Nick Symmonds is an American athlete and entrepreneur. As an athlete, Nick has found much success on the track and in the mountains. A two-time Olympian, Nick competed for the United States in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Though he has focused on the 800 meters for the majority of his career, he also has a personal best in the mile of 3 minutes and 56 seconds. When Nick isn't running or climbing he can be found working on the business that he co-founded in 2014, Run Gum. Nick serves as CEO ...
Sep 12, 2019•34 min•Ep. 108
Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the leading expert in meditation for extraordinary performance. Her book Stress Less, Accomplish More debuted at #7 out of all books on Amazon. Meditation is a common theme with the top performers I have interviewed on LEVELING UP. Of the over 100 interviews I have done, ALL of the guest have listed meditation as a MUST in their practice for achieving success. I'm excited to share this conversation with Emily because she has truly become the m...
Sep 09, 2019•37 min•Ep. 107
Why I got the word SURRENDER tattooed on my right arm for my 48th birthday yesterday. I have been a control freak, people pleaser and someone scared of judgement for years and it has cost me “living” life to it’s fullest and I have had enough of that. Control and people pleasing are illusions and they are hurting your life too. When we are children, there is a time when we know love, trust and possibilities. Nothing feels out of reach All we need and want is love and to be authentically loved. W...
Sep 06, 2019•5 min•Ep. 106
Jonathan Bailor is the founder of Wellness Engineering and SANESolution. He authored the NYTimes best seller The Calorie Myth and The Setpoint Diet, has registered over 26 patents, and has spoken at Fortune 100 companies and TED conferences for over a decade. His work has been endorsed and implemented by top doctors from Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, and UCLA. But how did Jonathan Bailor Get THERE? How did he go from corporate to being the creator ...
Sep 05, 2019•26 min•Ep. 105
Bo Eason started his career in the NFL and during his 5-year career Bo competed beside and against some of the greatest players of his generation. After his football career ended, he branched out into acting and wrote a one-man play called Runt of the Litter that had an extended off-Broadway and 50- city national run. Now in his third act, as a speaker and leadership coach, he trains some of the most successful people in the world— athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, C-suite execs—on how to commun...
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 104
In the first ever Fit For Your Mind Friday Natalie shares her thoughts on "labels" and how we decide to look at those labels. Natalie shares her take on the label of ADHD as so many people labeled her as that due to her high energy and now....her daughter has begun to get that label. So, how are you going to take these things and make them your super power? Take a look at how you've been labeled by others and redefine them. You are beautiful just the way you are.
Aug 30, 2019•4 min•Ep. 103
Rick Jordan is taking the business world by storm with the first ever of its kind “ALL IN GROWTH” conference right around the corner. Now you see, Rick is a serial entrepreneur, ordained pastor and and incredible thought leader who has spoken at NASDAQ and Harvard. BUT today that is not what I am interviewing him about! You see… after overcoming MANY of his own personal setbacks, failures and even a near death health scare, he is COMMITTED to his vision or helping OTHERS achieve THEIR vision. Ma...
Aug 29, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 102
Dr. Véronique Desaulniers was a self proclaimed health nut! She “did it all right” or so she thought. Then one day the unthinkable happened. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. Veronique beat the odds. She overcame her own diagnosis and turned her personal scare into her calling. Today, she is know as Dr. V, the founder of Breast CancerConqueror® and the 7 Essentials System®, and co-founder of My Breast Friend™. Hersignature process that has empowered thousands of women in over 43 countries ar...
Aug 26, 2019•43 min•Ep. 101
WOW! 100 Episodes! How exciting is it that we've reached 100 episodes. It has truly been a journey and I am so happy to be doing this with you. This podcast has become my favorite thing to do...why? Because I'm able to learn from some of the worlds top performers. In this episode I decided to bring you my first solo episode and share with you the common things that all of my guests do in order to level up their life! I'm so incredibly excited to have reached the milestone, if you like what you'v...
Aug 22, 2019•16 min•Ep. 100
Stefanos Sifandos Social media accounts has posts daily that I find myself daily wanting to screen shot and forward to everyone I know. He has such an advanced awareness of masculine and feminine powers and how to develop a relationship that MORE than thrives. But, HOW did Stefanos gain this insight and awareness? It was born out of PAIN. You see Stefanos, has a history of pain and abuse in his life starting as a young child. And after experiencing his OWN rage, his own “numbing out phases”, inf...
Aug 19, 2019•48 min
James Patrick, ACG, ALB is an award-winning and internationally published commercial and editorial photographer based in Arizona specializing in sports, fitness, beauty and portraiture. He also works as an entrepreneur coach, podcast host, marketer, journalist and public speaker covering a variety of topics including photography, marketing and business development. What all this means is that James is a storyteller and as a storyteller, he has a bevy of mediums in which to craft and communicate ...
Aug 15, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Eli held a secret for YEARS. The details of his own abuse. What he knows now that he didn’t know those many years of keeping quiet? That vulnerability and emotional intelligence connects people. TODAY, he now empowers others to speak up. He helps them use their own voice, share THEIR stories, to become agents of change in their respective communities. Eli founded MicDrop, a public speaking training program that puts special emphasis on those who can’t even imagine speaking publicly. Join in toda...
Aug 12, 2019•53 min
Jeff Fenster has been recognized nationally for his business creations that have turned into HUGE successes. In addition, Jeff was named a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 35 in America when he was just 30. Combining his two biggest passions – entrepreneurship and healthy living – Jeff created his most recent innovation, everbowl. He has built this explosive brand utilizing his personal philosophy of making friends and having fun and this has translated into a fun, vibrant culture at everbo...
Aug 08, 2019•40 min
With a gun in his mouth and a bottle of booze to his sign Sean Whalen finally had hit rock bottom. You see Sean Whalen was very successful at a young age. Infact, he was a self made multimillionaire in his early 20's . BUT he knew very little about business without having a father, mentor or coach around. So he made A LOT of mistakes. Mistakes that lead him to lose $12,500,000, bankruptcy and the loss of his marriage and family. Like many juggling a lot, Sean was always connected to the office, ...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Dwayne Clark grew up POOR. So poor that his mom had to take potatoes from her employer to feed her children. Then he would have to negotiate as a child to ensure they would have utilities and running water. But Dwayne learned a powerful perspective shift about is life. He learned that he could view poverty as “POOR HIM: or as “BEING THE GREATEST SCHOOL” He chose the later. Today, Dwayne is a serial entrepreneur and runs one of the nation’s premier assisted living communities with over 30 locatio...
Aug 01, 2019•50 min
We all have those skills we were born with, and those skills we were NOT. Bijan? He was NOT born to dance, let alone choreography for some of the biggest names in hollywood! So how did a young kid with no moves learn to achieve success in the creative space that most never even dream of? Bijan is a creator to say the least, he has successfully over the last few years worked in every industry of the creative arts, including dance, choreography, acting, modeling, song writing, music production, ar...
Jul 29, 2019•44 min
Miki Agrawal is a true social entrepreneur in every sense of the phrase! Raised by parents who never complained and always found solutions to any and every problem, Miki learned early on that there is always solutions. She is the founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept called WILD ( www.eatdrinkwild.com ) with 3 locations in New York City, one in Guatemala and more on the way. She co-founded THINX (www.shethinx.com), a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand and led the...
Jul 25, 2019•58 min
Years ago, Lisa Nichols was a struggling single mom on public assistance and she describes the day to me that she realized she couldn’t even afford a box of pampers for her son and had to wrap him in a towel. It was in the rock bottom that Lisa decided that she had been more committed to her familiar discomfort then to unfamiliar new possibilities. TODAY, Lisa Nichols is one of the world’s most-requested motivational speakers, as well as a media personality and corporate CEO whose global platfor...
Jul 22, 2019•52 min
Kathrin Zenkina obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biology when she decided to forgo Medical School, picked up the book "The Secret" and reentered herself into the world of Law of Attraction. Before creating Manifestation Babe in 2016, Kathrin was $25,000 in debt and making less than $1600/month in income with her failing online business. Since starting on Instagram as @ManifestationBabe, her business has generated over $1.3M in the last 6 months, she has built a coaching empire, become an acclaime...
Jul 18, 2019•58 min
A teenage pregnancy in 1966, diagnosed with a fatal kidney disease soon after, a marriage that crumbled from a bipolar diagnosis… How do you bounce back from massive set back when even your reputation is at risk? How do you SURRENDER and what does that mean? Today on leveling up meet the incredible Mary Morrissey. Today she is widely considered the world’s foremost expert on “dream-building,” which is the art and science of transforming your dreams into results. She is the author of two bestsell...
Jul 15, 2019•41 min
Adam Schaeuble, aka The PHD (previously heavy dude), Was 320 lbs, $40,000 in credit card debt, depressed, and hopeless. When a FRIEND gave him a copy of the DVD “the Secret” everything started to shift… Everything changed for Adam and from his own transformation journey he created a bootcamp program that produced over 35,000 lbs of results in his home town of Bloomington, IN. TODAY, Adam is the host of the top ranked fitness podcast The Million Pound Mission. Now Adam has set his sights on inspi...
Jul 11, 2019•39 min
Immigrating to Vancouver from Hong Kong at 14 with a thick accent and his single mother, Dan quickly became the invisible kid. Dropping out of college to make money to support his family, he started “chasing shiny dimes” in business which led him to near bankruptcy. Too busy “making money the hard way”, Dan missed the opportunity to see his father one last time before he died. After 13 failed online businesses, enough was enough. Today, Dan Lok is one of the biggest legends in the online educati...
Jul 08, 2019•59 min
As a child, Jason was abused terribly by his adoptive dad. He lived in fear of his father's abuse to him and his mother. He learned early not to trust others, that he was not safe and that only HE himself would lookout for his life. Years later, Jason has healed through changing his perspective on what happened TO him and looks at it now as incidents that happened FOR him. Today, Jason Sisneros AKA the “bald avenger” is a public speaker, comedian, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. His life has t...
Jul 04, 2019•52 min
Vivian Glyck is not just a success story, she is an EMPOWERED, CHANGE MAKING LEADER. Her work, her mission, her cause changes the lives of MANY daily. You see, growing up with alcholism, sexual abuse and Domestic violance, Vivian was one of the fortunate girls. She lived in the US and had access to mentors, education, support and more. But after the birth of her son, Zak. Through the experience of a mother’s love for her child, Vivian woke up to realize the TRUE value of every human life. After ...
Jul 01, 2019•40 min
Marcus Aurelius Anderson is the perfect example of overcoming adversity. While preparing to deploy with the U.S. Army, Marcus suffered a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed. After dying on the operating table twice, the surgeons saved his life, but told him he'd never walk again. Having no other option, Marcus started doing some brutally honest soul searching, looking for the lesson to be learned from his injury. Once he started seeing his Adversity as a gift instead of a curse, somethi...
Jun 27, 2019•33 min•Ep. 84
Samantha Skelly Used to STARVE herself. She associated food with weight game and she suffered from body dysmorphia. She was a childhood actress, stunt double and dancer, the pressure for her to “look” a certain way” reaked havoc on her confidence and her health. Today, Samantha is a is a 7-figure entrepreneur, sought after international speaker, best-selling author, and wellness coaching expert who founded both Hungry for Happiness, and PAUSE Breathwork. Samantha is also the popular creator and ...
Jun 24, 2019•33 min
Mary Shores was a VERY YOUNG single mom when she had to face the unimaginable. Her daughters birth defects would prove to be fatal.After the loss of her daughter, and almost no support system to turn to, she had some tough choices to make. She found within herself the strength to rebuild by founding an industry-changing business. She now inspires others with lessons of resiliency and empowerment nationwide. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur with a multi-million-dollar, heart-centered busin...
Jun 20, 2019•49 min
Hollan Hamid's journey of health began 12 years ago when she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and the doctor warned me that I had a 60% chance of developing Type 2 Diabetes.To top it off, she had struggled with endometriosis and kidney stones having had surgery twice to try to correct it. Seeing that she was just shy of her 30th birthday, she felt she was too young to be dealing with her health issues and decided to take her health and life into her own hands. Today, she is a vegan and a...
Jun 17, 2019•34 min
Liz Germain built a huge online brand as Super Sister Fitness…. BUT, what happens when the other “Sister” finds a different path and calling? Liz shifted, went into a search of how she could best use her gifts to thrive and serve others and her new mission was born… TODAY, Liz Germain is a leading expert in video and YouTube marketing generating over 50+ million organic views and tens of thousands of leads for online businesses using YouTube. She helps people set up video automation systems that...
Jun 13, 2019•32 min
Sarah Pendrick is the Founder and Creator of one of the original women supporting women movements, The GirlTalk Network. Her mission is to empower women of all ages while serving as a resource for young women. Sarah is a self love advocate, community influencer, life coach, writer, empowerment speaker and Philanthropist. With a bachelors in Psychology and a Master's in Family Therapy, Sarah developed a famous women's event that benefits a custom empowerment program for young women. She travels a...
Jun 10, 2019•37 min
