Episode 14: The Cheerful Mind, Apryl Zarate Schlueter
Episode 14: The Cheerful Mind, Apryl Zarate Schlueter
00:00 / 53:17
1X
Episode 14 features Apryl Zarate Schlueter, who is the Chief Energy! Officer of The Cheerful Mind, Inc. – a personal empowerment and lifestyle brand that is committed to cultivating REAL confidence and success through productivity, passion, and play. Her superpower is creating customized solutions to help people and organizations FOCUS on WHAT TRULY MATTERS.
Apryl is the founder of Cheerful Mind Media, as well as The Accountability Success Circle, a community in which she teaches tools and techniques for “having more fun while getting stuff done” and living a life driven by personal values. Apryl is also a motivational speaker, professional emcee, holds certifications as a professional coach and body language trainer, and is the Author of Finding Success in Balance: My Journey to The Cheerful Mind.
Takeaways from this episode
1) Know what you value in life, and then live your life by those values!
2) It’s okay not to know what you’re doing! (special shoutout to artist and maker Halyn Erickson)
…and so can you!
3) The body and mind are deeply connected. We’ve all heard ‘mind over matter’ but sometimes when we’re not listening to our bodies needs, it becomes matter over mind!
Helpful Links:
As usual, you if watching these episodes is your preference to listening… you can go to YouTube, and watch this conversation.
Last week on this show we spoke with one of the world’s prominent immunologists about COVID and about embracing change as a scientist. CLICK HERE to check it out!
In this dual-guest episode Mimi Bishop and Jackie Ghedine their thoughts on the impact of our thoughts, what energy leadership is and how we can make choices about how we show up, as well as their own stories of moments from their lives where the understanding of the world and their relationships changed as a result of important loss, or fear of loss.
In this episode of the Changed Podcast, Madeleine Ryan, author of “A Room Called Earth” shares her view of the world, and the beauty that is life and being alive on this planet. Her story of pivot focuses on the moment when she committed to being a writer, and offers inspiration to those who don’t quite feel like they have fully embraced who they truly are in the world just yet.
What’s cooler than cool? Not being cool. That’s according to Jeff Harry in this episode of the Changed Podcast. Jeff is an international speaker who has presented at conferences such as INBOUND, SXSW, and Australia’s Pausefest, showing audiences how major issues in the workplace can be solved using play. While we spend most of our time pretending to be important, serious grownups, it’s when we let go of that facade and just play, that the real magic happens. Fully embracing your own nerdy genius — whatever that is — gives you the power to make a difference and change lives. His play work has been featured on AJ+, SoulPancake, the SF Chronicle, and CNN.
This week features Apryl Zarate Schlueter. She is the Chief Energy! Officer of The Cheerful Mind, Inc. – a personal empowerment and lifestyle brand that is committed to cultivating REAL confidence and success through productivity, passion, and play. Her superpower is creating customized solutions to help people and organizations FOCUS on WHAT TRULY MATTERS.
In this episode it’s Gerald T. Nepom M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Immune Tolerance Network and former director of Benaroya Research Institute! As part of the direct COVID response efforts, Jerry has plenty of thoughts to share on curiosity, change, flexibility, and science!
Instead of asking Melissa Thornley what she does, it’s much better to ask what hasn’t she done! From burlesque to executive coaching, Melissa is a woman of many talents, a lot of fascinating experiences and a journey that continues to unfold. When I asked her “what are your feelings about change,” it was no surprise that the answer came back, “I thrive on it!”
Shannon Stott, happens to be one of the most delightful people you will ever meet. She and her husband Gus have been making the world a better place on Shannon’s YouTube channel by delightfully ‘destroying’ improv together. In this episode, Shannon shares an internal moment of pivot from her teenage years living abroad
Motivational speaker Lou Radja shares his thoughts on ‘dancing in the rain,’ on being part of the complicated tapestry of human experience, and on finding the intersection of success and significance.
Gary Ware shares the story of how he came to be the founder of Breakthrough Play on this week’s episode of the Changed Podcast. Like many of my guests Gary Ware has years of experience on stage as an improv performer. And like many of the improvisers I know (myself included) thought initially of improv as “just a hobby.” However, after experiencing burnout in his pursuit for success and happiness, he realized that what was missing was Play.
Actor and writer, Todd Stashwick shares his views on Styx, on becoming who you already are, and on the scar tissue that forms to make us stronger following abrupt and dramatic moments of change.
Acast
Amazon Alexa
Apple Podcasts
CastBox
Deezer
Google Podcasts
iHeartRadio
PocketCasts
Podbean
RSS
Spotify
Stitcher
TuneIn
YouTube