The Upgraded Life - Dr. Nick Sotelo

🎙Season 3 Episode 20 - Jay Bhakta - Teaching Children Self-Mastery and Leadership🎙

Jay rocks! and I love his mission with the Base Case and Build program where he is making an impact on the next generations of young people by equipping them with perspective and skillsets necessary to be truly successful. Former navy officer turned successful entrepreneur, Douglas James, shares his extraordinary journey and strategies for success on The Upgraded Life. From exploring digital marketing to making more money than in the navy, he reveals his secrets to lead generation and acquiring clients. Overcoming challenges, Douglas built a strong network and formed partnerships that propelled his business to new heights. He emphasizes the importance of mentors, boundaries, and embracing AI for success. Join us on this inspiring episode to learn from Douglas James' remarkable transformation and gain valuable insights for your own journey on The Upgraded Life

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🎙Season 3 Episode 17 - Douglas James - Lessons from a serial entrepreneur🎙
I had an amazing conversation with the and only Douglas James! Former navy officer turned successful entrepreneur, Douglas James, shares his extraordinary journey and strategies for success on The Upgraded Life. From exploring digital marketing to making more money than in the navy, he reveals his secrets to lead generation and acquiring clients. Overcoming challenges, Douglas built a strong network and formed partnerships that propelled his business to new heights. He emphasizes the importance of mentors, boundaries, and embracing AI for success. Join us on this inspiring episode to learn from Douglas James' remarkable transformation and gain valuable insights for your own journey on The Upgraded Life

Connect with Douglas:

Twitter: @Douglas_James_

🎙Season 3 Episode 16 - Robert Day- Fixing Foster Care🎙

Robert Day is a passionate advocate for the historical significance of foster care as a replacement for the outdated orphanage system. He emphasizes that foster care is the result of a movement that recognizes the importance of providing children with a caring family environment rather than institutional settings. Reflecting on the original purpose of foster care, he highlights its close relationship with social welfare, as many children in orphanages came from single parent homes struggling financially.

Robert Day is the Chief Executive Orphan at a nonprofit focused on making foster care obsolete.

Robert's mission to have very child with a thriving family, supported by a faithful community.

Twitter:@RecoverinOrphan

Email Robert Day to receive a free copy of his book!

🎙Season 3 Episode 16 - Sam Ocean - The Importance of Relationships: How Building a Network Can Propel Your Career Mission 🎙 I learned a ton from Sam during our time together! He is a true blessing to have in my network of amazing people! Sam Ocean is a seasoned marketer and business development expert with over 9 years of experience in the field. After dropping out of college due to a challenging learning environment, Sam embarked on a journey to forge his own path. It wasn't until he discovered the world of entrepreneurship and personal development that he found his passion for marketing. Sam embodies the mantra of "If their is a will, there is a way" as he never took no for answer, and he always showed up and did the best he could.

Follow Sam on twitter: @thesamocean

On this episode of The Upgraded Life, host Dr. Nick Sotelo talks with a man about the importance of installing core values into your life. They stress the importance of being consciously aware of your own values and how they affect decision-making, personal development, and resilience. The conversation includes practical tips for setting reminders, as well as the concept of grit and overcoming obstacles. The episode also includes a scenario in which the speakers apply the concept of core values to a real-life situation.

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🎙Season 3 Episode 14 - Chris C - Empowering Others: A Discussion on Demonstrating Love through Servant Leadership

On this episode of The Upgraded Life, Dr. Nick Sotelo facilitates a core values clarification session with Chris Connors. Core values is one of the important concepts that a person can incorporate into their life. There are several examples of core values exercises available out there that anyone can do. However, to get the most value from a core values exercise, spending time with an expert is where the real magic happens.

Listen to Dr. Nick Sotelo as he helps Chris to gain true clarity on his for core values.

Chris speaks about various topics, including love, servant leadership, and empowering others. He emphasizes the importance of making individual decisions and defining one's own happiness.

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🎙I had a CRITICAL conversation with Dr. Jay Shah a cardiologist that specializes in treating hypertension- the most invasive medical silent killer today🎙

On this episode of The Upgraded Life, host Dr. Nick Sotelo speaks with guest Dr. Jay Shah about the breakthrough in hypertension care. Shah explains the limitations of current approaches in tracking interventions and their impact on health. Personalized interventions can be more effective, and Shah highlights the importance of monitoring blood pressure to catch hypertension early. Traditional blood pressure cuffs only provide a snapshot, while AKTIA's continuous blood pressure monitoring technology provides up to 27 measurements a day. This empowers individuals to take ownership of their health care and be more involved in managing the disease.

About Dr. Jay Shah:

Dr. Shah is a seasoned physician leader with over 15 years of progressive and diverse experiences in the medical field within academic, clinical, and teaching environments, as well as building medical businesses and service lines.
As the Chief Medical Officer of Aktiia, I am part of a transformative company empowering providers and patients to greatly improve the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of hypertension - a condition that affects nearly 1 in 2 American adults, and over 1 billion people around the world. To connect with Dr Shah use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 12 - Lauren Tickner - How to build an online business so you can live life on your terms

🎙I had an amazing conversation with Lauren Tickner🎙

Lauren is a fitness enthusiast who has always had a disciplined approach to her days, thanks to her early athletic roots. She believes in starting each day with movement and keeping her health as a top priority. Lauren understands that her goals are her own and not necessarily those of her team, and she strives to find a balance between pushing for success and setting realistic expectations. Despite having all the freedom in the world, Lauren is always challenging herself to do more and be better.

Lauren runs Impact School that helps online entrepreneurs to scale up their business to boost profit and time freedom.

To connect with Lauren use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 11 - Vikrant Shaurya - Going all in on yourself, an entrepreneurial success story

🎙I had a truly inspiring conversation with Vikrant Shaurya

Vikrant's story is about doing what makes the most sense to you, despite those around you telling you to do something different.

To connect with Vikrant use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 10 - Guillaume McMartin - How You Can Take A Leap Of Faith Into Your Personal Mission 🎙

I had an amazing conversation with Guillaume McMartin

Guillaume’s personal mission is to bring peace to all nations by choosing the journey that resonated with who he is as a person. Support Guillaume by purchasing his book!

To connect with Guillame use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 9 - Candice Bakx-Friesen - How You Can Use Real Estate and Personal Finances To Your Advantage

🎙I had an amazing conversation with a Realtor,  Real Estate Investor, Sales Coach. And Personal Finance Expert

Candance comes on to give killer advice on the difference between being a Realtor and Investor. Candance also breaks down how we can get ahead on personal finances.

To connect with Candace use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 8 - Kenneth Rupert  🎙I had an amazing conversation with author,  educator, strategist, and Financial Black Belt Kenneth Rupert 🎙

Ken shares a power story of how he lives by the principles and strategies he teaches in his Financial Self-Defense Training course.

Buy his here book!

🎙Season 3 Episode 7 - Jacquelyn Phillips 🎙I had an amazing conversation with author Jacquelyn Phillips🎙

Jacquelyn shares a power story of being at her rock bottom and then building herself back up. Her take on mindset was absolute gold!

Buy here book!

🎙Season 3 Episode 6 - Joey Pagano - No Addict Left Behind 🎙I had an incredible conversation with Joey Pagano, LCSW🎙

Joey just released a new book! Its rare that I find someone like Joey who can talk about both the lived experience of addiction and can hang on the more academic side of speaking to how addictions form and how to help the person who is struggling with addictions. Joey knows is his stuff and I'm excited to get his book to learn from him at a deeper level.

To find Joey use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 5 - Art by Shanti 🎙I had the honor of interviewing Shanti Bennett and Jeremy Bennett🎙

This episode features a powerful story of how the creative art process was a path to healing and spirituality for Shanti. For the past several decades Shanti has been using art to bring healing to the world on a grand scale and to individuals that she mentors. In more recent times her husband Jeremy Bennett has been bringing Shanti's art to the world of WEB3 via NFTs. 

To find Art by Shanti use any of the following links:

🎙Season 3 Episode 4 - Capstone Project Interview -  The Guardian Academy Cryptocurrency Community 🎙I had the honor of interviewing Daniel Senn🎙

This episode is a interview between Dr. Nick Sotelo and Daniel Senn. Daniel is the co-founder of the Forge Finance cryptocurrency project. This interview will be used to complete and submit his capstone project to the Guardian Academy (TGA). TGA uses an access tier system to structure the community. One of the top tiers is called the Guardian Tier. In order to access that tier a candidate must complete a capstone project. If you want to learn about cryptocurrency, WEB3, NFTS, and blockchain here are the links to the communities that are making tremendous effort to educate people on how to be SAFE and EFFECTIVE in all things crypto and blockchain.

To experience all that the Forge Finance community has to offer here are the best links:

🎙Season 2 Episode 5 - Men and Leadership  🎙I had the true pleasure of interviewing Paul Beam 🎙

Paul is the podcast host of True North Man. He leads ManCamp where he helps men become better husbands, fathers, and leaders. 

🎙Season 2 Episode 4 - How to improve your leadership  🎙I had the privilege of jamming with Jacob Espinoza 🎙

Jacob and I both live in the city of Salem, Oregon and our lives intersect in many ways. 

One thing we have in common is that we are both multi-faceted leaders, and we both love to help others improve their leadership.

In this interview, Jacob shares his take on leadership and how you can become the best leader possible. 

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🎙Season 2 - Episode 3 -  How to achieving Financial Certainty - I had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Nicholson 🎙

Dan Nicholson is a CPA and loves to help the small business owner to level up and achieve financial certainty. 

I have personally learned a ton from Mr. Nicholson, and I jumped at the chance to have him on the podcast. 

Connect with Dan Nicholson with these links:

🎙Season 2 - Episode 1 - Following your passion vs convention 🎙I had that the GREAT pleasure of interviewing Scott Newman🎙

Scott Newman is an author and his first officially released book is titled The Night Before The Morning After. 

Scott is a student at Princeton University and in our conversation together you'll hear what it took for him to get accepted to this Ivy League school, and ultimately what happened along the way to convince Scott that the life he thought he wanted wasn't so anymore. 

If you haven't read Scott's book, then I highly encourage you to go get a copy. What Scott presents in this book is an authentic glimpse into the psyche of the next generation of people that will be shaping the world we live in. Scott's book contains several gripping stories about the adventures he's experienced, and even though he's just in his 20s, he's lived a FULL and adventurous life. 

🎙Ep #51 What it takes to be an author 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing David Espinoza 🎙

David Espinoza is the author of seven books. He has written on several topics including parenting young athletes and his own life story. 

From David's Website:

I came from a small farm town (the ghetto side of Dimmitt, Texas.) In 1976 my family migrated to Oregon. One of my best decisions was pursuing a college degree. Escaping poverty was something attainable with clever decisions and hard work. After my 31-year career as a software engineer for the State of Oregon, I retired and focused on writing and speaking. My hope is to encourage others to overcome their limitations, set goals for the future, and follow their passions.

🎙Ep #50 Overcoming a Traumatic Brain Injury 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing  Jordan Marx, again! 🎙

Jordan along with Sarah Campbell were competitors on the Netflix show The Big Flower Fight

🎙Ep #48 The Radical Gospel - When Jesus transforms your life 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Jayson Derowitsch 🎙

Jayson is a church pastor in Oregon. He has written three books. 

In this show, Jayson gives us a glimpse into his most recent book and provides his take on the Gospel and what Good News is all about. 

🎙BONUS Episode - I Used To Be A Therapist 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Wendy Bruton🎙

In this show, you'll hear the story of Dr. Wendy Bruton and all that was involved with her becoming a therapist and her decision to no longer be a therapist. 

To connect with Dr. Wendy Bruton check out her website:

🎙Ep #47 Law of Attraction 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Kaplan 🎙

Andrew is an author of the best-selling book titled The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need to Read.

This conversation digs into the nuts and bolts of the Law of Attraction. 

If you've ever been curios about the Law of Attraction, then this will be a great show for you!

I hired Alex VanHouten to be my fitness coach. It was an amazing experience. 

In this show you'll me, a coach, debriefing my experience being coached by Alex. 

Coach Alex VanHouten - founder of Defining Dad Bod

When modern medical practice failed to provide a liveable treatment for a genetic disorder called Ehlers Danlos, Alex abandoned his ongoing education to become an orthopedic surgeon to learn how to help himself through exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle. On his journey over the past 14 years he's been able to help 1,000s of clients improve their own quality and quantity of life by supporting their journeys with a scientific, practical, and personalized approach to life, food, and movement.

🎙Ep #46 - 7 Principles of Business Owner Mindset 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Bodgan Rosu 🎙

Bodgan helps entrepreneurs achieve success without sacrificing what's most important in this life.

Connect with Bogdan

🎙Ep #45 Money Honey! Get your Financial Sh$t Together! 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Richards 🎙

Rachel's story is amazing! She put her mind to the goal of becoming financially free and did by the age of 27!

This episode will give you a glimpse into Rachel's world and how she was able to create financial freedom after 3 years of put her nose to the grindstone. 

Learn from Tim Box how to overcome your anxiety.

Time was featured on a Ted Talk you can find that link here:

This episode is a departure from the usual format. Enjoy hearing some free-flowing thoughts from Dr. Sotelo about COVID-19 and the 2020 US Election for President.

Here is the link to the Mike Rowe letter that was read during this episode:

🎙Ep #41 ReLaunch Co. 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Hilary DeCesare 🎙

Hilary has an amazing story to tell that is embed in her own ReLaunch story. 

From Hilary's Website:

At The Relaunch Co., we serve those who struggle with feeling stuck in dating, their career, or simply put with being and defining what mid-life should mean to them. With The ReLaunch Method, a proven formula with a 99% success rate, we help our clients gain clarity and confidence to date successfully, reach heights they only dreamed possible in their career, and embrace the second half of their life so that they can have mid-life magic instead of mid-life madness.

Connect with Hilary:

🎙Ep #40 Cody Butler - 90 Day Marketing Plan 🎙 I had the pleasure of speaking with Cody Butler and learning from him what it takes to market effectively in today's social media driven world 🎙

🎙Ep #39  Overcoming Imposter Syndrome🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Dominique Brightmon🎙

Dominique Brightmon - Author of the  best selling books:

Going North: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself

Stay The Course: The Elite Performers 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success

Podcast Host of the Going North Podcast

Connect with Dominique Brightmon

🎙Ep #38 Underdog Empowerment  🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Zachary Babcock🎙

Zachary is the founder of Underdog Empowerment, which is a podcast and a podcast development resource for those trying to get into the podcast game. 

After spending to stints in prison, Zachary decided there was more out there for him and his family. 

Today he is a successful entrepreneur with a podcast that has featured people like Grant Cardone, Andy Frisella, Billy Gene Is Marketing, and Les Brown. 

🎙Ep #37 Turning your athletic career into a business asset 🎙 I had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Gilroy 🎙

Kevin tells us about his time playing ice hockey and coming from a family of professional athletes. 

After entering the corporate world, Kevin saw how his athletic career helped him be successful in his career.

Building on that realization Kevin started Pro-Athlete Academy where he helps people leverage their skillset that was forged through 

rigors of becoming a collegiate or professional athlete to build businesses or climb to the top in the corporate world. 

Connect with Kevin Gilroy and Pro-Athlete Academy:

🎙Ep #36 - Crushing an Ironman Race during COVID19 🎙

I had the pleasure of interviewing Niklas Ludwig from Germany.

Niklas tells his story about beginning with the end in mind. Hear his story about putting together a plan to not only FINISH and Ironman Race, but setting out to break the record for the fastest time finishing an Ironman for a man 18 years of age. 

Niklas' take on mindset is truly instructive and inspiring. 

Also, catch Niklas on his own podcast  - The Niklas Ludwig Show

Connect with Niklas:

🎙Ep #35 An Actress Building Her Dream 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Simone Miller 🎙

Michelle is a woman of MANY talents. She is an accomplished actress with several roles listed in her resume. 

Michelle is also a public speaking coach, where much of her take on courage and mindset really shine through. 

She recently launched a podcast called Mentors On The Mic which features amazing people from the film industry that have amazing stories to tell with the twist that these folks have wisdom to share with the listeners making them virtual mentors. 

Connect with Michelle:

🎙Ep #34 Own Your Life Own Your Career  🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Andy Storch 🎙

Andy is a podcast host, a performance coach, and an author.

Andy has made the jump from being a successful corporate 9-5 worker to a multi-faceted entrepreneur. 

This episode is chocked full of powerful insight on the topics of mindset, time management, networking, and more!

🎙Ep #31 A powerful discussion about manhood and masculinity with Chad Zueck 🎙

From Chad's website:

At A New Kind of Man we believe that every man has the potential to become a good man, and every man has taken a unique path to get him to where he is. Our approach is direct and to the point. We will boil it down to get nothing but quality out to you men. A New Kind of Man takes into account that we are not punching out widgets; we are helping to form and shape “iron” and we are all a bit different. However, we can all become good men by taking some action in areas that will make all us more complete men.

We seek to help reach mastery in the areas of spiritual development, financial responsibility, personal leadership, and other manly traits.

Connect with Chad with any of these links:

🎙Ep #32 Making your dreams come true with Real Estate 🎙 I had the amazing pleasure to interview Kashwayne Campbell 🎙

Kashwayne started as an event promoter in New York. He realized that he could be using his gifting in other ways to help him achieve his life goals.

He found a mentor in Real Estate, and well the rest is HISTORY! 

Today Kashwayn is a successful Real Estate investor. He's been featured in an article by Yahoo! Finance, and he helps other people learn to do what he does. So in his own right, he is now a real estate business mentor. 

🎙Ep #31 - A man's story of how he developed a vision and mission to help men live legendary lives as FATHERS 🎙 

I had the pleasure of interviewing Larry Hagner, founder of the Dad's Edge Podcast (formerly The Good Dad Project) and the Dad's Edge Alliance Mastermind community. 

Larry's Mission: The Good Dad Project is a strong community of Fathers who all share a set of values. Tackling the world of Fatherhood can be a daunting task when we try to do it alone. The mission of The Good Dad Project is to help you become the best, strongest, and happiest version of yourself so that you can help guide your kids to the best version of themselves. Simple as that.

Larry is a man with a powerful story to tell. I have been part of his Alliance Mastermind for almost two years, and I can't speak highly enough of the extreme value men can receive for such a low price of 99$/month. 

I dig into Larry's story for how he caught this vision for his online community and what it took to get it where it is today a community of over 10k men and nearly 400 mastermind members. 

Here the links to Larry and all that he has going down:

🎙Ep #30 Master your personal story to master your life 🎙 I had the pleasure of interviewing Joe Kou

"Stories matter...especially the one's we tell ourselves" - Joe Kou

Joe's insights from a recent FB post:

But the thing about "adornment" here is that it isn't just about clothing or jewelry or tattoos. It is about identity.

In the same way that your work uniform can be useful in a very specific context of your life - it doesn't always express, communicate, or reflect who you really are -

So too can identities that we adopted to cope with or adapt to certain conditions of our lives, of our past - no longer serve to express, communicate, or reflect who are most deeply are.

It is about your core, unapologetic self, and whether or not that self is showing up, being embodied, being allowed to speak - and whether that version of you shows up congruently, consistently, and effortlessly.

Is your adornment serving that expression? Are you consistently showing up as the person you intend to be at your most authentic -

Or have you gotten stuck in reverse like so many of us, trying to adorn ourselves in certain ways in order for others to accept us when we ourselves have not?

Are you defined by the amount of money in your wallet, the rooms of your house, or the couture upon your body, stressing over maintaining these external trappings -

Or could you say more, express more, with a single item of clothing - through merely the manner in which you wear it - the manner in which you choose to adorn?

Here's how to connect with Joe:

🎙Ep #28 Dr. Ryan Melton 🎙 

I had the great pleasure of talking with Dr. Melton. We have been colleagues for years, and I really appreciate the work that Ryan is championing to help people thrive despite symptoms of or a diagnosis of schizophrenia.  

Ryan is the director of the EASA Center of Excellence. 

EASA stands for the Early Assessment and Support Alliance

To connect with Dr. Melton and EASA here is a link: