The Dopamine Pursuit Podcast

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Serial Entrepreneur and Podcast host Kristen Slonicki guides us on a journey to leveling up in life and leadership. Through her insights and guests we learn how to hack our dopamine receptors to pursue healthy hits of dopamine through pursuing excellence.

Ep.25 | Staying Focused In Our Pursuits: Building A Real Estate Empire with Nana Osei Aug 20, 2024

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In this episode, we feature Nana Osei, a self-made millionaire and real estate investor who has successfully acquired 30 rental properties before the age of 30. With a clear goal to reach 50 rental doors by 35 and 100 by 40, Nana’s story is a must-listen for aspiring investors.

Nana opens up about his mindset and financial strategies that enabled him to start investing in rental properties, to the specific skillsets and industry knowledge he gained along the way. He breaks down his exact approach to rapidly growing his real estate portfolio, offering valuable insights into the worth of his current portfolio and the concepts that drive his success.

Throughout the episode, Nana answers our in-depth questions on property management, scaling a real estate business, learning from mistakes, and offers practical advice for those looking to start investing in rental properties from scratch.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro

01:05 - Obtaining 30 Doors Before 30 (Investment Properties)

02:29 - Who is Nana Osei

03:16 - The Power of Exposure & Your Circle, Even At A Young Age

06:30 - Instilling Work Ethic & Focus in Ghana

11:08 - Willingness to Change Your Enviroment When You Feel Stuck & How That Can Change Your Life

13:18 - Getting Started In Real Estate Investing, The Learning Process Before Having The Capital Begin

15:25 - The Power of Seeking Information & Pursuing Personal Development

15:48 - Identifying Leaders, Duplicating Their Systems, & Following The Leader

18:53 - Getting To Know A Underwriting Form in Real Estate Investing

21:05 - Suggestions on First Investment, & Your Down Payment on First Investment

22:10 - How Much Should A New Investor Save To Begin Investing in Real Estate

23:09 - Why Cash Flow Isn't As Important & Where The Real Money Is Made in Real Estate Investing

24:45 - 1031 Exchange, Depreciating Your Property & Utilizing Your Investments As A Tax Write Off

25:25 - Making Money Four Ways with Real Estate Investing

26:49 - Finding An Educated & Experienced Investing Advisor

28:30 - Identifying A Solid Property - The First Property In Depth (Buying It, Re-Financing It, Selling It, 1031 Exchanging, Property Numbers, etc)

33:25 - Renting An Apartment Despite Owning 31 Doors & Creating Dopamine Pursuit Systems to Assist In Hitting Goals

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Ep.24 | How to Conquer Feeling Overwhelmed & Taking Action Aug 13, 2024

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In this episode, host, Kristen Slonicki shares with you actionable steps to overcome overwhelm. We dive deep into the roots of what is typically behind the feeling of being overwhelmed, what is going on in your nervous system when you feel like you want to get things done, but you don't understand why you aren't just taking action, or when you freeze because you feel like the overwhelm and your plate is just too full.

This episode provides you with the information and exact steps for understanding overwhelm, and moving through it.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:06 - Updates + Overwhelm After Travel

02:00 - Traveling As An Entrepreneur & The Truth About Working From Anywhere

06:03 - What is it to be Overwhelmed

07:52 - Fight or Flight, Understanding Your Nervous System

09:30 - Fawn & Freeze in Nervous System

09:45 - Freeze Response or Burnout - Where Does Freeze Response Stem From

12:00 - Why do We Feel Safer To Do Nothing When We Are Overwhelmed

12:45 - Why You Aren’t Taking Action When You Want To

16:10 - Steps To Feeling Better When Overwhelmed & To Taking Action

16:30 - Shifting From External Need To Decompress

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Ep.23 | Life Changing Lessons: 35 Lessons To Success, Peace, & Personal Growth Aug 06, 2024

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We are getting vulnerable and going deep in this episode. It is the birthday edition episode, where host, Kristen, is giving you 35 invaluable life lessons that have brought her to success, given her more life, more peace, more health, or contributed to her personal growth and that she wishes that she would of learned sooner in life.

The premise of The Dopamine Pursuit Podcast, is no gatekeeping, and Kristen is sharing with you her super personal experiences and all that you need to know in trusting in the universe, letting go in relationships, prioritizing health, investing, overcoming pain and sadness, aligning & prioritizing personal needs, trusting your intuition, trusting actions over words, letting your walls down, releasing attachments, & more.

An episode packed with nugget after nugget and like we haven't done before. This is one you don't want to miss.

Don't forget to leave a review for Kristen's birthday, THANK YOU, for being here, & we can't wait to hear what you love about the show!

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:12 - Birthday Episode | 35 Lessons I Wish I Knew Sooner - Reflection Time

03:35 - Why You Need To Always Say Yes To The Trip

06:00 - Releasing Expectations From Others - The Reality of How We All Think Differently

07:56 - Choosing Yourself First, Ending A 9 Year Relationship

09:31 - The Mantra To Keep Your Nervous System Neutral

11:10 - Self Worth Realizations

12:30 - The Magic in Magnetizing All That You Desire

13:40 - Replace the Need To Prove Yourself With This…

15:25 - What Investment I Did To Turn $24K - $57K in 4 years

16:10 - Investing 101

17:20 - The Stock That Has Made Me 6 Figures in Only

19:05 - How to Save Money

21:23 - How to Have A Rest Day Without Feeling Guilty

24:19 - Getting Familiar with Your Inner Beliefs + Rewiring Belief Systems

26:13 - The Biggest Obstacle to Success & Overcoming It

27:09 - Trusting Actions Over Words

29:15 - Protecting Yourself From “Fantasy” in Relationships

32:28 - Lovebombing & Accountability Within Ourselves

34:40 - Identifying Depression and/or Anxiety & How to Get Out Of It

36:30 - Keeping Your Heart Open After Heartbreak Even When You Want To Shut It Down

41:29 - Finding Feedback, Where To Get Advice

44:16 - Letting Go Of Control

45:00 - The Simple Necessities For Adding Years To Your Life

47:00 - Protecting Your Peace, Don’t Fight Other Peoples Battles

49:20 - What Attachment Really Is & The Mindset to Release Attachment

50:00 - Getting To Know Your Inner Child

51:00 - Creating Sustainable Success

52:00 - Why Humans People Please & How to Have More Awareness To Why You Might Be People Pleasing

53:40 - The Benefits of Allowing People to Fail

56:00 - Maximizing Your Experiences & Relationships

56:31 - The Power of Your Words

57:44 - The Investment I Wish I Would of Done Sooner

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Ep.22 | Finding Peace & Happiness Through Gratitude: The Key To Magnetizing All You Desire Jul 30, 2024

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In this episode, host, Kristen Slonicki joins you from Ibiza, Spain where she describes immense gratitude for the pain, hardships, and lessons she has had to experience in life that have brought her here with you today.

Kristen shares the different levels of gratitude, and the power in attracting, manifesting, and magnetizing all that you desire through shifting your energetic state and focusing on gratitude for what is happening for you and not to you.

Kristen brings the perspective that all pain and hardship has a positive spin on it when you find gratitude and seek lessons from all experiences, and how you can go about becoming more positive. She shares the art of finding gratitude in what you already have. How to embody gratitude, and practices you can implement daily to begin to live in a more grateful state.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - The Fears That We Overcame To Lead Us Here Today

02:41 - The Difference Between Being Just Thankful & Living In Immense Gratitude

03:50 - Levels in Gratitude & Difficulties in Application of Constant Gratitude

08:06 - Intro to Ayauascha + My Experience With Seeking The Gratitude Portal

12:59 - How to Attract More Positive Things To Happen For You

16:44 - What Gratitude Actually Is & How It Can Impact You

18:08 - Examples of Being Intentional & Embodying Your Gratitude

20:42 - A Huge Miss In Relationships & Opportunities

21:45 - Your Work Ethic & Strength of Your Relationships is The Byproduct of Your Gratitude

24:12 - The Negative Flip - How to Turn Pain & Hardship into Positivity

26:40 - You Are The Master of Your Destiny - How to Change Your Life

27:40 - How to Get Out of The Matrix

28:40 - The Rule of Quantum Physics & How it Applies to Gratitude

29:38 - How to Slow Down & Find The Gratitude & The Peace

34:04 - Importance of Alone Time

34:40 - A Key for How to Heal

35:45 - How to Be Intentional in Our Gratitude - Tangibles & Practices for Embodying Gratitude

44:00 - Everything Becoming For You & Not To You

45:00 - A Gratitude Challenge For You

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Ep.21 | The Power of Threads: Social Medias Best Kept Marketing Secret Jul 24, 2024

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In this episode, host, Kristen Slonicki gives you the blueprint to organic growth on social media's newest platform with META, Threads. She shares how she was able to grow 16,000 new followers that were aligned with her community in only 2 months times, the strategies for building an audience that is fully aligned with your most authentic self.

If you have ever dreamed of building a social media community of engaged followers that were in full alignment with you, this episode is for you. Kristen shares everything from an abundance of options and ideas for what to post on Threads, going viral on Threads, repurposing content, creating inspiration from within, monetizing Threads, and how Threads led her to not only new friendships but thousands of new subscribers to her email lists, and leads to her business as well.

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Ep.20 | Freezing Eggs Journey: Importance of Understanding The Science Available Today + Everything to Know About What The Process Entails Jul 16, 2024

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In this episode, host Kristen Slonicki, takes you through the process of freezing her eggs. This is an episode for all genders and is a discussion to spread awareness to the science and options available today, who this is for, when this should likely take place, how freezing eggs works, & what the process fully entails. Kristen spares no detail from the procedure specifics to cost, mindset, & common emotional experience of it all.

This is an excellent episode to listen to for womens health education, when exploring the possibility of the freezing eggs procedure, and/or to share with a partner, friend, or family member to help them as well better understand what this process entails.

With the intention of releasing the stigma around the discussion of women going through this process, Kristen is open and honest about why she believes more women should take action on freezing eggs regardless of if they are in a current partnership or not, and why doing this sooner rather than later is crucial.

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Ep.19 | The Power of Internet Money: The Foundation & Mindset for Social Media Jul 09, 2024

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On this episode, host Kristen Slonicki, takes you through the foundations of social media, starting with the mindset that is necessary in order to have success on any platform and the non-negotiable required to create an income online and monetize your accounts.

Kristen share the story of her own personal journey of working in social media over the past decade, her first experience with building a community before she knew how to build an online income. Beginning to monetize & opening up her mindset to the world of internet money. Plus, the belief that showed her that this could be a true opportunity to create streams of income and how she first did so.

This is the foundational episode that gives you opening framework of knowing what to post on social media, who to post for, and that will get you into the mindset of showing up consistently for your current or future business.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:56 - The Power of Social Media & Internet Money

02:52 - Why Social Media Is Often Misunderstood

05:30 - Using Social Media For Good vs Evil, Positivity vs Negativity

05:48 - The Two Ways You Can Utilize Social Media & The Mindset You Need To Have If Your Social Media is Your Business

13:21 - The Key To Virality & Free Marketing

16:48 - Social Media for Business vs Entertainment

19:25 - What Social Media Subtopics That Will Be Covered In Future Episodes

23:20 - The One Guarantee With Social Media

25:18 - My Background & Experience with Social Media

31:10 - The Business Woman That Led The Way & That Proved The Possibilities of Creating An Online Business From Scratch

37:20 - What About If You Have A Love / Hate Relationship With Social Media

40:35 - How to Be Consistent & How to Know What To Post On Social Media

43:34 - What is Content Batching & How to Do It

46:01 - Finding Inspiration for What To Post & How to Organize & Plan Your Future Content

49:04 - Repurposing Your Content for Other Social Media Platforms

49:52 - Deciding Which Platform To Focus On

52:36 - Inspiration vs Comparison - Creating The Time For The Things That You Want

53:46 - You're Not Lazy, You Just Need To Break The Cycle & Identify The Fear

54:45 - Current Line Up of Social Media Platforms To Focus On

56:00 - Crucial Key To Bring New People Into Your Business

57:50 - The Two Main Reasons Why People Get Held Back From Showing Up on Social Media

59:15 - Identifying Fears That May Be Holding You Back

01:01:47 - Overcoming Perfectionist Mentality

01:03:40 - What To Do If Social Media is Gone Tomorrow

01:05:21 - True Connection & The Beauty of What Social Media Can Offer You

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Ep.18 | Becoming Influential: Leadership 101 Jul 02, 2024

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In this episode, host Kristen Slonicki, takes you through an introduction to leadership and the crucial aspects and mindset shifts everyone needs to embrace either as a new or veteran leader. We discuss building influence and the game changing ways you can move the needle with your teams, build your relationships, and create a thriving team culture with team members who are eager to follow your lead, work harder for you, and receive your feedback.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:08 - Becoming Influential

02:42 - Leading By Example; Being A Leader, Not A Manager

03:31 - How to Lead From The Front

04:22 - Earning Respect In Leadership

06:57 - Building Relationships in Leadership

07:32 - How to Influence Your Team Through Your Leadership

08:46 - Importance of Seeking To Understand

10:23 - Communicating Effectively; How to Have Hard Conversations

13:00 - How to Give Feedback

14:05 - Importance of Keeping Your Word In Leadership

15:08 - How to Know How Much To Give In Leadership

17:48 - Crucial Mindset of A Leader

19:32 - How To Get Something To Land With Someone You Are Mentoring

22:47 - Moving The Needle Drastically With Your Team Results

24:34 - Innovation As A Leader - Expanison & Mastery - Always A Student

26:33 - Systems + Inspections to Your Systems

27:20 - Persistency & Consistency As A Leader

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Ep.17 | Micro-Shifts: Boosting Your Health Through Small Habit Shifts Jun 25, 2024

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In todays episode, host Kristen Slonicki, gives you the small habits and microshifts that can make the biggest difference for not only your mindset, but your health and potentially your overall life longevity. Kristen shares with you what she wishes she would have been exposed to sooner from the health & fitness industry to live a longer, stronger, more fulfulled life. Through small habits and microshifts you can drastically improve your life. Listen to this episode for more exposure, more awareness, and to move just a little bit closer to the person you are meant to be.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:08 - Hacking Our Way To Healthier Habits

03:08 - How to Live A Fulfilled Life

05:20 - Exposure to Health & Fitness

07:28 - The Limiting Beliefs That Begin At A Young Age

12:59 - The Power of Micro-challenges - How to Easily Boost Your Health

16:15 - Creating Accountability for Fitness & Health Challenges

17:44 - How To Build Confidence

20:15 - What is Habit Stacking & How To Create More Efficiency With Your To-Do List

22:16 - The Power of Protein

24:53 - What is Macros

28:08 - What Protein Is Going To Do For You

27:00 - How to Stay Looking Young Forever

29:12 - Protein Snack & Meal Suggestions

32:17 - Your Solution To Most Problems

32:45 - Quick Work Out “Motivator”

33:28 - Intentional Morning Routines to Prevent Spiking Cortisol

35:14 - Importance of Fueling Your Body for Energy

36:30 - Skincare, Vitamins, & Gut Health

38:06 - Fasting + Power of Autophagy

40:21 - How to Have Clear Intent & Goals for Health & Fitness

41:16 - Enviroment Cleansing

42:16 - Why Understanding Psychology Helps You Level Up

42:43 - Dopamine Trackers + Group Accountability

44:00 - The #1 Cancer Breeding Grounds That I Didn't Understand

45:30 - 80/20 Rule To Health Success

47:00 - Leveraging Social Media For Success + Impact Trickle Effect

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