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Button Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 151: O.F.G. DecemberO.F.G. means opportunities for growth. Every situation we experience presents a seemingly infinite number of growth opportunities towards becoming the highest version of ourselves. However, it is up to us to train our minds to identify the opportunities and to integrate our hearts in the process. In this series of episodes, Jeff and Tatsu illustrate their thought processes when triggered by people and events in their lives.
Sensitivity to players as a youth girls softball coach
Quick to fix something and criticizing self
Getting caught in my right v...
2025-12-0929 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 147: O.F.G. NovemberO.F.G. means opportunities for growth. Every situation we experience presents a seemingly infinite number of growth opportunities towards becoming the highest version of ourselves. However, it is up to us to train our minds to identify the opportunities and to integrate our hearts in the process. In this series of episodes, Jeff and Tatsu share their thought processes when triggered by people and events in their lives.
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Attachment to my Japanese identity
Feeling blamed for something I’m not
T...
2025-11-1126 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 143: O.F.G. OctoberO.F.G. means opportunities for growth. Every situation we experience presents a seemingly infinite number of growth opportunities towards becoming the highest version of ourselves. However, it is up to us to train our minds to identify the opportunities and to integrate our hearts in the process. In this series of episodes, Jeff and Tatsu illustrate their thought processes when triggered by people and events in their lives.
Triggered by mosquitoes
Disempowered by disrespect and being unheard
Being able to see the patterns
Triggered by my son
2025-10-1433 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 139: O.F.G. ExplainedO.F.G. means opportunities for growth. Every situation we experience presents a seemingly infinite number of growth opportunities towards becoming the highest version of ourselves. However, it is up to us to train our minds to identify the opportunities and to integrate our hearts in the process. In this series of episodes, Jeff and Tatsu illustrate their thought processes when triggered by people and events in their lives.
Where do we find opportunities for growth?
Noticing our reactionary behavior coming from survival mechanism
Core beliefs driving egoic reaction vs. i...
2025-09-1625 min
Destination AviationEpisode 48 - When the Host Becomes the Guest: Lauren Carter Interviews Jeff MillerThis week on Destination Aviation, the mic flips around as University of North Dakota aviation student Lauren Carter steps into the interviewer’s seat to put host Jeff Miller in the hot seat!Lauren, who is working toward her Bachelor of Business Administration in Airport Management and graduating in May 2026, brings her passion for the industry and unique perspective as a student leader and aviation professional. With experience as a Flight Simulator Dispatcher at UND and time spent on the ramp with Unifi, Lauren understands both the operational and people sides of aviation. She’s also active in o...
2025-07-121h 17Button Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 115: A Lie Is A LieThe truth is, we often don’t tell the truth. We overtly lie, sugarcoat, or omit information more often than we know. We are masters of hiding and manipulating our truth and we’ve been practicing it since we were kids. We are walking hypocrites wanting more transparency everywhere. Perhaps we’re afraid of what the truth will reveal about ourselves and others. In this episode, we explore the behavior of lying as an opportunity to recalibrate the importance of honesty in our lives.
Telling lies seems to be an early trait
White...
2025-03-1829 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 92: The Mirror EffectThe mirror effect is a powerful way to expand self-awareness and proactively engage in personal growth. Ultimately, it shifts full responsibility onto ourselves and empowers us to be at cause for how we show up in the world. In this episode, we discuss this way of relating to the world which has enhanced our lives tremendously.
If you spot it, you got it
Noticing that your reactions are indicators
Judgmental tendencies
The meaning we put on situations and people
Creating awareness around frustration
Understanding the mirror effect as access to peace
Sometimes we need other...
2024-10-0831 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 91: Legal & Practical Myths Of Owning A Business With Shawn GarrettShawn Garrett is the founding attorney of Garrett, PLLC, and focuses on corporate transactions. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Shawn’s practice consists of business formations, M&A activity, contract drafting, and dispute resolution. He has represented companies from pre-revenue to mid-sized entities and investment funds. He frequently presents business law topics and is involved in the business and startup ecosystems in his community. He is also involved with the American Bar Association’s Business Law section as a contributing editor to the Business Law Today publication. We are excited to share his insights with you in this episode.
2024-10-0134 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 90: People-Pleasers Please Stand UpThe ego’s way of manipulating people-pleasing behavior is laughably tricky. Are you aware of such tendencies? At what cost to your authenticity? What is your ultimate goal in people-pleasing or not people-pleasing? Self-awareness of your truth will make clear whether the cost of your behavior is too high to sustain. In this episode, we discuss various aspects of this fascinating behavior.
Wanting to be loved and accepted
Empowered vs. disempowered people pleasing
Sufferers, quitters, and attackers
The Japanese culture and people-pleasing
Awareness of self in the moment
People-pleasing within romantic relationships
Communicating your needs
Fi...
2024-09-2432 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 89: The Monday BluesThe Monday Blues is a feeling most of us have felt throughout our lives. But how deeply have we unpacked this feeling? What is driving this feeling? What judgments do we notice in our minds? This feeling can be a huge clue to improvement and insight. In this episode, we reflect on the Monday Blues and how we relate to it.
The Monday Blues are completely made up
What drives the Monday Blues individually for us?
Fear of misalignment
Fear of redundancy
Lack of purpose perpetuating boredom
Reflecting deeply on the feeling of the blues
...
2024-09-1731 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 88: Leadership FundamentalsWhether we like it or not, we are all leaders in some area of our lives. Especially leaders of ourselves. This is where leadership starts. So, how well are we leading ourselves mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually? What is our image of the ideal leader? In this episode, we discuss some fundamental qualities that are increasingly important for leadership today and in the future.
Evolving your style of leadership
How well do you lead yourself?
Being in integrity
Being humble and vulnerable
Decisiveness and conviction
Mindset of 100% responsibility and ownership
Expectations vs. reality
We can b...
2024-09-1033 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 87: Acting vs. Authenticity with Remy WallaceIn this episode, we have the pleasure of having Remy Wallace share his thoughts on the intersection of acting and authenticity. He grew up in Philadelphia and lived in NY, Los Angeles, and now in Charlotte, NC. Early in his professional career, he chose to quit a promising corporate job in the sports industry to pursue acting and filmmaking. He credits that decision to the many miracles that have taken place since. He and his wife, Natalie, are now full-time parents, partners, and entrepreneurs with huge dreams and aspirations to live a less traditional path while making a massive...
2024-09-0349 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 86: Obligations Can Be DangerousOur obligations in life may feel empowering or disempowering depending on how we relate to them. It is important to identify the obligations that feel misaligned. Then, either reframe the relationship to it or change the situation of the obligation entirely. Obligations are often accompanied by internal and external judgment that can fester and build resentment. In this episode, we discuss some of the nuances around obligation.
Slippery slope with obligations
Gratitude as a reframe
Moral obligations and judgment
Constantly rechoosing mindfully
Should/shouldn’t context
The fallacy of being obligated to follow our inner cr...
2024-08-2730 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 85: There’s No Aging In WisdomCommon images and definitions of aging tend to infer decay or decline of vitality. With it comes a negative or disempowering sense. This may accurately represent change on a purely physical level, but the physical level is often overemphasized in importance. Along with aging comes something far more powerful, wisdom. Wisdom softens the harsh blow of the inevitability of physical decline. What is wisdom? How do we embody it and shift our perspective on aging? In this episode, we discuss the importance of wisdom as we age.
Age gracefully or inelegantly
Listening to your body
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2024-08-2028 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 84: How Grateful Are You Really?We’ve all been told that gratitude is good. However, many of us were not taught the complexities tied to gratitude. For example, the transactional nature of giving and receiving. How do you even give and receive in a healthy way? Is giving more important than receiving? What is abundance and how is it connected to gratitude? What does gratitude feel like? In this episode, we discuss various complexities around gratitude.
Growing up learning to give vs. to receive
A balance of giving and receiving
Being transactional
Generosity may not be generosity.
Gratitude for the ab...
2024-08-1328 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 83: On Masculinity with Alex TerranovaIn this episode, we have Alex Terranova, who guides men to become the leaders their companies and families can be proud of. Alex is deeply devoted to his wife Evin, the family they are creating, and his own personal growth and expansion as a man and leader. Alex is an Executive and Leadership Coach, 2x Author, and Sacred Guide who has helped hundreds of individuals and organizations transcend mental barriers, unlock their boundless potential, and support men in healing, growing, and expanding as leaders at work and home. His unique and effective coaching style has been described as “cutting th...
2024-08-061h 03Button Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 82: Creating Energy AbundanceEnergy is abundant and unlimited. Yet, we are often reminded of the opposite. Battery life, counting calories, exhaustion, and depletion of natural resources are just a few examples. It is valuable to understand what each of us actually needs from an intuitive perspective rather than from an egoic one. Misalignment with our true values, lifestyle, relationships, career, etc. all lead to energy depletion and perpetuate energy scarcity. So, what does alignment look like? In this episode, we discuss the preservation and regeneration of energy through alignment.
Scarcity mindset with energy
Human Design
Optimizing your energy
...
2024-07-3026 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 81: Surrender Is For The Weak!The idea of surrender is often portrayed in a disempowering light. Whether it infers weakness or insufficiency, there is some form of fear that drives the disempowerment. But what if we related to surrender in an empowering way? What if surrender actually expands opportunities for deeper fulfillment, joy, peace, and love? We already know intuitively where we are forcing misalignment in our lives. Surrender is a path to alignment.
Resistance to surrendering
The transition from disempowering to empowering surrender
The constant ebbs and flows of “success”
What are we clinging to?
Surrendering as an access point...
2024-07-2329 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 80: Authentic Marketing with Walter HenryWalter P. Henry started his digital marketing agency in 2010 through a chance encounter at a job interview for an accounting position. Since then, he has also pursued his passions for content creation as a Youtuber and educating others on AI. He has a deep curiosity in areas where technology and humans meet and dedicates his life to sharing this knowledge with others. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and spending time with loved ones. In this episode, Walter shares various perspectives, strategies, and tips on digital marketing in today’s climate.
Unexpected journey in...
2024-07-1639 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 79: Hope Isn't Wishful ThinkingTo embody hope is to embody faith, trust, commitment, and responsibility. Hope is very important in one’s journey towards their highest potential. However, be wary of the things you are hopeful for. What’s the biggest vision you are hopeful for in your personal and professional life? What are you doing or not doing to get there?
Hope is tied to action and faith
Hope comes from self-love
Practicing gratitude and dreaming of something bigger than yourself
Cultivating hope in a romantic relationship
Committing to trust and faith in the thing we’re hopeful for
Wi...
2024-07-0928 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 78: Gold Mining Through ResilienceHow important is resilience to you? What are you resilient for? Avoiding personal difficulties and life’s challenges often hinder personal growth. Bringing awareness to our overall resilience and commitment level toward any aspect of our life can reveal whether or not we are living as purposefully as we want. In this episode, we explore our perspectives and definitions of resilience.
Is there resilience without a profound purpose?
A necessary commitment level
What fuels your resilience?
The more I learn about myself, the more resilient I become
Trials and tribulations
Avoiding vs. leaning into life’s ch...
2024-07-0224 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 77: Judgment Is High RiskThere is so much separation and conflict in the world causing increased judgment. It runs rampant. Race, religion, politics, economic status, culture, and sexual orientation are intense topics infested by deep judgment. Separation and conflict are learned and passed down. Judgment is learned and passed down. Why is there so much separation and conflict in the world? Perhaps separation and conflict originate within ourselves creating self-judgment and, consequently, we mirror it outwardly. In this episode, we explore some nuances of judgment.
Relating to self-judgment in a certain way
Why do we judge ourselves?
When there’s fea...
2024-06-2527 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 76: Wisdom From Injury And SicknessInjury and sickness are powerfully distracting aspects of our human experience. The physical, mental, and emotional impact is undeniable. Uncomfortability comes with the territory. Therefore, we often jump to fixing the problem as soon as possible. We become fixated on the outcome of “back to health” for various reasons. However, what if we fully embraced the recovery process with curiosity? What wisdom could be drawn about our current life circumstances and about who we are?
Patience with the recovery process
Identifying root cause holistically when injured and sick
Reflecting on the bigger picture in hindsight
Major...
2024-06-1823 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 75: On Grief With Dr. Nina TilkaDr. Nina Tilka is a licensed psychotherapist who earned her undergrad and master's degree in psychological research at California State University, Long Beach. She went on to earn her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Biola University. She currently runs her own practice called Belong Therapy. She supports clients through mental disorders and life stressors, and especially loves working with clients through grief. Her passion is to see people get better and flourish (mentally, spiritually, and physically). And find meaning in their lives. In this episode, we discuss various facets of grief.
Her path to practicing...
2024-06-1142 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 74: The Flow StateWhen’s the last time you were in a state of flow? How would you describe it? How did it feel? When we get a taste of that divine sense of ease, we tend to try to re-create it and reverse engineer our actions leading up to the flow. Interestingly enough, attempts at controlling and overanalyzing work against flow, like trying to swim against the current. In this episode, we discuss nuances of the flow state and our relationship to it.
Being present without forcing presence
Trying to duplicate the flow state
Letting go of cont...
2024-06-0429 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 73: Embracing ChangeChange can be challenging and exciting. Regardless, change will continue to happen and much of it is out of our control. Rather than resist change, we can choose to embrace it. Easier said than done of course. Understanding our fears, listening to our intuition, and practicing the courage to show up in alignment with our true selves are critical to embracing change. In this episode, we discuss our thoughts about change and recent challenges.
Disempowered vs. empowered relationship to change
Things out of our control
Change rocks our identity
My most recent biggest change
Cultivating a...
2024-05-2827 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 72: The Comfort ZoneThe comfort zone is dynamic and constantly changing. Our awareness of the edge and intention to push the edge outward is critical for growth. Pushing the edge creates stress on our minds and bodies. Therefore, doing so with a big purpose and deep meaning would be valuable to transmute the stress into further inspiration. The compounding of stress for little purpose is unsustainable and unfavorable. In this episode, we explore nuances of the comfort zone.
Stepping into and out of the comfort zone
It takes time to create a comfort zone
The comfort zone is con...
2024-05-2130 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 71: Start With ForgivenessForgiveness may sound simple, but it’s not easy. And it requires a tremendous range of self-awareness and deep connection to the heart. Self-forgiveness may be the access point to the peace, joy, fulfillment, creativity, and purpose we are all searching for. Therefore, it may be one of the most powerful practices for humans. Said this way, it doesn’t sound so simple anymore.
Forgive and forget?
Different levels of forgiveness
Awareness of attachment to the past
Head vs. heart
Forgiving self before others
Forgiveness is a process
Expanding awareness around feelings of resentment, shame, and...
2024-05-1429 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 70: Reframing FailureWe typically have a strong aversion to identifying as a failure. Many of us learned to fear failure at an early age because it meant an ocean of disempowering beliefs about ourselves. The word fail is laced with judgment and shame. And this has been passed down for generations. But what if we recreated our relationship to failure? How would our way of being shift? How much more could we grow? In this episode, we discuss nuances surrounding failure.
Disempowering relationship to failure
Failure defined early on including through public education
Failing vs. being a...
2024-05-0731 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 69: What Distracts You?Distractions can help and hurt us. How aware are we of the distractions all around us? Are we making excuses for distractions to validate them? Are we using distractions to avoid commitments? It is important to periodically assess whether our activity and inactivity are in alignment with our commitments and goals.
Distractions from what?
Intention with choice
Habits and distractions
Commitments and your what for?
Judgment of self and others can be a distraction
Identifying priorities holistically
Awareness of automatic behaviors and avoidance
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2024-04-3030 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 68: What’s The Vulnerable Support You Need?How practiced are you at asking for support? How clear are you about the support you actually need? Many of us are conditioned to be good at giving help and offering it but not at receiving help or asking for it. Offering to give help and asking to receive help are doorways to deeper connection and intimacy. However, an overall imbalance in giving and receiving support can create depletion and stagnation of energy. Further, getting supported on a surface level is entirely different from on a deeper vulnerable level.
Vulnerability in asking for support
Being...
2024-04-2329 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 67: What’s Your Legacy?What do you want to create and leave for the world? We all make an impact in the world simply by being alive. But is your impact fulfilling to you adequately? What legacy do you want to leave while you’re alive? Exploring this can expand the level of purpose and fulfillment you create in your life.
Why care about legacy?
Living through personal core values
What’s your agenda?
Transparency with your agenda
Creating your legacy and other people’s opinions
What would you like your obituary to say?
The legacy you want to leave...
2024-04-1627 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 66: Work Ethic Not Simply Good Or BadIt is important to be aware of what drives our work ethic. Is it fear, inspiration, or commitment? Maybe a combination of those or something else? Without awareness, we may be on a path to depletion, resentment, and disempowerment. Are we taking the appropriate aligned actions toward our desires and goals? In this episode, we discuss various nuances around work ethic.
Just working hard is depleting
Work ethic with intention
Commitments and inspiration
Fear driving work ethic
Obligations tied to outcomes
Grinding sustainably
The importance of well-being with work ethic
2024-04-0927 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 65: Desire...Don't Get It TwistedDesire is a powerful driver that gets us moving in a certain direction. And we often attach an end goal to it to pursue. Therefore, it is understandable that desire can lead us to frustration, disappointment, or disempowerment if the goal was not reached or was anti-climactic. Desire is often misunderstood as true love and can point us to coping mechanisms that attempt to fill unmet needs. It can be a powerful practice to take an honest look at what we are desiring and what it is that we truly deeply want.
Desire vs. true...
2024-04-0230 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 64: What's Your Life's Purpose?When we think about purpose, we typically think about what we are doing and an outcome or goal. It is typically externally focused. For example, raising kids, career choice, buying a house, exercising for good health, etc. But when we reach the goal, we often find ourselves asking “What’s next?” And the external chase continues. So, what is at the core of what we want in life? In other words, what is our unique quality of being that we most want to give to the world? In this episode, we discuss the importance of moving into deeper layers of our...
2024-03-2629 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 63: Consistency Can Help And HurtWe are aware that consistency of action creates habits and can improve the probability of achieving goals. However, consistency can also block you from achieving goals. It is important to be aware of the things with which we are currently consistent. If we want to continue evolving and reinventing ourselves, we need to continue expanding self-awareness of the habits we repeat.
Consistency can help or hurt you
What’s the goal you actually want?
Consistent action strengthens belief
Blocks to being consistency
Immediate gratification
Staying curious about the choices you make
Support structures
Leadership can le...
2024-03-1934 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 62: Oh Joy, Oh Joy!The roller coaster ride of happiness and sadness can be emotionally draining when we try to control what we cannot. We are less swayed by the highs and lows of daily life as we cultivate a deeper sense of joy. In this episode, we discuss the importance of cultivating more joy and approaching it with a long-term mindset.
Differentiating joy and happiness
Happiness is externally driven
Bringing joy everywhere
Cultivating self-care as a foundation for joy
The beingness of joy as a foundation for overcoming hard times
Personal blocks to becoming joy
Reframing your circumstances
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2024-03-1228 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 61: Check Yo Self-Talk!Positive self-talk is a critical factor in creating a life full of deep joy, fulfillment, and peace. Yet, this is not commonly taught in schools nor is this highly emphasized in many homes across the world. If we are not aware of our self-talk and actively editing it to serve our highest potential, chances are that negative self-talk is monopolizing our minds. Misaligned relationships, career, financial status, and poor self-care are external evidence of our negative self-talk. In this episode, we discuss some nuances around self-talk.
Noticing generational self-talk
Correlation of self-talk and action
Diluting...
2024-03-0530 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 60: Are You Really Listening?How do you listen? What are you listening for? Do the people around you feel understood by you? As with other aspects of communication, listening is multifaceted and dynamic. With so many distractions in the world, we often do not even listen to ourselves. In this episode, we discuss insights into the complexity of listening and its correlation to fear and scarcity.
Different types of listening
Talking in your own head
Active listening to deeply understand vs. to showcase listening
Quieting the mind
Listening to “fix” vs. to understand what the other person really wants
Corr...
2024-02-2726 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 59: Staying HumanTechnology has been both a blessing and a curse to the human race. It has generally improved our lifestyles with efficiency and comfort. However, it has also distracted us away from our humanity. Based on history and the current world we live in, we seem to be headed towards a very rude awakening because of our extreme clinging to the physical world. Our inner work towards self-realization will help us ease the suffering when more jobs are replaced by robots and A.I. It will also help remind us of the true value we bring to the world as...
2024-02-2031 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 58: Truth Is A Loaded Word!How honest are we to ourselves and others moment by moment? How honest do we want to be? Honesty is often a challenge because we may not be clear about our truth or we may be afraid to tell the truth. We individually have a relative truth based on our actual experiences and chosen beliefs. Every single person’s relative truth is distinct. So there is no surprise that an automatic gap in “truth” exists that is unclear and confusing. If we want deeper connection and intimacy in our lives, the journey towards embodying honesty is paramount. And this includ...
2024-02-1333 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 57: Intimacy: Why So Scary?Why are we so resistant to deeper intimacy whether emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual? Many standards that are set, for example socially, culturally, and gender-wise, add layers to how we relate to ourselves and each other. More separation leads to less intimacy. Less intimacy is often expressed as misunderstandings, misalignment, and generally less connection. Jeff and Tatsu discuss some nuances of intimacy.
At the core of intimacy is owning and sharing truth
Intimacy is risky
Cultivating intimacy with yourself first
It is what it is
Accepting and acknowledging my feelings and thoughts
Staying curious rather...
2024-02-0629 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 56: 100% Responsibility?Many nuances around ownership and responsibility lead to misunderstanding both within ourselves and with other people. The confusion of expectations runs wild. Where are we overstepping our responsibility? Where are we not taking on enough? Jeff and Tatsu explore a broader empowering perspective that helps to simplify our relationship to ownership and responsibility.
Ownership from a burdensome perspective
Ownership vs. control
Control and attachment
A lot of times we’d rather be “right” than be responsible
Not taking on enough ownership and responsibility
Owning your commitment to who you want to be
Taking inventory of how we’...
2024-01-3027 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 55: Express Yourself AuthenticallyAre you more often practicing authentic or inauthentic self-expression daily? How do you know which? Expanding awareness of our past conditioning and current identities will point to ways we are showing up inauthentically. The more we learn to authentically express ourselves everywhere every day, the more passionately and meaningfully we can engage with life. Jeff and Tatsu begin to scratch the surface of this important topic.
A pathway to the liberation of our spirit
Noticing how we express ourselves, the “false you” and “true you”
What’s driving your self-expression?
“Who am I?” vs. “Who do I need to be...
2024-01-2328 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 54: That’s Not Fair!Fair vs. unfair is a paradigm greatly influenced by past conditioning. How tightly we cling to either stance greatly impacts our way of being and experience of the situation. Clinging onto this paradigm typically leads to disempowerment because it encourages judgment (of self and others) and no one lives a life that is deemed 100% fair anyway. We can drop the fair vs. unfair paradigm completely, if we choose to, and focus on a perspective that encourages growth rather than feeding the ego’s silly games.
Fairness is a matter of perspective
What game are you pl...
2024-01-1634 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 53: How Do You Want To Live?Why start a business of your own? The reasons vary from person to person. But anyone who started their own business or is considering to do so probably felt that there’s more to life than just working a regular job. Entrepreneurship is a journey of self-realization and creating an alternate lifestyle that we weren’t taught in school. The world has changed significantly over the last 30 years and additional income streams are becoming increasingly necessary to have. There are also many more opportunities, information, and resources out there to support business ownership than ever before. We discuss some of o...
2024-01-0933 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 52: You Want The Blue Pill Or Red Pill?The lens through which you see the world shapes your reality. In coaching, we refer to this lens as context or paradigm. Understanding our contexts, therefore, is one of the most powerful practices we can take on throughout our lives. Yet, many people fall too attached to any number of contexts that no longer serve their highest potential. Whenever we are feeling stuck, frustrated, angry, sad, anxious, or uninspired, we are experiencing an opportunity to shift our context or paradigm.
Seeing our current contexts
Common contexts
What roles are our contexts and paradigms playing in...
2024-01-0224 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 51: Out Of Bounds?Being intentional about boundary setting can be crucial to success in all areas of life. There are so many distractions in today’s digital world in addition to rampant codependency and lack of self-love. Are the boundaries that you set adequate for reaching your highest potential? In this episode, we dive into various nuances around boundary setting and its importance.
People pleasing and neglecting personal boundaries
Self-awareness as a first step in identifying boundaries
Personal safety as the minimum boundary required
Boundaries to support alignment with personal aspirations and purpose in life
You can’t full...
2023-12-2630 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 50: Are You Ready To Be Complete And Let Go?Completion is a process that involves reflection, expression of emotions, acknowledgment, responsibility, and truly letting go. Many of us are conditioned to “move on” prematurely which results in carrying burdensome energy into the future. Ultimately, this burdensome energy negatively impacts all of our decisions and relationships. In this episode, we scratch the surface of the concept of completion and its importance.
Why practice completion at all?
The payoff for not letting go of burdensome energy
We’re conditioned to focus on the next, the next, the next
Completion isn’t about fixing something or someone
Completi...
2023-12-1931 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 49: Intuition? Or Mind Tricks?What is intuition? How do we develop a deeper connection to it? Intuition is like our own unique compass to navigate life, but we typically have little or no guidance on how to listen to it. This topic will be more widely discussed globally in the coming years as people better understand its power and shift out of living a life with which they are unaligned. In this episode, we discuss some high-level nuances of intuition.
How do we navigate intuition, logic, and decision-making?
Breaking down our old conditioning
Intuitive hits and inner knowingness
Courage...
2023-12-1229 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 48: How Deep Is Your Vision?Grand vision first, then goals. We often hear the micro emphasis on goals without ample reflection on the macro big vision. This may perpetuate the lack of clarity around our purpose and deeper Why. Visioning and goal setting is a deeply thoughtful powerful process. Even so, we regularly block this process with daily distractions and limiting beliefs. Today, we have a better opportunity than ever before to align with a grand vision that expresses the most authentic version of ourselves.
Vision came first, then goals as a byproduct
Parents being a model of vision
Correlation...
2023-12-0530 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 47: Patience Is A Virtue! So What Then?Is patience important? Why? We generally are not taught the intrinsic value of patience throughout our childhood. This conditioning impacts us significantly into adulthood. Understanding and embodying patience are very different. Patience is one of the most powerful qualities that a human can embody in this lifetime.
Disempowering relationship to patience
Patience with self and others
Being lit up and patient at the same time
Kids being unaware of the importance of leaning into the process
How do you define patience?
Teaching the definition of patience to kids
What to gain from practicing patience
Impatience...
2023-11-2831 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 46: Where Does Your Motivation Come From?Although external motivation is great, it keeps us reaching outside of ourselves in order to keep it going. This tends to be exhausting, unsustainable, and disempowering in the long run. Increasing intrinsic positive motivation and depending less on external motivation helps to create a healthier and empowered life. We discuss nuances between internal vs. external motivation, and positive vs. negative.
External and intrinsic motivation
Inspirational pull energy vs. angry push energy
Internal high standards to be the best version of yourself
External feedback
Consistent effort and enjoying the process
Creating metrics everywhere to stay motivated
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2023-11-2130 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 45: Back To The Future?Thoughts about the past and future are seemingly unavoidable and ironically the reason why fear exists beyond physical self-preservation. Most of us probably spend too much time being influenced by thoughts of the past and future. So, how engaged are we in the present moment without analysis? We discuss some interesting dynamics around grappling with the past, present, and future.
Looking at the past to see patterns impacting the present
Thoughts of the past and future create fear
Neglecting the present experience
Believe, create, then see
Embracing the past, present, and future in an empowering...
2023-11-1429 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 44: Life Is Risky BusinessHow we relate to risk greatly impacts the quality and depth of our happiness. At what cost are we taking or not taking risk? We discuss our relationship to risk both empowering and disempowering.
Risk aversion is situational
General negative association with the word risk
Perspective on risk from fear or inspiration
The risk of marriage
Logic is not really logical
Being aware of our internal discernment process
The risk of not fully expressing oneself authentically
Cultivating a breakthrough with risk
Boredom and contentment as clues to try something new
Some choices are more limiting...
2023-11-0730 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 43: Leverage Good Or Bad?A negative and positive definition of leverage can both be found in the dictionary. How confusing is that? Regardless, we get to decide how we define it and empower it. We discuss the scarcity mindset around leverage and how it hinders growth.
Growing up with a negative relationship with the word leverage
Creating an empowering perspective of leverage
Resourcefulness and collaboration
Leveraging talents, time, and resources together with others
Negative relationship to leverage rooted in scarcity mindset
People’s relationship with leverage shows in their way of being
Impact of leverage on networking, building relationships, au...
2023-10-3129 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 42: What’s Loyalty Worth?Loyalty typically carries a positive meaning. However, it is worth taking a closer look at our definition to confirm that it is aligned with our highest selves. Otherwise, our relationship to loyalty could actually be hindering our ability to build ourselves and our relationships. We discuss various nuances of loyalty that may be empowering or disempowering.
Experiencing disloyalty and getting hurt
Relationship to loyalty can be tricky
Loyalty to misaligned people or jobs
Understanding the game and understanding how you play it
Loyalty to authentic self
The trap of relating to loyalty as transactional
Fear...
2023-10-2431 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 41: Lookin' For Good In All The Right PlacesWe live in a society that has many cues to reinforce a scarcity mindset. This teaches us to compare ourselves with others, often through disempowering judgment. We can break out of this cycle if we choose to. We discuss connections between a scarcity mindset, self-judgment, judgment of others, and lose/lose situations. And we emphasize the fulfillment of uplifting each other which leads to win/win scenarios.
Judging what’s good and bad, right and wrong
Self-judgment leading to outward projection
Honestly and humbly looking for the good in people
Choosing to uplift each other
Sc...
2023-10-1729 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 40: Hey, You Owe MeWe are generally conditioned to be transactional in our relationships. The phrase “give and take” is a prime example of this. But we are not taught that this is a trap. We discuss the subtleties of the give-and-take paradigm. A person’s beliefs around this paradigm will greatly hinder or enhance the depth of relationships.
Relating to give and take as keeping score
The trap of the give-and-take paradigm
Transactional expectations
Using give and take for the purpose of deepening authentic relationships
Energy projected with a hidden agenda
Allowing and receiving
Learning to receive fully
Not le...
2023-10-1032 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 39: Identity CrisisIdentity is tricky because much of our identity was conditioned from an early age. Identity is an ongoing evolutionary process. It is important to regularly discard and/or redefine those that no longer serve our highest potential. We discuss how our identities have evolved over time and how we now prioritize our identities based on core values.
Awareness of our identities, some we like and some we don’t like
Playing around with your identities and having fun with it
Intentionally choosing your identities because of deep meaning
Identity and past conditioning
Confusion between who yo...
2023-10-0332 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 38: Are You Really Connecting?Connection is an increasingly important part of life to expand opportunities and fulfill our life’s purpose. Our perspective on and vision for connecting with others will greatly impact the depth and number of meaningful relationships we create. We discuss the evolution of our mindset around connection and the value connection brings to our lives now.
Why connect with people?
Blocks to connection
Surface level and deeper level
Intention with deeper connection and the bigger vision
The significance and synchronicities through connection
Being of service and adding value to others
We fundamentally crave being seen an...
2023-09-2629 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 37: Consistent Self-Care Is Vital!Self-care is often overlooked, especially when life gets busier with distractions. Being intentional about self-care and understanding its importance is paramount for living a healthy and full life. We discuss the impact on ourselves and others of establishing a foundational self-care routine. Self-care is far more significant than just a means to get you through the day, week, or to your next vacation.
What does self-care look like for you?
Old belief that self-care is weakness
Modeling self-care for others
Impact of hustle culture
Physical, mental, spiritual self-care
Identifying non-negotiables for your routine
Tracking your...
2023-09-1931 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 36: If You Build It, They Will ComeBuilding relationships is one of the most important skills we can learn as human beings. It starts with building a deep relationship with ourselves. Who do we authentically want to become aside from societal conditioning? We discuss the importance of building relationships and shifting from surface level to intentional deep meaningful relationships. Quality relationships provide access to limitless possibilities.
Not knowing the importance of building quality relationships early on
Lots of surface level relationships during childhood
Kids streaming programs today are shifting their mindset
Entrepreneurship more accepted today requiring collaboration
Correlation between building yourself and...
2023-09-1232 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 35: Where Do You Stop Trusting?Trust is a key core value in any strong relationship, team, or organization. Noticing our relationship to trust reveals our ability to build deep, meaningful relationships. We share our relationship to trust and mindset around cultivating more trust in our lives.
Can you love control and also be trusting?
Lack of trust because of fear
Trusting others starts with self-trust
Easier to give others more grace than myself when things go “wrong”
We weren’t taught how to trust our intuition
Guiding children to connect with their intuition
“Trust is easy to lose, hard to gain”
Tr...
2023-09-0931 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 34: Network Marketing For What?Network Marketing (aka Multi-Level Marketing) is one of the most misunderstood industries today. People’s self-image, ego, and ability to discern what’s personally aligned plays a fundamental role in success in this industry. We share our journeys toward an empowering relationship with network marketing and our discernment process.
Myths around network marketing and multi-level marketing businesses
Myth #1: Pyramid schemes
Myth #2: Early entry creates an unfair advantage
Myth #3: People in networking marketing sell and push to friends and family
Any short-term success is not worth the long-term headache
Keys to look for in any business: trac...
2023-08-2933 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 33: Ain’t No Body BetterIn a world of comparison, it’s easy to default to a disempowered relationship to our bodies. Clearly, our bodies aren’t just simple functional machines created to do our mind’s bidding. They’re much more intelligent. We discuss cultivating a relationship with our bodies that integrates our entire being.
Body guilt and shame
Expectation vs. reality
Treating my body as a slave to my mind and ignoring its voice
Listening to our body
Being mindful about external factors affecting our body
Accepting the entirety of ourselves
How we feel about our body impacts how we s...
2023-08-1531 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 32: We Are FamilyThe family dynamic is often muddled with judgement and expectations. How we define family and relate to it is a choice. We discuss some myths, patterns, and stereotypes of family dynamics.
Lack of appreciation of time with family
Definition of family evolves
Blood is thicker than water?
When times are tough, who has your back?
Challenges with relationship to family
Seeing eachother as who we are innately vs. judging conditioned patterns
Cultivating the global human family
Family behavior starts with the parents, as kids learn from observing
The ripple effect
Noticing and being aware, then...
2023-08-0833 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 31: Relationship to SelfDue to conditioning from the outside world, many of us are not living our true selves. How intentionally are you cultivating your relationship to self? We explore our relationship to self in the past and present.
Self-judgement and playing the externally driven game
How do we know what’s true for us?
Logic vs. intuition
Checking in with yourself for clarity
Balancing coherence between intuition and judgement
Deciding first on a direction in alignment with true self before the details
What’s next for your relationship to self?
Not being your true self is too much...
2023-08-0134 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 30: No Diggity No DoubtDoubt doesn’t necessarily have to be something negative. It can be used to your advantage if you choose to. Where does doubt show up in your life and how do you relate to it?
Doubt is like a peephole into fear.
The iceberg metaphor.
Inserting curiosity between doubt and fear.
Doubt and fear can be healthy.
Relationship between results and doubt.
Never questioning things is dangerous.
Checking-in with yourself through curiosity.
The powerful impact of processing doubt.
Moving from doubt to trust.
Connect with Jeff:Website: htt...
2023-07-2530 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 29: Travel For What?Integrating who you are being while on travel into daily normal life can be a transformative process. What excites us about travel? Are we traveling as a way to escape and numb, to grow, or maybe both? We explore perspectives of intention on travel.
Memorable trips.
How do we relate to travel?
Integrating the learnings from travel back into daily life.
Intentionally creating travel experiences with planning.
Gratitude before and while traveling.
Having a deeper intention to trips.
Connecting deeper with the locals as well as the people you’re traveling with.
Connecting with yourself while tra...
2023-07-1832 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 28: Coaching 101Coaching can transform your life and worldview, but only if you want it. It is not a need, but a want. We discuss our purpose and role as life and business coaches. In addition, we explore our perspectives on the impact of coaching.
Valuable lessons from sports coaches from our past.
What coaching is to us now.
The way of being of “coach” is applicable everywhere.
The role of a life and business coach, different from other coaches.
Coaching isn’t about giving advice.
Coaching dealing with the subconscious.
Why we pursued coaching.
Holistic approach to pers...
2023-07-1131 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 27: Are You A Quitter?Shifting your relationship to quitting requires clarity around commitments. The decision to quit something is often influenced by wanting to “fix” uncomfortable feelings immediately. Other times, the decision can be empowering in service of love and well-being.
A negative connotation to quitting.
Choosing an empowered perspective on what’s working and not working.
Approaching quitting with curiosity.
The feeling of quitting is a symptom of a need not being met.
Lots of accountability needed with commitments.
From quitting to pivoting.
Quitting is a habit.
Stopping something without integrity to a commitment. The “feel good trap.”
Immediate...
2023-07-0431 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 26: All I Do Is Win!Sharing and not sharing wins is laced with our conditioning since childhood. What do we notice about ourselves as we create those opportunities? Are you sharing or not sharing wins from love or fear? We discuss our relationship to wins and losses since childhood and how it has shifted.
Being intentional about noticing wins.
Sharing wins with certain people.
Judging our wins.
When I win, someone else loses.
Experiencing losses more fully than wins.
Masking wins as humility.
Shifting our relationship to wins.
Sharing our wins gives permission to others to do the same.
Rhabdomyolysis.
2023-06-2728 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 25: Anger Is Bad, Sadness Is WeaknessAnger and sadness are two sides of the same coin. The healthy expression of both is critical to human well-being, but we’ve generally been conditioned to vilify these emotions. We explore our experiences with anger and sadness.
Reactionary vs. intentional release of emotions.
Anger is bad, sadness is weakness.
Are you more comfortable with anger or sadness?
Willingness to practice anger and sadness on purpose.
Awareness of emotions coming up.
What’s on the other side of expressing “forbidden” emotions?
Expressing emotions is well-being.
Lack of education around processing emotions.
2023-06-2034 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 24: Reinvent YouReinvention can be an exciting and liberating process of authentic self-expression if you’re up for the journey. We explore how reinvention looks and feels, and why we do it.
Being stagnant or complacent leads to reinvention.
Reinvention is an empowering and thoughtful process.
Becoming the person you want to become.
Humans don’t like change or uncertainty.
Openness creates experiences and leads to more possibilities.
Clarity around who I am now vs. who I truly want to become.
Willingness to undertake the process of reinvention.
Improving things that are already good.
It’s ok to rec...
2023-06-1330 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 23: True Transparency Or Smoke And Mirrors?Our definition and relationship with transparency is very layered. How transparent are we with ourselves and with other people? Are we using transparency as an excuse to protect fears or express ourselves lovingly? We explore various layers of transparency and our relationship to it.
Honesty as an introduction to transparency.
Communicating the facts AND feelings about a situation.
Withholding feedback as dishonesty.
Brutal honesty as a fix for withholding feedback.
Mind and heart/spirit integration for full transparency.
Fears getting in the way of being transparent.
Practicing transparency and owning how it lands.
Having the...
2023-06-0631 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 22: Ego Trippin’The clever ego is always trying to protect our fears with excuses, stories, and justifications. But how aware are we of its shenanigans? We explore some of the dynamics between ego/mind and heart/spirit.
Being self-aware of the ego at play.
From “me” to “we.”
Getting your ego checked and rebuilding identity.
Ego’s reaction of defense and justification.
Seeing the patterns and reflecting on them.
If you spot it, you got it.
Transactional relationships are ego-driven.
Head-based decisions vs. heart and intuition-based decisions.
Finding the balance with logic and faith.
...
2023-05-3033 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 21: The Bigger Picture With DisciplineA disempowering meaning is often associated with discipline. It can be valuable to redefine it. We explore some of the layers of how discipline shows up in our lives.
Discipline in culture.
Discipline from obligations vs. from wants.
The fine line between discipline and rigidity.
Self-awareness around attachment to rigidity.
Lack of results connected to inaction due to a lack of discipline.
Confusing passion for the outcome with passion for the steps towards the outcome.
Lack of a vision big enough to inspire discipline.
Having an empowering definition of discipline.
2023-05-2335 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 20: Resentment Can Be TrickyThe stories we make up about the past can help or hinder us. We have the opportunity to make a conscious choice to shift our relationship with resentment. We discuss some of the complexities of resentment.
Resentment and victim energy.
Pain pushes until vision pulls.
Using resentment as fuel with intention.
Holding onto something in the past with negative emotions hinders big progress forward.
Negative experiences as a springboard to make positive change.
Making a conscious choice to change the stories of the past.
“Negative” emotions get a bad reputation.
Shifting our relationship to resentment.
Judgment and qu...
2023-05-1636 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 19: Transformation Is A ChoiceTranformation is scary and rough. It is also necessary to reach our highest potential and contribute our greatest impact on the world. We discuss the importance of choosing transformation.
Defining moments of transformation.
Transformation starts with an external invitation or calling from within.
Patience with the process.
Why even transform in the first place?
Staying in the comfort zone and taking the easy route.
Putting down the fear of transformation.
Questioning your fear and understanding its intent.
Transformation is a service to the world.
A vision of society that embraces transformation.
2023-05-0933 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 18: Running Out Of Time?Time is interesting in that we can never get it back, we all have the same amount of it, and we all need to use it. Yet, it’s just made up. We discuss our interesting relationships with regard to time.
Scarcity relationship to time.
Time efficiency and rigidity.
Time is an illusion.
Innate sense of urgency with limited time.
Shifting your relationship to time as you grow.
Quality time.
Play and experiment with our relationship with time.
Empowering our use of time.
Time being attached to presence.
A level playing field when it comes to tim...
2023-05-0232 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 17: How Empowering Are Your Habits?Habits shape our lives through consistency. They either empower or disempower us. We discuss the importance of creating habits that support the growth you want.
Influence of parents’ habits.
Learning structure through sports.
Procrastination.
Being aware of and intentional about our habits.
Habits because of obligation vs. habits created.
Tying habits to your What For?
Importance of having support to empower habits.
Distinction between a wish and a dream.
Creating support for your habits.
Willpower isn’t reliable.
Habits seen as an obligation can lead to quitting.
Connect with...
2023-04-2532 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 16: What Are You Actually Committed To?How we define commitment plays a major role in how we show up for those commitments. The impact can be life-changing. We discuss the connection between commitments and life’s purpose.
Empowered or disempowered view of commitment.
Commitment being long-term.
Reminding yourself of why you chose to do what you do.
Committing to myself.
Having grace instead of trying to be perfect.
Intention around how I’m being while fulfilling commitments.
Commitments being clear or unclear.
Being fully present and connected.
Be. Do. Have.
Waking up to your purpose and high level commitments.
Quitting on yourself.
Respo...
2023-04-1831 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 15: Needs vs. WantsHaving awareness of our needs vs. wants can be powerful and tricky. As our level of awareness grows, so will our discernment around needs vs. wants. We discuss the importance of distinguishing needs vs. wants.
What’s the distinction?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Distinguishing wants beyond baseline needs.
What we really want are the feelings that things give us.
Slippery slope of wanting something to fill a void.
What we need vs. want from people.
Establishing what we really need beyond baseline takes time.
Getting out of comfort requires a burning desire.
The process of pursu...
2023-04-1133 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 14: Choose Your Association/Tribe Wisely!Awareness and intentionality around who and what you associate with are critical factors in living in alignment with the best version of yourself. We discuss association and its impact on your life.
How do you define association or tribe?
The importance of mentors.
Awareness around the impact of family members.
Association with things other than humans.
Knowing when your Being shifts negatively and the causes.
Being intentional about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.
Gratitude for the association we design in our lives.
Your association or tribe is a reflection of your self...
2023-04-0431 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 13: To Dream Or Not To Dream?We often learn to diminish our dreams at a young age, but we can take responsibility and choose to reignite the fire within. We discuss mindset around dreaming big, small, or not at all.
Being a dreamer vs. practical. Saying yes first and figuring it out after.
Dreams being limited by the people around us.
The sticker business squashed.
How early do we stop dreaming?
Choosing to dream again.
Pushing down the drive and fire inside of you.
Joy comes from the pursuit of a worthwhile dream.
Valuing yourself enough to dream.
Dreaming is free.
The b...
2023-03-2831 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 12: What Culture Will You Create?Culture is vast and dynamic. It can be deep-rooted as well as superficial. And it is something we get to create. We touch on the interconnectedness of cultures and their impact on us.
Bento boxes and cafeteria food.
Identifying with multiple cultures.
Carrying forward cultural values rather than superficial aspects of culture.
Creating your own culture regardless of family history.
Pop culture and technology shifts impacting overall culture.
Hip-Hop culture’s impact on our lives.
Current communication tools diluting the quality of communication.
Are we leveraging technology or is it leveraging us?
Self-awareness and intention ar...
2023-03-2131 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 11: Inspiration Leads To PossibilityWhat truly lights you up? Where does your inspiration come from? Where are you suppressing it? We discuss various nuances around inspiration.
What inspires me?
Core beliefs as inspiration and creating a life of freedom.
Internal motivation and inspiration vs. external.
Searching for inspiration.
Giving ourselves permission to dream.
The link between dreaming, your Why, and inspiration.
Knowing what you want and don’t want.
Drifting without a strong Why.
Inspiration leads to possiblity.
Following passion and desire in order to learn.
Passion and desire don’t have to make sense.
2023-03-1432 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 10: How Real Are You Really Keepin' It?With so much conditioning since we were born, what really is the authentic self? How we show up in our lives is largely a performance, therefore inauthentic. We discuss the complexities of authenticity.
What’s authenticity to me?
Being your truth as it is today.
Authenticity coming from ego vs. intuition.
Authenticity being a loving, grounded, or centered place.
Is it possible to be authentic without being intentional?
Authenticity changing as we grow older.
Clarity around what you really want being key to authenticity.
Surrounding yourself with people who will challenge you in a healthy wa...
2023-03-0733 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 09: We Talkin' About Spirituality?What role does spirituality play in your life whether through religious expression or otherwise? As humans we experience a physical world and, for many of us, a spiritual one that is beyond the physical. We discuss our thoughts on spirituality and the role it plays in our lives.
Ego being a barrier to spirituality.
Spiritual practices in helping to navigate uncertainty.
Spirituality being a process and journey.
Growing up with the freedom to explore religion and spirituality.
Tatsu and Jeff’s spiritual awakenings and searching for answers.
Jeff’s experience reading and processing the Bible.
Ther...
2023-02-2833 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 08: How Do You Communicate?We communicate through our lens of limited understanding of ourselves and the world which is highly influenced by our conditioning. So, it is no surprise that misunderstandings between people happen frequently. We discuss our thoughts on communication in relationships.
Barriers to communication in relationships.
Creating communication styles in agreement with others.
More communication is better.
Intention with communication and modes of communicating.
Paying attention to your agenda and what's driving it.
How is your communication being received?
Closing gaps in communication.
Communicating your needs.
Owning the impact of how you communicate.
Communicating in spite of...
2023-02-2134 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 07: I Got The Power!How important is power to you? Do you seek it or avoid it? For what? True power is contrary to what we have been conditioned to believe. We discuss our perspectives on power.
Perspective on power shifting from when younger.
Power and fear.
Power and clarity.
Power and culture.
Dangers of entanglement of power and success.
Noticing what drives our relationship to power.
How do you access your power without diminishing other people's power.
Vulnerability begets vulnerability.
Honesty and the intention of our use of power.
Owning your own power.
2023-02-1731 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 06: Do You Really Want To Reach Your Highest Potential?Constant holistic personal growth is becoming more widely understood as important to improve oneself in all areas of life. How different would the world be if this became a fundamental part of our education system and societal conditioning? We discuss our relationship with personal growth and its impact on our lives.
Personal growth as a baseline perspective.
Managing expectations. Being able to only control yourself.
Discernment during the pandemic.
Leaning into faith and trusting the process.
Staying focused on the long-term vision.
Time alone to reflect.
Making time for personal growth.
Understanding what you want...
2023-02-1733 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 05: The Money TrapThe money game is such a compelling aspect of life. It constantly pulls us into the physical experience of life, oftentimes at the expense of our non-physical experience of life. We discuss our relationship with and understanding of money, coming from different backgrounds.
What did we learn about money growing up?
Money in itself is boring.
What's the secret sauce to creating money?
What does money give you?
Connect with Jeff:Website: https://jeffmillercoaching.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmillercoaching/...
2023-01-3138 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 04: Where's Your Faith?How do you define faith? What is your relationship to it? Conditional faith is an oxymoron. We discuss our relationship with faith and our continuous journey to strengthen it.
First memories of faith and how that shaped them.
People tend to choose where and when they don't exercise faith.
Limiting beliefs that have held them back the most.
Areas in life where faith is the strongest and weakest.
What is blind faith?
Connect with Jeff:Website: https://jeffmillercoaching.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...
2023-01-2434 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 03: From Obedience To Liberation - Tatsu's storyTatsu shares his background as a second-generation Japanese American, his career journey, where he currently is in life, and where he is looking to go next.
Growing up in L.A.
Learning to internalize feelings and "grin and bear it."
Where his people-pleasing began.
The first time experiencing a state of flow.
Transitioning from corporate sales to life coaching.
The importance of getting real with yourself.
Connect with Jeff:Website: https://jeffmillercoaching.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmillercoaching/IG: @jeffmillercoaching
2023-01-1728 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 02: From Pro Tennis to Pro Impact - Jeff's StoryJeff shares his journey from childhood growing up in Santa Monica, CA to professional tennis and beyond. He shares insights into his decision-making process and growth over the years.
Growing up playing sports.
A child of mischief and a chippy attitude.
Impatience with wanting more and getting to the next level.
Decision to take the professional tennis path.
Learning to control emotions.
Using competition as fuel and alienating relationships.
Transitioning out of professional tennis.
Teaching tennis and starting a family.
Feeling stuck and opening up to other possibilities.
Life and business coaching. Continuing to bet...
2023-01-1032 minButton Downs And Basketball ShortsEp 01 Intro: Welcome to the Button Downs and Basketball Shorts Podcast!We share our excitement about what to expect with the podcast and why we created it.Show notes:
The inspiration behind the Podcast
This podcast is an avenue for personal growth
Creating possibility and discernment takes practice
Noticing your fear without making it wrong
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Connecting Faith and WorkDevelop A Service Mindset with guest Jeff MillerJeff Miller from HELLO This Is Jeff uses design to connect people to causes that matter.
Today Jeff shares his passion for telling stories through branding and the importance of getting to know the people and stories behind the brand. He explains how a service mindset is a key part of the work he does.
You will leave this conversation with Jeff encouraged in your journey to connect faith and work in your business.
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Savage Marketer PodcastTurning a $500 Client into a $18,000 a Month Retainer with Jeff MillerIn this week’s episode, we are joined by Jeff Miller, founder of Cool Bean Digital. Jeff began his journey in the newspaper with his father before working for a Fortune 500 company. As he grew tired of the instability, he then set in motion the birth of his ad agency and creating Facebook ads.
Jeff Miller learned early on that $250,000 worth of student debt couldn’t guarantee him happiness in the corporate world… so he decided to become a successful entrepreneur instead.
After being fired from his dream job (3 times), Jeff has gone on to create...
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