Mike‘s Search For Meaning

#5 - Julie Ann Otis on Intuitive Intelligence, Living with Ease, and Letting Go

Julie Ann Otis is an intuitive healer and somatic therapist committed to an experience of ease. for. every. body. She founded Samana Consulting in 2014 with the mission of empowering people to radically change their reality. 

 

Julie Ann partners with clients to change the landscape of what is possible in every aspect of their lives. In addition to energy healing and somatic therapy, she offers mentorship to coaches and healers who wish to bring somatic and energy practices into their work with clients. 

 

Julie Ann's work combines Buddhist psychology, somatic therapy, creative arts, shamanic practices, dreamwork, meditation, and energy healing. She has more than a decade of experience in vipassana meditation and body-mind integration work including Authentic Movement, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, and Jin Shin Jyutsu. 

 

She is deeply grateful to have studied with Seven Stones Leadership, the Focusing Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, and Dell'Arte International. 

 

For more information, please visit www.julieannotis.com.

 

You can connect with Julie Ann on:

• Website
• Book a free 30-minute session with Julie Ann
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Facebook

 

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS), also called Parts Work
• Somatic Therapy
• Focusing Oriented Therapy
• Ajahn Chah
• Yotam Schachter 
• Metta Meditation, also called Loving Kindness Meditation
• Vipassana Meditation
• Julie Ann’s Meditations
• The Ultimate Anti-Career Guide by Rick Jarow
• The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin
• Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
• Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein
• Sharon Salzberg  

#4 - Xavi Donobedian on Masterful Communication & Nourishing Your Body for Optimal Health

Xavi Donbedian is a jack of many trades. He is the founder of Stoked Communication, a platform designed to coach entrepreneurs in the art of masterful communication. His struggles as a teenager with co-dependency and violent communication spawned his journey of speaking his truth as a communication coach and entrepreneur. 

 

His living, breathing purpose is to coach you in the art of masterful living to communicate your truth with grace from a place of embodied well-being.

 

Xavi is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, and ADAPT Certified Holistic Health Coach, a CHEK Integrated Movement Specialist, and a RYT-200 Yoga Teacher. Whether it comes to emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual tenants of well-being, Xavi has a breadth of experience and knowledge.

 

In this episode, we primarily focus on the art of communicating in business and relationships. What makes a dynamic communicator? What are the areas we get stuck in? The beautiful thing is that ANYONE can be an effective communicator, and it will deeply enhance your career and relationships.

 

We also discuss nutrition, and the ways that Xavi nourishes his body for optimal performance, with actionable takeaways you can use as well.

 

Enjoy!

 

You can connect with Xavi on:

• Stoked Communication - Podcast
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Website
• No, DUH! 6-Week Program
  
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Chris Kresser
• Lyssa Scott
• Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great, by Carmine Gallo
• Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, by Oren Jay Sofer
• White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji
• Michael Bruno
• Matt Kahn
• Jean Paul Sartre
• Plato
• Stoicism

#3 - “The Fear Guy” Ben Harris on Working Through Fear & Doing Life Your Own Way

Ben Harris is a fear alchemist and intuitive guide. Rooted in love and the superpower of belief in himself and others, Ben is a testament of what possibilities arise when you love fear and trust your inner knowing.

 

His strong sense of self continues to lead him on an ever-present journey of life. Ben’s path has pivoted many times, in many directions. These broad experiences have created a platform to understand and support clients in overcoming their deepest fears as they return home to themselves.

 

On this episode, we talk about all things fear: how it manifests in our minds and thoughts, how we physiologically experience it, different ways to work with and through fear, and how the things we most fear can be a compass guiding us on what we should move towards.

 

We even demonstrate Ben’s coaching on me and take a look at my deepest fears. Following our fears all the way to the root cause and deepest levels provides powerful insight and wisdom!

 

To find out more about Ben and his work, you can connect with him at:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.fear.guy/
• YouTube
• Website: https://www.feeling-free.com/
• Podcast: https://www.feeling-free.com/podcast (Also available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts) 
• Events: https://www.feeling-free.com/events

 

Enjoy the episode!

 

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Wayne Dyer
• Myers-Briggs Personality Test
• Human Design Test
• The 50th Law by Robert Greene & 50 Cent
• The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
• Ryan Holiday
• The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
• Exposure Therapy
• Public Speaking Center of NY
• Podcast - The Thought Room with Hallie Rose

#2 - Alan & Susan Trugman (Mom & Dad) on Doing the Work, Committing to Lifelong Growth, and Adversity as a Teacher

Alan & Susan Trugman are the father and mother of yours truly! In this episode, we discuss how they met, their journeys in therapy, and growing from their most challenging adversities faced. 

 

Our worldview is always created by the environment we were raised in, so my hope with this episode is that you can see the energy that was expended in creating a thriving relationship and family. It certainly did not start out that way!

 

Professionally, they are real estate agents and work together as The Trugman Team. You can find out more about their work at their website (https://trugmanteam.kw.com/). Enjoy, my friends!

 

Resources Mentioned:

• Elizabeth Gilbert on The Tim Ferriss Show

#1 -Transformational Life Coach Mike DeSanti on Living with Purpose, Passion, and Freedom

Michael DeSanti is the author of New Man Emerging. He is also the owner of Authentic Self Healing LLC, a men's fulfillment coaching company. As a Transformation Trainer and author, Michael is committed to inspiring men to live lives of purpose and fulfillment.

 

You can connect with Michael at his website, https://newmanemerging.com/ and his Instagram page, @mike_desanti

 

In this conversation, we explore what it means to live with purpose, content vs. context, masculine and feminine energy, and so much more. Enjoy!

 

Resources/People mentioned: 

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• Krishna Murti
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau
• Tao Te Ching
• Gratitude Training - ALTRU
• The Hero with 1,000 Faces by Joseph Campbell
• New Man Emerging, by Michael DeSanti
• Wayne Dyer
• Find Your Tribe Coaching Program
• Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
• The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho