Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

Getting REAL About Reawakening with Lance Secretan

Today's conversation is with Dr. Lance Secretan, author of 24 books including the newest one, Reawakening The Human Spirit . In this episode we talk about living a life of purpose and fulfillment and how crucial that is to the reawakening of the entire world. This new book pulls together his greatest work, and shows readers how to gain a new and deeper insight into life and the inspiring roles each of us were born to play as leaders, parents, siblings, off-spring, and human beings. When workplac...

Getting REAL About What's Most Important with Dr. James Leiman

Dr. James Leiman has seen a lot and accomplished a lot and experienced a lot in his relatively short life, but when it comes to the opportunity to attract $40 billion dollars in global investment or creating opportunities with and for his family, he'll choose the latter. He's currently doing that as he is taking a bit of a hiatus from in-person work to move his family to Puerto Rico where he wants them to have a full immersion in a different culture. This conversation was rich in so many areas, ...

Getting MORE REAL About Past and Future

When you really think about it, the only thing that's REAL is where we are right now, in the present. Memories are either thoughts about something that's already happened that we are enjoying remembering, or regrets about things that didn't happen; and goals are simply possibilities that might happen that we choose to desire or worries that are possibilities that might happen that we don't desire. What can we take from the memories we want to keep and dream about the goals without the worries? H...

Getting REAL About The Past and the Future with Anthony Hamilton

Today's guest is the author of the book "Mind, Time, and Power" and in this episode I promise you will learn a lot about a lot of topics from history to science to spirituality, all with some Canadian flair! This book is 15 years in the creating, and here you will hear about the journey that got Anthony from a 10-year-old with a dream to a 75-year-old with a rich history. If you'd like more information about Anthony and his work, visit mindtimeandpower.com. There you will find workshops and link...

Getting REAL About Comparison with Jodee

Teddy Roosevelt said that comparison is the thief of joy. So why do we do it so often? In this episode I explore some of these ponderings. I also add Barbara McAfee's song "Compared to What" which sums this concept up perfectly. To find this song and lots of others by Barbara, go to https://www.barbaramcafee.com/

Getting REAL About Experiencing Life With Lisa Conners

Getting REAL About Listening and Community with Chris Angell

What happens when you get together with wholehearted others? Conversation turns to dialogue and the theme of this podcast happens: you circle up and get REAL. Listen in as Community Builder, Coach, Thought Leader, and my friend Chris Angell and I riff about listening and what it takes to build an authentic community based on that listening. This is an example of the rich dialogue that can happen when each party creates open listening space for the other to speak into without pretense or posturin...

Getting REALLY REAL With Ken Noble

Ken Noble has an interesting story. He used to be a pastor, but life has led him in the direction of a new calling. During this raw and authentic conversation, Ken and I talk about real subjects like depression, eating disorders, and how becoming an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart or of faith. Ken is a leadership speaker, coach, and trainer. You can find more about Ken at The Ken Noble on all social platforms or at his website, NobleLeadershipSolutions.com ....

Getting REAL About Spirituality and Your Whole Life With Amanda Lurz

Amanda Lurz might be called a PolyMind. (This is a new term which I just learned about this past week which applies to people with a lot of varied interests.) Amanda is a nurse, a real estate professional, she and her husband have an excavating business, and she is a spiritual coach or, to use the title I unofficially gave her in this podcast, a "Cheerleader for Spiritual Growth." If you are looking for information about wellness and would like to know why you've had trouble losing weight, you w...

Getting REAL About Chilling Out

Small talk is great - it's where we start out in connecting with others. But talk is really cheap if it only stays small. Of course, there are big talkers, who ONLY talk ... and that's not it either. In this episode I recap our first Chill Out retreat in Fargo, ND. What might you be missing by not taking a break and just chilling out once in a while? What conversations are you overlooking? What opportunities are eluding you? Maybe you just need to Chill Out. (In Fargo ... in January!)...