Reach and Reflect: Recent Episodes
Derek Hetzler
Reach and Reflect is a podcast about guiding lost souls, featuring a focus on values, meaning, fulfillment, and tapping into your potential - as spoken by guests who have achieved a respectable position in the domain of their choosing. We invite you to use our guests as landmarks on a map, and your intuition as a compass, to navigate the fantastic journey of life.
Intro - 0:00 Origin Story - 2:17 Path Analysis - 53:48 Tapping into Potential - 1:06:48 Meaning & Fulfillment + Actionable Advice - 1:29:50 Conclusion - 1:56:31
We are back! Episode 7 is here, featuring one of the most vibrant souls I’ve met. We’ll take you through her backstory so you can get a sense of where she’s coming from, her path to working for one of the top investment / asset management firms in the world, and her current vocation as an entrepreneur whose goal is to create even more entrepreneurs! (Also, she moonlights as a hypnotist)
As always we did our best to drop wisdom nuggets and weave actionable advice throughout. Enjoy 🙂
Find Ryden’s contact info below:
- https://www.instagram.com/rydenintotheclouds/
- https://www.instagram.com/leadwithspark/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@leadwithspark
- www.leadwithspark.com -www.lachispaincubadora.com -www.SomoAfrica.org
Intro – 2:33
What is Destined for X? - 6:18
Origin Story - 22:14
Struggles and dealing with values - 54:50
How do you discover what you enjoy? - 01:03:25
Quitting Microsoft with no plan - 1:05:07
Developing appreciation - Living out of a car for 3 years - 1:15:22
Path Analysis - Consequences of valuing others far more than yourself - 1:18:42
Addressing hyper-perfectionism – 1:26:14
Recovering from living out of a car – 1:32:38
Summoning Inspiration – 1:36:55
Tapping Into Your Potential – 1:39:37
Dealing with anxiety – 1:50:49
Meaning & Fulfillment – 1:54:41
Transforming control into playfulness – 2:04:52
What will I care about on my deathbed? – 2:08:00
Religion and Spirituality – 2:25:06
Concluding Actionable Advice – 2:29:25
In spite of being raised in a very low-income household by parents with 4th and 6th grade educations, dedication, grit, and infectiously exuberant passion has led Josh Mendoza to get into Stanford before truly accomplishing his childhood dreams at the age of 27. However, that’s not the most interesting thing about him. Josh is also dedicated to giving back, and founded a non-profit focused on mentoring under-privileged youth, to provide them easier access to the path he blazed. This did not come easily, and he overcame material struggle when living out of his car for 3 years, and today is challenged by both perfectionism and being altruistic almost to a fault. We dive into his story, with the aim of providing you with wisdom he’s gained.
While the episode does not follow the typical format as much as other episodes, letting the conversation flow as it did felt like the right thing at the time.
As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you. Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s. Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please leave a rating or review!
Age: 27
Place of Origin: Southern California
Parents: Dual, Mexican Immigrants
Traditional Path: Tech
Alternative Path: Philanthropy / Entrepreneur
Self-Improvement Practices: Reflection, Weight lifting
Contact info: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/joshmendoza1
Relevant links: http://www.destinedforx.com -> Volunteer tab
Outline with timestamps:
Intro – 0:00
Origin Story – 3:40
Recap of Origin Story – 1:08:55
Path Analysis – 1:17:55
Tapping into Potential – 1:37:40
Meaning & Fulfillment – 1:50:38
Conclusion - Actionable Advice – 2:03:53
Age: 24
Place of Origin: California
Parents: Divorced / American
Traditional Path: USC / Tech Startups
Alternative Path: Meditation / Breathwork / Ayurveda
Self-Improvement Practices: Meditation, Yoga, Breathwork, Weight Lifting, Ayurveda
Contact info: sheischelseamarie@gmail.com
Relevant links:
https://www.chelseamarie.com/
Body of Soul Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/body-of-soul-wellness-spirituality/id1450134180
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zYoX3BYJAjOXibrijDGRA
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/chelsea-marie/body-of-soul-wellnessspirituality
Outline with timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Origin Story (path to Harvard, being seen, assumptions, developing higher perspectives) – 7:06
Path Analysis (dealing with fear, accessing inspiration and flow states) – 1:09:38
Tapping into Potential (resilience, knowing how to ask for help, healthy skepticism for your own ideas, tradeoffs, humility) – 2:03:56
Meaning & Fulfillment (embracing the journey, getting in touch with what calls to you, value structures) – 2:32:18:21
Conclusion & Actionable Advice (time management, social issues and impact) – 2:59:00:00
Age: 24
Place of Origin: South Africa
Parents: Divorced / South African
Traditional Path: Health Tech (current)
Alternative Path: Entrepreneurial (current)
Self-Improvement Practices: Reflection / Meditation
Contact info: joe@joekahn.io
Relevant links: meetkaruna.com
Outline with timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Origin Story – 10:00
Path Analysis – 1:00:00
Tapping into Potential – 1:18:57
Meaning & Fulfillment – 1:39:32
Conclusion & Actionable Advice – 2:09:17
Bio:
Age: 35
Place of Origin: California
Parents: Dual / Immigrants
Traditional Path: Wharton / Banking / Tech (former)
Alternative Path: Plant Healing Facilitation / Nomad (current)
Self-Improvement Practices: Meditation, Yoga, Plant Medicine, Self-inquiry
Contact info: IG - @the.shalman, https://www.1heart.com/
Relevant books: Stealing Fire, The Surrender Experiment
Age: 25
Place of Origin: Tahiti / British Columbia / SF Bay Area
Parents: Dual / Immigrants
Traditional Path: College / Marketing (quit)
Alternative Path: Artist / Medicine Music
Self-Improvement Practices: Meditation, Yoga, Plant Medicine, Music
Contact info:
Relevant links: Click here for here Soundcloud
Ep.1 Alejandro Perez – CFO of Non-Profit, Data Scientist @ Lyft
Hello and welcome to Reach and Reflect, a podcast where we interview guests from both traditional and alternative life paths, with the aim of figuring out, for the benefit of our audience, where they find fulfillment and meaning.
At 27 years old, Alejandro Perez is a CFO for a non-profit that mentors underprivileged youth, Destined for X, as well as a Data Scientist at Lyft. A son of two immigrants, Harvard alumni, and Stanford MS&E Grad school hopeful, he exemplifies the American Dream in more ways than just his personal achievements. Alejandro is a prolific thinker, philanthropist, and lives in a balanced fashion. We will walk through his life’s journey, and do our best to extract and communicate his accumulated wisdom for your benefit.
As always, we ask our audience to check in with how well this guest resonates with you. Resonance may be a sign that your path and purpose is along the same lines as our guest’s. Thank you and if you enjoy this episode please leave a rating or review!
Age: 27
Place of Origin: Miami
Parents: Dual / Immigrants (Nicaragua / Colombia)
Traditional Path: Harvard / Tech
Alternative Path:Philanthropy / Education & Mentoring
Self-Improvement Practices: Meditation / Self-inquiry / Bicycling / Weight-lifting
Contact info: alejandro.perez@destinedforx.com
Relevant links: https://www.destinedforx.com/