The Michael Brian Show

Ajit Nawalkha ( Ajit on Instagram ) is the co-founder of Mindvalley & host of Evercoach. We talk about Ajit's story living in india and the moments that lead up to him thinking, "This can't be my life." We then talk about how he started on his Mindvalley & Evercoach journey and what he feels enabled him to get to where he is today. Enjoy! :) You can find out about Ajit and what he offers by going...

Bruce Hartman ( Bruce on Instagram ) is the founder and creator of Gideon Partners, an advisory firm committed to “walking with people into a brighter future” as they navigate life and career transitions. Hartman was the Executive VP and CFO at Yankee Candle Company, Cushman & Wakefield, and Foot Locker, Inc. He is now the author of a new book called "Jesus & Co.: Connecting the Lessons of the Gos...

Due to an extensive background in leadership, nonprofit management, partnership development, training and education; Froswa'​ Booker-Drew, PhD ( Froswa on LinkedIN ) is currently the Director of Community Affairs for the State Fair of Texas. Formerly the National Community Engagement Director for World Vision, she served as a catalyst, partnership broker, and builder of the capacity of local partn...

Kate Erickson is the implementer over at "Entrepreneurs On Fire", an award winning podcast where John Lee Dumas interviews the worlds most successful Entrepreneurs and tackles topics and questions that every Entrepreneur encounters along their journey. She is also the host of the podcast "Kate's Take" and co-author of The Podcast Journal: Idea to Launch in 50 Days. We talk about Kate's passion for...

Bronwen Sciortino ( Bronwen on Instagram ) is an Author and Simplicity Expert who spent almost two decades as a high powered, award winning executive before experiencing a life changing event that forced her to stop and ask the question ‘What if there’s a better way to live?’ We talk about he journey of self-discovery, Bronwen gained the knowledge and wisdom to write ‘Keep It Super Simple -Tips fr...

Mountaineer Cathy O'Dowd ( Cathy on Instagram ) is the first South African to climb Everest and the first woman in the world to climb Everest from both sides. She has turned that success into an 20+ year career as an internationally known motivational speaker. She shares her experiences on Himalayan teams with corporate leaders interested in leadership, team dynamics, and goal achievement.    We t...

Lori Cheek ( Cheekd on Facebook ) -- Architect turned Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd -- a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete. Lori, a Shark Tank Veteran, was recently listed as "The Digital Dating Disruptor" and "One of the Top 10 CEOs to Watch." A University of Kentucky Architectural Graduate, Lori is no longer building structures.  She's now building relationships....

Arwen Bardsley ( Arwen on Facebook ), the founder of Evenstar Wellbeing, is a wellbeing practitioner who delves into the broader and deeper levels of health and wellbeing. Arwen shares her story of how she experienced the results of alternative medicine practices for herself and her family and now helps others in the same way. We talk alot about the benefits of different practices (Results Vs Evid...

Initially a Registered Nurse, Pat Armitstead ( Pat on Facebook ) is now a multi award winning speaker who has toured internationally with Patch Adams. Over the last 17 years she has amassed hundreds of stories as a result of getting present in her life. Pat is no stranger to grief, loss and overcoming adversity. She shares her journey overcoming things like losing her first child, avoiding bankrup...

An International Executive Coach and Creative Soul Adventurer, Catherine Plano ( Cathrine on Facebook ) has dedicated her entire life to helping others transform their own lives into greatness. Catherine continues her mission of aiding companies and individuals in becoming aware of their limitless potential and using their extraordinary abilities to achieve their desired outcomes. We had a wide ra...

Rune Sovndahl ( Fantastic Services on Facebook ), the CEO and co-founder of the Fantastic Services brand, one of the leaders in the home, office and garden services industry. Rune shares his story starting out as a chef to starting Fantastic Services from scratch, with Anton Skarlatov, and growing it organically over 9 years. We discuss what it takes to grow a partnership without investment (durin...

Tara Langdale-Schmidt ( Tara on Twitter ) is the founder of VuVatech. After suffering from Vulvodynia for a few years, a condition that makes intercourse extremely painful, she invented a Neodymium Vaginal Dilator.   We talk about her invention, what it's like to invent something and how Tara got her idea, that solved a problem for her,into the world so she can help others.   Enjoy! :)   You can f...

Chris Brown ( Chris on Facebook ) is a consultant who helps high end coaches & consultants scale their companies through driving traffic and creating funnels.   Chris shares his story growing up being creative and artistic and not enjoying education. He always had a passion for fitness due to him playing semi-professional football and began his journey as a personal trainer.   We also went into ru...

Kathy Hadizadeh ( Kathy on Facebook ) is a Californian former IT executive turned into a personal and leadership self development coach and a mindfulness educator. Kathy talks about how after a life changing experience set her on the path to understanding "what it means to relax our brain?" How do we take care of the most important organ of our body that almost never stops working. In her quest fo...

Keare Palmay ( Keara on Facebook ) helps coaches get clients so they can change more lives. She is also the host of the Passionate and Profitable Podcast and she is the Best-Selling author of "Dominate Life--How to Get Clarity, Find Your Passion, and Live a Life You Love."   Keara battled cancer during her teenage years, which caused her to feel very different than her peers. She decided to use he...

Simon Gwilliam ( Simon on Facebook ) Runs UNBREAKABLE a program for women that want to get the best out of themselves and their life.   Simon started life as a professional footballer, but as he got older he realised that it was getting harder and harder to take things to the next stage. He decided to take one of his passions (fitness) and turn it into a successful business which grew and evolved...

Katie Bulmer-Cooke ( Katie on Facebook ) is a professional speaker and business consultant with vast experience in delivering to the health and fitness industry and business arena.   We talk about her journey as a fitness entrepreneur moving from delivering fitness classes at her local community centre, all the way to opening her own studio and helping other entrepreneurs grow their businesses to....

Melody Spencer ( Melody on Facebook ) is Digital Marketing Strategist, Consultant and Facebook Ads Specialist for Soul Focused, High Vibe female entrepreneurs and coaches.   Melody talks about her journey traveling a lot and coping with depression while trying to build her business; as her parents were entrepreneurs, that's all she knew.   We also dive into Facebook ads and Melody shares her insig...

Luke Scott ( Luke on Facebook ) is an International Speaker, Television Host and Spiritual Mentor.   Luke shares his story of always feeling like he was 'diferent' from everyone else and his experience with feeling the emotions of others.   We also dive into The Law Of Attraction [LOA] and how it intwines with self-expression and entrepreneurship.   Enjoy :)   You can check out Luke's TV Show at ...

Vanessa Talbot ( Vanessa on Facebook ) turns coaches and experts into public figures to allow them to create the impact they want to make and help more people with the work they do.   Vanessa talks about being an introvert, the challenges that come along with that before social media became her method of choice for building her coaching business.   We also talk about how she now uses Facebook grou...

Tracey Minutolo ( Tracey on Facebook ) is a Side Hustle Coach & Mentor who works with motivated sidepreneurs who are ready to get serious, take control of their futures, and move their businesses from sideline to prime-time.   Tracey talks about her past financial struggles, how she overcame them and shares with us some things that have helped her build her business along side her day job.   Enjoy...

Cha Trinsi ( Cha on Facebook ) helps business create stand out brands and spent a lot of her time being creative; she was allowed to express herself using her talents from an early age.   Cha talks about traveling around a lot meaning she had to think about how she was going to make ends meet at every location while using her designing and creative edge, moving from graphic design and marketing to...

Tim Matthews ( Tim on Facebook ) is the creator of "The Activation Mathod" and owner of The Powerful Man.   Tim Spent his younger years "walking on egg shells" and feeling like he didn't deserve what he was trying to achieve. But after having moments of awareness, noticing the distructive patterns he was living and following his gut instinct, he dropped everything (personal training business and r...

Simon Lovell ( Simon on Facebook ) is CEO of Fitpreneurs, a global high performance educator for fitness and health professionals who want to make more money and create more time and freedom. We talk about him overcoming bullying and some of the strategies he uses that allow him to operate at a high level and do the work he does! This is a very wide ranging conversation on how searching for inform...

Paul Mort ( Paul on Facebook ) currently run Unstopable B**tards but spent his life practicing what he preached around health and fitness as a personal trainer and developing a business around his family has allowed him to help men do the same.   Paul shares his journey with bi-polar, being suicidal and how he has engineered his life over time (through meditation and other things) to allow him to:...