Success is a broad term that carries only arbitrary meaning. In Western cultures, we often attribute it to money, fame, and power. But money without joy, peace, love, spirituality, and health doesn't equate to a great life. Often, it equates to a miserable one...
Hi, I'm Alex Terranova, a Business & Life Performance Alchemist & Coach who's coached hundreds of successful people. I have learned the secret to a great life is about creating a life that you love the experience of living. It's not about how much money you make, how big your company is, how many abs you can count, the boat you own, the models you've slept with, or the trips you've taken.
A great successful life feels good. It results from choosing your purpose and living with commitment, integrity, love, play, and faith.
I will sit down with one successful person each week on Playing with Problems. They might be successful in money, love, leadership, health, spirituality, or thriving in various areas. And we'll explore who they are and what they've accomplished.
But every podcast does that.
This podcast is unique because we'll also dive into and play with a current problem they are experiencing. A cultural myth makes us believe that once people are successful, they don't have problems. We all have problems, and it takes a courageous person to share theirs.
This show isn't about listening to a problem that's been solved. Our guests will bring a vulnerable issue they are currently challenged by, and we'll work and play together to get clarity, answers, new perspectives, ideas, and maybe even a solution.
I invite you to experience these conversations as if they are about you. If you listen and watch through yourself, your relationships, finances, fears, challenges, successes, and problems, these conversations could change your life.
Welcome to Playing with Problems
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Success is a broad term that carries only arbitrary meaning. In Western cultures, we often attribute it to money, fame, and power. But money without joy, peace, love, spirituality, and health doesn't equate to a great life. Often, it equates to a miserable one...
Hi, I'm Alex Terranova, a Business & Life Performance Alchemist & Coach who's coached hundreds of successful people. I have learned the secret to a great life is about creating a life that you love the experience of living. It's not about how much money you make, how big your company is, how many abs you can count, the boat you own, the models you've slept with, or the trips you've taken.
A great successful life feels good. It results from choosing your purpose and living with commitment, integrity, love, play, and faith.
I will sit down with one successful person each week on Playing with Problems. They might be successful in money, love, leadership, health, spirituality, or thriving in various areas. And we'll explore who they are and what they've accomplished.
But every podcast does that.
This podcast is unique because we'll also dive into and play with a current problem they are experiencing. A cultural myth makes us believe that once people are successful, they don't have problems. We all have problems, and it takes a courageous person to share theirs.
This show isn't about listening to a problem that's been solved. Our guests will bring a vulnerable issue they are currently challenged by, and we'll work and play together to get clarity, answers, new perspectives, ideas, and maybe even a solution.
I invite you to experience these conversations as if they are about you. If you listen and watch through yourself, your relationships, finances, fears, challenges, successes, and problems, these conversations could change your life.
Welcome to Playing with Problems
Episode 1: Listening to Your Light with Meghan Smith
I am excited to bring you episode number one of the Playing with Problems podcast! I'm extraordinarily grateful to my guest Meghan Smith for being the brave, vulnerable, wise, and fun human that dared to join me on this first adventure. This episode was eye-opening and powerful, and I know it can and will help many people.
In this episode, Meghan and I go deep, we laugh, it gets emotional, and we create powerful awareness and breakthroughs that left Meghan "feeling a buzz all day" (which she shared later).
Meghan is a spiritual teacher, leader, and coach. She is a former lawyer who graduated top of her class and left her success behind in choosing a life and work that makes her happy and fulfilled. She is also the Host of The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life podcast, a wife, and a mother of two amazing kids. As a coach, she supports high-achieving women to heal from dysregulated nervous systems, co-dependency, and addictive behaviors. Through a combination of ontological coaching and spiritual teaching, Meghan leads women through the transformational process of learning to surrender, allowing them to create highly satisfying, spacious, and prosperous lives.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Meghan's "successful life" as a lawyer, trustworthy, dependable, executed, intelligent, and at the top of their class, yet behind the scenes, was miserable
-We define success (primarily outward or societal focused) and something we coined as "evolved success," which would include being happy and fulfilled
-Her Rock Bottom
-What gave her the ability to walk away, to change and transform her life
-Her addiction to food and chaos, working the 12 steps and losing 120lbs
-What is she currently struggling with? Her marriage is a place where she feels she keeps hitting her head against the wall. Her avoidant attachment style keeps her distant and disconnected, and she often feels like the worst wife and mother
-We dig into separating her "dark" thoughts from her "light" thoughts and hear Meghan speak from each
-Creating awareness around true self-acceptance, surrender, getting her needs met as a person, and mother, realizing she needs more structures to take care of herself
You can connect with Meghan Smith here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmeghansmith/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meghansmithcoach
Website: www.meghansmithcoaching.com
You can connect with Alex Terranova here:
Instagram: @InspirationalAlex
Website: www.TheDreamMason.com
Email: Alex@TheDreamMason.com
Alex Terranova, PCC, is one of the world's top and most sought-after Performance & Success Alchemists and Coaches. He's an Author, Men's Retreat Leader, & International Speaker who was dubbed "The Anti-Excuses Coach" by Yahoo Finance. As the Founder of DreamMason Inc., Co-Creator of Your Love Adventure, and the docile tones behind hundreds of podcasts, he's coached and transformed hundreds of lives into better relationships, financial abundance, and increased achievement with less stress, drama, and difficulty.
Since 2015 Alex has coached hundreds of successful and powerful individuals & businesses to thrive financially, enjoy better relationships, and achieve more, all with less stress, drama, and difficulty.
Alex is the author of Fictional Authenticity and the forthcoming book How Dreams Are Built. He has hosted & appeared in over 400 podcasts, including top-rated shows such as The University of Adversity, The Primal BluePrint, and Success Unleashed. He has been featured on NBC, FOX, Yahoo Finance, Disrupt Magazine, Thrive Global, and Elephant Journal. Alex has worked with athletes, entertainers, executives, & leaders in; MLB, LinkedIn, Million Dollar Sellers, Shutterfly, Godiva, Chase, and Coldwell Banker.
Alex supports people in creating real results, integrity, enjoyment, and peace so they can succeed in what deeply matters to them and build their legacy.
Playing with Problems
Success is a broad term that carries only arbitrary meaning. In Western cultures, we often attribute it to money, fame, and power. But money without joy, peace, love, spirituality, and health doesn't equate to a great life. Often, it equates to a miserable one...
Hi, I'm Alex Terranova, a Business & Life Performance Alchemist & Coach who's coached hundreds of successful people. I have learned the secret to a great life is about creating a life that you love the experience of living. It's not about how much money you make, how big your company is, how many abs you can count, the boat you own, the models you've slept with, or the trips you've taken.
A great successful life feels good. It results from choosing your purpose and living with commitment, integrity, love, play, and faith.
I will sit down with one successful person each week on Playing with Problems. They might be successful in money, love, leadership, health, spirituality, or thriving in various areas. And we'll explore who they are and what they've accomplished.
But every podcast does that.
This podcast is unique because we'll also dive into and play with a current problem they are experiencing. A cultural myth makes us believe that once people are successful, they don't have problems. We all have problems, and it takes a courageous person to share theirs.
This show isn't about listening to a problem that's been solved. Our guests will bring a vulnerable issue they are currently challenged by, and we'll work and play together to get clarity, answers, new perspectives, ideas, and maybe even a solution.
I invite you to experience these conversations as if they are about you. If you listen and watch through yourself, your relationships, finances, fears, challenges, successes, and problems, these conversations could change your life.
Welcome to Playing with Problems
