Innerspace: Deep, Meaningful Conversations with Brett Kaufman

Meghna Mahambrey is an award-winning instructor and Ph. D. candidate who studies, teaches, and conducts research on all things romance and sex. Early in her career, Meghna wondered why nobody else seemed to be asking the questions she had around relationships and sexuality. So she spent years getting the answers, and now she helps others bridge the gap between research and real-life through SPARK...

Chris Olsen built a career investing in emerging technology and healthcare companies before founding Drive Capital , a Columbus based venture capital firm that believes the Midwest is the best place in the world to build great technology companies. As a kid, Chris was always singular-minded—he wanted independence, his own bank account, everything. For him, money was freedom, and that was important...

Hakim Callwood is a 26-year old freelance illustrator/designer from Columbus, Ohio. His work ranges from painting, animation, and teaching. His long-term goal is to create self-sustaining, educational, and hands-on visual art workspaces. Hakim shares how he came to be the successful artist he is today, how art as a business came naturally to him, and how self-compassion and staying humble have tak...

Hernan Giraldo is the VP of Customer Experiences at Bark, our first tenant at Gravity. He was born in Miami Beach, Florida (before it was cool), where he lived until he was 9. But seven days after he was born, he lost his father unexpectedly, which left a single mother to raise him and his 4-year-old sibling. She became an influential role model for him and she eventually remarried, and the man he...

Mandi Caskey is a muralist, gallery artist, and community activist. The story Mandi shares is a lesson for all who consider themselves outcasts or loners about finding the support you need, learning that it’s okay to be different and disruptive, and the impact you can make from seeing the world — and sharing your view of the world — differently. What Brett asks: [4:35] Can you tell me a little bit...

Sam Baddoo, co-founder of [re]start, is just a kid from Accra, Ghana, who ended up in Columbus, Ohio. His upbringing was strict, but very full, and he was exposed to a world beyond his own when he was very young. He grew up looking at people who are changing the world and wanted to be connected to that philosophy of wanting to do things differently, and he yearned to grow past his surroundings to...

Dr. Melanie Corn, President of the Columbus College of Art & Design, shares the story of breaking the mold in your family, your community, your society, and yourself. We explore how our childhood experiences shape us — the good and the bad — and what schools can do to better support children today, especially when it comes to mental health. What Brett asks: [9:10] It sounds like you had an alm...

Anela Lineham, co-founder of Human Garage, shares how going through the Bosnian War and an abusive relationship helped her develop a unique and practical approach to spirituality, and how she’s sharing those lessons with others through Human Garage. What Brett asks: [1:50] What is your role with Human Garage? [5:50] How old were you when the war in Bosnia started? [8:20] What were your plans befor...

Garry Lineham, co-founder of Human Garage, shares how he developed his iterative approach to treatment, why so many of us are sick, how the body is all connected as one, and why he is planning to stop treating individuals so that he can start teaching the masses how to heal themselves.  What Brett asks: [7:20] Tell us about your early memories, before you were in pain. [10:15] How were you “managi...

Josh Trent, founder of Wellness Force Media and host of Wellness Force Radio , has gone through a lot in his life — like every one of us — but he’s also done the work to acknowledge his trauma and make it work for him, which is a step that we can all benefit from but not a lot of us are willing to or know how to take. Luckily, Josh has a knack for breaking this stuff down and making the choice to...

Amy Landino shares how she learned to live with intention and developed her morning habits, how that connects to her past, and how she uses her experiences as fuel to form connections and build her audience. To learn more about intentional living, and for the complete show notes, visit: gravityproject.com Resources: Learn more at amylandino.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/schmittastic Watch: AmyT...

We kick this episode off with a story that, to be completely honest, neither Brett or our guest, Regan Walsh, is exactly excited or proud to share. However, it’s still important that we start with this story and share these not-so-glamorous aspects of our lives — because one of our goals with this show is to share and examine the full scope of the human experience, this singular thing that unifies...

Learn the story of how pizza changed Jim Grote’s life — and, as a result, thousands of lives around the world — and how Jim is now helping others create businesses based in unconditional love. Jim is the founder of Donatos Pizza and the founder of the EDGE Innovation Hub. What Brett asks: [3:15] How did Jim’s life journey lead to his work with Donatos and the community? [13:20] When Jim was, as a...

The human experience—we’re all having it, moving through it, and transforming as we go. And I believe that sharing our experiences openly and honestly with one another can connect us, help us, and inspire us. It’s why I’m launching this podcast. Every week, I’ll sit down with a guest and, instead of talking about what they’re doing now, we’ll discuss the journey that got them to where they are tod...