Expert Interviews

I am sharing this recording of a recent training I did because of the message it carries. Wake up! It is a message of being consious in your choices and creating the life you want rather than reacting to whatever comes down the pipe. Stop sleep walking through life! Be aware of what you are choosing and make it the best life you could imagine. I hope it inspires you! In love, Nick

Dr Roy Vartabedian DR. ROY VARTABEDIAN is a specialist in Chronic Disease Prevention and holds a Doctor of Public Health degree from Loma Linda University, and Master of Public Health degrees in Health Education and Nutrition. He has worked in the field of health promotion and disease prevention for over 25 years, with patients, managing programs, consulting, and speaking throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. His landmark publication, Nutripoints, a New York Times Best-Seller, has been used in a total of 13 countries in 10 languages worldwide. Dr. Vartabedian worked as Executive Director of Wellness Programs at the world-renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas. There he worked with Dr. Kenneth Cooper for 6 years to develop the residential lifestyle improvement program on the 30-acre Cooper Aerobics Center facility. Earlier in his career, he taught Preventive Care in the Family Practice Residency at Florida Hospital in Orlando, where he trained Family Practice physicians how to incorporate Patient Education and Preventive Medicine into their practices, and developed the award-winning Preventive Care Learning Center for patients. You can visit his website today at www.Nutripoints.com and take the free Nutripoint QuickCheck diet evaluation located on the left side of the Home page. The evaluation takes 2 minutes and gives you a Nutripoint(Tm) number from 0 to 100 and a NutriGrade(R) for your diet, including a detailed explanation. If you want to sign up for his Free monthly informative Newsletter, that can also be done on the left side of the home page. You can follow Dr. Vartabedian at www.Twitter.com/Nutripoints And be sure to read his published books at nutripoints.com/store Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Andrew James Andrew James is a serial entrepreneur and Internet Advertising Genius. His business mission is to create things that drive entrepreneurs to succeed particularly with marketing and advertising. His main focus is his internet Advertising Technology Consulting company, and their Performance advertising CPA network. He is the author and creator of multiple information products, and membership sites, including: “The Silent Side Of Social Media: A Guide To Mastering Social Media Advertising” S.W.I.T.C.H. ON: Your MLM Business System: a system that teaches network marketers the basic concepts of internet marketing for MLM He can be seen at Andrewjamesinc.com Also be sure to visit his other websites at EntrepreneurInspiration.com and www.SilentSideOfSocialMedia.com Andrew is always looking for good advertisers, publishers and affiliates Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Dr. Rachel Smartt Dr. Rachel Smartt is a Nutritional Counselor and Naturopathic Doctor.. Dr. Smartt has lectured nationally as a National Marketing Director representing Juice Plus+ fruits and vegetables in capsule. She believes health is our responsibility and we must fight the ongoing war against junk food and traffic jam eating. Her Hobbies include- cycling, running, reading, and being around positive people Dr. Smartt resides in Peachtree City Georgia and has for the past 15 years. Her most prized possessions are her four lovely daughters. Her passion is to make a difference! In this interview Rachel shares her story and the process she went through to become an expert. Through losing her husband to cancer and reinventing herself, Rachel’s closeness to God and her willingness to push forward has become an inspiration to anyone who feels they are going it alone. Rachel can be seen at www.smarttnutrition.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Carolyn Fisher Carolyn Fisher has been in the field of sports and teaching for over 20 years. Native to Canada, she competed and trained over 80 thousand hours of Gymnastics and placed 4th in the Western Canadian Championships. She home-schooled her two children now ages 19 and 16 to college and 10th grade. She has been a professional mime, performing in National telethons and street fairs, Coached gymnastics for 20 years, been a sign language teacher for youth, and developed a successful public speaking course for young adults in which the students won many public speaking competitions. Carolyn is featured in the Women’s sports book “you go girl!” and been in numerous televisions shows and movies including Sylvester Stallone’s “Over the Top” movie , in which a trucker (Stallone ) seeks recognition from his son and the arm wrestling community through winning the World Championships. She has traveled to Japan, Canada and United States claiming 4 World Titles in Arm Wrestling and hundreds of National and International Titles. She is currently the only woman to hold both East and West Coast National Titles in the same year. Besides teaching high school and Junior High P E and a private school she finds time to travel and give talks sharing her insights from her life. In this interview you’ll learn powerful insights for lasting change and key principles that can lead you to the life you’ve always wanted. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

There are times in my coaching sessions when the level of change a person seeks goes deeper than what my current abilities provide. In this recorded coaching session with Malea, I discover that Malea is experiencing a physical loss which is affecting her mental and physical performance. I have great relationships with therapists because there are certain tools that they carry which can be valuable to my clients. The loss that Malea is experiencing is affecting her daily routines. The things she used to be able to do with ease are now difficult. The mental and emotional struggle she is facing makes it hard to set and keep her promises and goals. You don’t have to be sick or crazy to reap the benefits of therapy. It can be a very valuable tool for dealing with the deep emotional trauma that comes with loss, depression and other ailments. Thank you Malea for being so open in this conversation! It brings me to tears to hear about your struggle and I KNOW you will break through and reach all of your dreams because of the strength you are finding through this transition. You will hear clearly the boundaries for my coaching in this recording. If you are experiencing a similar situation, please get in touch with me or seek counsel from a licensed professional. I never record a session or distribute a session without my clients permission. Malea gave me permission to share this recording with you. I received this message from Malea shortly after our conversation: Nick, I can’t thank you enough for our conversation. It was short and sweet, but your guidance gave me enough strength to give myself permission to actually feel the way I was feeling without thinking there was something wrong with me. I so appreciate that. I would be happy to allow this to be published on the internet. I will contact Becky next week. Just her short response tells me that her advice will be very valuable to my progress. ~Malea Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach

Becky Andrews, LCS, CT Becky Andrews, LPC, CT – Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Thanatologist – specializing in trauma, grief and loss .  Becky is the owner of and therapist at Resilient Solutions, Inc. – an office of ten therapists each bringing their own unique experience and expertise to serve clients from children to adults, individually, marital and family therapy. You can see her website at: www.resilientsolutionsinc.com Becky is also the founder of  The Resilient Center for Grieving Families – helping families process a loss through play therapy, individual and group therapy. Her clientele includes children, adolescents, and adults who have expeienced a loss and are working through the grieving process.  She leads groups in the following areas: children, teens, adults who have experienced a loved one die from suicide, traditional death, mom’s group for women who have had a child die; spouse group; and individuals who are experieing a loss of their health (disability). Becky received a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University, MS from Utah State University and licensing requirements from the University of Utah – Educational Psychology. She completed the testing and certification as a Thanatologist in 2008. Becky has been married 26 years and they love to travel, cycle, garden and enjoy time together.  Steve and Becky have two children – Natalie, 25, married to Adam; and Kendall, 23. Becky is blind from retinitis pigmentosa and has had a guide dog by her side for 13 years … currently second guide, Cricket. Regardless of our circumstance, each of has has the ability to succeed. Becky shares her path and shows how she became expert regardless of her limitations. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Shore Slocum An authentic speaker and outstanding storyteller, called a “spiritual Ninja,” “the new edgy Wayne Dyer” with “the wisdom of Deepak Chopra,” Shore Slocum shares his message worldwide in his workshops and keynotes for tens of thousands of people annually. He has honed his speaking and workshop style over 23 years in front of audiences around the world, and he has shared the stage and worked closely with speakers like Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Bob Proctor, John Assaraf, Jack Canfield, Norman Schwartzkoff, Anthony Robbins, Les Brown, Mary Lou Retton, Larry King, Zig Ziglar, Lisa Nichols, Bobby Knight, Dan O’Brien, Christopher Reeve, Daniel Gilbert, Dr. Michael Beckwith, and dozens of others. Shore is known for his sincere caring, powerful energy, his deep wisdom, and his passion in the belief that we are all meant to create a life of fulfillment and meaning. He teaches strategies for putting the heart and spirit back into everything you do and discovering the joy that is present even in your most challenging relationships. Through his presentations, people experience the light and laughter at the core of their problems and learn to let go of judgment and criticism. Shore’s highest commitment is to help people find true fulfillment and help organizations develop a winning culture by improving their mindset, energy, skills, awareness, and connection. People who meet Shore immediately recognize his energy and passion for life and his continued growth in himself and the growth of others. They see his authentic spirit and most of all, his commitment and genuine desire to make a difference. Considered by many the Trainer of Leaders, Shore conducts Speakers’ “boot camps” and leadership retreats to assist business/team leaders in finding their unique style and understanding the dynamics, psychology, leadership tools, and Universal Laws that will inspire others. He consults with many high-profile corporate clients to help them to uncover the hidden assets in their teams, using powerful experiential learning to imbed the ideas of communication, leadership, personal responsibility, and passion into their daily business practices. His ability to assimilate information has led Shore to develop content and curriculum for many clients, such as The Anthony Robbins Companies, Open Door Productions, and The Kabbalah Centers Worldwide. The four system audio program he cocreated with the The Kabbalah Centre called,  “The Living Law System,” sold thousands of copies in its 2007 weekend debut and continues to sell thousands monthly almost three years later. Shore is an ordained Interfaith Minister who received his Bachelors and Masters in Religious Studies and has just completed his Doctorate in Holistic Theology. He combines this spiritual focus with a background as a star sales performer and executive manager in several companies. The owner and founder of three successful businesses, Shore’s most recent venture is as Co-Founder and Chief Creator of SoulNeeds, a Web portal that syndicates the best Spiritual and Personal Development Content in the world, combining patentable technologies and purposeful social networking tools to deliver a brand new way of content engagement, all promoted through a vast audience of conscious entertainers (musician, actors, comedians, etc.) and world-famous teachers. The launch of the SoulNeeds site will take place in October 2010, immediately prior to the SoulNeeds Music Festival in Santa Barbara California, which will feature top music, comic, and personal development talent. The core principles and teachings of Shore’s work will debut over the next 24 months in a series of books called the “Evolution of Spirit.” Its purpose will be to make simple spiritual truths accessible and applicable in everyday life. On tap are What Makes Your Tail Wag? A Tale About Uncovering One’s Gifts and Living a Life of Purpose and Meaning, and Predictable Miracles. His next [...]

You know how you set a goal to change or have something different in your life then you slip back into the old routines and nothing changes? Einstein defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. When was the last time you considered your actions insane? Nicholas Townsend Smith (Nick) teaches you how to reprogram your behaviors and habits around the things you would like to have different so that you actually act in a way that will create the very thing you say you want. Nick trains his clients to take the learning they already have and turn it into earning what they would like to have. Our news reflects an MTV/ Entitled society wherein you get something for nothing. We are riddled with fraud, laziness, deception and a not my problem mentality because people feel they don’t have to earn things. We have reached a tipping point where those who seek benefits outweigh those who create benefits. Therefore people feel that those who “have” must provide for those who “have not” and many have forgotten that they have the ability to provide for themselves; they feel entitled to that which they have not earned! Nick has interviewed many experts from New York Times Best Selling Authors to Professional Mountain Bikers to discover the secrets of earning success. These common principles have been lost among the hype of get rich quick schemes, multi-million dollar lawsuits and lottery winners. Nick has been in the words of Ivan Misner, PHD, “Applying uncommon action to these common principles.” Nick has taught these principles to hundreds of business owners and professionals across American and into Canada. Nick’s expert principles have created lasting positive change for many of these people and their organizations. Nick is an action and results based expert coach. He cares less about what you say you’ll do and more about what you actually do. An expert is one who is wise through experience, someone who tests and tries. Nick teaches his clients to become expert in their field using the same principles used by the nation’s leading experts. By creating an environment of accountability and reporting, Nick has been able to get his clients the results they’ve been challenged to attain in the past. In this recording you will hear a raw and uncut coaching session. If you’ve wondered what it’s like to be coached by Nick, you can hear vicariously through Emily’s session. Nick doesn’t share his clients information with anyone unless they give him written permission to do so. Emily gave Nick permission to share this information with you. If you would like to know more about what it takes to be coached by Nick after hearing this recording, send an email to info@clearpathtraining.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach

Cheryl Cortese Cheryl Cortese is from New Orleans, Louisiana and is a mom with 2 great children, a daughter (Edith) and a son (Christopher). Her background is Education, where she taught at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She is an original 100 Club Member and the proud recipient of The NSA Founder’s Award. She has been a National Marketing Director with NSA for over 23 years.  Within that time she helped to develop within her organization 68 National Marketing Directors and her business spans the globe. In this interview you’ll see Cheryl’s clear path for success. It had its up’s and down’s but she persisted long enough to win. Her 23  year adventure is laid out clearly and you will see what it takes to become expert. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Robin Pulley, NMD Robin R Pulley, NMD is a former stockbroker with a degree in Three-Dimensional Sculpture, Art and Design (probably one of the few lady welders you will ever meet).  Robin is also a Professional Photographer with many nationally published photographs. Robin and her husband, Jerry, with their late- in-life “merger” have seven children and 21 grandchildren.  They moved from Boston to Salt Lake City, 12 years ago.  They love spending time with their children and grandchildren at their “dream-come true” cabin on the banks of  the  Henry’s Fork River in Idaho near Yellowstone. The Children’s Health Study is her cause and her passion, and in the process she became the top representative of that international, non-profit organization, winning the Elton Award for the Children’s Research Foundation® .   Robin was the first person to become National Marketing Director in the entire company sharing the Children’s Health Study.   At one point Robin and her team had more people enrolled in this health Study than anyone in the world. She can be seen at www.robinpulley.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Tammy Polenz- Vedas Fitness Tammy Polenz is the owner of Vedas, an eco-friendly holistic focused fitness facility located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Ms. Polenz is an award-winning Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and Wellness Coach with over 20 years of experience. Through personal experience, she helps her clients identify personal pitfalls and empowers them to transform their own lives. Her past experience includes operations management for large gym chains, organization and management of multifaceted corporate wellness programs. Eco-Friendly Gym design and club management are other services she currently provides for companies interested in creating a facility for their employee population. In addition, Tammy has authored numerous articles on fitness and has also recently authored Think Fit 2b Fit, scheduled to be on book store shelves sometime in the later part of 2010. As an inspirational speaker she has made effective presentations to dozens of corporations, motivating employees to make healthy changes in their daily habits. She was featured in Oxygen magazine in 2002 for her accomplishments as a national fitness competitor in the Woman’s Trip Fitness, and again in 2003 as an upcoming fitness professional. You can see her at http://www.vedasfitness.com/ In this interview, you’ll discover Tammy’s story and what it took for her to become an expert. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Kevin Day Kday Racing Over the past 16 years (7 of which have been as a professional) Kevin has been racing bicycles in and around Utah and across the Unites States. During that time he’s been fortunate enough to be a part of many elite cycling teams and make great friends from all over the world. Kevin is a three time State Champion in the Utah State Championship, Three time Intermountain Cup over-all points leader and placed first at the 24 hours of Targhee. He has also had multiple top five finishes in both Cross Country and Short Track events on a national level. Through this experience He’s been able to see and ride in some pretty cool places, come across his fair share of mechanical issues and struggle with the stresses and physical demands of bicycle racing. Being a professional athlete is far more work than Kevin had ever imagined and takes up more time than your average full time job. The rewards though are worth every bit of time, effort and $$ he’s spent to get there. Thankfully Kevin has the support of a great family who have stood by his side and cheered through every up and down of his professional cycling career. They’ve seen him at the top of the podium and stood by as he watched others accelerate to the top spots. The support of Kevin’s family is what makes being a professional worthwhile. Be sure to visit Kevin’s websites at www.kdayracing.com and www.bikefixutah.com Discover what it takes to become an expert mountain biker in this intriguing interview. I had no idea there were so many lessons in mountain biking. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Steve Chandler- Club Fearless Steve Chandler is a life coach and business coach and one of America’s best-selling authors whose 28 books have been translated into over 30 foreign language editions throughout Europe, China, Japan, the Middle East and Latin America. He recently starred in an episode of NBC’s Starting Over, the Emmy-award winning reality show about life-coaching. Chandler is a co-founder of the world mastermind network Club Fearless, and was recently a guest lecturer at the University of Santa Monica where he taught in the graduate program of Soul-Centered Leadership. Chandler has been a trainer and fundraising consultant to more than 50 non- profit organizations nationwide.  He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Creative Writing and Political Science, and spent four years in the U.S. Army in Language and Psychological Warfare. His internationally popular blog is available for all to read at www.imindshift.com. Any listener of this show who emails in their address at www.stevechandler.com will receive a free copy of one of Steve’s books and CDs. In this interview with Steve Chandler I discover his personal path for success. You will discover the secret to long lasting wealth and ultimately what it takes to become an expert. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Clair Mellenthin Clair Mellenthin, LCSW holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California. Throughout her career, she has focused on providing therapy to children, teens, and their families. Before joining Wasatch Family Therapy www.wasatchfamilytherapy.com, as the Director of Child and Adolescent Services, she worked in a successful private practice. Ms. Mellenthin is a sought after supervisor, training graduate students and interns in play therapy, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Utah MSW program, and Utah Valley University. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and teacher, Ms. Mellenthin frequently presents professional play therapy and family therapy trainings and appears on local TV and radio as an expert on children and family issues. Ms. Mellenthin contributes to the blog www.crazibeautiful.com as a parenting expert.  She also runs a children’s play therapy group focusing on anxiety and healthy coping skills. Clair is married to a great husband (Matt) of eight years, and is a mother to three small children whom she affectionately refers to as “my insanity creators and my sanity savers”.  Clair and her family reside in Sandy, Utah. In this interview with Clair Mellenthin I discover her personal path for success. You will discover the secret to long lasting wealth and ultimately what it takes to become an expert. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: