innovation. Naveen Jain is an entrepreneur driven to solve grand global challenges through innovation. Founder of Moon Express , Viome , Intelius, TalentWise, and InfoSpace Just giving an idea of the scale Naveen is operating at 👉 Moon Express is focused on making humanity a multi-planetary society and Viomeon disrupting healthcare...
Jul 16, 2020•41 min•Ep. 139
Vladimir is an Entrepreneur and life-long learner. His quest to understand the world, and push himself to be better has taken him on journeys through the Himalayan mountains, into years of meditative, ritual, and psychedelic practice and most recently has led to the creation of FRWRD skincare. FRWRD Skincare is a USDA organic brand for those that wish to live in alignment with their greater self. FRWRD seeks to help people create their best skin, self, and legacy by bringing the healing magic of...
Jul 09, 2020•42 min•Ep. 138
Hala started her career in radio production on “The Angie Martinez Show.” Later she focused on an entrepreneurial endeavour― the launch of an entertainment news blog site, “The Sorority of Hip Hop.” She led an all-female team of 50 bloggers, and together they ran the site, interviewed celebrities, produced radio shows, and hosted parties/concerts. When the blog site boom slowed down in 2014, Hala took a temporary exit from the entertainment industry to get an MBA and now has over 8 years of corp...
Jun 25, 2020•36 min•Ep. 137
Jen Gottlieb is the Co-Founder and Chief Mindset Officer at Super Connector Media . Jen’s plethora of experience in health and wellness coaching, 14-season run as co-host on VH1 and a Broadway national tour, has naturally led into her role as host of Unfair Advantage Live , the world’s premier publicity event connecting entrepreneurs to the media. Jen supports and works with entrepreneurs to elevate personal mindset into achieving goals beyond their expectations. Prior to Co-Founding Super Conne...
Jun 18, 2020•49 min•Ep. 136
Chris Schembra is the bestselling author of " Gratitude and Pasta: The Secret Sauce for Human Connection ", chronicling his adventures as one of the most sought-after dinner hosts in the World. Forbes has just ranked his book as the #2 book of 2020 to create Human Connection and USA Today calls him the "Gratitude Guru". “I’m just a little guy with an apron, a fannie pack and a pasta sauce, anybody can do it” Journaling Prompts If you could give credit or thanks to one person in your life who you...
Jun 11, 2020•47 min•Ep. 135
Today I’m speaking with John Fitch who dances between design, engineering and conversations. John believes time off leads to better quality work and talks about this on his podcast and in latest book Time Off . “I enjoy building technology through unlearning and the generous act of sonder.” 🙏 If you're enjoying the podcast - please leave a review! 🙏 Thanks as always for listening and have the best day yet!⠀ ++ Special props 👇 Producer & Editor - John Balderston Music: Clouds - Joakim Karu...
Jun 04, 2020•58 min•Ep. 134
Leysa Cerswell Kielburger, author of WE Well-being, is the co-founder of WE Well-being and a faculty member at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, where she develops mindfulness-based programs and trains health care practitioners and educators. Her Ph.D. dissertation in Clinical Psychology focused on mental health care for underserved and marginalized populations. Leysa has taught and practiced across North America, Asia and Africa. WE.org WE Well-being Podcast We Well-being Resources Journaling...
May 28, 2020•40 min•Ep. 133
Today I’m speaking with New York Times bestselling author James Clear . Author of the international bestselling book, Atomic Habits. Creator of jamesclear.com and the popular 3-2-1 weekly newsletter. Speaker at major companies and events. Weightlifter and (former) athlete. Contributor to the Against Malaria Foundation where he donates 5% of all profit. Journaling Prompts: Am I climbing the right mountain? What are you optimizing for? Who am I optimizing to become? Can my current habits carry me ...
May 21, 2020•49 min•Ep. 132