Life Can Change In A Moment
Life Can Change In A Moment - and nobody knows that better than ER doc, Dr. Larry Burchett. Explore the moments that change everything with Doctor Larry in this personal and intimate Video Podcast Series. As an ER doctor and board-certified family physician, national media personality, and author, Dr. Larry Burchett’s candor and unique perspective have opened up a broader conversation on what it means to be a modern man. Dr. Larry is the author of The Gentleman’s Diet, a recurring men’s lifestyle contributor on NBC’s Today, and serves as FOX San Francisco’s medical expert.
S2 E34 · Tue, April 28, 2020
Understanding Your Sexual Health Panel Discussion, With Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD and Dr. Pari Ghodsi, MD
oday we have two special guests in studio. Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University and a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. In addition to writing articles and chapters for leading academic journals and books in the field of marriage and family, she is the author of the book Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017). Her second book, about sexual self-awareness, Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationship You Want, will be published in February 2020. MD Dr. Pari Ghodsi, MD is an obstetrics & gynecology specialist in Northridge, CA. She is a board certified and active Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Dr. Pari loves to write and speak about women’s health and issues in a relatable way. She brings a unique touch when educating, often sharing her own experiences as a woman. We talk through a variety of mens and womens sexual health issues and try to find a common ground for the battle of the sexes.
S2 E31 · Fri, April 24, 2020
I Left My Life and Moved to Thailand, with Sarah Sunshine
Sarah Sunshine is in studio talking about how she planned an executed her solo travels around the world. She brought some costumes For both of us to wear which really brought the energy in the interview to another level.
S2 E33 · Tue, April 21, 2020
Sometimes You Have To Hide In The Jungle, With Tyler Ramsey
Tyler Capen Ramsey is a Los Angeles–based artist known for his performance art, his "drip painting" of shoes for company Toms Shoes and for painting only with his fingers, rather than with brushes. Tyler Ramsey, the producer of “Survivor: Gabon,” recently revealed that he was fired from the competition show -- for falling in love. Ramsey opened up to explain how he met his future wife, Jacquie Berg, and subsequently got fired. Berg was a contestant on the 2008 “Survivor” season, “Gabon,” when she met “the love of her life,” Ramsey. “[Jacqui] was a contestant, and I used to be a producer,” Ramsey explained of how their paths crossed. But how does one get fired for “falling in love"? According to the producer, it was because the show had only one rule: Don’t mess around with the contestants.
S2 E33 · Tue, April 21, 2020
Sometimes You Have to Hide In the Jungle, With Tyler Ramsey
Tyler Capen Ramsey is a Los Angeles–based artist known for his performance art, his "drip painting" of shoes for company Toms Shoes and for painting only with his fingers, rather than with brushes. Tyler Ramsey, the producer of “Survivor: Gabon,” recently revealed that he was fired from the competition show -- for falling in love. Ramsey opened up to explain how he met his future wife, Jacquie Berg, and subsequently got fired. Berg was a contestant on the 2008 “Survivor” season, “Gabon,” when she met “the love of her life,” Ramsey. “[Jacqui] was a contestant, and I used to be a producer,” Ramsey explained of how their paths crossed. But how does one get fired for “falling in love"? According to the producer, it was because the show had only one rule: Don’t mess around with the contestants.
S2 E32 · Tue, April 14, 2020
I Quit Junior Year, What I Did In That Race Senior Year Changed My Life Forever, with Shouvik Banerjee
Shouvik Banerjee, Averpoint Founder This week's guest is a very good buddy of mine, Shouvik Banerjee. Stanford grad, Harvard Public Policy guy. After a career in solar, he was inspired to found Averpoint.com , a movement hoping to inspire truth and facts in the public discourse by facilitating citations, check it out the website. Shouvik can both code, and discuss politics. Brilliant and a very good man, I'm lucky to call him a friend and enjoy talking about how we want to make the world a better place. Before we shot the episode, he told me that 2 things came to mind when he thought about life changing moments, but he didn't think they were related. "They're related," I told him. "Without a doubt. And on the show, we'll discover how." And boy were they. Great episode, especially for all of us former athletes who grew as people during their sports careers (I know I did). Check out his company Averpoint, their website, and SUBSCRIBE and RATE this podcast.
S2 E32 · Tue, April 14, 2020
I Quit Junior Year, What I Did In That Race Senior Year Changed My Life Forever, with Shouvik Banerjee
Shouvik Banerjee, Averpoint Founder This week's guest is a very good buddy of mine, Shouvik Banerjee. Stanford grad, Harvard Public Policy guy. After a career in solar, he was inspired to found Averpoint.com , a movement hoping to inspire truth and facts in the public discourse by facilitating citations, check it out the website. Shouvik can both code, and discuss politics. Brilliant and a very good man, I'm lucky to call him a friend and enjoy talking about how we want to make the world a better place. Before we shot the episode, he told me that 2 things came to mind when he thought about life changing moments, but he didn't think they were related. "They're related," I told him. "Without a doubt. And on the show, we'll discover how." And boy were they. Great episode, especially for all of us former athletes who grew as people during their sports careers (I know I did). Check out his company Averpoint, their website, and SUBSCRIBE and RATE this podcast.
S2 E31 · Tue, April 07, 2020
Making Bold Choices, With Sarah Sunshine
Sarah Sunshine is in studio talking about how she planned an executed her solo travels around the world. She brought some costumes For both of us to wear which really brought the energy in the interview to another level.
S2 E30 · Wed, April 01, 2020
Saying Goodbye to Dad, and Taking Your Sexy Back, with Dr Alexandra Solomon PHD
Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University and a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. In addition to writing articles and chapters for leading academic journals and books in the field of marriage and family, she is the author of the book Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017). Her second book, about sexual self-awareness, Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationship You Want, will be published in February 2020. Dr. Solomon maintains a psychotherapy practice for individual adults and couples, teaches and trains marriage and family therapy graduate students, and teaches the internationally renowned undergraduate course, “Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101.” Dr. Solomon is a highly sought-after speaker who works with groups like United States Military Academy at West Point, Microsoft, and The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and she is frequently asked to talk about love, sex, and marriage with media outlets like The Today Show, O Magazine, The Atlantic, Vogue, and Scientific American.
S2 E29 · Tue, March 24, 2020
Heal Your Hunger, With Emotional Eating Expert Tricia Nelson
Tricia Nelson is an internationally acclaimed author, transformational speaker and emotional eating expert. She has been featured on dozens of radio and television networks, including FOX, NBC, CBS, KTLA and Discovery Health. Tricia has successfully helped hundreds of people overcome a variety of eating disorders and addictions. Born and raised in Concord, Massachusetts, Tricia’s own struggles began in early childhood, where she attempted to cope with life’s stresses and emotional pain by overeating and other destructive behaviors. Continuing into adolescence, she began binge drinking, and eventually gained more than 50 pounds. After years of experimentation with 12-step programs, therapy and self-help books, Tricia finally hit a spiritual and emotional bottom. Tricia attended Amherst College and began her career working at the Seattle Art Museum. While in Seattle she began working with spiritual healer, Roy Nelson (who would later become her husband), who helped her recognize and heal the root causes of her addictions. By creating a lifestyle steeped in positive self-care, self-love and improved self-esteem, Tricia was able to stop drinking and overeating. She has maintained a fifty-pound weight loss for close to 30 years now. Tricia has spent the past three decades studying the addictive personality, and shares her findings in workshops and retreats both in person and online. Many doctors, psychologists and other health practitioners benefit from her insight about what drives people to overeat and how to stop. Tricia’s new book, Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now , is available through Amazon .
Tue, March 24, 2020
Heal Your Hunger, With Emotional Eating Expert Tricia Nelson
Tricia Nelson is an internationally acclaimed author, transformational speaker and emotional eating expert. She has been featured on dozens of radio and television networks, including FOX, NBC, CBS, KTLA and Discovery Health. Tricia has successfully helped hundreds of people overcome a variety of eating disorders and addictions. Born and raised in Concord, Massachusetts, Tricia’s own struggles began in early childhood, where she attempted to cope with life’s stresses and emotional pain by overeating and other destructive behaviors. Continuing into adolescence, she began binge drinking, and eventually gained more than 50 pounds. After years of experimentation with 12-step programs, therapy and self-help books, Tricia finally hit a spiritual and emotional bottom. Tricia attended Amherst College and began her career working at the Seattle Art Museum. While in Seattle she began working with spiritual healer, Roy Nelson (who would later become her husband), who helped her recognize and heal the root causes of her addictions. By creating a lifestyle steeped in positive self-care, self-love and improved self-esteem, Tricia was able to stop drinking and overeating. She has maintained a fifty-pound weight loss for close to 30 years now. Tricia has spent the past three decades studying the addictive personality, and shares her findings in workshops and retreats both in person and online. Many doctors, psychologists and other health practitioners benefit from her insight about what drives people to overeat and how to stop. Tricia’s new book, Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now , is available through Amazon .
S2 E28 · Tue, March 17, 2020
Unlocking the Secrets to Better Gut Health, With Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum
Take a mental break from corona and join me today at 2pm Cali time (4pm KC time) on youtube (link below) for a discussion on gut health with the world's leading researcher on the microbiome, Dr Mahmoud Ghannoum. I will be chatting live during this PREMIERE of episode 28 of LIFE CAN CHANGE IN A MOMENT. We get into. Is dairy good for gut health? What about red meat, vegetables, donuts and fiber? What is the difference between prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics? What is the best kind of nut for gut health? How stress, sleep and exercise affect the gut. Is Autism caused by bad gut health? Is a poop transplant for real? (yes). How does it work, and how might it model future new therapies? How transplanting skinny gut microbes to the obese can result in weight loss. What is biofilm, and how did it's discovery save lives? Also available on Apple Podcasts, and many places you listen to podcasts.
S2 E1 · Tue, March 10, 2020
I Ran for President of the United States, with Ben Gleib
Ben Gleib was named by TBS one of the "funniest comedians working today." He’s host, head writer, and executive producer of the Emmy nominated "Idiotest" on NETFLIX. The hit comedy brain teaser game show originally had four seasons & 210 episodes on Game Show Network, and was their most watched original. For 7 years he was one of the stars of “Chelsea Lately" on E! with over 100 appearances on the round table! He currently can be seen in the “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” movie, along with Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Chris Hemsworth, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Recently he pranked David Beckham on “The Late Late Show with James Corden“ which got 27 million views. His hilarious hour-long standup special “Ben Gleib - Neurotic Gangster” which premiered on SHOWTIME is currently on AMAZON PRIME. Gleib is also the first comedian to ever live stream a full headline set on Facebook Live, doing it in 8 straight cities on his 2016 tour, 100% improvised, getting almost 4 million views. His act is full of unique material, but he's also one of the best at crowd work, making it all up on the spot. He hosted with Olivia Munn the “Telethon for America”. Gleib also created it, executive produced, and was head writer. It featured celebrities such as Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Chelsea Handler, Jane Fonda, Constance Wu, Amy Schumer, Jessica Alba, Judd Apatow, Hasan Minhaj, Adam Devine, Aisha Tyler, Pete Davidson, Ray Romano, Julia Louis Dreyfus, and over 80 others. It was the first telethon ever with the goal of raising zero dollars. Reinventing the telethon for the digital age, instead the non-partisan telethon took pledges to vote in 2018 midterms, aiming to create historic turnout, which was achieved! Trying to offer an out-of-the-box option for the country, and seeing comedians win elections around the globe, he just concluded a run for President of the United States in the 2020 election, finishing after almost 8 months in the race, as the 15th highest fundraising active Democratic campaign. Despite this, he wasn’t able to qualify for the debates so the campaign ended. During the run he spoke at events alongside the front-runner candidates, campaigning in 13 states and territories including multiple trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, Puerto Rico on the 2-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, was arrested protesting corruption at the capitol building in DC, joined immigration protests, LGBT parades, and stood proudly with the teachers on the picket line in Chicago. His campaign was covered by Larry King, the Des Moines Register, and countless others. Videos and information can be seen at Gleib2020.com As an actor he j
S1 E26 · Tue, February 25, 2020
My Life Changed In A Moment, with Dr Larry Burchett
Since September of last year, I've interviewed 25 different guests about their biggest experiences. This week, it's time I talk about one of mine--the accident. In high school, I almost died in a serious car crash. Helicopter life flight, emergency surgery, external fixator, weeks in the hospital, had to learn to walk again--the works. This week in the show, I talk about it in detail. In the episode, we cover: The details of the car wreck. Rehab and recovery What the worst pain of the whole thing was Why I said i would never take pain meds again The emotional and psychological effects that trauma had years later What EMDR is, and my experience with it How my own experience led me to eventually do this show, Life Can Change In A Moment. Reliving and sharing this story with you hasn't been easy. Reopened some old wounds. And going public about it has made me want to puke more than once this week. But we talk about important stuff, and I feel compelled to bring it to you.
S1 E25 · Tue, February 18, 2020
The Legend Of Trek Thunder Kelly
This week, I bring you the legend of Trek Kelly. After running a successful marketing business and art gallery on Abbot Kinney, Trek decided to disappear. Who does this? What does that mean? What was this crazy man thinking? Trek's journey covers the following: Live Your Bucket List Now: How Keeping Death Close Energizes Your Life The History of Abbot Kinney, Venice Beach, CA, and Why Trek Kelly Disappeared Why A Stranger Picked 12 Countries for Trek to Travel to Animal instincts Return When You Live Alone in the Desert for A Year What Is Scarier Than Death, No Toilet Paper Enjoy LB Week's hashtags #Doctor #Host #Moments #Podcast #Show #Legend #Adventure #Life #Death #Thunder #TrekKelly Show Notes ● [00:55] We have a great guest for you today, Trek “Thunder” Kelly, an adventure expert. As an artist, he learned early in his enjoyment in art is to live it. He lives his life in a way that is a story that’s interesting to him. So, he has something to look back, and he has chapters that laid out ahead of him as well. He recently wrote the ending of his life. He knows exactly where he is going to, and that gives him a lot of peace. ● [3:00] Trek knows where he is going to be and probably decides when he will die. Trek said that when it’s time, he is going to sit on a cliff while watching the sunset, smoke a doobie and put a blanket over him and just let it go. His parents traveled internationally as a kid. They didn’t take him, but certainly, he got curious about the world in the early ’20s and started travelling. He got out of college, moved to Venice beach, started working at a movie studio, and became an artist. At 39 he decided that he is going to disappear and told his friends and family that he’d be gone for 2 to 5 years. He sold nearly everything he owns and travelled the world. ● [5:00] He had a stranger choose twelve countries and spent a month in each country. Trek spent alone in the desert and then saw people twice a month when he gets supplies. But he wanted even more isolated, so he figured out his caloric needs and bought enough canned foods to sustain him for the rest of the year. He didn’t have a tent, a flashlight, or a fire. He lives out there for the rest of the year. For him, it was a gift to be able to do that, and in the third year, he bought an old van and drove around America. ● [7:36] One thing that Trek would recommend to pe
S1 E24 · Tue, February 11, 2020
My House Burned, And I’ve Never Been Happier, With Kim Wyman
This week’s guest is Kim Wyman, a friend of mine, registered dietitian (RD) with a Masters in Public Health (MPH), who specializes in eating disorders. Whose house burned down in the Woolsey Fires of LA in Nov 2018. She’s been living in a van since, and hasn’t been happier. This episode was soooooo good and inspiring. Great stuff on healthy nutrition and getting deeper with eating disorders, and about loss and rebirth in the spiritual life. In it, we cover the following: -What Really Matters About Nutrition: Dietitian Cocktail Party Conversations -How We Use Food to Feel Better -Does Your Healthy Diet and Exercise Make Your Miserable? How to Connect to Movement to Be Happier. -“Kim, why don’t you live in a van?” -Spiritually How to Experience A Life Changing Moment -How Kim Grieved When Her House Burned Down in the Fires #Doctor #Host #Moments #Podcast #Show #VanLife #Fires #NaturalDisasters #Dietitian #MPH #Nutrition #Spiritual #Connection #EatingDisorders #Anorexia #Wellness #Happiness #Healthy Show Notes ● [1:07] We have a great guest for you today, Kim Wyman, a dietitian and has a Master's in Public Health. ● When Kim was finishing college, she was interested in preventive medicine. Someone told her that it is not the way to go to the MD route and told her to explore public health. She showed up for graduate school on the doctor's course towards public health, and she picks nutrition as her major. ● [3:22] When you are in public health, you can do women's and children's health. Nutrition is a specialty, so she chose it. When Kim tells people that she is a dietitian, they tend to ask about their diets. They asked about Keto and intermittent fasting. She honestly said to us that it is a boring convers
S1 E23 · Tue, February 04, 2020
When A Doctor Became a Patient, with Dr Jack Song
This is my friend Jack. Dr Jack Song. We went to residency together many moons ago, I've known him for almost 14 years. To me, he's one of the people who have always believed in me, which has meant a lot in the ups and downs of this old life. This week's episode is titled "When A Doctor Becomes a Patient," and it inspired me. Jack talks about his experience with Ulcerative Colitis, his diagnosis, the complications, the ups and downs. And ultimately, how it has affected how he practices medicine, and how he lives his life. Gets me a little emotional now to write about this one, about my good friend. In the episode, we discuss: -What is Ulcerative Colitis, and how is it different from IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) -How Jack's symptoms went undiagnosed for years, and how he finally got the diagnosis. -How becoming a patient changed Jack as a doctor -The moment Jack learned he may have a terminal condition. -How that changed the way he lives his life, and what he values -Why Jack says I am a terrible patient -Dealing with dismissive doctors -Suffering, the practice of empathy, -Living life according to what's important, the meaning of life -How me and Jack are going to run the Amazing Race -How Jack did an Ironman Triathlon with food poisoning Bio below: I’m a father of but one son; a husband of but one wife. I work as a doctor in the largest private medical group in the world, living in one of the wealthiest parts of the US. And I dream of one day moving to a place where I’m the only doctor for 100 miles and the people there pay me for my services with a roasted chicken, a necklace made out of shells or a kind word of gratitude. I have no social media presence that needs disclosing and I have nothing to promote. #Doctor #Host #Moments #Podcast #Show #Patient #Empathy #Meaning
S1 E22 · Tue, January 28, 2020
I Left My Wedding Dress And My Marriage At Burning Man, with Shannon ODowd
Shannon is a media trainer and on-camera instructor who specializing in TV hosts, influencers, and experts. She has had clients on the Today Show, The Doctors, HGTV, Hallmark, WE, DIY, Entertainment Tonight, QVC/HSN, talk shows, news appearances, morning shows and more. Shannon has been working on both sides of the camera for over a decade. As a host/spokesperson, her extensive credits include Keurig, Jenny Craig, Office Max, Chewy.com, Aerobed, and many more. She recently released her first book in July 2019, “The Ultimate On-Camera Guidebook for Hosts, Experts, & Influencers”.
S1 E21 · Tue, January 21, 2020
The Opiate Crisis, Through the Eyes of a Pharmacist and ER Doctor TK Huynh
I met TK Nguyen at CHS earlier this year, and was inspired by how he went from owning his own pharmacy, and dispensing too many pain pills (opiate crisis) to developing his own pain cream to help people get off pain pills. I invited him on the show to tell his story, and moment. And this episode is not without some excitement (his pharmacy was raided by the DEA), some agreements (the overuse of opiates for chronic pain and needed alternatives), some disagreements (energy healing and placebos versus pseudoscience) and In this episode we cover: Why TK quit corporate pharmacy, how he felt compromised managing corporate pharmacy. What smart business practices he did to build his own pharmacy from the ground up How multiple DEA raids and opiate crisis politics ended his pharmacy How his wife’s temporary paralysis inspired his pain cream (and my MD explanation of what happened) Possible medical explanations of paralysis, including discussion of psych causes (conversion disorder), complicated migraines, Todd’s paralysis (temporary paralysis after a seizure), spnial cord transection. Mind body, the placebo effect, energy medicine, pseudoscience and relief of pain Fight or flight cycle, stored traumatic memory,
S1 E20 · Tue, January 14, 2020
I Donated A Kidney To My Brother, with Carina Christmas
I met Carina through Trek (a legend you will meet in a few weeks closer to the end of Season 1 of the show), and he said you’ve got to have her on the show. He was right. Born in St Croix, Virgin Islands, the youngest of 9 children, she’s a Children’s Book Author and into tech, and works with sustainable Christmas Trees. So what is the process of kidney donation? What did Carina have to do once she decided to get checked. First, she had to be evaluated to be a match, which involved first basic blood typing (A positive, B negative), and then additional antigen “matches.” Then she had a psychological evaluation, which, someone has to be competent, able to freely make this decision of sound mind, not mentally ill. And also, I imagine stable enough to handle surgery and the loss of a kidney, understand the risks, etc. Then further testing of her own medical conditions. You wouldn’t want to transplant a kidney from someone with cancer, HIV, Hepatitis C, etc or you would be giving the recipient a new disease. She was scanned, I assume to rule out cancer. She spoke of having a reaction to contrast that is injected in the IV, the contrast helps the radiologist to see organs light up better, and mild reactions are common and not a big deal. After appropriate psychological and medical testing, including matching, the surgery is scheduled.
S1 E19 · Tue, January 07, 2020
Successful, Numb and Unhappy, How Dr KellyAnn Petrucci Reset Her Life
I was honored for Dr KellyAnn Petrucci ND to join us (you and me) on the show this week. She’s a big deal. On Dr Oz all the time, PBS, she’s written 9 NY Times Best Sellers, founded the bone broth movement--very successful as a doctor (Naturopath) who has gone public. She comes on the show to talk about her new book Cleans and Reset. I met KellyAnn at Michael Fishman’s CHS in Spring of 2019, we were sat next to each other at a dinner randomly, and hit it off instantly, becoming good friends. She’s got an energy about her. And is mesmerizingly charismatic--consider yourself warned. But I was a little uneasy about this episode because frankly--I don’t believe in bone broth and cleanses. And detoxes. And toxins. And she’s big into that. Am I going to be able to keep it together, have a respectful conversation with someone I disagree with? Or is it all just going to go straight to hell, and I lose a friend? You’ll have to tune in tomorrow and see how it went. We also discuss: *How success and being a workaholic led to her own burnout and health issues. *What underlies and drives so many of us professional achievers (self worth, and sometimes, lackthereof) * Did KellyAnn have imposter syndrome * How you health is affected by relationships, success, self love, self worth * Did she convince me about bone broth and her new cleanse? * How we numb ourselves (with work, alcohol, sex) to cope with unhappiness and underlying difficult emotions Guest Bio: Dr. Kellyann Petrucci came to realize the ancient power of collagen and bone broth to heal the gut and slow aging while studying biological medicine at the Marion Foundation and Paracelsus Clinic, Switzerland. By focusing her practice on a lifestyle that stops and reverses inflammation, Dr. Kellyann is able to help patients and readers reduce dangerous belly fat to become slimmer, younger, and healthier Show Notes ● [1:20] We got an incredible guest for today, Dr. KellyAnn Petrucci, the creator, and founder of Bone Broth Movement. KellyAnn was so proud because after her show hit PBS, we can see Bone Broth companies over the country because she knows how it transforms and helps people’s lives. She was grateful for that opportunity. She also wrote a book called "Bone Broth Diet". ● [3:35] Dr. Larry and Dr. KellyAnn knew each other from CHS. KellyAnn was always open and sharing stories with Dr. Larry. ● Dr. KellyAnn's life-changing moments happened on a flight from L.A. back to New York. A change of events leads Dr. KellyAnn telling a passenger next to her that she was about to pass out. The next thing she remembers, she was at the back
S1 E18 · Tue, December 31, 2019
Rejection, Dreams And Dancing, With Rachael Markarian
This week on the show, I'd like to introduce to you Rachael Markarian, dancer, actor, master teacher (full bio below). I met Rachael through last week's guest Bethany Londyn, at Bethany's book launch (I'm learning about networking here, guys). She had great energy and passion, and a message to share, so I'm excited to bring her to you this week. Episode drops Tuesday on Apple Podcasts and my Youtube channel, follow the link in the bio. (Insert bio). #Doctor #Host #Moments #Podcast #Show #Dancer #Master #Actor #Rejection #Success #Audition Originally from Boston, Rachael resides in Los Angeles with a versatile and successful career in the Entertainment Industry. Rachael was introduced to the arts at a young age, taking up dance to correct an innate handicap she had with her legs. After falling in love with it, she attended a Performing Arts High School immersing herself in dance, theatre and music. As a teenager, Rachael trained at some of the most prestigious schools in New York City, solidifying her dream to pursue a career in Entertainment. She then attended Oklahoma City University as a Theatre & Dance Performance Major. Since moving to Los Angeles, Rachael has been in over 30 Films, TV Shows & Commercials, ranging from Co-Stars, to Guest Stars, Recurring, Supporting and Lead roles. Some of her Film & TV credits include Top Gun: Maverick, The Morning Show, Dollface, Legion, Glee, True Blood, Rush Hour 3, Gilmore Girls Revival, Mascots, How I Met Your Mother, CSI, Dr. Ken, No Strings Attached, Microsoft, Target, Chevy, Farmer's Insurance, H&M and many more. . She's the proud owner of the In-Studio Intensive, The Dancer's Edge As a well-respected Master Teacher who travels both domestically and internationally, Rachael is passionate about sharing her love for dance and educating young artists about the importance of a healthy mindset in preparation for the Entertainment Industry. She hopes to encourage others to pursue their dreams and feel empowered by their ability to do so. Show Notes [1:10] We have a wonderful guest for today, Rachel Markarian, an actress, dancer, and Master teacher. Master Teacher is somebody who had a very lucrative or versatile career as a dancer that works in multiple areas and is now sharing the knowledge and that passion to other generation. Rachel is now teaching for 6 or 7 years. She has a convention that is like studios from all across the world and has 200 children in her classes. [2:15] The convention Rachel teaches was called “Energy Dance Project”. They are in the 10th season this coming 2020. This will be Rachel’s 2nd full year with them. They teach the kids what is a professional dance world looks like, and they co
S1 E17 · Tue, December 24, 2019
How to Get Aligned Now, With Bethany Londyn
Ever had a moment when you learn something or have an epiphany, and if you would have learned it a decade ago, it would have saved you so much pain? This week, Bethany relates the moment that she was doing an exercise in eye contact and was learning how to trust herself and her intuition by connecting to her body. What pain in life would it have saved her, had she had this realization before? Listen to her moment and more, as her episode of "Life Can Change In a Moment" is live today on Apple Podcasts and my Youtube Channel. Bethany is all about Body Intelligence and teaching how to achieve results through listening to the conversations of the body. She's an advocate for her clients, always putting them first and co-creating the change necessary to support a shift towards their highest and best. She's been internationally recognized and interviewed for her products and articles gone viral on MindBodyGreen, ThriveGlobal, YogaJounal, talks at Businesses & Universities such as University of Southern California, has a best seller, and another book on the way. Bethany's certifications include Transformational Workshop Facilitator and ThetaHealing(r). She has also studied multiple change modalities such as EmotionCode, BodyCode, HumanDesign, NLP, Reiki, FengShui, along with what comes to her naturally. Whether it's one on one or a group talk, Bethany aligns you to your truth and core allowing for infinite possibilities to unfold. Show Notes [1:00] Our Guest for today is Bethany Londyn, an alignment Catalyst. We are going to talk about her book. A catalys
S1 E16 · Tue, December 17, 2019
The Power to Change Lives, with Judge Mary
This week on the show, we bring you the next Judge Judy, retired circuit Judge Mary Ann Chrzanowski. I met her through Dr Judy Ho, who did the show earlier this year, Judge Mary and Dr Judy worked together on the tv shows The Doctors and Face the Truth. Scary Mary, as she called herself to me, is a retired circuit judge from Michigan. I found her moment to be inspiring and unique. [1:10] Our guest for today is Judge Mary Chrzanowski. She works together with Doctor Judy Hoe in a television show. Doctor Judy Hoe recommended Marry to guest at our show. Judge Mary is a retired circuit judge from Macomb County, Michigan. She presided over a variety of cases like major felony cases, divorce cases and civil cases. [3:22] Judge Mary’s year of experience was seen so much in divorces. She saw good people at their very worst in criminal cases. She saw bad people at their very best. Mary cried when she remembered the cases and the victims; it was very traumatic. Mary loved being a job but she felt burned out. She applied for a job as a Federal Administrator Law Judge working for the Social Security Department for only nine months because she can’t tolerate sitting in a room revealing medical records 8 hours a day. [6:30] Mary’s moment is when her cousin, who is also a judge told her to become a lawyer and become a judge. So she went to a courtroom and watched them. After that, she told herself that she wants to be a judge. At the age of 18, there no stopping her. She finished college in 3 years and went to law school. Mary failed the bar 3 times and when she passed the bar, she ran for the judge at 28 years old. She lost but nothing can stop her dreams. After two years, she ran again and won. [9:00] At the age of 30, Mary was elected and took her office at 31. She enjoys being a judge for 24 years. Nothing gets easy for her. When she was studying, she studied hard to get what she wants. When she gets confused, she always thinks of her career in the future. [11:20] The judge that she watches at that time was her cousin Robert Chrzanowski. In that courtroom, was planted some seed almost like a switch for Mary that set her track to become a judge. But unfortunately, you have to be an attorney first before becoming a judge. The law in Michigan says you have to be an attorney for five years before becoming a judge. There was no law like that when Mary initially run. [14:20]
S1 E15 · Tue, December 10, 2019
Lawyer By Day, Musician By Night, with Matt Walerstein
I’d like to introduce to you a new friend of mine, Matt Wallerstein, I met him at a dinner in LA, we hit it off right away, respect. This week, my interview with him makes me ask you the following question: Can you have both? Or do both, in this case? Maybe a day job to pay the bills and a passion project on the side. This week’s guest, Matt Wallerstein, Esq, is a lawyer during the day and a musician at night, and I find how he does both inspiring to a more fulfilling life for those of us who want more than our day job provides, without plowing into the burnout that simply having 2 jobs would lead to. This week we cover: *Why Matt is lawyer by day, musician by night. *How your day job and passion project can synergistically balance each other *That Matt wrote, directed and starred in his own Indie Movie in law school. *How to play the law school game *Matt describes the unique musical creative he shares with his band partner *What 2 things entertainment law contracts all come down to…(I’ll give you a hint, money and …) *How Netflix has changed the world Matt practices law in Show Notes [1:30] Our guest today is Matt Wallerstein, an entertainment lawyer, and a musician. Matt and Larry met at the meeting of the master’s dinner. He participated in one of the branches and now working at the bar for fun. [2:50] Matt represents writers, producers, directors, and actors in the entertainment law side and on the music side, he plays keys, singing and songwriting project called Kingdoms. He also does some solos and a project called Vanity Shades which is also the name of his Instagram account. Matt makes time for both music and law. He always finds time for the things he has a passion for. When he finishes a day as an entertainment lawyer, he goes to the studio with his bandmates and has a wonderful creative session that allows him to both decompress from entertainment law stuff and have a beautiful creative outlet. <span style= "font-weight: 400;"
S1 E14 · Tue, December 03, 2019
How to Remove What’s Blocking You, with College Guru Gabrielle Glancy
<span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Gabrielle Glancy has been an entrepreneur since the age of four when she sold stickballs for ten\r\ncents less than cost back to the boys who had hit them onto her grandfather’s roof in Sea Gate,\r\nConey Island, where she grew up.\r\nJust before founding New Vision Learning, at the height of the dot com boom, Ms. Glancy\r\ninvented Facebook (before there was a such a thing) and called it Townsquare.com. The\r\nfounder of Ebay, whose daughter she had helped get into Williams, told her it was a brilliant\r\nidea, but that to generate revenue, she would need to sell ads. Selling ads seemed like selling\r\nout, and so she founded New Vision Learning instead.\r\nAs a teacher, educational consultant and college counselor, for nearly thirty years, Gabrielle\r\nGlancy has been in the business of helping students find and realize their dreams. Not only has\r\nshe helped countless students find a way to harness their strengths to overcome their\r\nchallenges — to learn how to learn — but as Director of New Vision Learning, she has helped\r\nthousands of students — all over the Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles, across the U.S., and\r\nall over the world, locate and get into the colleges of their dreams. \r\nOver the course of her career, she has worked in admissions three separate times at three\r\ndifferent and highly respected colleges and universities. She knows exactly what it takes to get\r\nin and that helps her every day as she guides students through the college application process.\r\nShe has taught at some of the most prestigious secondary schools, colleges and universities in\r\nthe world including The University of San Francisco, New College, Lang College, The New\r\nSchool for Social Research, Saint Ann’s School for Gifted and Talented in New York\r\nCity, Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough, California, The American-International\r\nSchool of Israel, The American School in London, and Villanova Prep, where she helped\r\nforeign and American students abroad (including boys from Eton and St. Paul’s in London)\r\nprepare for the SATs and apply to college.\r\nFor the past several years, she has been Series Editor of Best College Essays 2014, 2016 and\r\n2018. And she has authored THE book on writing college essays called The Art of the College\r\nEssay, one of the bestselling books on the subject. Her next book, UNSTUCK, which helps\r\nstudents free themselves from writer's block, will be released this September. \r\nGabrielle Glancy has been awarded Teacher of the Year by the National Association for\r\nTeachers of the ARTS, and won the European Council of Independent School’s prize for\r\neducational writing. Her essay, “The Best You Know How to Be” was published in their journal.\r\nShe is also a widely published writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris\r\nReview and The American Poetry Review. She has been featured on NPR and in USA Today."}" data-sheets-userformat
S1 E13 · Tue, November 26, 2019
Modern Dating With Dr. Frankie Bashan PsyD
For Dr Frankie, our PsyD professional matchmaker starts by sharing the moment her mother attempted suicide and was in a mental hospital for bipolar. As we are frequently seeing on this show, the midst of life turmoil often leads to our biggest moments—her first of what would become a career of matchmaking and making people happy—none other than her very own father! This one is worth listening to. Dr. Frankie Bashan is a renowned relationship coach and dating expert. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience working with couples and individuals and specialized training in the field of trauma. She possesses a unique combination of formal training, innate emotional intelligence, and communication skills that allow her to help couples struggling with relationship issues of all kinds. Dr. Frankie is the CEO & Founder of LittleGayBook.com, which focuses on personalized matchmaking for lesbians and bisexual women, and has successfully connected couples across the United States for the last decade. Her latest venture is as CEO & Founder of LittleBlackBookMatchmaking.com, specializing in personalized matchmaking for heterosexual singles. Dr. Frankie’s coaching is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, but clients can access her services via Skype/FaceTime/Zoom from around the globe. You can follow Dr. Frankie on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. 24:00-28:00 What really matters when picking a romantic partner? 29:11-31:35
S1 E12 · Tue, November 19, 2019
Love, Alcohol and Sex Worker Therapy, with Dr Amie Harwick
Sex workers, open relationships, attachment, intimacy. What would you guess the average porn star talks about in therapy? I had no idea, but we discussed that this week on the show. Fascinating. Also—Let me tell you what I like about Dr. Amie Harwick’s moment this week. She had to stop drinking, not because of alcoholism, but because of a medical condition. In the episode she talks about the numerous benefits to her when she stopped drinking. Her social life changed, and got better. She took better care of herself and her sleeping, she had better energy. All these benefits that even though she wasn't an alcoholic, alcohol was negatively affecting her life. She opens up and talks more about it on this week's episode of Life Can Change In A Moment. Her bio is below. Dr. Amie Harwick, MFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist and sex therapist. She practices in private practice in West Hollywood, CA. Dr. Amie is the author of The New Sex Bible for Women, an international speaker, and if often on tv as an expert in mental health and sexuality. Show Notes [1:00] Dr. Amie Harwick, a Ph.D. Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Sex therapist. When she quit drinking, her life directions change a lot just by making a particular change. [3:40] She slowly realizes that her directions went well when she stops drinking; she also experiences just holding a drink not to bug her by others. She replaces alcohol with one or two cups of coffee a day. [6:50] Dr. Amie needs 3000 hours of interning before she got her license after a master's degree, and it took her for five years. While on graduate school, she also works as a bartender, a performer in a circus, a dancer, a clown, and she also eats fire. [9:00] Dr. Amie explains how she tra
S1 E11 · Tue, November 12, 2019
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Have you ever wished you could do more? You see suffering in front of you, but you don’t have the knowledge or skills to make a difference? Dr Judy Ho shares an emotional moment that drove her to get her Phd in psychology, ultimately so she could become someone much more able to help. [1:00] Dr. Judy Ho is a Forensic Psychologist; she appreciates the value of time. [3:00] Judy’s life-changing moment that leads to her career when she was a teacher aide, a child wants her to be his mom and touched her heart. [6:55] Judy did a double major in business and psychology; she was more interested in psychology than business because she wants to understand the human mind. [9:00] Judy believes that there are people who were born evil no matter what environment and love you give on them; they don’t respond. [12:00] Judy got more interested in psychology when she was in high school mentoring younger kids, she realized that just being there is a massive thing for them. [13:55] She felt motivated to get a degree to help the kids. [15:20] After she graduated, she got into a combined program of the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology and got her Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology. [19:00] The generation right now is fast-tracking everything. She believes it takes time to be an expert on something. One of her favorite Malcolm Gladwell, quotes “you have to have 10,000 hours in a subject to be an expert. [23:15] There was always a get rich quick theme, but she believes in hard work like her parents. [26:44] The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy is you become your own therapist over time. You learn these tools, and then you build resilience and know what to do next. [28:30] One of the useful tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy is assessing the situation more realistically and the emotion regulation aspect that tells what to do if your anger is rising up. [31:25] Somatic experience is a humor therapy that focuses on your physiology because when we have traumas or negative patterns, they got stuck in our bodies somewhere because we stop ourselves on allowing the natural process to occur like crying and yelling. For example, as a doctor in the ER, I can’t cry in front of a dying patient. [35:55] She loves somatic therapy because it does not require people to restate their trauma in treatment, not like EMDR and other therapy. EMDR is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy that involves recollection of the actual trauma. [39:15] Judy thinks that mind and body dualism is a thing in the past because there is such a deep connection there. For example, in cancer patients that you have a more positive outlook on your future helps with your treatment. [42:00] Dr. Judy Ho also run every day because she knows the positive benefits of it, if she didn’t exercise in the mo
S1 E10 · Tue, November 05, 2019
Beautifying The World One Mural At A Time with Ruben Rojas
We are the sum of all moments in our life. Is it one moment that stands out that we can say, “This is why I am who I am,” or is it all those moments stacked up? Ruben had always had the athlete mentality of competition and that comes into all areas of his life. Exercising and training are the ways he eliminates stress in the morning. [4:00] Ruben is more goal-oriented than task-oriented. It’s good to know that you can put in effort and see results at the end of the day. [5:25] Ruben graduated with a degree in Exercise Science and he was doing tours of hospitals when he had the thought, “Did I want to be fat, bald, with $35,000 in debt and try to work out of that hole?” He met a guy who offered to get Ruben into real estate and he made $18,000 in his first month. He never looked back. [7:00] Ruben started in the mortgage industry and eventually branched out into real estate, then went on to buy properties and own over a million dollars in assets. Then 2008 happened. [8:40] When you are in your 20’s and making money in Los Angeles, you’re taught that what you have is how you measure success. Now Ruben operates differently and focuses more on the legacy he’s going to leave in the world. [9:40] Ruben witnessed plenty of fraud in the business but he ran his business over board. When everything started to crash, he began burning through his savings to cover his payroll and debts. Ultimately, Ruben had to declare bankruptcy in 2009. During that time he realized that he didn’t need fancy watches and shiny objects to define himself. [12:20] Ruben could have gone down the path of the victim but he chose not to. He knew he could succeed so he chose a different road. He was disenchanted with real estate and the shady practices and ended up in financial services. [15:40] Ruben went from one difficult self-employed commission sales position to another one. He did well initially, but he felt like he was in just another rat race and not happy about what he was doing. [17:40] One of the connecting factors that Ruben has had in everything he’s done in life is people. Pain points are how we adjust, grow, and evolve. While working in the financial services industry, Ruben realized that he was unhappy and depressed and needed to make a change. His friend invited him to an emotional intelligence workshop, which lead to Ruben’s life changing moment. [20:30] During this time in Ruben’s life, he was open to finding a solution. It was during this workshop that Ruben was doodling an image that would later become his first mural. It started out as Beautify Lincoln, which later became Beautify Earth. [22:00] Ruben didn’t realize at the time that the premise of the mural would later become the foundation for his work. Ruben knew how he was feeling at the time and he wanted a reminder that would help him shift how he was operating. [24:00] We are all mirrors of each other. Ruben realized that if he
S1 E9 · Tue, October 29, 2019
The Game Changers Are Challenging the Food Industry with Caroline Love
To go back to Caroline’s moment we have to go back 20 years. Caroline grew up in the deep south and at the age of 15 she found a book which completely changed the way she looked at food. Her grandmother’s death due to food related disease really set her life on the path that she currently walks. [2:50] Like a lot of girls, Caroline was trying to understand what she had to eat in order to be her best self. At the age of 15, she ate like most of her peers, which is to say lots of fried food, meat, dairy, and cheese. [3:55] A family friend had stayed at the house around that time and left a stack of books on the kitchen table after leaving. It was one of those books that transformed the way Caroline perceived dairy products and their connection to diseases that many people suffer from. [4:50] In the 90’s the dairy lobby was responsible for some very persuasive commercials targeting young boys and girls. Marketing is a powerful tool but it can also be misleading. [7:30] The book referred to milk as bovine slime and interspecies adult breastfeeding. Caroline dug into the claims of the book and did some research, which revealed some very disturbing facts. [9:45] Animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gases and not only is dairy not good for us, it’s disease promoting. Learning about the dairy industry set off Caroline’s identity as a plant based eater. Removing dairy from her diet had immediate positive impacts on her health and energy. [11:00] Feeling like she was eating in line with her values was one of the most powerful moments in Caroline’s life. [11:40] Being a teenage girl is the US is harder today than it was in the past. Social media puts a spotlight on us that didn’t exist before and tends to amplify the small things that don’t mean much once you have more life experience. [14:15] There is a difference between plant based and being vegan, Caroline started out on the plant based path but has since moved closer to the vegan paradigm. [15:25] The LA Vegan Fashion Show highlights the issues in the fashion industry that are shared with the food industry. The fashion industry is one of the biggest polluters to the planet outside the food industry, but that fact isn’t very well known. [16:55] Vegan fashion is focused on removing the animal products used in many different types of garments. It’s interesting that we as a society decide which animals are okay to wear, which animals are okay to eat, and which animals we love. As westerners we don’t believe it’s okay to eat dogs, but it’s common in other parts of the world. [19:10] Caroline looks back on her grandmother’s death with a mix of sadness and gratitude, because without a hard experience something may not ignite within you. A few years after reading the book that changed her life, Caroline’s grandmother was diagnosed with stomach cancer. [20:20] We now conclusively know that meat
S1 E8 · Tue, October 22, 2019
Going Back To Space with Danielle Dallas Roosa
Danielle is the granddaughter of the Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa. Being the granddaughter of a famous astronaut lends itself well to Danielle’s current job producing a television show about going back to space. [4:45] Danielle’s moment occurred while she was in college. She was feeling lost and miserable going to U of A when she saw a sign that encouraged her to transfer schools. Because she decided to go for it, she got into the University of Massachusetts Amherst and that lead to her getting an internship at NASA. Everything hinged upon the green sign she found that convinced her to take a chance at a different life. [7:40] Going to college was never really an option for Danielle even though she felt that her strengths didn’t really lie in standardized testing. At the time, the first few years of college were very difficult for her. [11:25] Sometimes when you’re the most lost, you don’t know that you’re lost. Seeing the green sign actually revealed how Danielle was feeling about her situation at school. The exchange turned into a permanent transfer after Danielle realized that the freedom at her new school was what she was looking for. [14:40] A big part of Danielle’s new life was being a part of the drumline. She practiced for six hours a day as part of one of the best drumlines in the country. [16:30] The internship at NASA opened every door in Danielle’s life from that point on. Her mom insisted on doing an internship and lucky for her, Danielle’s mom had connections within NASA that got her in. [17:55] Danielle loves studying communication. You can have the biggest disagreement with someone and it’s usually because you’re just not understanding each other. A lot of conflict occurs because people are sticking to their form of language instead of communicating in a way that other people will understand. [19:30] Because of Danielle’s naivete and ability to communicate, her career at NASA got started off on the right foot. She walked into the administrator's office and basically told him that she wanted to learn from him and help, and because of that, she had all sorts of opportunities to write his speeches and work on interesting projects. This was the first time where Danielle felt like she was worthy of success. [21:40] Being in NASA was the closest she ever felt to her grandfather. He died when Danielle was 2. He grew up as a poor boy in Oklahoma but was exceedingly smart. Being in NASA was a way to connect with her history. [25:15] After NASA, Danielle’s next internship was at MTV which she disliked quite a bit. She remembers her first day at MTV vividly and the backstabbing nature of the work there. [28:30] After MTV and a stint at a premier company in London, Danielle moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. Danielle went back to her college for her walking ceremony after graduating early and moving away and it was there that she met Jim Keyes, the former CEO
S1 E7 · Tue, October 15, 2019
Learning How To Embrace Change and Running Away With The Circus with Keri Kelsey
Keri is currently hosting the longest running open mic in Los Angeles. She hosts the singers that perform on stage and helps ensure the crowd is having fun and sticking around. She took over the gig more than 10 years ago. [2:45] Keri came from a background where she didn’t do much of anything on the spur of the moment, but she had always wanted to live in New York. After having serious panic attacks for some time, she packed everything up and moved there, where she met a trapeze artist and within 6 months married him and began travelling with the circus. [4:00] Keri went to college for years with a friend who turned out to be from a family of trapeze artists. When she first encountered the circus, she quickly fell in love - not only with Richie, the trapeze artist, but also the whole lifestyle. [7:15] Keri describes the moment she met Richie as not quite love at first sight, but something along those lines. [8:40] Keri knew there was something special with Richie right away, but she had always wondered how much of their relationship was because of her falling in love with the circus as well. Seeing Richie and his family perform basically sealed the deal for Keri. [12:50] When Keri had moved across town she found herself in a situation that wasn’t what she had in mind when she first made the move. She was extremely lonely. It’s possible to see hundreds of people each day in New York without ever saying hello. She was on the brink of returning home to Florida when she met Richie and it just seemed like an opportunity that she couldn’t pass up. [16:00] Surprisingly enough, Keri’s parents were supportive of her choice of being with Richie and spending time with the circus. It turned out that, contrary to popular belief, not all circus performers travel all the time. [19:40] Keri didn’t really settle down until the birth of her son. In a lot of ways she got the best of both worlds traveling with the circus, a familiar living space and a unique landscape everyday. [21:00] Keri never really performed in the circus, although she did give the trapeze a shot. Once she accomplished her goals, she decided she didn’t need to keep it going. Her son is now working in a show in Las Vegas as a trapeze artist himself. [24:00] The circus has evolved, the classic circus with animal performances are pretty much extinct, but there are still shows traveling the world today. [24:45] If Keri hadn’t run away to the circus, she imagines herself working at a department store somewhere in Florida. Being in the circus, Keri had to embrace change and she would never have eventually moved to California and landed her job as a literary agent. [27:20] Keri recalls a time when Tom Cruise came to the Big Apple Circus and was invited to try the trapeze out. In many ways, being in the circus was being a part of a large extended community/family. [30:45] Keri no longer seeks change, but she accepts
S1 E6 · Tue, October 08, 2019
Staying Sharp and Being Active At 98 with Bill Baratta
Bill Baratta was born in Madura in the center of California on April 20, 1921. He recalls his youth when the town wasn’t as large, there was a single police officer, and the roads were dirt instead of asphalt. He contracted encephalitis in his freshman year and was lucky to survive. [8:20] It took a long time for him to recover from the illness, but it was essentially the end of his formal education. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Bill and his friends volunteered for the Air Corps in order to contribute to the war effort and were enlisted. To get into the Corps, Bill had to lie about his prior illness, which came back to bite him a bit. Lucky for him, he’s charismatic. [12:25] He found himself bouncing around 12 different bases all over the United States. A lesser known fact is that if you were a pilot in the Air Force and completed 25 missions you were sent home. Eventually his superiors agreed to send Bill to Colorado to learn armament, basically everything to do with the firepower on an airplane. [16:00] Bill was chosen out of his class of 50 to go to Yale to learn how to become a technical officer and receive a commission, but because he wanted to fly so much he turned down the offer. Bill wanted to serve and no one was going to tell him otherwise. [18:10] Times have changed. Bill remembers a time when we had a love for people and the sense of brotherhood serving together in the military. [20:30] When the war ended, Bill was on an island in the Pacific and word spread very quickly. Instead of taking the more common route home, Bill was told to find his own way back to California. In many ways, his tour of service was anything but ordinary. He actually hitched a ride from a couple all the way from Sacramento. [23:50] Bill married his first wife after returning from the war and was married to her for 16 years. He found out later that she was cheating on him, and at that point they separated. After separating from his first wife, Bill reconnected with another girl that he had known earlier. He ended up with her for the next 43 years. She became the love of his life. [33:10] Bill learned that Donna had been following the news of his separation very closely. He managed to ask her out for dinner one night and that was when he got the clear signal that she was interested in a relationship. Years later, Donna told Bill that she had never stopped loving him even though he dumped her originally years before. [37:30] One of the secrets to Bill’s longevity is never abusing alcohol and avoiding unnecessary medication. He has stayed active throughout the years. He keeps moving and makes sure that he eats a nutritious meal that he cooks himself every day.
S1 E5 · Tue, October 01, 2019
Recognizing The Moments That Can Change Your Life with Kaj Larsen
Prior to being a Navy Seal and leading an exciting life going around the world, Kaj was an ocean lifeguard in Santa Cruz. He left the Naval Academy and wasn’t really sure what to do with his life, but he had always had an affinity with the water so being a lifeguard seemed like a good choice. He later went back to the Navy and applied to become a Navy Seal officer, but it took a particular experience on the beach before his application was accepted. [9:50] Kaj was lifeguarding on the beach in the middle of the summer when he saw an emergency vehicle driving on the sand. A car had just driven off the end of the pier, so Kaj and a few other lifeguards started trying to dive down and find the vehicle. [12:20] The water was at least 30 feet deep at that point, so only Kaj and one other lifeguard were able to reach the bottom and locate the car. Kaj spent several minutes trying to pull the man out of the vehicle and eventually succeeded, but even though the man made it to the hospital after being revived, he later died as a result of the lack of oxygen. [16:45] Kaj and the other lifeguards were celebrated as heroes, and he included it on his following application to be a Navy Seal officer. It had just been enough to have his application accepted and for the Navy to take a chance on him. [19:15] One of the big lessons that Kaj learned was that if you want to be of service to others, you have to train for incredible situations. If you are not performing at your peak potential, there can be dire consequences. [20:00] If that moment hadn’t happened, Kaj isn’t certain where he would be today. Navy Seal training is considered the hardest military training in the world, and he found that having no other options gave him a lot of motivation to stay in the program. [21:30] Hell week is the hardest part of the training. It basically consists of getting 2-3 hours of sleep over the course of five days while going through intense physical training. It’s the closest the military can get to the fatigue, fear, and pace of combat. It’s not meant to torture people, it’s designed to weed out people who will break under pressure when it matters most. [23:00] Medicine and the military are in the process of working on the approach to training and discipline. Especially with combat and life or death situations, we need a crucible that people can go through which proves that people can handle the reality of combat. [26:20] There were multiple lessons that Kaj learned from rescuing the man in the car. At that point, he had not seen death close up and you never know how you’re going to react to that kind of situation. He found he was able to do what he was trained to do under pressure which obviously helped in real combat situations. [29:00] Sometimes these life changing moments happen and we can miss them. Sometimes they call for contemplation and sometimes they call for action. You have to be able to recognize
S1 E4 · Tue, September 24, 2019
Moving On To Something New Doesn’t Mean You’ve Failed with Kai Brown
After knowing Kai Brown for only a few months, Dr. Larry had experienced a break up that Kai had helped him through. Kai and Debbie Nova came together to create a song that captured something they were both looking for and really resonated with Dr. Larry. [5:15] Kai moved to the US from Australia in 2005 with only a suitcase and a guitar. He landed in Dallas and was lucky enough to find a mentor that helped him develop into the musician he is now. [7:20] Prior to moving to the states Kai was in a band that fell apart. They had jobs and girlfriends and other commitments so they weren’t willing to take the chance that Kai was. One of Kai’s goals was to surround himself with some of the best musicians in the world which was why he traveled to the US. [8:30] Before writing the song Kai moved to California with his girlfriend and fell in love with the area. He lived for a couple of years in San Diego and then moved to Los Angeles, eventually making his way to Venice. As an artist, you are trying to reinvent yourself all the time, being around like-minded people is crucial to the process. [10:45] Debbie came into the picture through some mutual friends and they started to explore the writing process. Writing a song with someone can basically be impossible if there’s no chemistry between them, but with Debbie, the flow clicked almost immediately. They ended up creating that song the first time they met in only two hours. [14:30] Kai grew up with American folk rock music whereas Debbie has more of a Latin vibe. The song they wrote together was a fusion of both styles that wouldn’t have been possible with just one perspective. Kai tried recording the song on his own but quickly realized that it wasn’t working without Debbie. [18:30] Debbie had already found success in Costa Rica so when the song started getting some traction it ended up on the radio there with people assuming it was her new single. After climbing the charts to the number one song in Costa Rica Kai invited Debbie to his shows and they started singing the song together. [20:50] Music is the fabric that is the connection within our culture, it means so much to people in so many different ways. Going to Costa Rica and seeing the way their song had impacted people’s lives helped him realize how powerful music can be. Music is a universal language that touches people in a way that’s not possible with basic communication. [21:30] The success of the song was an affirmation of his journey. Up until that point, Kai wasn’t sure he had done the right thing in pursuing his dream of music. He realized that making a difference and connecting with people is one of the most special experiences you can have in your life. [22:40] A lot of the creation of the magic in songwriting is staying out of your own subconscious. For Kai, the lyrics meant something along the lines of holding the people you love close but also stepping out of what’s comf
S1 E3 · Tue, September 17, 2019
Honesty and Addiction with Brittney Carbone
Brittney had been a sugar addict as a child, even back then she was exhibiting addictive behavior. Her first alcoholic drink was in junior high and around that same time she started feeling like she was bigger than her peers. She clearly recalls her first drink and the experience she had of finding her tribe. [6:25] Brittney was a binge drinker and one of the troubles with alcoholism is that once you take a drink you don’t know what’s going to happen next. For Brittney, that meant being unable to stop herself from continuing to drink further. [7:25] Alcoholics are often self-medicating their anxiety. Dr. Larry recalls a man that described the effect as “making him feel normal”. For some people, alcohol can be a way of shutting off the negative voices in their heads. [9:15] Brittney got herself into a repetitive cycle of drinking and then fixing the mistakes she made while blackout drunk. By the time she got to UCLA, Brittney’s imposter syndrome got even worse and so did her subsequent binge drinking. [11:50] After graduating college and moving to Los Angeles, there was a moment where she woke up from another blackout and felt that she was done with the experience. Her life-changing moment happened a month later after having not had a drink for the past 30 days and falling off the wagon. It got to the point where the effect of the drinking was considerably worse than the anxiety she was trying to relieve. [14:00] Brittney’s last night of drinking was after she was rescued by people who had found her passed out in the show. She decided that she didn’t want to risk death or be a person that wakes up in random houses anymore. She could no longer deny that bad things happened when she drank. Since that day, Brittney has been free from alcohol and has been for the past ten years. [18:10] The reason that experience was the one that created a lasting change is because Brittney got honest with herself and found a mentor and support group that helped her feel understood. [19:15] Being honest and doing spiritual work is how Brittney continues to stay sober. Having a support group where she could share her experiences was very important as well. She noticed that when you take away the drinking, you find that the people you consider friends aren’t actually friends and you have far less in common. [21:20] Your life greatly improves once you stop blacking out. Alcoholism is a disease of self-obsession and it’s a cure to constant self-doubt, at least temporarily. Once she stopped drinking alcohol, Brittney was able to work on herself in a way that removed her self obsessions that were causing the problems in the first place. [23:45] Developing early and getting attention from men was a major influence on Brittney’s issues with her body. [25:20] Brittney naturally found herself associating with fraternity guys and bro culture because it easily facilitated her continued drinking. [26:2
S1 E2 · Tue, September 10, 2019
The Difficult Side of Delivery with Dr. Pari Ghodsi
Pari is an OBGYN and her work mainly consists of delivering babies. As an OBGYN she is often dealing with dire situations where there is not just one patient, but two. Most of the time the work is great, but when it’s bad, it’s really bad. [3:10] Many people are moving away from giving birth in a hospital in favour of having home births, but based on Dr. Pari’s experience the risks inherent in giving birth at home aren’t worth it. [3:35] One of the things that drew Dr. Pari to her specialty is that people actually like going to see their OB. When a woman is pregnant she’s excited and motivated, being pregnant can be the moment in someone’s life that inspires a drastic positive change in behaviour. [4:55] 50% of pregnancies are unplanned so no matter which side of the equation a person falls on it’s an exciting time. [5:30] For Dr. Pari, being part of the birthing experience is very humbling. Childbirth is an intense and emotional experience for everyone involved, even when you’re the doctor and have delivered tons of babies. [6:45] Dr. Pari tries to go into every delivery with the worst case scenario in mind so that she’s prepared. It’s a fine line between being confident and being arrogant or reckless. [8:25] Dr. Pari’s moment involves a patient she had five years ago. It was her first pregnancy and everything seemed to be going well when she went into labor spontaneously. Even then things were going fine until suddenly the baby’s heartbeat crashed. This lead to her requiring an emergency C-section and a difficult moment where the life of the baby hung in the balance. [15:30] In situations like this, doctors tend to rely heavily on their training and do much of the work by rote. It’s once the intervention is over and the adrenaline goes down that the emotions start to make an impact. [20:20] Whenever a birth doesn’t go smoothly, there is always a concern about whether the doctor missed something, especially since the consequences of lack of oxygen early on can affect them their entire life. [21:55] As doctors, it’s possible to do all the right things and for something to still go wrong. It’s important for society to realize that despite the technology we now have, doctors can still make mistakes and things can still go wrong even when they don’t. [25:00] A bad outcome or even just the fear of a potentially bad outcome is a heavy weight to carry. The worst case scenario for Dr. Pari is that a mother and her baby could both die, that’s the kind of consequence most people can’t fathom and will never encounter in the professional career. [27:30] Perfectionism is a burden that burns doctors out. Because of the military nature of the training and the hierarchy of the system, doctors become stoic about what they do and don’t generally share their feelings about their work. [29:15] If a patient dies during a doctor’s shift, they can’t take the time to process what had
S1 E1 · Tue, September 03, 2019
Coaching Men to Their Optimal Health with Dr. Myles Spar
There aren’t a lot of people focusing on men’s health beyond general fitness. The number of messages out in the wild can be very confusing for the average guy. [3:15] Doctors are trained to focus specifically on one chief complaint of their patient, and that’s the recipe that Dr. Myle’s followed for the majority of his career. That changed after working with one of his chronically unhealthy patients that was always resistant to changing her problem behaviors. [7:35] “It’s about what matters to you, not what’s the matter with ” [7:45] If you connect the dots to what matters to people, that creates powerful changes in their behavior. [8:50] By changing the focus from abstract numbers that mean nothing to the patient, Dr. Myles was able to help his patients understand the impact of their actions and how they can get healthier, but also why they should try. [10:30] We have been going about health all wrong. People aren’t going to get healthier for reasons that their doctor came up with. They don’t care and don’t have the training to know why those reasons are important. [11:00] Dr. Myles initially went into med school to work with people in an intimate way. He was actually an Economics major, but after a quick internship realized that he wanted something else. Problem solving with people about their problems was what he was looking for, and that was where he became disillusioned by the training. [13:20] Eventually, this led Dr. Myles to work with Doctors Without Borders. He tried to change his approach so that it would be more about what matters to the patient instead of what’s the matter with them, but he kept getting pushback from the administration. He went to get a Masters of Public Health in order to improve the system and better align it. [16:25] Dr. Myles realized that if the system wasn’t going to change and he was trained to deal with seriously sick people, then he should go to a place where there were seriously sick people. This led him to work in a conflict zone in the former Soviet Union helping people with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. [18:30] Noticing the difference between patients in New Jersey and the Caucuses led Dr. Myles to his second moment of realization. The lifestyle and the faith of the people in the conflict zone allowed them to be much healthier, relatively speaking, than the North American patients. [21:00] Health is more than just medicine, it’s about everything that contributes to your health including exercise, diet, and a support system. [21:50] Dr. Myles is now focused on an optimal health program where it’s more like being a coach. He helps people achieve what they want out of life and mitigate the health risks that may get in the way of those goals. [23:40] He started out exploring the world of integrated medicine by training himself and going to conferences, but he also did a fellowship at the University of
Trailer · Mon, August 26, 2019
Life Can Change In A Moment - Season 1 Trailer
Season 1 launches 9/3/2019.
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