The Michael Brian Show

31- Lori Cheek: From Shark Tank to Cheekd

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.

 

We talk about her journey as someone who was always creative and persistent; the decisions that lead to her appearing on Shark Tank and (after the decision of the sharks) launching the dating app Cheekd.

 

Enjoy! :)

You can check out the Cheekd App on iTunes and cheekd.com or check Lori out on Instagram & Twitter

 

30- Awren Bardsley: Alternative Medicine & Wellbeing

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 Evidence based practices) and the way science & nature are always at work in alternative health and wellbeing.

Enjoy! :)

If you want to find out more about alternative medicine or find out more about Arwen and the work she does, check out Arwen's website evenstarwellbeing.com

29- Pat Armitstead: Resilience & Joyology

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 bankruptcy, leaving her partner of 20years to being diagnosed with cancer and everything in between. She shares her experience, her lessons and getting across to the other side.

Pat is now a Joyologist and she shares the many different aspects of emotional intelligence and building resilience in her life and business... and smiling the entire time.

Enjoy! :)

You can find out more about Pat and Joyology at Joyology.co.nz

28- Catherine Plano: Healing & the power of knowing who you want to be

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 ranging conversation that touches on Cathrine's journey of launching her Healing Centre, the power or beliefs and how effective it can be to ask yourself "What do you want to be?"

Enjoy! :)

You can find out more about Cathrine by following her on Instagram or checking our her website at catherineplano.com.au

27- Rune Sovndahl: CEO of Fantastic Services

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 (during the recession), some of the strategies and techniques he used to make it work in the initial stages and grow into the success it is today.

Enjoy! :)

You can find Fantastic Services at fantasticservices.com and check out what Rune's up to on LinkedIN HERE

26- Tara Langdale- Schmidt: From vulvodynia to an invention that helped women worldwide

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 find out more by going to vuvatech.com 

Finding Tara on Facebook at facebook.com/vuvatechllc/
Or checking out Tara's blog at VuVagirl.com 

25- Chris Brown: From Fitness to Marketing & Selling High End Coaching

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 running a coaching business and best practices.

 

Enjoy! :)

 

To find out more about Chris you can check our his website at theleveragedcoach.com and jump on the free workshop he has on his site.

24-Kathy Hadizadeh: The Head & The Heart

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 for finding what helps the performance and fitness of our brain, she talks about the integral connection between heart, body and spirit.

 

We dive into a lot of topics around meditation, connecting with the head and the heart and I really enjoyed going deep into this topic with Kathy.

 

Enjoy :)

 

You can find out more about Kathy and the work she does over at heartmindtuning.com

23- Keara Palmay: From Cancer to Contribution

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 her differences to make a difference, so she created a service-based business and started teaching other entrepreneurs how to do the same!

 

Enjoy :)

 

If you're a coach that wants to attract new clients using social media, then you can download Keara's FREE Guide at kearapalmay.com/guide

22- Simon Gwilliam: from professional football to personal trainer & coach for women

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 into helping women with more than just their health and fitness... now he helps them in many different areas.

 

He shares his journey, the ups and downs he experienced while building his bussiness along with how he overcame them.

 

Enjoy :)

 

And if you want to find out more about Simon and UNBREAKABLE, check out his website at unbreakablelive.co.uk