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My guest on starTEDover today is Chuck Chapman, who shares his story of life not going as planned time after time, but still getting to the place of being ok with being ok.
Chuck Chapman is a Licensed Psychotherapist and certified No More Mr. Nice Guy Coach. Chuck specializes in helping men recover from toxic shame, codependent behaviors, and less than satisfying relationships. Based on the work of Dr. Robert Glover's No More Mr. Nice Guy, Chuck teaches men to become fully integrated into higher-masculinity through conscious embodiment work.
Chuck's new book No More Mr. Nice Guy: The 30-Day Recovery Journal is a supplemental work to Dr. Robert Glover's original work is now available on Amazon.com. You can read more about Chuck at his website niceguyhelp.com
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My guest on starTEDover is Mary Lynne Lewark, who shares her story of first finding safety and then constriction in the structured dance world, before giving herself permission to feel the full range of her feelings.
Mary Lynn Lewark is a dance artist, choreographer, movement healer, yoga teacher, and educator. She has created two movement houses in Denver, C0. - Between the Bones Dance and Bone House North where she has inspired dancers and people to develop their singular and collaborative voices in performances, workshops and everyday lives. Her authentic movement process is simple, direct, and communal, allowing a person to freely connect to their innate desire to move with their personal story.
Learn more about Mary Lynn: betweenthebones.com and bonehousenorth.com
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My guest today on starTEDover is Mike Harris, who shares his story of booms, busts, and resilience.
Mike Harris is a coach to top leaders and other elite performers and a former finance executive and high-stakes poker pro. His mission is to champion the leaders of today who are shaping the next 100 generations of life on this planet. He's currently finishing up his first book, Complaint Cleanse, to be released in early 2021.
For more information about Mike, visit: www.mikefharris.com
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My guest on starTEDover is Sandy Sembler, who shares her story of being stuck in the same cycle of unhealthy relationships until she learned that she needed to “Feel to Heal.”
More about Sandy:
“I help women create a joy-filled, abundant life full of thriving relationships they've always desired.”
– Sandy Sembler, Embodied Results CoachSandy Sembler is an internationally recognized embodied results coach and creator of the SakredShe program, empowering women to “break up” with toxic patterns limiting their love, business, and success, and embrace a joy-filled, abundant life.
Sandy’s SakredShe program was created after her own 10-year healing journey and her desire to “make her mess a message and her test a testimony!” Sandy merged disciplines from teachers around the world to ignite clients towards change in their mind, heart, and body, tapping into the unlimited energy and creativity of their feminine flow, and releasing unhealthy patterns.
The transformation Sandy’s clients achieve is due to her compassionate yet ‘take no prisoners’ coaching style, her own personal journey, and her ability to deeply connect with each client as a unique soul.
Sandy’s deepest desire is for each client to intentionally claim their authentic purpose and abundance of self-worth, trust and live more fully, and create the quality relationships so deeply desired.
Credentials / Teachers Certified Pranic Healer (Level 3) Certified Advanced Theta Healer Certified High Performance Coach My own life’s journey and experience! Contact Informationwww.sandysembler.com
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Welcome to episode number 18 of starTEDover, the final episode of season one. My idea from the beginning was to produce 18 18-minute interviews that would inspire listeners and even save lives. Though my guest today was one of my first interviews, I wanted to save publication for the season’s finale because, frankly, my guest Ryan Geist could have used a story like his when he was experiencing his darkest days of addiction and psychosis. I hope you will be inspired by his story, share it, and then tune in for season two of starTEDover, beginning soon.
In Ryan’s own words: “Hi, I'm Ryan. I am on a mission to help people say "YES" do their deepest desires. Life is short, time is precious. Fear is real. I should know, my story is riddled with questionable decisions, failures and decisions driven by fear. My biggest mistake is that I never asked for help. I thought I could do it alone. I thought I was supposed to do it alone. It took a great deal of humility and courage to finally face my deepest fears... the big bad dragons guarding all the treasures of my soul. But I did it, and the greatest treasure of all is being able to help others face their fears and grow into the greatest version of themselves. With the right plan, the right support and the willingness to go to any length to achieve your dream - anything is possible.”
Contact Ryan: [email protected]; 717-557-6565; or @ryangeist on all socials
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My guest on starTEDover today is Gretchen Shanks, who shares her story of living through decades of sexual shame before learning how to celebrate her own worthiness.
Gretchen Shanks (she/her) is a Seattle-based sex and dating coach certified in the Somatica Method, an experiential and practical method of coaching grounded in the body.
Up until her early 40s, Gretchen struggled with dating, had only had sex a handful of times, and felt undesirable and unattractive. Years of talk therapy couldn’t shift the beliefs she had about herself. Then she got help from an intimacy coach and somatic body worker. She reset her body image issues, learned to confidently tap into her sexy side, and to approach dating, sex and all of her relationships with greater ease and enjoyment.
Now she gets great satisfaction helping others rewrite their stories around sex, intimacy, dating, and relationships to have the kind of experiences and connections they’ve always wanted. Regardless of what your relationship goal is (monogamous marriage, polyamory, a single life with lots of dating fun, or anything in between), Gretchen is excited to help you get there!
Gretchen can be found on Instagram @gretchen.shanks and at her website www.gretchenshanks.com.
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My guest on starTEDover today is Ali Kole, who shares her story of cracking open, living lighter, and bringing more beauty to the world.
Ali Kole is a sensual muse who helps women and couples ignite passionately enlivened intimacy and freedom in their lives and relationships. During her 20+years as a beauty industry CEO and advisor, her search to “have it all” led her to 14 years studying, practicing and now teaching intimacy and pleasure. Using her own marriage and career as a laboratory, Ali dedicated herself to the art and practice of hot monogamy and expansive erotic expression, training and assisting with world leading spiritual intimacy and relationship teachers including David Deida, Michaela Boehm and John Wineland. She now co-teaches sacred intimacy with John Wineland and assists David Deida with courses and retreats worldwide. Ali is also a long time sensual dance student and licensed S Factor® teacher, trained by Sheila Kelley. She lives a healthy happy passionate life in Boulder CO with her amazing husband of 14 years, and her gentle delicious practice has been featured in retreats and courses worldwide. Ali creates a safe inviting space for you to reclaim your body for your own pleasure, express your emotional truth, and discover and reveal your most beautiful, alive self, alone or with a partner.
She can be reached at [email protected].
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My guest today on starTEDover is Kirk Westwood, who shares his story of pushing to be the best, which led to tremendous pain, and then learning to follow what he loved, which led to tremendous healing.
Diagnosed with an illness they said would kill him, Kirk Westwood turned to doing things he didn’t understand: Extreme Shamanic practices and rituals from around the world that fundamentally changed him as a person.
Studying at the feet of several masters for many years to develop skills that dramatically altered the course of his life. He reluctantly kept being drawn back to the honing of an acute intuition to read people and situations.
Not wanting to be a healer and enamored by the exploits of close friends who were elite military operators, he did the ultimate run-away and joined the Army.
It was there, embedded with an Australian Special Forces Unit to train up for Selection that he observed the all too common occurrence of Special Forces Operators (SAS, Commando's, SEAL's, Delta units) experiencing extreme luck in dire combat situations.
After a live-fire training accident ate away the cornea in his left eye months before deployment, he focused his skills into forging a trainable dynamic to create what looks like luck. A "Bubble of Luck" if you will.
His impetus was then to travel the world documenting extreme rituals and practices to understand the common thread of these practices that miraculously change lives.
Becoming an expert with thousands of hours in reading people and situations effectively and in what cultures do around the world to create what looks like good fortune, the journey continues.
Now companies, organizations and sports teams have used his skills to make/raise millions of dollars, successfully pivot technologies and create winning teams as a direct result of him creating luck for them.
Contact and more information on consultancy, sports team training and speaking engagements can be found at theluckbubble.com
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My guest today on starTEDover is Richard Ayling, who shares his story of choosing between a lifetime of medication and being an outsider or a life of flow, balance, and belonging.
Richard Ayling is a transformational coach, author and facilitator, with over twelve years’ experience in training and personal development. In 2006 he was diagnosed with a lifelong autoimmune disease, and this led him to study mindset and meditation to aid his recovery.
In 2016 he became one of the first instructors trained by Wim Hof in breathwork and cold exposure disciplines. In 2017 and after successfully overcoming his illness, he moved to Bali to develop his embodiment and coaching practices, and is now a certified Traditional Hatha Yoga teacher. As an entrepreneur and former business owner, he now has over 30,000 hours of teaching and coaching experience, and teaches self-awareness practices for mindful and meaningful living around the world. When he isn't coaching or facilitating, you can find him in the surf, on the mat, or learning something new with a good coffee in hand.
To contact Richard directly, email [email protected] or visit his website www.re-align.co
He can also be reached through multiple social media platforms.
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My guest today on starTEDover is Mark Doody, who shares his story of being caught in a cycle of shame and drug use that he finally broke with a prayer to find his car keys.
Mark experienced an incredible transformation. After years of struggling with heroin addiction he reconnected with hope and strength as he stepped into a life of sobriety and purpose. Today, with 8 years of sobriety, Mark works in a leadership role for an LA based tech company, is in a healthy loving relationship with a beautiful partner, and dedicates his spare time to helping people struggling with addiction find sobriety for themselves.
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My guest today on starTEDover is Greg Marcus who shares his story of transitioning from marketing to stay-at-home-parenting to authoring to being a student once again.
Greg Marcus is a serial reinventor. Sometimes by choice, sometimes by learning the hard way. He is the founder of American Mussar, author of the The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar and Rabbi in training at the Academy of Jewish Religion of California. He brings an everyday perspective to his teaching, with a broad background including a Ph.D in biology from MIT, a ten year career as a marketer in the genomics industry, and ten years as a stay at home parent.
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My guest today on starTEDover, is Tracy Harward, who shares her story of having it all twice, losing it all twice, and discovering dance as the deepest medicine.
Tracy is the founder of Swoon & Babble and creator of Body Alchemy - a moving meditation practice for healing your past, balancing your emotions, and turning on your power to create a life you love through your body. Her practice is an offering created from her own lived experience in her body and over 8 years of high practice with master teachers in somatic (body) psychology and somatic spirituality. Tracy has also devoted 20 years to the practice and study of gestalt therapy, trauma therapy for CPTSD and PTSD, attachment psychology, and transpersonal therapy. She is certified as a yoga teacher (500 RYT) with an emphasis on yoga for healing trauma and in energy work. She masquerades by day as President of Anima Marketing - a branding and marketing consulting agency.
swoonandbabble.com @swoonandbabble
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My guest today on starTEDover is Michelle Burkhard, who shares her story of childhood poverty, a rare and debilitating stroke, and creating her own secret plan to defy her doctor’s prognosis.
Michelle Burkhard is the Owner of Grow By 1; a business built to serve and increase clients’ ability to lead themselves and others well. She received a B.S. Degree in Elementary Education and a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from Central Michigan University. She is a PhD candidate at Walden University. Her specialty is Assessment, Evaluation, & Accountability. Her experience includes extensive work in the education and business fields for over 20 years, and she is a highly requested speaker and trainer around the United States. Her coaching clients span several fields of study around the US and the international arena. Her passion for seeing others reach their own personal and professional goals fuels her work as a coach. When not studying or serving others, she enjoys actively engaging at home with her husband Josh of 18 years, and her three children, Josiah, Hannah, and Eliana.
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My next guest on starTEDover is Lorna Bennett, who shares her story of making fear her best friend in order to write the next chapter in her life.
Lorna is a teacher, speaker, coach, and change consultant passionate about personal growth and transformation. She celebrates people turning themselves ON - mentally, physically and spiritually - to live their Passion and Purpose through Freedom and Connection.
With more than 20 years experience in consulting, teaching, business leadership and organizational development, Lorna has served as a change catalyst under many umbrellas. She is an experienced Yoga and Barre teacher, Reiki Master, motivational speaker, published writer, relationship coach, sacred sexuality teacher, organizational change facilitator, and mother of three children (six if you include fur-babies!)
Lorna’s teaching style offers inspiring, theme-focused classes with a precise focus on Mindfulness, Meditation and optimal alignment from the inside-out. Her coaching clients feel empowered utilizing everyday Life Practices to consciously Tune In, Turn On, Live Freely, and Love Deeply.
*Connect with Lorna on INSTAGRAM (@lorna_bennett_coaching)
or FACEBOOK (Lorna Bennett — Life Practice Meditation & Coaching)
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My guest today is Jim Bollenbacher, who shares his story of leaving a conservative corporate attorney life for a world which inspired his new book Molly, Mushrooms and Mayhem, Stories from inside the music festival medical tent.
Jim is happy to be working as a paramedic in the Chicagoland area after a career as a lawyer and business executive. He has a degree in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a law degree from The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law. He and his wife Sandy have two grown daughters Jenn and Mara. Jim spends his spare time reading, watching movies with his wife, and cheering on his Pittsburgh Steelers. This is his first book.
amazon.com/author/jimbollenbacher
mollymushroomsandmayhem.com
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My guest today is Gena Chieco, who shares her story of finding out she was an identical twin, navigating the unknowns of life and shedding the “shoulds” that were holding her back.
Gena is an Executive Coach, former Chief of Staff, and lawyer who inspires high-achieving professionals to step into their best selves by cultivating a growth mindset and accessing inner wisdom and strengths. After earning a BA with Honors in Psychology from Northwestern University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law, Gena had the privilege of working for the Obama Administration during both terms. Serving in leadership roles and as a right-hand to principals at the highest levels of government, she contributed to a variety of initiatives, from immigration reform at the Department of Homeland Security to environmental issues at the White House.
Gena left federal service in 2017 to serve as General Counsel & Chief of Staff to the CEO of a cleantech startup, marrying her passion for the environment and entrepreneurial spirit. Appreciating the unique nature of the Chief of Staff role and value of community, Gena helped launch the Prime Chief of Staff Peer group in Los Angeles, which she co-leads today.
In 2018, while on an extended travel sabbatical, Gena enrolled in Dr. Martha Beck’s Coach Training Program. The experience illuminated that Gena has always been a coach in spirit – whether helping friends find jobs they love, encouraging team members to build upon their passions, or serving as a confidante to executives. Gena derives tremendous joy and purpose from helping clients rise to their full potential. In addition to a passion for coaching, Gena brings to her coaching practice over 15 years of experience encompassing operations; strategic planning; project management; workforce development; and communications.
A native New Yorker, when not immersing herself in coaching, Gena is plotting her next travel adventure, exploring food scenes in her home base of Los Angeles, running, or creating.
For connect with Gena, visit:
www.genachieco.com
www.linkedin.com/in/genachieco
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My guest today is Janel Vitale, who shares her story of growing up with shame around her sexuality, and the lessons she learned hiking 5000 miles across the United States.
Janel Vitale is a coach for shame-free relationships and sexual empowerment. Although based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her message has a national reach through her TikTok channel @lovewithjanel. Her passion is empowering people to overcome shame and fear in their intimate relationships to create the deep connection and fulfilling sex they crave. An expert in emotional intelligence and vulnerable communication, holds a BA in Communication from the University of Southern California and a sex & relationship coaching certification from the Somatica Institute.
You can find her on TikTok & IG @lovewithjanel and her website is lovewithjanel.com
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My guest today is Rachel O’Brien, who shares her story of climbing up to a “perfect life”,” being washed out with lymphoma, and the lessons of the Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Rachel started her professional life as a travel agent in Adelaide, South Australia in 1990. For 20 years she tirelessly worked her way up the corporate ladder and in early 2010, she was appointed Executive General Manager of Flight Centre Australia - responsible for $7B in sales, $200M profit and 7,000 people. This same year, she married the love of her life, Shannon O'Brien. Within months of the promotion and the dream wedding, life would take an unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a life threatening illness.
This triggered a complete life change - an awakening into the ongoing journey to discover her true purpose.
In the last 10 years since achieving remission from her illness and leaving Flight Centre, Rachel has embarked on a remarkable healing journey of physical, emotional and spiritual growth and discovery.
Studying shamanic healing, nutrition, meditation, yogic sexuality and most recently, made a number of trips to Mallorca to study with a Kundalini Yoga master to become a qualified teacher.
Her working life now is spent facilitating her signature workshops - Invincible leadership and Goddess in the Boardroom, working 1 on 1 mentoring others to their full potential and as a non-executive director. And she does a bit of yoga teaching too.
Rachel considers herself a work in progress - growing, opening and learning what it is to be fully alive.
To contact Rachel: [email protected]
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My guest today is Eve Meyer, who shares her story of suicide prevention in her own family that turned into a profession and her new life as a standup comic.
Eve Meyer was executive director of San Francisco Suicide Prevention for thirty years, until 2018. She made frequent appearances in print and broadcast media in that capacity and financial contributions to the agency tripled despite annual cutbacks in public funding. New programs opened during her tenure include the HIV Nightline, Youth Risk Reduction, Relapse Prevention Line, Linea de Crisis, Grief Response, Attempt Survivors Groups, Night Coverage and Chat/Text Crisis Services.
She earned a Masters Degree in social work from the University of Chicago and a Masters Degree in health services administration from the University of Michigan. Since retiring, Ms. Meyer has joined the performing arts community in San Francisco as a stand up comic in addition to her crisis consultation practice. She speaks fluent German and French, and also designs jewelry as a hobby.
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My guest today is Yaron Engler, who shares his story of leading with his heart from country to country and a spiritual journey that gave him a path to break through a lifetime of struggles with depression.
Yaron is a men's coach and workshops facilitator who has spent more than 20 years exploring and road testing mindfulness so nothing is taught that he hasn't tried out himself. A professional drummer who has performed and worked around the world, Yaron’s direct, honest and playful approach inspires and motivates clients and audiences to create simple, positive change resulting in personal growth.
He is passionate about bringing the best out of individuals by cultivating stronger self-awareness and developing more courageous and honest communication between people.
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starTEDover is a series of 18 minute inspiring stories of falling and standing back up, getting knocked over and rebuilding, healing, growing, persevering.
These interviews are edited down to 18 minutes, because 18, in Hebrew numerology, is the number for life or chai, and my hope is that these stories of starting over could enliven you today or even save a life.
Music is provided by my friends Malte Hagemeister and Kristian Nord of The Great Escape. You can find out more about them and their inspiring music at www.CaliforniaMusic.com.
If you liked today’s episode and want to hear more inspirational stories of starting over, please subscribe here, leave a review, and tell a friend.
And, if you’re inspired to do so, share a little about your story. I’d love to hear it, even if it’s still in the early stages of writing.
And, if you are in a place in life where you have a hard time imagining what starting over could look like, reach out to me at [email protected] and let’s see if a coaching relationship is the right one for you at this time.
I’m Ted Riter, wishing you blessings for starting over.
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