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“The game of self-awareness is, inherently, an infinite game.” How do you best play the hand that life dealt you? How can you navigate challenge and trauma and still find a way to unlock the best version of yourself? To help us answer these questions [and more], I’ve got Angelo Keely on the show!  Angelo is the co-founder and CEO of Kion, a lifestyle supplement and functional food company dedicated to helping people live their most vibrant, fulfilling life. He’s also the founder of Create Your Life, a live online program to uncover clarity, purpose, and vision so you can build an actionable plan to create the life, business, relationships, family, or career of your dreams.Angelo is no stranger to challenge after experiencing a series of traumatic incidents in his adolescence and early childhood. He was nearly beaten to death at age 16 and aged 21; he was involved in a deadly bus accident in the Himalayan foothills. Despite these traumas, Angelo has been able to craft a life of meaning and

“Awareness is what enables neural rewiring. It’s the behavior change that occurs when our brains change.” Mental health is a growing problem in our modern world - and it’s a problem that continues to grow as we factor in the challenges of a global pandemic the resultant shifts in the way that we live. Right now, we’re seeing that issues such as loneliness are on the rise - as are levels of depression, stress, and anxiety. This episode’s guests - Mike Cline and Aydika James - describe themselves as analyzers of life. They both have a passion to make an impact in the world of mental health and communication. They believe everyone deserves a happy brain, and they’re on a creative mission to make this vision a reality. YourPetBrain.com is the home of a cuddly, huggable brain with a purpose. [I named mine “Squish!”]“Brain” is on a mission to create a million happy brains, with 50% of all profits going toward bringing the best mental health resources and “edu-tainment” to the world. Ultimately,

“Mindful eating is a process of connecting to your body more and letting your body be the guide of how you should be eating.” For many people, January represents the chance to start afresh. Health plans often top the list with people choosing new diets and setting resolutions around their food habits. If you’re someone who’s struggled to create long-term results from dieting, or you find it difficult to take control over food, this powerful episode is for you. Most of us haven’t been trained to be mindful eaters. Instead of using food as a vehicle to connect deeply with our bodies, we get lost in emotional or comfort eating. As unlikely as it sounds, there is a way to change your eating habits without the need for calorie counting, meal plans, or regimented diets. Each of us has innate wisdom coursing through our body. We can use this wisdom to guide our dietary choices - and create more health and fulfillment in the process. This episode will show you how. “My clients change the

“Most people think about purpose as this thing you want to do in the world. I think purpose is who you are.” What do you do next when you rip up the conventional rule book and create a situation where anything is possible in life? For me, this reality themed the second half of 2020. After my eight-year relationship ended, I felt heartbreak, shame, and fear, but there was also a sense of release and symbolism. I was free of cultural expectations, and with no roadmap, it was time to create my own. What followed was an intense healing journey guided by mentors, various modalities, journaling, and a north star of my truth. In this episode, my Message Muse Georgina El Morshdy guides us through my journey of becoming. In part 2 of my 2020 year-end review, I share my experiences, lessons, and learnings as I figured out how to navigate an unknown path - which ultimately led to me finding me. “Sometimes you are the medicine you’ve been craving all along - and it takes crises and shitty si

“Choosing yourself is one of the most exhilarating, fulfilling, exhausting, intimidating, scary, and just rich journeys one can go on.” For me, December is traditionally a time of reflection and review. I love to pour over my journals and really take the time to pull out and consolidate all that I’ve learned. Looking back, 2020 has felt like a decade in itself! I’m in awe of how much can happen in a year when you live with intention, focus, and awareness. In this episode, I’m giving you an insight into my journals by sharing all my standout growth lessons in detail. My intention is that you can not only learn from my journey, but also get to see how preparation and certain practices can empower you to unlock your true potential.I’ve found that radical honesty and self-awareness are key tools for growing at an exponential rate. The more you’re able to make sense of how life is unfolding for you, the easier it becomes to bend time and move forward with depth and speed. So if you’re curious t

“You are a special human being and when you realize that, you’ll set boundaries for what you want in your life.” How can you live a life that leaves a legacy and makes you feel incredible about the impact you make? From business to parenting, community, and impact, Dwayne J. Clark is blazing a trail for purposeful living that touches everyone in his wake.I’m so inspired by Dwayne’s story and his achievements. His story has left a mark on my heart and I’m grateful for the example he’s created for others to follow. And while Dwayne is living an incredible life now, it wasn’t always this abundant. As a child, Dwayne experienced poverty. In this episode, he tells the story of the time his mom ‘borrowed’ potatoes from her workplace to feed her children for a week. But as you’ll hear, Dwayne has mastered the art of leveraging his ‘scar tissue’ to raise the bar on living well, with extraordinary results. “‘Living artifacts’ is really about doing something on this planet that lives longer tha

“When you do go inside and you realize that that’s where your strength is, that literally shifts the ground for you.” As a society, we have a very limited definition of what it means to be beautiful. Thanks to the beauty and fashion industries we’ve become obsessed with products that promise to enhance our appearance and push back the years. As a result, lots of people - women in particular - find their value in the way they look rather than the person they are inside. But if the way you look defines your self-worth and value, what do you do when your physical appearance is cruelly stripped away? This episode’s guest - Hollywood Beauty expert Kym Douglas - experienced this first-hand. Kym started out in television when she was just 16. Over the years, she built a career sharing her passion for ALL things beauty on shows including Hallmark’s Home & Family Show and the Ellen Degeneres Show.But In 2018, Kym’s world turned upside down after a routine mammogram revealed she had stage 3

“Presence is the ability to be with what is.” What happens when you sit in the silence and take quality time to be with yourself? Are you able to be present with everything that is? Or do you get distracted easily and struggle to hold all your emotions? Most of us weren’t raised to be emotionally intelligent beings. Instead, we were programmed to shut off and push down the harder, ‘socially unacceptable’ feelings. Unfortunately, this strategy doesn’t work. Our challenge is that the body doesn’t forget. Any emotions that you resist get stuck inside of you instead of flowing through you. In turn, suffering and pain begin to build-up, making it harder to feel a sense of peace and safety within. The good news is you can reverse this programming. With the help of embodiment practices, you can reclaim and rekindle your personal power by embracing the gift of presence. Tully O’Connor is here to help you navigate that beautiful journey with more grace and ease. “So much suffering in life

“When I find presence, that is when intuition can come in.” We don’t only experience grief after the death of a loved one. We also experience grief when our plans are forced to change. Late last year, Phoebe Mroczek was hit by a car in downtown Austin. After choosing the path of positivity to empower her healing, Phoebe was able to explore an even deeper path of self-discovery and self-love. Through the power of presence and by asking a new set of questions, Phoebe learned to refind her center amongst the chaos. By creating space for pauses and presence, Phoebe was able to embrace a journey of unbecoming as she journeyed back to her truth. In this heart-warming episode, Phoebe and I explore the magic that can open up after life knocks you down. Tune in to discover the personal growth that becomes possible when you’re willing to dance fully with whatever’s in front of you. “When your cage is rattled a little bit, it is a new invitation to go deeper.” Phoebe Mroczek is a perso

“Our grief is sacred and it’s a rite of passage.” 2020 has forced us all to explore our relationship with grief. At some level, we’re all grieving - for unexplored plans, for the old way of living, and for loved ones who are no longer with us. You may know I lost my grandmother and aunt recently to COVID-19. As my family moves through our grief, I’m experiencing the pain and beauty of dancing with a rich spectrum of emotions. At times, I’m overwhelmed with pain, hurt, and confusion. Then without warning, my emotions flip to deep gratitude for the memories and the opportunity to deepen the connection I feel with my family. Turns out there is no playbook for grief. Instead, death is a rite of passage and grief is a personal process that we will all experience at some point during our lives. So to help break down the taboos and myths around grief, I wanted to bring Death Doula, Jessica Reis onto the show. “There’s no right way to grieve.” Jessica is an incredible human who’s do

“Vulnerability is just sharing whatever emotion is in you.” One of the reasons 2020 has been so unsettling is because safety is a basic human need. When certainty is stripped away, fear bubbles up - causing us to feel as though the world is unsafe. But despite the chaos, there’s an opportunity to be found in the current climate. When the outside world shifts, we have no option but to dive within. In the process, we can cultivate emotional resilience and tap into a more reliable form of safety… the safety that comes from feeling certain inside your own emotions and your own body. So if you’re craving a sense of peace in this ‘unsafe’ world, this you’ll want to hear what this week’s incredible guest - Elisabeth Cardiello - has to share. “I like to think of empathy as opening this ocean of space so that you can meet the emotion.” Elisabeth Cardiello is the founder of a coffee company called Caffè Unimatic. Created by her father in the 1950s, the Unimatic drip-percolator became a symbol o

“Each person has a unique set of values. It’s very much like a snowflake or a fingerprint. It’s unique to you.” I’ve found that one of the keys to staying grounded and living a fulfilling life is to discover your purpose and define your values. Together, these two inner guidance systems create a north star that helps you make decisions and live in a direction of increasing choice.Doing the inner work to distinguish between my values and those I’ve picked up from others has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. And in this week’s episode, you get to meet the man who helped me do it. Will Etheridge is a human behaviorist, value systems expert and a Perceptual Balancing Specialist. His genius is in taking clients from a clouded view of their direction in life and crystallizing it using their unique set of values in order to bring them clarity, focus and the inspiration necessary to live an amazing life.I couldn’t be more excited to bring you this episode, so tune in now and d

“Financially happy is a philosophy or a state of being. It’s this idea that you can be both happy and wealthy now.” As a society, we’ve guided ourselves into a challenging relationship with money. Money is the thread that flows through EVERYTHING. It’s the ultimate connector that ties us all together. Due to the way society is structured, most of us can’t live without money! Yet, we decided to make money an emotionally charged taboo. And it’s disempowering us. This episode’s guest - Finnian Kelly - is here to offer up a new perspective on money and wealth-creation. His own life experiences have taught him how to combine money with spirituality - so you can live a more intentional life. Finnian calls this philosophy Financially Happy, and in this episode, he shows you how you can choose this way of being for yourself.“Whenever someone says they don’t care about money, they care about money more than anyone else.” Finnian Kelly is the creator of the Financially Happy movement, a world-r

“I’ve been able to achieve success faster than most individuals as a result of me being so conscious with my journaling efforts to truly capture lessons when they’re happening.” I wanted to do something a little different to celebrate the 150th episode of Stay Grounded. So I decided to collaborate with my good friend Georgina El Morshdy who hosts the Writing Your Best Self podcast. Over the years, Georgina and I have enjoyed countless deep-dive conversations. Georgina has a unique gift of asking questions that crack you open and connect you with your soul. As a muse, she’s pulled countless things out of me that I didn’t even realize I had in me. She’s also a passionate journaler - so asking Georgina to interview me about my journaling practices for this milestone episode felt like the perfect thing to do.Looking back, journaling has been a consistent tool that’s helped me compress time and experience exhilarating fulfillment in business and life. And in this episode, you’ll get to learn all of

“Death is literally the greatest teacher that we have.” Asher Packman’s life circumstances forced him to rewrite his relationship with death. This journey started in 2007, when his sister committed suicide at the peak of Asher’s corporate career. His mother died not long after, and while Asher was still deep in grief, he received his own terminal diagnosis. But in the shadows and the darkness, Asher allowed death to become his most powerful teacher. By choosing to embrace the presence of death in his life, Asher discovered how to truly live.  Death is a conversation most of want to avoid, but we shouldn’t. The second you’re born, death becomes a certainty. In this taboo-breaking interview, Asher shows you how you can call in death without fear - and allow it to teach you the secret of life. “If you stop and think about it, you’re having a conversation with death all the time.” Asher Packman is the president of Meditation Australia and the founder of Warrior Within and The Fi

“As men, we are so hell-bent on protecting our masculinity because - this runs to the root of an identity - if you’re not a man, then you’re weak, you’re ostracized, you’re not valued. And then, you’re on your own. You’re left to kind of perish. This runs so deeply inside of us that we don’t recognize the game that we’re playing, which is “protect my man card.”You may have noticed a recent trend where people are talking about the patriarchy, toxic masculinity, and what it means to be a man. These confronting conversations are forcing us to look more closely at masculine and feminine dynamics and the healthy role that each plays in establishing harmonious societies. As a result, there are a growing number of men who are willing to explore the journey required to step into healthier versions of manhood. As my brother Dominick Quartuccio explains, there are a lot of little boys running around in the bodies of men! The reason? Conventional schooling and society don’t prioritize teaching the transition i

“Everything that you have in your life is solely down to the choices that you have made.” How do you overcome imposter syndrome, fears, and other people’s doubts to live a life without limits and achieve your dreams and destiny? After going through anorexia at 17 and being bullied throughout school, Rebecca Louise decided to never let anything affect her going after her goals. Rebecca’s dreams brought her to the USA from the UK on a whim to get her commercial pilots license when she was 23-years-old. Although Rebecca loved flying, it was not her ultimate passion. When she got her work visa she was cast to be on a fitness YouTube channel. This is where Rebecca’s love for fitness, helping people and hosting came alive.   Today, Rebecca Louise is a mindset and fitness coach and the host of the top-rated podcast It Takes Grit. Her fitness videos have surpassed over 450 million views on YouTube and her work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Vogue, Allure, Cosmopolitan, Shape, KTLA, FOX, C

“People who ask more questions are perceived to be more likeable.” Can you remember how it felt to have the curiosity of a child? Maybe it was a time when you believed you could be anything. Or a time when endless questions inspired your day. Unfortunately, 'life' buries our desire for more, and before you know it, the questions seize up. Life begins to feel more limited until we're stuck in the soul-sucking status quo, wondering what happened to all that 'more'. This week’s incredible guests believe you can reinvigorate your inherent ability to create more of what you desire. It’s all possible when you tap into the insane power of ASKING.  “When you ask yourself a question, it literally causes a different part of your mind to light up - and it's the part of your brain that does critical thinking.” Mark Victor Hansen is probably best known as the co-author of the wildly popular Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Mark is also an entrepreneurial marketing maven and a sough

“I had all of the things and yet, I was at this point where I didn't want to live.” I believe this is one of the most important episodes of Stay Grounded I’ve ever recorded. Suicide is a big killer among men my age and there’s a common thread - we don’t know how to talk about depression or feelings of isolation, or how to ask for help and support during dark times. When I first met Chris Plough, I was deeply moved by his depth of empathy, care, and sensitivity. This is a man who’s experienced suicide from both sides. Not only has he been close to taking his own life - the first time at age just 16 - but he lost both his parents in a homicide-suicide. In this vulnerable conversation, Chris shares the emotions involved and what it actually feels like to have suicidal tendencies. He also explains the tangible steps we can all take to help someone transform their suicidal thoughts into something beautiful.   “Empathetic witness is just being able to be present with somebody and

“In a crisis, the worst thing you can do is isolate yourself.” Susie Carder is no stranger to crisis. As a survivor of abuse, Susie learned to rise above the crisis, discover her inner strength, and in the process, completely transform the life trajectory that her childhood mapped out. These experiences have put her in a beautiful position to be able to support people to move through these current times. “I'm a tough-love coach. I'm going to tell you what you don't want to hear, show you what you don't want to see, so that you could be the person you knew that you could be.” Susie started out as a low-paid hairdresser trying to support her two girls before deciding to be an entrepreneur. Since then, she’s built two $10 million dollar companies and as a Profit Coach, she supports other entrepreneurs to build a business that allows them to live their dreams and achieve financial abundance.Susie’s helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs increase their revenues by more than 3,000% and worked with to