Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

In episode 255, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about why we should understand why we love the things we do and a 5 steps easy process you can do right now. 

In episode 254 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 May will focus on the Sacred Art of Self Care and features Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Author and Speaker Kelley Kitley. This episode will focus on Meditation and Spirituality.  You'll hear her talk about the difference between mindfulness and spirituality, how to focus on your breath when you're feeling anxious, why spirituality is about connection, how spirituality feels, easy tips to start creating a mindfulness practice for your life, how it has changed people's lives, and more.

In episode 253, I chat with Levi Washington.  After being homeschooled for a long time, he decided that he wanted to spend his last couple years in a public high school.  He found it was hard and he was always searching for a way to fit it.  He soon found himself not doing the things he loved, but rather trying to fit in and what he thought it meant to be a man.  You'll hear Levi talk about what he thought love meant, how it affected him as a young man, how writing and counseling helped him find what it meant to be a man and be himself, how he started to discover his why, why values are so important, how he started performing his poetry, why he loves poetry and more. 

In episode 252, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about how to find order amongst chaos in three steps. 

In episode 251 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 April will focus on Resilience and features medical psychiatrist Dr. Ryan Todd, the CEO of Headversity and performance psychologist who worked as a lead for the Canadian Olympic team, Dr. Karen MacNeill, the Chief Product Officer of Headversity.  This episode will highlight Ryan and his work in the medical field helping people after adverse events and traumatic experiences.  You'll hear him talk about how he helps in hospitals and why having a psychologist helps patients who are going through trauma such as mental health issues, cancer, amputation, etc.  You'll hear how he's helping them build resilience (listen to the headversity 6 step way to build resilience here), how do decide if someone needs help even if they say they don't, why it's hard to teach people new skills after trauma, how he teaches a

In episode 250, I chat with Joaquin Paolo aka Chino.  After growing up in the Philippines, he moved to Canada and started studying economics but soon found an interest in psychology and hospitality.  One day after cooking his first meal for his family, he took a picture of his creation and it started to gain traction on Instagram.  Between the pictures of his food and the food blog he started, he soon found chefs following his work and got hired as a chef at a restaurant in Toronto.  As a newer chef, he found the competition high, but you'll hear how he's used it to inspire himself to grow and improve as a chef. Listen to learn how he's creating a life he loves with food, how serendipity has created greatness in his life, how he's making connections and building community with Shapr, and more by listening to this episode. 

In episode 249, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about how our greatest strength can also be our greatest weakness.  You'll hear her talk about what her's is and how she's changing her perspective to live a more present life, plus how you can too. 

In episode 248 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 April will focus on Resilience and features medical psychiatrist Dr. Ryan Todd, the CEO of Headversity and performance psychologist who worked as a lead for the Canadian Olympic team, Dr. Karen MacNeill, the Chief Product Officer of Headversity.  This episode will highlight Karen and her work in helping Olympic athletes build resilience.  You'll hear how she works with high level athletes, how and why the Olympics use psychologists, how she builds their resilience and mental fitness, why self-awareness is key, how to know if someone is mentally fit, how to build resilience for an individual and for a team, how building a sports team and a corporate team are very similar, and more.

In episode 247, I chat with Rich Cardona.  At 17 years old he decided to join the Marine Corps to gain some direction in life. He talks about the level of camaraderie he felt in the military, how he missed that after leaving and going into corporate, the disorientation he felt leaving the military going to the next thing, how he left his corporate job to pursue his passion of helping veterans explore their curiosity to do their next thing, what it's like to start a business and more by listening to this episode. 

In episode 246, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about the law attraction - what it is, how to do it and how it can change your life. 

In episode 245 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 April will focus on Resilience and features medical psychiatrist Dr. Ryan Todd, the CEO of Headversity and performance psychologist who worked as a lead for the Canadian Olympic team, Dr. Karen MacNeill, the Chief Product Officer of Headversity.  This episode is about how to build resilience.  We talk about why it can be challenging, how to know if you're resilient, and what the six steps are to build resilience from a scientific and practical perspective. 

In episode 244, I chat with Daniel Tejada, who started his interest in advertising from watching the show Mad Men. Listen as he talks about how he found a love for digital media and fell in love with how data drove results and why he chose to focus on Amazon marketing and advertising vs. Google or Facebook.  He gives some great insight on who should be doing Amazon advertising, why more people are turning to Amazon vs Google for products, how a third party seller works with Amazon, how you can start advertising on Amazon today, best practices for selling your products, plus how to find your role in digital marketing if it's of interest to you! 

In episode 243, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about how to build real connection and her secret to relationship building. 

In episode 242 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 April will focus on Resilience and features medical psychiatrist Dr. Ryan Todd, the CEO of Headversity and performance psychologist who worked as a lead for the Canadian Olympic team, Dr. Karen MacNeill, the Chief Product Officer of Headversity.  This episode is about what resilience actually is, what the research and science shows, how and why resilience can be taught and more by listening to this episode.    

In episode 241, I chat with Stephen Samson, who started his adult career in the Canadian Armed Forces where he learned the important skills like time management and organization.  Listen as he talks about how the military shaped the way he runs his business now, why and how he was honorably discharged, after the military how he found a career in cyber security, then how he changed careers again by using his skills in cyber security and how he took the leap to help the health care industry.  Now he's the CEO at accuhealth, a company that offers home monitoring for your health.  Stephen talks about how tech is helping people stay healthy, how their technology and doctors can do things such as helping notice the difference between a real medical problem vs anxiety, how they're using cloud and voice technology to help save lives, plus some of the great stories of success and more! 

In episode 240, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about how our body tells us when things aren't right in our life and how our body uses our emotions to tell us the truth in our life. 

In episode 239 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 March will focus on Using the Ancient Secret of Eidetics to Boost Your Spiritual Practice and features Master’s in Social Work and Psychotherapist turned Eidetics Transformational Expert, Wendy Yellen.  This episode is about why and how we destroy what matters most to us and how to stop doing it.  You'll learn why and how we do this mentally, why we try to fix others and how it destroy things, why we have blindness to ourselves, how eidetic imaging helps us to allow things to happen vs trying to think and make things happen and more by listening to this episode.   If you didn't listen to the first episode of this series to understand what Eidetics is, check it out here. 

In episode 238, I chat with Ryan Kitley, who found his love for theater in college and started pursuing it in Chicago.  Listen as he talks about how his passion for theater started, the truth and the hardships of making it in acting, how he handles it mentally and how advocating for yourself and working hard will get you closer to success, what to do when you're not getting work, his favorite roles, how he got into voice overs later in life and how after so many years he still is passionate about theater as he was in college.

In episode 237, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about the top 5 ways she keeps a positive mindset and keeps the negativity out. 

In episode 236 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 March will focus on Using the Ancient Secret of Eidetics to Boost Your Spiritual Practice and features Master’s in Social Work and Psychotherapist turned Eidetics Transformational Expert, Wendy Yellen.  This episode is about how any real transformational work to create real change has to be visible on your face and body . You'll learn why we try to compensate for what's not working on the inside, why real change has to be visible, why there's a difference between pushing ourselves and feeling it, how our voice expresses our truth, how our mind can work against us, how to find your true self again and more by listening to this episode.   If you didn't listen to the first episode of this series to understand what Eidetics is, check it out here.