Leigh Martinuzzi

Entrepreneur to CEO In this inspiring podcast interview, I sit down with Jared Goetz, a remarkable entrepreneur who embarked on his journey at the young age of 17 and has since become the founder and CEO of Zendrop. Jared takes us through his entrepreneurial rollercoaster, sharing both his wins and losses, and providing invaluable lessons learned along the way. Now 32 years old, he reflects on the mindset shifts that have driven his success, emphasising the importance of practical strategies, rituals, and routines. Jared also delves into his personal definition of success and how it has evolved over time. Listeners can expect practical takeaways from his experience and an uplifting conversation that will leave them feeling inspired and motivated to pursue their own entrepreneurial dreams. Guest Bio Jared Goetz is a self-made millionaire and renowned online entrepreneur who achieved remarkable success before the age of 30. As the founder and CEO of Zendrop, an e-commerce marketplace, he has revolutionized t

Outsmart Your Brain I speak with Daniel about his new book, Outsmart Your Brain, a comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns. We discuss how we can better use our attention to help us learn more efficiently and effectively. As Daniel explains, we tend to focus on the tasks we can most easily control—such as highlighting and rereading—but these practices only give the illusion of mastery. As Dan Willingham, professor of psychology and bestselling author, explains, familiarity is not the same as comprehension. Enjoy! Grab a copy of Daniel's book here - Outsmart Your Brain Guest Bio. Daniel T. Willingham (born 1961) is a psychologist at the University of Virginia, where he is a professor in the Department of Psychology. Willingham's research focuses on the application of findings from cognitive psychology and neuroscience to K–12 education.

WA - The Art of Balance Wa means harmony, a central tenet at the heart of the Japanese belief that to live well is to live in balance. In this conversation with Kaki Okumura we discuss her book and delve into the four pillars of living a long and happy life: Nourish, Move, Rest and Socialise. Kaki also shares her writing journey and provides some guidance on how to get started and how to keep the passion alive. Enjoy! Grab a copy of the book here - Wa - The Art of Balance Guest Bio. Kaki Okumura is a Japanese wellness author and illustrator. Her writing online garners hundreds of thousands of views a month, and she has been published in Insider, Bon Appetit, Eater, TedxGateway, and Heated x Mark Bittman.

Rags to Riches Karen has followed her passion and set up a multi-million dollar beauty business. In this episode, I speak with Karen about her journey. She shares advice not only in getting started but also tips and tricks once you're up and running your business. Enjoy! Grab a copy of Karen's book here - Rags to Riches: How Beauty Icons Made it Big Guest Bio. Karen Pudetti came straight out of college into a highly successful accounting career in corporate including working for several Fortune 500 companies. But it just didn’t light her up, so she decided to venture out on her own. She knew at 19, she wanted to be her own boss and work in the beauty industry. So, Karen went back to school and received her electrolysis certification, her wax and esthetic licenses. But Karen made a few mistakes along the way and has watched others struggle. Her firm commitment to help others who dream of a life as a successful entrepreneur—either in the beauty industry or any other retail service business—moved her to writ

Entrepreneur Insights As an entrepreneur, Wesley understands the importance of taking calculated risks, staying ahead of the curve, and constantly innovating. He’s excited to share with us today the lessons he's learnt in starting his entrepreneurial journey to creating a company with over 135 staff and revenues exceeding $20 million. He believes that by sharing experiences and insights, we can help one another achieve even greater success. Enjoy! You can connect with Wesley on LinkedIn here. Guest Bio. Introducing Wesley Mathews, a scrappy entrepreneur and former CEO and Co-Founder of High Level Marketing. He spent over 11 years driving the company's vision and strategy, helping to grow it from an idea to a powerhouse in the industry with over 50 employees and revenues of $7 million. Today, High Level Marketing is a thriving company with over 135 team members across the nation with revenues exceeding $20 million.

Women Connect4Good Nancy is on a mission to help women become better at supporting one another. In this episode, I speak with Dr Nancy about how not only women but men and women, can become better connectors and better leaders for one another. I believe it's such an important conversation to be had as in today's world we seem to be becoming less connected and social and physical interaction with one another will not only strengthen our lives it will create longevity. I hope you enjoy it! Grab a copy of Dr Nancy's book using the link below. In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life Guest Bio. Nancy D. O'Reilly, PsyD, founded Women Connect4Good, Inc., a 501(c)3 foundation, to help support other organizations working to advance women and girls. She also serves on the boards of several social-profit groups, including Take The Lead, Inc. Dr. Nancy’s latest book, In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster, January

Motivation, Discipline, 75HARD An inspiring conversation with James Anderson today on Motivation, Discipline and the 75 Hard challenge. After undertaking a basketball graduate in the USA playing alongside some of today's NBA stars James has returned to Australia and now at a young age operates a successful business which he founded. Hows does he do it? Motivation and Discipline. Enjoy! Connect with James using the links below. Guest Bio. Upon returning to Australia after three years (17 to 20) of playing basketball in the USA alongside some of today's NBA stars, 24 year old James Anderson immediately placed in some of Melbourne’s top performing teams in the commercial, investment and luxury residential real estate markets. James brings to the show a wealth of property passion and knowledge. His success has been most notable in Melbourne’s investment-structured real estate market where he has previously managed high performing sales teams with proven client results. James founded Bluestone Property Corpor

Empowered to Succeed In this episode, I speak with Kari Schneider about high performance and success. Kari has spent most of her career working with and coaching elite athletes. She now helps anyone who is looking to excel in business and in life improve their overall performance. And for most of what we can achieve in life, boils down to mindset. A great conversation. Please enjoy! Guest Bio. Kari Schneider MSc, CEP and Certified Life Coach is a Canadian podcaster (Empowered Team Podcast -over 200 episodes and stellar interviews and reviews) and author and has been a coach to elite athletes and high-achieving professionals for over 25 years. She’s just released a new book collaboration: Absolute Will which became an instant international Amazon Best-Seller and I think your audience will really enjoy her.

The Kind Effect In this episode, I chat with Megan Snedden about The Kind Effect. Megan set out on a mission to bring more joy to others around the world by doing random acts of kindness. A simple idea that can have a great positive impact, not only in the lives of others but in our own lives. Make a shift today and see what random acts of kindness you can bring into your day-to-day life. Connect with Megan here. Guest bio. Megan Snedden is the founder of The Kind Effect, a random acts of kindness movement that brings joy to strangers around the world. In addition to performing good deeds, she helps others create a greater sense of self-empowerment and improved mental health through the power of kindness. She has been featured on KTLA, Roku TV, and Good Morning LA LA Land.

Awaken to Your True Self Have you ever wondered, "Why am I still stuck despite all the inner work I've done?" Do you feel trapped repeating the same cycles and stories over and over again, no matter what you heal or fix? Are you looking to learn the truth about who you really are? Is there a challenge or plateau you're trying to overcome that isn't responding to conventional methods? That is what Andrew hopes to help you do in his newest book which we explore in this conversation. Enjoy! Pick up a copy of Andrew's book here - Awaken to Your True Self Connect with Andrew Daniel here. Guest bio. Andrew Daniel is an award-winning and international bestselling author and director at the Center for Cinesomatic Development. His Cinesomatics® workshops are held internationally from New York to London, Tuscany to Switzerland—helping professionals see the elusive patterns that hold them back. This methodology leads the world in cinematic movement diagnostics and advanced intuition development integrating approac

Luminous Darkness My chat with Eden Tull - A resonant call to explore the darkness in life, in nature, and in consciousness—including difficult emotions like uncertainty, grief, fear, and xenophobia—through teachings, embodied meditations, and mindful inquiry that provide us with a powerful path to healing. Connect with Eden here. Pick up a copy of Eden's book here - Luminous Darkness Guest Bio. DEBORAH EDEN TULL, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of our lives, bridging personal and collective awakening in an age of global change. She is an engaged dharma teacher, spiritual activist, author, and sustainability educator, who teaches dharma intertwined with post-patriarchal thought and practices, resting upon a lived knowledge of our unity with the more than human world. She trained for seven and a half years as a Buddhist monk at a silent Zen monastery and has taught engaged meditation for over 20 years. Eden has lived in sustainable

Quantum Energy Healing & Performance An insightful conversation today with Phillip about how they are using quantum energy to help people heal and improve overall performance. This is new science using frequency medicine to help accelerate your body's recovery and optimize health. Used by professional athletes and everyday people with many amazing natural benefits. Have a listen and enjoy the show. Check out more from Philipp and Leela Quantum Tech here. Guest Bio. Philipp is the Founder and CEO of Leela Quantum Tech, a pioneer in frequency medicine providing quantum energy devices designed to accelerate your body's recovery and optimize health. Today, they've sold 10K+ devices to health enthusiasts who are using them to boost their performance, ease pain, lower stress levels, block and neutralize damaging effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs), and much more. Quantum energy, also known as "frequency medicine", is a scientifically proven to have incredible cell rejuvenation power making it ideal for t

Reset Your Romantic GPS I speak with Marc about his new book Reset Your Romantic GPS in this episode. Marc explains to us Attachment Theory and how that affects our ability to find the right partners. He also discusses how we can address our needs in our relationships to further enhance and bring back the romance that may have been lost. An enjoyable conversation with Marc Sholes. Pick up a copy of Marc's book here - Reset Your Romantic GPS Guest Bio "Marc is a New York City psychotherapist with 35+ years of experience working with individuals and couples. He is a board member, faculty, and supervisor at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, a leading training institute for psychotherapists. His current interest is the relationship between Attachment Theory, Infant Research, and Self Psychology and how they facilitate a shift from an insecure attachment style to a secure attachment. Marc is the author of the popular book: Reset Your Romantic GPS: Why You Steer Toward the Wrong Partners and How

Permission Granted Jennifers Standish is the author of Permission Granted: Live Your Life Full of Joy and Peace is a compilation of permissions that author. Created over the span of 20 years with the goal of building a peaceful and joyous life for herself. Her intention is for readers to do the same for themselves. Jennifers shares some of the insights from the book and her journey there. Enjoy! Pick up a copy of Permission Granted here. Guest Bio. Jennifer is the author of Permission Granted: Live Your Life Full of Joy and Peace, a book in which she shares 91 self-limiting beliefs that, as a result of being raised by a narcissistic mother and an enabling father, she learned growing up and realized as an adult that she needed to change to be happy.

The Wisdom Factor What is wisdom and how do we become wise? What makes us human? How can we, as individuals, make the world a better place? In my interview with Darnell and Carlos, we discuss The Wisdom Factor and how we can develop greater wisdom so that we can have a more positive impact on our lives and the world. Enjoy! Pick up a copy of the The Wisdom Factor here. Guest Bio. Dr. Alice Darnell Lattal has spent a lifetime on issues of coercion and its fallout across educational, health, mental health, and workplace settings. A behavior analytic clinical psychologist by training, she spent her first two decade of professional life in special education, adult clinical, and community mental health, while addressing the suppressive effects of poverty on infant development, child and spousal abuse, and literacy in rural America. She established her own consulting company, Context Management, Inc. in 1980. Carlos Zuluaga, M'S. BCBA, has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) since 2007 and receive

Bunch AI Leadership Coach Darja is a co-founder of Bunch AI. An AI-based leadership coach, designed to help leaders become 1% better each day. Using AI and the online community AI delivers daily coaching to leaders via the online app. Leadership is defined as anyone who is behaving to have a positive impact on themselves and others. Designed for the workplace with many of the ideals being transferable to everyday life. Not to replace leadership coaching yet rather deliver regular training and coaching every day to help improve workplaces. Connect with Darja and Bunch AI here. Guest Bio. Darja is a psychologist-gone-rogue, who quit her PhD journey and ended up founding Bunch, which helps people become better leaders in 2 minutes a day. Bunch scours the internet for the greatest ideas on leadership and breaks them down for its users into bite-sized chunks and lessons. The app is used by leaders at companies such as Slack, PayPal, and TikTok. Numbers wise, they have has raised $4.4 million in funding, Darj

Think & Grow You Chris has written a book on the back of his resistance, persistence and journey to success. Think & Grow You is about teaching the reader how to get out of their own way. Chris shares his thoughts on how we all self-sabotage and in doing so, block our own success. What we resist persists! Chris shares some valuable tools to get us started on this journey. Enjoy! Grab a copy of Think & Grow You here. Connect with Chris here. Guest Bio. Chris Felton is a bestselling author and 7-figure entrepreneur. Over his 23-year career, Chris leads a team of over 175 agents and they have helped over 17,000 clients, and he’s achieved Top 1% status in a company of 50,000+ agents. As a thought leader in the financial services industry, Chris’ insights have been featured in major media outlets such as US News & World Report, Market Watch, Yahoo Finance, and Nasdaq to name a few. As an international speaker and bestselling author, Chris is committed to sharing his story and lessons learned from being on

Kindness, Meditation & Creativity Ann joins me again for a second time on the podcast and in this episode, we continue our conversation about Transcendental Mediation and the benefits that are gained from this practice. We also touch on creativity and how kindness has a big role to play in our lives. Enjoy! Guest Bio. Ann Purcell is a philanthropist, award-winning author, and songwriter. Her latest publication is Tender Flower of Heaven, which is a collection of 130 poems. Ann has been a full-time teacher of Transcendental Meditation since 1973, teaching Transcendental Meditation and advanced courses in many countries around the world. In addition, she has worked on curricula and course development for universities and continuing education programs. Ann is also an international leader of the TM-Women Organization and oversees the teaching of Transcendental Meditation in girls’ schools and communities in several countries in Africa. She donates all proceeds from her photography, books, and music to its e

Beliefs My conversation with Lion Goodman discussed beliefs and how we unwrap them. Our limiting beliefs often stop us from living our best life. Hard to discover through self-assessment as often we put up blocks to prevent us from doing so. This is a discussion on how we get to the root cause of our beliefs so we can create new, more empowering ones. Enjoy! Guest Bio. Lion Goodman, PCC is a transformational coach, author, healer and teacher. At the age of 26, Lion was shot in the head four times. This near-death experience kick-started his five decades of research into the nature of consciousness, developmental psychology, spirituality and healing. He created the Clear Beliefs Method of trauma-informed therapeutic coaching, which he has taught to more than 500 coaches, healers and therapists around the world. His training is accredited by both the International Coaching Federation and Association for Coaching. In a single session, Lion can eliminate a client’s limiting or negative belief from their sub

Carbonauts, The BIG 6 & Climate Change In this episode, I speak with Graham about how we are doing in the fight against climate change. The modern environmental movement has been around for about 30 years and awareness is solid. The next piece to fighting climate change is action. Graham with Cabonauts is doing just that. He discusses The BIG six, the highest impact actions we can take to slash our environmental footprint. Cool conversation. Please enjoy! Connect with Graham and The Carbonauts here. Guest Bio Graham, who was named one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" and featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine, is a highly sought-after speaker known for his ability to eloquently explain how we can all create a simpler, wealthier, greener and happier planet. He has presented at many prestigious conferences around the world, including two main-stage TED Talks that have received 11M+ views. Graham is also the founder and CEO of The Carbonauts, a company that teaches people how to red