Unlocking Greatness.
500+ conversations about the same thing: what it takes to become who you were created to be, in business and at home. Faith underneath, real stories on top. New episodes most Thursdays.
- Episode 117 · March 11, 2021 · 46:00
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
- Episode 116 · March 9, 2021 · 21:17
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 p
- March 5, 2021 · 53:02
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 charact
- Episode 114 · February 20, 2021 · 39:20
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
- Episode 113 · February 11, 2021 · 26:44
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 I dis
- Episode 112 · January 28, 2021 · 36:23
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 technolo
- Episode 111 · January 15, 2021 · 46:30
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
- Episode 110 · January 7, 2021 · 27:51
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. Direct li
- Episode 109 · December 18, 2020 · 49:47
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 or
- Episode 108 · December 10, 2020 · 20:43
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, a
- Episode 107 · December 3, 2020 · 52:56
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
- Episode 106 · November 19, 2020 · 07:33
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 2
- Episode 105 · November 6, 2020 · 47:49
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 M
- Episode 104 · October 23, 2020 · 01:06:24
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 n
- Episode 103 · October 14, 2020 · 01:12:37
Politics, Religion, and Other Off-limits Topics with Kody Fairfield (part 2)
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, I just
- Episode 102 · October 9, 2020 · 01:04:39
Politics, Religion, and Other Off-limits Topics with Kody Fairfield (part 1)
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, I just
- Episode 101 · September 24, 2020 · 49:07
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
- Episode 100 · September 18, 2020 · 01:20:21
Celebrating 100 Episodes with a Few of my Favorite People
I cannot believe I made it to 100! A simple idea in early 2018 has created some of the most amazing relationships, best conversations, happy moments, hard discussions, and lots in between. Episode 100 was a chance for me
- Episode 99 · September 11, 2020 · 35:59
Making the Most of the Time We Are In with Ryan James Miller
Episode 99 is a solo one. And in it, I wanted to catch you up on where I am while sharing a few things I’ve been learning (which could help you too). One thing I have really learned is that making the most of the time we
- Episode 98 · August 27, 2020 · 49:47
The Physical, Mental, and Emotional Necessity of Fitness with Chad Burleson
Chad Burleson is the owner of multiple The Camp Transformation Center franchises in Southern California. As you can expect, the first half of 2020 has presented many potential challenges for Chad, his team, and his fitne
- Episode 97 · August 20, 2020 · 56:02
Real Talk on Forgiveness and Reconciliation | from AC13 Live with Ryan James Miller
By mid-June 2020, the United States was being further and further divided over issues of race and health concerns. These two severe issues were compounded an already significant problem driven by division over politics (
- August 13, 2020 · 01:05:17
The Value of Life and How to Protect It with Robert Clark
Robert Clark is an income protection specialist, providing Executive Disability Insurance to employer groups and high-comp business leaders. More importantly to me, Robert is a client and dear friend. He has the utmost i
- August 6, 2020 · 55:58
Your Lack of a Referral Strategy is Killing your Business | from AC12 Live
We all know referrals are an amazing way to create new business opportunities. And we hear many people say that they get “tons” of referrals. But are you really getting the referrals you deserve? In this episode of Authe
- July 30, 2020 · 58:32
Growing Impact and Scaling Income with Jenn Kennedy
Jenn Kennedy believes that when your business is driven by impact, your income will grow as your impact does. I appreciate this statement so much because we often hear things like “put it out there and it will come back”