EP 8 | Lisa Pedersen

04/05/21 • 62 min

In this episode, we talk to my friend Lisa Pedersen. Lisa is working on her book, Acts of Contrition (under her pen name L. Donovan), that she plans to publish by next year. We also talk about everything that's currently going on in our lives and giggle like teenagers. Join us for the fun!

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EP 7 | Douglas Smythe

On today's episode I interview Douglas Smythe, a men's shaving guru and owner/spokesman for Phoenix Shaving Accoutrements.
Douglas Smythe was first introduced to traditional shaving as a child watching his dad shave on the weekends, fast forward to today and find him and his business, Phoenix Shaving, trailblazing on the forefront of the Traditional Wet Shaving revival we are currently seeing crop up around the world.

Having created his first perfume at age 8 with his chemistry set the die was cast. After college he moved to Central America where he lived in a hammock at the edge of the rain forest. While there he developed an after bite type solution that relieved the inflammation of bug bites. The product became popular with both locals and tourist alike, so much so, four years later he was back in the USA producing and shipping his wares to Costa Rica.

Eventually his passion for male grooming and traditional shaving became the focal point of his business and Phoenix Shaving was born. Almost immediately, folks began to take notice of Phoenix Shaving's daring scents and creative approach to all things shaving and within 2 years both him and his business partner were featured in Forbes Magazine.

Douglas is also co-host of the popular morning show I'd Lather Be Shaving and organizer of The Big Shave S'west, a yearly "Shave Festival" held each year outside of Los Angeles in sunny Mesa, Arizona. He is a lively online personality and a dynamic public speaker on all things male grooming with a concentration in the art and technique of traditional shaving.

Documentary on The Big Shave West, year 2: http://shor.by/YbyF

Prior podcast appearances: Fit Man Project, Gentlemen's Scofflaw, Niche Pursuits, Passive Income, Home Malone, Gentlemen's Scofflaw, The Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast, Moustache & Blade...and Many More.

Douglas also runs the YouTube show I'd Lather Be Shaving.

Links/Social media:
http://idlatherbeshaving.com
Store: http://phoenixshaving.comTwitter: Douglas_SmytheInstagram: phoenix_shavingFacebook: douglas.smythe.73YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3quWHkQ2hPGpYRUp7gpngThe Big Shave S'West: https://bigshavesouthwest.com

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EP 9 | Frank King

On this episode, Lisa and I interview Frank King!
A Suicide Prevention and Post-vention Public Speaker and Trainer, Frank was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years, is a Corporate Comedian, syndicated humor columnist, and podcast personality, who was featured on CNN's Business Unusual.

Depression and suicide run his family. He's thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He's fought a lifetime battle with depression, and thoughts of ending his life, turning that long dark journey of the soul into a TED Talk, "A Matter of Laugh or Death," www.FrankTEDTalk.com and sharing his lifesaving insights on Mental and Emotional Health Awareness, with corporation, association, youth (middle school and high school), and college audiences www.TheSuicidePreventionSpeaker.com

As an Inspirational and Motivational Public Speaker and Trainer he uses the life lessons from the above, as well as lessons learned as a rather active consumer of healthcare, both mental and physical, to start the conversation giving people who battle Mental and Emotional Illness permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide, and to create a common pool of knowledge in which those who suffer, and those who care about them, can swim.

And doing it by coming out, as it were, and standing in his truth, and doing it with humor. He believes that where there is humor there is hope, where there is laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing.

He is currently promoting his new book on men's mental fitness, Guts, Grit, and the Grind, with two coauthors. He lives in Eugene, OR and speaks around the US, and all over the world.
For more on Frank:
www.TheMentalHealthComedian.comhttp://www.YourTEDxCoach.comhttp://www.facebook.com/thementalhealthcomedianhttp://www.instagram.com/mentalhealthcomedianhttp://www.twitter.com/theMHcomedianhttps://www.youtube.com/thementalhealthcomedian
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkingthemhcomedianBorn to Be Funny https://youtu.be/mugOzr6ItFkMental With Benefits https://youtu.be/mCnsHSdAn48 A Matter of Laugh or Death https://youtu.be/IeMg6OFYfU0 Suicide, The Secret of My Success https://youtu.be/3D4m33DXtsI