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Host John Strelecky (author of The Cafe on the Edge of the World) and fellow collaborators share humorous and heartfelt advice about the big questions in life. Hang with them as they bridge the gap between our seemingly absolute unimportance given the grand scale of the universe and yet how to live a meaningful life despite that. Episodes include highlights from interviews he has given, and brand new content recorded just for the show. New episode each month.
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Kodsnack 626 - The great flattening of everything, with Jon Sterling
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54:12Fredrik talks to Jon Sterling about user interfaces old and new. Jon has created Aquaui - a Mac user interface library which is a small love letter to the Aqua user interface style for Mac OS X. Based on that, we discuss understandable and consistent user interfaces, how there seems to be little evolution and improvement, wish for brave new ideas, …
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#62 Madame Moneypenny, Personal Finance Expert
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1:33:14I sit down for a second round of discussions with good friend and bestselling author Natascha Wegelin, known by her fans as Madame Moneypenny. In our first podcast together we dove deep into her personal story and about how she became the powerful and positive presence she is for women on the topic of financial freedom. In this episode, we go into …
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Kodsnack 620 - Encapsulation of knowledge, with Dejan Milicic
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1:01:47Fredrik talks to Dejan Milicic about software development - understanding, methods, and stories. We start by talking about encapsulation of knowledge and the essential software in organizations. Almost every organization should - it can be argued - be developing software that solves their unique problems, and yet so many outsource so much of their …
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#61 The Ultimate Christmas Competition Episode
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1:01:36On this episode, John, Skip and our team member Anna sit down for the yearly Christmas episode! Join us as we discuss our top museum day moments from 2024, what we are most looking forward to most in 2025, and an all time Christmas competition that will certainly bring you some laughter, and put you in the Christmas spirit. Thank you to all our ama…
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Kodsnack 618 - This chaos element, with Ingrid af Sandeberg
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15:45Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Ingrid af Sandeberg about AI and people’s perception of it. While it’s very powerful to be able to interact with models through natural language, that interface in itself hides a lot of what’s actually going on. Many thanks to Øredev for inviting Kodsnack again, they paid for the trip and the editi…
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Kodsnack 617 - Craving for the human touch, with Laura Herman
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28:19Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Laura Herman about creativity, creation, and AI. Among other things, we discuss: How the perspectives of different groups differ, and Laura talks about the many factors which inform how people feel about generative AI. Generative AI as curation. How and where in our work processes we want AI assist…
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Kodsnack 616 - Computers outside of computers, with Violet Whitney and William Martin
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16:06Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Violet Whitney and William Martin about the research they do into how we can interact with computers outside of the bounds of … well, a regular computer or phone. Many thanks to Øredev for inviting Kodsnack again, they paid for the trip and the editing time of these keynote recordings, but have no …
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Kodsnack 615 - All I had to do was break the build, with Kent Beck and Beth Andres-Beck
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17:55Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Kent Beck and Beth Andres-Beck about development practices, code reviews, and more. Unfortunately, sound quality is a lot worse than it should be. We apologize, and invite any sound processing wizards out there to get in touch if they have solid ways of improving it. Has there actually been a backl…
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Kodsnack 614 - Somehow cheat the system, with David Jacoby
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14:43Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to IT security expert David Jacoby about his way into IT security. What was it like to get interested in computer security early on, and to try start working with it before there really was an awareness of even the need for more security information? And when did the switch happen from annoying but ha…
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Kodsnack 613 - Opt-in nations, with Corin Ism
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29:48Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Corin Ism about the power of developers to change the world for the better. Much of what we do is building virtual worlds - virtual nations if you will - and creating and enforcing their rules and power structures. We should take that power and responsibility seriously and think about what we build…
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Kodsnack 612 - Where types first come in, with Pedro Abreu
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55:53Fredrik talks to Pedro Abreu about the magical world of type theory. What is it, and why is it useful to know about and be inspired by? Pedro gives us some background on type theory, and then we talk about how type theory can provide new ways of reasoning about programs, and tools beyond tests to verify program correctness. This doesn’t mean that a…
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#60 Tour highlights with John and Skip
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1:11:02Get ready for some laughs as we go behind the scenes and recap our time on tour in Germany where we launched my new book “Zeit für Fragen im Café am Rande der Welt”. We dive into; Our favorite Museum Day moments on tour, what it's like on the road, amazing stories from fans, what didn't go quite the way we planned, John's can't miss tip for having …
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Kodsnack 607 - Emberisms, with Balint Erdi
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55:20Fredrik talks to Balint Erdi about the web framework Ember. Where did Ember come from, what stands out about it today, how do new features get into the framework, and how is development being made more sustainable? Plus: Balint’s experiences organizing Emberfest, and quite a bit of appreciation for the Ruby and Ember communities in general. The epi…
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#59 Karin Kuschik, #1 Bestselling Author and Performance Coach
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1:22:02On this episode, I sit down for an energetic conversation with good friend and bestselling author, Karin Kuschik. We celebrate the release of the English language version of her bestselling book, “50 Sentences That Make Life Easier”, and the release in Germany of my new book, “Zeit für Fragen”. Our wide ranging discussion includes a lot of humorous…
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Kodsnack 604 - Farmer's disposition, with Evan Czaplicki
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59:14Fredrik talks to Evan Czaplicki, creator of Elm about figuring out a good path for yourself. What do you do when you have a job which seems like it would be your dream job, but it turns out to be the wrong thing for you? And how do you escape from that? You can’t put the success of something you build before your own personal and mental health, no …
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#58 Pauline Grabosch, Olympic Medalist and World Champion Cyclist
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1:33:33On this episode, I'm honored to sit down for an inspiring conversation with Olympic bronze medalist and nine-time world champion cyclist, Pauline Grabosch. Our wide ranging discussion includes; what it takes to become an Olympic athlete, the balance of being a peak performer focused on the goal of winning yet also enjoying the experience and being …
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Kodsnack 600 - Just use +, with Christian Clausen
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57:30Fredrik talks to Christian Clausen about the many facets of simplicity. The cloud and serverless was supposed to be simpler than running your own hardware, but you easily get stuck trying to select the right message bus, needing to know the intricacies of your chosen cloud provider infrastructure, and the like. You end up building your software aro…
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Kodsnack 598 - Tiny dopamine hit, with Jack Cheng
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1:00:54Fredrik talks to Jack Cheng - author and creator of the iPhone note capture app Bebop. Jack describes where Bebop came from and how he built it, and how and why Copilot and other AI tools became integral parts of the workflow. Being aware of the maintenance cost of each decision, keeping things focused, avoiding building yourself into a bloated cor…
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#57 Axel Schura, Near Death Survivor & Mindset Coach
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1:33:38In this episode, the incredibly inspirational Axel Schura and I sit down for a heartfelt conversation about his powerful life story, including the diagnosis which led to him being told, “You have, at most, a week left to live.” We have a wide ranging discussion including; Axel’s home life growing up and how it shaped him, actively choosing to leave…
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Kodsnack 595 - Maintain curiosity, with Woody Zuill and Martin Lassbo
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37:03Fredrik paid a visit to Hogia and got the opportunity to talk to Woody Zuill and Martin Lassbo about mob programming, innovation, and keeping an open and curious mind. Mob programming is still new. Every time you say “that can’t work”, you tend to be proven wrong eventually. Try it, for a year or two. You can’t evaluate things after trying it for j…
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Kodsnack 593 - Into the view hierarchy, with Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski
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1:55:50Fredrik is again joined by Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski for a review of attending this year’s WWDC, working with “AI”, and more. The experience of attending - a lot about the great community.News from the conference - a Snow leopard year, in a good way. Lots of nice fixes and additions - Swiftui, fun widgets, and of course lots of question mar…
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#56 André Schürrle, Adventurer, Thinker, Athlete, Dedicated Dad.
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1:38:23On this episode, I sit down for a beautiful conversation about life and purpose with adventurer André Schürrle. He was known initially in his career for his highlight moments as a professional footballer, including helping lead his team to a World Cup Championship. Then, thanks to his courage, focus, and commitment to live his purpose, he embarked …
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#55 Tobias Beck, Life Coach & Bestselling Author
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1:15:48On this episode, Tobias Beck and I sit down for a heart to heart conversation about where life has taken him since we last spoke, and how Tobias has learned to adapt with whatever comes his way. We have a deep discussion including; Tobias’s recent media critiques and how to deal with being attacked, his new book REHBELLION, going on tour across Ger…
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Kodsnack 584 - A free deadline in September, with Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski
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1:47:05Fredrik is joined by Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski for a quick chat about the Deep dish Swift conference, the past and present of Mercury weather, their next app project, and what might happen at Apple’s WWDC in June. The first big topic is the developer conference Deep dish Swift. Malin and Kai not only participated in the conference itself, b…
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#54 Nathan Goldblat, Social Media Celebrity & Adventurer
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2:03:24In this episode, Nathan Goldblat and I sit down for an insightful conversation about his amazing path to becoming a social media sensation. Our discussion includes; how he launched it all as just a young kid, the way he tackles problem solving using creativity and quiet space, what it takes to create successful social media content, learning from o…
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#53 Bodo Schäfer, Personal Finance Guru and Bestselling Author
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1:30:11In this episode, personal finance guru Bodo Schäfer and I sit down for a fantastic conversation about his journey to becoming a personal finance guide to millions through his bestselling books. We cover among other topics; his incredibly bold decision to move from Germany to the United States on his own at just 16 years old, learning to stay open t…
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Kodsnack 573 - This is not a toy project, with Leandro Ostera and Emil Privér
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1:04:35Fredrik is joined by Emil Privér and Leandro Ostera for a discussion of the OCaml ecosystem, and making it Saas-ready by building Riot. First of all: OCaml. What is the thing with the language, and how you might get into it coming from other languages? The OCaml community is nice, interested in getting new people in, and pragmatic. And it has a nic…
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#52 Mandy Capristo, Pop Superstar and Songwriter.
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1:47:56On this episode, pop superstar Mandy Capristo and I sit down for a beautiful conversation about her incredible journey from teenage pop star to founder of FELICE. We have a wide ranging discussion including what it was like to receive her first label offer at 12 years old, her journey to becoming a pop sensation with the girls group Monrose, where …
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Kodsnack 570 - Debug your ideas, with Eric Normand
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40:56Fredrik is joined by Eric Normand for a discussion of debugging your ideas through domain modeling, using Eric’s concept of lenses to find more good questions to ask. Eric is writing a book about domain modeling and has developed the concept of lenses - ways to look at various aspects of your domain, model, and code in order to better consider vari…
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#51 Stefano Zarrella, Celebrity Chef and Social Media Sensation
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1:21:11On this episode, celebrity chef Stefano Zarrella and I sit down for a heart to heart conversation. We talk about his life journey from working in his parents restaurant as a kid, to becoming a social media sensation for his inviting cooking content. Plus we dive deep into learning how to build your confidence, choosing to be authentic in a world th…
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Kodsnack 567 - Arrow straight through, with Matt Topol and Lars Wikman
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1:23:02Fredrik has Matt Topol and Lars Wikman over for a deep and wide chat about Apache Arrow and many, many topics in the orbit of the language-independent columnar memory format for flat and hierarchical data. What does that even mean? What is the point? And why does Arrow only feel more and more interesting and useful the more you think about deeply i…
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Join me for a fascinating New Year's Resolution conversation with a friend of the show, returning guest & world renowned psychiatrist and coach Dr. Anna Yusim. After Skip gives us the history of New Year's Resolutions, Anna and I go deep on the topic, including creating healthy, sustainable habits in 2024. We cover the importance of finding a formu…
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Join Skip and I as we share tips on making this year the best ever, including an awesome exercise to help you do that. We also share some big news about the podcast, and the top three things we're looking forward to in 2024. Happy New Years from the whole John Strelecky Team! Grow and Thrive (English) Course: https://cafe-course.johnstrelecky.com/s…
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#48 Special Christmas Episode - Get ready to laugh with us!
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1:21:28Join us for lots of laughs and fond memories of Christmas traditions. In this, our special holiday episode, Skip and I are joined by Anna our team member from Germany. We talk about family traditions, favorite holiday cookies, holiday foods, best presents ever, and so much more. We laughed a ton recording this, and hope you will too. Enjoy! Happy H…
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Kodsnack 560 - Starting with courage, with Diana Larsen
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29:38Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2023 just after her keynote, Fredrik chats to Diana Larsen about leadership and building good teams. How to get into leaderhip? Often it’s more about picking up expectations than getting a formal onboarding Learning to not do things yourself when you start leading - everything you do is one less thing the team learns to …
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Kodsnack 559 - Non-fungible plants, with Cyrus Clarke
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26:47Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2023 just after his keynote, Fredrik chats to Cyrus Clarke about plants, imagining things, exploring, and building. And not presenting speculative things as possible here right now. Daring to not be useful right now. How to bridge the gap between theory and academia on one side and practice and industry wanting to build …
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Kodsnack 558 - Software outlives you, with Na'Tosha Bard
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21:15Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2023 just after her keynote, Fredrik chats to Na’Tosha Bard about picking good building blocks, getting products done, and code outliving you. Software outlives you. How early is it meaningful to consider that fact? Will we get better at handling long-lived software? Make tradeoffs with open eyes. Na’Tosha has worked on …
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Kodsnack 557 - All I had was science fiction, with Galit Ariel
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38:44Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2023 just after her keynote, Fredrik chats to Galit Ariel about being inspired by the right science fiction, uninspired futures, and much more. It’s all thanks to Star Trek - a vision of the future which is actually positive and thoughtful What science fiction can teach us about what we think of as the other Uninspired f…
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#47 Getting clues from the universe you're on the right path.
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14:49This appetizer sized episode is from an interview I gave. There were some topics which we get a lot of questions about, so we thought we'd share it here. They include; getting clues from the universe you’re on the right path, why some people with the kindest hearts accidentally end up being selfish if they're not careful, and the amazing story of t…
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Kodsnack 556 - Informed hope, with Monika Bielskyte
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37:12Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2023 just after her keynote, Fredrik chats to Monika Bielskyte about finding, building, and approaching better visions for the future. We discuss things such as: Disabilities for innovation and better design More inclusion in design for people on edges improves the world for precisely everyone Why does a concept like pro…
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#46 Sebastian Fitzek, #1 bestselling psychological thriller author.
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1:29:45On this episode, #1 bestselling psychological thriller writer Sebastian Fitzek and I sit down for a fascinating conversation. In addition to his success with his bestselling, heart pounding books, he's also an incredibly funny and motivational guy. We talk about his writing process, his passion for being a lifelong learner, how he learned to write …
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#45 World renowned gynecologist Dr. Sheila de Liz, on the importance of understanding your body.
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1:31:36In this episode I talk with women’s health expert and world renowned gynecologist Dr. Sheila de Liz, who is also the bestselling author of numerous books including “Woman on Fire”. We cover an array of fascinating topics including the chemical changes which occur at different times in a woman’s life, how we hear and experience the same words differ…
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#44, Actor and audio book narrator Markus Pfeiffer, on the power of curiosity.
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1:31:52Imagine being the voice of Hollywood celebrities like Paul Rudd, Tom Cruise, Sacha Baron Cohen and Adrien Brody when their works are translated into another language. On this episode I invite the incredibly talented Markus Pfeiffer to the show. In addition to being a television and film actor and the voice of Hollywood celebrities, he is also the n…
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#43, Sergio Bambaren, how saving a life can save a universe.
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1:11:45Heartwarming adventurer, chemical engineer by trade, and #1 bestselling author, Sergio Bambaren and I have a beautiful discussion about the rhythm of the universe around us. We talk about how kids can teach us the path to happiness, what listening to the ocean can offer, how to get in touch with the voice of your heart, why selling yourself for mat…
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Kodsnack 550 - This beautiful abomination, with Natalia Tepluhina
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34:51Recorded at Øredev 2022, Fredrik chats with Natalia Tepluhina about perhaps the most complicated part of frontend development: state management. Why is state management so tricky, and what can we do about it? Natalia tells a fascinating story of a beautiful abomination of state management libraries in a single application. Don’t be the bottleneck. …
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#42, Marisa Peer, master your thoughts & master your life.
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1:27:15Rapid Transformational Therapist and #1 bestselling author, Marisa Peer and I have an insightful discussion about techniques to master your thoughts and life. We have a wonderful conversation about the proper ways to improve a child’s self esteem, finding something that makes your heart sing, reframing perspectives on past experiences, understandin…
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#41, Laura Malina Seiler, the keys to inner happiness.
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1:39:05Join me for a fascinating conversation with spiritual mastermind and #1 bestselling author, Laura Malina Seiler. We have a heartfelt discussion about achieving happiness on your journey through life. We dive into how being prepared for the dark times is vital to help you get through them, the difference between survivor mode and creator mode, achie…
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#40, Karin Kuschik, How to create lasting change in a matter of minutes.
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1:27:43Join me for a fascinating conversation with game changing performance coach, and bestselling author Karin Kuschik. We have a beautiful discussion about Karin’s widely impactful coaching technique called "Listen and Learn", how changing your mind leads to growth, why being curious and asking questions can get you to new heights, the life changing le…
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#39, World renowned psychiatrist Dr. Anna Yusim on relationships.
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1:36:59Join me for a fascinating conversation with my good friend, returning guest, & world renowned psychiatrist Dr. Anna Yusim. We take a deep dive and answer some of the most challenging questions about relationships submitted by you, the fans of the show! We discuss if there is a healthy amount of obsession to have for your partner, how to allow freed…
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#38, The incredibly inspiring, Jasmin Böhm, long distance biker, bestselling author, and dedicated mom.
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1:07:43Join me for a Between the Lines conversation with long distance biker, bestselling author, and dedicated mom Jasmin Böhm. We talk about her profoundly inspiring story as she transitioned from being a single mom with three jobs barely getting by, to embarking on a beautiful journey with her son, biking over 12,000 km and visiting over 19 countries. …
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