Be Real Podcast

Hey guys welcome to episode 30 of the Be Real Podcast! This is the LAST episode of season 1, if any of you have been listening since the first episode of Season 1, DAMN thank you. So much has happened, so much has changed since I launched Be Real at the very end of October 2015. I couldn't be more grateful for all the positive feedback I've gotten, for every single person who's been tuning in, for my amazing guests and for everything I've learned throughout this journey. From business advice to life lessons, to relationship advice, to learning more about myself and my own creative process. I realized the other day that I probably wouldn't have moved to LA if I didn't start Be Real. So my wish for you, as I take a leave of absence between season 1 and season 2 is to just focus on whatever you're doing right now. Find whatever is the most interesting and compelling to you right now and do it. Don't worry about the future. I guarantee if you're doing what feels good and right in the moment, it's going to lead yo

Hey guys, welcome to episode 29 of the Be Real podcast! If you have ever heard of Entrepreneur on Fire then you might be familiar with my guest, Kate Erickson. Just to give you some background, EOFire was founded by John Lee Dumas and started as a 7 day a week business podcast. It has rapidly grown into a destination & resource for aspiring entrepreneurs to seek inspiration and business advice and become a multi-million dollar company. This is where Kate comes in, she runs the backend of the business creating content, engaging their audience and implementing systems and processes to make the company work better. She also has her own EOFire podcast – Kate's Take where she breaks down super valuable tips for implementing the right systems and processes into your own business. In this episode we talk about her 8 year journey to where she is today – that included working at a bank, going back to grad school, loosing a huge promotion, quitting several jobs and more. She also shares some organizational hacks to

Hey guys, today my guest is Kalen Kaminski, expert prop stylist and fonder of Upstate – a home and apparel collection that makes beautiful shibori tye died pieces. Kalen talks moving to New York with no plan right after college and going from being a nanny to having a full time freelance career in prop styling while starting her clothing business. She explains how exactly she broke into the freelance world, how she handles the ups and down of not getting a steady pay check and goes into the woes of being a small business owner – particularly learning how to streamline production. This is a great episode for anyone starting a small business – especially something where you're actually making a product, anyone who wants to get into freelancing or those of you who are just graduating college and are not sure what you want to do after. What I love about Kalen's story is that she stumbled upon these different professions because of her curiosity and interest. It's very evident that her intuition and knowledge that

Find out what happened once I actually moved to LA and why it didn't get any easier. 

Find out the reason I decided to move to LA and how I did it! 

Hey guys, welcome to episode 26 of the Be Real Podcast. Today I have an incredible guest for you. This is by far one of the realest conversations I've had on the show and I cannot wait to share it with you. The lovely lady that I got to interview is Hanna Marie Bier, she is a mentor-master class certified life coach and an emotional healing expert. So if you listen in to these episodes mostly for the entrepreneurial and business advice, do not get scared away by the world emotional. Think about it, as an entrepreneur, a creative or just a regular human being it is incredibly hard to get anything done or function at your highest level when you are emotionally unstable. So when we feel frustrated, anxious, hurt or stressed in order to put that aside and get our work done we tend to numb those emotions. But in this interview you will learn why that doesn't work and get some tips and tools to help you navigate those feelings.  You will also learn: how to work through your guilt about your emotions, somethin

Hey guys, you’re listening to Episode 25 of the Be Real Podcast. My guest today is Morgan Ingram, a 23 year old motivational speaker and entrepreneur who’s mission is to liberate others from their negative thoughts and bring more positivity to the world and our daily lives through motivational videos and social media. In our conversation Morgan dives into how he started a company in college hosting video game competitions, why he left that and started making motivational videos instead and how he’s been growing his audience all over the world. We talk motivation, entrepreneurship, hustle, developing personal skills, overcoming struggle and lots more.   From this interview you will learn: how Morgan keeps himself in check and makes sure he practices what he preaches Why deciding to make a motivational video every single day for 90 days was the best thing he did Why creating content that not everyone will like is a good thing The process he goes through to create videos and write sp

Been sitting on that idea for a while? Does it feel overwhelming to add yet another thing to your "To Do" list? Here is a strategy for actioning your idea in a manageable and fun way! 

My guest today is Jennifer Puno, better known as Puno Dostres. She is the co-creator of Map – a Pinterest meets Google maps website for travelers, People Map an Instagram marketing/list building tool to help grow your account and ilovecreatives, which is sort of like craigslist for creatives. We talk about how she started these projects and has grown them into amazing communities with people from all over the world.  We also go into her background in advertising and how she got burnt out in the corporate world working for Call of Duty and what she did after she quit that gave her a whole bunch of new motivation and inspiration to start creating stuff on her own. Although I’ve just gotten to know Puno in the past few weeks – we met up in Seattle when she was there for an Instagram panel, and again now that I’m here in LA, I can tell that she really is a Just Do It person. She’s such a force of humor, inspiration, good vibes and you just can’t help but laugh when you&rsq

Find out what makes Krystian Leonard, pageant queen, social advocate and award winning author one of the bravest people I know. AND I'm moving to LA!!! Which means no Be Real for two weeks...:( But hang tight because I have lots more amazing episodes for you on the horizon. 

Hey guys! Welcome to Episode 23 of the Be Real Podcast. My guest today is an incredible young woman named Krystian Leonard. She is the president of a non-profit organization called Shining Scars, an award winning author, co-author of the book “10 habits of contagiously optimistic people,” a TED talk speaker, a pageant queen, AND a freshman in college. Not only is Krystian so accomplished but she is also extremely well spoken and tells a damn captivating story.  We talk about how she went from hating who she was because of the multiple surgeries she had growing up that left her with huge scars, to winning beauty pageants and starting a non-profit when she was 15 years old. Krystian explains the extreme bullying she endured because of her scars, how she overcame stigmas and was FINALLY able to accept and love herself despite all the hate from her peers. This is one of the most beautiful and interesting stories of overcoming struggle that I’ve had on the show and its worth every minut

Hi guys! Hope everyone’s having a great Monday, I have an awesome guest for you today – Mina Salib, the founder of Usspire, a media company that aims to inspire ambitious millennial entrepreneurs and give them tools to go out and accomplish their dreams. Mina is super energetic and well known for his ability to make people get off their butts and DO something, so I promise you will feel energized and motivated after listening to this episode. We talk about Mina’s background coming from an Egyptian immigrant family and how he transitioned from almost going to Dental School, to getting his real estate license and becoming an entrepreneur. In this episode you will learn: How Mina started his media company with almost no technical skills How he took calculated risks to make sure he would be able to pick himself up again if Usspire failed How he’s built a community of inspirational people around him and established real, meaningful relationships with them – and steps for how you can

Hey guys, welcome to episode 21 of Be Real! My guest today is Alice Oluyitan, a fashion designer, blogger and podcaster based in London. She is the founder of Gbemi a womenswear brand inspired by London streetwear and 1960’s style. She also runs a blog called Gbemi Girl, a resource for millennial women to find daily fashion and career inspiration, and a podcast called Wear Your Dreams where she interviews the most inspiring, influential women in the fashion and creative scene. Alice is not only the creative mind behind her brands but also incredibly business savvy. In this interview you will learn How she went out on her own after a very short time working in the industry How she knew she was ready to go out on her own What the first thing she did was when she started her own company Why she thinks its important to create more than just a product, but use her brand to promote a message How she makes her business an extension of her personality How she markets her business by building relationships

Hey guys! Welcome to the first Be Real Audioblog. I’m so glad you’re tuning in today and I really hope you like the new content! So you might be thinking, what is an audio-blog, what makes this different from your other episodes? Well, if you’re someone who doesn’t have time to listen to a 45-60 minute long interview every week, or gets bored easily and just wants the main points then this is for you. The purpose of these audio-blogs is to highlight the overarching message from each of my interviews and break it down into actionable steps you can apply to your own life. So these episodes will be short, to the point and super lean – no back stories, no chit chat just pure valuable information. Today’s audioblog is based my latest interview, Episode 20 – Generating Huge Social Impact with seventeen-year-old serial entrepreneur Campbell Erickson. Campbell is the COO and co-founder of Purchasemate, an app that allows you to scan a product at the grocery store and find out

Hey guys welcome to episode 20!  My guest today is one of the most interesting, mature, self-aware and socially conscious high school juniors I’ve ever spoken to. His name is Campbell Erickson, a 17 year old serial entrepreneur from Austin Texas. Campbell set out on his first entrepreneurial endeavor when he was in 7th grade and since then has worked on several socially conscious startups and projects. While at a summer incubator program at MIT, Campbell co-founded Purchasemate – an app that allows you to scan a product at the grocery store and find out the political, social, philosophical and financial stances of the corporation that produced it. This helps consumers make more socially conscious decisions about what they choose to spend their money on. Campbell has also been involved in founding project Zilkr, an online curriculum made to educate and enable young entrepreneurs and A Youth Mind, project that empowers kids in third world countries to tell their stories through photography and

Hey Be Real listeners, welcome to episode 18! I hope everyone had an awesome weekend and I’m so glad you guys are tuning into the show today. My guest today is actually an old friend from high school that I was so excited to reconnect with for this episode. Her name is Stefanie Jung – the health, wellness and fitness guru behind the blog Wholesome Stef. In our conversation Stefanie gets real about how she struggled with an eating disorder for three years before finally opening up to family and friends. After beginning to share her story and realizing she wasn’t alone she created Wholesome Stef, a blog dedicated to helping people live a healthier lifestyle and strive to be their healthiest and happiest self. We talk about the causes of her eating disorder, how it felt to put her story out there for the first time, and why writing about and expressing herself while she was still going through recovery was so therapeutic. We also talk a lot about mindset and that living a healthy lifestyle is n

Hey guys, welcome to episode 18 of the Be Real Podcast! In honor of Valentines day I have an awesome Valentines Day edition of Be Real all about love…but specifically SELF love. My guest is Julia Ford Carther, the powerhouse behind a digital media platform called the Self-Love Formula, the video series Real Talk and a new clothing line called Bammies (or business jammies). Julia and I talk how she went from working at a glossy swim magazine in Miami to running a dating blog, then launching the Self Love Formula. She explains why it took so long for her to come out of her shell, and why she believes its essential to put herself out there and be vulnerable. We talk all about the media’s effect on the perceptions of our own worth, why its so crucial to not only figure out what you WANT in life but how you want to FEEL in life, and why focusing on the who, what and why is more important than the how. Julia shares so much truth and value in this episode. If you’ve been struggling with a lack of

Hey guys welcome to Episode 16 of the Be Real Podcast. I want to give a huge shoutout to Chris, Hanna and Jessica for reaching out to me and giving great feedback on what they like about the show and also what they want to see on the show. Thank you I’m keeping all your comments in mind and doing my best to make them happen!  Today I have two awesome guests for you – Darce Stelly and Shanteria Kemp the founders of Motion Matters Media. They are a film and video service based in Atlanta that strives to create meaningful content and engage the community. In this episode they talk about how they met in college, started working together on fun projects then transitioned these projects into a full time business right after they graduated. These two are such a great team, they’re so enthusiastic, funny, and have so much energy and passion for what they’re doing. I think this would be a great episode if you want to learn how to do start your own business right out of college, work with l