Free & Open Mind

**Are you living your life… or just *performing* in it for everyone else?**In this episode of Free & Open Mind, Brooklyn life & business coach Hardy Brooklyn tears into quick fixes, fake “authenticity,” and why fear sneakily hijacks your career, your business, and your happiness. You’ll hear:• How to tell if an opportunity is a genuine “hell yes” or just a fear-based shortcut • The client...

In this powerful episode of Free & Open Mind, host Hardy Brooklyn (Leonard Shostak) sits down with health and resilience coach *Jeremy Sullivan* for an honest conversation about healing, authenticity, and putting your well-being first. Jeremy opens up about his seven-year battle with severe skin inflammation, asthma, and eczema—a journey that included multiple hospitalizations, powerful medica...

Welcome to the Free and Open Mind Podcast, where massive life changes start with small things, like 15 minutes of exercise, a treadmill, and a stranger ...In this episode, Hardy Brooklyn and Stan Nelson dive into the messy, funny, and very human reality of embracing change – not with dramatic movie-montage transformations, but with tiny, awkward, powerful baby steps.*You’ll hear about:*🏋️ The clie...

In this episode of the Free & Open Mind Podcast, hosts Hardy Brooklyn and Stan sit down with CC Kaminovich, a former attorney and NFL sports agent turned transformational mentor for women navigating big life transitions. Together, they explore what it really means to live authentically beyond titles and roles—especially around motherhood, career, identity, and societal expectations—and how wom...

Welcome to The Free and Open Mind Podcast, where we explore what it really means to live authentically in a world that constantly pushes us to conform. In this episode, Hardy Brooklyn and Stan Nelson sit down with award‑winning artist and author Harrison Love—one of the rare creators celebrated both as a visual artist and a novelist. Harrison’s illustrated novel, “The Hidden Way,” was 13 years in...

Welcome to the Free & Open Mind Podcast, where we explore authentic living, deep change… and why hypnotists aren’t out there robbing banks. In this episode, hosts Hardy Brooklyn (Brooklyn-based business & life coach) and Stan (goal success coach from Perth, Australia) sit down with Joel from BodyMind Hypnotic. Joel's a former paralegal who traded checking legal documents for guiding pe...

Welcome to the **Free & Open Mind Podcast** – a weekly live show where we explore **authentic living** with real stories, practical strategies, and honest conversations. In this episode, **Hardy Brooklyn** – a life and business coach based in Brooklyn, NY – dives into what it *really* means to live authentically:- Showing up as your **true self** (without masks or costumes) - Asking: *“Am I do...

In this episode of the Free & Open Mind podcast, hosts Hardy Brooklyn (life & business coach, Brooklyn, NY) and Stan Nelson (moving forward & goal success coach, Perth, Australia) sit down with Gudrun Schmidt, a psychologist and coach from Germany who specializes in resilience, burnout, and traffic psychology. Gudrun shares her powerful story of: Growing up with a mother who struggled...

In this episode of the Free & Open Mind Podcast, hosts Hardy Brooklyn (life & business coach, Brooklyn, NY) and Stan Nelson (moving forward & goal success coach, Perth, Australia) explore the art of being yourself and how creativity can literally save and reshape a life. Hardy shares his powerful journey from a burned-out tech consultant to body-painted performance artist, burlesque pe...

In this episode of the Free and Open Mind Podcast, hosts Hardy Brooklyn from Brooklyn, NY, and Stan Nelson from Perth, Western Australia, sit down with life and wellness coach Paul Lennander to explore what it truly means to live an authentic life — especially as a gay man growing up in a world that didn’t feel accepting. Paul shares his powerful journey of realizing he was gay at a young age in a...

Welcome to the Free & Open Mind Podcast – where real people from all walks of life get honest about authentic living, relationships, and becoming who you truly are. We go live every Friday around 9:00 AM Eastern Time, sharing: • Candid conversations about love, boundaries, and authentic relationships • Real-life stories about breaking free from family conditioning and old expectations • Practi...

In this episode of the Free and Open Mind Podcast, life and business coach Hardy Brooklyn (Leonard Shostak) from Brooklyn, New York, and Moving Forward coach Stan Nelson from Perth, Western Australia, dive deep into Valentine’s Day expectations, boundaries, and consent. Valentine’s Day can bring joy, pressure, and confusion—especially around what we “should” do, what we expect from our partners, a...

Are you loving in a way that feels true to you—or just going through the motions? In this episode of the Free & Open Mind Podcast, hosts Hardy Brooklyn (life and business coach based in Brooklyn, NY) and Stan Nelson (relationship coach from Perth, Australia) unpack what it really means to love and live authentically. They explore: • How to use the 5 Love Languages as a starting point, not a bo...

In this episode of the Free & Open Mind Podcast, hosts Hardy Brooklyn and Stan Nelson dive deep into one of the most important skills for authentic living: setting and holding boundaries in the workplace. Using a real-life story about a confusing presentation request, Hardy explains how clear boundaries around time, expectations, and communication protect your professional reputation, your ene...

In this episode of The Free and Open Mind Podcast, Hardy Brooklyn (Leonard Shostak) and Stan Nelson dive into the art of active listening — a core coaching skill that can transform your relationships, your work, and your everyday conversations. We explore: What active listening really is (beyond just “hearing” someone) Why interrupting and “waiting for your turn to talk” kills real connection How...

Are you making decent money but still feeling broke, stressed, or stuck? In this episode of Free & Open Mind, Hardy Brooklyn sits down with Andre Jensen of Canoosa Finance to talk about money, mindset, and what it really means to live life on your terms — without being controlled by your finances. Andre shares his journey from a diverse mix of jobs across the U.S. and Canada to becoming a mone...