Parrish The Thought

My guest today is the ever so famous and talented Eden Strader. Former desitnation wedding photographer turned business coach for the creative entrepreneur. We do a deep dive into her "overnight success" (80-hour work weeks) as she lifted herself from rock bottom to living her best life on her own terms from Los Angeles to New York City. Contact Eden IG - https://www.instagram.com/edenstrader/ FB...

My guest today is Matt Garlick, owner of Northstar Survival in Utah County. IT'S NO SECRET that the world is in a bit of a scary place right now. With the numerous devastating wildfires, increasing numbers of earthquakes and hurricanes wreaking havoc across the world, and the continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic on 2020, we are in a time unlike any other. It is clear, now more than ever, tha...

Today my guest is author and License Clinical Social Worker, Nathan Sellers. We talk about his new novel/therapy book that reads like a Richard Paul Evans story. The life lessons learned by the story’s main character can connect with all of us as we play in the arena of life. Book Summary: Robert’s life as an art restorer is ripped away when he is blinded in an untimely accident. Depressed at the...

On this episode we switch up the mic's and I have the great privilege of being a guest on the I Am Salt Lake podcast hosted by Chris Holifield. I get to share my story and what my motivation was behind starting my own podcast called Parrish the Thought . We talk about the people I chat with on my podcast, and obstacles I've had to overcome with my show. We also dabble a little into what got me int...

My next guest is Lauren Harigian, a 32 year old trans athlete. The genesis of her journey really began back in 2010 when she felt she could no longer be honest and live as a man. She has been undergoing hormone therapy for the better part of 5 years and as part of her journey she as also been the subject of a study by Arizona Public Televison and Arizona State University on how hormone therapy aff...

My guest today is retired Utah State Prison Correction Officer, Jason Gurney. He spent 24 years inside the prison system. Early in his career as a young 22 year old officer he played a small part in HBO’s documentary, Gladiator Days: Anatomy of A Prison Murder , The story of Troy Kell, now on death row for the murder of a fellow inmate back in 1996. We talk about the day to day experiences and the...

My next guest is the owner of and life coach of a program called Venture , Chad Brown. It is a 6-month life coaching program for men. He helps them become the best version of their whole selves. As a seasoned entrepreneur and business coach, he knows the challenge of chasing something bigger. He shows men how to achieve an integrated life, so they can be fully present in their work and their famil...

One year ago this past September my next guest Kris Kristensen had life changing surgery that took the left side of his pelvis and entire left leg due to stage 4 bone cancer. Had he not had the surgery the cancer would have surely taken his life. 9 months ago I had him on the program to talk about how he was mentally and physically adjusting to his new life. He had just been fitted with a magic le...

My guest today is the CEO of Vortechs Management based in Layton, Utah, Paul Burgon. He and his team of super smarty smart genius types are revolutionizing and putting the back into the recycling industry by making it so simple, even a teen-ager can do it. I mean, like, who wouldn’t want that. Vortechs Waste to Energy is a startup company that has nine patents pending for a "village scale," hyper-...

My guest today is a young man who, only three short years ago, was depressed, broke, rejected by family and friends. Drudging through dead end jobs, working himself to the bone for a meager $10/hour barely making payments on a Toyota Corolla. Since then he has risen, literally, to the top of the door to door sales industry ending his 2021 season with over a million dollars in sales and over 1200 a...

Marvin Pratt is the Director of Environmental Health and Safety at California State University, Chico and has been heavily involved in government for the better part of 30 plus years beginning with his military career shortly after high school. We talk about the myths, realities, efficiencies and inefficiencies that is government. Some say it should be abolished while others say it's the solution...

My guest today is the Communications Director for the Utah Hazara Association , Ghazanfar Ali. Until I attended a fund raising event one month ago, I too, knew nothing about the Hazara people nor the tremendous struggle they have endured for generations. Hazaras are Dari-speaking people, thought to be of the Turk-Mongol race and live primarily in the rugged central mountainous core of Afghanistan...

Back on the show for a third time, Jonathon Dunne is America's favorite Irishman who is passionate about the ideals behind American exceptionalism, and has been blessed with opportunities to reach millions promoting the importance of limited government, individual freedoms, and free markets. He is the host of the Freedom's Disciple podcast on the Blaze Radio Network , written for countless online...

Heidi is a former (20+ years ago) Salt Lake City radio talk show host turned podcaster. Her show is called Heidi's LemonAid Stand where she interviews everyday humans doing extraordinary things to turn their life's lemons into lemonade. She is on with me today to celebrate her 100th interview. We talk of the things she has learned and how her own life perspective has changed since starting her sho...

My guest is Landon Pollard, an 18 year-old entrepreneur who has created a new clothing line called FNMB , For the Name on My Back. Your Name. Your legacy. Sit back and hear the why behind this new brand he created to help anyone and everyone become their best self. SHOP NOW #fnmb #ForTheNameOnMyBack #justdoit #ParrishPodcast #ParrishTheThoughtPodcast #ParrishTheThought #LandonPollard #Pollard33 #Y...

My guests today are two registered nurses:  Nan Pickowitz graduated from nursing school in 1996 and began her career and worked on a orthopedic/ neurological floor for about 20 years. She then became (ONC) Orthopedic Nurse Certified. After that she transferring to the Pre Anesthesia testing clinic where she currently serves as Nurse Manager at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California...

My guest today is my daughter Emily. She has chosen to serve an 18-month service mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka, the Mormons). She joins me today to explain the why behind this crazy and wonderful decision to love and serve the people of the Bentonville, Arkansas area. S4: E15 - Emily Parrish | God wants me in Arkansas. When do I leave? My guest today is my daught...

My guest today is Sergeant Rob Pickowitz, a 27-year veteran of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, which is the second largest sheriffs department in California behind Los Angeles County. During his career, he worked corrections, patrol, field training, special enforcement team, community oriented policing, school resource officer, public information officer, investigations and SWAT operato...

My guest today is Agent JP who has served as one of the 20,000 US Border Patrol agents for the past 20 years. He started his career right after 9/11 happened. That infamous day really set a tone for him about how he viewed security for our nation.   He has worked in California, Arizona, Texas, and is currently assigned to the northern border in Washington State. He has done almost everything one c...

On May 20, 2021, Bryan Woodcox tested positive for Covid-19. His only symptoms were a fever and body aches. They did a chest X-ray, and it looked completely normal. On May 22, he was having trouble keeping his oxygen saturation levels up, so he went to the ER at 9:30pm. A new X-ray showed that his lungs were “much, much worse.” A Covid Room was found at a different hospital, so he was transported...

My guest today is Kenny Wyland. Self proclaimed liberal, atheist, geek (software engineer and Star Wars fan) and capitalist. All the things Fox News warned us about and so much more. We sit down today to talk about the buzz and social panic that is gripping our nation regarding CRT (Critical Race Theory). We dive into what it is and a what it isn't. Should we shun or embrace it. Is CRT a way of un...

Emmy Award winning host and producer of The Story Trek on BYU-TV which aired for 12 seasons joins me today. Todd and his team filmed 136 amazing episodes capturing random stories from some of the most average and great humans America has to offer. Using his 25+ years as a news anchor, reporter and TV host, he now coaches people how to tell and share their own stories. Visit storyempowered.com and...

My next guest is in a class all his own. Dating back to his first season in at the Utah Jazz more than 25 years ago, he has performed at over 900 NBA games, has donated 16,000-plus hours of assistance in the community for more than 300 community organizations, and raised more than one million dollars for charity in the process. He has taken home more than 40 community and national awards, includin...

My guest on the show today is my favorite Trump supporter Jamie Lamb. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of gri...

My guest today is Jennifer Yeo, principle broker and founder of Presidio Real Estate in 2011. She has 11 offices in the state of Utah and one in Idaho. Years ago, she read a Forbes magazine article that said that the top 3 most untrusted professions were 1. Car Salesman, 2. Lawyers and 3. Realtors. What a shock this was to her as she loved helping others dream of homeownership become a reality. Sh...