Carlos Mendiola

AnnMarie Chereso: Discovering your Truth with Conscious Parenting

In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with AnnMarie Chereso: author, podcast host, meditation teacher, and transformational life coach.

In this episode, AnnMarie Chereso comes on the show to talk about taking fear out of conscious parenting. For almost two decades, AnnMarie has taught and spoken at schools and universities, facilitated workshops and trainings for teachers, and coached adults and young people.

In 2015, she co-hosted Chicago’s first Conscious Parenting Summit featuring international speaker Dr. Shefali Tsabary and Conscious Leadership Group co-founder Jim Dethmer. In 2019, AnnMarie published her first children’s book and is currently working on her newest book. You can find her at
annmariechereso.me.

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by Carlos Mendiola

Kevin Kaiser: Unlock Your Purpose

In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Kevin Kaiser, author and integrated coach.

Kevin Kaiser—a good friend—joins us on the show to talk about how to unlock, discover, and uncover your purpose. For 25 years, Kevin has worked with some of the world’s top-performing individuals, from New York Times bestselling authors to Grammy Award–winning musicians. Despite their external success, he realized they often struggle internally.

Now, using a blend of psychology, somatic practices, and rites of passage, he helps people deepen their relationship with themselves and live their truest, most soul-infused lives. You can find him at kevinkaiser.co.

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May 23, 2022

Kute Blackson: The Magic of Surrender

In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Kute Blackson. Kute joins us to discuss his newest book, The Magic of Surrender. Learn why surrendering brings more into your life, not less. Why surrendering can open doors, not close them. And how surrendering can bring about a life that you could never have believed possible. It is a topic that I love, practice, and have found essential to my growth! He has been featured on Larry King, Dr. Drew, Inc mag, as well as receiving the 2019 Walden Award in New Thought Wisdom.

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YT: youtube.com/c/KuteBlackson

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Bryan Reeves: Choose Her Every Day (or Leave Her)

In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Bryan Reeves, Relationship Ninja. He just released his second book, Choose Her Every Day (or Leave Her). In 2010, at age 36, while going through yet another agonizing breakup, Bryan had an epiphany: He knew nothing useful about how to do intimate relationship well. In that moment of painful realization he vowed to never suck at intimacy again. Thus began an extraordinary journey into the realms of love, sex, relationship. In summer 2015, with already legions of readers all over the world following his adventures, his essay “Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)” went viral, exploding to over a million readers daily. This book (which includes that essay) is Bryan’s anthology of stories, insights, practical tools, and secrets (that should never be secrets!) to help guide you on your own journey to thriving in love and intimacy.

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Bryan’s Website: https://bryanreeves.com/

by Carlos Mendiola

Marci Shimoff: Love and Happiness for No Reason

In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Marci Shimoff, author, teacher, and transformational leader.

Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and an expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. Marci’s books include the runaway bestsellers, Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, and six titles in the phenomenally successful Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul series. Her books have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide in 33 languages, have topped all of the major bestseller lists, and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of 121 weeks. Marci is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time.

Marci is also the host of the national PBS television special called Happy for No Reason, is a featured teacher in The Secret, and is the narrator for the award-winning film Happy. Marci currently co-leads a world-wide program called Your Year of Miracles with thousands of participants from 72 countries – for living a life of miracles.

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B. Jeffery Madoff: Creative Careers: How to Make a Living with Your Ideas

In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with B Jeffery Madoff, Professor, writer, director, and photographer.

B Jeffery Madoff is a director, photographer, writer, and professor in New York City. He joins us to talk about his new book Creative Careers, How to Make Living with Your Ideas. He is the founder and CEO of Madoff Productions, a film production company that creates award-winning branded content. Madoff is a sought after speaker and has lectured at NYU Steinhardt, F.I.T., Google Next, Wharton School, NC State & SXSW in Brazil, Verizon and Barclay’s RISE. In addition to his film and public speaking engagements, Madoff’s articles are widely distributed and have appeared online in Huffington Post and other major publications. He has written and is the Executive Producer of a play about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Legend Lloyd Price which premiers in May of 2021 at People’s Light Theater. Madoff has been a featured speaker at Wharton School, NYU Steinhardt, North Carolina State, SXSW Brazil, Vision Summit, Rise: Barclay’s Bank Accelerator, XRB Labs, Mastermind Group, Google Next and many others.

Creative Careers pulls from interviews with more than forty experts–notable entrepreneurs, artists, and business leaders–as well as from Madoff’s own decades of experience to supercharge your career. Creativity can often feel sporadic and unfocused, coming in bursts and peaks. That’s why Madoff focuses your professional path by asking vital questions that will ultimately help you:

  • Determine your value

  • Be smart about your hustle

  • Ruthlessly edit down your creative projects

  • Overcome fear and doubt

  • Create a successful, long-lasting career on your own terms

You may aspire to start your own business, join the fashion world, to work in visual arts, or be a filmmaker. You may be an executive who leads a creative team, or a professional looking to make a career change. Madoff takes you down a practical and inspirational path that will lead to success in any field or endeavor.

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Dr. Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Empower Yourself To Heal Within

MARGARET PAUL is a bestselling author, popular MindBodyGreen writer and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® self-healing process, and the related SelfQuest® self-healing online program - recommended by author Marci Shimoff, actress Lindsay Wagner and singer Alanis Morissette. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows(including Oprah). Her book titles include Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By You (and subsequent titles Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By God, and ...By My Kids), Healing Your Aloneness and Inner Bonding, and the recently published, Diet For Divine Connection and The Inner Bonding Workbook. Margaret holds a PhD in psychology, is a relationship expert, public speaker, consultant and artist. She has successfully worked with thousands and taught classes and seminars for over 50 years. Go to http://www.innerbonding.com/welcome for a free Inner Bonding course and join Dr. Margaret for her "Love Yourself" Course at http://www.innerbonding.com/show-page/224/love-yourself-a-30-day-inner-bonding-experience.html. Margaret lives in Colorado. She has three children and three grandchildren. In her spare time, she loves to paint, ride her horse, read, make pottery and kayak.

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Margaret's books

Love Yourself: An Inner Bonding Course

Frequency: A Spirituality & Manifestation Course

Attracting Your Beloved

Passionate Purpose, Vibrant Health

Wildly, Deeply, Joyously In Love

Free Inner Bonding Course

SelfQuest®: The Inner Bonding online program

The Ultimate Collection: Complete Self Love

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Dominick Quartuccio: Helping High Performers with Burnout

On today’s podcast, we welcome international speaker, author and executive coach, Dominick Quartuccio. He exchanged his 15-year corporate career in financial services for his passion, which is helping people to design futures that they can be excited about! In this episode, Dominick gets candid about his past struggles with addiction, describing how repressed emotions as a young boy eventually created a fracture in his identity, causing conflict between his public and private life. He talks about the terrifying experience of vulnerability when someone sees beyond that which is protected to the outside world and the role that genuine acceptance has played in helping him to remain authentic. We pivot to a discussion about the dangers of drifting, how to recognize when you are stuck in this state and what to do to get yourself back in alignment with your authentic self and living the life of your conscious choosing. For more on all these facets of self-development, check out his podcast Man Amongst Men and be sure to join us for this conversation!

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Show Notes:

  • The problem of defaulting into societal expectations of what a successful life looks like. [2:07]

  • How the belief that sexuality was sinful caused a division in Dominick’s identity. [4:35]

  • Finding excitement, danger and emotional release in his secret sexual life. [6:54]

  • Authenticity and the consequence of not being seen and valued as a child. [8:32]

  • The fear of vulnerability and the deep-rooted lie about being unlovable. [10:23]

  • How repressing natural desires and emotions turns into destructive behaviors. [11:20]

  • Working with high-performing people who appear to have everything together. [12:53]

  • Keeping in mind that living authentically is an ongoing process that takes time. [14:13]

  • Starting his self-development journey and the people and resources that helped him. [17:47]

  • Advice for listeners who need to rediscover their purpose and passion. [20:22]

  • The irony of slowing down to create more time and space and the danger of drifting. [23:53]

  • Drift: thinking that you are in command of your actions and habits when you’re not. [27:02]

  • Internal signals that show you are drifting, including a nagging sensation. [29:41]

  • The importance of having a self-care strategy and why it’s unique to each person. [31:00]

  • How someone’s acceptance of who he was allowed Dominick to remain authentic. [33:34]

  • More about his podcast Man Amongst Men and why it’s really for everyone. [35:11]

  • What happens when women constantly channel masculine energy to succeed. [38:46]

  • Conscious design and intentional actions as the foundations of an authentic life. [40:49]

  • The benefits of having morning and evening routines. [42:55]

  • And much more!

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Silvy Khoucasian: Love with Integrity

In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Silvy Khoucasian, relationship coach and founder of, Love with Integrity.Today we have a really special show in store for you! We welcome relationship coach Silvy Khoucasian to share her expertise and personal work with relationships. Silvy has her masters degree in psychology and is particularly interested and specializes in attachment and boundaries and how codependency arises in relationships. She helps clients to show up and stay authentic with their partners, a balance that most people will find to be a constant challenge, even with the best intentions. How do we negotiate selfishness, selflessness and offer and receive the security and comfort so many of us look for? In our conversation, Silvy does a great job of defining some of the important concepts at play, talks about the influence of family systems on our later life and identity definition and shifts in relation to someone else. We unpack the different styles of attachment and how to go about getting a map to your partner, knowing their biggest triggers and the continual task of compromise. For a truly enlightening chat with a wonderful and amazing guest, tune in today!

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Show Notes:

  • How the issue of codependency leads into the concept of boundaries. [3:41]

  • Identity, fear of abandonment and losing connection in a relationship. [6:15]

  • Attachment styles, their roots in childhood and how we emotionally regulate. [7:41]

  • Combinations and fluctuations in our attachment styles. [13:24]

  • Negotiating, limitations and finding a partner in the middle ground. [16:07]

  • Dealing with different responses and fostering willingness to change. [17:45]

  • Losing each other through the wrong approach to opposites and differences. [20:41]

  • The ever evolving concept of boundaries and learning tolerance. [23:38]

  • The opportunity for growth and how we can broaden ourselves through love. [27:02]

  • Seeking outside help and the wonderful gift of therapy and guidance. [28:23]

  • Key signs that you have healthy boundaries in your relationship. [31:46]

  • Practical tools against defensiveness and how phrasing can help. [34:10]

  • Red flags and early signs that a relationship is not worth working on. [35:09]

  • Dealing with shame, intense emotional experiences and give and take. [37:44]

  • The Boundary Program that Silvy has created as a framework. [41:34]

  • What an authentic life means to Silvy and the habits that help her maintain this. [43:07]

  • And much more!

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Hamilton Souther: Master Shaman

In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Hamilton Souther, CEO and Master Shaman

Our guest today is Hamilton Souther of Blue Morpho Tours! Hamilton has spent the better part of the last twenty years traveling inward and outward, exploring the Amazon and his and the greater consciousness and spirit. His tour company, Blue Morpho, offers spiritual journeys by way of plant medicines and is situated deep in the jungles of Peru. In our conversation, we cover all things shamanic, mystic and spiritual and Hamilton deftly articulates the sensitive and particular components of these concepts and his work. From assisting with addiction and depression to communicating with guides and energies, we cover it all! He takes us through some of the different plant medicines that are used and we also discuss his experiences as he trained to become a shaman. One of the big lessons that Hamilton has learned is about the congruency of beliefs and ideas that have traditionally been separated. He believes we can be all the things we need to be in a modern world and our business, health and spiritual aspirations are all compatible. For this fascinating conversation be sure to join us today!

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Show Notes:

  • Hamilton's upbringing, studies and family life. [2:29]

  • Invoking spirit and Hamilton's first experience. [5:22]

  • The years that followed meeting his spirit guides. [8:03]

  • Coming to terms with this shamanic awakening. [11:58]

  • An introductory definition of shamanism. [15:30]

  • Plant medicine and understanding its different levels. [19:22]

  • Blue Morpho Tours and a little bit about the experience they offer. [21:58]

  • The awakening of consciousness and realistic expectations. [27:38]

  • An ongoing process of awakening and steering away from the ego. [31:18]

  • The current projects and challenges facing Blue Morpho. [34:26]

  • Unifying philosophies that have traditionally been separated. [37:01]

  • Hamilton's definition of an authentic life. [40:31]

  • Some of Hamilton's daily practices. [41:52]

  • And much more!

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