Most people live in the exhaustion cycle of busy, beatdown, and burn out. Not a way to live. Do you want more tangible and usable energy within your day? Well, this is the exact purpose of The Energy Edge Podcast! We're going to discuss key topics such as sleep, nutrition, and fitness with the goal of creating an energy edge. You will learn how to maximize each one at a practical and actionable level. We'll also discuss breaks, downtime, and personal development. Each week, we'll alternate b ...
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Your Dream, Your Story! There's nothing more beautiful then to witness all your hard work become your reality. "The Grind" never stops even when you have reached the goals you've set. Hear their stories about what got them to where they are now, where they are in the sports game and how they are making an impact in the community. It's their stories and their dreams!
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Mr. Martin McNair "The Jordan McNair Foundation"
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"The Grind" is joined by Mr. Martin McNair; Founder and Creator of "The Jordan McNair Foundation". We discussed how one family's foundation turned a tragedy into a much needed conversation; how the foundation is working to prevent heat strokes; how parents should pay close attention to details and signs in sports; his love for golf; his work in the…
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"The Grind" is joined by the MILK HOUSE legend himself, Rob Nickens, head boys basketball coach at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. We had an in-depth conversation on his life as a Rover Leader; MILK HOUSE basketball; the role of Rough Riders Nation Alum in his success; creating his own narrative; how his assistant coaches add bala…
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"The Grind" is joined by one of the youngest sports geniuses in the game, Mr. "33" himself, Kavon "Martez" Rayford. We had a great conversation about his Independent Award Winning Documentary "33"; his journey growing up in the city and finding a love in being creative; maintaining a normal life in his neighborhood Rec Center; and what's next for h…
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"The Grind" is joined by Coach Kirk Keys & Coach Ant Berry from The Creative School and Stanton Elementary in SE Washington, DC. We had a crazy dope conversation about life, growing up in sports, mental health, and how sports and arts are creating a survival culture in the city for the youth.
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Dionne Caldwell "Certified Therapist and Licensed to Certified"
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Starting of 2020 with Episode 6 of "The Grind", we are joined by Dionne Caldwell, a Licensed Certified Therapist. We had a great conversation on her early start in therapy and her passion for the mental state of our youth. We also discussed the struggles of today's youth in their communities and coping with tragic events of these communities and ho…
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"The Grind" is joined by the Head Football Coach, Coach Bink, from the legendary Dunbar Senior High School in Washington, DC. We had a great conversation about his late start to football and how his transition from HS sports to college sports changed his life and love for the game. We also discussed how he started one of the biggest Youth Football …
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"The Grind" this week is joined by no other than, Dr. Dawn "Boss Chick Tru" Clarke, DDS. We discuss how dance had and continues to play a major role in her life from teaching " Twerk Dancing" classes and other forms of dance all while managing her life as a Dentist.
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" The Grind" is joined by no other than Coach Marcus, the "Big Man" Coach, out of Raleigh/Durham, N.C. We had a great conversation about his basketball journey from high school to professional, changes he had to make, changes within the game, coaching AAU vs HS, and whats next in his journey.
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Coach "Gibson" Founder of Gibson Performance Training
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"The Grind" is joined by no other than Coach Gibson founder of GPT (Gibson Performance Training)! We talked about his early beginnings of training, owning his own gym, growing up playing football, training Professional Athletes, and what is next in his journey!
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"The Grind" is joined by its first guest, Lenora "Beauty" Dawkins, to talk about her thoughts on recent basketball games, her favorite ball players, and whats next in her basketball journey.
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Five Lessons Learned From Doing This Podcast - Final Episode!!!
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Welcome to the final episode of the Energy Edge Podcast. We wanted to do one last podcast to share the five lessons learned from doing this podcast: 1. We’ve grown personally and professionally as the result of bi-weekly content development 2. We’ve learned so much from the many subject matter experts that were interviewed along the way 3. How much…
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Interview with Rob and Devon Dionne of Open Sky Fitness
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This is an interview with Rob and Devon Dionne of Open Sky Fitness and we discuss The Big Three of Health: Sleep / Nutrition / Fitness. Question One – 3:39 Can you walk us through some of your fitness hacks to kick start your health? Question Two – 6:20 How do you wake up if you’re not a morning person to workout? Question Three – 14:33 What do we …
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What comes to your mind when you hear the word REST? To most, it's a passive, have to do activity that's just part of life. A necessary evil. But what if we looked at rest as the way we look at work, what could happen if we learned to get better at it? In this episode, we unpack what it means to work at deliberate rest and reap the massive benefits…
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058 - Interview with Jeff Brown of the Read to Lead Podcast
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So just how important is reading in the grand scheme of things especially in regards to personal development? We answer that question and many more in an interview with Jeff Brown of the Read to Lead Podcast this week. Question One – 5:45 - You’re this incredibly successful podcast host now but you didn’t start out this way. Give us a brief history…
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The Power of Anchors Days for Your Energy
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This week on episode 57 of the Energy Edge Podcast we dive into the topic of an Anchor Day. Why is it important and what it can do for your energy. We'll define an Anchor Day, three aspects of an anchor day, give numerous examples of possible anchor days, and how to create a powerful anchor day. The Energy Edge Podcast is brought to you by 5 Minute…
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This is an interview with John Ayo and we discuss business travel, natural health, and of course, energy! John is an author of a popular business travel book that gives practical means of travel routines that make a huge difference to be effective and have energy on the road. For full show notes, visit: www.EnergyEdgePodcast.com/056 The Energy Edge…
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Creating Daily Energy Quarters to Maximize Your Day
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Energy Quarters. What are they and why do you need them? This is the question of the day. Sports uses Quarters, timeouts, and halftime to maximize the game and we're going to analyze, unpack, and apply this quarterly system to our day. Here are the Four Energy Quarters: EQ1 - Morning Before Work EQ2 - Work Morning Halftime - Fuel the Ferrari EQ3 - …
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This episode is an interview with Dr. Keith Giaquinto who specializes in chiropractic care, stress, and digestion. Mechanical care of your body is critical to have an Energy Edge but most either have misconceptions, a bad experience, or just not made it a priority. This interview is here to challenge all the above. We'll dive into the following: Wh…
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Creating the Healthiest Year of Your Life Challenge
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When was the last time you were healthy and I mean really healthy? How long ago was the healthiest year of your life? What would you be willing to do to get back to that level? This episode we challenge you on how to get back to that very place of health. It starts with the Basics: 1. BODY - Know Where You Are Right Now - Get a Physical 2. MIND - K…
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This episode is an interview with professional speaker, Thom Singer. We discuss the following How did you get into professional speaking? How many days a year do you speak now? You also EmCee events as well, correct? How does the energy differ between speaking and being an EmCee? What required the most energy for you when you first started out on t…
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Six Ways to Avoid Those Holiday Regrets at the End of the Year
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The holidays can be one HUGE challenge to your energy. So, what do you do? In this episode we'll discuss six ways to avoid holiday regrets at the end of the year and offer some suggestions to make the most of this season. 1. Be Realistic 2. It Will All Get Done 3. Eat for One Not for Two 4. Move the Body, Rest the Mind 5. Remind Yourself How Good Y…
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Interview with Jeff McMahon of Total Body Construction
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Today's guest is Jeff McMahon of Total Body Construction. We dive into the topic of fitness and answer the following questions: What are the biggest excuses you hear from people in regards to fitness / physical activity? If someone has a short-term goal, what is their challenge for long term? If someone has a long-term goal, how do you make the goa…
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How to Help Your Kids Get the Sleep They Need
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There has been more talk about adult sleep but rarely kids and sleep. We have Terry Cralle, co-author of the book, Sleeping Your Way to the Top, join us as a co-host and talk about kids and sleep. We discuss the following: 1. Why is it important for kids to have a good night of sleep 2. How many hours of sleep should kids get each night? The Americ…
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Even numbered episodes mean one thing: Interviews. And this week, I sit down with Harriet Turk, She's had quite the journey of jobs through the years which has brought her to the point of an amazing professional speaker. We talk about how her many roles have impacted her, how she handles traveling, being away from her son as a single mom, and so mu…
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What You Need to Know and Absolutely Don't Know About Energy Drinks
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This episode is ALL about Energy Drinks. Ever had one? Do you have any idea what's really in them? How many should you have a day? Are there any long term effects? We'll dive into all the details from how large is the Energy Drink industry, how it effects performance, sleep, and labeling confusion. Most importantly we'll answer these three key ques…
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This is an interview with David Vasquez who is the Director of International IoT Business Development at a global communication services provider. We discuss his international travel, connecting with his kids while traveling,1st day travel routines, jet lag, what drains, draws, and hijacks his energy and so much more. You can find the full show not…
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4 Simple and Effective Ways to Creating Energy Triggers
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We have cues or triggers all around us that alert us to do something. But what if we had triggers that remind us to do an energy giving activity? This is what this episode is all about. Trigger - a reminder or cue to take action. It’s an actuator of the behavior. Two Types of Triggers: External Trigger - communicates the next action you should take…
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Why in the world would a traditional pharmacist completely change his style of practice? What is a 100X Life? We dive into these questions and so many more with Stephen F. Skinner in this episode. You can find Stephen at: http://www.stephenfskinner.com and http://www.the100xLife.com For full show notes, visit: www.EnergyEdgePodcast.com/044 The Ener…
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One Supplement You're Guaranteed Not Taking Right Now
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Many people take some form of supplements even if it's a multi-vitamin. Few add some other supplements but we guarantee almost nobody is taking this certain supplement that aids in our body's digestion of food: Probiotics. In this episode we discuss in detail: The importance of gut health these days What are probiotics? Why should we take them? How…
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Today's episode is an interview with productivity and business travel expert, Marcey Rader. In this conversation we discuss how to travel with energy and still be productive. This author and professional speaker brought both the energy and the expertise. You can find Marcey in the following locations: https://www.marceyrader.com/ http://workwellpla…
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How to Live Your Life After You've Burned Yourself Out
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So, what happens when you burn yourself, whether you know what happened or not, now do you live your life from now on? Both Treva and Bryan have medically blown ourselves out and have to continue to live life after we've blown our "Energy Engine." But how? What should you expect? And how can you avoid it if you even can? We both get VERY honest in …
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Welcome to Episode 040 of the Energy Edge Podcast which is an interview with Alan Stein. Alan is world-renowned basketball performance coach, corporate speaker, executive leadership coach, podcast host, and social media influencer. He has spent the past 15 years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet, including NBA sup…
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The ONE Momentum Killer That Is Sabotaging Your Success
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There is a momentum killer that overtakes every single one of us and it’s no respecter of persons. Someone’s age, gender, race, and nationality is subject to this momentum killer. And it shows up almost always when you’re making progress and is absolutely sabotaging your success. In fact it’s the one and only goal of this momentum killer and that’s…
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038 - Interview with Dr. David Brown on Sleep Problems
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Sleep Problems. Can you relate? Author Dr. David Brown from Sleeping Your Way to the Top offers incredible insight on one of the few things we do almost every single day but the main difference is the quality which is often affected by sleep problems. We'll unpack general sleep problems to sleep insomnia and sleep apnea. We'll talk about bedtimes, …
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Ending Your Night Right So You Don't Start Your Morning Wrong
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All too often, we just run out of gas at the end of the day and do little to nothing to set our day up for tomorrow. In fact, we dread starting all over tomorrow. This episode is to challenge you to end your night right to you don’t start your morning wrong by offering 7 choices that will help you increase your morning’s energy to give your new day…
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Interview with Jon Vroman of Front Row Foundation
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This is a challenging and inspiring interview with author, speaker, and foundation founder, Jon Vroman. We discuss his life before starting a foundation, life on the road as a speaker, how he stays connected with his family. about his book and foundation, and just so much more. For full show notes, visit: www.EnergyEdgePodcast.com/036 The Energy Ed…
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8 Practices to Creating an Energy Hour Before Your 1st Minute of Work
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How do you spend your 1st hour of the day? Have you ever considered how this 1st hour affects our could affect your energy for the rest of the day? This episode unpacks the following: * Most people are do one or more behaviors in the morning * What you should NOT do the 1st hour of your day * The key question to ask your 1st hour of the morning * 8…
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What happens when life is going just fine and your body shuts down and you have to completely alter your nutrition to the absolute extreme? Emily Neal shares her journey that is still in process in this episode. A former journalist, now communications director, Emily is a driven woman who had to channel her energy into getting healthy. In this epis…
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How to Manage Your Energy When You're in the Middle of a Major Life Crisis
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What happens when you’re in the middle of a MAJOR life crisis and life is completely altered? How do you or can you manage your energy during this time when you need energy the most? On this podcast we look at all different types of energy and how it affects our everyday lives. But what we’ve not talked about is how to manage your energy when you h…
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What could your hormones have anything to do with your energy? Actually more than you could imagine especially for guys too! This episode is an interview with Robyn Srigley, who's known as The Hormone Diva. For full show notes, visit: www.EnergyKickstart.com/032 The Energy Edge Podcast is sponsored by www.5MinuteEnergyKickstart.com which are three …
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Five Proactive Ways to Use Energy for Connecting with People
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Three words that often cause pause, concern, and often fear is: Connecting With Others. It's vital to many of our jobs and definitely our success. But what is needed to connect at a consistent and high level is energy. In this episode we'll discuss five proactive ways to use energy for connecting with people. Whether your an extrovert or introvert,…
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Interview with Ian Ryan of the Fearless and Healthy Podcast
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What fears are holding you back right now? There is so much to learn from personal trainer, entrepreneur, speaker, and podcaster, Ian Ryan in this episode. You’ll discover the following: *How Ian's life altering event that caused him to question everything and the results *How to increase our energy on any given day *Suggestions for nutrition and f…
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Three Levels of Work That Affect Your Energy in a Surprising Way
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Work is a huge part in fact the largest part of our day. But little to no thought goes into how our work actually affects our energy. But what if we understood the three levels of work and how they dramatically affect our energy level throughout our day? In this episode, we'll go deep into these three levels of work and help you begin to navigate h…
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Interview with Camille Gallinger - How Unmanaged Emotions Sabotage Your Energy
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Have you ever considered how your emotions affect your energy? Is it possible they could actually be sabotaging your energy on a daily basis. But it doesn't have to be this way. This is an interview with Camille Gallnger, a certified nutritionist, vitality coach, and self-care advocate. In this episode you'll discover: * What is Nutrition in Isolat…
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One Formula That Could Change Your Daily Moving Into Energy
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Many of us, if we’re honest, we move very little most days and as a result, we feel out of shape and possibly the worst shape of our life right now. So, how do you move more during the day to move the needle on your energy? Here’s the Formula - Increase (think an up arrow) and M4X which means increase your movement in four ways: Stand More Walk Mor…
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Interview with Cliff Ravenscraft of Podcast Answerman.com
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This was an amazing interview with Cliff Ravenscraft of Podcast Answerman.com. Cliff shares the backstory of his incredible success and climb to the top but also the incredible cost for him: his health. He shares with refreshing vulnerability of his battle with his weight, lack of movement, losing weight, then gaining it all back again. But he also…
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8 Difficult Lessons I Learned From An Unexpected Hospital Visit and Emergency Surgery
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Sometimes, life just takes an unexpected turn and we’re left to react and somehow make sense of what just happened. This is the case this past week with Bryan Paul Buckley who had a major health scare, ended up in the hospital and had emergency surgery. This episode he discusses eight difficult lessons he learned from this experience. For full show…
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Interview with author Kary Oberbrunner - What Is Hacking Your Energy?
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Have you ever thought about what is hacking your energy? This is an interview with author, Kary Oberbrunner about his book, The Elixir Project, and how so many things in our world are hacking our energy and keeping us from what is truly important in life. In this episode you’ll discover: * Why energy is everything and affects everything * Why a suc…
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10 Simple Ways to Wreck a Good Night of Sleep
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So many of us are sabotaging our sleep and we don't even realize. The reality is we're really good at it too! In this episode we're going to reveal and discuss the 10 simple ways to wreck a good night of sleep. We're also going to talk about why it's wrecking your sleep, what to do about it, and some simple start here action steps. And this week we…
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Interview with Dr. Ann Vertel - How to Leverage Your Temperament for Energy
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Have you ever considered how your temperament (extroverted or introverted) affects your energy through the day? In this episode you'll discover: * how temperaments and energy have a direct correlation * determine your level of extroversion or introversion through a 10 question provided quiz * how true introverts refuel their energy * and how true e…
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