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Ep. 62: Lonnie Porter – Trailblazer, Leader, Mentor, Coach

Lonnie Porter recently retired as the Head Coach of the Regis University men’s basketball team, where he was coach for 38 seasons and accumulated 538 victories. He is Colorado’s all-time winningest men’s collegiate basketball coach, and in 2013, he was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Based on his athletic achievements…

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Ep. 61: Sahar Paz – Speaker, Author, Inspiration, Survivor

Sahar Paz is a speaker, author, yoga instructor and life coach. You can find everything she’s involved with at her website SaharPaz.com. And in those roles, she’s an inspiration to so many, including me, as I got the opportunity to chat with her on the Jon of All Trades Podcast. I was introduced to Sahar…

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Ep. 60: Bard Parnell – Ultrarunner and Founder of Feed Your Crazy

Bard Parnell is crazy. At least, that’s what he’ll tell you when you ask him about why he founded Feed Your Crazy. “The world will kill fitness if it can,” he tells me in this week’s episode, “so when we tell people we wake up everyday and push ourselves physically, people think we’re crazy.” And…

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Ep. 59: Rob Ryzin – Professional Wrestler

Rob Ryzin is an independent professional wrestler who currently lives in Orlando, and is pursuing his dream of earning a contract with the WWE. He sits down with Jon Eks, a lifelong pro wrestling fan himself, and talks about his early love of pro wrestling, self teaching himself the craft in high school with friend…

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Ep. 58: Andrea Antognoni – Therapeutic Musician

Andrea Antognoni is a therapeutic musician, or Certified Music Practitioner. What does this type of person do? I’ll let Andrea’s website explain: “We are Nationally Board Certified Therapeutic Musicians who offer live bedside music in hospitals, medical facilities, and hospice or in-home care situations for people who are Acute, Non-Acute, Alzheimer/Dementia, or Actively Dying. Clinical research…

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Ep. 57: Brandi Shigley Comes Back!

Brandi Shigley was the first guest I ever interviewed who I didn’t previously know. It was during that episode when Brandi shared the story of her adoption from The Philippines that I first knew I could do this podcast, and make it a success. Brandi likes to say that she “turns dreamers into doers” as…

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Ep. 56: The Laid Off Special with Neil and Kyle!

What’s it like to be laid off? I now know. I was laid off last week. As I thought about it, I wondered if others’ experiences were the same. So why not ask? I put the word out through my social networks and wondered if anyone would be willing to share their layoff story with…

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Ep. 55: Andrew Tucker – PGA Certified Golf Teaching Pro

Andrew Tucker can be found at Andrew Tucker Golf.com, and he is a PGA Certified Golf Teaching Professional. Andrew has been teaching golf for 25 years, 24 of those as a PGA Certified Pro, which puts him in the top 3% of all golf instructors. He’s actually been playing for 50 years, and on this…

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Ep. 54: Schuyler Totman – Master Coach, Boot Camp for New Dads

Schuyler Totman is a Master Coach at Boot Camp for New Dads. You’ll find him teaching Boot Camp for New Dads classes all over the Denver area five or more times per month. I met Schuyler as a “rookie dad” before my daughter was born, and I adored the class so much, I not only…

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Ep. 53: Brian O’Connell – Founder of Renegade Brewing Company

Brian O’Connell is the founder of Renegade Brewing Company. It’s a return of sorts since Brian was nice enough to let us feature his company in Episode 15 of the podcast, but this time we go even deeper into the craft beer industry with one of its most outspoken voices. When you call your company…

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