Feed Me Fuel Me With Jeff Thornton & Mycal Anders

It’s not the end. It’s a shift. Mycal (@coachderz) & Jeff (@iamjeffthornton) have recorded the final episode of the Feed Me Fuel Me (@feedmefuelme) podcast. Feed Me Fuel Me isn’t Jeff. It’s not Derz. It’s us. And we decided to leave it that way. This is it. It has been one hell of a ride up this point. Evolution requires change. We had some very deep conversation off the mic to arrive here. We are leaving the show in a place of mutual support and respect for each other’s future endeavors. We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who supported us through the journey of building FMFM from 0 to 1M+ downloads. Your support means the world to us and we really appreciate you! Our FMFM community existed only because of you! We are forever grateful for you tuning in and listening to our shows. To all our AMAZING guests who shared your valuable time and knowledge with us, thank you! It was a true pleasure getting to know each of you and hear your incredible stories. You’re all rockstars! We're excited about the next c

  Dr. Morgan Francis, LPC (@drmorganfrancis), owner of Scottsdale Premier Counseling (@scottsdale_premier_counseling_), explains that her passion found her as a result the therapy she received after losing her brother in a tragic accident when she was 16 years old. As she goes on to describe her journey in this week's episode of Feed Me Fuel Me (@feedmefuelme), she experienced the grieving process with a therapist sourced by her parents, and it was a tremendous help. However, at the same time, she also witnessed her parents challenges, exacerbated by not having a therapist to guide them through the trauma of losing a child. Dr. Francis would pursue an education in counseling, and would later specialize in helping those that suffer from issues with body image (dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, etc...). She has watched the propensity for these issues grow over the last twelve years in line with the prevalence of social media's chokehold on our attention spans. Today she goes on the societal fac

Add another badass woman to the list of Feed Me Fuel Me (@feedmefuelme) guests as we sit down with co-founder of Her Soul Story (@her_soulstory), Tayne Griffin (@taynegriffin). She comes from the world of medical sales but found her passion amidst her own personal growth and development in the wake of losing everything in the recession. Tayne and her family had to give up their home and move into a friend's spare bedroom for months while they picked up the pieces. Through the process of losing it all, Tayne began to manifest and visualize what it would be like to have it all back. In doing so, she developed the strength to fight for what was hers; inevitably getting it all back. She doubled down on manifestation and now speaks to women that feel stuck, in their own way, inhibited by inexplainable obstacles. Her Soul Story is a platform for growth and awareness where Tayne is able to inspire others to live in their light, express their truth, and acknowledge the things holding them back while breaking through

Would you be willing to miss the first 18 months of your child's life to ensure they had every opportunity to succeed? That's what Matt Kafora (@mattkafora) did when he was in making deals, slinging memberships and training for big box gyms early in his career. Then there came a point where Matt decided that there had to be a better way to create the same quality of life and be a presence in his child's life. So he did what any logical person would do. He burned the boats and went all in on his first Orange Theory (@orangetheory) franchise. We mean "all in" quite literally: taking the loans, using the house as collateral, and still borrowing cash to close the deal. In his words, "Either this works, or my kid doesn't eat." Now with 7 locations and a portfolio as diverse as it can get, Matt proved to himself and everyone around him that even with your back against the wall, if you remove all other options, there becomes a singular path. Success. Because Matt understood his flow, he has mastered the game of syst

We live in a world more connected than ever. The world couldn't be smaller. The ability to reach out and connect with ANYONE is more than possible now. Yet, we find ourselves confined to the space between our ears more than ever, and when that narrative goes unchecked we can find ourselves in a dark place seeking validation from external sources when that validation actually begins inside you. This week we get into the self-worth discussion with Amanda Goolsby (@amandagoolsbycoaching), international speaker and business consultant. She has accomplished a lot in a relatively short period of time. She was one of the first employees of Orange Theory (@orangetheory) in the Arizona market when some of leadership issued her a challenge: the challenge of personal growth and leadership. As her life would unfold, her productivity would ramp up exponentially to the point where she was traveling the world to open new franchises in new markets. Her role was to oversee the hiring, training, and launching of these new enti

In the book "The Millionaire Next Door", Thomas J Stanley (@thomasj.stanley) identifies a characteristic common amongst immigrants who come to America and become financially successful as an appreciation for hard work and the power of money. Bert Martinez (@thebertmartinez), host of the Money for Lunch Podcast was raised in a family that fled communist Cuba, settled in Houston, Texas, and starting the first Spanish newspaper the area. Bert got his start in sales and marketing through the family business. As he points out, his father did not have much appreciation for anything that wasn't the result of hard work. Bert used public speaking as a tool to overcome a stutter he developed learning English. His career carry him through the ranks of H-town's CBS affiliate. One fateful day, in the absence of a host to interview Joe Vitale (@drjoevitale) who was featured in The Secret (@thesecret365), Bert was thrown into interviewer's chair. Later he would later purchase the show from CBS. The launch of Money for Lunch

We sat down and chopped it up this week, just the two of us, before Jeff (@iamjeffthornton) heads off to Tel Aviv for an Amazon Mastermind. He is shifting gears and going all in on the tricks of the trade in a product-based industry as opposed to what worked when he sold his services as a consultant. As Jeff discovered last year building Land of Lean (@landoflean), those games are not played the same. However, where we landed in this conversation was on something monumental. Whether you are pushing a product or a service, the common denominator is the relationship you build with your customers that makes them fall in love with your brand. This is what makes companies as big as Nike, Apple, and CrossFit what they are today. When you see their logo an emotional connection is made. When people recognize the 4 Star logo of CrossFit PHX (@crossfitphx) there are high expectations of culture, coaching, and process that are immediately triggered. The stories of the emotions driven by the customer experience are what

As a collegiate tennis player, Eric Fellows (@azfellows) was put through an exercise with the sports psychologist in which he was asked to visualize and describe what winning looked like. He envisioned himself raising the trophy above his head in celebration of victory. Then he was asked, "Do you believe it?" At which point, he had to look deep inside and be honest with himself. As Eric will go on to describe in this episode, as amazing as it is to WANT success in health, wealth, relationships, and time, it means nothing if you don't believe that you deserve it. It becomes even harder to believe you deserve the abundance the universe has to offer if you haven't put forth the work and effort required. When asked, "Why real estate?", Eric's answer is every simple: Money. However, not in the narcissistic overlord tone we are so conditioned to receive that answer with. When Eric visualizes winning the game of life, the image that shows up requires, as he will describe in today's conversation, requires a check to

What do you do when you are resigned to live the rest of your life in pain? To make things worse, the meds you've been prescribed have lead others in your circle to lives of addiction and drug seeking behavior?   That's where Rob's life was headed before he decided to change his path. The result of that change is New Life Juice & Wellness (@newlifejuiceandwellness). After he was electrocuted from the top of a 14 foot ladder, Rob was left with 2 compressed discs and 3 bulging that lead to surgery after avoiding hospital for 2 weeks. The medication he was prescribed was not only highly addictive, but also ravaged his gut manifesting in diverticulosis.   Rob turned to a plant-based diet to fix his gastrointestinal condition. But going Vegan didn't fix his pain. That's when he learned the compounding benefits of CBD!   Rob now has a vision to help as many people as possible through the education of juicing, plant-based nutrition, and the integration of CBD into a holistic lifestyle!   Our journeys are powerfu

This week, we ride the ride with Justin Maxim (@justin__maxim), our videographer, founder of JMAX Media (@jmaxmediallc) and partner in VaporSwift Media (@vaporswift_media). A low-key clairvoyant, Justin has consciously and unconsciously followed his intuition from driving a mail truck in the cold winters of Akron, OH to the arid heat of Scottsdale, AZ. Justin came to the conclusion early on, that being miserable wasn't worth the money.  This philosophy lead him to a period of giving. Giving so much, that he had no car and walked a couple miles back and forth to CrossFit PHX, where he offered media services in trade for a membership while moonlighting as a bartender, Ubering back and forth to work. His giving intuition eventually paid off not only in being immersed in the conversation of happiness, fulfillment, and success via our podcast, but also clarity on his path for media and video. His quest, putting his happiness first, lead him away from the bar in full control of his professional destiny! Listen up.

How much of the adversity we experience is of our own doing? Why do we have such a hard time accepting the advice of mentors as gospel? Speaking of advice; not all guidance is created equal. It is true that many of the people of influence in our lives give advice from a place of love with our best interest at heart. However, in many of those instances, much of that cautionary guidance also comes from inexperience and fear. So while they may be looking out for you, these people can be holding you back when they should be telling you to take that leap of faith. We dive in on finding quality mentors to guide your journey and the signs to look for along the way. While overcoming adversity is requisite to success, the willingness to overcome and endure is more important when it comes to the telling of your life's story!
 Chances are that if you're listening to this episode, it is coming at a time when you need to hear today's conversation. It is no coincidence that you hear what you need to hear when you need to h

We are excited to add Tammy Fellows (@tfellows77) to our ever-growing list of superwomen! She owns a number of lifestyle publications native to Phoenix, Arizona's East Valley, namely Paradise Valley Lifestyle (@paradisevalleylifestyle). Tammy has an incredible story in which she cut her teeth in marketing and media to find success as a woman in an overwhelmingly male-dominated field. After spending her early years learning her trade and harnessing her craft, she struck out on her own. However, while her career accomplishments are quite distinguished, what impressed us the most is how she manages to balance the hustle and bustle of growing her readership with the demands of being an amazing mom and incredible wife. In this weeks episode, listen close, as Tammy dispels the myths surrounding work-life balance. Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No.Tammy proves that you can indeed achieve massive success in your career and in your personal life without choosing one over the other. Listen up! Because this one is for EV

Did you know that by the time we reach adulthood, we are subconsciously wired to say, "No"? Neither did we. That is until we met Neil Carlson, sales coach and founder of "It's All In The Words" Sales Training. In his 40+ year career, he has studied sales and people for 30 of them. Publishing a book on human behavior and sales, with a second on the way. In that time he has come to one singular conclusion: you must change your way of thinking before you can ever expect to change the mind of a prospective customer. In today's conversation, we spend a lot of time talking sales and the lessons learned through Neil's study and observation. However, if you listen deeper, this conversation has so many parallels to life and how we communicate has human beings. We cover everything from how you show up for someone you're meeting for the first time, to getting through that obligatory, "No" that we're all so conditioned for, to help the customer make up their own mind and close the deal in which they originally showed up

If she looks like a boss, sounds like a boss, and acts like a boss, she probably is a boss! That's exactly what Sam Davis (@samdavis19) has become, not only her own boss but her own superhero as well! Like many entrepreneurs, Sam recognized holes in an industry and then built her company around fixing the gaps she saw. Creating a niche market for herself in the process. Sam has an amazing soul. One in which the value of relationships is unquantifiable. After a last minute trip to see a dear friend, a visit that would be the last before her friend passed away, Sam realized that life is indeed fleeting. She made a promise to her friend and herself, that she would live life to the fullest. Maximizing each and every day. Today we uncover Sam's motivation to build a tribe of her own, and find out what drew her to stand in her light and own it as a motivator and person of influence within her industry!! She has lived a lot of life and tells us what it means to be your own superhero. Your own boss, accountable to yo

It is rare that we get to see the manifestation of a mindset based in scarcity and that of abundance simultaneously. In the case of Jason Archer, founder of HardWodder (@hardwodder), he got to experience both firsthand. He was raised, on the other side of the tracks in a family that never really had much. He also had an uncle, whom he would later work for, that had everything your heart desires. He has taken the scrappy work ethic and resourcefulness acquired by being one of society's "Have Nots", and combined it with the anything-is-possible mentality often found throughout society's "Haves". He began HardWodder with the intent of selling a few t-shirts here and there. However, as time went on, and life would play out, he embraced a bigger vision. It isn't simply about clothes. It isn't just about fitness. It isn't all about business. No, what it is about is getting out of your own way and embracing life's challenges head-on in pursuit of the quality of life we want and deserve. Jason's vision is summed up i

What do you think when you hear the word "ALPHA"? What does it mean to be masculine? Can feminine be truly defined? As we dive in with Kevin Donahue (@donahuekm), founder of Surf & Serve (@surf_and_serve) and serial entrepreneur, he has found his gift in people. His mission is to serve. As he quoted Dan Sullivan, creator of Strategic Coach (@strategic.coach), "people are helium distributors, and others in the world are balloons. The more helium we put into each other's balloons, the higher we all go." This is the thesis of Kevin's abundance mentality! Within that conversation of abundance, Kevin is putting the false narrative surrounding masculinity and femininity on blast. His initiative is to enforce what it means to be a strong man alongside a strong woman, and vice versa. The western world has confused what it is to truly support one another and acknowledge what roles we play within our relationship constructs. We are not playing the game of opposition, rather one of synergy. Much like the yin and yan

This week we sit down with Curtis Ray (@curtisthefinancialguy), author of "Everyone Ends Up Poor" and we talk about MONEY!! As PT Barnum once said, "Money is a terrible master, but is an excellent servant". Curtis developed, designed, and implemented the Maximum Premium Index (MPI) financial strategy. Curtis is a serial entrepreneur, having an athletic career cut short only to realize that a conventional education wasn't for him, he struck out on his own. Along the way, he began a ferocious journey into learning finance and discovered many holes in the guidance given by financial planners. Of those various holes, one of the biggest being the typical conversation about making money. Curtis simply asked the question, "Why isn't anyone talking about keeping the money we are so adamant about making?" We're going to find the answer to that question and figure out why everyone ends up poor!! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to empower your journey!!! - Jeff Thornton (@iamjeffthornton) & Mycal Anders (@coach

How do you manifest love? You have to start operating from a place of abundance, which increases your vibration. This, in turn, increases your frequency. The frequency of LOVE so happens to be, 528 Hz. Also known as the frequency of creation. This is just one of the many lessons learned in our conversation with real estate entrepreneur and developmental coach, Josh Zuniga (@joshzuniga_). While the family business is in financing, fixing, and flipping homes, it is the result, not the reason. Josh resonates on a higher frequency. His mission in life is to assist people in manifesting not only their ideal domicile, but to live out the rest of their days in a state of fulfillment. Above and beyond a successful career in selling houses, Josh has realized a need to facilitate an awakening in his clients. He has focused his efforts into living in love, showing love, and sharing love. Join us this week, as we sit in Josh's light and hear how he has manifested such abundance for himself and others through choosing lov

Leila Marrash (@lei.a.m) was the victim of her own choices for a long while. She took a trip to Sedona, Arizona seeking clarity and found much more than that. She found ownership and purpose. A labor of love, Leila wears her heart on her sleeve in hopes of inspiring others to live their best lives and to set their authentic selves free. REVEAL the Realness (@revealtherealness) builds on Leila's Guiding Principles of REVEAL, offering a holistic approach to health and wellness. Through her own experiences, Leila shows us that tapping into our spiritual powers is the key to opening the doors to the lives that we desire. The book provides tools for everyone—from teens on up—to manage the mental, physical, and emotional stress that comes with life’s challenges. Regardless of one's stage in life, this book holds something for everyone. Providing 31 activities ranging from self-evaluations and buddy workouts to creating vision boards and setting goals, REVEAL the Realness touches on topics such as compassion, forgiv

Subyn Wadsworth (@subyn) is no stranger to being, as David Goggins (@davidgoggins) puts it, "The Only". Growing up in two families: her white hippie mother in Oregon and her black executive father in Washington, D.C. she had to create her own identity very quickly. As she came into her own she was often not "black" enough or racially ambiguous in her immediate circles of influence. Subyn's life is one symbolic of being at the right place at the right time, sometimes for the wrong reasons. Case in point, she made her break in modeling and acting while on set in support of a friend that answered an ad looking for "ethnic female" models. She got the gig and the rest is history. Subyn has seen the world. However, as glamorous as it may sound, she makes conscious decisions almost daily to stretch her comfort zone. Her next big leap came when she was offered an apprenticeship to become an auctioneer by a good friend from her acting and modeling days Leticia Frye (@letitia_frye). In doing so, she found her platform