Mastering Overwhelm

It’s been four years since I began podcasting. I started with Mastering Midlife, which later became Mastering Overwhelm as my coaching practice evolved. You have all stayed with me for over 400 episodes, and after countless solo conversations and interviews with my brilliant guests, it is time to close the Mastering Overwhelm podcast. I have been going around the world, having a blast, and learning about living life. But all great things come to an end—so that other great things can begin. In this episode, I share what I hope you learned—what I hope I was able to impart—from the Mastering Midlife and Mastering Overwhelm podcasts. I also introduce The Rising Leader and describe how my Only 10s principle and career in coaching and sales are culminating in the next major project of my life. “I hope you noticed my humanity and how rich it is now that I’ve learned to accept my humanity, my spiritual self, and growth.” - Mark Silverman This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bryan Post is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and founder of Post Institute, an organization dedicated to helping parents heal wounds created by trauma. Post Institute has published over 100 books, DVDs, CDs, audio recordings, webinars, and articles on parenting children who have experienced pre-birth and early life trauma. One of America’s leading child behavior and adoption experts, Bryan has taught and offered love-based, family-centered principles and concepts to over one million parents and professionals worldwide. He also currently serves as the Clinical Director for Parents in Training, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides wraparound services to adoptive families throughout Northern California. Bryan joins me today to discuss trauma and stress and how we can manage our responses to them. He defines trauma and describes its dynamics in adopted children’s lives. He explains why the loss of someone close to us can cause a physiological disruption and why taking the time to grieve is important. He dissects how trauma causes us to become fearful and stress-sensitive. He also shares what we can learn as adults from soothing a child who’s having a tantrum at the supermarket and underscores how we can learn to work through fear-based anxiety and stress responses by practicing mindful breathing. “All emotional reactivity stems from unfinished business. The moment you find yourself being stressed out, it has far more to do with you than the other person in the situation.” - Bryan Post This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional LifePeaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You - at Work and in Life Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life Connect with Bryan Post: Bryan Post WebsitePost WraparoundPost InstituteFrom Fear to Love: Parenting Difficult Adopted Children Using a Love-Based, Family-Centered ApproachPost Institute on FacebookPost Institute on TwitterBryan Post on LinkedInBryan Post on InstagramBryan Post on FacebookBryan Post on YouTube Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Bechtel is an author, speaker, and podcaster. He is the creator and host of Speaking of Partnership, a podcast with listeners in over 100 countries. In his recent book, Follow Your YES: A Simple Idea to Improve Anyone's Life, Ken shares ideas on building confidence and eliminating overwhelm across the full spectrum of life. He has invested over 20 years into researching and refining what it takes to make people thrive in this busy world and is dedicated to helping people expand into their fullest expression and live fulfilling lives. Ken joins me today to discuss “following your yes” and how doing so can impact your life. He distinguishes the “internal yes” from the “intellectual yes.” He discusses why a “no” uttered from the deepest convictions is better than a people-pleasing or conflict-avoidant “yes.” He explains how following “maybes” over an internal “yes” makes us overwhelmed and overburdened. Ken also reveals the key to transforming your life and underscores how staying true to your “yes” can become a gift to the people in your life. “The key to any transformation is not the first commitment that you’re going to transform, it’s re-committing when we fall off the track.” - Ken Bechtel This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Only 10s Following Your YES Rising Leader Resources Mentioned: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection Connect with Ken Bechtel: Follow Your YESSpeaking of PartnershipSpeaking of Partnership on FacebookSpeaking of Partnership on TwitterKen Bechtel on LinkedInKen Bechtel on Instagram Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Leslie is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ink, a global travel media company dedicated to connecting companies with travelers. Throughout the years, Simon and his team have worked to build the company to over $100 million—only for the COVID-19 pandemic to ravage its business and products. Nevertheless, Simon continues to rebuild Ink to be even larger and more profitable. In his book, Equanimity: The Diary of a CEO in Crisis, Simon shares all he’s learned from the pandemic. He is also the author of White Belt Thinking: The Hero’s Journey. A Story of Living with a Beginner’s Mind and There is no F in Sales: A Book About Selling in Every Market Condition. Simon joins me today to share his wisdom, equanimity, and poetry. He describes how the COVID-19 pandemic turned his life and business upside down and how he remained equanimous through it. He discusses the work he has done to become more centered, grounded, and open-hearted. He also underscores the importance of improving your imagination and dreams and highlights the power of gratitude. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Simon Leslie This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Connect with Simon Leslie: Simon Leslie WebsiteInk GlobalEquanimity: The Diary of a CEO in CrisisWhite Belt Thinking: The Hero’s Journey. A Story of Living with a Beginner’s MindThere is no F in Sales: A Book About Selling in Every Market ConditionInk on LinkedInSimon Leslie on LinkedInThe Motivational Poet on Instagram Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sejal Thakkar is the founder and Chief Civility Officer of TrainXtra, a woman/minority-owned training consulting firm based in South San Francisco, California. A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion expert and former employment attorney, Sejal is on a mission to educate and empower people to create a world where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. She is also the Chief Culture Officer of Nobody Studios, a venture capital firm that aims to create 100 compelling companies, guiding them from ideation to full-scale company validation. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago and received her Juris Doctor degree from Northern Illinois University. Sejal joins me today to share advice on leading people through difficult conversations. She explains why effective communication takes time and why we need more empathy in the world. She outlines the steps to facilitating difficult conversations. She describes the three conversations that simultaneously occur whenever you talk to someone about difficult topics. Sejal also highlights the importance of normalizing conversations around race relations, privilege, and unconscious bias and underscores the value of active listening. “It’s important for an effective communicator to get people into that ‘uncomfortable’ category—to bring them into a conversation that is not going to be well-received but is needed to move forward.” - Sejal Thakkar This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: The Pain, Power, and Paradox of Bias | Sejal Thakkar | TEDxCWRU Connect with Sejal Thakkar: TrainXtraNobody StudiosTrainXtra on LinkedInTrainXtra on YouTubeNobody Studios on LinkedInNobody Studios on InstagramNobody Studios on FacebookNobody Studios on TwitterSejal Thakkar on LinkedInSejal Thakkar on YouTube Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kim Scott is an author, speaker, and Co-founder of Radical Candor, an enterprise dedicated to creating productive organizations where respect and collaboration combine. Before co-founding Radical Candor, Kim served as a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies and as a faculty member at Apple University. She also led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. She is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture of Inclusivity. Kim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Slavic Literature from Princeton University. Kim joins us today to discuss the art of radical candor and giving, soliciting, and receiving feedback without losing your humanity. She reveals how she came up with the idea of Radical Candor and how she got out of the conundrum between being kind and giving people direct feedback. She explains why the phrase “Don’t take it personally” should be eliminated from your vocabulary. She describes the “Asshole Quadrant” and explains how radical candor differs from “obnoxious aggression.” Kim also elaborates on creating a healthy culture and environment of feedback and offers her best practices for giving and soliciting feedback with radical candor. “Ensure that your praise is specific and sincere and that your criticisms are kind and clear.” - Kim Scott This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Connect with Kim Scott: Kim Scott WebsiteRadical CandorJust Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture of InclusivityRadical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your HumanityRadical Candor on LinkedInRadical Candor on InstagramRadical Candor on FacebookRadical Candor on TwitterRadical Candor on MediumThe Radical Candor PodcastKim Scott on LinkedInKim Scott on MediumKim Scott on Twitter Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is there something in your life you’re trying to force? Are you, for example, trying to write a book instead of writing the book every day? Or are you trying to lose weight and reach a weight goal instead of actively watching what you’re doing every single day? I was in a similar spot. Getting my weight down to 160 lbs has been my goal—a goal that had vexed me for a while. I am a coach, after all, so why couldn’t I achieve the goals I said I wanted to reach? Today, I am at 164.5 lbs. I still haven’t reached my goal, but it’s no longer a point of contention. In fact, the process has become an awesome experience. In this episode, I discuss failure and committing to the process of achieving your goals. I share some of the goals I made for myself earlier this year. I describe how I’m learning to keep my word to myself and how I’m approaching my weight goals. I also discuss the value of being kind to yourself and highlight the importance of focusing on your process over your goals. “Process over goals. We don’t have control over the goal, but we have control over the process and who we are in it.” - Mark J. Silverman This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hayden Lee is a master-certified executive life and leadership coach. He is the Co-founder of the Master Mind Institute, a partnership with neuroscientists aiming to merge cognitive science and professional coaching to serve coaches and clients more effectively. A highly regarded industry expert, Hayden has been recognized by Expertise.com as one of the Top 20 Best Life Coaches in Los Angeles. He has delivered speeches and training at various events and venues, including TEDx, UC Berkeley, the National Association of Asian American Professionals, and the International Enneagram Conference. As an executive coach, Hayden has worked with leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and teams to help them find their edge and fly at their highest levels. Hayden joins me today to discuss the Enneagram personality types and how knowing yours can help you become a better person. He outlines the characteristics of the nine Enneagram personality types and their core motivations and fears. He explains how each Enneagram type has its own vice and virtue. Hayden also underscores how to use the “wings” of each type for personal development and describes what overwhelms each Enneagram personality type and how they can avoid it. “We are all complex beings, but we do have some recurring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Understanding them can liberate us to live fuller lives.” - Hayden Lee This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-KnowledgeThe Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People Truity Enneagram Personality TestThe Enneagram InstituteIntegrative Enneagram Solutions Connect with Hayden Lee: Master Mind InstituteMaster Mind Institute on LinkedInMaster Mind Institute on FacebookMaster Mind Institute on TwitterHayden Lee on LinkedInHayden Lee on TwitterHayden Lee on InstagramHayden Lee on YouTube Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kim Curtis is the President and CEO of Wealth Legacy Institute, a wealth management firm founded on the philosophy that long-term, collaborative, fiduciary relationships with clients are the key to ultimate success. Kim is the bestselling author of Money Secrets: Keys to Smart Investing and Retirement Secrets: Keys to Retiring Happy, Healthy, & Free. A nationally-recognized wealth management advisor, Kim received the Editor’s Choice Award from the Journal of Practical Estate Planning for her work in developing a highly personal, client-centered planning model. Kim joins me today to discuss changing our relationship with money and the importance of paying it forward. She shares her ideas on diversity and inclusivity and her principles of success. She describes how an act of kindness from another person changed her life and relationship with money. She also highlights why we need to change social constructs around money and underscores the value of using money to change the world for the better. “Money needs you—it’s looking for you. It needs your vision, your ideas, and how you’re going to change the world for the better. Money means nothing if you don’t put your ideas into it.” - Kim Curtis This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Connect with Kim Curtis: Wealth Legacy InstituteMoney Secrets: Keys to Smart InvestingRetirement Secrets: Keys to Retiring Happy, Healthy, & FreeWealth Legacy Institute on LinkedInWealth Legacy Institute on FacebookWealth Legacy Institute on TwitterKim Curtis on LinkedInKim Curtis on FacebookKim Curtis on TwitterKim Curtis on YouTube Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you do when you’re stuck and don’t know what steps to take forward? My take is to have some quiet time, sit down, and let the answer come to you. Our ice maker recently broke down: every time it produced ice, it would make this groaning, grinding, whining noise that we couldn’t escape from. It drove me crazy. But since I didn’t want to buy a new refrigerator-freezer—which costs around $3,000—I did my best to figure out what was wrong. Then, one day, all the answers just dawned on me–and I instantly knew how to fix the fridge. In this episode, I share the story of how I was able to fix my broken fridge and discuss how you can tap into the power of your intuition. I describe an amazing ritual for finding lost things. I also explain how the Only 10s principle can help you access your intuition and highlight the power of sitting, being quiet, and letting knowledge come to you. “If you’re stuck with something and don’t know what direction to take, what choice to make, what’s next, sit on the couch and wait. Be quiet and wait. Wait for that intuition, that little voice, that direction.” - Mark J. Silverman This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Only 10s Resources Mentioned: The Inside-Out Revolution: The Only Thing You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Kermes is a serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder & Partner in Create Next Group, an organization that builds companies focused on helping professionals create what’s next in their careers and lives. He is also the Founder and Principal of the K Squared Group and the Founder and Principal of Career Attraction, where they’ve helped over 16,000 high achievers find 6-figure jobs they love. Before founding these organizations, Kevin worked in several other talent acquisition organizations, including Robert Half International, and served as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army. Kevin joins me today to discuss how you can make the pivot and be where you want to be in your career and life. He explains how focusing on what you don’t want to do instead of what you want to do can hinder you from getting unstuck. He shares the realizations he learned from serving in the military and describes how systems and structures solve recurring problems, allowing us to address bigger problems and goals. He also outlines the steps you can take to figure out what you want to do in your life and career and highlights how asking for help is critical to your success. “Our beliefs inform our potential, which fuels our ambition and drive to take action. How we perceive the results of our actions builds on our beliefs.” - Kevin Kermes This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Connect with Kevin Kermes: Kevin Kermes WebsiteCreateNext GroupCareer AttractionMedTech + MindsetKevin Kermes on LinkedInKevin Kermes on InstagramKevin Kermes on FacebookKevin Kermes on Twitter Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Definition – The cumulative adverse effect on the body when allostasis occurs too frequently (as the body is subjected to repeated stressors). In other words, when we are in fight or flight and there is no actual saber-toothed tiger to be found. We know it as the common, every day modern life made more acute by a pandemic. So, if you are feeling tired, beat up, unfocused and generally like crap, there is a reason. The good news, you can do something about it. "Never underestimate the value of a good cry.” – Mark J. Silverman Today on Mastering Midlife: Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tiago Forte is the author of Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential. He is the founder of Forte Labs, an organization dedicated to transforming how the world uses knowledge by helping people leverage the power of technology. One of the world’s leading experts on productivity, Tiago has taught thousands of people how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness. Tiago joins us today to discuss what a second brain is, why we need it, and how it could optimize our digital lives. He shares the fundamentals of building a second brain and outlines the PARA framework for organizing digital content. He also discusses the five core digital apps you could use to simplify your life and underscores how letting go of the desire to create the perfect productivity system can help you create a better one. “A second brain is the collection of apps and tools you use to intake information. It’s a way of thinking about those apps as a coherent and centralized system for knowledge management.” - Tiago Forte This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: SuperhumanThings by Cultured CodeEvernoteNotion Connect with Tiago Forte: Forte LabsBuilding a Second BrainBuilding a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative PotentialForte Labs on LinkedInForte Labs on InstagramForte Labs on FacebookForte Labs on TwitterTiago Forte on LinkedInTiago Forte on YouTube Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brett Culp is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, inspirational speaker, social entrepreneur, and the co-founder of The Rising Heroes Project, a 501(c)3 organization that supports charitable organizations and empowers community leaders. As an inspirational keynote speaker, Brett delivers 50 keynotes each year that inspires audiences around the world to engage in a passionate, meaningful mission that leaves a positive impact and ignites the heroic spirit. As a documentary filmmaker, Brett has developed an expertise for creating ‘mini-movements’ through collaborative efforts that pull diverse groups of people into dialog that ultimately leads to stronger communities and greater impact. The newest edition of the college textbook “Documentary Storytelling” devotes an entire chapter to his production style. He has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Tonight, and WIRED, among many other publications, and his films have been featured on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Brett joins me today to discuss what it’s like to be seen as a powerful role model and how he ignites and maintains his connection with his inner heroic spirit. We discuss how society and the media often tries to dictate the narratives we believe and how Brett takes control of the information he allows himself to absorb. We discuss why it’s important to acknowledge and celebrate the good that comes from dark or stressful experiences. We explain why you should choose which narratives you focus on and why Brett believes it’s the core work of leadership. We also discuss why suffering is often the path toward freedom and why Brett believes the world is on the verge of experiencing great breakthroughs, despite the adversity we’re currently facing in today’s post-pandemic world. “It’s now more important than ever that we choose the narratives for ourselves, our families, our communities - and we rally together to support each other in those positive, hopeful, beautiful narratives.” - Brett Culp This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: The Alter-Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your LifeStolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again Connect with Brett Culp: Brett Culp’s WebsiteThe Rising Heroes ProjectBrett Culp on LinkedInBrett Culp on InstagramBrett Culp on FacebookBrett Culp on Twitter Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Bonnici is the Founder of Zen Men and Dojo Integrated Leadership. Throughout his 30 years in entrepreneurship, Tony has learned to blend ancient wisdom, the teaching of Zen, and entrepreneurship to generate millions in revenue and help other entrepreneurs succeed in all areas of their lives. He is the author of The Dojo: The Ancient Wisdom of Integrative Leadership for the Modern Entrepreneur, where he teaches readers how to be integrated leaders in their relationships, health, and spirituality. Tony joins us today to explain what it means to become an integrated entrepreneur. He describes his experience writing The Dojo despite having dyslexia and explains what the book’s “four pillars” mean. He discusses how not being integrated cost him some important moments in his life and how he started taking baby steps to cultivate a spiritual practice. He also highlights the power of letting emotions be fluid in any situation and underscores using fear as a mechanism for growth and development. “When you start to own the same vision or challenge for yourself in your relationships, spiritual practice, or body, your work and legacy take on a whole new life and meaning.” - Tony Bonnici This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: BOUNDLESS INTIMACY: The Eye and Treasury of Core-Self Connect with Tony Bonnici: Tony Bonnici on LinkedInThe Dojo: The Ancient Wisdom of Integrative Leadership for the Modern Entrepreneur Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clark Beckham is a musician and motivational speaker. In 2015, Clark received his golden ticket to the 14th season of American Idol, in which he was voted runner-up. Since releasing Year One—which debuted #6 on iTunes’s alternative chart and #22 on Billboard’s R&B sales chart—Clark has performed with the Nashville Symphony, opened for Jon Bellion and Allen Stone, and received a nomination for a Teen Choice Award. Today, Clark is promoting his latest album, Light Year, which he released in 2020. Clark joins me today to discuss what it takes to bet on yourself, your career, and your life’s work. He explains how he remains confident in his musical abilities despite negative critique. He elaborates on why being a musician requires work ethic and passionate commitment and describes why being an artist means knowing how to work smart. He also shares his inclinations for entrepreneurship and underscores how humans are yet to uncover their fullest potential. “Confidence isn’t wished upon you. It is earned, and its foundation is reality.” - Clark Beckham This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Resources Mentioned: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New RichLight Year Connect with Clark Beckham: Clark Beckham WebsiteClark Beckham on InstagramClark Beckham on FacebookClark Beckham on TwitterClark Beckham on TikTokClark Beckham on YouTube Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s too late for a lot of things for me. I just turned 60 and I have a new Achilles tendon issue; my back has been hurting in so many different areas; I had just healed my shoulder. So, it’s probably best to accept that there are certain things—such as being a professional tennis player or ultra-marathoner—that I’ll never be able to do. You might be in the same situation: you may feel like it’s too late to meet certain goals. And you’re right. In this episode, I explain why it is too late to do what you’re passionate about—and why you have to start doing it now. I reveal various setbacks that prevent you from taking your first step toward your goals. I also share opportunities I missed years ago and the things I’m just starting today, even though I could have begun sooner. “Life is now. We don’t know if we have tomorrow, so what are you going to do today?” - Mark Silverman This week on Mastering Overwhelm: Rising Leader Handbook Resources Mentioned: How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Bungay Stanier is the Founder of Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations change from being advice-driven to curiosity-led. Michael is a Rhodes Scholar and holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Modern Literature from the University of Oxford as well as a Law degree from the Australian National University. He is the author of seven books, including the best-selling coaching book, The Coaching Habit. Through his newest work, How to Begin, Michael helps people become ambitious for themselves and the world. Michael joins us today to discuss why it’s difficult to take the first steps toward our goals. He explains the paradox of being creatures of habits and patterns and wanting to move beyond our comfort zones. He describes what makes goals important and what to do if you don’t have a life mission or vision yet. He also highlights the importance of having support from a community of people on the same journey and outlines how to keep yourself committed to your goals when you’ve become an expert at avoiding the work. “The goal isn’t to take people to a finish line, because finish lines shift and change as you take the journey. The goal is to get people across the threshold.” - Michael Bungay Stanier This week on Mastering Overwhelm: How to BeginThe Coaching Habit Resources Mentioned: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad OnesDaring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and LeadImmunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Leadership for the Common Good) Connect with Michael Bungay Stanier: Michael Bungay Stanier WebsiteHow to Begin: Start Doing Something That MattersThe Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More, & Change the Way You Lead ForeverHow to BeginMichael Bungay Stanier on LinkedInMichael Bungay Stanier on InstagramMichael Bungay Stanier on FacebookMichael Bungay Stanier on Twitter Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.