A Richer Life

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Jeff Snipes, who spent 16 years leading one of the largest United States corporate leadership development companies before selling the company in 2012. Jeff made a transformation in his professional life, becoming the Co-Founder and Chairman of Millennium School, Founder/Chairman/Board of Directors of Millenium.org, and the Founder and Chairman of Conscious Leadership and Education Foundation. We explore leadership, family, education and what is missing and what it means to be a ‘success’ and be in alignment. Episode Highlights: Rich shares three of the developmental frameworks from the Millenium Forum. Jeff has been drawn to both the entrepreneurial and educational paths. Jeff discusses the early breakthroughs that his leadership development company experienced. How willing were the executives to explore the parts of themselves that needed fixing? What did Jeff Snipes learn the most about himself in running the leadership company?What was the pivotal shift in Jeff’s life and leaving his executive role? What would be the cost of not listening to your gut feeling? Our human spirit is crying out to us to grow. Jeff Snipes talks about starting the Millennium School in San Francisco. Humans are constantly learning and adapting. How do self-care and well-being show up in the classroom between teachers and students? Millennium School doesn’t have grades. What are the elements that are adding pressure and anxiety for people? Parents need to be the change that they want their kids to take on. What would Jeff say to his 30-year-old self? What is he doing to live a richer life? Self-love is not a selfish act. 3 Key Points: Within each of us lies our unique true nature and our potential to be in service of all. Notice interconnection. Everything is interdependent. Recognize how each action affects another. Practice compassion. Compassion requires action. Strive to alleviate the suffering in ourselves and others. Tweetable Quotes: “Careers are funny things. You always think you have a game plan and then the “More than half of the Fortune 500s were our clients from the CEOs on down. We had all the data on their professional assessments and how successful they were. ” – Jeff Snipes“There were some underlying capacities that were directly attributed to peoples’ overall success. These were things like deeper self-awareness, emotional intelligence, the ability to create meaning out of a lot of information. – Jeff Snipes“Authenticity, to kind of drop the guard and if you don’t know something, admit that you don’t know it.” – Jeff Snipes“Stay open to feedback and people will trust you more, and they will sign up to help you.” – Jeff Snipes“People are ultimately successful when they are in alignment.” – Jeff Snipes Resources Mentioned: Jeff Snipes on Linkedin

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Mike Govoni, a certified holistic health and wellness coach and a certified addiction recovery coach. Mike speaks about being in recovery for over 15 years, his coaching program called Healing Beyond Recovery and how he continues to do this in his own life, and how he fought back against trauma and contemplation of suicide. Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introduces Mike Govoni, who shares his background. Mike Govoni found out his father was a pediphile priest. Mike Govoni was taken away from his mother at age three. Sexual molestation happened to Mike, but not at the hands of his father. Mike discussed his past addiction issues. How did thoughts of suicide arise in his life? In what ways did meditation practices benefit Mike? What was a catalyst for Mike to start healing? We must create a more flexible nervous system. We all have self-energy and it is who we are. Our true being is loving awareness.COVID-19 is bringing us together and apart at the same time. Life is traumatic, but we need the courage to heal it. What is Mike Govoni doing to live A Richer Life? 3 Key Points: Trauma creates a sense of disconnection and dysregulation in our nervous systems. Addiction is an attempt to regulate and restore connection, where the arousal cycles potentially last well past rehab treatment. We don’t come to consciousness without pain. Trauma is an illness of not being alive in the present moment. Tweetable Quotes: “I’m not a victim. I look at everything that happened to me as a catalyst to my spiritual evolution as me growing as a man, growing as a professional in the World of owning my own business.” – Mike Govoni“We all have a story and it is up to us whether or not we want to look within and discover and befriend all of the parts of ourselves so we can bring ourselves fully to light. ” – Mike Govoni“In order for us to express our light, that also requires us to look at our darkness.” – Mike Govoni“When we are on our path to healing, we have to recognize that we are in some sort of pain and discomfort. Something is going on that we need to address.” – Mike Govoni “When there is no awareness that is present in our life, we take the mind and the fictitious stories that begin to secrete from the mind. We take them as being real.” – Mike Govoni“I am not anti-medicine or Western approach. I think it is lacking a lot of things. But, the wisdom in me knew I had to find an alternative route. So, that is when I left mainstream medicine.” – Mike Govoni Resources Mentioned: mikegovoni.comMike Govoni on social media: LinkedinInstagramFacebookYouTube

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Jaxon Snipes, currently an undergraduate at Cornell University pursuing a degree in Music within the College of Arts and Sciences with a minor in Business. Jaxon Snipes bravely opens up about the pain he experienced after literally a traumatic fall from grace that left him clinging on to life. How did Jax overcome the trauma, the physical changes, the panic attacks and the depression? On the other side, was Jax able to find his music? Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introducesJaxon Snipes, who shares what brought him to Cornell University. How did he express himself when he was growing up? How did he start exploring the deeper parts of himself? Music became a massive stress release for Jaxon Snipes. What was life like going to Cornell for baseball? Jaxon describes the injury he experienced. How does it feel to recount that painful story? What was Jaxon’s lowest point after his accident? Did the accident bring Jaxon towards addiction? How can we alleviate pressure from kids? How did he get out of the cycle of hating himself? Jaxon Snipes performs a song that he wrote called “Young Man’s Blues.” It is ok to not feel ok. What is he doing in his life today to live a richer life? The small stuff is the big stuff. 3 Key Points: You have to feel your way through your pain to get through it, not ignore it. Be in touch with your feelings. Once our nervous system recognizes that we are not going to die from mentally reliving our painful traumas, we stop acting like we are going to die. Let kids know that they can be whatever they want to be, and actually mean it. Tweetable Quotes: “I had a relationship with a girl who had some anxiety and deeper issues, depression, and I felt it was my need to save her. She ultimately had to be taken away to a wilderness camp in Montana where she was completely secluded from me.” – Jaxon Snipes“I have a therapist and I did that a bunch in the beginning because I had to deal with PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. That is one of the most important things to do is to kind of acknowledge that that happened.” – Jaxon Snipes“You’ve got to kind of dive into it (trauma) to release the tension. It is kind of like a muscle where it is super tight and it is hurting you and you’ve got to just dig into it a little bit and you have to press it and hold onto it.” – Jaxon Snipes“I went back to San Francisco and started focusing on my health and my wellbeing. I saw a therapist who I still see, and I rehabbed my brain through mental exercises in the hyperbaric chamber.”“Most importantly to me, I dove into my music and wrote about my emotions and experiences.” – Jaxon Snipes“Being able to fully accept yourself, just like you are loving yourself for as long as possible when you are a kid. Develop a foundation of full love for yourself and you will kind of always remember that.” – Jaxon Snipes Resources Mentioned: Jaxon Snipes on Linkedin

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Ellie Guardino, Vice President Global Head of Hematology Oncology for Personalized Healthcare at Genentech, adjunct clinical professor for medical oncology at Stanford University and loving Mom, Wife and Friend. Ellie was recently nominated and elected by Fierce Farma as one of 2020’s Fiercest Women in Life Sciences. Ellie Guardino has been fighting her own battle with cancer since 2008 and speaks about how she is facing it head on, focusing on her work, and what it takes to live life to the fullest in spite of aggressive cancer. This episode is dedicated to celebrating Ellie Guardino’s incredible medical career achievements and her momentum to keep moving forward, inspiring others in the process. Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introduces Ellie Guardino. Who were Ellie’s role models growing up and what drove her forward? Ellie takes us through her inspiration and her life’s work. How important is it to hold space for your patients for them to feel safe? Challenges of being a patient. When did she transition to Genentech? What causes cancer to come back?In 2012, Ellie had another melanoma that developed on her chest wall. What is Ellie’s statustoday? How impactful has her family been in her life? Our faith can move mountains. What advice would she share with her children and to her younger self? The peaceful life of Martin Luther King helpsEllie Guardino tremendously. What would Ellie Guardino like to share with the audience? 3 Key Points: To have faith is to defy logic and it is an act of courage. It takes faith to think positively and to know that there is a deeply loving God that cares about our pain. No one is without fear. But it is crucial to get to a point where you can live each day without being burdened by it and can live each moment to the fullest. Ellie Guardino’s motto is “Faith over fear.” Tweetable Quotes: “I may not be as much of an advocate for myself. But I was so grateful for all of the care and support that I got. I just try to remind myself that I am a patient now. I have to view this as a patient and let them help me.” – Ellie Guardino“I was very open and I knew that would serve me well because that is what I have always told my patients. You need to embrace your community because that is what will get you through.” – Ellie Guardino“When I was diagnosed with my melanoma, I had a chance to evaluate whether I was doing everything I wanted to be doing and the answer was yes. I wouldn’t have done anything differently. ” – Ellie Guardino“I probably spend an hour and a half or two hours with each patient on that first visit and look at, what are their economic needs? Are they going to need extra support? We have all kinds of breast cancer grants. ” – Ellie Guardino“I was able to keep my practice and also do research at Genentech that would impact far more patients in the long run than my one-on-one patient-to-patient care. ” – Ellie Guardino“If I worry about tomorrow, I lose today, and I don’t want that to happen, that I lose opportunities, and happiness that I could be having, and fun that I could be having when you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Don’t focus on that.” – Ellie Guardino Resources Mentioned: Ellie Guardino on Linkedin

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Dr. Alana Lopez, Licensed Psychologist and Parent Coach with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a PhD in Pediatric Psychology. Dr. Alana Lopez talks about her inspirations for embracing conscious parenting, how it has influenced her professional work and her own parenting strategies, and how she goes about working with families. Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introducesDr. Alana Lopez.Dr. Alana Lopez opens up about her early journey learning what it means to be a conscious parent. We have to do the inner work first for conscious parenting. What was the area of her life that she felt stuck in originally regarding parenting? What is the ‘dial’ forDr. Alana Lopezthat makes her days graceful? In the midst of all of our ‘doing,’ we have to incorporate ‘being’ to recharge. The importance of parenting with power and grace. What is the conscious parenting approach that Dr. Alana Lopez uses when she is working with families? We can get too caught up in labels for our kids and ourselves. Honor where you are at in the moment without judgement.90% of the time we are just going through life based on old habits. Don’t be afraid to show your kid that you are not perfect. What does she mean by ‘space creator?’ Parents should be the ultimate safety signal. What does Dr. Alana Lopez mean by being an ‘energy shifter,’ ‘emotion detective,’ ‘connection maker,’ and ‘accountability partner’? What advice doesDr. Alana Lopez have for parents that feel like they are failing? 3 Key Points: The book that helped to transform Dr. Alana Lopez is The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr. Shefali Tsabary. Honor your child that stands before you and make sure their voice is being heard and understood. We can sit with our feelings and acknowledge them and open up the door to new possibilities. Tweetable Quotes: “I really decided at that point, like, I have a son coming into the world and I want to be all-in. In order for me to be all-in, I have to take care of myself. I have to be in touch with myself and really get back to the roots of what's important.” – Dr. Alana Lopez“We are all humans in this together. We all have a story to tell that is so worthy and deserving of being heard.” – Dr. Alana Lopez“Our children are our teachers and they are here for a reason. It is so powerful just to see your child through that fresh lens."– Dr. Alana Lopez“I think for me, the biggest ‘aha’ in that area was what was my relationship with my emotions were, and to really look at that relationship. That relationship is very heavily influenced by how we were raised.” – Dr. Alana Lopez“It is finding refuge in the simple things, like just taking a nap or just sitting with your child on the couch, with no TV.” – Dr. Alana Lopez“Great parenting is not about doing things quote-unquote ‘right’ or not yelling. It is about getting curious about what triggers us, knowing why we fall back into old patterns without self-judgement, making a conscious effort to try something different.” – Dr. Alana Lopez Resources Mentioned: Alanalopezphd.com Linkedin for Dr. Alana Lopez

One year anniversary of A Richer Life podcast. Rich looks back on his podcasting journey with gratitude and some of the lessons he has learned. In this episode, Rich outlines his top 10 lessons and some of the things he works through and we all work through as we create new pathways in our nervous systems, safety for ourselves and others and build a tribe to lean in to and co-regulate with on our journey towards A Richer Life. We are meant to shine and hiding our light does nobody any good...a difficult truth to claim for ourselves, but a truth it is. We were meant to shine even through the darkness that is sometimes a part of life.

On this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Amy Shouse of NorCal Integrative Medicine about what inspired her to pursue integrative medicine, her experiences with trauma, and what it really means to engage in self care. Episode Highlights: Amy came from a medical family, but her family members weren’t the most healthy and her father (an ER doctor) died at age 40 from a brain virus. Amy went to many medical doctors to get her health issues assessed, but she was misdiagnosed and had her concerns ignored by all of them until she went to an acupuncturist. Through her acupuncturist, she found another integrative medicine doctor who correctly diagnosed her with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Amy’s health concerns not being addressed properly inspired her to become an integrative medicine practitioner. Amy had a lot of what she refers to as “unmetabolized trauma.” Amy watched her dad’s health rapidly deteriorate over the course of about two years from the time she was about 13 to 15 years old. Amy believes that self care is a full time job, but people have resistance to it because we live in a society that is solely focused on being productive. Amy received a new chronic diagnosis this year of “Burning Mouth Syndrome.” Because her mom checked out when her dad died and Amy was the oldest child, she had to become the parent. The pandemic has changed so many things, and Amy has seen a huge increase in patients coming in for acupuncture for their anxiety. Functional medicine involves further testing and more detailed work than a typical physician would put in. Amy has recently gotten into paddle boarding with her family as a form of self care. Play and laughter are important parts of self care. 3 Key Points: Amy’s experiences with doctors misdiagnosing her Hashimoto’s was one of the things that inspired her to become an integrative medicine doctor. Many people have a lot of resistance to practicing self care because we live in a society that focuses almost exclusively on functionality. Unmetabolized, or unprocessed, trauma can have physical consequences and lead to chronic health issues. Tweetable Quotes: “When you’re looking for a root cause, you’re not just asking what, you’re also asking why.” - Amy Shouse“You have to practice not being in resistance.” - Amy Shouse “None of us are in the game of perfection.” - Rich Weingart “Choose love, not fear. It’s as simple as that.” - Amy Shouse Resources Mentioned: A Richer LifeAmy Shouse The Body Keeps The Score

We ARE Enough - this is such an important truth to claim for ourselves and not always easy to do or see. We are not perfect nor will we ever be, but we can try to be the best version of ourselves. When we fall short of that, we can try to practice radical self-compassion and forgiveness for others when they 'miss the mark'. We must heal individually and as a Nation.

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Cassandra Solano, who works to impact people’s lives by addressing hidden trauma that could be holding them back from their potential. Cassandra is a licensed clinical social worker in California and a conscious relationship coach helping people get unstuck in love via online coaching in the US and Internationally. She has been counseling since 2006 in various settings from drug treatment to mental health clinics. She's been in private practice for over a year helping people identify how their childhood trauma is impacting their adult relationships, break unhealthy patterns and heal. She is sober over 15 years, a survivor of childhood emotional abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, narcissistic abuse and uses her personal and professional experience along with spiritual tools to help clients transform their lives. You can find her hanging out on instagram @cassandra_solano Cassandra dives into her first-hand experience of how damaging a chaotic childhood can be to the latter parts of your life, herself growing up in an unhealthy household. Self-development is a lifelong process, so the best time to start is now! Episode Highlights: Cassandra has quite the background story that led her to make an impact in people’s livesGrowing up in a bicultural home played a large part in who Cassandra is todayMicro-direct trauma shapes our nervous system which lays roots into every other part of lifeA faulty blueprint exists in the world of what a real man should look and act likeCassandra’s parents both experienced their own individual traumas that were brought about by their upbringingsTrauma extends between generations as the caregiver naturally imprints on their childrenEvery individual has the right to decide whether or not they want to forgive the trauma that their parents have bestowed upon themRecognizing that childhood trauma can be hard to wrap your head around but can also explain so muchThe ACES study showed the links between parental conditions and health problems later in life for the childrenEmotional abuse and neglect show their head in different forms for everyoneChildhood trauma will show itself in relationships later on in lifeChildren and adolescents will turn to stressful strategies as a method to overcompensate for what they are missing at homeDrugs and alcohol are an easy escape from the pain of a traumatic realityTrauma is inherited by younger generations at both a relational and biological mannerCassandra went through an emotionally abusive relationship that ended in a necessary divorce, for her children’s sakeDifferent seasons of life require different forms of self-development and foundational elementsSelf-development is a lifelong process that affects you and those in your lifeIf your nervous system is in a disruptive mode, it will show up in your perceptions and behaviorA bottom-up approach, nervous system to thoughts, will allow you to set the right foundation for a change in your lifeLearn to listen to what your body is trying to tell you before your brain messes it all upSelf-awareness is vital to successful communication in a relationshipMany people go into shut-down mode, which leads to poor decision-making and blurs the thought processMoving from the dorsal state to the sympathetic state to the ventral stateLife happens every single day, so be aware that - you will change states as your deal with itTo be vulnerable and share your feelings means you must learn how to be safe 3 Key Points: The World puts pressure on both men and women to behave and conduct themselves in certain ways, and that pressure can turn into damaging trauma if not dealt with in the correct way.Intergenerational trauma is the reason that so many children experience the same emotional problems that they went through. At both a relational and biological level, trauma is imprinted on children and affects them as they grow older.Self-development is a lifelong...

Feeling like shit feels like shit, but it happens. We are not designed for perfection or for feeling perfect every day. In understanding our 'state' and how we are designed, we can have compassion instead of judgement and move through (with self-care) to a higher state of consciousness.

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Paige Rodgers, Marketing Communications Consultant for StubHub, Equinix, and Hotwire, Leader for Social and Environmental Impact, Parenting Speaker, and a mother of two daughters. Paige Rodgers talks about her life evolving into being a parent, parent and child detachment, her experience with helping her daughter cope with anxiety, depression, and dependency, and her upcoming TEDx Talk. Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introducesPaige Rodgers. Page Rogers will be on a TEDx Talk on September 12th, 2020:tedxmarin.org/speaker/paige-rodgers Page’s daughter Cassidy dealt with depression and anxiety. How did Page create an environment that made Cassidy comfortable enough to ask for help? How was Paige Rodgers parented? How did Cassidy transition back to life when she returned back from Spain?What types of dependencies was Cassidy involved with overcoming?Paige talks about a wilderness program in Hawaii that Cassidy attended. What was Cassidy’s experience like in a therapeutic all-girls boarding school? Cassidy joined Marin Healthy Youth Organization.Paige talks about an extremely meaningful poem and a song. The perfection is in the imperfection. Where do things stand now with Cassidy?Perfection is an illusion. 3 Key Points: We can’t run away from our issues. Wherever we go, there we are. Suffering with someone is codependency. Healing can come from helping others Tweetable Quotes: “There were times when I was the parent with my mom.” – Paige Rodgers“I remember my childhood very positively and I think I just learned this behavior of solve for it. If there is a problem, just solve it. I can take it. I can do it.” – Paige Rodgers“It wasn’t really until later in life that I repeated that pattern of ‘I got this,’ that it served me so many times. I think the reason I had some incredible experiences in my life is because I didn’t see a boundary."– Paige Rodgers“I’ve learned a lot about this idea of detachment where really your kids’ good days shouldn’t be your good days and their bad days shouldn’t be your bad days.” – Paige Rodgers“One of the many considerations for the rise in anxiety in adolescents in recent years is that they started putting warning labels on the SRI bottles.” – Paige Rodgers“We are in a culture of medicating, and so it is just being aware that it's not always going to be the solution.” – Paige Rodgers Resources Mentioned: Linkedin for Paige Rodgers

Being human is all of that. We all matter and we all make a lot of sense exactly where we are. Leaning in, allowing ourselves to be supported and challenged instead of trying to be perfect. Strategies that work and people that support us, we all need it.

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Matt Wan, Founder of Momentous which is a premium performance nutrition company focusing on quality sourcing and transparency. Matt Wan talks about his mission to change the supplement industry, the work he is doing at Momentous, the products he offers, and his own personal health routines. Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introducesMatt Wan. Matt Wan shares his past in athletics growing up in California and moving to Wyoming. How serious should kids take nutrition?Was it a hard decision to leave Harvard and start Momentous? What was his path like after leaving Harvard? Matt Wan talks about forming the name and logo. How did he build the team and what makes the product stand out? What do people usually misunderstand about supplements? Matt Wan shares his daily routine of self-care. What market does he sell into? How does Matt Wan handle self-care? Matt discusses the importance of sleep.What are the greatest lessons he has learned by starting a company? Momentous aims to be at the top of premium sports nutrition. Awareness is the greatest challenge for Momentous. Reading more is helping Matt Wan. 3 Key Points: Momentous is the first company of its kind to collaborate directly with dietitians and strength coaches from all four major league sports, selling directly to over 100 professional collegiate teams. Momentous’ sleep product has 3mg of melatonin per capsule and 500mg of magtein Create habits that are good for us one-by-one. Tweetable Quotes: “Part of the problem in the market is the saturation, the lack of regulation, the low barriers to entry mean that it is like pizza shops. Everybody says they have the best products. It doesn’t even mean anything.” – Matt Wan“What differentiates the product is that it is something that we can really prove. We can take you through individually why each of the ingredients we’ve sourced is the absolute best for that purpose.” – Matt Wan“The parents should be taking the responsibility of having healthy foods in the house, educating themselves, and educating the kids where it makes sense, where it is appropriate."– Matt Wan“NSF certification, and specifically the NSF Certified for Sport program refers to this third-party group NSF that provides this program that products can submit to be approved for use by professional sports leagues.” – Matt Wan“Supplements don’t have to be instead of food.” – Matt Wan“I love exercise. Exercise is like a break for me. It is highly satisfying. It makes me feel good both physically and mentally. There is also a meditative aspect for me as well.” – Matt Wan Resources Mentioned: Linkedin on Matt WanLiveMomentous.comInstagram for Matt Wan Astrophysics for People in A Hurry by Neil deGrasseTyson Atomic Habits by James Clear Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Mastin Kipp, #1 Best-Selling Author, Creator of Functional Life Coaching, a methodology to help accelerate his clients lives and businesses by identifying and dissolving the root cause of obstacles impeding human success. Mastin Kipp has been recognized by Oprah Winfrey on her Emmy Award-winning Show Super Soul Sunday. Oprah refers to Mastin as a ‘spiritual thinker for the next generation.’ Mastin and Rich talk about emotional trauma, attachment theory, our nervous system, how we heal and the work Mastin does through Functional Life Coaching. Episode Highlights: Rich Weingart introducesMastin Kipp.Mastin Kipp explains emotional trauma and how it relates to his family. Is it possible to go through life without trauma? What are symptoms of emotional trauma? Mastin talks about brain-to-body pathways. How does the Vagus nerve work? What does Mastin mean by attachment patterns? Address the root causes of attachment patterns. How does neuroplasticity work? Mastin Kipp discusses strategies of self-regulation and co-regulation. Nobody is alone in their struggles. Transitional Characters: ending the pattern of trauma in your life. We need to help single mothers raise their children. Which two books should people read? 3 Key Points: The symptoms of trauma include: depression, anxiety, distractibility, lack of follow-through, personality disorders, divorce, not feeling seen or heard, not feeling safe in your relationships, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, etc... Trauma work is a lifestyle shift with ongoing maintenance. Attachment theory is a way to analyze and mentalize your relationship to a relationship. The four basic attachment patterns are secure attachment, anxious attachment, avoid attachment, and disorganized attachment. Tweetable Quotes: “Emotions are a huge part of your life, and if you don’t know what you are feeling, and you don’t know where you are feeling it, and you don’t know where those emotions come from, they will run you.” – Mastin Kipp“You need to ask yourself the question: do you want to be in charge of your life, you want to direct your life, you want to guide your nervous system, or do you want to be at the whim of it?” – Mastin Kipp“Emotions of trauma are stored in our body and regardless of how long it has been since the traumatizing event, our body always remembers. In fact, we relive our nightmares until we realize that we are the dreamers and can wake up."– Mastin Kipp (from his book,Claim Your Power)“There is really no way to improve your brain health without improving your body health first, outside of maybe neurofeedback and brain surgery, and meditation. Maybe” – Mastin Kipp“Emotional trauma is caused by relationships and it is also healed through relationships.” – Mastin Kipp Resources Mentioned: mastinkipp.com Claim Your Power by Masin Kipp Daily Love by Mastin Kipp The Mastin Kipp Podcast The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van Kolk M.D. Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy

After an RV trip across the Country, we return for season 2 of A Richer Life Podcast. Expansion and Growth is a great thing, but can we do it with Ease and Gratitude? Many of us are challenged with this - the balance of always striving versus arriving. We know the longest journey in life is the shortest distance - from the head to the heart. Is that the journey or is it from the heart to the head? Rich launches season 2 with where he is with his own journey in life and gives us a sneak peak into upcoming guests.

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Alden Mills. San Francisco-based Alden Mills began taking control of his life at age twelve, when his doctor told him to learn chess because his asthma would keep him from playing sports. His first goal was to conquer the asthma, and he went on to achieve extraordinary things in sports, academics, military service, business, and philanthropy. Alden became a nationally ranked rower, a gold medalist in the Olympic Festival, and captain of the freshman and varsity teams at the U.S. Naval Academy. As a Navy SEAL he led his platoon through multiple missions. After discharge from the military, he founded Perfect Fitness and led it to growth of over 12,000% annual sales of $90 million, and Inc. magazine recognition as the fastest-growing consumer products in America in just three years. He developed over 40 patents, including the Perfect Pushup, Perfect Pullup, Perfect Sit-up and Perfect Ab Carver. Alden’s books include Be Unstoppable: The 8 Essential Actions to Succeed at Anything and Unstoppable Teams: The Four Essential Actions of High-Performance Leadership. He has been featured on ABC’s Nightline, CBS This Morning,The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and more. He serves on boards of a number of nonprofits. For tools and resources to help you become unstoppable, visit alden-mills.com Episode Highlights: Alden recounts his childhood asthma diagnosis and how his parents helped him realize it didn’t need to hold him back.Alden explains how the sport of rowing really unlocked a change of mindset for him.How does rowing lead to your recruitment in the Navy?How did the Navy lead you to becoming a Seal?What was the hardest moment that you had and what kept you from quitting?During hell week, after many, many members of his class quit, Alden was pulled aside and told he was a terrible leader.After leaving the Navy, Alden starts the company Perfect Fitness.What inspired you to start Perfect Fitness?As Alden was building his business, he reached a point where everyone was telling him to give it up, which he nearly did.Alden realized he should have started with innovation instead of invention.What led to you ultimately pivoting again and selling that company?Alden wanted to know how he could achieve a broader impact.He published his first book,Be Unstoppable,in November, 2013.Alden started working on becoming a “content entrepreneur.” Be Unstoppable is really a book about persistence. Alden explains the 8 essential actions to succeed in life.Alden discusses the role exercise plays in persistence and taking control of how you think, feel, and act.Rich transitions the conversation to ask Alden about parenting.Alden discusses the importance of letting children fail so they can learn from their failures.Why do people stay in the “harbor” of their lives and how can they break out?What does it mean to you to have a richer life and what are you doing today to live a richer life?Have the courage to push yourself out of your comfort zone and create a challenge for yourself. 3 Key Points: Surround yourself with a tribe.Stay curious in life and keep learning.It’s only a failure if you don’t learn anything. Tweetable Quotes: “The best way to thank a veteran is to go out there and serve somebody else.” -Alden Mills“The importance of having somebody else to believe in us cannot be understated enough.” -Alden Mills“I’ve still failed way more times than I’ve succeeded.” -Alden Mills“I’m no more extraordinary than the next person, I just have the willingness to keep going.” -Alden Mills“There is no greater lesson than learning from failure.” -Alden Mills“You’re not failing unless you’re not learning from it.” -Alden Mills Resources Mentioned: Alden Mills:Website|Instagram|Twitter

TJ Canada returns to dive into the complicated issues around the brutal and senseless murder of George Floyd. What's it like to be Bi-Racial? What's it like to be White? How should all 4 of these officers be charged? How do we move forward and heal and come together? The looting and the destruction must stop and is not a part of the solution. Is the anger and outrage justified, yes. We are all responsible for our response, so how do we stand United and come together? How do we support the men and women in Blue who protect and serve us and get the bad apples off the streets? We must do better, together...and together is the only way through to lasting change and peace. It's up to all of us. Join TJ in his journey as he and Rich literally have a black and white conversation, which we all need to step up and start doing and showing love and compassion for one another.

During this episode of A Richer Life, host Rich Weingart speaks with Daniel Levin, Innovation Strategist, Speaker, Visionary, and Author of The Mosaic. Daniel Levin shares his story of spirituality and business. Daniel lost both of his parents two years apart on the same day, walked away from the chance to run a billion dollar business, studied in the seminary for five years and left one day before becoming a rabbi, has lived in a monastery as a monk, and worked as the Director of Development at Hay House Publishing Co taking them from $3m to $100m in revenue. Episode Highlights: Daniel Levintalks about the impact of losing both of his parents.He discusses his moving in with his wealthy mother’s sister and her husband.Daniel traveled around the world, including going to Israel. How did he get connected to Hay House? What were the contributing factors to growing Hay House’s tremendous economic growth? He speaks to the power of living your own life and not one planned for you. Rich summarizes what Daniel Levin’s bookThe Mosaicis about. We all have trash to unload from our lives. There are extraordinary things to be found in ordinary people. Separation is a great illusion of our reality. When people aren’t heard, they yell. Figure out the way to hear each other.Danny talks about his kids and his relationship with his special needs daughter.Daniel Levin shares a story about talking to a homeless man. As a father and husband, what is Danny doing in his life to live a richer life for himself? 3 Key Points: We are better together. Daniel Levin helped expand Hay House’s sales from $3 million to $100 million in 10 years. We have to stand up and face the challenges that we have been given. Tweetable Quotes: “Living in a world that was that unpredictable, that was that random, was so hard for me that I had to make up a story that had a cause and effect to it.” – Daniel Levin“What am I doing today? I do organizational psychology with companies; one form of that or another. I’m doing exactly what my life was set up to do.” – Daniel Levin“My belief system is, I can never be great doing someone else’s life."– Daniel Levin“Who cares how many times we fall. At the end of the day, the only thing that is important is that we got up one more time than we fell. That is all that matters.” – Daniel Levin“Your humility is beautiful. But never allow it to become a hiding place for you to shrink from your greatness. It is time to do what you were created to do.” – Daniel Levin from his bookThe Mosaic“So many of the people that I met, and I helped to become really big people lost the sweetness and the innocence and the beauty of who they were, and they started to believe the press clippings of who they had become.” – Daniel Levin Resources Mentioned: danielbrucelevin.com The Mosaic by Daniel Levin The Mosaic Podcast Linkedin for Daniel Levin

In this real, Rich talks about gratitude and what it can mean to express the love towards ourselves and others. We not only should, but we MUST surround ourselves with people that make us feel good and that fan our flames that we have burning. Who is your tribe? What relationship is maybe no longer serving you? Reaching out and thanking a veteran today and the tribe you have in your corner. Much gratitude and love to my tribe and all of the people out there loving on themselves and others and doing their part to do their best and keep getting up when they fall. Our environment and who we surround ourselves with is within our control.

During this episode of A Richer Life podcast, host Rich Weingart talks with Sean Dustin, host of the Nowhere to Go But Up podcast. Sean talks about his past, including a rocky childhood and experience with selling drugs, his time in prison, and what he did to change and turn his life around. Sean also talks about the importance of parent-child relationships. Episode Highlights: Sean takes us through a brief version of his life story:Sean had a rocky childhood, got into drugs at a young age, went to Juvie and a drug treatment center.Sean moved frequently while living in Sacramento and started selling drugs.He moved with a stripper to Vegas and she had his first daughter.He lost the ability to see his daughter when she was 18 months old, got back into selling drugs, and started seeing another stripper who was also addicted to meth.Eventually, Sean got raided by a SWAT team and got arrested but was released in 2 days.Sean moved on and “opened up shop” in a different area.He got involved in a bad situation and thought he was going to kill someone. He got caught with the gun which turned it into a federal case.Sean gave himself up and did his time in the state system (15 months) and another 15 months on parole.What’s it like in prison? Is there any reform or is it just survival?There can be reform if you look for it.What was your personal experience like in prison? What was the “bottom” that caused you to turn it around.Sean was scared and did not know what to expect.After 4-5 days the realization hit him that he had royally messed up and there was no one to help him.Sean digresses to discuss how the current situation has put everyone on a level playing field, in the way that no one has experienced this situation before.How did you break the pattern of doing the wrong thing?Sean says he didn’t, it broke him.When Sean got out, he started searching for small victories to help carry him to the next goal, and the next goal, which helped build his self-esteem.Sean talks about his second daughter and how important their relationship is to him.Rich and Sean are planning to have a part 2 of this episode.What is the most powerful thing you are going right now to try and live a richer life? 3 Key Points: It’s never too late to change.Even if you are apart as parents, the way you interact sends a very strong message to your children.RIght now, everyone is on a level playing field in that we are all experiencing something new and we are experiencing it together. Tweetable Quotes: “Things are being thrown at us all the time, and it’s really on us how we respond to those things, right?” -Sean Dustin“We’re in a situation we’ve never been in before. Nobody, none of us. So we’re all at the same level.” -Sean Dustin“How you choose to respond to anything in your life is how life is going to respond to you.” -Sean Dustin“I was leading people into the wrong places, you know? I was using my influence to influence people to do the wrong things.” -Sean Dustin Resources Mentioned: Sean's PodcastSean's LinkedIn Sean's Facebook