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Playing Big: Tara Mohr

13 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead-- is here to help us identify the ways that sabota...

Paradigm Shift: Bob Proctor

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Proctor is widely regarded as one of the living masters and teachers of The Law of Attraction and has worked in the area of mind potential for clo...

Love Take Two: Sudeep Balain

31 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Sudeep Balain happens to be last year's most listened to guest and the first time I have brought someone back twice. This time we spoke while he was t...

Golden Lessons: Lindsey Jacobellis

06 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lindsey Jacobellis went to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy as the American snowboarding favorite. After a split second decision on her last...

"Strong is the New Pretty": Kate T. Parker

19 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kate T. Parker has taken her skill and creativity and blended it to help reshape and expand our culture's concept of female beauty by empowering girls...

"Paradox of Choice": Barry Schwartz

05 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Barry Schwartz, is here to explain why more choices are making us miserable. Contrary to conventional thinking that we can make better choices wh...

Life Changes, Let It: Bill Hayes

22 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Hayes will be the first to tell you that when you lose someone dear to you, you learn what it's like to live with a void. You become familiar wit...

Practical Wisdom: Dr. Judson Brewer

09 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Judson Brewer is someone who has dedicated his career to uncovering the benefits of paying attention, or what is typically known as mindfulness. H...

Taking Life Back: Rebekah Gregory

24 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rebekah Gregory has endured a hell many might not recover from.  She and her son were standing three feet away from the explosion that rocked the Bo...

Goat Yoga?!: Lainey Morse

10 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lainey Morse knows more than most that finding those peaceful moments where we can heal can be hard to come by. So if you're someone who looks for wa...

"The Beautiful Awful": Alyssa Monks

27 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Alyssa Monks has been able to channel her pain and grieving into creating powerful visual art. Her paintings are a unique blend of abstraction and re...

"Originals" How Non-Conformists Move the World

13 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Grant is a New York Times bestselling author, top TedTalk presenter and organizational psychologist who explores the value and need for thinkers...

"We Need to Talk": Celeste Headlee

27 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, author, public speaker, and vocalist spreading the timely message of how to have better conversations....

Real Wealth: Chalene Johnson

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Chalene Johnson is a New York Times bestselling author as well as a well known fitness celebrity.  Her notable successes also include a Guinness Book...

Speaking Up: Adam Galinsky

30 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Galinsky is a Professor and bestselling author at the Columbia Business School, Management Division, and specializes in leadership, negotiation,...

"Chasing Slow": Erin Loechner

16 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Loechner knows firsthand how the hunger for more can stalk us. She's familiar with the demands of what is akin to the hustle. How do we unplug wh...

"Everything Is Possible": Jen Bricker

02 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jen Bricker is an author, aerialist, speaker, and State Champion in power tumbling who happened to be born without legs. She was left at a hospital a...

Top 100 Inspirational Women: Beth French

19 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Beth French is one of the UK's Top 100 Most Inspirational Women.  She is a sage and a swimmer. To say that she is courageous would be an understatem...

"Together is Better": Simon Sinek

05 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Sinek has the #3 most popular Ted Talk of all time and four bestselling books with deliverables to spare.  He is here to share his wisdom, his ...

"The Yoga of Max's Discontent": Karan Bajaj

21 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Karan Bajaj is a bestselling author and yogi who travelled half way around the world to find more meaning in his life. He left it all behind after his...

"Liespotting": Pamela Meyer

07 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pamela Meyer has become the national expert on "Liespotting."  Whether in business, life, or in any of our relationships, a lie can destroy our found...

Apricot Lane Farms Filmmaker: John Chester

24 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

John Chester is an Emmy Award Winning and favorite Oprah Winfrey Filmmaker who left Hollywood to pursue a dream.  He and his wife Molly have found t...

"Play it Forward": Joan Barnes

10 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Joan Barnes--bestselling author, speaker, advisory entrepreneur, and founder of Gymboree, is well-acquainted with the difference between aiming for pe...

Who is Siri: Susan Bennett

26 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Bennett is someone that everyone of us knows but we may not know why. She answers our questions, helps us with directions, and when we can't fig...

"Gutsy Girl": Caroline Paul

12 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Caroline Paul walks the walk in being courageous in her life and in her new bestselling book, "Gutsy Girl." She "focuses on important life lessons of ...

"You Are Love": Sudeep Balain

29 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sudeep Balain ended up learning the lessons he needed to learn about love through divorce.  As counterintuitive as it sounds, we often learn our most...

Try, Try Again: Kata Hay

15 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Kata Hay understands that if at first we don't succeed it's worth trying again.  It takes a good kind of inner strength and determination to pick yo...

"Our Brains on Enlightenment": Dr. Andrew Newberg

01 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Andrew Newberg is a prominent neuroscientist, author and researcher who has studied what our brains do with our beliefs, enlightenment and even w...

Abuse of Power: Dr. Glen Gabbard

18 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Glen Gabbard is a renowned psychiatrist and psychiatric educator whose research has been invaluable in the mental health field and elsewhere.  An...

"Presence": Amy Cuddy

05 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Amy Cuddy is a Harvard Professor, Researcher, Author and Social Scientist.  In 2012, she graced the Ted Talk stage and became one of their top t...

NBC/The Voice: Angie Keilhauer

20 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Angie Keilhauer is going places and she wants you to come along.  As you will hear if you listen to this episode Angie has both grit and talent, and...

The Grit Project: Shannon Huffman Polson

06 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Shannon Huffman Polson not only knows what grit is, she has lived it. Shannon is now highlighting stories of bravery and resilience in the lives of ...

What Fear Can Teach Us: Karen Thompson Walker

23 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Thompson Walker believes that fear is here to teach us.  We often think of fear as something to avoid, but what if we could learn to view fear ...

Change Your Life: Tom Corley

09 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Corley believes that our daily habits play a much larger role in success than we might have previously understood. Tom grew up in a household tha...

"Curiosity" Rover: Adam Steltzner

25 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Steltzner went from being described (by New Yorker Magazine) "as a dropout and small town playboy with few skills and fewer prospects" to someone...

Overcoming Trauma: Trina Laughlin

11 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Trina Laughlin has been a clinical social worker for twenty plus years specializing in trauma therapy. She specializes in helping others find their wa...

The Best Place to Work: Dr. Ron Friedman

31 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr.Ron Friedman is considered an expert in human motivation, and his research lends us some helpful answers to what motivates us and what keeps us eng...

Coach Reed Maltbie: Choosing Kindness

21 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Coach Reed believes that "progress hinges on the gap between who will talk in private and who will act in public." Of all the quotes that runs through...

Behind Every Man: Barbara Jenkins

10 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Barbara Jenkins is a bestselling co-author and traveler who received the attention of National Geographic Magazine with a cross country trek she took ...

Forgiveness: Richard McCann

29 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Richard McCann is living proof that our stories aren’t over even after the darkest of tragedies. He was only five years old when his mother was mur...

Being Different: Jim Riviello

19 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Riviello is a business growth expert who reminds us that focusing on the next three steps in front of us will slow us down long enough so we won't...

Resilience: General Rhonda Cornum

08 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Brigadier General, Dr. Rhonda Cornum is tough and gentle.  I find the two are often a package deal.   In today's interview with  Brigadier General ...

Riser: Travis Meadows

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Travis Meadows is known by "Rolling Stone" magazine as "Nashville's most badass songwriter."  Whether or not you’re familiar with or even like coun...

Conquering Life's Stage Fright: Mark Schulman

18 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Schulman is here to teach us that we can all overcome stage fright if we follow what he calls the Three C’s. He has played drums with some of ...

View from the Top: Aaron Walker

07 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Walker was 27 years old when he reached a level of success people dream about.  What he wasn’t prepared for was the hollow feeling that came ...

Choosing Hope: Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis

28 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis is the first-grade teacher from Sandy Hook who saved her entire first grade class in December 2012.  She will carry the memory ...

Getting There: Gillian Zoe Segal

17 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Gillian Zoe Segal faced many closed doors as she was collecting the interviews she needed for her most recent book, “Getting There.” Instead of gi...

Sink or Swim: Kimberley Chambers

07 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kimberley Chambers, is here to teach us that when we are willing to face our fear, we have the opportunity to discover just how capable we really are....

Bouncing Forward: Dr. Michaela Haas

25 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Michaela Haas has written an important book, "Bouncing Forward."  Most of us are familiar with PTSD, but post traumatic growth may be a new conc...

Healing the Shame That Binds You: John Bradshaw

16 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

John Bradshaw is a best-selling author and esteemed therapist who tackles the complicated emotion of shame in his extensive work.  He has written nu...

Listen to Yourself: Geni Whitehouse

09 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Geni Whitehouse has gumption.  She was honest enough with herself to realize that she just was not passionate enough about a career she had spent man...

Waking Up from War: Dr. Joseph Bobrow

02 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joseph Bobrow is an author, psychoanalyst, Zen Master and founder of the Coming Home Project.  He falls into the category of people that I am mos...

Power of Fear: Dr. Gay Hendricks

26 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gay Hendricks has written several best selling books, and been interviewed by many well known names. We can spend a great deal of energy trying t...

Thirty Day Challenge: Bradley Charbonneau

19 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Bradley Charbonneau began writing again after ten years with a thirty day challenge.  A thousand days later and two published books he feels like he'...

Monthly Experiments Project: John Muldoon

12 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

John Muldoon is a catalyst for change.  He founded "The Monthly Experiments Project" in hopes to not only challenge himself but to help motivate othe...

PureMatter: Bryan Kramer

05 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Kramer is a social strategist, CEO of PureMatter, Ted Talk speaker, and best-selling author.  He has valuable insight on how to interact in th...

Grace Under Fire: Admiral Michelle Howard

28 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Admiral Michelle Howard exhibits grace, strength, and clear-mindedness under extreme pressure.  In order to become that kind of unwavering force ami...

Dear Pope Francis: Jennifer Haselberger

14 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Haselberger is one of the few female Canon lawyers and one of the first to practice in the USA.  As a female, and the Chancellor of Canonica...

Six Emmy's Ago: Margaret Smith

07 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Smith was voted the best Female Comic by the American Comedy Awards and won six Emmy's for her writing on the Ellen DeGeneres show.  She has...

The Science of Laughter: Professor Sophie Scott

31 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Sophie Scott is a Cognitive Neuroscientist who became one of the first researchers to study the science of laughter.  On her way to underst...

Elena Vanishing: Elena Dunkle

24 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Elena Dunkle dealt with a serious eating disorder in the years after she was raped at age 13. She recounts her process of coming to terms with the pa...

Saving Lives Candace Lightner

17 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Candace Lightner is the Founder of Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and We Save Lives.  She became an unintended advocate when her 13 year old d...

Are We Listening? Julian Treasure

10 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Julian Treasure created one of the most popular Ted Talks entitled, "How To Speak So That People Will Listen."  Today, we have a conversation about J...

Silver Lining Jessamyn Lovell

03 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jessamyn Lovell had her identity stolen in a matter of minutes.  What is unique about her is that she managed to turn her experiences into a creativ...

Connection Culture Michael Stallard

27 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Stallard's journey and wisdom comes from realizing how important human connection is and how that translates not only to our intimate relatio...

Reclaim the Magic Lee Milteer

20 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Milteer believes that at some point in our lives we have to get clear of what our purpose is and why we are here.  Even if you have figured that...

Authentic Self Ash Beckham

13 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Ash Beckham is a speaker whose "speeches are dynamic, intrepid, highly relatable and intrinsically comical."  "She didn't set out to become a viral s...

Dinosaur 13 Peter Larson

06 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Larson is a commercial paleontologist who uncovered the most complete specimen of Tyrannosaurus Rex to date.  He affectionately named this mass...

Overnight Success?! Jamie Cohan

29 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jamie Cohan is the entrepreneur behind phenomenal Internet successes like Andromedia and Round1 who discusses not only how he got there but how you, ...

Choose Happiness Marilyn Tam

22 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Marilyn Tam, PhD believes that happiness is something we choose.  She is the author of "The Happiness Choice" that features experts who discuss how ...

Entrepreneur on Fire John Lee Dumas

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of Entrepreneur On Fire, a top ranked iTunes business Podcast.  After chasing fame and fortune and coming u...

Stand Out Dorie Clark

08 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dorie Clark is an author (Stand Out, and Reinventing You), speaker, professor, award-winning journalist, and one of twenty-five professional networki...

Power Connectors Judy Robinett

01 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Judy Robinett is an author, speaker, consultant, CEO, and pundit who is focused on strategic planning, financial and product development, marketing, a...

With Dignity Alicia Watkins

25 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Alicia Watkins is a retired Air Force staff sergeant and survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon who deployed to both the Iraq and Afgh...

Grit and Determination Bonnie Bruckheimer

18 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Bonnie Bruckheimer began her cinematic career at Columbia Pictures and became known as one of Hollywood’s most successful producers. In 1985 she for...

Try, Try Again Peter S. Cohan

11 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Peter S. Cohan is a millionaire with poet’s heart.  He has very insightful ideas and is the kind of person who continues to question things.  For...

Music Heals Dr. Jill Suttie

27 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jill Suttie is a writer, researcher, and book review editor for the Greater Good Science Center.  She writes about research on psychological and ...

Stage Fright Joe Kowan

13 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Kowan believes that saving up "little pieces of advice" has helped him to not only help himself but many others.  He has learned that doing somet...

House of Cards William D. Cohan

30 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

William D. Cohan does not take anything at face value.  If you have ever wondered what happens behind the scenes on Wall Street or in major Universit...

Science Based Self-Help Vanessa Van Edwards

16 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Vanessa Van Edwards believes that the primary purpose of her business is to help people.  She runs an organization called the Science of People.  Th...

The Art of Charm Jordan Harbinger

02 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Harbinger is a lawyer-turned-social-dynamics expert who is the owner and cofounder of the Art of Charm, which is a dating and relationships coa...

Dance of Courage Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant

16 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever seen someone dance like a warrior and you could not take your eyes off of them?  Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant is such a woman.  This woma...

The Real Horse Whisperer Monty Roberts Part 2

03 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This is a two part series.  Part 2:  Monty Roberts was not only curious about horses.  When he studied at Cal Poly (almost sixty years ago) he was ...

The Real Horse Whisperer Monty Roberts Part 1

03 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This is a two part series.  Part 1:  Monty Roberts is known as the man who listens to horses.  He has led an extraordinary life as an international...

Me to We Kare Anderson

19 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kare Anderson believes that in a world that is increasingly more connected and complex both good and bad can hit faster from more people and more plac...

Willful Blindness Margaret Heffernan

05 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Heffernan is an entrepreneur, the CEO's CEO, prolific author, and TED talk alumnus.  She and I discuss what it takes to stand up, speak up a...

Building Relationships John Corcoran

29 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

John Corcoran has worked in Hollywood, the Clinton White House, and as a speechwriter for the Governor of California.  What he's really good at is ma...

The Irreverent Reverend Debra Jarvis

22 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Reverend Debra Jarvis uses humor to heal.  She had me laughing out loud, and I'm pretty sure you will, too.  Hopefully, she will have you thinking a...

Hold Me Tight Dr. Sue Johnson Part 2

15 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sue Johnson is the best selling author, relationship icon, and researcher who is the creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy.  She has basically c...

Hold Me Tight Dr. Sue Johnson Part 1

08 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sue Johnson is the best selling author, relationship icon, and researcher who is the creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy.  She has basically c...

A True Gentleman Cliff Ravenscraft

30 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Cliff Ravenscraft believes that if you pursue your passion the money will follow.  He experienced a lot of personal pressure to take over the family ...

Unstoppable Cynthia Kersey

24 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Unstoppable people are driven by a purpose.  They are energized by passion.  They are empowered by a  belief system.  They are equipped by prepara...

Awaken the Giant Within Gabriel Angelo MasterBlaster G

19 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Gabriel Angelo MasterBlaster G is a fifteen year old San Francisco Street Artist and Icon.  If you think a 15 year old has nothing of value to say or...

Losing Millions Kim Krompass

10 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In 2001 Kim Krompass became an overnight multi millionaire.  By 2008 she was losing it all and everyone else's, too.  What is life like having that ...

Your Health Matters Dr. John McDougall

03 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John McDougall is a thought leader.  He has been challenging people's thinking since 1970.  He discovered something amazing about people's healt...

Stop Waiting For It To Get Easier Jim Palmer

27 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Palmer is an entrepreneur with a message.  His latest book entitled, "Stop Waiting For It To Get Easier" is a good summary for what he has come t...

Just Try It Maysoon Zayid

20 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Maysoon Zayid repeated it twice in our interview, “Just try it,”  Just try it,”  and try it she has.  If Maysoon finds a door in her life she...

Child Advocate Chief John Paul Lilly

14 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

When you think of bikers you might think of gangs, thugs, and tattoos.  John Paul Lilly has changed all of that.  He is a Licensed Clinical Social W...

Never Give Up Heather Dorniden Kampf

07 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In 2008, Heather Dorniden was leading the pack in the final heat of a 600-meter race at the Big Ten Indoor Track Championships.  With 200 meters of t...

Overcoming Fear/Part 2 Felicity Aston

06 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Felicity Aston is the first woman to cross the Antarctic alone.  She also led the first all female team on a life changing ski trip to the South Pole...