“I had been afraid to really feel my feelings for a long time because I was told everything short of they were not welcome here and that I shouldn’t have them.” In this episode, Nick delves into the differences between emotional and logical individuals. Drawing from personal experiences, Nick reflects on how he was encouraged to prioritize logical thinking growing up despite being naturally inclined towards feelings and emotions. What to listen for: Exploring what resonates more with us, the emo...
Apr 04, 2024•21 min•Ep. 117
“The more successful you are in life, the more driven you are, the more sophisticated your ways of throwing dirt on this issue are.” In this episode, Nick speaks with J.K Emezi, the founder of Elevated Recovery, and discusses his journey through addiction recovery, specializing in helping high-performing men with sexually compulsive behaviors and pornography addiction. They discuss the importance of addressing shame associated with addiction, and J.K. shares personal experiences, including the i...
Mar 28, 2024•55 min•Ep. 116
“I think it’s that you really do have to be willing to embrace the pain of going back through the review part… it’s going to be so worth it on the other end.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Gigi Dennard, an accomplished author, speaker, and commercial loan consultant. Giji shares her unique journey and purpose-driven work. We discuss the formation of her business, Well-Fed Resources, emphasizing its focus on 360-degree wellness, encompassing financial well-being, spiritual growth, and physica...
Mar 21, 2024•36 min•Ep. 115
“If you want to get started, self-mastery, self-awareness, it’s the door.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Victor J. Giusfredi, an author and mindset coach, who shares his remarkable life journey and the transformative lessons he learned along the way. Born in the Malbec capital of the world, Mendoza, Argentina, Victor opens up about overcoming divorces, navigating single parenthood, and losing a six-figure corporate job during the early days of the pandemic. He reflects on the pandemic’s impa...
Mar 14, 2024•42 min•Ep. 114
“If we get to the core of it and figure out what happened with that trauma and process through that trauma, then you’ll start to see that the trigger will either have a lot less weight to it because you’re not giving it as many interpretations if any at all.” In this episode, Nick dives into the concepts of traumas, triggers, and interpretations, exploring their impact on our lives, and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and processing traumas to gain a deeper understanding of triggers ...
Mar 07, 2024•21 min•Ep. 113
“It’s all about decisions. How do you want to show up, and are you sick and tired of this crap?” In this episode, Nick speaks with Sherry Buckley-Brown, who reveals how a lifetime of losses has shaped her perspective as she reflects on the lingering impact of trauma on individuals and generations. Through her experiences, we confront the question of whether we ever fully heal and how to navigate our anger toward God, the world, and others. Sherry’s story reveals the significance of setting bound...
Feb 29, 2024•40 min•Ep. 112
“Vulnerability means that I am strong enough to show you where I am uncertain.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Paul Rivera, who reflects on a life filled with diverse experiences (one of his highest values), including rescuing others, navigating the challenges of different professions, and learning the value of genuine authenticity. You’ll find inspiration in the deep-rooted thread of his purpose that stretches back through the years and learn the importance of giving yourself grace during mo...
Feb 22, 2024•50 min•Ep. 111
“I didn’t want to be one of those people that just made excuses; it’s all really in the mindset sometimes.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Liv Arnold, who shares the valuable life lessons she gained from her journey, starting with her experience in jujitsu classes, where she discovered the importance of building confidence. Liv reflects on the beginnings of her creative writing career during a period of deep dissatisfaction in her job, highlighting the significance of taking action over makin...
Feb 15, 2024•33 min•Ep. 110
“I think it’s really important to just follow your intuition and to break free of expectations and take risks.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Alice Yeh, who shares powerful insights into the lessons we can learn from our childhoods, the impact of internal stories on our identity, and her unique perspective on making mistakes (and learning to laugh at yourself when you do!) Alice guides us through her own journey, transitioning from 14 years in corporate to starting her coaching business, inc...
Feb 08, 2024•35 min•Ep. 109
“The biggest thing is remembering that this is like a long road to recovery. It’s not gonna be done right away.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Roozbeh Khoshniat, who shares the inspiring journey of starting his ADHD coaching business alongside his wife’s therapy practice, unpacking the challenges and triumphs of managing anger and navigating the childhood trauma that continues to affect his present. He opens up about growing up in war-torn Iran, detailing life as a veteran and the complexiti...
Feb 01, 2024•39 min•Ep. 108
“I think self-awareness is key to unlocking it all, and I think it is a lifelong process. The advice that I would give to everybody is to always seek the discomfort and not escape it.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Supriya Venkatesan to explore the intricate connections between beliefs, language, and mental symbology, unraveling the anatomy of thought and its ties to the brain and body. Addressing the importance of confronting our heavier emotions rather than avoiding them or numbing them ou...
Jan 25, 2024•35 min•Ep. 107
“We are born with everything we need to be successful in life already inside us. We just need to pull it out and use it to our benefit.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Terry Tucker, who candidly shares his rare melanoma diagnosis and the acceptance of mortality, imparting a profound message about embracing life, facing fears, and recognizing that everything needed for success is already within. He reflects on the divine guidance he believes led him to write his book, emphasizing the importanc...
Jan 18, 2024•43 min•Ep. 106
“It takes a lot of work, but you can change any aspect of yourself and how you show up.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Jeff Sera about his journey of self-discovery, tracing the origins of his heightened sensitivity and the challenges that come with being so empathic at such a young age. Jeff candidly shares his most transformational experiences, from navigating the complexities of abortion with his high school girlfriend to the awakening he experienced at his aunt’s funeral, where he recogn...
Jan 11, 2024•36 min•Ep. 105
“If we don’t have a reason to wake up in the morning and get on our feet and show up in the world, we’re just less likely to do the things that we will need to do.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Raman Hari, who shares profound insights into the collective anxiety surrounding health in 2020 and delves into the transformative power of accepting life’s challenges. She reflects on the impact of our mindset on navigating difficulties, drawing from her personal journey through health struggles and...
Jan 04, 2024•35 min•Ep. 104
“Everybody has time; it comes down to what’s a priority in your life. If you want to move forward in your business or in your relationship, like a giant leap forward, it’s not going to happen through logical rationality and being stuck in your brain.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Martin Hristov, a Personal Bliss Coach, and self-published author, talks about his journey from chasing material success to finding true fulfillment. He shares how he experimented with various approaches and philos...
Dec 28, 2023•48 min•Ep. 103
“The most important thing is to build that relationship with yourself. And it sounds so simple, but it’s not because we have so much conditioning. It’s always the first piece of work.” In this episode, Nick's life and business partner, Stephenie Zamora, openly reflects on her journey from going to school for graphic design to building a personal development-focused business, emphasizing the crucial process of building a relationship with yourself despite societal conditioning. The conversation d...
Dec 21, 2023•28 min•Ep. 102
“I really had to look in the mirror and was like, who do you want to be, and what do you wanna be remembered for? It is important for me that there is some sort of legacy. I always want to make sure that I’m having an impact on people who I do not know. That has been my purpose.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Kadeem Alphanso Fyffe, who shares his journey as an openly gay Black man living in the South, and reflects on the challenges of reconciling his identity with cultural and religious expe...
Dec 14, 2023•43 min•Ep. 101
“If there’s pain that’s in there, you can get help. You can get through it. You can actually live that life that you secretly dream about. And if you’re in the middle of it right now, just keep going. There’s a lot more that can be done, and there’s hope within all of this.” In this episode, we hit a major milestone in the 100th episode of the show. Wow, has it been a hell of a ride so far?! To celebrate how far we’ve come, Nick shares some clips and reflects on topics such as the importance of ...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 100
“Mindset is just step one because with mindset comes action. And it’s only if you take action on the things that you’re learning, the things that you’re discovering, can you make any kind of change.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Natalie Mullin about her journey of facing the pressure and challenges that come with running a business that’s like your baby and the toll it took on her mental health. She also delves into the unexpected divorce request from her husband as a result of overworking ...
Nov 30, 2023•50 min•Ep. 99
“You can either take that emotion that wells up and put it into a box and push it away, or you can take that emotion and do something with it. And that’s where self-control comes into play.” In this episode, Nick talks about cultivating self-control and what your mindset has to do with that. And there’s just no other way around it. You have to be able to actually think through what’s going on, but you have to also couple it with what you’re feeling in a moment. What to listen for: How do we be i...
Nov 23, 2023•33 min•Ep. 98
“If he just had this one family, and that was us, he’d be able to make sure we were in a better house, right? Our house wouldn’t be falling apart. Our lights wouldn’t be turning off, right? Because we were still in the hood, you know, still living a very, very poor existence, right? So I’m like, why are we still doing this?” In this episode, I have Jevon Wooden, who grew up in a different type of household from most Americans, and how his early life led him to prison, which is where everything c...
Nov 16, 2023•42 min•Ep. 97
“I’m a professional certified man builder. That’s what I do. Now, Nick, you can imagine the response I get, especially if I’m sitting next to a female; what they say, I say I fix broken men. That’s what I do, and so it starts a great conversation, but they put the obvious question is, what is a professional certified man builder?” In this episode, Nick speaks with Dr. Joe Martin about what a “Man Builder” is and the obstacles men face when working toward becoming the best man they can be and liv...
Nov 09, 2023•56 min•Ep. 96
“When we embrace those feelings, we can then start to move through them instead of just taking those feelings and boxing them away for good.” Episode summary: In this episode, Nick gets into the emotions that we go through and how sometimes we can stop them from actually coming out into the world. Sometimes, it’s a good thing to do; sometimes, it’s really not. And really, when we embrace our feelings, and we don’t shove them deep inside of us, we can actually do something with them. What to list...
Nov 02, 2023•27 min•Ep. 94
“I was just clinically depressed, you know, clinically depressed, absolutely rock bottom. And I was playing sports arenas at the time. I had a number-one hit at the time. And that’s where I was.” Episode summary: In this episode, Nick speaks with Christian Ray Flores, an international recording artist, entrepreneur, and life coach, with a captivating story that spans four continents and multiple cultures. They discuss how, sometimes in life, we can get swept up in the positive and negative thing...
Oct 26, 2023•47 min•Ep. 94
“The Enneagram is kind of looking at ways that we coped with stress and different circumstances as children, and so as a child when you’re going through something times we bring that coping mechanism into adulthood and the ways that we’re doing things, you know, doesn’t always work for our relationships or our professional life.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Myrna Scales about the Enneagram and how understanding our personality type not only helps us understand ourselves better but can help...
Oct 19, 2023•47 min•Ep. 93
“Joy only comes from within ourselves. It is not external. It’s not an external act, external job. It’s an inside job.” Episode summary: In this episode, Nick speaks with Wayne Faulkner, the author of 3 personal development books, to discuss the magical journey of discipline and curiosity. We travel through childhood into adulthood, career, being a musician, and going through heartbreak to discuss how we can manage our mindset and become stronger, clearer, and more on fire for life. What to list...
Sep 14, 2023•46 min•Ep. 88
“Let’s start having those real conversations and really trying to focus on our mental fitness because I feel like for me, that’s the biggest thing. If you have your well-being, you should really try to understand everything about it and how to take care of it.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Chinazom Sunny Nwabueze, who is the Founder of Dreamcatchers Performance and a high-performance leadership coach and behavioral science consultant with BetterUp Inc. Chinazom also created a mental fitness...
Sep 07, 2023•47 min•Ep. 87
“No matter what you’re going through, no matter where you’ve been at in life, no matter what situations happen to you, for you, around you, through you, etc., how we handle our mental health can really affect everything else that we go through.” In this episode, Nick talks about how imperative it is for us to actually start talking about our mental health. Not just with other people but, first and foremost, with ourselves. What to listen for: How we can get lost in our own head How managing our ...
Aug 31, 2023•13 min•Ep. 86
“Even when you fear failure, you’re not broken. You’re just blocked.” In this episode, Nick talks about an F word… Failure. Leaning into failure can help us but most people don’t get to the point where failure can be a beneficial thing, they let the fear of failure hold them back before they even begin. Do you fear failure? What to listen for: Stories about how my fear of failure held me back for YEARS What makes us fear failure The perception people have of “fear” and how leaning in is more tha...
Aug 24, 2023•11 min•Ep. 54
“It’s not just about managing your mindset. It’s not just about positive thinking your way through it. That’s not how it all works. It’s a piece of it. But it’s not the entirety of the pie. It’s about being able to understand the context, what you’ve been through trauma-wise, and how your brain affects all of that going forward.“ Episode summary: In this episode, Nick talks about how trauma affects our mindset as well as how managing our mindset is ONLY a piece of the equation. If we only try to...
Aug 17, 2023•22 min•Ep. 84
