Stay Grounded with Raj Jana

“We don’t have change, if we don’t expect it” I’ve had a lot of interesting people on the Stay Grounded podcast during 2018, but this week’s episode broke a new record. At 98, Dr Gladys McGarey is our oldest guest yet. Dr. Gladys has devoted her entire life to changing the face of modern medicine - and she’s seen so much. She grew up in India where both her parents worked as medical missionaries d...

“Even if I don’t think I can do something, just take that next step and go for it. It’s amazing what you can do even when you don’t even know it’s possible.” I'm really excited for this week's guest. Jen Hansard is the founder of Simple Green Smoothies, a business that she started out of a need and strong desire to keep her family healthy. This simple remedy has created a health movement that insp...

“The universe doesn’t stop giving us likes and clues, we just develop a resistance to hearing them because they’re usually inconvenient ”   This week’s episode is definitely one of my favorites.   Dmitriy Kozlov, who I affectionately refer to as Dima, is a successful entrepreneur , spoken word poet, and a friend who I attribute a lot of my personal growth to.   Dima’s purpose in lif...

“I had this realization that the greatest gift of being a human is the gift of imperfection. The gods or the universe don’t have the luxury of making mistakes and we do. So I relish in how many mistakes I get to make.”   It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year, everyone! December is my favorite month, with the new year, literally, right around the corner, this is when I like to ta...

“I’d been doing all these diets in the past to look a certain way rather than feel a certain way.”   This week’s guest turned her life around after watching a documentary on Netflix.   Rewind four years and not only was Krysta Francoeur 40lb overweight, but she was constantly sick. Prone to illness, infections, colds, severe clinical depression and terrible fibromyalgia symptoms. You nam...

“I don’t believe there’s a ceiling to how good life can get. I don’t believe there’s a limit to the amount of love I can feel.”   Today’s podcast is a little different.   Adam and I recorded this just after we first met! We were both at a book launch of a mutual friend in New York City and I had to go up and give him a hug because he’d just blown me away!   I know what it’s like to...

“I actually am more brother and sister with people that are across incredibly diverse paths and walks of life than I had ever imagined.”   In this 50th episode (woohoo!) of the Stay Grounded Podcast, I wanted to bring you an extra special guest to mark this big milestone.   And Matthew Abrams delivered. Matthew’s passion (and life purpose) is to support individuals and collectives to rea...

  “I can have whatever I want - I just have to think about it.”   It’s not often that you get to sit down with a man who sees no limits.   We live in a society where we’re conditioned to be average. We’re surrounded by restrictions and limitations that compel us to settle for less and drop dreams of a better life.   Jesse Elder doesn’t see life in the same way that most of us d...

“Experiences develop you. They define you. They refine your attitude.” This episode’s guest has been called “The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine because he has the ability to make the impossible, possible. Nowadays, Steve Sims rubs shoulders with celebrities and billionaires. His luxury personal concierge service, Bluefish, creates incredible experiences for its members...

“Our only job as humans is to live in our truth.” I didn’t know who Danete was when I took the empty spot next to her at dinner. It was at a mastermind. I’d set myself the intention of connecting with some incredible humans and somehow I felt drawn to that empty seat. As we started chatting, I didn’t feel like I was having a conversation for the first time. I felt as though I already knew Danette....

“We’re all human beings and we all crave connection with other human beings.” In this episode, I get to speak with the incredible Ken Blackman - a sex and relationship expert who focuses on sex, intimacy, and connection. I believe your life is a product of your relationships - whether that’s with your friends, parents, your partner, your kids, or your work colleagues. In my own life I’ve found tha...

“There’s a lot more going on here than just cells floating around in my body. My mind has a lot more to do with it than I believe.”   Frank started college just like any other student. He was outgoing, social, and identified himself as an athlete.   But that all changed in his second semester when he got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Used to peak fitness and endless physical energy,...

“Betting on yourself is probably one of the most accelerated tracks of genuine personal development that you’ll ever go down.” In this episode I dive deep into the rabbit hole with psychotherapist and the ‘Shrink for Entrepreneurs’ - Peter Shallard. Peter started his business journey in his homeland of New Zealand with a brick and mortar psychotherapy clinic. After a local business owner became a...

“An addiction is something that’s covering up something else.” Jenn Edden has been helping people quit their sugar addiction for over 14 years. As you’ll hear in this episode, this is Jenn’s calling and she’s hugely passionate about the work she does. Jenn captivated me because you don’t often hear sugar and addiction in the same sentence. But when you learn that sugar lights up the same part of t...

“You have to take a leap of faith that you can in fact succeed at one thing… and practice that great advice which is sometimes hard to follow which is called focus.” This episode’s guest is a rockstar! Majeed started his entrepreneurial journey when he was just 16. By the time he was 21, he’d bought and sold FIVE companies and used entrepreneurship to fund his passion for travel. Majeed is now in...

“The ego uses the past to predict the future… By holding onto the past, you’re just creating the same pattern.” This episode’s guest didn’t think she’d make it to her 40s. Raised by immigrant parents, Adamaris was brought up with the belief that you have to work hard for everything. She was taught that no one was going to give her anything - she had to do it all herself. So that’s what she did. As...

“There is no wrong way to live life.” I’m super pumped for episode 40. It’s another BIG milestone for the Stay Grounded podcast and we’ve got an incredible guest to mark this special occasion. Marc Cordon and I have similar roots. As second generation immigrants, we’ve both grown up as minorities trying to find our own version of the American dream. And it’s been one hell of a ride! As you’ll hear...

“If you just work with amazing people, helping a billion isn’t as crazy as it sounds.” I first heard this guest speak at a recent event and I was hooked immediately. Dr. Steve Young has, what many would call, a crazy goal. In fact he calls his mission to help a BILLION people love their way to building their greatest legacy by providing the tools and systems for success his ‘moonshot’ goal. But as...

“I became OK with failing - with the possibility that it might not work out. That was where the freedom came.”   This episode’s guest and I have a lot in common.   We both have corporate backgrounds in engineering (in fact, Darla calls herself a recovering engineer!) and we both experienced similar trigger moments that ‘forced’ us to take the leap out on our own.   Now, Darla’s life...

“We have a philosophy that all emotions are good. It’s about being able to move through those emotions that’s the key - so you can move from the negative to the positive.” This episode is a little bit special because I don’t have one guest, I have two! It’s power couple Desiree and Alonto Mangandog and they’re both passionate about using essential oils, aromatherapy, and acupuncture to help people...

“Hardship is really what makes us who we are. It’s easy to be an optimist when things are going great, but who are you when things get really difficult?” Today’s guest is one of the most exciting people I’ve ever met. Ultrarunner, Charlie Engle was the first man to run across the Sahara Desert. He’s a real life action hero too - all documented in a documentary film produced and narrated by Matt Da...

“I like to see that what you do in the gym as lab for the rest of your life.”   Today’s guest was not naturally athletic.   As a teenager, he was thin - scrawny even. Not the pillar of strength looking back at me through Zoom. But such is the power of goals. After reading the biography of a strongman, Logan wanted to perform at a super high level too. He wanted to accomplish feats of str...

“My job is to help people find resources to improve their quality of life so then they can do things like... be happy and have some routines that make them feel fulfilled.”   In this episode, you’ll meet a women who says the prison system feels like home.   She’s not a felon and she’s never been convicted, instead the brilliant Dr Ashley Hampton spent time helping inmates create a new li...

“Self care is mandatory… If you think you’re going to be at your highest performance without self care, you’re fooling yourself.”   I first met today’s guest in New York at an entrepreneurial event we both attended.   There was something about Julian! He had a vibe that made me feel good and made me want to be around him. And I wasn’t alone. I noticed how others had the same experience....

“Writing thank you cards for me is my canvas. It’s the manner in which I express myself to the world about how I feel.”   As the owner of a gifting company, today’s guest felt his was living out of alignment. Gifting involves expressing your love and appreciation to the people you care about, yet John didn’t feel this value featured highly enough in his life.   Something had to change -...