Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

In episode 355, I chat with Reece Lodder.  As a marine, he worked as a professional storyteller, as he likes to put it.  He wrote and took photos of not just the intense moments in Afghanistan, but also the ordinary 90% of what happens.  Listen as he talks about what his journey in the military as a storyteller was like, what's so special about camaraderie, his journey and adversity at home with his family and overcoming health issues, why he thinks what seems like the worst times can create positivity, why teamwork and support matter in adversity and why he believes reality and authenticity make for great stories.

I am so excited to share that it has been 5 years since this show started!  Today I wanted to share with you the top 5 most downloaded Monday episodes of Ordinary to Extraordinary People and the top 5 most downloaded Wednesday episodes from our psychology and therapy experts.   Listen in to hear a snippet of each and check out their full episodes below if you'd like: Top 5 Mondays: 1. Heather 2. Hannah 3. Ivan 4. Omar 5. Josephine  Top 5 Wednesdays: 1. Debi and Rob - True Self 2. Maegan - How to Forgive 3. Debi and Rob - Stop People Triggering You 4. Debi and Rob - Dreams 5. Todd - How Culture Shapes Sex

In episode 353 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of December will focus on the secrets of mental fitness and flexibility with psychotherapist Anna Jezuita. Listen to hear how to live your life as an adventure to challenge and grow your mental and emotional fitness, the 3 zones we live in, how to handle people that irritate you, the process you can use to start building your mental and emotional strength to start doing what's helpful and not just what's right for your ego. 

In episode 352, I chat with Jonny Imerman  who wanted to be an athlete or a doctor when he was younger.  But at 26 years old, he felt the worst pain of his life while out with friends and after driving to the hospital had a doctor tell him that he had advanced testicular cancer.  Listen to hear his story of how he dealt with it, then how the cancer came back and went through it again in a two year span, how he's survived it, how he was feeling and emotionally dealt with it, how he experienced more positives than negatives and what they were, how he started to think about how he could make the system better, how he found a way to fix the isolation young people going through cancer had and how he's built a nonprofit of 10,000+ people representing hope to pair cancer survivors with those going through it. 

It's the work on me weekend segment and Keri is discussing why we need compassion and healthy boundaries in our life and how to create both in your life. 

In episode 350 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of December will focus on the secrets of mental fitness and flexibility with psychotherapist Anna Jezuita. Listen to hear how to introduce mindfulness into your life without making it stop, how to understand our mental health structure and how to bring changes into it, why you need a program to address your mental health imbalances and where they are coming from, what's the difference between mindfulness and meditation, where overthinking comes from and how to make mindfulness a more consistent practice. 

In episode 349, I chat with Sameer Ahmed Khan who was told by his peers and teachers he should pursue being a doctor, but it wasn't his passion.  He always had a love for creating and founded 4 startups. Listen to hear how and why his first 3 startups failed, how his 4th startup Social Champs took off and is growing, how he's become a top CEO in Pakistan with a company Guy Kawasaki is a big fan of, what his advice for startups is and why he believes his supportive parents played a huge role in his success and attitude on life. 

It's the work on me weekend segment and Keri is discussing the difference between lonely vs being alone, why they don't mean the same thing and why alone time is a positive and necessary thing.   

In episode 347 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of December will focus on the secrets of mental fitness and flexibility with psychotherapist Anna Jezuita. Listen to hear how mental health resembles the physical body, the different stages of care for mental health, how to know which areas you're strong in and weak in and how to balance them better, why there are no bad feelings and the list of opposing feelings and emotions. 

In episode 346, I chat with Jordan Harry who had a speech impediment at age 10.  After overcoming it, he soon found he struggled with speed reading and became fascinated on how to read a book a day.  Listen as Jordan talks about his biggest adversity being the thing that lead him to give a viral TED talk, how he's become a memory and speed reading coach and business owner and his top techniques for reading faster and retaining information. 

It's the work on me weekend segment and Keri is discussing what your gut feeling is, why it's different than emotions and why it matters more than anything else. 

In episode 344 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of November will focus on the Science and Power of Fun with Organizational Psychologist Michael Rucker. Listen to hear why relishing can have more impact on us than gratitude, how relish and gratitude differ, how to relish moments without wallowing, what the four components of relishing are and Michael's final thoughts on the science of fun. 

In episode 343, I chat with Karl Stedman who always saw himself as an athlete, but had to change his journey after a medical issue.  Karl talks about how he felt negative feelings as a young kid, how he started to learn more about himself and where it was coming from, his entrepreneurial journey, and how today he is building a company called PSTV that helps bring more positive news into the world to help people feel better and live a better life. 

It's the work on me weekend segment and Keri is challenging you to ask yourself the question, how do you make people feel, how to ask them and why it matters.   

In episode 341 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of November will focus on the Science and Power of Fun with Organizational Psychologist Michael Rucker. Listen to hear how doing things that bring you joy but then taking a break from them can help you have more fun, why memories from things that are new and not habitual matter, and what the science shows on variety and having fun. 

In episode 340, I chat with Ali Karbassi the founder of We All Code.  He talks about why he fell in love with coding, why doing what you love now matters more than figuring it out for life, why he didn't want to just talk about diversity in tech, he wanted to do something about it, why comments make people think they're not good at things, getting kids to code early and how to figure out if they are having a hard time with it or just not liking it, plus his tips on how to start a non profit.  

It's the work on me weekend segment and Keri is talking about the strategy she uses to create connections to make new relationships all around the world.

In episode 338 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of November will focus on the Science and Power of Fun with Organizational Psychologist Michael Rucker. Listen to hear how reframing your day or story can change how you have fun, when it's appropriate to have fun, how to find something everyone thinks is fun when in groups, and how to have fun in a particular moment.

In episode 337, I chat with Sean Harvey who grew up feeling androgynous and not sure what it meant to be a man and as a young adult found himself moving to NYC.  Listen as he talks about switching from wall street to a different career that filled him with passion, why listening to intuition is crucial, why being yourself and encouraging others to be the same is necessary in life and how he's now teaching men to be their full selves and find the balance between being and leading with the healthy masculine and feminine. 

It's the work on me weekend segment and Keri is talking about connection - how we can have it with other people, the levels and layers of connection and how we can feel more connected to others.