Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

On Wednesdays, every month I feature a new psychologist, therapist, author or expert in the field of personal growth to help give you insight into the science behind our mindset and how we can connect better to ourselves and others.  This episode features a little snippet of each expert from the last 6 months of 2018.  Enjoy, learn and be sure to listen to previous Wednesday episodes and future ones to learn more about yourself each week!

In episode 214, I chat with DT Taylor, who found a love for film at a young age from watching his Dad take family home videos.  After a military career and then getting married, DT and his wife decided to start a career teaching overseas.  It was at this point, he started getting more into his love for film again.  He started making music videos of his travels overseas for fun and then realized he wanted to find a way to make money, travel and live a life he loved.  Listen to hear his journey of getting back into his love for film, what he thinks it means to be happy, where his passion and excitement for life come from, how he started turning his passion into a business, how he found his niche and more by listening to this episode. 

In episode 213, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about what personal growth really is and why you're not broken. 

In episode 212 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of January will focus on the Steps to Becoming Your True Self and features author and CEO of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology, Debi Maldonado and her husband the President of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology and Psychologist, Dr. Rob Maldonado.  This episode talks about how to work with emotions to empower you.  Listen to learn more about how to deal with difficult emotions, why emotions are energy, how we direct our energy, why we need to stop suppressing our emotions and what uncomfortable emotions are telling us.  Learn more about Debi and Dr. Rob here.  

In episode 211, I chat with T.M (Marc) Hoy who originally grew up in California's Silicon Valley, became a gemologist after college and worked in the jewelry industry for years. He traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia and kept homes in Bangkok and the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. It was at his villa in Chiang Mai where a friend murdered a woman in his house and he made the fateful decision to help cover it up instead of going to the police. He spent the next 5 years in Bangkok's notorious Bang Kwang Central Prison and an additional 11 years in the U.S. prison system.  Throughout his time in prison, he was constantly faced with death but he chose to face himself and transform his life.  Listen to his story of how he changed his mindset in one of the worst times of his life, how he found what mattered most, how he combines the education of psychologists with his own experience to help people find lasting happiness and why he suggests getting real with the idea that you're going to die to find wh

In episode 210, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri talks about why values are so important, how to find yours and why they're the things you should share with the people closest to you. 

In episode 209 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of January will focus on the Steps to Becoming Your True Self and features author and CEO of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology, Debi Maldonado and her husband the President of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology and Psychologist, Dr. Rob Maldonado.  This episode talks about how to interpret your dreams & use them to guide your life.  Listen to learn more about why everyone dreams, how to remember them, how reading your dreams can transform your psyche, why your dreams tell you something you don't know yet, what you need to work on in life and more.  Here's the book they refer to in the episode to help interpret your dreams.  

In episode 208, I chat with Josephine Noonan who recently graduated from college with a degree in photography.  Just like every other young adult, she felt unsure about exactly what to do after school, but she soon found a way to mix her love of creativity and helping the environment by creating her own company.  Listen to her discuss what it was like to study art in school, the very first steps she's taking to start a new company, where she found the confidence to go after something she was passionate about yet a little scared to do and how she's helping the world be more sustainable and making the earth a better place by listening to this episode.  

In episode 207, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri gives thoughts on how and why we need to be more genuinely caring people.

In episode 206 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of January will focus on the Steps to Becoming Your True Self and features author and CEO of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology, Debi Maldonado and her husband the President of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology and Psychologist, Dr. Rob Maldonado.  This episode talks about how to work with your shadow self and become who you truly are.  There are parts of our character that we don't like about ourselves and we tend to push them away.  If we don't look at them, they play havoc on our life.  We start to put on a mask and we get triggered by people who annoy us but rather it's a reflection of who we wish we could be.  Listen to learn more about the shadow, discover what yours is and how to become more of who you truly are by being more conscious of yourself.   

In episode 205, I chat with Jorge Almeida, an avid runner and the Senior Brand Manager at Anheuser-Busch.  He started running as a kid and soon found a passion for it through adulthood.  He recently ran the NYC marathon and talks about how to achieve your goals as a runner while still keeping it fun, how the NYC marathon differed from other marathons he's done and how to mentally keep yourself going when things get hard.  Jorge also talks about how he got into his current career, how he defines marketing, why branding is necessary and important for every company to get right and how to network properly.  Listen to him discuss how being passionate in and out of work has lead him to success and happiness in his life by listening to this episode.    

In episode 204, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri gives thoughts on how to become more confident by trying and doing.

In episode 203 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of January will focus on the Steps to Becoming Your True Self and features author and CEO of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology, Debi Maldonado and her husband the President of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology and Psychologist, Dr. Rob Maldonado.  This episode talks about how we can start becoming our true selves. You'll learn how to know if you're living your true self, the age we start getting closer to our true self, who the psychiatrist Carl Jung is and what he believed, why we experience anxiety when we're not connected to our true self and how we can become more aware and confident. 

In episode 202, I chat with Helene Schnelle.  She is a university student studying change management with a focus on global issues.  She always had an interest in helping the world in a big way and soon she found an interest in being a part of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.  Helene and her friends started WeAll Youth on their campus and on Instagram to involve young people into creating change in their local environment and the world.  Hear how she's working to build this movement one step at a time, why she encourages people to change their mindset to take a risk to go after what they're passionate about, why young people see themselves as global citizens and how we can all help change the world in our own way by listening to this episode.    

In episode 201, it's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri gives thoughts on how to end your year on a positive note and how to prepare yourself for your next step in life. 

In episode 200 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of December focuses on Mastering Our Romantic Relationships and features Couples and Sex Therapist, Maegan Megginson.  This episode talks about Mastering Balance in our romantic relationships.  We are so busy and so distracted in our lives nowadays that it's necessary to make time for our romantic relationships.  Maegan gives advice on the little things we can change to make a big impact and then asks us to look at what do I value and how can we adjust towards that?  Learn how the phone is hurting our relationships and some practical advice on how to create more balance in your life and keep your romantic relationship healthy and happy.  Learn more about Maegan and her practice here.   

In episode 199, I chat with Olga Shirokova.  She grew up being exposed to a variety of cultures and places which is where her love for people and learning new things developed.  As a young girl, she was influenced by her entrepreneurial parents and realized around 12 years old that she too wanted to be an entrepreneur.  After she finished college, she took a Masters in Entrepreneurship.  Learn how both her influence from her parents and the schooling she chose helped her start her new venture, why she believes it's important to connect with like minded people, how she found a niche that needed redeveloping, her step by step process for prelaunch for how to start a startup and how she's helping women feel more positive about their bodies, their menstrual cycle and their health with her new company launching in Barcelona, Aura Box, by listening to this episode.    

In episode 198, I'm bringing it back to an episode that is resonating with me a lot this week.  It's the Work on Me Weekend segment of the show! Listen for a few minutes as Keri gives tips and thoughts on how and why to take inspired action and listen to the universe to help get the things you want in life. 

In episode 197 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of December focuses on Mastering Our Romantic Relationships and features Couples and Sex Therapist, Maegan Megginson.  This episode talks about Mastering Touch and Sex in our romantic relationships.  We all need some form of touch in our lives and in this episode, she talks about what kinds of touch we need with a focus on the 5 dimensions of emotional, sexual touch in romantic relationships with a spouse or partner.  You'll learn what they are and how to do them to have a better relationship.  If you're looking for a way to better your sexual relationship with your long term partner, this is a great educational episode from an incredible therapist. 

In episode 196, I chat with Stacy James.  She grew up with a love for animals, children and the elderly.  After thinking she wasn't good at math at a young age, she chose to go into the teaching field rather than being a veterinarian.  Hear her talk about why and how empowering students to be independent learners is one of the most important things anyone can teach a child, how a trip to Zambia in Africa lead her to create a nonprofit, the steps she took to create a nonprofit, how she's following her initial love of helping people and animals in Africa, the bill she got to pass in the US, and her thoughts on going after what you want in life to help others by listening to this episode.