In This Episode…

I sit down with Alex Markley and Susie Reed from Markley Bros. Entertainment. We get to catch up on what they have been up to building and creating new content. We get to learn about how they do what they do creating fun and entertaining content.

Welcome Back to Lancelot's Roundtable Season 3.

In This Episode…

I'm happy to welcome Romy Nos to the Roundtable. Years ago when I was about to finish College, Romy and I took the plunge and decided to take a trip to Europe for a month. In this episode we re-count what lead us to make the decision to go on this adventure, the countries we visited and our experiences on our adventure.

Episode Minutes:

• 00:04:20 - Welcoming Guest
• 00:07:49 - Romy and I talk about how our friendship started
• 00:08:49 - When we started talking about going on a Europe trip
• 00:10:42 - Romy’s mindset leading up to leaving for the trip
• 00:12:40 - Romy and I talk about in intense change from college to full time job life
• 00:17:40 - Starting to prepare for the trip
• 00:22:10 - Romy’s thoughts around friendship and risking in friendships
• 00:26:27 - Romy talks about losing a friend and the pain of that loss
• 00:29:46 - We discuss continuing to prepare for the trip
• 00:33:52 - We arrive in Europe and our memories in the first city we visited, Paris
• 00:42:27 - Romy’s favorite memory from Paris
• 00:46:06 - We go to Rome
• 00:54:17 - Off to the Italian Cinque Terre
• 01:05:51 - Our next stop in Zurich, Switzerland
• 01:07:00 - Staying in a hostel for the first time
• 01:13:57 - Dealing with some conflict and expensive gummy bears in Zurich
• 01:25:00 - Arriving in London, Lance is detained at the airport
• 01:32:00 - Conflict in Madrid, Spain
• 01:35:18 - Off to Edinburgh, Scotland
• 01:38:51 - Lance’s closing thoughts
• 01:40:56 - Romy’s closing thoughts

RESOURCE LINKS

Places and things we mention in the show:

1. Tour de Espana (Which is actually called ‘La Vuelta’
2. Museum in Madrid, Spain

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Episode Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

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Welcome Back to Lancelot's Roundtable Season 3.

In This Episode…

I'm happy to welcome George Loukoumis to the Roundtable. George Immigrated to the United States years ago from Greece. We are joined by special guest co-host Cal Militaru who I interviewed in Episode 8. In this episode we talk with George about his experience moving to Findlay, Ohio to go to college, meeting his wife there, and ultimately moving to Columbus, Ohio where he and his wife built a life.

Episode Minutes:

• 00:03:08 - Introducing guest and guest co-host
• 00:04:21 - George decides to come to America
• 00:08:19 - Did George plan on staying in the States
• 00:11:10 - What it’s like living n Findlay, Ohio and going to college
• 00:14:42 - Life in Columbus and transitioning fro college to adult life
• 00:16:18 - Getting married young
• 00:19:18 - George exploring Careers
• 00:21:01 - Losing a job unexpectedly
• 00:28:18 - Who you work with\for can greatly affect your workplace
• 00:42:00 - Adapting to life in college
• 00:51:31 - Becoming a United States Citizen
• 00:58:16 - Some deep reflections from Cal
• 01:11:47 - Closing thoughts

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Episode Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

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Welcome Back to Lancelot's Roundtable Season 3.

In This Episode…

My special guests Beau, Maggie, Kim and I dive in to the intense and agonizing topic of grief. Whether or not you've experienced harrowing grief. Whether or not you've experienced the excruciating loss of something dear to you. You are not going to want to miss this episode. On today's Roundtable, we look in to the abyss of grief and try to make some sense of of the deep pain we sometimes must walk through.

Episode Minutes:

• 00:02:40 - Grief Episode Intro
• 00:06:28 - Diving in to grief
• 00:09:00 - Maybe don’t use the phrase ‘at least’
• 00:13:08 - Kim share’s about getting ‘The Call’
• 00:16:55 - Beau shares some of her grief journey
• 00:19:02 - Something Jocko Willink said about what grief can be like
• 00:20:17 - Maggie shares a quote about what grief is like
• 00:21:42 - Maggie talks about the psychological definition of grief and how grief isn’t just related to death. Every loss deserves grief
• 00:23:22 - Any loss (no matter how small) allows us to practice grieving
• 00:25:25 - You need to tell the story as you process grief
• 00:27:21 - Barbara Brown Taylor Quote about relearning how to sit with yucky emotions
• 00:28:58 - Beau shares a story about sitting with, feeling and processing grief\sadness
• 00:31:33 - Maggie talks about taking risk and not avoid the pain and learning how to process feelings
• 00:33:46 - Beau explains Pre-grieving or anticipatory grieving (article?)
• 00:35:13 - We talk about grief, faith, Jesus, anger, bitterness, etc.
• 00:38:02 - Beau explains you can’t always be prepared, sometimes it REALLY just sucks
• 00:45:59 - Grieving for and then forgiving people as a full process
• 00:52:06 - Maggie talks about the importance of validating
• 00:54:10 - Maggie tells us about ‘Core Longings’
• 00:59:26 - Addressing the layers of grief as an individual
• 01:06:00 - Bitterness other negative things and how it affects you when grieving is hard
• 01:12:05 - The importance of learning to fail
• 01:14:41 - Tips for getting out of the ‘quick sand’ of un-ending grief
• 01:19:10 - Ryan Manion does the Marine Marathon for her brother Travis
• 01:23:40 - Closing thoughts, finding the beauty through the road of grief
• 01:30:57 - Maggie is the Executive Director of the Healing Care Center

RESOURCE LINKS

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Learning to walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor

theHealingCareCenter.org

Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs - https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

Jocko Podcast 201 w/ Ryan Manion: "The Knock at the Door"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAosAUqyH0

Travis Manion Foundation:

https://www.travismanion.org/about-us/tmf-staff-and-board/ryan-manion/

Episode Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

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Welcome Back to a brand new Season of Lancelot's Roundtable.

In This Episode…

It's the season premier of Season 3. I'm so excited to welcome Master Jon Bennett who taught me Karate. The particular style of karate we trained in - Shorin-Ryu comes from Okinawa. On today's Roundtable, Jon and I look back at the time of training in his classes years ago, the invaluable lessons learned, and the courage to not quit even when things are difficult.

I'm incredibly proud of this episode and thrilled to be able to share it.

• 00:03:04 - Episode Intro
• 00:05:25 - Jon’s start in karate
• 00:10:17 - Jon Training after coming back from combat
• 00:11:42 - What is a kata?
• 00:17:08 - Similarities between Shotokan and Shorin-ryu Karate
• 00:19:50 - Jon share his thoughts on the benefits of karate 
• 00:28:40 - You’re never the best. You can always be better
• 00:31:49 - Benefit of learning to ignore discomfort in self defense
• 00:34:16 - Having a Sensei/teacher who taught for the love of the art and not for a job
• 00:37:15 - Drive, determination, focus and a kicking competition
• 00:43:40 - Improving yourself, keeping ego in check
• 00:46:10 - Some unique things about Matsubyashi Shorin-Ryu karate and the bonds between practitioners 
• 00:49:12 - Differences in how folks viewed belt colors
• 00:55:04 - Having Goals for students to hit
• 00:56:51 - Be the belt you want to be; don’t care about the belt you are (a philosophy life lesson)
• 01:00:55 - Closing thoughts

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Episode Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

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Episode 25 -

Growing up in a family that owns a small business, venturing into risks, and talking politics. 

I’ve looked forward to talking to Beau for a long time. She is a ‘Jack of all trades’. Beau grew up in Appalachia in a family that owned a small business. She has lived and worked in the crazy world of politics and she works with incredibly innovative entrepreneurs. I’m excited for you to get to know Beau.

In This Episode…

We take a plunge into learning about, growing up in rural America, small business owners, innovative entrepreneurs, and good old-fashioned hard working folks 

• [00.00] Podcast Introduction
• [00.57] Opening comments and guess introduction
• [03.06] Growing up in Appalachia
• [05.08] Growing up in a secure environment
• [06:10] Beau’s two experiences of failure
• [08.48] The reality of failure, grieving, and the death of a parent
• [11.10] Being a township trustee
• [15.23] Informing yourself in the political space
• [17.01] Getting involved in your community
• [19.56] Researching politicians
• [23.40] States rights and Federal rights
• [28.28] Why can’t either side talk to each other
• [33.21] The importance of conversation
• [37.13] Talking with neighbors
• [41.00] Beau talks about a new video game being developed 
• [46.56] For some of us (me), it’s hard to take the leap and make a big decision
• [48.41] Challenges in rural America
• [53.51] Closing remarks

RESOURCE LINKS

Links to People and Companies We Mentioned in the Show

• BBC America
• Heroes League

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Episode Length: 59 minutes

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59 min

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