The Sh*t you Struggle With (Formerly Getting Under The Surface)

The Sh*t you Struggle With (Formerly Getting Under The Surface)

The Sh*t You Struggle With (formerly Getting Under The Surface) is a podcast that focuses on helping listeners improve their mental, physical and emotional health — with a focus on reducing stress, preventing (or reversing) burnout, & boosting resilience. A large part of the podcast's focus is caregiver-centric, although it's also beneficial for parents, physicians, therapists, or anyone who is struggling with stress, burnout & anxiety.

Episodes

January 17, 2023 68 mins

In this episode of GUTS, I’m talking with Kyle Wege, owner of Crimson Sun Studios, which is a company that specializes in photography, motion and time lapse.

That said, what Kyle does for a living is only a small part of what we’ll be talking about today …

Here’s a breakdown of the topics we’ll be discussing:

  • What prompted Kyle to start his business, and how he did it
  • How having kids changed how he runs his business
  • Striking a balan...
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In this episode of GUTS I’m talking with Trevor Lee, author of 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon.

TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS INCLUDE:

  • How running can pertain to business
  • The importance of preparation
  • How to set a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal (BHAG)
  • How to prepare, plan and practice in sustainable ways
  • “Nutrition in business”
  • Delivering the goal sustainably
  • The mental challenges of all BHAGs
  • The biggest challenge Trevor has...
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Welcome to GUTS Season 2, Episode 2.

In this episode I’m talking with Josh Taylor, Brand Director at SIXINCH USA, an experiential furniture brand. 

TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS INCLUDE:

  • Who sixinch is
  • What it's like to work with some of the world's top designers
  • The sixinch creative process
  • Experiential design
  • How to be come "part of the DNA" of an organization
  • Some of the initial and ongoing strategic marketing strate...
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Welcome to the second season of GUTS!

In episode 1, we'll be tackling Being in the Moment & Diminishing Anxiety.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:
What if we approached our anxious thoughts differently?

Join me for a thought-provoking conversation that focuses on improving mental health by digging into the connection between mindfulness, meditation, self-care and relationships — including the relationship ...

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In this episode of GUTS, we'll be diving into brewing a better blog with my efficiency-boosting, stress-reducing blogging process.

The process includes six steps to writing blog posts and developing relationships, and this process can also be used for the creation of podcasts and video …

The six steps include: 

  1. The art of writing awesome blog titles
  2. How to make your content rich and relevant
  3. How to be the ex...
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In this episode of the GUTS podcast, I had the honor of talking with Tom Ziglar about leadership and about his dad, Zig Ziglar.

Tom is the author of multiple books. His latest is titled: 10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times, which we’ll be digging into today.

Chock-full of insights, my discussion with Tom is relevant for anyone who's a business owner, leader, or on the road to becoming a leader. 

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Welcome to the GUTS podcast.

Today we’ll be diving into part two of our conversation about trauma with Mark Brady, Ph.D.

Mark is a transpersonal neurobiologist, neuroscience educator, and recent throat cancer survivor. He’s also the prize-winning author of a number of books, magazine articles and academic papers and has published The Flowering Brain blog regularly for 14 years.

In part one of the series, we talked about trau...

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Welcome to Getting Under The Surface, episode 10.

WHAT THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT
Today we’ll be talking with a long-time colleague and brain guru, Mark Brady, Ph.D., who I met over a decade ago when I was writing a blog called Daddy Brain. Back then, I interviewed Mark about topics like children’s brain development and positive and negative forms of discipline.

As you may have guessed, today’s topic is brain-centr...

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In this episode of Getting Under The Surface, we'll be exploring — and defining — analog user experience by telling the story of Juan's Food Cart in New York City.

Although this episode is less than 10 minutes long, it's packed with insights as to how a small food cart relates directly to your website, business and relationship development.

Want to learn more useful online marketing tips?
Check ...

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I often find when people I don’t know try to “connect” with me on LinkedIn, they send a sales pitch just moments after I accept them into my network.

Nobody likes to be sold, not even the people doing the hardcore selling. But the quest for more business — especially if an organization is struggling through a pandemic — can leave professionals blind to the fact that they are essentially walking up to a complete stranger an...

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In this episode of GUTS we’ll be talking with Camille Gerrick — an artist, mom and business owner dealing with chronic health issues.

Topics Tackled Today Include:

  • What it’s like to be a neurodivergent artist (we’ll also define the term)
  • Being an artist while coping with chronic illness
  • The challenges and benefits of being a mom AND a business owner
  • How having health issues can complicate things — and how to deal with thes...
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Welcome to Getting Under The Surface, Episode 6

In this episode, we talk with Janine Kwoh

Janine is the author of, "Welcome to the Grief Club," which she created after experiencing how hard and complicated grief can be when she lost her partner, Nap. Both Janine and Nap were both in their late twenties when he passed away.

Janine is also the owner and designer of Kwohtations, a Brooklyn-based st...

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Welcome to Getting Under the Surface, Episode 5

In this episode we’ll explore five questions with Scotty Russell

Scotty is …

  • The “side-hustler’s coach,” helping creatives turn their side hustle into a full-time dream hustle.
  • He offer’s coaching programs, boot camps, and one-on-one coaching sessions, as well as free resources to help get you started on the road to improvement
  • Scotty is also a speaker, and the host...
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If we have a spouse who's sick, or a parent or child for that matter, we can often feel pressure and responsibility to focus on being a caregiver, and forgo caring for ourselves. This is what happened to me back in 2018.

In this episode I talk about my wife's health issues and how I nearly fell apart until I realized my own self care was a critically important thing I needed to practice. Why? Because if I wasn&ap...

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Amanda Weedmark is a Canadian designer, illustrator and business owner who creates and sells nature-inspired stickers, pins, patches and paper goods. 

WHAT THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT:
In this episode of Getting Under The Surface, we ask Amanda the following five questions, which are meant to help creatives and business owners, alike, on their professional and personal paths ...

  1. Why design and illustration — what prompted you to ch...
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Susan is the Chief Behavioral Scientist at The Team W, Inc., a business she founded nearly a decade ago. During our interview she will be sharing insight into behavioral science, user experience, ethics, and how human behavior research can dramatically improve the impact of an organization’s products or services.

Susan works at the intersection of behavioral science and design — and this is an excellent opportunity for business lead...

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In this episode, I share how this podcast started manifesting over four years ago, and how my wife's health issues caused me to take a deep look at how (poorly) I was practicing self care.

We'll also discuss some of the topics you can expect to be tackled on the show, including resistance, acceptance, trauma, fear, awareness, and self perception. Taking it one step further, episodes will also cover how our person...

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