The Challenger Podcast

On Ep. 30, Nate Ewert is a Reiki Master and Licensed Massage Therapist with almost two decades of experience healing others through manual therapy and sound technology.  He and I dove deeper into my thoughts than with any guest before on the podcast. We discuss his experience with one year of sobriety and how that has improved his authenticity, vulnerability, and transparency with self and others!...

On Ep. 29, Jason Eric Ross, licensed psychotherapist, actor, and author of You Can Say No and Your Child Will Still Love You , spent some time with me discussing parenting, dating, and self-discovery. Checking items off of his personal bucket list leads him to help people lead very fulfilled lives, be authentic and crush goals. Jason believes that being authentic is a measure of how healthy or com...

Karen Klassen, Author of Living in the Freedom Frequency and the I AM a Brilliant Woman book series and Recipient of Women of Inspiration Game Changer Award. The biggest thing preventing her clients from being their authentic self is their ego mind, that fearful part of them that keeps them living small. The result is they search outside of themselves instead of taking the journey within. She beli...

Laura Menze and Lori Davis host The Radical Love Summit each year to show the world that we need more love!  Radical Love means connecting love and relationship coaches with singles and couples so that they can apply preventative maintenance on their lives. Head over to theradicallovesummit.com and be sure to say hi to us if you see us there too in April '19! Dave Glaser is your host and owner of...

We begin our season with a man that has a truly unique soul, Armon Anderson, nicknamed, "Mr. Self-Love" because he believes that self-love cures self-hate. Armon believes that people are held back by thinking they need to be somebody else to be loved by somebody else and that will fill their emptiness.  The mission for his coaching business is to help people understand that self love is the beginn...

Renee Slansky is the founder of one of Australia's #1 dating and relationship blogs, The Dating Directory.  She has been educating men and women on love since 2013.  After 12 years in the entertainment industry as a model and tv presenter, Renee's heart for seeing people live in fulfilling relationships, propelled her to be one an international writer and coach. Renee contributes advice to some of...

Bonus Episode available this week only! Rachel Friend and I invited our loyal listeners to join us on Instagram for a live question and answer event like never before! The turnout was tremendous and we are grateful for the chance to share our points of view on modern dating and relationships!  Listen to the full length bonus episode as a gift from us to you! For more tips, tools, and expert advice...

Geoff Laughton, Certified Master NLP Practitioner, is a two time best selling author has a very powerful vision for serving others. His mission is to help people be fully comfortable in their own skin and power using their relationship with self and other as the incubator.  With his men's work, he is all about changing the paradigm of gender relations, empowering men to show up for themselves, the...

Joanna Shakti gets men and women to quickly open their bodies, hearts, and minds to a truer love, a deeper intimacy, a more heated passionthan they've ever imagined before.  As a Soul Love Mentor, Joanna's purpose is to awaken every man and woman to the spiritual journey of love-self-love, romantic love, divine love — so that they may experience the deepest of connections, pleasures, intimacies, a...

Suzanne Muller-Heinz, published author, coach, and owner of Lovablize Youfrom Lakewood, Co.  Her purpose is to support all singles who desire a healthy relationship to experience a fulfilling, healthy, and lasting relationship that they are proud of.   Suzanne believes that the fear of hurting someone's feelings, fear of rejection, fear of owning who they truly are and fear of being left holds us...

Nelly Johnson's purpose is to provide relationship education to her clients in areas such as trauma and how that past trauma can impact current relationships and overall functioning.  She believes a lack of self-awareness is the true culprit of poor relationships.  Nelly believes that some individuals just don't know how to be their authentic selves and they live the lives they believe others want...

Erika Holmes, LMFT, has a goal to empower you to make changes in your life that decrease suffering, increase awareness, and assist you in creating a "life worth living". Her practice is rooted in building a collaborative working relationship with her clients and is based on Pragmatic Experiential Therapy for Couples (Pet-C), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therap...

Jason B. Kendrick is a Communications and Transformation Specialist, Author, Speaker, Reiki Master, Heart Core Communications Trainer and Heart Centered Living Practitioner. He offers himself to the world in Love and Service to cultivate Peace, Love and Joy within all he works with.  ​ Jason grew up in an Army family moving from place to place and living overseas in Germany. After high school he j...

Melissa Smith is a Holistic Health Coach specializing in gut health. Melissa focuses on working with individuals who face digestive issues like IBS, leaky gut and anxiety, providing support across the daily challenges of balancing life, career, and health. Melissa believes that self-love, forgiveness and freedom are the keys to finding your true joy. Healing your body from within by nourishing you...

"Who else can be You, better than You?"  This is a question that Sharon Smith, Certified Dating Coach- Hart Coach Academy, asks of you to discover who you truly want to be! Sharon's book, Dating Doesn't Have to be Complicated and an online dating service, Love Match, LLC helps assist singles 25 years and older reach their relationship goals.  Often times they feel they are not good enough so they...

Jess Ryan, co-host of the Singling Podcast, made time in her busy schedule to share her stories of dating in San Diego.  Over the year and a half of hilarious episodes that make dating human and relatable, I hear so much growth prompting me to invite her on as a guest! Follow their Instagram account @singlingpodcast for some of the funniest relationship memes you'll see!  Keeping things light and...

Meghann Conter is a marketing expert who specializes in helping companies led by female industry leaders make their services indispensable in the eyes of their ideal clients. In addition to leveraging her 15 years of expertise, Meghann also helps women-led organizations leap over revenue targets, as founder of The Dames, a national community that celebrates high-level leaders in nonprofits and cor...

Skylar Drake, the owner of Relate & Revel Coaching, was introduced to me from a business associate here in Denver.  We met up for coffee and discussed our lives' passions, mission, and vision and discovered common interests in serving the human heart.  She is passionate about addressing her clients needs when it comes to a lack of confidence and worth in who that authentic self is for them. Skylar...

We are flipping the tables today as Jessica Smith  swings by to interview Dave Glaser.  Her book, Men Are People Too,  will be out soon and she was brave enough to come by and interview Dave a few weeks ago. That gave us the genius idea to share more about Dave through a "reverse interview" with one of our fan fave guests, Jessica  (Ep. 2) as the facilitator for the day! 2:00- How and why the BBR...

Sheree Trask is a Conscious Content Consulting and Creator, Empowerment Speaker, seasoned Ghostwriter and the host of the unfiltered podcast, Soulfcked (coming back Fall 2018).   As a woman with many interests, Sheree is also certified as a Yoga Instructor and Holistic Health Coach, and carries a fierce determination to create space for everyone to be truly seen and heard, as they are. She's spent...

Reese Lasley, author of The Abilities,  and I met this year during a photo shoot for a local business and hit it off immediately!  His passion for serving others shined through immediately as he spoke about his life, mission, and vision. Cancer survivor and inspirational speaker, Reese wins you over quickly with his enthusiasm for human connection and development. If his message resonated with you...

We are switching gears this week to chat with local bartender Sara Perlman.  As we met and got to know each other this year, we began to talk mostly about our dating stories.  So we invited her in to pick her brain about what it's really like out there in Denver for a 20 something! Listen in to her antidotes on modern dating, traveling with a bf/gf, and when sharing becomes TOO much!  If you loved...

Garrett Wood, CSCS, LMT, CHT, works with men to make an impact in their personal, professional, and physical lives through weekly group classes.  He also is passionate about bettering one's self, their business through one one one bodywork for athletes, weekend warriors, everyday athletes, and entrepreneurs in Long Beach, CA. Dave Glaser, owner of Fit Life Champions, is your facilitator and host b...

Rachel Friend, MA in Human Communication, and I connected via Instagram and I quickly loved her content and mission at @itsrachelfriend . Her mission is to help others step back and become aware of what really matters to them.  Once they are clear on their End Game (ultimate goal) they can see what's standing in the way and focus on what's needed to get there. Rachel believes that the secret is in...

Kevin Coates is a certified professional coach serving clients to creat possibility from an impossible mindset.  After a childhood of trauma in the rough neighborhoods of Maryland, he set his intention on overcoming adversity to lead others on their self-awareness journey. He has seen much of the dark sides life has to offer us including dysfunctional homes indulged with abuse, alcohol, drugs, emo...