
Upgrade Your Life with Matt Zinman
08/25/21 • 45 min
In this episode, Neena is joined by author and course creator, Matt Zinman. They talk about his book, Z-isms: Insight to Live By, and his courses that would help you get on the track to self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-kindness. Matt also shares how he got through the toughest of times in life, how he defeated depression, and how he made it his life goal to instill greater presence, passion, and purpose to help others live fully. Make sure you tune in to get the sweet deal Matt gives to anyone who listens to this podcast!
Matt is a difference-maker, optimist, author, podcast host, nonprofit founder, and well-being advocate devoted to personally enrich the ‘Happierness’ of at least 100 million people by 2025. His book, “Z-isms: Insights to Live By” is based on his experiences as an entrepreneur, athlete, single parent, caregiver, and nonprofit founder.
He is also the host of "Insights to Live By," a podcast that invites guests to share their own life lessons. Matt has also created online courses, including the Mindset Reset and his comprehensive Life Upgrade.
Learn more about Matt and how to upgrade your life:
Website: https://mattzinman.com/
Life Upgrade Course: https://mattzinman.com/lifeupgrade/
Insights To Live By Matt Zinman: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insights-to-live-by/id1523879759
Get his book Z-isms: https://mattzinman.com/z-isms/
Social accounts:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZismsInsightsToLiveBy
IG: https://www.instagram.com/matt.zinman/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattzinman/
Show notes
[2:02] Who is Matt Zinman
[6:56] What is Z-isms?
[11:16] Diving deeper into the Life Upgrade
[17:36] What you get out of the course
[25:48] On energy management
[28:04] How does Matt get through the tough times?
[31:35] Needing to face the past in order to move forward
[35:52] Discount code for Straight Talk listeners: StraightTalk100
[44:07] Outro
We discuss real-life topics, tools, and tips on how to challenge and transform your thinking with no sugar added. Hope you will go on the journey with us as we grow, fail, and get back up.
https://linktr.ee/Neenaperez
In this episode, Neena is joined by author and course creator, Matt Zinman. They talk about his book, Z-isms: Insight to Live By, and his courses that would help you get on the track to self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-kindness. Matt also shares how he got through the toughest of times in life, how he defeated depression, and how he made it his life goal to instill greater presence, passion, and purpose to help others live fully. Make sure you tune in to get the sweet deal Matt gives to anyone who listens to this podcast!
Matt is a difference-maker, optimist, author, podcast host, nonprofit founder, and well-being advocate devoted to personally enrich the ‘Happierness’ of at least 100 million people by 2025. His book, “Z-isms: Insights to Live By” is based on his experiences as an entrepreneur, athlete, single parent, caregiver, and nonprofit founder.
He is also the host of "Insights to Live By," a podcast that invites guests to share their own life lessons. Matt has also created online courses, including the Mindset Reset and his comprehensive Life Upgrade.
Learn more about Matt and how to upgrade your life:
Website: https://mattzinman.com/
Life Upgrade Course: https://mattzinman.com/lifeupgrade/
Insights To Live By Matt Zinman: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insights-to-live-by/id1523879759
Get his book Z-isms: https://mattzinman.com/z-isms/
Social accounts:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZismsInsightsToLiveBy
IG: https://www.instagram.com/matt.zinman/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattzinman/
Show notes
[2:02] Who is Matt Zinman
[6:56] What is Z-isms?
[11:16] Diving deeper into the Life Upgrade
[17:36] What you get out of the course
[25:48] On energy management
[28:04] How does Matt get through the tough times?
[31:35] Needing to face the past in order to move forward
[35:52] Discount code for Straight Talk listeners: StraightTalk100
[44:07] Outro
We discuss real-life topics, tools, and tips on how to challenge and transform your thinking with no sugar added. Hope you will go on the journey with us as we grow, fail, and get back up.
https://linktr.ee/Neenaperez
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Art As Therapy with Raquel Alger
Neena is joined today by Art Life Coach Raquel Alger as they talk about how Raquel incorporates art with therapy in her job in social work. They also talk about how she struggled with depression and OCD after she was bullied as a child, and how she overcame all that and made it her life’s mission to impact one life at a time with her story. Be inspired to strengthen your faith, speak up, stand up for your dreams, and touch other people’s lives. This and more if you tune in to this episode.
Raquel Aljer Alger is a Motivational Speaker, Certified Life Coach, Certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach and the most important relationship she has is with God.
Reach out to Raquel:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/hopechangeinspire/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raquelalger
Show notes
[0:58] Who is Raquel Alger?
[1:58] What made her want to become a life coach?
[6:09] Why she wanted to be involved in psychology and social work
[10:41] The importance of speaking up about bullying and therapy
[14:44] Why “speaking” is important
[19:22] It’s good to be “weird”
[21:54] On the work that she does
[25:00] Impacting other people
[28:00] When you turn your weakness into a superpower
[30:35] How to find Raquel?
[32:26] Outro
We discuss real-life topics, tools, and tips on how to challenge and transform your thinking with no sugar added. Hope you will go on the journey with us as we grow, fail, and get back up.
https://linktr.ee/Neenaperez
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Road to Recovery with Tamar Medford
In this episode, Neena is joined by Life Coach, Best Selling Author, and supporter of entrepreneurs in recovery, Tamar Medford. Listen in as they talk about Tamar’s childhood, her struggle with addictions, how she fought through and overcame them, and how she uses everything that she went through to help others be on their road to recovery.
Tamar is a Neuro Change Practitioner, the Founder of The Road Forward, and Host of The Road Beyond Recovery Podcast. She uses her platform to share her learnings and experience working with others in recovery for almost a decade. Tamar is a Neuro Change Practitioner, Life Coach, Bestselling Author, and supporter for entrepreneurs in recovery.
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You may reach Tamar at:
Website: https://www.theroadforward.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theroadforwardcoaching
IG: https://www.instagram.com/theroadbeyondrecovery/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riseinrecovery
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarmedford/
The Road Beyond Recovery Podcast: https://theroadbeyondrecovery.libsyn.com/website
Show notes
[0:53] Who is Tamar Medford?
[1:53] How did Tamar become a life coach, and what she did to get there?
[7:07] Leaving home and starting on drugs
[11:46] On the work she does to help entrepreneurs
[14:28] How she got through her addictions
[19:55] Her journey to being a life coach
[24:40] Discussing her book: Hope Elevated and Beyond Recovery
[26:08] The Road Beyond Recovery podcast
[29:22] Outro
We discuss real-life topics, tools, and tips on how to challenge and transform your thinking with no sugar added. Hope you will go on the journey with us as we grow, fail, and get back up.
https://linktr.ee/Neenaperez
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