Episodes

April 13, 2021

Living a Life of Freedom with Ryan James Miller

Living a life of freedom requires you to strip away everything in your way as you build the life you were created to live. In this episode, I share the 9 Pillars that I help my One to One Clients …

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April 8, 2021

Being Good at Work Doesn’t Define You with Lester Morales

Lester Morales is a self-proclaimed healthcare nerd, disruptor, and public speaker as the Founder and CEO of Next Impact. He found his way into the health insurance world as a product of it. His dad’s devastating diagnosis caused Lester to …

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April 6, 2021

Gaining Confidence with Ryan James Miller

We all want to be confident. And it’s likely all of us fight against some lack of self-confidence. So what do we do? On this episode of Authentic Conversations, I share 4 things that I believe will be helpful to …

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April 1, 2021

Brightening Your Life with JC Cummings

JC Cummings is a leader in Human Resources and has made an impact on many large (and recognizable) organizations. But the impact she is making in bringing light to dark places in people’s lives is even greater.

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March 30, 2021

Sharing Yourself with Ryan James Miller

Would you be surprised to hear me say that Punky Brewster inspired this episode? Ok, Soleil Moon Frye did. But if you know, you know. Her recent documentary, along with the quote below, inspired me to record this episode on …

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March 25, 2021

Ghostwriting the Story that Needs to Be Told with Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards leads “The Ghost & The Machine,” a TEAM of writers, graphic artists, publishing and marketing strategists. They work with servant-leader influencers, executives, coaches and consultants, delivering DONE-FOR-YOU content,

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March 16, 2021

Getting Real and Getting Raw with Ryan James Miller

This week’s episode is a clip from a recent training I did called “Get Real Get Raw”. While this training was directed specifically towards men, I believe everyone can gain from listening in. Check it out and if you are …

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March 11, 2021

Unlocking High Performance Work with Jason Lauritsen

Jason Lauritsen is a Keynote Speaker, Author, Adviser and Leadership Trainer. He is passionate about Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture. Jason believes work is a relationship and relationships are the best way to engage employees and we talk abo...

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March 9, 2021

What’s Your Business Purpose

“If I just impact one person, I will be happy.” I heard a successful entrepreneur say that recently and I didn’t really believe him. Not because I think he isn’t genuine about helping people, but because I believe most people …

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March 4, 2021

From Selfish to Selfless with Frank Mengert

Frank Mengert is the Founder of EBM, a 5X Start-up Founder, Speaker, Social Superstar, and all-around amazing human. As you will hear on the podcast, my first time meeting Frank made an impression on me as to his character that …

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Feb. 19, 2021

Becoming the Authority Through Digital Marketing with Krista Mashore

Krista Mashore is a digital marketing coach that helps professionals utilize video and social media to become the go-to authority in their community. She is also the author of Four best-selling books focusing on digital marketing.

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Feb. 11, 2021

Be(ing) Authentic as Featured on the Rockstars Rocking Podcast

A few months back, I was blessed to be invited onto the Rockstars Rocking Podcast, hosted by Eric Silverman. Eric has become a great friend over the last couple of years and even a client. In this episode, Eric and …

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Jan. 28, 2021

Exceptional Organizations Start at the Top with Jamie Hawkins

Jamie Hawkins is the Founder and CEO of BTR – Benefit Technology Resources, a firm delivering value to its clients through innovative solutions and product partnerships that set the standard of excellence for HR technology.

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Jan. 14, 2021

Reclaiming Your Wonder with Harris III

Harris III is a world-renowned speaker, storyteller and entrepreneur. He is the creator of Transformation Theory and author of the bestselling book, The Wonder Switch. Harris impacted my life personally back in 2017 when in the midst of a magic …

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Jan. 7, 2021

Burnout, Creativity, and Being Enough in 2021

In this solo episode of Authentic Conversations, I open up about the burnout I started to experience at the end of 2020, what led to a resurgence in my desire to create, and why ENOUGH became my theme for 2021.

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Dec. 18, 2020

Frameworks Make the Dream Work with Jake Jordan

Jake Jordan is the Chief Clarity Officer for Quirk Advertising, the Founder of Impact Over Attention, and a double podcast host (yup, two). He is focused on improving content and messaging performance for cause-driven organizations.

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Dec. 10, 2020

Reflecting on 2020 and Projecting for 2021

The year-end often has us considering how well we did, where we measured up, and what we are going to do the following year. While there are other great practices (and many really bad ones) for reflecting on your year,

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Dec. 3, 2020

Being at Your Best to Bring Your Best with Andy Neary

Andy Neary is a keynote speaker and performance coach. He’s also a former professional baseball player, Ironman athlete, and 20-year veteran of the health insurance industry. But most importantly, at least to me, is he’s a good buddy.

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Nov. 19, 2020

Be Grateful for What’s Happened to You

I was recently given the opportunity to close out an amazing session on gratitude with 100+ colleagues and friends. In this week’s episode, I share my closing excerpt on how we can look at gratitude and thankfulness in 2020. I …

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Nov. 5, 2020

Captivating Content that Compels an Audience with Derek Doepker

Derek Doepker is a content marketing and digital marketing consultant. His certifications include an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Trainer Certification, Digital Marketer Copywriting Certification, and the Digital Marketing Content Marketing Certi...

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Oct. 22, 2020

Human Behavior and Performance with Brian Bogert

Brian Bogert’s story is a crazy one. As a young man, his arm was literally ripped from his body in a freak accident. Twenty four surgeries later, his arm was rebuilt to function once again. Crazier, many years later he …

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Oct. 13, 2020

Politics, Religion, and Other Off-limits Topics with Kody Fairfield (…

We’ve long heard people say that talking about politics, religion, and other socially-charged issues were no-nos in business or even at the Thanksgiving dinner table. While I get the reasons why this is the case,

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Oct. 8, 2020

Politics, Religion, and Other Off-limits Topics with Kody Fairfield (…

We’ve long heard people say that talking about politics, religion, and other socially-charged issues were no-nos in business or even at the Thanksgiving dinner table. While I get the reasons why this is the case,

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Sept. 24, 2020

The Limited Nature of Human Kind with Eddie Williams

Eddie Williams is a former 5-year NFL veteran, a pastor and the creator of Ex Nihilo Health, a site for biblical wellness. Eddie and I get right into discussing the lack of control we really have and how today’s volatile …

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