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The Social Ninjas

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Two men, Kyle Mitchell & Jeremy Greene, who struggled with social anxiety and general mental health, teamed up to spread the message about mental health. In each episode, Kyle & Jeremy, have vulnerable conversations with entrepreneurs (seasoned & beginners) about their experiences with their mental health while building up a business to help young entrepreneurs. https://www.thesocialninjaspodcast.com
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Episodes

Turning Unbearable Trauma Into Extreme Value with Shanti Schiks

In this episode, Kyle and Jeremy interview Shanti Schiks. Shanti is a TEDx Speaker, self-love coach, and published author. She shares her story of hardship about how her ex-boyfriend killed her 11-month-old son and how she (and you) can use the power of self-love to turn a traumatic experience into something very powerful and valuable. Enjoy! Where to find Shanti Schiks: @ShantiSchiks ( https://www.instagram.com/shantischiks/?hl=en ) https://www.shantischiks.nl Follow us, ask us questions, and s...

Jul 26, 202142 min

Stop Flight Anxiety with Adam Brensen

In this episode, Kyle and Jeremy interview Adam Brensen. Adam shows fearful flyers how to finally book trips with excitement and optimism rather than dread and apprehension by using his successful system on overcoming the fear of flying. As a former fearful flyer, he has dealt with the frustration and avoidance of not flying that causes so much disruption in one's life. Adam shares in this episode tips on how to overcome the fear and anxiety that comes with flying. Where to find Adam Brensen: @L...

Jul 19, 202148 min

Pro Athlete & Nice Guy Coach, Jeremy Burright, Speaks About Anxiety

In this episode, Kyle and Jeremy interview Jeremy Burright. Jeremy is a professional athlete, a "Nice Guy" Coach, and host of a top 5% podcast, The Jeremy Burright Podcast. Jeremy is not your typical athlete. Kids used to avoid him after a trauma happened in a small town, so he quickly thought that he was the problem. His self-confidence was so low that by high school he couldn't really make eye contact and had to fake like things were okay. Now he's been in 9 different countries, and he's been ...

Jul 12, 202134 min

Elite D1 Football Player, Kobe Boyce, Steps Away from Football to Focus on Mental Health

In this episode, Kyle and Jeremy interview Kobe Boyce. Kobe played D1 college football for the Texas Longhorns but chose to step away from football because of his mental health and he shared his decision with this tweet: "For a few years now I have been battling depression and I let all of my emotions build up and it wasn't a food feeling. I used to be scared of discussing this and kept it all to myself and anyone who is going through the same thing please talk to someone. You are not alone. Eve...

Jul 06, 202127 min

BIG Social Ninja ANNOUNCEMENT!

This is a rather short episode because it is more an announcement on a new direction we are taking with the podcast. We are excited to share with you the new path we are taking and we know you will enjoy it too! For more updates on The Social Ninjas Podcast, please follow our IG account, @the_social_ninjas , ( https://www.instagram.com/the_social_ninjas/ ) and visit our website at https://thesocialninjaspodcast.com ....

Jul 01, 20218 min

Sexual Assault Advocate, Zeke Thomas, Shares His Story

In this episode, Kyle and Jeremy interview Joshua ‘Zeke’ Thomas. The Detroit native inherited this valuable trait from his father, NBA Hall of Fame point guard, Isiah Thomas. That passion and the unyielding drive to achieve greatness is in his DNA and has been exemplified and encouraged since birth. It’s what fueled Zeke’s diverse endeavors - from becoming a renowned open-format DJ to a sought after MC/Host, a dedicated Human Rights and Mental Health Awareness Advocate to a forward-thinking busi...

Jun 28, 202141 min

Former Entrepreneur of the Year Shares Mental Health/Mindset Strategies

Jayson Waller is the CEO of Powerhome Solar that has taken off and is closing in on 1 billion dollars. Jayson is also the host of a top 5 Entrepreneur podcast called True Underdog. Jayson is a powerhouse in the entrepreneurial world and was graciously willing to share his tips, tricks, and strategies to keeping an optimal mental health and creating a mindset that led him to build a hugely successful business, podcast and much more! Enjoy! Where to find Jayson Waller: @j aysonwallerbam ( https://...

Jun 21, 202134 min

Stepping Up into Self-Sovereignty with Dr. David Gruder

In this episode, we interviewed psychologist, speaker, mentor, author, and founder and president of Integrity Culture Systems, Dr. David Gruder. David is an expert in self development and uses his knowledge to help others become leaders. He explains the 5 steps one should take to make their way into a leadership role and uses a real life example in how to act-out the process. Later, David walks us through a 4-step process that we can use to re-train our inner-critics in order to stop shaming our...

Jun 15, 202151 min

Transcending Through Ultimate Forgiveness and Healing with Sara Schulting-Kranz

In this episode, we interviewed professional healing coach, wilderness guide, author, and TEDx speaker Sara Schulting-Kranz. Sara shares the compelling stories of the traumas she’s experienced throughout the course of her life and how they’ve helped her learn how to forgive, heal and become a healing coach. Sara now uses nature therapy retreats at the Grand Canyon as a form to help others heal from their traumas. She dives into how she came to start hosting these retreats as well as what happens...

Jun 07, 202150 min

How to Talk 2 More People with Tony Esteves

In this episode, we interviewed communication workshop facilitator, circus performer, author, and creator of Talk2MorePeople, Tony Esteves. What initially started out as a 30 day challenge, became Tony’s year challenge to meet someone new every day. In this year, Tony ended up meeting over 550 new people and found his way into leading communication workshops and now has a full time coaching practice. Tony gives us his advice on how one can go about connecting with more people, two pieces being t...

Jun 01, 202135 min

Live Life Like You Were Given a Second One with Thomas Edwards

In this episode, we interviewed transformational coach and writer, Thomas Edwards. Thomas talks about his history first as a wingman coach, which he did to help people figure out if they wanted to be in a relationship, and then help people get into a relationship. Thomas goes into how to reprogram the fear settings in our brain to ultimately reach success and shares a great quote that summarizes this: “to have what you’ve never had before, you have to do something you’ve never done before”. Late...

May 24, 20211 hr 11 min

Finding Your Life’s Purpose by Living Life Itself with Kute Blackson

In this episode, we interviewed transformation truth teacher and national bestselling author, Kute Blackson. Kute begins the interview sharing his journey of moving to the US and finding his purpose. From a spiritual perspective, he describes the moment we’re living at every moment is our life’s purpose. He explains the broad purpose of life and our personal purpose of life. There are 3 questions that we need to ask ourselves when trying to find our purpose, which Kute also shares with us. Later...

May 17, 202148 min

Mastering the Power of Integrous Influence with Sean Callagy

In this episode, we interviewed founder and president of Callagy Law and creator of Unblinded Mastery, Sean Callagy. Sean has been committed to the study of influence, which he uses as a tool to make more capital and money in less time. He walks us through the meaning of the power of influence and gives us the 4 steps of influence that he has developed over the years. We then switch the conversation and walkabout some things Sean does to maintain his mental health. He makes a point to consciousl...

May 11, 202139 min

Rob Lawless on Experiencing Human Connection by Meeting 10,000 Strangers

In this episode, we interviewed creator of Robs10kFriends, Rob Lawless. The goal of Rob’s project is to meet 10,000 people for an hour each, in order to experience genuine human connection and encourage others to also take initiative to meet someone new. Rob gives us some tips to help others connect, the main ones being to set a goal for connection and to use the FORD method: family, occupation, recreation, and dreams. He is confident that this will make you a great conversationalist. Later on i...

May 03, 202141 min

Be as Present as You Can in Every Moment with Eben Britton

In this episode, we interviewed former NFL player, cannabis advocate, author, podcast host, and speaker on self empowerment and healing, Eben Britton. Eben describes anxiety as the inner resistence that we experience and believes that this is something nearly all humans are confronted with at some point in our lives. Some of the tools he uses to achieve highest power of self include meditation, having an intimate connection with the foods he eats, and psychedelic rituals. Eben then gives a persp...

Apr 26, 202148 min

Transforming the Way We See Bipolar Disorder with Alessandra Torresani

In this episode, we interviewed mental health advocate, podcast host, and actress, Alessandra Torresani. Alessandra started her mental health podcast to share her experience with bipolar disorder, which has created a community to help others know they aren’t alone. She shares everything from the beginning of her diagnosis to the normalisation of mental illnesses in the celebrity spotlight. The three then take turns sharing their mental health upkeep activities, one of Alessandra’s being transcen...

Apr 19, 202136 min

A Road to Recovery with Amberley Lago

In this episode, we interviewed author, TedX speaker, and movement and mindset coach, Amberley Lago. Amberley shares her story of how she survived being hit by an SUV followed by more than 30 surgeries. This event caused her to enter a state of depression and suicidal thoughts. She spoke on how she was able to switch her mindset through various outlets, including writing out her feelings and things she's grateful for, as well as having an accountability partner. Amberley also expressed how reach...

Apr 12, 202146 min

You Need You to Win with Andromeda Raheem

In this episode, we interviewed personal development coach, author, speaker and founder of She Wins Society, Andromeda Raheem. Andromeda dives deep into the work she does for women at her comapny, her goal being to unite and empower women through personal development, self care, and sisterhood. She teaches from her own experiences as well as things she learns along the way. Accountability is a big theme in today’s conversation. We talk about the importance of being a student, to always be learni...

Apr 05, 202155 min

Getting Through a Breakup with Heartbreak Coach: Keishorne Scott

In this episode, we interviewed bestselling author, relationship and heartbreak coach, activist, and speaker, Keishorne Scott. Keishorne helps us figure out how to decide when it’s time to let go of a relationship, and how to build new relationships. He answers a lot of questions many of us wonder, one of the biggest being: “how do I get over my ex?” and shares his story of how he got through a breakup himself. We talk about the mourning and low-self esteem that may come as a result of a breakup...

Mar 29, 202132 min

Kartikeya Ladha on Deeply Understanding Who You Are

In this episode, we interviewed bestselling author, Kartikeya Ladha. We focused this conversation on something Kartikeya talks about often, the need to go inwards and connect with our elements to deeply understand who we are. He also gives us some advice on what we can do to being this journey. This is something Kartikeya believes is critical, but also something that humans are missing right now. Surrendering and being with the present moment are two of the most important things we can do to con...

Mar 22, 202128 min

The Capacity We Have to Love Others When We Love Ourselves with Caitlyn Roux

In this episode, we interviewed self-love blogger and TEDx Talks speaker, Caitlyn Roux. Caitlyn lists different types of self-growth: physical, mental, personal, and intellectual, and explains how and why personal growth is a conscious choice. We then talk about some of her self-love exercises based around getting to the person we want to be through growth. We go into how one can begin a journey of self-love by building a relationship with themselves, one of the most important steps being to lea...

Mar 15, 202144 min

Physical Performance vs. Brain Funcionality with Neuroscientist, Louisa Nicola

In this episode, we interviewed Clinical Neuroscientist, brain coach, and founder of Neuro Athletics, Louisa Nicola. Louisa dives into what she believes are the 4 pillars of high performance: mindset, physiology, nutrition, and spirituality. This leads into some advice on an optimal morning routine and what we should do for the first 12 minutes of our day. Louisa does an exercise to show us how our Reticular Activating System (RAS) functions and how it relates to self-love. Through this, she exp...

Mar 08, 202145 min

The Value of Family & A Carefree Mindset with Social Media Influencer, Avi Arya

In this episode, we interviewed streetcar racer turned digital trainer, speaker, and social media influencer, Avi Arya. Avi is the Chief Mogul at Internet Moguls and has been listed in the top 25 influencers by Influencive. In this interview, Avi talks about the “carefree” mindset he has used to get to where he is, as well as how his relationship and ongoing close communication with his parents has helped drive his success. He also shares some of the routines and rituals he practices daily to ke...

Mar 01, 202131 min

Investing in Your Well-Being through Self-Compassion with Emmy Brunner

In this episode, we interviewed personal empowerment and transformation coach, speaker, psychotherapist, and hypnotherapist Emmy Brunner. She is also an author and the CEO of The Recover Clinic. Emmy gives us some tips on self-healing, including her number one tip: learning how to be compassionate with ourselves. We dive deeper into this topic as she stresses the importance of being as kind to ourselves as possible, especially when encountering obstacles in our lives. Emmy also gives some physic...

Feb 22, 202129 min

Darryll Stinson Teaches Us How to Overcome Rejection & Find Our Yes

In this episode, we interviewed career coach, pastor, speaker, and suicide survivor, Darryll Stinson. Darryll is a 2x TEDx Speaker on overcoming rejection and finding your life’s purpose. He shares his compelling story with opioid addiction, rejection, and suicide, and how he was able to overcome these struggles to transform his life. He also gives us a deep dive on the power that comes with finding your Yes to build your success, which is one of the things he works on with his clients. We spend...

Feb 15, 202154 min

Bonus Episode: Opening Up About Suicide and Mental Illness with Kevin Hines

In this bonus episode, we interview suicide survivor, social activist, and mental health champion, Kevin Hines. We have a vulnerable conversation about suicide, depression, and bipolar disorder as Kevin shares his own story surviving suicide. With an estimate of nearly 2,000 successful suicide attempts to date, Kevin is 1 out of only 34 people who have survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. He provides us with a number of tools (including his free 10-step program) that we can use to mainta...

Feb 11, 202137 min

Bella Glanville and the Power of Self-Love

In this episode, we interviewed Bella Glanville. Bella is most well-know for being a motivational speaker and international model. She has given 3 TedTalks on perfectionism, certainty, and is the founder of the LoveKidz Foundation. Bella shares her journey of self-empowerment and self-love, and gives some tools that we can use to achieve this in our own lives. We talk about the importance of using verbal, daily positive affirmations to rewire the way we see ourselves. Lastly, we get some insight...

Feb 08, 202146 min

1 on 1: Does microdosing LSD help with social anxiety? A conversation about mental health treatments.

Kyle and Jeremy come back to do a 1 on 1 podcast. Kyle begins the podcast with sharing a new study which suggests that microdosing LSD may improve mental health and social anxiety. Click here to read more about the study. This opens up some opinions that Kyle and Jeremy have about natural vs. manufactured anxiety and depression treatments. Jeremy shares his experience on getting a brain scan + meditation as prescribed medication. They end the podcast with some book recommendations on mindfulness...

Feb 06, 202123 min

Josh York Brings the Intensity to Creating a Mindset

In this episode, we interviewed Josh York. Josh is the founder and CEO of GYMGUYZ, which is the first company to bring personal training to your home. Josh is more than just an entrepreneur. He is a beast when you're talking about mentality and mindset. He shares with us how he created his incredibly intense mindset, how he keeps up with it, and how anyone can achieve success through the right mindset and consistency. Enjoy! Where to find Josh York: Instagram @JoshYorkGG https://www.instagram.co...

Feb 01, 202128 min

Dave Asprey on the 4 F's Your Brain Focuses on & How It Impacts Your Mental Health

In this episode, we interviewed Dave Asprey. Dave is an entrepreneur, author, lifestyle guru, and founder of the company Bulletproof Proof. Dave shares with us his story growing up as a kid with Asbergers and OCD to being named a "lifestyle guru." He talks to us about the 4 "F's" our brain focuses on, his best technique for dealing with fear, the benefits of fasting, and much more. Enjoy! Where to find Dave Asprey: His website is www.fastthisway.com Instagram @Dave.Asprey https://www.instagram.c...

Jan 25, 202152 min
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