Mind Over Grind, with Dr. Guy Winch

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On February 10, 2026
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author, Business, COVID-19, email, fatigue, mental health, pandemic, psychology, stress, success, work from home, Work Life Balance

Internationally renowned psychologist and author Dr. Guy Winch shares how a life-changing event in an elevator set him on his path, reveals the biggest misconceptions about work-life balance, and explains how to distinguish between true physical and mental fatigue, burdens vs. nuisances, using “stress thermometers”, and when to take email intermissions. About Dr. Winch: Dr. […]

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On December 2, 2025
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author, Business, CEO, COVID-19, cruise, innovation, leadership, pandemic, Stephanie Maas, success, travel

Richard Fain, the chairman and former long-term CEO of Royal Caribbean Group, recounts the dark days of the Covid pandemic for the cruise business, and explains cheap expensive decisions, the antidote to fear, elevating and innovating the industry, and why he literally, LITERALLY, had to cut a cruise ship in half. Episode sponsored by: About […]

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On December 3, 2024
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Adam Outland, Business, COVID-19, cultural exchange, education, GEC, global, HSUSA, international, leadership, students, success, travel, USA, youth

Ellen Hoggard, President of High School in the USA cultural exchange program, a part of GEC, Global Educational Concepts, shares memories of being detained at the Berlin wall, hotels with bullet holes in the walls, and being followed by the KGB, and talks about staying true to yourself at forks in the road, getting 100s […]

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On July 30, 2024
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Adam Outland, Business, COVID-19, entrepreneur, estonia, leadership, sales, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Ventures, success

President of Southwestern Ventures, Priit Martin, shares the mission of creating career and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people in Europe, reflects on the dream job of making money playing computer games, talks about weathering Covid, why simple isn’t always easy, and new and different isn’t always effective, why success boils down to the basics, and […]

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On November 14, 2023
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AI, author, Business, CEO, COVID-19, entrepreneur, founder, interview, leadership, success, vision

Entrepreneur, author, and Founder / CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, William Vanderbloemen, talks about preparing for the Ice Age, why vision is seeing just beyond your feet, what the best of the best have in common, how to respond to the most dreaded interview question ever, why self-awareness is the #1 skill, and who DOES […]

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On July 18, 2023
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COVID-19, Dan Moore, inspiration, leadership, motivation, SBR Consulting, Southwestern Advantage, success

As he exits his role as Action Catalyst host, Dan Moore shares his wisdom from spending half a century with the same company, helping young people grow, bringing a 150+ year old institution into the modern age, some of the most impactful lessons learned from 5 years in the host chair of The Action Catalyst, […]

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On May 23, 2023
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Business, CEO, COVID-19, education, entrepreneur, leadership, learning, motivation, success, tech, technology

Candice Faktor, CEO and Co-Founder of virtual online learning startup Disco, and a serial tech entrepreneur, explains going from a victim to the agent of our lives, possessing the unique motivational drive of an immigrant, learning to be calm and creating a sense of self, why the pandemic was the single best time in the […]

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On May 2, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, COVID-19, entrepreneur, leadership, security, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Family of Companies, success, transportation

Nathan Foy, author, entrepreneur, and the CEO of Fortis, talks about overcoming your “milkshake moments”, how 9/11 almost toppled, then helped rebuild, his business, being relentlessly skeptical, “failing into” things, using their resources to help out during the pandemic, and channeling the Founding Fathers when creating a leadership team. About Nathan: Nathan Foy is founder […]

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On June 14, 2022
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Business, COVID-19, executive, leadership, overcome adversity, president, success, travel

Terri Rickard, Founder and President of Southwestern Travel Group, talks about not being held back by childhood struggles, the paramount importance of controlling your schedule, guiding a travel company through a pandemic that brought the industry to a grinding halt, and always being sure to “do the next right thing”. About Terri: Terri Rickard is […]

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On May 3, 2022
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Business, CEO, coaching, COVID-19, leadership, learning, motivation, overcome adversity, success, women in leadership

Donna Orender, former President of the WNBA and Senior VP of the PGA Tour, and CEO of Generation W, shares why learning is a superpower, and curiosity won’t allow for complacency, how pandemic has defined the power of community, focusing on what’s possible, the way that incremental steps make exponential change, and what Michael Jordan, […]

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Mind Over Grind, with Dr. Guy Winch

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