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Who would’ve thought that an accident will not only change your life but a thousand more?  How would the painful experiences lead you to a mission to spread awareness and help others? Amy Zellmer is an award-winning author, speaker, and traumatic brain injury survivor. She is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Thrive Global; and also produces a podcast series and TBI TV for survivors and caregivers. In November 2015, she released her first book, Life with a Traumatic Brain Injury: Finding the Road Back to Normal which received a silver award at the Midwest Book Awards. She sits on the Brain Injury Advisory Council for the Brain Injury Association of America and is a Citizen's Advocate with the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance. She travels the country with her Yorkie, Pixxie, for her #NOTINVISIBLE awareness campaign -- bringing awareness about this invisible injury that affects over 3.5 million Americans each year.In this episode, Amy shares her mission to be the voice for Traumatic Brain In

Annie Kuensting is the owner and operator of Beacon Empowerment Strategies where she is an alignment and empowerment coach. She spent 10 years teaching cultivating mindsets of possibility and love with youth and transitioned to coaching adults as a natural progression of her calling. She teaches, speaks, and facilitates workshops in various ways around the Twin Cities related to her work.In this episode, Annie shares about the work she does for Beacon Empowerment Strategies, how to bring back the happiness that momentarily snapped out of us, especially in adults. The idea of embracing one’s humanity, understanding one’s desires and the complexities surrounding our own person is but a part of her process in bringing us back to our core and to our ultimate happiness. Listen and be infected with all the positivity that this coach brings. “What does success look like? It looks like happiness.” - Annie KuenstingTimestamps:04:18 - Annie sharing her career background in education and what  led her to found Beacon Em

Josh Neumann is the creator and founder of Kind Lips, a lip balm company.  Josh knew Kind Lips would serve a higher purpose than just hydrating lips.  He believes that its message will inspire kindness all over the world one set of lips at a time.  Today’s episode deals with, not only a burning passion, but a mission to impact the world genuinely and compassionately.  How a lip balm so small and noble, and yet would bring massive positive effect on the way we speak and treat others?  How did a lip balm that is meant to hydrate the lips would also heal relationships?  Listen to his story and be touched with surprising perspectives in life that might change yours too.“I think anybody that's looking to do anything, even if you think it's a small step, starts with one step.”- Josh Neumann----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Where to Get Kind LipsKind Lips can also be found locally at Coborns, Life Time location, and Regis Corp. s

Adam Southam is a broad-based strategic thinker with more than 30 years of leadership, innovation, strategy, invention, business start-up, branding, and marketing excellence. He has conceived several patented and patent-pending inventions related to health, fitness, functional and preventative medicine, broadcast media, e-commerce, and distribution channel management. In this episode, Adam talks about My Formulary and his quest to help humanity in the field of health sciences and nutrition. “Functional food is, by definition, is food that does more than mere nutrition.”- Adam Southam Time Stamps02:35 -  Adam shares what MyFormulary is about and what it does 04:29 -  What inspired him to start My Formulary10:15 -  His experience of getting tested for sensitivity to fast carbs 13:17 - How to use the My Formulary tool in the assessment process of testing for different illnesses18:47 - Adam's recommendation on how to select food that's best for you26:04 -  How can businesses start to create better produ

Lisa Evanson is a Minnesota native who's an advertising account manager by day, stand-up comedian by night. In this episode, we discuss how the art of stand-up comedy helps Lisa with both her personal and professional life, from networking to writing better emails, setting expectations, self-fulfillment, and everything in between. Even if you don't plan on taking to the stage, you'll hopefully walk away with a new lens on what life throws you---big or small.“Be funny first, message second.”- Lisa EvansonImportant Link: House of Comedy’s Funniest Person with a Day Job Final, June 4, 2019Timestamps:03:00 — Lisa’s journey pursuing a stand-up comedy career while having a fulltime day job07:42  — Learn how Lisa juggles life as a career woman and as a stand-up comedy performer while staying intact in the zone, how being a stand-up performer became her life's outlet14:45  — What she likes about the standup comedy scene in Minnesota?16:20  —  How does she prepare for her stints, her inspiration fo

Annie Meehan is known as the Exceptional Life Expert. She is a high-performance leadership speaker, trainer, consultant, and author. What sets her apart from other speakers is her light, authentic, humorous, and relatable presence that awakens her audience to action.In this episode, Annie shares how she helps others achieve exceptional results and exceed their goals by developing a new mindset, confidence, perspective, attitude, and action steps toward positive change. She also tackles why personal stories are meant to be shared, and the importance of caring for yourself first, filling your cup first so you can help, serve, and empower others better.  “We have a choice to be positive because people don't live by chance or circumstance. We live by choice every day, not controlling others and how they react, but controlling ourselves and how we choose to interact with all that we walk past each day. ” - Annie MeehanImportant Link: Get Annie's books, be inspired and achieve an Exceptional life. Visit h

Joan Steffend has spent almost thirty years in the media, first as a national Emmy-winning news anchor and reporter at an NBC affiliate in Minneapolis-St Paul, and then as a top-rated national host on HGTV’s Decorating Cents (with White House Christmas, Rose Parade, & Dream Home specials). She has appeared on Oprah, Live with Regis and Kelly, and The Today Show. Today, she is a published author. Her first book  And She Sparkled was published in 2010 and her latest, Peace In Peace Out, came out in Fall 2012. She is also co-founder of the non-profit organization, Peace Begins With Me (a small BIG peace project).In this episode, Joan shares her gift for lifting people up by encouraging you to remember your own brilliance and consciously use it to shift the world. Learn the importance of remembering and embracing your authenticity so you can live a life of service and peace.“To me, part of being peaceful is being who you are and not apologizing for it. Not feeling like you have to apologize for it and make ex

Susan 'Susie' Melnick is an Edina mother to four busy kids, with a husband who travels for work and family that lives out of town.In 2017, she found herself feeling like she couldn’t even go for a walk without her smartphone, in case someone who needed her called or texted. She knew then that something had to change. The StatusNow App was born to help people feel free to disconnect and be more present in their lives, while still ensuring that their responsibilities are covered. In 2018 she quit her job in operations for a consulting company to devote herself to developing the StatusNow app and give us all more control over our time and technology.In this episode, Susie shares the creation story of the StatusNow app and how it will help others to be more present in their lives.“Well-being is making good choices for yourself and enabling you to choose what you want to do.”- Susie MelnickTimestamps:02:00 — An overview of the StatusNow app05:25 — Susie's inspiration to develop the StatusNow app07:0

Ashley Smith is a licensed clinical psychologist and has spent the past 10 plus years specializing in treating anxiety and related disorders using an evidenced-based treatment called cognitive behavioral therapy. She has dedicated her career to helping people understand how their brains work and teaching them effective strategies for reducing anxiety and depression and ultimately leading meaningful and happy lives.April Seifert, on the other hand, is a psychologist, entrepreneur, and life design strategist. Growing up, her life was not easy. She lost her dad to cancer when she was very young. Shortly after that, she became temporarily blind and paralyzed, which ultimately landed her with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Because of these two life events, she became intimately aware of how short life is and how quickly it can all be taken away. It brought vowed to take responsibility for creating her own joy, contentment, excitement, and fulfillment in her life. In this episode, April And Ashley share their

Ben Utecht has always chased his dreams, finding his way from a small river town in Minnesota to a Super Bowl championship field. He has established himself as a prominent corporate and motivational speaker in the areas of leadership and culture. Both of his programs, The Champion’s Way™, and The MVP Program™ stem from lessons he learned in the locker room with Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy and in the huddle with future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. Both programs illuminate dynamic ways to succeed in business and life.In this episode, Ben talks about adopting a championship culture in your personal and professional life. He shares the importance of living a life rooted in love, respect, and valuing others. “When I say love and respect, I'm talking about value. How do you value the people that you work with and how do you show them that they are significant.”  - Ben UtechtTime Stamps:02:13 - What inspired Ben to work as an advocate for brain health, the story of his struggle with concussions and the posit

Rich Frieder is the owner of LearningRx, a center that provides cognitive skills training to empower every student to learn faster and easier. Rather than focusing on tutoring which simply reteaches information, LearningRx gets to the root issues causing the learning struggles.In this episode, Rich shares why he opened LearningRx, the process they use to help others improve their learning ability, and the positive impact cognitive skills training has on others' lives.“When there is an attention issue usually the attention issue isn’t the main issue it’s a symptom of other weaknesses.”- Rich Frieder---------------------------------------------------------------------------Events | Important Links:• If you have an individual who would benefit from cognitive skills training, mention this podcast special and take LearningRx's Assessment at a discounted offer for $49 only (Note: applicable to one family member only)• If you want to connect with Rich Frieder, please email him at rich@learningrx.net or you

Dr. Tom Pastor is a Doctor of Chiropractic who focuses on helping proactive people understand what’s going on with their health so that they can take appropriate action and feel better.In this episode, Tom shares his area of expertise, how he stands out as a chiropractor, how he gets to the bottom of what's really going on to his patient's health by building meaningful relationships with them, how value of building trust with his patients serves as a key factor in helping them to reach their health goals and lessons he has learned on his entrepreneurial journey.“Chiropractors are in this extremely unique situation of being a primary care physicians. Their primary means of caring for people is physical touch.”- Dr. Tom PastorTimestamps:01:40 — Overview of his Chiropractic practice, its importance and benefits 02:15 — His area of expertise focuses on behavior, it’s a significant component and how he builds relationships with his patients05:30 — How reading people’s body language and the power of expre

Nancy Clairmont Carr is a transformation expert, #1 bestselling author, speaker and energy practitioner, founder of The Joy-Effect, a master transformation coach who helps achievers optimize their business and lifestyles. In this episode, Nancy shares how her strategy empowers business owners to develop higher consciousness to access higher intuition, infinite intelligence, and optimal real-time solutions. Learn how you can transform your mindset, eliminate fears, limiting beliefs and create exponential, optimal transformation with least effort and highest success.“I focus on developing a prosperity mindset for business owners because when that happens, you think about things differently in all areas of your life not just numbers.” - Nancy Clairmont Carr_________________________________________________________________Events | Important Links:_________________________________________________________________ • Free 20 Minute Consultation with Nancy Clairmont Carr, please fill out this form https://www.nancyclai

When we talk about succession, we also talk about letting go. And when we let go, we lose control. How does this scenario affect you as the business owner?Whether you are planning for the transition in your well-established family business or making your first key hire as a start-up, Katy Mitchell can help.  Katy Mitchell leaverages her Masters degree in Psychology and a deep understanding of family owned businesses to provide guidance to businesses that are in transition.. She aids ownership and management to define their roles and to operate within their boundaries. Katy also provides leadership coaching and discusses the qualities of a good leader during this episode.“...what makes a bad leader is the inability to practice vulnerability.” - Katy MitchellTimestamps:03:16 – How her family’s entrepreneurial inclinations inspired her to help businesses deal with transition06:35 – Obstacles and problems she helps solve for her clients16:48 – Why job description and open communication should go together18:52 – H

In this episode, Dr. Tom Incledon will tell us more how he developed a unique and advanced treatment programs for people with serious medical problems through his combined academic and professional backgrounds.  This led him to found Causenta Wellness, one of the most complete non-toxic and alternative cancer treatment centers and wellness clinics.  He provides deep insights and information on why customizing treatment plans for each patient is the secret to improving a patient’s condition.“The biggest threat to any human being that has to deal with any disease is time. It is not money, it's not resources, not geography. It's time. Most people don't realize how quickly things change.” - Dr. Tom IncledonTimestamps:02:21 – Dr. Tom’s company, Causenta, started to help people undergoing medical problems function normally in the late ‘80s08:50 – His inspiration to do this kind of work – the poor environment he grew up in, his family issues, and the babysitter he had a crush on when he was a kid who

Have you thought of putting a digital marketing strategy to grow your business?Are you getting all the quality leads that you need?Have you targeted the correct market for the service that you are offering?In this episode, Emmanuil Babkin, shares how  the power of social media helped him grow his business and how this inspired him to start Nexus Marketing LLC, his own marketing services company. He also deep dive into why defining the target market is important, and how being where your target market hang out can drive success to your business.“It’s important to be everywhere, be present everywhere, but you have to test where your audience is. Find out where your market is, and that's where you want to put your efforts towards.”-Emmanuil BabkinTimestamps:03:31 – The marketing strategies that Emmanuil used to be placed on top hits of Google Image04:58 – Why quality leads is important in marketing 06:24 – Shares his conversation with Kris Lindahl on being that guy ‘that’s everywhere.’ 08:00 – Where should

Imagine being free from aches and pains. Imagine feeling calm, relaxed, ready to enjoy your day and accomplish your best you.Tim Worsham is the founder of Float Scents and also the Assistant Director of The Wellness Center in Minneapolis. In this episode, Tim shares how he was introduced to Float Tanks five years ago. And how he is now heading the integration of Float Scents to Float Tanks that aims to provide total relaxation of the mind and body. Learn from him as he tackles how to release tension, ease pains and stress, enhance one's capability, creativity and learning through floatation therapy. “The idea behind training in the Float Tanks is basically muscle memory for the brain. The more often you float and you get into that flow state the easier it is for you to get into it when your performing.” —  Tim Worsham Timestamps: 01:45 — Tim shares what Float Tanks are all about 02:30 — How Tim gets himself hooked into Float Tanks and how he was impressed with the simplicity of floating, its modality, h

Beth Freschi is a relaxation and life coach, founder of A Time for Expression, LLC, a center specializing in Relaxation Training, Life Coaching, Stress Management, Experiential Speaking, and Guided Relaxation.She works with colleges and universities, artists, high-risk professions, as well as individuals, to help them learn to relax, explore possibilities, sleep better, manage stress, and experience more personal and professional satisfaction in their lives. In this episode, Beth shares how she helps people relax, explore possibilities, manage stress and experience more personal and professional satisfaction in their lives.  Learn her relaxation techniques you can use on the fly to manage your stress and renew your energy and vitality.“What relaxation does for you is it helps refill your well.”— Beth Freschi _______________________________________________________________________Events | Important Links:If you are an artist or lover of the arts and are interested in attending one of Beth Freschi’s Artist Salon

Will Dahlgren is the Founder and Chief Body Composition Officer at Body Knowledge, a company which provides mobile, non-invasive, accurate body composition testing. His company allows fitness and wellness facilities to keep up with the current trends by providing data in regard to water, muscle, and fat to their clientele while increasing cash flow into the business.Before venturing into his own, he used to work with Oracle as an Application Sales Specialist and eventually retired from there to start his business. But before this stint, he was first connected with InBody, whereby, he got the device he mainly uses in his business.In this episode, Will talks about his company Body Knowledge and how it aims to be part of the growing digital health movement that provides a tailored wellness solution for small to medium sized employee wellness programs.Will also debunked the belief that weightloss is all about the concept of losing body fat and gaining muscles. He tackled that there is more to weight loss than wha

Jess Tiffany is a dynamic LinkedIn Educator, Business Owner, Networker, Keynote Speaker, Growth Hacker, Husband and Father of Four. He is the CEO of the Marketing and Networking University, an online business education marketplace and its sister company M.N.U. Digital. The Marketing and Networking University is a place where business experts can share their knowledge and create additional revenue streams. He is also the #1 International Best Selling Author of (Growth Hacking: Strategically Grow Your Business Connections from Zero to 10K in 365 Days). Jess couples the power of education with the actionable execution. His focus is to connect and share his passion for growing people, revenue and leads. In this episode, Jess talks about LinkedIn hacks that you can use to expand your business and get more quality connections, leading to sales. He said that you need to have a business plan, choose your niche and proactively connect with your ideal client. Jess put emphasis on building the relationship first by aski