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Something Significant is an interview show about ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the world. We define “significance” as ‘doing work you love, with people you love, in places you love, AND creating something of value for others while you’re at it.’

The host, Matt Gersper (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living) explores the life journey that brought his inspiring guests to the moment of discovering their unique and distinct reason for being on this planet. Matt likes to explore their road to significance through the equation he calls The Happy Formula: Capacity x Purpose x Giving = Happy!
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Today's guest is Jaqueline Pirtle. She is a holistic practitioner, bestselling author, podcaster, and speaker who helps people go from living a “blah” life to feeling phenomenal… and even healing themselves. For more from Jaqueline, please visit her website.  Happy Living is on a Mission to Improve the Happy of the World, One Person at a time at, please visit our website Happyliving.com for more Happy content and find out how Happy you are with our Happy Quiz. Today's Sponsor Zona Plus *The Happy Living Community receives $50 off your purchase. Use code : HAPPY*
Today's guest is Deborah Jane Sutton. Deborah’s raison d’etre (reason for being) is to raise peoples’ energetic vibrations. Listen to her journey to becoming an international intuitive energy healer and learn why it is better to lead from your heart than your mind. For more from Deborah please visit her Website. Happy Living is on a Mission to Improve the Happy of the World, One Person at a time at, please visit our website Happyliving.com for more Happy content and find out how Happy you are with our Happy Quiz. Sponsor Save $50 on a Zona Plus using Code - Happy
#25 - Guerry Grune

#25 - Guerry Grune

2018-11-2751:20

Today's Guest is Guerry Grune. Ever met a surfer three bachelor’s degrees in science, a PhD in Chemical Engineering who’s a registered Patent Agent, has worked for IBM, and is a professor at Duke University? Check out Guerry's website and great products and save with coupon code: HappyLiving Happy Living is on a Mission to Improve the Happy of the World, One Person at a time at, please visit our website Happyliving.com for more Happy content and find out how Happy you are with our Happy Quiz.
#166 – Scott Jordan

#166 – Scott Jordan

2024-10-2545:10

My special guest star for episode #166 is Scott Jordan. He’s an experienced Investment Banker, C-Level Biotechnology Executive, and a Craft Spirits Entrepreneur. Since 2005, he has raised a lot of money (about a billion dollars) helping innovative biopharmaceutical, diagnostics, and medical device companies make it through the capital-intensive research and development phases to deliver new and better solutions to the healthcare industry. But what got my attention was when he told me he’s launching a public benefit corporation, called Raising Spirits, that’s dedicated to creating opportunity and fighting poverty in Latin America with targeted business, community, and educational programs. Scott, I LOVE your “triple bottom line” vision that includes not only profit, but also a company’s impact on people and our planet, too. And I ADMIRE your commitment to breaking generational cycles of poverty in Latin America through long-term business, community development, and educational initiatives. And I’m super HAPPY you’ve shared your generous, purpose-fired, triple-bottom-line entrepreneurial spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #165 is Chuck Harlander, the creator of our inspiring series called Stories of Significance based on the Seven Foundation of Health from Matt Gersper’s book, The Belief Road Map. Learn all about his nine-episode series. It’s format. It’s content. How he hopes listeners will benefit by listening to it. How did it come to him? Surprises. Lessons Learned. Highlights. Fear. Legacy! We cover it all. Don’t miss this chance to begin your journey to a life of meaning, joy, and cheer that’ll fill your soul.  Chuck, I LOVE the inspiration and the love you poured into creating nine original and power-packed episodes of Stories of Significance. And I ADMIRE your passion for encouraging others along their journey to making their marks of significance on the world by sharing your journey with them. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your gentle, tenderhearted, yet incredibly powerful spirit on our show today With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #164 is Arnaud Saint-Paul. He's a conscious technologist, author, and international lecturer who practices spiritual entrepreneurship. Through his writings, workshops, and lectures, Arnaud shares his experiences, inner self-expansion, and true passion: To Be and to bring more love to the world.  Arnaud, I LOVE your life purpose to open one billion hearts by guiding others to live through their hearts. And I ADMIRE your global social impact project called GIVE Nation where you empower children to craft a better tomorrow, and positively impact the planet, with the larger goal of creating a better human existence. And I’m super HAPPY you’ve shared your heart-guided, people-and-planet-first, entrepreneurial spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest stars for episode #163 are Marge and Kyle Bevers. They stay very busy in their beloved community of Rockford, Illinois, particularly in grassroots community organizing, local politics, and saving and revitalizing historic buildings like the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, which was originally built more than 100 years ago by the textile industry titan William H. Ziock.  Marge and Kyle, I love your vision for what is possible from how things are today. And I admire your dedication, perseverance, and optimistic attitude, which keep you going even when the going gets tough. I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your kind-hearted, community-minded, make-it-happen spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #162 is Jarle Lillemoen. He’s been very busy since moving from Norway to Texas as a teen-aged boy, where he went to Pearland High School. Since then, he’s studied Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences at the University of Houston and got a Ph.D in Biochemistry at UT Austin. He’s been a singer-songwriter, a master distiller, an Adjunct Instructor at Huston-Tillotson University, and now he’s the brewmaster, co-owner, and primus motor at Wild Bunch Brewing Company, also known as The Best Little Brewhouse in Texas... where he offers good beer, good conversation, in a good environment.  Jarle, I LOVE your independent-minded Texas attitude of believing in putting in the effort and getting things done, even if you have to do it a few times to get it just right. And I ADMIRE how you achieved Beer-vana by combining your love of beer making, music making, and community making with your scientific brilliance as a doctor of biochemistry to create The Best Little Brewhouse in Texas. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your adventurous, industrious, kind-hearted spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
#161 – Jim Frascone

#161 – Jim Frascone

2024-09-2032:19

My special guest star for episode #161 is Jim Frascone. He’s a winemaker, fisherman, and a Christian. His company, Frascone Winery & Bistro, produces fine wines, serves Vietnamese and Italian food, and hosts events on Trinity Bay, in Anahuac, Tx. Jim has enjoyed making wine since a very young age with his grandfather. As life moved on, he became an engineer, but he always kept his wine making craft alive. As he got closer to “retirement”, he knew that wine making was his passion. Now, for the past twenty years or so, he’s been all in... living in his passion! Jim, I LOVE the simplicity of your outlook of life describing yourself as a winemaker, a fisherman, and a Christian. And I ADMIRE your easy enthusiasm for sharing your wines, food, experiences and stories, and laughter with everyone you meet. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your generous, entrepreneurial, and God-loving spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
#160 – Kim Hix

#160 – Kim Hix

2024-09-1343:59

My special guest star for episode #160 is Kim Hix. She’s a life-long fitness & health fanatic, certified personal trainer since 2004, Crossfit instructor, Certified Nutrition Counselor, and a Figure Show competitor, too, with 21 competitions under her belt, including 18 National Qualifying wins and 2 National events. But, losing her precious daughter to fentanyl poisoning changed everything in an instant. From that devastating pain, Kim decided to do whatever she could to warn other parents and youth about this deadly opioid that’s become the leading cause of death for people 18-45. Kim, I LOVE your determination to fight through the pain and devastation of losing the love of your life on February 27, 2022, at 5:27 pm. And I ADMIRE your strength and resilience to share Kelsie’s story to educate others about the dangerousness and pervasiveness of fentanyl poisoning that has become the leading cause of death for people 18-45 and (this is hard to imagine) it’s killing over 300 people every day. And I’m super HONORED that you’ve shared your courageous, fierce, and deeply caring spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠⁠Happy Quiz⁠⁠ 2. Claim your gift: ⁠Making Your Mark Of Significance⁠ 3. Leave us a ⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
#159 – Jose Olivas

#159 – Jose Olivas

2024-09-0637:32

My special guest star for episode #159 is Jose Olivas. He’s been a teacher for over thirty years and a running coach for over twenty years. He’s educated himself so he could teach others, and he runs marathons himself so he can coach others. Jose has learned well the immense impact a life focused on giving to others can have on the world, one person at a time.   Jose, I LOVE your enthusiasm for education, running, and living your life to its full measure. And I ADMIRE your passion for helping your students do the same, first by recognizing and then by rising to their potential as fully optimized human beings. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your energetic, intelligent, and kindhearted spirit on our show today. With love, ⁠Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)⁠   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
Don’t miss this truly special and inspiring season finale of The Something Significant Show. Broadcasting from the beautiful Queen City of Charlotte, North Carolina, we delve into the profound question: "Do You Believe In Miracles?" In this powerful episode, we highlight incredible stories of miraculous moments and transformations shared by our remarkable guest stars throughout the season. These stories, marked by inexplicable and supernatural interventions, showcase the transformative power of faith, resilience, and purpose. Reflecting on moments of devastation, divine communication, and obedient action leading to profound change, our guests’ experiences will inspire and uplift you. From miraculous recoveries to life-altering encounters with the divine, each story exemplifies the extraordinary impact of miracles in our lives. So, tune in and be prepared to explore the miraculous, and discover how these stories of significance can encourage you to embrace the miracles in your own life. Join us for this heartfelt conclusion to our season, and together, let's celebrate the miracles that shape our lives of significance. With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living) Episode #158 features these inspiring guest stars: Zachariah Fike, Laura Arthur Stewart, Larry Randolph, Cristina E. Fontana-Gomes, Brandon Meisel, Herman Mendoza, Susie Singer Carter, Jill Wright, Lanny West, and Dori Stone Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
#157 – Anne Nelson

#157 – Anne Nelson

2024-05-3128:27

My special guest star for episode #157 is Anne Nelson. She’s the President of Fully Thriving where she specializes in marriage, family, and grief recovery helping her clients build resilience, strengthen relationships, and achieve peak performance. Anne says, “Good science reflects God's Glory,” and she believes we can all witness the fruits of this in our own lives.   Anne, I LOVE your faith that every human being is unique, beautiful, and full of possibilities and value... And I ADMIRE how you use psychology and neuroscience to help people thrive like never before, and start spiraling up rather than down, and find clarity in life by becoming fully who they are meant to be...  And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your passionate, God-loving, fully thriving spirit on our show today.   With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
#156 – Matt Raney

#156 – Matt Raney

2024-05-3144:23

My special guest star for episode #156 is Matt Raney. He’s the Founder and Executive Director of Adventure Soccer. What he started more than twenty years as a small soccer camp serving the people of his community in Snohomish, Washington has since grown into a multi-national non-profit serving orphans and widows, all around the world, and bringing them life with the Hope of Jesus Christ.   Matt, I LOVE your fierce dedication to engage with orphans & other vulnerable people here at home and in Eswatini, Africa using soccer to build relationships and begin the process of addressing their deeper physical, mental and spiritual needs. And IADMIRE your mission to bring the message of hope in Jesus to people in need around the world leaving them forever changed. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your encouraging, enthusiastic, and God-loving spirit on our show today.   With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #155 is Brittany Moore. She’s the Founder and Chief Home Organizer of B. Moore Organized where she leads a team of talented, and trained organizers that specialize in tackling their clients’ entire to-do list. They seek to relieve stress and achieve a balance of design and functionality in the areas of one’s life that feel out of control. Brittany and her team establish calm and peace in your home, bring efficiency and time back to your day, and provide on-going support so you feel seen and understood.    Brittany, I LOVE that your favorite part of working with your clients is transforming their chaos into beautiful, organized, life-changing systems. And I ADMIRE your belief that God put us on this earth to be his hands and feet, and how you’re doing that by helping others creating more peace and efficiency in their lives. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your creative, entrepreneurial, and God-loving spirit on our show today.   With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #154 is Marisa Ciesluk. She is a facilitator and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience delivering high-impact, experiential programs for women, leaders, and teams. She’s a leadership consultant and coach, and an educator at heart. She loves to assess needs and opportunities, and then co-create programs to optimize individual and company-wide performance. Her passions are empowering women to increase impact, influence, and income, all while reducing stress and burnout.   Marisa, I LOVE your quest for more—more impact, more fulfillment, more meaning, more energy, more congruence, and more opportunities to operate in your unique and distinct zone of genius. And I ADMIRE your desire to transform people and organizations from the inside out by helping them spark their inner fire! And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your focused and fiery spirit on our show today.   With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #153 is Lindsay Gutierrez. She retired from the United States Air Force in 2016. She was crowned Ms. Veteran America in October 2017 reigning for one year bringing awareness to America about homeless women veterans. She earned a Master of Social Work at Arizona State University in 2020. She’s very active as a volunteer and advocate for causes close to her heart such as trauma, women veterans, combat and non-combat related brain injuries, policy changes, legislation, and military social issues. And Lindsay’s future goal is to attend law school, combine it with her MSW degree, and practice social justice and human rights law. One day, she’d LOVE to seek public office to give voice to her community (I just may be interviewing a future President of these United States!)   Lindsay, I LOVE your passion and dedication for serving others through your service in the U.S. Armed Forces and now as a volunteer and advocate for causes that matter most to you. And I ADMIRE your big and bold goal of running for a government office to stand as a beacon of bipartisanship that is so desperately needed in our country today. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your generous, compassionate, and patriotic spirit on our show today.   With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living) Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest star for episode #152 is Susie Singer Carter, an award-winning writer, playwright, director, producer, actress, podcast host, and Caregiver Advocate. Her Oscar-qualified short film, “My Mom and The Girl” starring Valerie Harper in her final beautiful performance, won numerous awards. Her talk show, "Love Conquers Alz", received Best Podcast 2020 by New Media Film Festival and is now in its third season. And she’s currently writing, producing, and directing a critically needed documentary, No Country For Old People, inspired by her Mother's last 6 months of life in a Long Term Care facility in 2022. Her power of storytelling has attracted an impressive list of the most talented and staunch advocates to contribute to the film, including the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care who are fiscally sponsoring the film by providing a 501(c)(3) status. Susie, I LOVE that you had the courage to turn your family’s hard times and heartache into an impassioned movement to improve the care for everyone needing the nursing home system. And I ADMIRE your fierce determination and the creative weapons you’re using to speak truth to a large, powerful and ruthless system affecting so many who feel powerless. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your passionate, resilient, and unwavering spirit on our show today. With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
#151 – Mary Champion

#151 – Mary Champion

2024-05-0930:53

My special guest star for episode #151 is Mary Champion, owner and inspiration of BLT Fitness and Nutrition. She offers one-on-one training and group fitness classes. The group classes are for people who thrive in social settings and enjoy the energy of group workouts.  The one-on-one sessions are personally tailored sessions designed to address specific personal goals including weight loss, muscle building, or improved athletic performance, and include customized workout plans, nutritional guidance, and personal progress monitoring. Mary says, “Better Training + Better Nutrition = Better Results.” Mary, I LOVE that your gym specializes in custom-crafted nutrition programs, exercise routines, and supplements, all to improve adverse medical conditions and overall fitness. And I ADMIRE how, at a very low point in life, you summoned the courage to leverage your experience as a nurse and nutritionist to develop a formula for dropping and holding your weight from over 200 to 140 pounds and ultimately eliminating all your medications as your once-debilitating diseases went into remission. And that after you discovered your means to a better life, you focused all your efforts on helping others discover their means to a better life, too. And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your inspiring story and powerful spirit on our show today. With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
My special guest stars for episode #150 are Brian and Michelle Cortesio. On Thanksgiving of 2018, they left their traditional ‘sticks and bricks’ home and started living full-time in an RV while working remotely as digital nomads and traveling our beautiful country and moving to a new location every 2 to 3 weeks! They say it’s been an amazing adventure so far, and they see no end in sight. Brian and Michelle, I LOVE your advice to live free and follow your crazy dreams. And I ADMIRE the courage it took to leave traditional living in the rearview mirror of living your RV vision, and how you encourage others to live their vision too! And I’m super HAPPY that you’ve shared your adventure-loving, dream-chasing spirit on our show today. With love, Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)   Four more things for our listeners... 1. Take the ⁠Happy Quiz⁠ 2. Claim your gift: Making Your Mark Of Significance 3. Leave us a ⁠voice message⁠ sharing your thoughts about this episode, and 4. Share our podcast with your family and friends :)
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