Getting Under The Surface (GUTS)

In this two-part series, I speak with Scott Savage — a long time friend and mentor — about the challenges men face, as well as the opportunities that are available to men, that they might not necessarily be aware of.

In Part 1, we focus on men's challenges, including:

• The impact of isolation on men
• The burden of traditional masculinity
• Co-regulation and emotional expression
• Cultural expectations and the lack of role models
• Self-...

In this short episode of the GUTS podcast, I cover the topic of boundaries with a focus on:

• Setting clear boundaries with yourself
• The effects of poor boundaries, including erosion of a caregiver's mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual life
• Overwhelm
• How programs like The Let Them Theory can be helpful, but easily misconstrued as a hard-core philosophy
• Being the proverbial "last man standing," knowing if you don&...

In this episode of GUTS, I talk with Joe Sherman, MD.

Joe is a board-certified pediatrician who has had a successful career, but despite his professional success he experienced episodes of profound burnout which necessitated his leaving medicine temporarily to reflect on why he became a physician in the first place. He also wrestled with his identity, striving to understand his true self AND be a doctor, instead of his identity bein...

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Nathaniel Ruck, a long-time friend, and fellow caregiver who is the owner of The Ancient Willow, which provides shamanic healing services.

Major topics discussed include:

• The emotional toll of being a caregiver
• Mourning and grief
• Positives that have occurred in the face of a loved one's illness
• Self Care

If you’re interested in learning more about what Nathaniel does, or would li...

In this episode we're talking about the long road to season three of the GUTS podcast, and how struggle — as well as a major shift in focus — have played a role in a nearly two-year gap between seasons.

In this brief episode, we talk about:

• Overwhelm
• Exhaustion
• Feeling time starved
• Caregiving
• Recovering from past traumas
• Fixed vs. a growth (and flexible) mindset

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ABOUT JOEY
Joey is a certified Teacher of...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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. 

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...