TRU-U Podcast

Eddie is a Personal Freedom & Soul Embodiment Coach, Workshop and Retreat Host, and Ceremonial Ecstatic Dance Facilitator. He strongly believes that living a life of freedom and expression in all forms is one of the best things we can do for both ourselves and others when it comes to raising our personal vibration as well as the collective consciousness of the planet. We discuss the value of intuition and how to tap into it. He also shares his journey and excitement around his ecstatic dancing.

Aventi Entertainment joins us on this Episode of the Podcast. John Gavin Boss is the founder of Aventi and has been a DJ of 10+ years, Sunny is a local Rochester Minnesota Entrepreneur and Collin is a recent University of Minnesota Grad who has been with the company for 3 years and now is expanding into a leadership role within the company. We discuss the value of entertainment and how it serves people in many ways including mental health. They touch on the importance of catching onto trends and leveraging them. This is a fun listen and a lot of value to unpack! Enjoy!

On today’s episode we have Douglas Emerson with us. He is a producer, designer and futurist. Since founding his production company, C49, six years ago, he’s produced 50+ commercials, 2 streaming pilots and a feature film that was recently acquired by Abramorama. His new content company, Cabana aims to revolutionize the relationship between advertising, content and social media. He also owns an NFT Gallery/Event Space in the Metaverse (CryptoVoxels) called XoB, throwing virtual parties and festivals that attract thousands of people. We dive deep into talks around the development of societies in the Metaverse, crypto advancements and how we can save our planet through taking action. 

Today we have Mr. Dan Gjerseth and Katherine Lillie on the show. Dan is the owner of Gjerseth Realty Group in Eau Claire Wisconsin and is on track to building one of the largest real estate teams in the country. He attributes his growth to partnering with talented people like Katherine. She is a Buyer's agent and excels in this space and says that building a talented and committed team starts with a focus on growth, support, and servant leadership. We discuss the values within their business of servant leadership and how to attract the right people into your life and scale your business.

Laura Lee is an evening anchor at ABC 6 News in Rochester Minnesota. She is also an award winning and Emmy nominated reporter for her investigations and special reports. Laura is one of the first Hmong television news anchors in Minnesota and the first in a prime time slot. She also juggles all of this while being a single mom to four amazing kids! In this episode we speak on her journey as a news anchor, her community impact, what strong communication means and the value of falling down and getting back up.

On today's episode we have Mrs. Meg Miller on with us. Meg has years of experience working with artists and creatives in varying capacities. She is a former U.S. Customs Broker and currently an executive coach with Novus Global. She got her B.S. from George Fox University. She is the parent of two budding citizens with her husband, Wayne. Meg and her family live in Los Angeles, CA. We discuss values and what it's like coping with perfectionism and people pleasing. Offering great insight into what the value of letting go is and using our mind in ways that serve us.

Today we sit down with three bright individuals who run Eleventh Avenue Productions based out of St. Paul Minnesota. Jake is a young and eager entrepreneur who started Eleventh Ave four years ago with the vision of creating a space for all creation(Music, Videos, Design, etc.) We sat down with two of his cocreatorrs and crucial parts to Eleventh, manager Momin & artist TommyBoy. In this episode we break down what the journey of a creative is like and all the obstacles that come with taking a non-traditional route in the business world. We also took a deep dive into what kind of mindset and environment that is needed to be able to accomplish goals in the entertainment industry. 

Ken Conklin is an experimentalist, unconventional fitness enthusiast, life storyteller, business builder, and human optimizer. He is the founder and Head of Growth of Gravel to Castle, a consultancy that weaponizes businessmen with a belief system & daily game of human optimization designed to support them with predictable expansion in both their business & personal life, and is on a mission to help set the tone for the next generation by creating strong, honorable, & high-value businessmen who are actually capable of not only leading their teams, clients, families, and communities, but also creating true dents in the universe. Ken spends most of his workdays perfecting his company’s frameworks and systems, to which he then trains his team on how to properly deploy them (for both their internal operations and with ensuring that their clients get incredible results).

Today we have Mr. Ryan Froh and Mr. Pasqualle Presa on with us. Two local entrepreneurs from Rochester Minnesota. Ryan has a background in the merchandising industry came up with the idea of beginning the social business “wear local” to give back to local businesses. He approached is current partners Pasquale and Kevin with the idea and being local philanthropists they fell in love with the idea. They began with the vision of growing local community. We dive in depth into the social business and what they are doing for the community and the lifestyle of being an entrepreneur and how rewarding it can be to serve others.

Dakota Karlen is a young entrepreneur from central Wisconsin that got his start in network marketing and got a degree in Business Administration. He successfully made 6 figures while in college and since then has gotten married to his lovely wife Allison and begun a career in real estate and investing. He speaks on the value of having mentorship and putting faith in God. Letting go and being a follower of Christ has led him to success and he shares his great story here.