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How To Escape a Life-Sucking Career: Extreme Career Reinvention with Criminal Lawyer Turned Clown, Robert Markowitz
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11/08/23 • 30 min
“I was beginning to lose my ability to feel. I would go to movies just to be able to cry, because otherwise I didn't feel anything”. If you’ve ever felt dead inside and that your job was killing you, you’re going to want to hear Robert Markowitz’s reinvention story. Years ago, Robert was a very successful, and incredibly miserable, criminal lawyer. And then something broke and he traded in his respected, high earning law career for a new career that no one would have predicted, especially not him
Settle in for one of our favorite breakout stories, as Robert shares how he traded in his high status job for a pair of clown shoes. Robert’s journey of personal growth is a quietly inspiring self-improvement story. Robert takes us through his life, from being a young man with low self-confidence who followed family pressures to go into law, only to find misery at the end of that path, to being a person who jumps without a safety net in search of happiness. It’s a candid, funny, and brave story about pushing back against expectations, confronting failure, and throwing it all away to find what you really need.
The Breakout is the hit podcast hosted by human resources and change experts Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther, founders of Abbracci Group. The show has charted #1 in self-improvement, #1 in education, and #7 in all podcasts. Abbracci Group is a results-driven coaching, HR Management and consulting firm focused on getting the best out of people. Join Keri and Kelly on The Breakout as they get advice and insights from change experts, and dive into the stories of people who have broken through boundaries, pushed for personal growth, found self confidence, and shifted their lives into bold new territory.
At Abbracci Group, Keri and Kelly offer a four-step coaching process to help you increase your self-awareness, break out of expectations, and live life on your terms. Learn more at abbraccigroup.com.
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Ep60: Kiran Robinson reCHARGED
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06/08/22 • 46 min
Kiran Robinson's story of innovation, perseverance and determination led her to her passion around hospitality and giving everyone the best experience possible. As an entrepreneur and a professional chef she shares her journey from Hong Kong to becoming the first female chef at a major hospital system in California, leading...designing and leading a kitchen from the ground up! Kiran's exploration of service, which has now led her to Luxembourg, is powerful and moving.
Kiran Robinson has dedicated her career to perfecting the art of service. She has served as a culinarian, concept designer and service curator on three different continents. As a chef, Kiran launched her own catering, consultancy, and concept design business in Hong Kong.
Her accomplishments include developing her own line of specialty foods and branding under her label ‘Tazah’, projects with 5-star hotels and some of the leading chefs in the Asian region.
Kiran pivoted from entrepreneur to professional when she relocated to San Francisco. She joined one of the country’s top 10 hospitals where spent the next 16 plus years holding a variety of positions: Executive Chef, Executive Dining Room Manager and Operations Manager.
Kiran’s passion for service informs her whole life-from family, community, and profession to her charitable work with vulnerable children in Malawi, Africa.
Based in Luxembourg, Kiran devotes her time to writing, speaking, mentoring, and advising on service-leadership and the true heart of hospitality-selfless service (Seva).
Kiran launched her book Seva: The Art of Hospitality in November 2021.
Connect with Kiran to learn more about her and her background:
- Book: Seva: The Art of Hospitality
- Website: www.kiranrobinson.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-robinson-41b753b6/
- Instagram: @kiran_robinson
- Twitter: @KiranRobinson3
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Ep71: Dr. Debi Silber reCHARGED
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11/09/22 • 39 min
Betrayal is the ultimate violation of trust. Dr. Debi Silber was a victim of betrayal--first by her family and then later by her husband. Fortunately, Dr. Debi took her experience and found a purpose - to obtain her PhD in Transpersonal Psychology (human potential and psychology) to ultimately study betrayal and what holds us back. The energy with which she speaks about this topic is palpable and the results of her studies will leave you wanting to learn more about the importance of moving through and past betrayal.
Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute and is a holistic psychologist, a health, mindset and personal development expert, the author of Trust Again, and is a 2-time #1 International bestselling author of: The Unshakable Woman AND From Hardened to Healed. Her podcast: From Betrayal to Breakthrough is also globally ranked within the top 1.5% of podcasts. Her recent doctoral study on how we experience betrayal made 3 groundbreaking discoveries that changes how long it takes to heal. In addition to being on FOX, CBS, The Dr. Oz Show, TEDx (twice) and more, she’s an award-winning speaker and coach dedicated to helping people move past their betrayals as well as any other blocks preventing them from the health, work, relationships, confidence, and happiness they want most.
Connect with Dr. Debi to learn more about her and her background:
- Website: https://thepbtinstitute.com/
- TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqOR69dHiU
- TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX30i6nC7ro
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debisilber/
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Ep58: Rusty Gaillard reCHARGED
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05/11/22 • 35 min
Leaving a successful job at Apple to pursue his dream of coaching, Rusty Gaillard starts by sharing some sage advice, which is to, rather than constantly pushing ourselves, to instead allow ourselves 10 minutes to do nothing. He explains that this exercise has opened his creativity and afforded him the opportunity to open himself up to his best ideas!
Former Worldwide Director of Finance at Apple, Rusty Gaillard followed a traditional corporate path to success - from GE under Jack Welch, an MBA at Stanford, to 13 years at Apple. He left the corporate world in 2019 when his external success no longer felt like personal success. Rusty now works as a coach for small business owners and executives looking for more success without more sacrifice.
Rusty lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and 15-yr old son. He is a best-selling author, speaker, musician, and spends as much time as possible outside.
Connect with Rusty to learn more about him and his background:
- Website: Silicon Valley Dreambuilders
- Silicon Valley Dreambuilders with Rusty Gaillard on Facebook
- Rusty Gaillard on LinkedIn
- Rusty Gaillard on YouTube
- Book: Breaking the Code: Stop Looking for Answers and Start Enjoying Life
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Ep66: Kevin Palmieri reCHARGED
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08/31/22 • 36 min
What is something I can do today that I thought was impossible 5 years ago? This is the question that Kevin Palmieri asks himself to gauge his progress and just how far he's come. At the age of 26, Kevin "had it all." A six-figure income, friends, and a career. Yet he wasn't fulfilled. Anxiety had become a constant. Kevin shares the morning he contemplated taking his life--the feeling of having 10 TV sets on in his head--each one sending a different message. Thankfully, Kevin picked up the phone, called his friend (now business partner) Alan, for help and he joins us to share his incredibly powerful story of courage, humility and self-awareness.
Kevin Palmieri is the founder and co-host of the Next Level University podcast. Early in his life, Kevin found “success”, but after a brush with suicide he realized he wasn’t living a life he truly wanted. He became passionate about self-improvement and decided to make it his purpose in life to impact as many people as possible by becoming a role model, podcaster, and speaker. He has succeeded to make his podcast one of the top 100 with over 950 episodes, which is listened to in over 120 countries.
He has taken his life to the next level and achieved both personal and professional success.
Connect with Kevin to learn more about him and his background:
- Website: https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBo--QvPHbGOrO13C0Xyybg
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-level-university/id1221110027?mt=2
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Ep67: Christian de la Huerta reCHARGED
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09/14/22 • 39 min
Fun fact - did you know that 99% of the atoms found in the stars are the same atoms made in our bodies? Christian de la Huerta shared the book, The Universe is a Green Dragon by Brian Swimme, PhD, as a source he goes to when he wants to expand his thinking as it focuses on cosmic generosity. From living a life that was enviable, within a 9 month period, Christian quit his job, sold his car and condo, gave away most of his belongings and decided to embark on his spiritual journey. The risk was high, the reward - living a fulfilling life and providing others the path to helping them live theirs.
With 30 years of experience, Christian de la Huerta is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerous universities and conferences and on the TEDx stage. His new book, Awakening the Soul of Power, was described by multiple Grammy Award–winner Gloria Estefan, as “a balm for the soul of anyone searching for truth and answers to life’s difficult questions” and has received a Nautilus Book Award and a Nonfiction Book Award.
Connect with Christian to learn more about him and his background:
- Website: https://soulfulpower.com/
- Website Author Page: https://soulfulpower.com/Awakening-The-Soul-Of-Power-Book/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christian.delahuerta.1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christiandlh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiandelahuerta/
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/391544.Christian_de_la_Huerta
- Newsletter: https://kb987.infusionsoft.app/app/form/unleashings-the-soul-of-power-email-list
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hOzeGdhkTcRxOHkV9tfbQ
- The Universe is a Green Dragon by Brian Swimme, PhD
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How to Do Nothing: Our Toxic Relationship with Work and What to Do About It, with Celeste Headlee (rebroadcast)
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01/01/25 • 32 min
Happy New Year everyone! As you contemplate your resolutions for 2025, sit back and listen to Celeste Headlee's pitch for... Doing Nothing. It's a replay of one of our favorite episodes of 2024, and we're hoping it helps you kick off the new year on the right foot. Enjoy.
“People who overwork - more than 55 hours a week - which is most Americans, will die younger. Not that it's correlated with early death. It causes it. This is serious”.
Celeste Headlee wants to start a revolution.
In her new book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, she’s asking out loud the question we’ve likely all been wondering: Why are we so obsessed with productivity and efficiency? Even when it's making us miserable?
Celeste is an award-winning author and broadcast journalist with NPR and PBS. She’s also a professional public speaker; her Ted Talk is one of the top ten most viewed talks with an impressive 30+ million views. In this episode, she analyzes our toxic relationships with work and what we can do about it. Celeste doesn’t mince words. With powerful research, and a tough love approach, this conversation is one of our favorites, and we’re confident it will be one of yours too.
About Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling book We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism and How to Do It, and You’re Cute When You’re Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, has been viewed over 34 million times. Close to 50,000 talks have been given at 10,000 events since the TED program launched in 2009, and Celeste’s talk is one of the 10 most-watched talks posted on TED’s homepage. Celeste is a regular guest host on NPR and American Public Media, serves as an advisory board member for ProCon.org and The Listen First Project, and received the 2019 Media Changemaker Award.
Website: https://celesteheadlee.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celesteheadlee/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=celeste+headlee
About The Breakout
The Breakout is the hit podcast hosted by human resources and change experts Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther. The founders of Abbracci Group, a results-driven coaching, HR Management and consulting firm, Keri and Kelly are laser-focused on getting the best out of people. They launched The Breakout in early 2023 to find the best stories and advice on busting boundaries and making change, and since then the show has charted #1 in self-improvement, #1 in education, and #7 in all podcasts.
Join Keri and Kelly on The Breakout as they get advice and insights from change experts, and learn from people who have really done it how you can move your life into bold new territory. Each episode comes with lessons on living courageously, with topics on self-help, leadership, personal development, building success, setting personal boundaries, growing your confidence, overcoming self doubt, and knowing your self worth. From huge transformations to quiet shifts, The Breakout highlights why every change matters. Keri and Kelly offer a four-step coaching process to help you increase your self-awareness, break out of expectations, and live life on your terms. Learn more at abbraccigroup.com.
Keri and Kelly’s new book Whatever the Hell You Want – An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free From Expectations, will be out in October 8 2024 and is available for pre-order now! Dr. Keri Ohlrich’s book The Way of the HR Warrior is available now.
Connect with Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther
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Sleighing It: Holiday Greetings and The Breakout’s Year in High Gear, with Kelly Guenther and Dr. Keri Ohlrich
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12/20/23 • 10 min
2023 has been a big year with highs and lows for everyone. As the year draws to a close, Keri and Kelly are looking back at their breakout year with The Breakout (sorry, had to). The show has hit number 1, the audience has had huge growth, and they’ve been hard at work on their new book that dives into a lot of the learnings from the show. It’s called Whatever the Hell You Want – An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free From Expectations, and we’re thrilled to announce that it’s now available for pre-order!
Join us for a fun, short and sweet episode as Keri and Kelly wish you happy holidays and share their own breakout stories for this year – yes, they too have had some personal growth, change, and self-improvement moments. We’ll also hear about all the amazing things you can expect from the show in 2024.
About the Show
The Breakout is the hit podcast hosted by human resources and change experts Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther. The founders of Abbracci Group, a results-driven coaching, HR Management and consulting firm, Keri and Kelly are laser-focused on getting the best out of people. They launched The Breakout in early 2023 to find the best stories and advice on busting boundaries and making change, and since then the show has charted #1 in self-improvement, #1 in education, and #7 in all podcasts.
Join Keri and Kelly on The Breakout as they get advice and insights from change experts, and learn from people who have really done it how you can dive into personal growth, increase self confidence, and move your life into bold new territory.
Each episode comes with lessons on living courageously, with topics on self-help, leadership, personal development, building success, setting personal boundaries, growing your confidence, overcoming self doubt, and knowing your self worth. From huge transformations to quiet shifts, The Breakout highlights why every change matters.
At Abbracci Group, Keri and Kelly offer a four-step coaching process to help you increase your self-awareness, break out of expectations, and live life on your terms.
Keri and Kelly’s new book Whatever the Hell You Want – An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free From Expectations, is available for pre-order now!
Dr. Keri Ohlrich’s book The Way of the HR Warrior is available now.
Learn more at abbraccigroup.com.
Connect with Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther
https://www.youtube.com/@thebreakoutpodcast
https://www.instagram.com/thebreakoutpod/
https://abbraccigroup.com/podcast/
https://www.facebook.com/thebreakoutpodcast/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbraccigroup/
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Small Straws, Big Burdens: How Microstressors Derail Us, with Rob Cross
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08/02/23 • 30 min
Rob Cross’s latest book was supposed to be about how relationships have a positive effect on people’s well-being. But during one interview, he ended up discovering something else. When Rob asked his subject what had stopped her from doing what she wanted in life, she’d answered “just life, I guess”. And Rob realized it wasn't the big stressors, like a health scare or a nasty boss that derails people, rather “it’s an accumulation of small that it creeps up, week to week, month to month.”
On this episode, Rob explains the micro stress effect, those tiny stresses that hit you dozens of times a day and can take a huge toll, affecting everything from your health to your life path. And Rob also shares what his research revealed about the 10% of highly successful people who are unaffected by micro stressors.
The Breakout is hosted by people and change experts, Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther. Keri and Kelly are founders of Abbracci Group, a results-driven coaching and consulting firm focused on getting the best out of people. Join them as they get advice and insights from change experts, and dive into the stories of people who have busted out of life’s stifling boxes and shifted their lives into bold new territory.
Connect with Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther
The Breakout on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@thebreakoutpodcast
The Breakout on Instagram
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Abbracci Group website
https://abbraccigroup.com/podcast/
The Breakout Facebook
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Abbracci Group LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbraccigroup/
Connect with Rob Cross
Rob Cross website
Book: The Microstress Effect
Rob Cross on LinkedIn
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Ep70: Stopher Cavins reCHARGED
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10/26/22 • 40 min
Stopher Cavins spent so much of his life in a “me bubble”. Situations that occurred during his childhood presented him with challenges which he dealt with by going into survival mode. Unfortunately, he would remain in that defensive survival mode for the next 30 plus years, which presented a real challenge to those trying to get close to him.
Throughout his 20’s and 30’s, he didn’t seek answers from within. While he liked the idea of spirituality, he would never make time to connect spiritually. His time was spent protecting his “me bubble”. Ego was fully engaged, enabled, and empowered.
For Stopher, this way of life was getting the job done. His fully empowered ego was protecting him from experiencing the pain and heartache that he experienced in his childhood. The flip side was that he was extremely unfulfilled and always disappointed with where he was in life.
As he entered his 40’s, things changed for him. The universe was tired of hearing him complain about not having what he thought he deserved. He was launched into what he later realized was a spiritual awakening. The real Stopher finally stood up and took control.
For Stopher, developing psychic and intuitive abilities was never a goal. In removing expectations and fears from his life, he opened up a whole new world for himself. Once his ego was checked, his higher self, along with his guides, and angels took over. Stopher’s calling is to help people heal. He wants people to get the clarity about their situations that he was never able to get and to bring a sense of clarity and confirmation to those about their path forward.
Connect with Stopher to learn more about him and his background:
- Website: https://www.stophercavins.com/
- About Stopher: https://www.stophercavins.com/about/
- Email: [email protected]
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PsychicStopher/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychicstopher/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stopher-cavins-39556742/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/stopher138
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@hannahsouthern
Nov 12
Keri and Kelly have the best energy! A show that makes me want to push myself out of my comfort zone, feel the fear and do it anyway.
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