Leadership

Dr. Somer Nicole – Healing through Yoga

Dr. Somer Nicole is the founder of [Evolve Physical Therapy and Yoga](http://www.physicaltherapyandyoga.com/). Dr. Somer integrates her knowledge of therapy and yoga by offering a holistic approach of care and healing for her clients. She has a Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy and a Doctorate Degree in Physical Therapy. She has been a Hatha Yoga teacher since 2002. Listen as Ari, Nich and Dr. Somer talk about the benefits of the holistic approach and the other benefits of doing the yoga therapy.

“Nature is the most healing thing for all of us”

  1. How Somer Nicole got into yoga because she wanted an exercise routine that was more holistic
  2. The 10 different styles of yoga including Hatha, Lyengar, Anusara and Kundalini
  3. How Yoga is a science of angles
  4. The services Somer offers including home practice for those who are recovering from an injury or are post-surgical
  5. Lower back injuries affect the deepest abdominal muscles and must be properly retrained
  6. How Somer’s yoga therapy is specific to every person depending on what they need
  7. What is Kundalini and how it helps break a negative habit in 40 days
  8. Top three pieces of advice for people to be more effective:
  9. Develop a morning practice and do it every single day
  10. Meditation
  11. Get into nature every single day
  12. Being with nature paves the way for the cycle of gratitude
  13. There is a promo that people can try at [Yoga Doctors](http://yogadoctors.tv/)

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Emily LaRusch – Getting Calls

[Emily LaRusch](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-larusch-8199586/) is the founder and CEO of [Back Office Betties](http://www.backofficebetties.com/), a virtual receptionist company for small business owners. Before creating Back Office Betties, Emily worked at JP Morgan Chase, Quicken Loans and Wells Fargo. Discover why Nick prefers Emily’s company before others who provide the same service. Emily also shares how the business works, the tools and software that run their ship and how Emily secures her best hires.

**What You’ll Learn**

  1. What Back Office Betties offers as a virtual receptionist company for small business owners
  2. How Back Office Betties creates tools using [ProProfs](http://www.proprofs.com/training/) for their team
  3. How Emily’s team utilizes [Zoho](https://www.zoho.com/) for all their needs
  4. The software that Emily uses to streamline their processes
  5. The price of using Emily’s services (average cost of the service is $260 a month)
  6. The total number of employees of Back Office Betties is 13 and all are working from home
  7. Where Emily hires her employees (ex. [Flex Jobs](https://www.flexjobs.com/))
  8. The hiring process for Emily: 1. includes ads, phone interviews and a live process test
  9. How Back Office Betties takes calls and is capable of doing warm sales
  10. Their current number of clients – Make sure you subscribe, rate and review our podcast and then send a screenshot of the review to us and you could win access to an elite pool of entrepreneurs and productivity experts through Leverage Labs!

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Jim Klopman – Getting Balanced

[Jim Klopman](http://www.slackbow.com/team/) is the inventor and owner of [The Slack Bow Balance Training System](http://www.slackbow.com/). He is also the author of [_Balance is Power_](http://www.slackbow.com/products/) and was a Board Member, Treasurer, and Leadership Consultant for the Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology. The Slack Bow is an indoor unit, primarily developed by and for Jim, to increase one’s athletic balance. Listen as Jim explains the importance of balance, the very things that deplete our balance, and how you can improve your balance using Slack bow.

“Our science is [that] we’ve really developed great progressions.”

What You’ll Learn

  1. How the greatest secret to athleticism is improving your balance
  2. What the Klopman Balance Index is
  3. The things that deplete our balance
  4. Why balance is important for people and athletes
  5. The importance of the athletic position and the different variations
  6. What Jim means by activating the muscles
  7. Why using heavy weights are unnatural for the body
  8. How Jim helps his clients through progressions
  9. How balance plays a role in coordination and the ability to pull your muscles and kinetic chain
  10. The price of the Slack Bow and other products offered by Jim

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Ari Meisel and Nick Sonnenberg – Interviewed by Blake Eastman and Helena Clegg

The microphones are turned around today! Ari and Nick are interviewed by [Blake Eastman](https://twitter.com/blakeeastman?lang=en) and Helena Clegg! Listen in to hear how Ari & Nick run [www.getleverage.com](http://www.getleverage.com), what their 3 Pieces of Advice to be More Effective are and much much more. Find all of our Podcasts, Episodes and Resources at [www.leveragepodcasts.com](http://www.leveragepodcasts.com)

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Michael Bungay Stanier – Be a Coach

[Michael Bungay Stanier](http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/michael-bungay-stanier/) is the author of [_The Coaching Habit_](http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/books-products/) and [_Do More Great Work_](https://www.amazon.com/Do-More-Great-Work-Busywork/dp/0761156445). He is also the Senior Partner at [Box of Crayons](http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/) whose facilitators works with organizations, helping managers to learn how to coach.

Michael has worked with a diverse set of clients including the United Nations, The University Health Network, USAA and, Box. He is a sought after speaker regarding leadership and coaching and was named the first Canadian Coach of the Year. Michael shares the importance of being coach-like, being coachable, and how coaching can be the means to help people reach their goals. – Checkout Michael’s Haiku Competition!: [Box of Crayons](http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2017/02/cash-prizes-and-coaching-goodness/)

– ## “How vulnerable are you willing to be?”

What You’ll Learn

1. How being more coach-like can help you be better

2. 7 good questions for being coach-like

3. How the book is a middle ground for being coach-like and wanting to be coached

4. Why Michael wrote the book and what crayons have to do with it

5. How to become coachable

6. The different types of coaches and how to find the one you need

7. How people can work hard and have big impact

8. The three different types of work

9. The resources that Michael offers

10. Michael’s top three pieces of advice:

11. Don’t start anything unless it scares you

12. Go all the way

13. Get better at saying “no”

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Petteri Lahtela – The Oura Ring Creator on Listening to Your Body

[www.ouraring.com](http://www.ouraring.com) – Coupon Code: leverage [Petteri Lahtela](https://www.linkedin.com/in/plahtela/) is the CEO and co-founder of [Ōura](https://ouraring.com/), the first wellness ring and app.

Petteri is a serial entrepreneur with over 21 years of experience in creating hi-tech products and building international businesses. His strengths include improving profits, leadership and management across several cultures and business disciplines, as well as business creation and development.

Listen as Petteri discusses The Ōura Ring and how it can help better your mental and physical performance by assessing how your body responds to your current lifestyle.

## Key Quote ##

“Our passion is for people to understand how unique they are and how they can keep up with their performance.”

What You’ll Learn

1. What the Ōura ring can do for your health and wellbeing0

2. How the Ōura ring work

3. Why the Ōura ring is an innovative product

4. Why it is important to get the data of pulse amplitude in different sleep stages

5. The data the Ōura ring assesses from you

6. The three different versions of the Ōura rings

7. The future for Ōura ring

8. The features of the Ōura ring (ex. waterproof)

9. Where the core team of Ōura is located.

10. The top three pieces of advice from Petteri Lahtela:

11. People are unique

12. Small changes in life and daily routines can affect performance—mentally and physically

13. People can realize their passion by how their body responds to their lifestyle Less Doing Podcast Resources – [www.leveragepodcasts.com](http://www.leveragepodcasts.com)

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