Truth Tastes Funny with Hersh Rephun

We wanted to kick off 2023 with a fun, stress-free episode that helps us all break free from stress. Enter Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider, a licensed psychotherapist, executive coach, and the author of Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology (Central Recovery Press, April 2022). Dr. Schneider is a coping skills expert with more than 25 yea...

Where this podcast - Truth Tastes Funny - strives to deliver tips help us keep our sanity, my new YES, BRAND podcast focuses on economic prosperity. Both offer fair amounts of comedy & a sense of play. But if you own a business, you need to keep your message sharp enough to pierce the next ceiling! Heartfelt thanks to all my listeners for taking the TTF journey, and I hope you'll find that YES, BR...

We can get bummed around the holidays, especially amidst blizzards and other bullsh*t, or we can get fired up! I'm choosing the latter. Look at what we've been through and HERE WE ARE. Question is, what are we gonna do with the gift of possibility? For the past seven years, my TTF guest Elizabeth Louis has worked with entrepreneurs, athletes, and high performers, helping them develop a warrior/cha...

Typically, Truth Tastes Funny episodes are stand-alones, surfing freely from one topic to another. However, response to Season 2/Episode 14 with Therapy Twins Joan and Jane Landino has been so strong, that I am bookending it with Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski - aka "The Bipolar Rabbi." Bipolar disorder symptoms can be misleading. Manic moods can lead a sufferer to believe they are invincible, that they...

It would be accurate to open these show notes by declaring that I had a great time with the Landino Twins. But for those who have heard of Happy Days, it might sound more like Fonzie's first date post-mortem than what it really was - a raucous, fascinating conversation with Joan and Jane, the Therapy Twins. These identical twin sisters, former Therapists-turned-Psychiatric Entertainers, Authors &...

Getting kids to fall in love with reading is one of the bestest things a grownup can do! Ok, while that sounds like the opening phrase of a Dr. Seuss book, my guest today on Truth Tastes Funny is Dr. Danny Brassell - a highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph. D.,” who's bringing JOY back into education by helping educators, parents & organizations. Danny has s...

Is ADHD on the rise? Has it become easier to diagnose, in adults and children alike? Join me for a fascinating discussion with Avigail Gimpel, an author, coach, and educator whose new book, HyperHealing, Show me the Science: Making Sense of Your Child's ADHD Diagnosis (a follow-up to her first book, “HyperHealing”) is based on many years of research and practice both as a mother of a good number o...

If we take ourselves too seriously, there will be consequences. And as your Dr. of Survivalology, I recommend a dose of Doug Cox anytime it all gets too heavy! Doug is a Writer/Director from San Francisco with 20 years experience in the advertising industry and Founder of The Cabinet, a production and post-production facility. On Truth Tastes Funny, we cover the religious, the goofy, the dark and...

I now have a whole other podcast, and it's about branding (YES, BRAND, now LIVE!), so while I look forward to having Rich Kozak on THAT show, too, THIS conversation is really about heart. He and I both lead with it, which is why we get along so well. Another reason is that we share a background in helping brands - personal and corporate - tell their stories. Rich is on a mission to serve those who...

"You don't have to follow in the footsteps that have been laid out for you. You can create your own future." This, more or less, is the spine of my conversation with Melissa DaSilva, a successful physical NFT artist, entrepreneur, therapist, and coach who motivates other LGBTQ+ individuals and artists to take their life and career to the next level. She is the author of "The Profitable Practice: H...

We all know about Freedom of Speech. But speaking without skill is like duck hunting without camouflage. To spare you that embarrassment, I bring you Brenden Kumarasamy, founder of MasterTalk, who coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become top 1% communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called MasterTalk, with the goal of providing free access to communica...

I should start by telling you that Jules Polonetsky is an optimist. Second, in the area of privacy and consumer protection, Jules is the man. He knows as much about privacy as Facebook knows about you. Jules serves as CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data pract...

When your dad manages bands like Rage Against the Machine and Quiet Riot, there's a good chance you'll end up in the music biz - and an even greater chance you will do so LOUDLY. While Jessica Entner did both of those things, it took some perseverance for her to be heard. As an Executive Creative Music Producer/Supervisor, Jess helped companies succeed and artists break out, but in the shifting gr...

Do you know Frank Agin? You might! Frank is president of AmSpirit Business Connections, an organization that empowers entrepreneurs, sales representatives and professionals to become successful through networking. When Frank and I recorded this interview, we didn't know each other all that well. We hit it off immediately, and I wish I could say it's because we're both that awesome. More likely, it...

This episode reunites me with my friend and client, Mellissa Tong, a three-time #1 Best Selling Author on Amazon, Award-winning Storyteller, and Founder/CCO of a Creative Marketing and Content Production Company, DuckPunk Productions, Inc. Mellissa is direct, engaged, modest, and knows what's up - which is why global brands like Westin, McDonald's, Old Navy and more heed her advice. Pay heed, dear...

I’ve long maintained that a**holes are decent people minus a sense of humor. And I want to preface this episode by making sure that my audience knows I welcome as guests those with differing opinions and positions across humanhood and the political spectrum - as long as you bring your ability to laugh at life and its mysteries. My guest this episode is Jeremy Sherman, PhD, who shares my core belie...

You wanna talk radio? Cough buttons? Sex, Drugs, & Rock N Roll? Look no further than Ralph Sutton, a seasoned podcast and pop culture commentator with two decades of experience on the mic as a TV and radio host. Currently, he leads the hit comedy podcast The SDR Show, and in 2016 founded the GaS Digital Network, which reaches 5 million listeners a month across 22 shows. He often speaks on how to s...

Do we really have time to waste time? Or should we fully embrace every moment? And if so, how? My chat with certified Life Coach and Spirituality Coach Simona Mango explores these questions and more. "The reason I focus on Life Purpose Mentoring is, that I understand how our alignment or misalignment with our higher purpose is what will determine the outcome of our lives. And by 'outcome' I mean,...

This is just a brief episode to serve as a bridge between seasons. I am so thrilled by the response to the show, and the growing listenership is inspiring! We've got lots more in store for Season 2 of Truth Tastes Funny. Stay tuned - Season 2 launched this coming Monday, October 31, 2022, with Episode 31. Thanks and keep taking your laughter in frequent doses! Hersh

First, let me welcome you to Episode 30 of #TTFPodcast, the final episode of Season 1! It's only been a few months, but the conversations I've had, the people I've connected with, it's all been so deeply fulfilling and I thank all of my wonderful guests and listeners who have embraced this show in a way that fills my heart with that spirited mix of happiness and giggle juice! Since the goal is als...

Sandy Ciaramitaro is a good egg for many reasons, not the least of which is her authorship of The Good Eggs series - her contribution to supporting children as they learn about virtues, diversity, and service, essential concepts to integrate into their lives as they grow into Good Eggs! Hersh's conversation with Sandy on Truth Tastes Funny touches on education issues from toddler to teen and beyon...

According to the Gallup folks, 89% of the American workforce says that they're "burned out." So, the good news is, we're not alone! The other news is, "burnout" - and PTSD - are worth looking into, and who better to sit down with than Scott Anderson: he's the founder - in partnership with Tel Aviv University - of AtEaseUSA.org, a treatment technology accelerator helping military families recover f...

Marci Warhaft - “The Resiliency Rebel” - is a Resiliency coach and founder of The Fit vs Fiction Body Image workshops. She was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Health influencers for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 by Optimyz fitness magazine. Marci is the author of The Good Stripper: A Soccer Mom’s Memoir of Lies, Loss and Lap Dances, where she shares in raw, honest and intimate detail her eye-popping jou...

To paraphrase Willy Wonka, "Don't forget what happened to the little boy who suddenly got everything he ever wanted: he felt empty AF and wanted to die. And then...." One of the most gratifying things about hosting TTF is that my guests come on to get real. They've tasted the truth, and tried swallowing the BS as well. And they have a lot to teach the rest of us about getting unstuck. Kevin Palmie...

"There's a certain pact we make with the devil to enjoy life in a way that makes us feel fulfilled. So we're not doing heinous crimes on our own volition, but we're enabling inequity. We're enabling climate disasters. We're enabling, you know, take your pick, because we've decided that on some level we are happier." This quote from my interview with Humans First founder - and serial entrepreneur -...