The Story Engine Podcast

Today on the show we have Michael Griffiths. With Michael, we are going to be talking about creating extraordinary moments throughout all areas of your business, all interactions with your clients and prospects that will create a deeper bond, residence, and sense of trust that will activate what he describes as the limbic system of your brain instead of the logical thinking part of the brain.  The...

Today on the show we have Shannon Hernandez. Shannon is an amazing business strategist who is helping people create content and create businesses more joyfully.  She has a very interesting definition of joy that we explore in this episode that I feel will really serve a lot of the listeners and help guide your business decisions in a way that creates more joy and ultimately more success for you. W...

Today on the show we have Kate Galiett. Kate is a health and fitness expert with a long and successful track record in helping people who are in a ton of pain in their bodies really reclaim their own power with simple applicable systems to start to increase their mobility, decrease their pain, and live a life that is truly unbreakable. We are going to be exploring some of the things and problems t...

Mental static is one of the greatest sales killers for speakers and presenters especially when it comes to your teaching. There are a lot of different ideas out there about what good teaching really is and how it can make or break your presentation. Good teaching is not all about good information. It is in presenting the right dose of teaching to minimize mental static and inspire a decision from...

Today we are going to be talking about engagement on your webinars. Good news and bad news. The bad news is that there seems like there's not going to be a lot of room for a lot of large in-person events for the next couple of years to come. So speaking on stages in front of large audiences, the opportunities for that are going to be few and far between. The good news is that there are a ton of op...

Today we are going to be talking about five things that you can do that are going to create more customers when you present. A lot of people make a lot of presentations and they get a lot of clapping and applause but it doesn't create customers. There are a few simple shifts that you can make when you present that will create those decision-making actions from your audience.  In This Episode:  You...

Today we have Nilima Achwal on the podcast. She is the founder of the Female Founders Lab. This is a startup accelerator that helps female and male founders access what she calls a "goddess energy." This energy is essential when navigating the complex and challenging world of getting funding as a startup.  She has a tremendous amount of international experience in this world and now works with man...

Today we have Reed Davis on the podcast. Reed is the founder of the Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist Association, a rapidly growing powerful certification program for health experts and aspiring health experts.  We are going to learn about his vision for that today and how he works with health experts as well as why Reed surrounds himself with experts and leaders in many different areas in his b...

Today we are going to be talking about mentors and DEmentors.  Mentors are great but there is only so much they can do for us in our lives. They do point us in very good directions. They can teach us very valuable lessons and skills but many of us have an overly romanticized view of what a mentor is and the role that they provide in our lives. We want them to teach us, spend a lot of time guiding...

Today we are looking at 2021. What a year it has been for all of us across the world and what a year it has been for me.  I want to acknowledge many of the challenges and uncertainties that many of us have been facing globally. It has certainly been one of the most unique years in my lifetime in terms of what I have seen happening in the world around me. Fortunately for me at this time, I have bee...

Today we are going to be diving into some stories from my musical past. As some of you may know and have heard, I credit a lot of the first steps of me being successful as a storyteller and working from the stage to my time as a musician.  I have a lot of different funny stories. I never became a super famous rock star but I definitely have a couple behind the music stories that I am really excite...

Today we are going to be talking about your faulty sense of risk and reward and how that may be impacting you in your life.  I am going to share several stories during my childhood including my experience being on the luge team and riding roller coasters at Six Flags. In those stories, we can see common problems that many of us entrepreneurs and creatives face. It is time to stop playing small and...

Today on the show, we have a great friend of mine, Jenn Malecha. We had her on the podcast about a year or two ago.  We have done a lot of work together over this time.  I have been able to help out with some of her group coaching programs and we have collaborated on different platforms like Instagram, Clubhouse, and podcast stages.  She is consistently one of the most brilliant and professional p...

I have just completed an amazing retreat experience with David Munter called the Song of Your Life Retreat. I am interviewing him today to learn a little bit about the genesis and to share the story of what's unfolded over these last few days during this retreat and how it has played a part in my own life.  David and I are very close.  We are good friends and so there is going to be some profanity...

Today I am going to tell you about a project that I have been working on the last couple of months and got to share at a high-end entrepreneurs retreat called The Song of Your Life Retreat, in which I interviewed David Munter. His episode should have debuted on the episode right before this one and we get to talk about that retreat.  One of the things that was a big honor for me and that David rea...

Today on the show we have Katie Kimball.  Katie is a master in teaching children how to cook. This may or may not surprise you but this can be somewhat of a controversial idea. Teaching children how to cook not only helps their health, your health, your wallet, and the whole family dynamics. There is a lot that we explore in changing and addressing culture and how her entrepreneurial spirit and at...

Not long ago, I was in a tight spot with money. This happens from time to time as an entrepreneur and almost anyone for that matter. For me, when I get into this kind of anxiety that somehow I am going to ignite in flames, I have ruined my life, or soon everyone is going to discover I am a fraud and in a few short weeks, I will find myself living in a van down by the river. There is this overwhelm...

Today we are talking about the long run - the marathon. Something that I used to think starting this entrepreneurial journey and something that held me back from starting down this road for quite some time was this idea of starting this entrepreneurial journey and only focusing on the long run that I would be going through years and years of hell and poverty before things actually started working....

Today we are talking about 8 Non-Verbal Communication Strategies. This is something a lot of my clients ask about and potential clients want to know about. Can you help me with my body language and how I deliver my ideas, not just writing out the stories?   So I put together a few really simple strategies and tactics that you can start using to improve your communication. I am going to be referrin...

Today on the show, we are going to have ME so to speak.  I am going to get out of the interviewer's seat and get into the interviewee's seat. I have an amazing guest interviewer in Kirsten Trammell from Evolved Podcasting. She has been a friend of mine for a while and is an excellent podcast host and producer.   I wanted to share some more of the stories that happened behind the scenes of the podc...

We are going to be talking about something near and dear to my heart that I often work with my clients and it is a common question from my listeners.  What if my experience is different from the clients you work with or if you have never had the same problem as your audience?  There are many different situations and challenges. The grass is always greener on the other side until you learn a simple...

Today we have Phil MacNevin on the show talking about Dungeons and Dragons. Phil is a friend of mine that I have had in the entrepreneurial world for many years now. I have known him as a copywriter, brilliant operations manager in several companies, start-ups, and growing his own businesses and brands. Most recently Dungeons and Dragons miniatures which has landed him in an entirely new industry...

At the beginning of this year in February, I put on a summit called The High Ticket Wellness Summit. It had thousands of attendees, dozens of speakers, and a ton of incredible information on how to grow a business, get your message out there and attract more customers. Of the dozens of speakers, there were a few talks that really stood out, made an impact on me, and that I thought were exceptional...

As I record this episode, I am in San Diego taking a little break from the big island to visit a few clients and many friends.  I have been reflecting on my own entrepreneurial journey since I have been here. One of the colleagues I have that I collaborate a lot with let me know that I need to update my branding, particularly on this podcast.  My business, who I serve, and the problem that I solve...

Today on the show we are going to be talking about ways that we deceive ourselves that feels like it is doing the right thing. Today we are going to be talking about a specific type of species of brand bullshit that I call noble bullshit.  Noble bullshit is something that entrepreneurs will experience at every level of their journey.  There are some very common and fairly visible ones at the earli...