When I say Josh Steimle is a smarty pants, I say it with the utmost affection: he wears his genius well, which comes in handy, because he's all about using what you've got to get where you're going. He is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Chief Marketing Officers at Work, which includes interviews with 29 CMOs from companies like Spotify, Target, PayPal, GE, and The Home Depot. Josh has built a leadership system that includes books, speaking appearances, and over 300 articles in publications like Fortune, Time, Forbes, Inc., Mashable, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur. Josh is the creator of The 7 Systems of Influence framework used by entrepreneurs, educators, parents, and community leaders to build influence and increase impact.

How do you find your people when you're in business for yourself? You don't have a water-cooler or anyone to gather around it... Well, meet Pat Miller. Pat is the founder and host of the Idea Collective Small Business Incubator and the Pat Miller Show podcast. Pat is on a mission to create a place of belonging for solopreneurs and scaling small business owners while they grow their business. Running a business can be lonely and hard and it's easier when you find your people for information, referrals and creativity. Pat spent more than 20 years in radio broadcasting before leaving to found his small business consulting firm and ultimately the Idea Collective.

Zehra Mahoon’s mission is to guide others to stop making the mistakes that are preventing them from their success and ultimate joy by teaching them the power of the Law of Attraction based on her signature Heart and Mind Alignment Method. She is the author of twelve books on these subjects and the creator of the Unlimited 40 day law of attraction workbook and support group. After committing to completely transforming her self-worth in 2006, she went from being massively in debt to owning multiple properties and creating a thriving business, as well as healing her relationships. She shares her personal journey to help people understand that power of reclaiming their self-worth.

When I sat down with Vickie Helm - an acclaimed bestselling author of over 40 books. But the funny thing is that Vickie is known primarily as a business and asset development strategist, who happens to put her wisdom, experience, and insight into books. Lots of 'em. In this episode, Vickie fills us in on her inspirations, life lessons, and role models, some of whom are not what you'd expect! Currently, Vickie is the CEO of Smart Group Firm, and SmartWealthNews.com; and Co-CEO of Metadigm Digital LLC. She and her partners share the secrets to growing a successful business and creating more wealth. Vickie is a sought after consultant for people who want to grow more assets and take command of their financial freedom.

We wanted to kick off 2023 with a fun, stress-free episode that helps us all break free from stress. Enter Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider, a licensed psychotherapist, executive coach, and the author of Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology (Central Recovery Press, April 2022). Dr. Schneider is a coping skills expert with more than 25 years of experience helping people regulate difficult emotions and conflicts. We talk challenges and strategies for kids and adults alike, and even hit on a short film idea we plan to call COMPELLING FANTASIES.

Where this podcast - Truth Tastes Funny - strives to deliver tips help us keep our sanity, my new YES, BRAND podcast focuses on economic prosperity. Both offer fair amounts of comedy & a sense of play. But if you own a business, you need to keep your message sharp enough to pierce the next ceiling! Heartfelt thanks to all my listeners for taking the TTF journey, and I hope you'll find that YES, BRAND adds to the fun, and the growth - both personal and professional. HAPPY NEW YEAR! To check out the current YES, BRAND episodes and subscribe via your favorite platform, visit: www.YESBRANDmethod.com

We can get bummed around the holidays, especially amidst blizzards and other bullsh*t, or we can get fired up! I'm choosing the latter. Look at what we've been through and HERE WE ARE. Question is, what are we gonna do with the gift of possibility? For the past seven years, my TTF guest Elizabeth Louis has worked with entrepreneurs, athletes, and high performers, helping them develop a warrior/champion mindset, improve self-esteem, fine-tune goals, shift perspectives, overcome traumas, face fear, achieve success, and gain mental freedom.

Typically, Truth Tastes Funny episodes are stand-alones, surfing freely from one topic to another. However, response to Season 2/Episode 14 with Therapy Twins Joan and Jane Landino has been so strong, that I am bookending it with Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski - aka "The Bipolar Rabbi." Bipolar disorder symptoms can be misleading. Manic moods can lead a sufferer to believe they are invincible, that they are beyond treatment, rejecting bipolar medication. Further, as my interview with Rabbi Borodowski reveals, we are still in the very early stages of mining the mentally ill for insights that can change the game in terms of treatment for mental health issues of all kinds.

It would be accurate to open these show notes by declaring that I had a great time with the Landino Twins. But for those who have heard of Happy Days, it might sound more like Fonzie's first date post-mortem than what it really was - a raucous, fascinating conversation with Joan and Jane, the Therapy Twins. These identical twin sisters, former Therapists-turned-Psychiatric Entertainers, Authors & Storytellers, use HUMOR to help people love more and fear less. They do it by speaking openly and often, drawing on deep experience on all sides of the mental health equation. The Landinos' book is Under The Hood: Therapy Twins ~ How We Hotwired Our Brain, Calmed The F*ck Down and Let That Sh*t Go. (FREE on Kindle)

Getting kids to fall in love with reading is one of the bestest things a grownup can do! Ok, while that sounds like the opening phrase of a Dr. Seuss book, my guest today on Truth Tastes Funny is Dr. Danny Brassell - a highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” who's bringing JOY back into education by helping educators, parents & organizations. Danny has spoken to over 3,500 audiences worldwide - from the US to India, Egypt, and Pakistan - and authored 16 books, including his latest, Leadership Begins with Motivation. He is the co-founder of www.theREADINGhabit.com, the world’s top reading engagement program.

Is ADHD on the rise? Has it become easier to diagnose, in adults and children alike? Join me for a fascinating discussion with Avigail Gimpel, an author, coach, and educator whose new book, HyperHealing, Show me the Science: Making Sense of Your Child's ADHD Diagnosis (a follow-up to her first book, “HyperHealing”) is based on many years of research and practice both as a mother of a good number of kids diagnosed with ADHD, as well as a classroom teacher of children struggling with ADHD symptoms. As we emerged from isolation, many people I know were mentioning ADHD, either diagnosed in their children or themselves, and speaking with this immensely qualified guest was illuminating!

If we take ourselves too seriously, there will be consequences. And as your Dr. of Survivalology, I recommend a dose of Doug Cox anytime it all gets too heavy! Doug is a Writer/Director from San Francisco with 20 years experience in the advertising industry and Founder of The Cabinet, a production and post-production facility. On Truth Tastes Funny, we cover the religious, the goofy, the dark and the light, and analyze the secret to his latest short film success: GARY, which is enjoying a rewarding festival run, collecting top honors at 8 fests and counting.

I now have a whole other podcast, and it's about branding (YES, BRAND, now LIVE!), so while I look forward to having Rich Kozak on THAT show, too, THIS conversation is really about heart. He and I both lead with it, which is why we get along so well. Another reason is that we share a background in helping brands - personal and corporate - tell their stories. Rich is on a mission to serve those who can, in his words, "envision clearly whom they can help or what they can do to make the world a better place or make people's lives better or add value." It was an honor to meet Rich when a mutual friend suggested he appear on TTF, and we have a blast together each time we connect, so I hope you dig this episode!

"You don't have to follow in the footsteps that have been laid out for you. You can create your own future." This, more or less, is the spine of my conversation with Melissa DaSilva, a successful physical NFT artist, entrepreneur, therapist, and coach who motivates other LGBTQ+ individuals and artists to take their life and career to the next level. She is the author of "The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business." Key Takeaways: Guilt and resentment - on both sides of an equation - are part of the territoryA difficult childhood brings with it valuable lessonsEverybody's flawed! Our role models AND our anti-role models

We all know about Freedom of Speech. But speaking without skill is like duck hunting without camouflage. To spare you that embarrassment, I bring you Brenden Kumarasamy, founder of MasterTalk, who coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become top 1% communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called MasterTalk, with the goal of providing free access to communication tools for everyone in the world. For those of us wanting to reinvent ourselves - or at least re-examine our careers - in the wake of the last few years, this episode is worth a listen. If you check out podcasts bout entrepreneurship and self-improvement, you will often see Brenden on their guest lists.

I should start by telling you that Jules Polonetsky is an optimist. Second, in the area of privacy and consumer protection, Jules is the man. He knows as much about privacy as Facebook knows about you. Jules serves as CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. FPF is supported by the chief privacy officers of more than 200 leading companies, several foundations, as well as by an advisory board composed of the country’s leading academics and advocates.

When your dad manages bands like Rage Against the Machine and Quiet Riot, there's a good chance you'll end up in the music biz - and an even greater chance you will do so LOUDLY. While Jessica Entner did both of those things, it took some perseverance for her to be heard. As an Executive Creative Music Producer/Supervisor, Jess helped companies succeed and artists break out, but in the shifting ground of the pandemic, decided it was time to build her own brand. She founded J.E.M Music Strategy and Production in 2021, a full service music agency specializing in branded entertainment and advertising.

Do you know Frank Agin? You might! Frank is president of AmSpirit Business Connections, an organization that empowers entrepreneurs, sales representatives and professionals to become successful through networking. When Frank and I recorded this interview, we didn't know each other all that well. We hit it off immediately, and I wish I could say it's because we're both that awesome. More likely, it's because he's that awesome at what he does... and in the short while since, Frank's connected me with some amazing people. And if this crazy world has taught us anything lately, it's the importance of holding hands as we walk through the storm.

This episode reunites me with my friend and client, Mellissa Tong, a three-time #1 Best Selling Author on Amazon, Award-winning Storyteller, and Founder/CCO of a Creative Marketing and Content Production Company, DuckPunk Productions, Inc. Mellissa is direct, engaged, modest, and knows what's up - which is why global brands like Westin, McDonald's, Old Navy and more heed her advice. Pay heed, dear listener, especially if you're a professional, and entrepreneur, a thought leader, or a person trying to navigate the rapid-fire realities of today's world (Mellissa is also a former journalist). And, of course, I pitch her some creative when the opportunity arises!

I’ve long maintained that a**holes are decent people minus a sense of humor. And I want to preface this episode by making sure that my audience knows I welcome as guests those with differing opinions and positions across humanhood and the political spectrum - as long as you bring your ability to laugh at life and its mysteries. My guest this episode is Jeremy Sherman, PhD, who shares my core belief that humor is the saving grace of humanity. He’s authored 1000 articles, with 10 million readers, for Psychology Today, and his latest book is called What's Up With Assholes? How To Spot And Stop Them Without Becoming One.

You wanna talk radio? Cough buttons? Sex, Drugs, & Rock N Roll? Look no further than Ralph Sutton, a seasoned podcast and pop culture commentator with two decades of experience on the mic as a TV and radio host. Currently, he leads the hit comedy podcast The SDR Show, and in 2016 founded the GaS Digital Network, which reaches 5 million listeners a month across 22 shows. He often speaks on how to start a business like his and was also featured in Entrepreneur on the topic. I had a great time with Ralph, and as you'll hear, we're both doing our best to survive and thrive in this f'd up world.

Do we really have time to waste time? Or should we fully embrace every moment? And if so, how? My chat with certified Life Coach and Spirituality Coach Simona Mango explores these questions and more. "The reason I focus on Life Purpose Mentoring is, that I understand how our alignment or misalignment with our higher purpose is what will determine the outcome of our lives. And by 'outcome' I mean, how we feel about every moment of every day, how we feel about getting out of bed every morning." Key Takeaways: Human beings should be free of fear and full of joy. This is our true natural state, when we navigate life #fromthesoulsperspective.

This is just a brief episode to serve as a bridge between seasons. I am so thrilled by the response to the show, and the growing listenership is inspiring! We've got lots more in store for Season 2 of Truth Tastes Funny. Stay tuned - Season 2 launched this coming Monday, October 31, 2022, with Episode 31. Thanks and keep taking your laughter in frequent doses! Hersh

First, let me welcome you to Episode 30 of #TTFPodcast, the final episode of Season 1! It's only been a few months, but the conversations I've had, the people I've connected with, it's all been so deeply fulfilling and I thank all of my wonderful guests and listeners who have embraced this show in a way that fills my heart with that spirited mix of happiness and giggle juice! Since the goal is also to learn about ourselves and each other, it is fitting to close out the season on my interview with Alan Stevens - an International Profiling and Communications Specialist who has worked with international clients, the likes of Disney Films and Gillette, and high-profile organizations like the Australian Federal Police to help them understand how people tick.

Sandy Ciaramitaro is a good egg for many reasons, not the least of which is her authorship of The Good Eggs series - her contribution to supporting children as they learn about virtues, diversity, and service, essential concepts to integrate into their lives as they grow into Good Eggs! Hersh's conversation with Sandy on Truth Tastes Funny touches on education issues from toddler to teen and beyond.