Aware with Seb

Today I had on Dominic Kalms, a 3-time venture-backed entrepreneur and philanthropist.  He has raised over $120M in venture and philanthropic capital during his career and has been featured in an array of media publications such as NBC, Forbes, CBS, Entrepreneur, BBC, Yahoo and more!  He was most recently profiled on the front page of Entrepreneur.com, as well as in the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy...

Today I had on FORWARD COLLECTIVE founder, Jenna Greene. Jenna has spent the past 15 years of her career as a marketing and media strategist with a focus on social responsibility.  She works at the intersection of philanthropy, entertainment, and business and conceptualizes and implements large-scale movements and socially responsible branding strategies aimed at building awareness, revenue genera...

Sabina Bhatia is an accomplished Leader and customer champion tirelessly fighting for the financial wellness of every American worker.  As a Chief Customer Officer at Payactiv, she acts as a daily advocate and amplifier for the needs of thousands of corporate clients and millions of lower-income workers. After 20 years in Wall Street Sabina has been instrumental in building the financial category...

Whatsup Fam, Today I had on Arnaud Saint-Paul. An award-winning serial software, philanthropist, author, and finance and social impact entrepreneur for over 20 years. He has raised millions of dollars from angels, VCs and Family offices in Europe and the US.    He has also built channel partnerships with global brands, created and exited companies, learning what works and what does not. Arnaud is...

Val is the CEO and founder of Spray Valet. A business that innovates the way people are spray-tanned while ensuring their clients feel more confident. Val however, is also an intuitive energetic healer. In fact, this is her true calling and something that she discovered by operating her conscious business, Spray Valet. She can see where a soul is at, where it wants to go, and what is blocking it f...

Today I had on an incredible man by the name Tim Shurr. A Top Multi-Award Winning Hypnotist who’s been featured all over television. And if you stick around you’ll see that I actually asked him to hypnotize me live on the show. He has facilitated over 15,000 individual coaching sessions and hundreds of group training experiences over the last 32 years and discovered how to quickly eliminate anxiet...

Today I had a super energetic and inspiring human on the show. Monica Richards, aka the ecobabe! Monica Richards is a former farm girl turned eco-friendly interior designer and Hollywood TV Host who launched her lifestyle brand, ecobabe, to empower people to live more sustainably and believe in the power of individual impact.  In addition to the ecobabe blog, Instagram, YouTube channel and ecobabe...

I had a great time today chatting with Joci & Ashley Besecker, the founders of Premier Catch. A sustainable, wild seafood company that delivers straight to your door. Ashley Besecker is an expert in human biochemistry and specializes in nutritional genetics and sports medicine. She works with world-class athletes on a strategy that involves nutritional repletion and optimization. Joci and Ashl...

Today I had on Nikki Trott, the Founder & CEO of Conscious Accelerator, where they help entrepreneurs transform both internal mindset and external impact to unlock their full potential, fulfillment and success. Nikki has consulted for over 100 top fashion/lifestyle brands globally (from Mulberry to Mango to La Praire) before aligning her work and values. Her work is built upon the belief that...

Ben Biles is the founder of American Veterans Group, an investment banking firm that donates 25% of its profits to career readiness programs for military veterans across the U.S.  In the show, Ben reveals how this started as a profound personal mission that was tied to his best friend from the military who took his own life as he struggled with mental health issues after returning from the service...

Experience, purpose and connection. All things that make us feel alive. And also key factors for any brand or business to be able to bring to life and form a connection with the guest or customer. Carolene Meli is an expert in the field having traveled all over the world with a leadership role as an experience strategist for Cirque du Soleil. I invite you to join us on this interview as Carolene s...

Today I had on a human who is just full of energy and positive vibes! Nastasha McKeon is the executive Chef slash CEO and Founder of Choice juiceries. With an extensive background in health and wellness, she has taught plant-based cooking classes in hospitals in addition to consulting with restaurant brands on how to incorporate healthy options into their menu along with product development, syste...

Today’s episode is truly special as it was the very first episode recorded in human form, live with my guest Steffen Hoffman in his home in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. And let me just start by saying he had just done Ayahuasca the night before and he shares that journey with us! He’s a multi-disciplinary artist and visual storyteller. His passion is in conscious creation. He has led design, creative,...

Today I invited Caitlyn Chase to join me to chat about her inspirational journey from blog to lifestyle brand. Caitlyn has amassed a serious online following of luxury lifestyle lovers since the launch of her blog, Caviar & Cashmere in 2011. The LA-based blogger-turned-entrepreneur began her career as a fashion and beauty writer for nationally acclaimed publications at the young age of 18. She...

It is true, brands with purpose make MORE MONEY anddd they cause impact. Doesn’t get better than that in my opinion. Luke Faccini is an expert in the field of branding with purpose and he shares some epic insights with us about brand story, brand purpose, and why brands with purpose are seeing greater success. Show notes in order of appearance: Luke Faccini an Italian Aussie? How Luke and Seb meet...

Whether you’re a Bitcoin expert or someone that’s just interested in understanding what all the hype is about, this episode is for you. Cory Klippsten is the founder and CEO of SwanBitcoin.com. He also serves as an advisor to Unchained Capital, Bitcoin Venture Fund, and Riot Blockchain, and is a partner in Bitcoiner Ventures.  As an advisor he has supported more than $250M of fundraising since 201...

Today I’ve got the authors of a worldwide artistic movement. Evan Meyer and Ruben Rojas. Evan, the founder of a highly successful SAS company, and Ruben with a finance background.  Both artists, who were able to use their business knowledge and scaling abilities to turn this hobby of making “ugly” walls beautiful and run a successful nonprofit and for-profit called Beautify Earth...which is respon...

Jonathan Shooshani & Sebastian Elghanian. They’re the founders of Joon, a super innovative health technology company and wellness solution for remote work. Jon shares how living a not so conscious and NOT so healthy past leads him to love and obsess over healthy food, wellness, people, technology, and how they all connect. Sebastian has a strong financial background and talks to us about their...

In this episode, we’re joined by Sydney Webb, the founder and CEO of Madeby which is a line of GOOD-FOR-YOU, vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, low-sugar cookie dough made from the world's most powerful superfoods + adaptogens. Even more epic than these cookies themselves are Sydney’s story and the serious health challenges that she experienced at an early age that led her to her magic creation. Tune in...

Show Notes: Mark Horoszowsi is co-founder and CEO of MovingWorlds.org , a global platform that helps people volunteer their expertise with social impact organizations around the world. His clients include Microsoft, SAP, and eBay amongst many others. In this episode, we discuss impact investing, the importance of ROI, how impact-driven movements can actually increase profits for companies, as well...

Eugene is a Chek Institute certified holistic health coach who specializes in fat loss and operates TrufkinAthletics.com He is also the author of the book “Anti-factory Farming Shopping Guide.” We get into the truth about grass-fed, cage-free and USDA organics. This episode taught me a lot about things I thought I already knew in regards to food and farming practices. We don’t just explore the pro...

Krista Berlincourt & Danny Steiner. They’re the founders of Kensho health, which has been getting a ton of attention and is described as the “antithesis of Goop” merging together holistic health care, data, and technology into a new online platform. Krista & Danny were both extremely successful people who felt the calling for something greater. In this episode, they share their stories and...

Called “crazy or genius” by Forbes, and recognized as one of the 100 most influential creatives working today by HOW Magazine, Matthew Manos is the Founder and Managing Director of verynice, a design strategy practice that gives half of its work away for free. Matthew is also the author of How to Give Half of Your Work Away for Free and Towards a Preemptive Social Enterprise. His free tools have r...

Rocio Villalobos is a creative strategist who became an “accidental entrepreneur” after being laid off from her dream job. Since, she has helped launch and lead the Conscious Capitalism movement in Los Angeles and remains an active board member of the LA chapter. Rocio's journey of merging who she is with what she does for a living, has been a series of moments of profound awareness, followed by i...

Show Notes: Kevin is a High-Performance Coach, Workshop & Retreat Facilitator, and Podcast Host. He is also described as a Performance Philosopher, Folk Psychologist and Spoken Word Poet. I highly recommend this episode where Kevin and I get into the Old vs New paradigm of leadership and talk about the importance of emotional intelligence for leaders Show notes in order of appearance: Kevin gr...