The Michael Brian Show

34 - Kate Erickson: Systems & Processes for Entrepreneurial Freedom

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 creating entrepreneurial freedom in business & life; we discuss systems and processes that can help their business scale and grow.

Enjoy! :)

Check out EoFire.com to see what amazing things Kate is up to!

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33- Bronwen Sciortino: Simplicity & Living Differently

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 from a Recovering Perfectionist’ and to step away from a traditional life.

Enjoy! :)

You can check Bronwen out on Facebook and take advantage of her "7 Steps to Living Differently" over at sheiqlife.com 

32- Cathy O'Dowd: The Summit of Everest & Beyond

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 talk about her journey to the summit of Everest, all that went into making the climb (going through a storm, a motivational phone call & how team dynamics helped her get to the top) and how she's made a business out of the experience.

 

Cathy also talks about how to create a "Business of Adventure" and how you're the brand when you start to monetise your lifestyle of adventure.

 

Enjoy! :)

 

Check Cathy's adventure lifestyle out at cathyodowd.com & thebusinessofadventure.com if you want some help turning your life of adventure into a business.

You can also check out Cathy's book "Just For The Love Of It" at amazon.co.uk/Just-love-Cathy-ODowd

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.