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Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Written by: Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor
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What happens when two women who refuse to play small sit down with the people actually changing the world — and the ones brave enough to tell the stories most shows won't touch? You get The Get Obsessed Podcast — a show built for people who are hungry for more truth, more transformation, and more proof that the life they're imagining is actually possible. Hosted by Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor, this is the podcast for dreamers who are done dreaming and ready to move. Julie is a legal advocate, entrepreneur, and mother of four who has spent years studying what it truly takes to succeed. Mika is a fierce business owner and meditation facilitator obsessed with self-development who knows what it takes to turn a life around. Together they bring zero filters, radical honesty, and an unshakable belief that you were built for more than you've been told. We go places other podcasts won't. We have explored the inner world of Scientology — the beliefs, the pull, the controversy, and what it means for the people inside it. We sat with Janelle Brown from TLC's Sister Wives and went deep into what it really looks like to live outside the lines of what society calls normal, to question everything, and to find your own definition of family and freedom. Dr. Christine Marie, featured in the #1 Netflix documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet, joined us to unpack manipulation, control, and how even the smartest people can be led astray — and more importantly, how to find your way back. These are not comfortable conversations. They are necessary ones. And then there are the guests who show up to teach you how to build. Gary Vaynerchuk on turning obsession into empires. Evan Carmichael on finding your purpose and never letting go. David Meltzer on staying grateful and driven when the odds are stacked against you. Jim Kwik, author of Limitless, on unlocking what your mind is actually capable of. Dr. Laura Berman — Oprah's go-to love expert — on grief, healing, and choosing to keep living fully. Dr. Nadine Macaluso on trauma and reclaiming your story. Dr. Sherrie Campbell on breaking free from toxic relationships for good. Gina DeVee, the woman who inspired this show to exist, on building a life entirely on your own terms. Kim D. from The Real Housewives and Lt. Joe Kenda, the Homicide Hunter, on the stories that shape us. At the heart of every episode is one question: how do we actually live our best life — not the curated version, not the one we perform for others, but the real one? The one that lights us up, challenges us, and makes us feel fully alive. That is what we are building here, one conversation at a time. New episodes every week. Apply to be a guest at www.getobsessedguest.com. Explore everything at www.getobsessedpodcast.com and www.getobsessedpod.com. Reach us at hello@getobsessedmedia.com — we read every single message. Follow us on Instagram @getobsessedpodcast and Facebook — and tell us who you want to hear from next, or how YOU are living your best life. This community is built on your stories too. We are all in this together.© 2025 Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Science Social Sciences
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  • No More Excuses: Change Your Life Starting Today with Markus Kaulius

    No More Excuses: Change Your Life Starting Today with Markus Kaulius
    Oct 13 2026
    In this episode of the Get Obsessed podcast, Julie Lokun and co-host Mika sit down with Markus Kaulius, author of Play a Bigger Game, to explore how a 15-year-old with no confidence made a decisive choice to change the direction of his life. Markus shares what rock bottom looked like for him, why habits and daily action matter more than long hours, and why changing the people around you can transform how you think and what you believe is possible. He also takes on the excuses of money and time, and explains why consistency over years, not overnight success, is what builds a bigger life. The conversation also covers how to handle setbacks when life gets in the way, how to choose mentors and role models who reflect the values you want for yourself, and how Markus came to see growing up without a father as a gift. He challenges listeners to find one answer to the question “what if my biggest scar was actually my greatest gift?” In this episode, we discuss: Markus’s rock bottom at 15 and the decision that changed his trajectoryWhat rock bottom looks and feels like, and why habits and same-day action matterWhy changing your environment and surrounding yourself with growth-minded people accelerates changeMoving past the excuses of money and timeConsistency, the myth of overnight success, and how to handle setbacksChoosing role models and mentors with integrity and the life you wantReframing family trauma and a father’s absence as a gift ABOUT THE GUEST: Markus Kaulius is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of multiple eight and nine-figure businesses. He is a USA Today top 10 best-selling author and a speaker who mentors CEOs and executives on growth, mindset, health, and faith. He is best known as the founder of Magnum Nutraceuticals, the supplement brand he grew from a startup to over $170 million in global sales before selling it in 2023. His work and insights have been featured on major media including PBS, Fox News, and CNN. Markus is the author of Play a Bigger Game: Seven Universal Principles to Experience True Fulfillment and Win at Life. His latest venture is Five Talent Capital, an investment fund that pairs uncorrelated investing with a mission to pull one million children out of the sex trade. MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: (Book) Play a Bigger Game - https://playabiggergame.com CONNECT WITH MARKUS KAULIUS: Website: https://playabiggergame.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/markus.kauliusInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/markuskaulius/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuskaulius/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkusKaulius ABOUT GET OBSESSED Website: www.getobsessedpodcast.com Be a Guest! http://www.getobsessedguest.com Reach Out To Us! hello@getobsessedmedia.com The Get Obsessed podcast is dedicated to exploring the passions, mindsets, and habits that drive high performers. We believe that what you obsess over defines your future. LISTEN, RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE - Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life - Podcast - Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-obsessed-with-living-your-best-life/id1559480972 Timestamp: 00:00 Cold open: “are you ready to play a bigger game?” 01:03 Introducing Markus Kaulius and Play a Bigger Game 01:55 How Julie and Mika met Markus at the Bookthinkers event 03:23 Hitting rock bottom at 15 and deciding to change 04:37 What rock bottom looks and feels like, and why habits matter 06:43 Keeping the change going when your environment stays the same 10:25 What to do when money, time, or a bad situation feel like blockers 14:21 What happens when life gets in the way of the steps you take 16:28 The myth of overnight success and why consistency wins 18:36 The “excuse generation” and who to trust for guidance 19:45 Finding mentors with integrity (and the values you want) 23:32 Why growing up without a dad became Markus’s greatest gift 25:59 Julie and Mika’s closing message Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    28 mins
  • Life After Plural Marriage with Janelle Brown of Sister Wives

    Life After Plural Marriage with Janelle Brown of Sister Wives
    Oct 6 2026
    In this episode of the Get Obsessed podcast, Julie Lokun sits down with Janelle Brown, a mother of six, farmer, life coach, and one of the best-known faces of reality TV, to talk about 25 years of plural marriage, the decision to leave, and the new chapter she is building on her own terms. Janelle looks back at why her family went public, what it was like to live on camera for years, and how she learned to manage jealousy by understanding her own worth. She talks about raising children in the spotlight, loving her stepchildren as her own, and how the family's approach to mental health changed after the loss of her son Garrison. She also reflects on his legacy, including a room dedicated to him at a local Humane Society. The conversation then turns to the unraveling of her marriage, the moment she knew it was truly over, and her views on empowering women through education, choice, and legal protection. Janelle shares her coaching work, her cross-country move to North Carolina to build a farm with her daughter Maddie and son-in-law Caleb, and her advice for anyone afraid to leave what feels familiar and start a second chapter. In this episode, we discuss: Life before the cameras and the ideal of the big, loving familyWhy the family went public and what it meant to be unscripted on TVLearning to move past jealousy and build self-worthRaising children in the spotlight and loving stepchildren as her ownGarrison's legacy and normalizing open conversations about mental healthThe unraveling of the marriage and what made the final break permanentWhy empowering women changes everythingStarting over with a coaching business, a North Carolina farm, and a peaceful new lifeAdvice for women who are afraid to leave and start a second chapter ABOUT THE GUEST: Janelle Brown is best known as one of the stars of TLC's Sister Wives, which premiered in 2010 and followed her family for more than a decade. She is a mother of six who left a decades-long plural marriage and rebuilt her life on her own terms. Janelle holds an accounting degree and has worked in financial services and real estate. In 2019 she became a certified health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and founded the wellness and coaching business Strive with Janelle. Her work now focuses on women in their second chapter, including empty nesters and women navigating major life transitions, helping them reclaim confidence, rediscover their passions, and design a life that feels like their own through Second Chapter Coaching. Janelle also co-founded Taeda Farms, a flower farm in North Carolina, with her daughter Maddie and son-in-law Caleb. MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: (TV show) Sister Wives (TLC) - https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1390/sister-wives(Coaching business) Strive with Janelle - https://www.secondchaptercoaching.com/(Netflix documentary) Trust Me: The False Prophet - https://www.netflix.com/title/81758532 CONNECT WITH JANELLE BROWN: Website: https://www.secondchaptercoaching.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STRIVEwithJanelleX (Twitter): https://x.com/JanelleBrown117Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janellebrown117/ ABOUT GET OBSESSED Website: www.getobsessedpodcast.com Be a Guest! http://www.getobsessedguest.com Reach Out To Us! hello@getobsessedmedia.com The Get Obsessed podcast is dedicated to exploring the passions, mindsets, and habits that drive high performers. We believe that what you obsess over defines your future. LISTEN, RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE - Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life - Podcast - Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-obsessed-with-living-your-best-life/id1559480972 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold open and guest introduction 0:34 Life before the cameras and chasing the ideal family 2:05 Why the family went public 3:21 Learning to move past jealousy and build self-worth 7:03 Was the scrutiny worth it? 7:59 Raising children in the spotlight 9:06 Loving stepchildren as her own 11:15 The fear before the show premiered 11:58 Garrison's legacy and normalizing mental health conversations 15:36 The unraveling of the marriage 17:16 The on-camera fight that fans cheered 19:09 The moment she knew it was over 21:24 Why empowering women changes everything 23:17 Becoming the family bookkeeper 24:27 Life after divorce and starting her coaching business 25:34 The move to North Carolina and building a farm 27:41 Dating, peace, and what's next 28:35 Advice for women who are afraid to leave Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    31 mins
  • Beauty From Within: Gina Cloud on Aging, Sex, and Self Worth

    Beauty From Within: Gina Cloud on Aging, Sex, and Self Worth
    Sep 29 2026
    In this episode of the Get Obsessed podcast, Julie Lokun and Mika sit down with Gina Cloud, who has spent more than 25 years teaching women to strip away the lies they've absorbed about their bodies, sex, aging, and worth. Gina opens by reframing the idea that a woman's power expires at 40, explaining that her work spans every stage of a woman's life starting with her first period, and that women actually grow more powerful with age once they stop absorbing the messaging fed to them since girlhood. She and Julie trace that conditioning back through generations of mothers, media, and advertising, and touch on the added layer that racialized beauty standards place on women of color. The conversation then moves into the shame surrounding menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause, the medicalization of women's bodies, and a ritual Gina teaches for honoring menstrual blood rather than treating it as something to hide. Gina and the hosts also dig into what she calls the masculinization of women in corporate life and modern dating, the loneliness she sees in how men and women relate to each other now, and her frustration with a version of feminism she feels has drifted into resentment rather than partnership. The conversation turns personal as Gina reflects on raising her daughter Alana, the values she tried to model rather than simply lecture about, and closes with a call for listeners to honor both their feminine and masculine sides instead of choosing one over the other. In this episode, we discuss: Why a woman's power has no expiration date, starting with her first periodGenerational conditioning around beauty, aging, and self worthThe added layer of racialized beauty standards for women of colorShame and stigma around menstruation, perimenopause, and menopauseThe medicalization of women's bodies and a ritual for honoring menstrual bloodThe masculinization of women in corporate life, dating, and modern relationshipsRethinking feminism, independence, and wanting to be protected and provided forRaising her daughter Alana and modeling rather than lecturing about self worth ABOUT THE GUEST: Gina Cloud has spent more than 25 years teaching women, working across every stage of a woman's life beginning with her first menstrual period. She has appeared on the Ricki Lake Show, been interviewed on Playboy Radio, delivered a TEDx talk, and written a book called WOMAN that reframes what it means to be a woman. Her work focuses on helping women release the shame attached to their bodies, sexuality, and aging, including the stigma surrounding menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause. She created the Sacred Facts of Life workshop to give young girls an honoring framework around their bodies before they get their first period, and she coaches women, including executives and former military service members, on reconnecting with their feminine power. Gina also hosts her own podcast, where she has been doing deep personal work with her daughter Alana ahead of a mother daughter episode the two of them are recording together. MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: (Book) WOMAN by Gina Cloud - https://ginacloud.com/book/(Book) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - https://judyblume.com/middle-margaret/ CONNECT WITH GINA CLOUD: Website: https://ginacloud.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Gina-Clouds-All-Things-Women/61560726219305/X (Twitter): https://x.com/GinaCloudInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginacloud/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/redefiningwoman/videos ABOUT GET OBSESSED Website: www.getobsessedpodcast.com Be a Guest! http://www.getobsessedguest.com Reach Out To Us! hello@getobsessedmedia.com The Get Obsessed podcast is dedicated to exploring the passions, mindsets, and habits that drive high performers. We believe that what you obsess over defines your future. LISTEN, RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE - Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life - Podcast - Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-obsessed-with-living-your-best-life/id1559480972 TIMESTAMPS 00:01 - Welcome to Gina Cloud, and why a woman's power has no expiration date02:36 - Generational conditioning around beauty, aging, and self worth05:21 - The added layer of racialized beauty standards for women of color05:59 - Shame and stigma around menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause07:52 - The medicalization of women's bodies and a ritual for honoring menstrual blood13:20 - The masculinization of women in corporate life, dating, and modern relationships15:51 - Rethinking feminism, independence, and wanting to be protected and provided for29:05 - Raising her daughter Alana and modeling rather than lecturing about self worth Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    35 mins
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