The Primed Mind Podcast

In This Episode: [1:45] How Grace’s experience of quitting smoking after her first session started her on the journey to becoming one of the most successful and respected hypnotherapists in the world. [3:15] The incredible encounter that compelled Grace to leave her high paced, high powered, corporate job to become a full-time hypnotherapist. [7:15] How Elliot and Grace are dispelling the myths about hypnosis and making it a mainstream method of self-improvement. [11:40] How to use hypnosis to become the best version of yourself and bring your A-Game every day. [15:05] The 3 forms of hypnosis you can use to control your state and knock down any roadblocks holding you back. [18:00] How Grace went from expecting a fight to get her book published to having three publishers engage in a bidding war for the rights. [24:05] The two books that can help you start building your ideal life today. [26:08] The counterintuitive way accomplish all your biggest goals and create freedom in your life. Grace Smith is on a mission to make hypnosis mainstream. A renowned hypnotherapist, Grace is the founder of www.gshypnosis.com, the world’s #1 hypnotherapy hub, as well as Grace Space Hypnotherapy School. Grace is a regular guest on CBS’s hit show, The Doctors, and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, Marie Claire, Forbes, MindBodyGreen, Buzzfeed, Bustle, InStyle and more. Grace’s private clients include celebrities, CEOs, professional athletes, and government officials; her keynote speeches and workshops have taken her to Procter & Gamble, Summit.Live, Women Empowerment Expo, Ritz Carlton, PSE&G, Soul Camp, Verizon, and HypnoBiz. Keep a look out for her first book on self-hypnosis, Close Your Eyes, Get Free, hitting the shelves of all major retailers on July 17, 2018. To learn more about Grace, check out her #mindsetreset videos on Instagram @GraceSmithTV that will help you easily and effortlessly transition into a more restful state. Free Gift: When you pre-order Grace’s new book, Close Your Eyes, Get Free, you’ll receive 3 gifts: A free $50 coupon to spend on all digital hypnotherapy recordings at gshypnosis.com! Digital access to Grace’s upcoming workshop, “How To Train Your Subconscious” and, An invitation to Grace’s book launch party in New York City on July 18th. Visit www.gshypnosis.com/book to pre-order the book today and claim your goodies!   Resources: Get Grace's Book Close Your Eyes And Get Free Grace's Website  Grace's Instagram Grace's Facebook Primed Mind App for iOS Primed Mind App for Google Play A New Earth by Ekhart Tolle  The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris

Marla Mattenson is a relationship and intimacy expert who has worked with over 12,000 couples over the span of her career. As the result of her successful work, she has been featured on NBC, ABC, FOX, and Entrepreneur magazine. She focuses primarily on entrepreneur couples who have struggles with communication due to their busy lives and have a desire to rekindle and transform both their relationship and business. Marla’s unique approach to relationship coach stems from her background in mathematics and neuroscience, as well as pattern recognition to identify the negative responses couples experience in order to help change those patterns. In this episode, Marla speaks about the common struggles entrepreneur couples face such as time management and relationship involvement. She mentions the necessity of creating a relationship vision for each partner in a relationship in order to fully understand what one wants and needs. Marla emphasizes that through an abundance mindset and willingness to work through hardships, high-performing couples are able build a stronger bond.

Martial arts instructor, Sifu Vik Hothi, has an incredible recovery story from experiencing kidney failure, a week-long coma, and then an infection just as he was about to return home. He is the longest serving practitioner of Wing Tsun, a traditional form of Southern Chinese Kung fu, in the UK. Soon after recovery, he broke the Guinness World Record for most punches in 60 seconds with a single arm. He took on his challenge to raise money and awareness of Mcardle disease, the condition that threatened his health and his life’s passion. In this episode, Vik explains how despite continuously being in the face of bad news, he was able to maintain a determined mindset. He tells the story of how after his major health struggle, he had to learn how to bend his toes, sit up, and walk. In order to function again as an adult, Vik had to go through baby steps to recovery. He credits his strong will and work ethic to his parents. His resilient story of pain, struggle, and growth continues to inspire people to never give up and to keep “going through the process.”

Ari Meisel is a self described, “Overhwhelmologist” who helps entrepreneurs who have opportunity in excess of what their infrastructure can handle, to optimize, automate, and outsource everything in their business, so they can make themselves replaceable and scale their business. Ari is the Founder of Less Doing, author of the best-selling book, “The Art of Less Doing”, and its sequel, the forthcoming “The Replaceable Founder”, coming this September. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, an Ironman, and a devoted husband to Anna and father to four children, Ben, 6, Sebastien and Lucas, 4 and Chloe, 2. In this episode, Ari talks about how taking control of his life and managing his stress increased his productivity and free time, as well as encouraging others to do the same. To Ari, having a system and staying organized can help you control your world by limiting the amount of decisions you have to make using the Three D’s—delete it, deal with it, or defer it. By making yourself replaceable and managing your time effectively, you will help empower your team. Focusing on what truly matters and outsourcing the unnecessary is what will optimize a business.

In this episode, host Elliot Roe speaks about the work he does as a mindset coach and explains why top performers choose to work with him in order to improve their performance. He discusses the beginnings of his career and what led him to his mission of helping others. In addition, Elliot offers help to those who feel the need to seek his coaching and explains the purpose of creating his new podcast, A-Game Advantage. To Elliot, hypnotherapy is similar to guided meditation, and keeping a focused mind helps you get through your issues and understand them.

James Gettinger is recognized as one of the top Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) players in the world. He credits the skills he learned from playing professional poker to his success in DFS. In addition to winning the Millionaire Maker, he has won over 100,000 multiple times in NBA DraftsKings and two million in the DraftKings world championships. In this episode, James speaks about his transition from his professional poker career to DFS. In the process, James wrote software and acquired data to gain more knowledge about and to understand the workings of DFS. He also speaks about not letting his downswings negatively impact his thought process and gameplay. Regardless of whether James is playing poker or DFS, he explains that success within both fields is due to a clear mindset and careful, rational thinking.

English Rugby superstar, James Haskell, who currently plays for Wasps RFC and has earned 77 caps for England, stresses the importance of keeping a positive mindset. In rugby as well as in other aspects of his life, he finds that establishing mindset is essential to performing his best, both mentally and physically. As a part of this mentality, Haskell encourages people to not to be held back by negativity from social media and to believe in their personal ambitions. In this episode, Haskell explains how commitment leads to results, and why people should never be distracted from their ultimate goal. To Haskell, hard work, dedication, and willpower are the ingredients of a successful life. He furthermore reveals his philosophy that living in the moment can help people feel fulfilled because it draws your focus to what’s important right now, which is a stepping stone to a fruitful future.

At just 24 years old, Fedor Holz has amassed over 26 million dollars in tournament poker earnings, has been ranked #1 tournament poker player in the world, and is considered one of the best tournament poker players in the history of the game. Holz has played in the biggest tournaments in the history of the game, and has won a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet. After reaching the peak of the game, Holz decided to transition his skills from poker to the business world. In 2017 Holz founded Primed Group. His first project in this new was the mindset coaching app, Primed Mind, which works to help people visualize and accomplish their goals.        In this episode, we will explore the importance of forming networks and Holtz’s singular approach to setting goals in order to become efficient as possible in everything you do.

Brendon Burchard is a man of many talents; he’s a well-known high performance coach who has been featured on O, The Oprah Magazine and a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has amassed over 100,000,000 YouTube views on his channel. As a high performance coach, his passion is helping people reach their top level. In this episode, Brendon explores how recovering from tragedy and how developing positive habits can improve your life, while mentioning his personal story of struggle and how he overcame it. He also explains the research involved in the multi-year, multi-country study on some of the world’s most successful people for his book, High Performance Habits. After releasing his book online as a series of podcasts, his podcast has gained the title of being the #1 podcast in the world. Full show notes, including timestamps, links mentioned and tweetable quotes at: http://agameadvantage.com/1