Getting Under The Surface (GUTS): Recent Episodes
Joey Donovan Guido
Dig into the connection between mindfulness, marketing, self-care and relationships — including the relationship you have with yourself.
In this episode of GUTS, I’m talking with Kyle Wege, owner of Crimson Sun Studios, which is a company that specializes in photography, motion and time lapse.
That said, what Kyle does for a living is only a small part of what we’ll be talking about today …
Here’s a breakdown of the topics we’ll be discussing:
- What prompted Kyle to start his business, and how he did it
- How having kids changed how he runs his business
- Striking a balance between being a dad, husband & business owner
- The most challenging part of being a parent who runs a business
- Consciousness and being in the present moment
- Tools and practices to help us be in the moment, even when we’re experiencing strong emotions of thoughts
- The biggest challenge Kyle has faced, and how he handled it
KYLE’S BIO
Kyle Wege is a commercial photographer, musician, husband, and father. He owns and operates Crimson Sun Studios, providing commercial photography with specialties in architecture, drone, time-lapse, and portraits. Kyle plays bass guitar and actively writes and performs music with Madison-based groups Dub Foundation and Red Rose. Outside of work and creative pursuits, Kyle enjoys time with his family camping and hiking, and works to fit in the occasional game of basketball with friends at local courts.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND KYLE ONLINE
- IG - @kyle_wege (https://www.instagram.com/kyle_wege/)
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylewege/
- Website - https://www.crimsonsunstudios.com/
- The Good, The Bad, & The Dubby (movie) - https://www.goodbaddubby.com/
Thanks for joining us today, and be well.
In this episode of GUTS I’m talking with Trevor Lee, author of 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon.
TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS INCLUDE:
- How running can pertain to business
- The importance of preparation
- How to set a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal (BHAG)
- How to prepare, plan and practice in sustainable ways
- “Nutrition in business”
- Delivering the goal sustainably
- The mental challenges of all BHAGs
- The biggest challenge Trevor has faced, and how he handled it?
ABOUT TREVOR
Trevor has over 35 years of commercial-led business experience at the:
- Senior manager
- Commercial director
- And managing director level
He now uses his presenting, speaking, revenue generation and overall commercial experience to help businesses and individuals turn presentations and pitches into revenue / client opportunities.
Trevor runs presentation and sales training and coaching programmes and fills a gap when growing companies don’t have a sales or commercial director.
He’s the host of the ‘Better Presentations More Sales’ podcast.
He also hosts the ‘Running 44@60’ podcast, which was designed as a motivation & learning tool to help him run his first ultramarathon and 'celebrate' a landmark birthday.
FIND TREVOR ONLINE:
- Website: www.trevorleemedia.co.uk
- Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-lee-media/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trevorleepodcasts
FIND JOEY ONLINE:
- https://www.cuppaseo.com/
- https://gettingunderthesurface.com/
Welcome to GUTS Season 2, Episode 2.
In this episode I’m talking with Josh Taylor, Brand Director at SIXINCH USA, an experiential furniture brand.
TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS INCLUDE:
- Who sixinch is
- What it's like to work with some of the world's top designers
- The sixinch creative process
- Experiential design
- How to be come "part of the DNA" of an organization
- Some of the initial and ongoing strategic marketing strategies Josh has employed
- One of the biggest challenges Josh has faced
JOSH'S BIO
At sixinch, Josh is the glue that keeps things connected. His main focus is strategic marketing strategies but he tends to dabble in every part of the brand. Whether it’s working with sales, designing furniture, improving operations or assisting a customer; Josh believes to truly understand a brand you have to be part of the DNA. His specialties include digital media, videography, design concepts, copywriting, brand awareness, omni-channel marketing campaigns and being awesome.
Prior to joining SIXINCH, Josh spent his early career in television where he chewed gum and kicked ass, but was always out of gum.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND JOSH:
- @jtpromotes on Instagram
- https://sixinchusa.com
Thanks for joining us today, and be well.
Welcome to the second season of GUTS!
In episode 1, we'll be tackling Being in the Moment & Diminishing Anxiety.
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:
What if we approached our anxious thoughts differently?
Join me for a thought-provoking conversation that focuses on improving mental health by digging into the connection between mindfulness, meditation, self-care and relationships — including the relationship we have with ourselves.
You’ll leave this workshop with a better understanding of core concepts like acceptance, resistance and fear and learn best practices to help lower anxiety through awareness, consciousness and the “Yes, And” philosophy.
This workshop was originally presented at DreamBank in Madison, WI.
Click here to watch the video recording in its entirety.
Additional Resources:
Eckhart Tolle: talks about consciousness, ego, awakening, the pain body, etc.
(audio books are recommended)
- A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (listen to/read this one first)
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Michael Stone: mindfulness an Buddhist practices, although you don't have to practice Buddhism to benefit from the work
- https://michaelstoneteaching.com/
Zig Ziglar: talks about improving one's self image, goals, motivation, improving your mental attitude, etc. — listen on audio!
- Search "Zig Ziglar" on Apple Music or Amazon
- Your local library may also have his recordings
The GUTS website: https://gettingunderthesurface.com
Thanks for visiting! And remember, you are not alone ...
In this episode of GUTS, we'll be diving into brewing a better blog with my efficiency-boosting, stress-reducing blogging process.
The process includes six steps to writing blog posts and developing relationships, and this process can also be used for the creation of podcasts and video …
The six steps include:
- The art of writing awesome blog titles
- How to make your content rich and relevant
- How to be the expert, and what to write about
- Use of an engaging image, and adding some SEO to it
- Answering the age-old question: how long should my blog posts be?
- Creating a blog campaign that lowers your stress and makes blogging easier
We'll also talk about things like blog post frequency, and the three magic questions you'll want to answer when writing any kind of content.
Links to more info on blogging
- Learn more about my book, A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing
- Blogging-centric blog posts
In this episode of the GUTS podcast, I had the honor of talking with Tom Ziglar about leadership and about his dad, Zig Ziglar.
Tom is the author of multiple books. His latest is titled: 10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times, which we’ll be digging into today.
Chock-full of insights, my discussion with Tom is relevant for anyone who's a business owner, leader, or on the road to becoming a leader.
TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
- T. Rex managers vs. Coach Leaders
- Why an effective coach gets better results than an effective manager
- We’ll discuss two of Tom’s leadership virtues, Kindness and Selflessness: Why they are so important? And how we can cultivate and incorporate these virtues into daily life?
- Top mistakes leaders make
- Zig Ziglar’s most important lesson
MORE ABOUT TOM:
Tom Ziglar is the proud son of Zig Ziglar and the CEO of Ziglar, Inc. He joined the Zig Ziglar Corporation in 1987 and climbed from working in the warehouse, to sales, to management, and then on to leadership. Today, he speaks around the world; hosts The Ziglar Show, one of the top-ranked business podcasts; and carries on the Ziglar philosophy: “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” He and his wife, Chachis, have one daughter and reside in Plano, Texas.
CONNECT WITH TOM ON SOCIAL
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thezigziglar/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheZigZiglar
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zigl...
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ziglarlife
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZigZiglar
Thanks for listening to the GUTS podcast — stay well!
Welcome to the GUTS podcast.
Today we’ll be diving into part two of our conversation about trauma with Mark Brady, Ph.D.
Mark is a transpersonal neurobiologist, neuroscience educator, and recent throat cancer survivor. He’s also the prize-winning author of a number of books, magazine articles and academic papers and has published The Flowering Brain blog regularly for 14 years.
In part one of the series, we talked about trauma and disease, how to heal from trauma and how to heal emotional trauma — so be sure to check it out if you haven't given it a listen yet.
Some of these trauma topics are also discussed in this episode, along with:
- Stress hormones and how they affect the brain
- Is there such a thing as the compulsion to repeat trauma
- Healthy ways to deal with trauma
- Does the “suck it up” attitude cause trauma on top of trauma?
- Solutions-focused therapy vs. traditional “talk” therapies
- Trauma, grief and acceptance
RELEVANT LINKS
- Visit The Flowering Brain @ https://thefloweringbrain.wordpress.com
- Mark Brady, Ph.D. books: https://amzn.to/3Lbhh4x
- The Anatomy of an Upset, by Mark Brady, Ph.D.
- Trauma & Chronic Illness, by Veronique Mead, MD, MA
Welcome to Getting Under The Surface, episode 10.
WHAT THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT
Today we’ll be talking with a long-time colleague and brain guru, Mark Brady, Ph.D., who I met over a decade ago when I was writing a blog called Daddy Brain. Back then, I interviewed Mark about topics like children’s brain development and positive and negative forms of discipline.
As you may have guessed, today’s topic is brain-centric, and it’s an important one: it’s all about trauma.
Discussion includes:
- How to identify and deal with trauma in healthy ways
- Trauma and disease
- How we can help children deal with, and overcome, trauma
- How movement, mindfulness and meditation positively affect the brain
- Metabolizing the stress hormone
- Becoming more aware of, and moving past, our childhood trauma
MORE ABOUT MARK BRADY, Ph.D.
Mark is a transpersonal neurobiologist, neuroscience educator, and recent throat cancer survivor. He spent 10 years at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, one of the nation’s premier think tanks (according to him: “stalking behavioral scientists in their natural habitat, undercover as the maintenance man!”). He is also the prize-winning author of a number of books, magazine articles and academic papers and has published The Flowering Brain blog regularly for 14 years.
RELEVANT LINKS
- Visit The Flowering Brain @ https://thefloweringbrain.wordpress.com
- Mark Brady, Ph.D. books: https://amzn.to/3Lbhh4x
- The Anatomy of an Upset, by Mark Brady, Ph.D.
- Trauma & Chronic Illness, by Veronique Mead, MD, MA
In this episode of Getting Under The Surface, we'll be exploring — and defining — analog user experience by telling the story of Juan's Food Cart in New York City.
Although this episode is less than 10 minutes long, it's packed with insights as to how a small food cart relates directly to your website, business and relationship development.
Want to learn more useful online marketing tips?Check out my book, A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing.
I often find when people I don’t know try to “connect” with me on LinkedIn, they send a sales pitch just moments after I accept them into my network.
Nobody likes to be sold, not even the people doing the hardcore selling. But the quest for more business — especially if an organization is struggling through a pandemic — can leave professionals blind to the fact that they are essentially walking up to a complete stranger and proposing marriage — not even knowing their name.
This is when selling becomes "smelling."
And it can happen anywhere — on social media, your website, blog, or in the analog world. Avoid it, just as you would an expired container of milk.
In this episode of GUTS, we’ll talk about an alternative to smelling — the art of relationship building.
Links to the books mentioned in the podcast:
- The Little Red Book of Selling
- Go Givers Sell More
- A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing
In this episode of GUTS we’ll be talking with Camille Gerrick — an artist, mom and business owner dealing with chronic health issues.
Topics Tackled Today Include:
- What it’s like to be a neurodivergent artist (we’ll also define the term)
- Being an artist while coping with chronic illness
- The challenges and benefits of being a mom AND a business owner
- How having health issues can complicate things — and how to deal with these issues physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually
- How the “flow state” is essential to Camille’s well-being, and a key component of managing her chronic health conditions
- Helping new artists by sharing how Camille got started, herself, as an artist
More About Camille:
Camille is a neurodivergent artist living in Charlottesville, VA. While her Narcolepsy and ADHD present challenges to running a business (and doing all the normal things grown-ups are supposed to do), she prefers to think of these conditions as her artistic superpowers! Narcolepsey causes her to experience colorful hallucinations during the fuzzy state of awareness between wake and sleep, and ADHD allows her to hyper-focus on the creative process and turn these waking dreams into reality.
Growing up in the 80's & 90's influenced Camille's love of shapes, patterns, and color — especially rainbows.
Her creative practice, specifically time spent in Flow State, is essential to her well-being, and a key component of managing her chronic health conditions.
Camille is also the mom of two kiddos who keep her busy.
Where You Can Find Camille: * Website: www.camilovescolor.com * Facebook: camillegerrick * Instagram: @cami.loves.color * TikTok: @cami.loves.color * LinkedIn: camille-gerrick
Welcome to Getting Under The Surface, Episode 6
In this episode, we talk with Janine Kwoh
Janine is the author of, "Welcome to the Grief Club," which she created after experiencing how hard and complicated grief can be when she lost her partner, Nap. Both Janine and Nap were both in their late twenties when he passed away.
Janine is also the owner and designer of Kwohtations, a Brooklyn-based stationery company and letterpress print and design studio. Kwohtations is an ever-evolving collection of greeting cards and gifts that reflect and celebrate a diversity of identities and life experiences, always with humor and empathy.
Topics tackled include ...
- There is no right or wrong way to grieve
- How to deal with these expectations we put on ourselves to "grieve right"
- How to accept (and not judge) our grieving process
- Acceptable places to cry
- "Being on fire without anyone noticing"
- How to be supportive to a grieving person
- What role can humor play when we are grieving
Visit Janine Kwoh online:
- Website: kwohtations.com
- Instagram: @kwohtations and @welcometothegriefclub
Welcome to Getting Under the Surface, Episode 5
In this episode we’ll explore five questions with Scotty Russell
Scotty is …
- The “side-hustler’s coach,” helping creatives turn their side hustle into a full-time dream hustle.
- He offer’s coaching programs, boot camps, and one-on-one coaching sessions, as well as free resources to help get you started on the road to improvement
- Scotty is also a speaker, and the host of the Side Hustler’s Perspective podcast, which currently has 264 published episodes — which is impressive
- His passion to coach creatives stems from his being an artist and designer himself, which means he understands the challenges and struggles creative individuals face.
Topics we’ll tackle today include:
- What it means to be the side-hustler’s coach, and how Scotty helps the creatives he works with.
- We’ll talk about the concept of “embracing the suck.”
- We’re going to discuss what it’s like to be the dad of young kids AND run your own business.
- And we will tackle fear, and how our guest helps his clients overcome it.
Learn more & get in touch with Scotty:
- Instagram: @coachscottyrussell
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachscottyrussell/
- Podcast: https://coachscottyrussell.com/side-hustlers-perspective
- Website: https://coachscottyrussell.com
If we have a spouse who's sick, or a parent or child for that matter, we can often feel pressure and responsibility to focus on being a caregiver, and forgo caring for ourselves. This is what happened to me back in 2018.
In this episode I talk about my wife's health issues and how I nearly fell apart until I realized my own self care was a critically important thing I needed to practice. Why? Because if I wasn't OK, how could I possibly take good care of my wife, kids, or clients?
In addition to sharing some of the challenges and emotions I've faced, I also talk about the self-care strategies I've developed over the years. Feel free to try what I've done, or develop strategies of your own. Either way, my goal in sharing is to help you get to a better place than you're currently in — and to let you know that you are not alone.
When we're the caregiver for a loved one, "sucking it up," and just "dealing with it," are philosophies that have no place. They don't work, and they don't address our needs, feelings and mental health — which are important, too!
Some of the MANAGEABLE, SUSTAINABLE strategies I talk about are:
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Acceptance
- Exercise
- Joining a mens' group
- Seeing a qualified therapist
I hope the episode helps, and I wish you and your loved one well.
Amanda Weedmark is a Canadian designer, illustrator and business owner who creates and sells nature-inspired stickers, pins, patches and paper goods.
WHAT THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT:
In this episode of Getting Under The Surface, we ask Amanda the following five questions, which are meant to help creatives and business owners, alike, on their professional and personal paths ...
- Why design and illustration — what prompted you to choose this field?
- As a creative, what did your journey look like from HS, to college, to the professional world?
- How did you get into over 90 retail stores across North America?
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- So obviously, you’re an artist AND a business owner. How do these two different facets of you co-exist — and how does one affect the other?
- What is the biggest challenge you have faced (either professionally, personally) and how did you handle it?
MORE ABOUT AMANDA:
- Amanda is inspired by nature and her work is heavily influenced by the simple, funky styles of the 60s & 70s
- Her designs can be found in over 100 brick and mortar shopsacross North America, and she also has an online store: aweedmark.com …
- Website: www.aweedmark.com
- Instagram: @aweedmarkdesigns
Susan is the Chief Behavioral Scientist at The Team W, Inc., a business she founded nearly a decade ago. During our interview she will be sharing insight into behavioral science, user experience, ethics, and how human behavior research can dramatically improve the impact of an organization’s products or services.
Susan works at the intersection of behavioral science and design — and this is an excellent opportunity for business leaders to learn how these methodologies can spark sustainable growth. She will also be sharing some challenges she’s faced over the years, and how she and her team handled them.
Susan's background:
- Ph.D. in Psychology
- Author of many books including, “100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People”
- Chief Behavioral Scientist and CEO at The Team W, Inc
- Co-host of the HumanTech podcast, and writes her own blog and a column for Psychology Today online
- Her clients include Amazon, Disney, Target
Learn more about Susan:
- https://theteamw.com
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanweinschenk/
In this episode, I share how this podcast started manifesting over four years ago, and how my wife's health issues caused me to take a deep look at how (poorly) I was practicing self care.
We'll also discuss some of the topics you can expect to be tackled on the show, including resistance, acceptance, trauma, fear, awareness, and self perception. Taking it one step further, episodes will also cover how our personal experiences affect our professional life.
This show is meant for anyone who is struggling or overwhelmed.
You are not alone, and the goal of this podcast is to provide a safe space for diving into mindfulness, meditation, marketing and professional life (which is all part of the ball of wax of your existence), self care, and relationships — including the relationship you have with yourself.
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