Shock Your Potential

Matt Javit travels…A BUNCH. From 2017 to 2019 he travelled full time with his wife with just a single backpack each, visiting 35 countries. He hasn’t stopped yet. In this episode he shares with us his transition from being a long term high performing sales executive to travelling. Was it a pursuit for more? What did this mid-career retirement mean? Listen in to find out more on his interesting jou...

Isabel Firecracker is the founder of The Uprising Spark, a platform designed to help modern, child-free women define and reach their life goals. She is a world traveler, an avid kite surfer, and loves dogs. Pragmatic, no-nonsense, life purpose igniter, and host of The Honest Uproar Podcast. With a general societal expectation for every woman to be a parent, Isabel talks to us about women who have...

Izzy Gesell is an Organizational Alchemist. He helps individuals and organizations transform their thinking from commonplace to extraordinary. He is also a speaker, an author and a professional facilitator. Today we get to hear from him about how he approaches the concepts of leadership from a perspective of humor. Interesting, right? Izzy uses humor to improve workplace environments, which eventu...

Terry Lancaster has lived nine lives. Maybe more! He is a cancer survivor who has been inside a building that has been hit by a tornado, been onboard one boat that sank and two planes that were about to crash, has had a gun held to his head and a knife held to his throat. He has lived through three teenage daughters and has been married over 30 years... in a row! In this episode, Terry tells us wh...

Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is a trailblazing keynote speaker and applied mindful leadership advisor. She is a contributor to The New York Times, producer and host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show, and columnist to countless industry publications. In this episode Holly shares how she works with stressed-out leaders to create peace, presence, and profits. She tells us about the little things tha...

Do you have your retirement plans in place? Financially, probably yes. What about emotionally? In this episode we talk to Myles Smith as he talks to us about the emotional perspective of what you may want to achieve in your retirement years. He shares that many people postpone their retirement due to anxiety, having the fear of becoming irrelevant.  Listen in and learn how to garner your self-iden...

Have you been struggling with weight? Have you tried different medications, supplements and see no results? Well, this episode is meant for you. Today we talk to Dr Serena Goldstein who is a Naturopathic Doctor based in New York City. We learn how she helps people lose weight and her specialization on hormone health. She also explains how each one of us may share the same concerns when it comes to...

Mona Jhaveri is a cancer researcher and pioneer in strategies to get funding behind real potential treatments and cures.  She started up a crowdfunding cancer research, technologies and solutions organization known as Soundaffects https://soundaffects.org She uses this organization to raise awareness of critical treatment progression, thereby bridging the gap between passion and activism. On today...

Matt is a leadership executive coach who helps leaders and teams unleash their ‘underworld’. He helps different people step into their purpose in an articulated manner and thereby create cultures or organizations that can do the same.   In this episode Matt explains to us how he has grown over time by simply asking for help when needed, and asking feedback for his work, instead of having a “Mr. In...

Janel Dyan is the CEO and founder of Janel Dyan. She is an executive brand strategist and an expert on leadership, especially with women. She is also a speaker and the author of Story, Style, Brand – Why Corporate Results are a Matter of Personal Brand ( https://amzn.to/2UVZcPU ). In this episode Janel tells us how she helps women build their own brand by telling their own stories. She also explai...

Please Note: The nature of this episode may be disturbing for some listeners and requires a mature audience.   Madeleine Black is known as the courage cultivator. Having been gang raped at 13, and raped three more times before turning 18, Madeleine knows trauma. In this episode, she shares how she struggled for many years to bury these dark memories and how she flipped the coin of ‘revenge’ with f...

When Brian Wagner lost his sight from a crippling genetic disease, the blindness gave him an opportunity to see life differently. In this episode, Brian tells us how he picked up the lessons that he learned from the visual impairment and decided to use them to help others identify their own blindspots. He inspires other people to embrace their blindness, be it physical or mental through his progra...

Is an elevator pitch concept one sided, or does it achieve common synergy between parties? We talk to Natalie Nixon, PhD who is a design strategist and hybrid thinker. She is the founder of Figure 8 Thinking, where she helps leaders and organizations to leverage creativity and foresight, sustain innovation and achieve their business goals.  In this episode, she talks to us about the need to commun...

Andres Ruiz is the founder of I Believe in Myself. He is a life coach, a motivational speaker and a TEDx Speaker.  In this episode, we learn how Andres conducts various youth workshops, helping them to find mindfulness and meditation practices to help deal with various issues such as depression and anxiety. He coaches them on the importance of gratitude, vision, and forgiveness, among other import...

Kyle Dillingham has the greatest title; Oklahoma Musical Ambassador! Music is integral to every aspect of Kyle’s life, and he knows how music connects us. Playing his fiddle for different audiences around the world have taught him that, and more. In this episode, we engage in an interactive session with him as he tells us more about his musical trajectory and how he refuses to accept “no” for an a...

Are millennials really lazy or are they just bashed based on this blanket assumption? In this episode, we talk to Maya Tobe who owns a business on intuitive emotional healing, spiritual growth, and women's empowerment. Having worked as a mental health counselor for 15 years, Maya decided to switch to an alternative holistic spiritual approach by going live in the Amazon with a tribe there. By inco...

Kamal Elliot is an Audiologist and an entrepreneur. Her company, A & E Audiology, is dedicated to hearing health. In this episode, we discuss the importance of hearing wellness, her experience with parents who have children with hearing loss, and about her volunteer work with humanitarian groups around the globe.. It’s a beautiful thing to be able to hear and participate in conversations, isn’t it...

Have you ever known that “kids don’t care about what you know until they know that you actually care”? Meet Aaron Smith, the author of Blank Check, as he explains about this young adult novel in which he encourages the read to consider a novel approach to learning. What would be the implications to society if we developed a learning model that not only teaches a given curriculum, but also where le...

Nicole Turchin was the co-creator of Sunshine & 79 at the time we recorded this podcast, a company committed to creating “fun”. Sunshine & 79 has since become a part of BNG Team and formed BNG Inspire. In this episode, you will find out how through her company, serious topics and buzz words are twisted to be interactive and entertaining. You'll also learn how BNG Inspire offers its services to enc...

Michael Dahan, President of Retail Answers, has been a retail executive in the athletic footwear industry for 18 years. In this episode, Michael gives insight on product differentiation, innovative marketing strategies and customer experience in retailing amidst intensified online competition. This conversation becomes more important today as online customers are increasing dramatically compared t...

Frank Swoboda is the founder of Corner Booth Media, a video production company that makes television commercials, corporate presentations, and other videos for companies and organizations. In this episode, you will find out how Frank uses his more than 30 years’ experience of being a ‘professional story-teller’ to help brands and individuals tell their stories and present themselves in an authenti...

Pablo Fabru is the man behind UG Collective, whose programs inspire positive actions, connect creatives with communities, and promotes self-development. In this episode, Falbru talks about his Twenty/Twenty Ethos program and how meditation can help you manage stress and cultivate inner peace. Listen in and learn how neuro-plasticity is possible to allow you to re-wire your mind as you pursue perso...

Debra Levy, a Certified Life Coach and Productivity Specialist, is the owner of A Life That Fits, LLC.  She is dedicated to helping people make time and space for what matters most in their lives. In this episode, Debra tells us how she works with her clients to clarify what is important to them, what will make them feel happy and fulfilled, and to determine what guidance and support is required t...

Frank Swoboda runs Corner Booth Media, a video production company that makes television commercials, corporate presentations, and other videos for companies and organizations. The company was awarded by Inc Magazine as top 5 Best Local Ads under the ‘community’ category. This was after they did an article that highlighted its campaign for Spoken Teachers Credit Union, STCU. In this episode, Frank...