Picture a fiery, crimson-haired Global Fitness Director and group fitness instructor, who also has a Ph.D. in Shakespearean studies, and lives on a farm where her goats are named after characters from Shakespeare's plays! Difficult to picture right? Well, believe it or not, that super unique combination is real and her name is Laura Wilson! I had the pleasure of interviewing her for this episode and we had a blast! She talks about her path of creating the success she has been able to achiev...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast I interviewed 9 different entrepreneurs from a wide variety of industries and backgrounds, including a hedge fund manager, radio and TV personality, executive body language coach, global fitness program director, just to name a few to ask them how they would define success and what tips they have for you to help you realize more success in your life! Check it out! You won't be disappointed! Check out my new website www.successengineering.org to download your FREE Success Engineering Ebook! ...
Aug 10, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast I wanted to get real and vulnerable and share my story up to this point. I didn't want to pretend that there has not been any failures and incredibly challenging and difficult times. But I also wanted to share the successes and perseverance that have contributed to where our family is today. I'm excited to announce that I will be launching my website www.successengineering.org by next Monday, Aug. 10th (after a tremendous amount of work)! You will actually be able to listen to the podc...
Aug 03, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast As we wrap up Season 1 of Success Engineering, I wanted to present you with exactly how you can create your own Success Engineering Foundation and Blueprint from start to finish! I'm excited about the release of Success Engineering Season 2 on Monday, Aug 3rd! I will have more systems and book summaries to improve your life along with interviews with experts in each of the areas of life so you can hear how they define success and get practical tips so you can do the same! Dedicated to your ...
Jul 13, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Perfectionism is a hard slave master, always demanding more, and always telling us that we are never enough. So, how do we step out from under its harsh rule? Dr. Kristen Neff has been pioneering research into Self Compassion for years and she provides excellent insight into how giving ourselves compassion can actually negate the effects of perfectionism while improving our life and even motivation... Resources: Self Compassion book: Dr. Kristen Neff www.selfcompassion.org (Practices and Resourc...
Jul 06, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever felt at the end of your rope; absolutely spent, but you still have that nagging voice in the back of your head that says you need to be doing more and shouldn't just be relaxing? In this episode, I want to layout what science says about how we need to have rest, relaxation, and recovery scheduled into our lives and how it can actually benefit us to do nothing... Resources: McGill University Music Meta-analysis, http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/18455 Music for Stress Reductio...
Jun 29, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever felt like you just needed a pause button? Or a rewind-to-the-way-things-were button? In this episode. I am going to give you a glimpse into my brain to share exactly how I am going about giving myself a reset over this summer to continue to progress and improve despite the chaos that we have around us. Resources: Relationships and Parenting 7 Principles for Making Marriages work: John Gottman No drama Discipline: Daniel Seigel, Tina Payne Bryson Discipline without Damage: Dr. Vanes...
Jun 22, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast I wanted to not only give you the science behind how meditation can benefit your life and literally change your brain, but also some simple, practical guided meditations to get you started. So, here you are... Meditation tips and recommendations: 1:15, Simple Breath Counting Meditation: 6:55, Basic Mind-Body Scan Meditation: 11:15 Loving Kindness Meditation: 17:20 Ten Thousand Reason Meditation: 27:15, Resources: Buddha's Brain: Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius Headspace app Tara Brach Podca...
Jun 15, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast What habit do most top performers in every area of life do on a daily basis?... Most of them do some form of daily meditation. Why do they feel like meditating is so important that they need to do it on a daily basis? Well, that's exactly what you'll find out in this episode... the neuroscience behind how meditation increases our happiness, health, attention, and focus. The research is truly incredible! Resources: Tools of the Titans: Tim Ferriss Finding God in the Waves: Mike McHargue...
Jun 08, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here it is! The moment you have been waiting for! The 12 Scientifically validated and proven strategies to help you be happier! Keep Calm and Be Happy! Resources: Person Fit Diagnostic Assessment http://bit.ly/1SMC7Eh Happiness Lab: Dr. Laurie Santos Yales Science of Well-Being Free Online Course, taught by Dr. Laurie Santos https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being Maria Popova - brainpickings.org
Jun 01, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast This world is saturated with information on how to be happier and yet why do we see so few people who are truly happy? How can we cut through all the noise to actually figure out what would help us be happier? Sonja Lyubomirsky, in her book The How of Happiness (which is probably the most practical, scientifically validated book on Happiness), does it for us. She lays out 12 strategies that have been proven to increase our happiness and how to find the ones that are a perfect fit for you! Resour...
May 25, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast We have a wonderful announcement!... and this is Part 2 of our Daring Greatly by Brene Brown break down in which we cover the exact strategies you can use to overcome shame and fear and live a wholehearted authentic life! Resources: Daring Greatly: Brene Brown www.brenebrown.com Self Compassion: Kristen Neff www.self-compassion.org
May 18, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast How can we be real? How can we show up and be authentic to our true selves in our everyday life? Brene Brown has spent decades researching this exact question and has answered it in beautifully in her book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. This book is absolutely packed with wisdom about how to live life with your whole heart! Resources: Daring Greatly: Brene Brown
May 11, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast I came across this speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in 1901 to a group of Veterans that had fought in the American Civil War and I was struck with the similarities to what we are facing with COVID. So, I had some fun replacing "the Civil War" with COVID and adding some epic music. I hope you enjoy it but that it can also be encouraging to know that all throughout history people have faced trials and have triumphed even in the face of death.
May 04, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is the second part of the two-part series about how to hold crucial conversations in our lives well. We discuss the remaining 4 steps out of 7 to equip you to confidently go into any conversation with the tools to handle it like a boss! Resources: Crucial Conversations: Kerry Patterson www.vitalsmarts.com
Apr 27, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever gone into an important conversation either with guns blazing or felt like there was no alternative but to keep your mouth shut and head down if you knew what was good for you? In his book, Crucial Conversations, Kerry Patterson and his team of researchers have found that the ability to communicate well when emotions get hot and the stakes are high is the number one indicator of an individual's and a corporation's success. In this episode, (which is Part 1 of 2) I will tea...
Apr 20, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you find yourself so stressed during the day that your thoughts won't stop racing and let you sleep at night? In this episode, we talk about techniques you can use to both reduce your stress and optimize your sleep to enhance your life! Resources: https://www.precisionnutrition.com/power-of-sleep-infographic , www.Sleepio.com/articles , Michael Gervais - Finding Mastery Podcast, Headspace (app),...
Apr 13, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do you stay active, let alone fit, when you can't go to the gym? How do you not gain weight from all the munchies at home when all you are doing is munching at home? In this episode, I share the exact 5-minute strategies that I use to maintain my exercise and manage my nutrition. Resources: Bodyweight Training: Your Gym (app), Sworkit (app), Yoga Studio (app), www.gymnasticbodies.com, https://www.precisionnutrition.com/blog
Apr 06, 2020•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever been busy all day with barely any time to rest or sit down but at the end of the day when you look back and ask yourself what you got done you can't really think of anything? David Allen has worked with some of the most influential CEOs and companies in the world for more than 3 decades on productivity and how to get things done. This is his complete system from start to finish. Enjoy the clarity of mind of knowing at every moment exactly what you need to get done. Resources: ...
Mar 30, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast What can we do to manage our emotions and stress when everything seems so up in the air with the Corona Virus? How can we shape our environment to set us up for success either at work or at home? What are the three crucial things we need to address when making a change in our behavior if we want to be successful? In this episode, we talk about very tangible practical things you can do to have more control and peace in these crazy times. Resources: Switch: Chip and Dan Heath Tiny Habit: BJ Fogg,...
Mar 23, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do we do when we find that our lives seem to be spinning out of control? In this episode, I talk honestly about the craziness of the last few months for us as a family with the Corona Virus and traveling and my challenge to find normalcy and grounding in the midst of everything. I give you some specific tools that have helped me get through it with a sense of sanity.
Mar 16, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do we think will make us happy? Is that actually what makes us happy? What does our brain have to say about it? Find out in this fascinating episode that dives deeply into the neuroscience of our brain and its inner workings. Resources: Social: Matthew Lieberman The Harvard Study of Adult Development TED Talk: What makes a Good Life: Robert Waldinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkKuTCFvzI (I apologize for the lower sound quality, we were traveling when COVID broke out and I didn't...
Mar 09, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever had a habit that you have wanted to get rid of but just can't seem to shake? Have you ever wondered why it can be so difficult to implement the healthy, positive habits into your life even though you know you need them? Well, BJ Fogg, a Stanford University Professor, and leading researcher in behavioral change has uncovered the universal system for changing any behavior and in this episode, I'll walk you through it step by step! Resources: Tiny Habits book: BJ Fogg www.ti...
Feb 21, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, you will learn the 4 Laws of Behavioral Change and how you can leverage them to change any behavior in your life! These include proven techniques of how to stack habits to increase consistency, how to bundle in a little temptation to improve your motivation, and the 2-minute rule to overcome resistance! Resources: Power of Habit: Charles Duhigg Atomic Habits: James Clear
Jan 31, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Can just using only positive visualization actually negatively affect us from achieving our goals? Can using negative visualization actually positively affect our goal achievement? Find out in this episode how we can tie both positive and negative visualization into a powerful, scientifically validated method for creating and maintaining our goals... Resources and Techniques: Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intention WOOP technique Rethinking Positive Thinking - Gabriele Oettingen...
Jan 24, 2020•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast How can we successfully engineer our dreams? We can use a tool that has helped countless people visualize their ideal life in these 6 categories (physical, relational, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial) paired with the deep emotional why or purpose necessary to instill the urgency to take immediate action. Resources mentioned: Awaken the Giant Within: Tony Robbins www.debbiemillman.com https://tim.blog - Search Debbie Millman
Jan 17, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is success? How does our definition of success shape our daily lives? How can we realize more success in every area of our lives? Join your host, Michael Bauman, as we explore these questions in-depth to help you create your own Success Engineering Foundation... Resources mentioned: Start with Why, Simon Sinek www.brainpickings.com by Maria Popova
Jan 10, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is success? How does our conscious and subconscious definition of success shape how we live our daily lives? Join your host, Michael Bauman, as interview everyone from Broadway Directors and actors, to multi-millionaire CEOs, neuroscientists and more about how they define success, and how they have overcome loneliness, fear, failure, and challenges to achieve it.
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