Today I have the privilege of interviewing Rondell Trevino, founder of The Immigration Coalition. Their organization is providing clean drinking water to Immigrant and migrant families in Matamoros, Mexico along the Southern Border, and biblically balanced resources on immigration that show compassion to immigrants and respect for the rule of law. The reason I have Rondell on today is two fold. He is closing out our PROTECT THE WEAK series and telling us how we can show compassion to the immigra...
Oct 28, 2020•47 min
Today I am interviewing my new friend Emily Mills Co-founder of Jesus Said Love, a non-profit that helps to awaken hope and empower change in the lives of those impacted by the commercial sex industry—including human trafficking. They do this through outreach, job training and work therapy, social enterprise, and education and prevention. Emily and I talk about what it looks like to protect the woman in need, the woman who may be so similar to us, but has been dealt a different hand in life. We ...
Oct 21, 2020•54 min
**WARNING SENSITIVE SUBJECT MATTER DISCUSSED** Today I am interviewing Joe Smarro who helped lead the San Antonio Police Department’s mental health unit and crisis intervention training. Because of this team more than 100,000 people have been diverted away from jail or emergency rooms. Thanks to the work of the San Antonio Police Department’s mental health detail and its Crisis Intervention Training program the need to use force has been reduced and instead has helped to connect people with the ...
Oct 14, 2020•43 min
Today we are kicking off our PROTECT THE WEAK series with an organization who knows a thing or two about protecting others. International Justice Mission is a organization that was created to END modern day slavery. Their proven solution consists of rescuing and restoring victims, bringing criminals to justice, and strengthening justice systems. Today’s guest is Philip Langford the President of International Justice Mission (IJM). Philip has spent his life rescuing, restoring, and educating the ...
Oct 07, 2020•45 min
The Be Strong Series was a rich and amazing group of people who shared their struggles and hardships in hopes to inspire us to muster up our own dose of strength in hard times. I learned so much from this month’s episodes, so I am giving you some of my favorite take-aways from this series. I am going back through each episode and pulling out some of the special things that I learned. One common theme I learned through all of these podcasts, is the power of accepting our story and all that co...
Sep 30, 2020•15 min
We are in the 4th week of our BE STRONG SERIES, where we are sharing stories of those who have been strong through unimaginable difficulties. Ashley Abercrombie, author of, Rise of the Truth Teller, is sharing her powerful story with us today. Ashley reminds us that it is ok to tell the truth about ourselves and our past. She shares with us about her own struggles to overcome rape, addiction, abortion, perfectionism, and hiding under a fake mask for years. We talk about how to step out of our pa...
Sep 23, 2020•46 min
Today we have the privilege of interviewing Tyler Labine for the third episode of our Be Strong Series. Tyler plays Dr. Iggy Frome, head of psychiatry, in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam . Yes, New Amsterdam is one of our favorite shows on TV so I couldn’t wait to talk to Tyler about his own story of strength. He gives us a look into his real life and his struggles with eating disorders and addiction. His journey with embracing all the good and all the bad in his life is the true definition ...
Sep 16, 2020•53 min
Remember the book Wonder by RJ Palacio? The book is about the little boy Auggie who had Treacher Collins syndrome, a crania-facial disorder in which some bones and tissues in the face aren’t developed. This book helped change the world of my guest Magda Newman. Magda Newman’s family is called the “real life Wonder” family. 20/20 did a special on Magda’s family and her family's journey with Treacher Collins syndrome. Magda and her son Nathaniel have written a beautiful memoir called Normal: A Mot...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 2 min
This week we are starting our NEW SEASON and NEW SERIES called Be Strong. We are bringing you all new guests, all new interviews, and each month we will be diving into a new topic this fall. This month we are focusing on the first phrase of our lunchbox note, which says, “BE STRONG.” We will be interviewing those who have been through hard circumstances and they will teach us their definition of what it means to be strong. Today we are interviewing Sam Collier, sought after speaker, pastor, auth...
Sep 02, 2020•58 min
We are ending this summer with some things we have learned this past season, and a little back to school special. We know things look way different than any other school year we have had and we wanted to talk about some of the things we could do as parents to help us get through this year. I polled a variety of our community and everyone is on high alert when it comes to stress right now, me included. So today as we finish up summer and head into a new season I wanted to give some things we have...
Aug 26, 2020•19 min
When we say love everyone, don’t we want to preface it with….everyone but…..or I can love almost everyone but….that big but gives us some trouble. So in this day and age, when Covid-19, and the upcoming election, and racial tensions have seemed to have us doing the opposite of love, how do we ACTUALLY live out this statement? This week we are talking about our last phrase of our lunchbox note, Love Everyone, which will also be a series on our podcast this fall. You can go to our website www.best...
Aug 19, 2020•16 min
On today’s episode we are exploring the second line of our “lunchbox note” phrase, PROTECT THE WEAK. Head back to episode 25 if you don’t know about the lunchbox note that inspired our company, podcast, and new children’s book. This fall we will be interviewing different guests who live out this PROTECT THE WEAK phrase on a regular basis. From rescuing those from being trafficked to being a safe place for those on the streets. Each week they will give us tangible ways for us to do the same in ou...
Aug 12, 2020•13 min
This month we are outlining our series that we will start this fall. Same Podcast, new content! We have never done a series before so I am super excited about it. As most of you know we started our podcast because our community asked us to share stories of those we were meeting that were loving others well. For the past year and a half we have been sharing stories of those who are loving in creative ways in hopes of inspiring the listener to love others in their own way. Because we believe love ...
Aug 05, 2020•11 min
Michelle McKinney is our guest today and she brings the FIRE and inspiration to know what our purpose is and live in it. She helps women design, define and bring their God-given dreams to life. She believes that every woman can fulfill her God-given purpose, and she is on a mission to help them get there. That’s why she started her company, Dreams Unleashed, to help others pursue their dreams. My favorite piece of advice is when she says, “Our dreams are never about ME, they’re always about othe...
Jul 29, 2020•42 min
Today we are talking about one of the best, when it comes to caring for those in the margins. She defines the marginalized as those who are not in the main narrative. Some people can be obvious and some not as much. Danielle talks about no matter where we live or what we do it is our responsibility to find and learn from those who have been pushed out of the main story. This has to be one of the most important interviews I have ever done. She gives us practical ways to listen and learn from thos...
Jul 22, 2020•48 min
Today’s guest is a kindred heart. He loves those that many people see as invisible. He spends a lot of time with the homeless and gives us tips to keep our eyes open to others who many just disregard. We talk about the years when someone gave him a chance when he was a young boy and in poverty himself. We talked about when he lived on the streets so he could truly understand those he was going to serve. Get ready for your hearts to be open. Terence believes EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE SEEN. Terence Les...
Jul 15, 2020•52 min
This week we have the hilarious Melissa Radke (comedian, author, viral video sensation, and star of the show Radkes on USA Network. I am so excited to share this interview. She is not only everyone’s immediate best friend because of her realness, but she teaches us about persevering when others have torn you down. Melissa grew up as a talented singer, but after multiple producers turned her down and told her awful things about her appearence, she fell into a depression. And then when she turned ...
Jul 08, 2020•51 min
In this episode, Arielle Estoria shares one of her soulful spoken word poems, we talk about society’s image of a healthy body, her latest modelling gig for Kim Kardashian's new shareware line SKIMsand and what it means to love yourself well. You don’t want to miss the end when she speaks worth over us in spoken word, it gave me goosebumps and brought me to tears. I want every person to feel the truth of what she is speaking. Arielle’s motto “Words are not for the ears but for the soul” helps pie...
Jul 01, 2020•47 min
Have you ever wondered if you could make a difference right where you are with your gifts and talents, where you live, in your community? Today is the perfect conversation for you. Today I am talking with Chris Marlow, CEO of Help One Now an organization that empowers families in developing countries to help end extreme poverty, and author of the book, Doing Good is Simple:Making a Difference Right Where You Are, which you know is what we are all about here at Be. Love podcast. Chris and I talk ...
Jun 24, 2020•53 min
As we go into summer I wanted to have on one of my favorite parents on the show to help us with some intentional parenting ideas. Jess Klasnick is a mom of three, wife to Matt, and lives in Breckenridge, Colorado. Her family had a conversation one day about what mattered to them, and the result of those conversations meant upending their current life to follow that dream. They traded the goals of having a Fortune 500 job that kept their family apart to finding a way they could spend more time to...
Jun 17, 2020•39 min
Today’s guest is one of the lead actors from my favorite hit show from NBC, New Amsterdam. Jocko Sims plays Dr. Floyd Reynolds in this brilliant show. He is a talented actor, (you may have seen him in the show Crash, The Last Ship) he is a producer, incredible cook, hails from Texas, but resides in NYC. I wanted to interview someone from this show, because it is one of those shows that touches your heart. They are using their platform to talk about issues of race, healthcare, and mental health w...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 4 min
The reason today’s podcast has this title, is because this is how our new children’s book, which launched this week, came about. About 3 years ago a friend of a friend asked me a very important question on the phone. We chat about how that question produced this book that we could have never dreamed. My co-author Marianne Booth and I talk about the process of how this story came about. How she was inspired to write a children’s book based on the story of how a lunchbox note changed our life. We ...
May 27, 2020•32 min
Today I talk with Abbie Mirata, the Co-Founder of live kyndly. She is a joy expert and teaches us how to exercise what she has trademarked as JOY JOINTS. She sees choosing Joy as an exercise, something we have to do daily. When your Joy Joints are strong it allows you to better deal with everyday stress, major life events, (HELLO COVID-19)! She offers advice from the difference between joy and happiness. She describes happiness as more of a feeling based on circumstances, where Joy is defined as...
May 20, 2020•36 min
This week we are talking to my friend Bob Cancalosi, author of Four Loop Learning, The Art of Journaling and Reflective Leadership. The premise of Bob’s philosophy is that leaders who are more reflective are truly more effective. He has learned that deliberate reflection helps leaders slow down, think deeper and implement change with enhanced precision which results in greater impact results. During his tenure at GE, Bob served in the role as Chief Learning Officer for the Healthcare Business fo...
May 13, 2020•41 min
We love stories of optimism, perseverance, overcoming trials. We need those stories to help us overcome our own struggles. Today’s guest will encourage you. My friend Becky Canatsey has been through her fair share of trying circumstances. We talk about how a diagnosis of not one but 2 of her 3 children took them on a path they never thought they would have to walk. She talks about the fear of not being able to have control of the outcomes, how to be positive in the face of adversity, and most of...
May 06, 2020•45 min
If you know me, you know I love me a great book. Memoirs and non-fiction are my favorite. I am so giddy to have one of my favorite book authors on the show today. This book, Same Kind of Different As Me, changed my view on the homeless, taught me how to get out of my comfort zone and love others well. This is the book I always recommend to others when they want to open their heart and love others well. I wanted to bring you a story of hope this week, and this is definitely that story. The book, ...
Apr 29, 2020•47 min
Today’s guest is Jeremy Bedenbaugh, who is a long time friend and who also helps leaders recreate. Jeremy is the founder and CEO of Recreate Solutions, a company founded out of personal experience. Jeremy went through a very public and also private recreating of himself. He learned that vulnerability is key when it comes to being who you were created to be. He now helps leaders and companies recreate and transform. Jeremy and I have a very candid conversation about what it looks like when you st...
Apr 22, 2020•47 min
I wanted to have a wellness expert on here this week to help us breathe, to help us focus on the things we can control during a time that seems OUT of control. If you have felt frazzled and all the emotions these past weeks during the Covid-19 this podcast is for you. Dr. Michelle helps us focus on the non-negotiable things we can focus on. Sleeping, eating, breathing, gratitude. Today I am talking with Dr. Michelle Robin , an international speaker, best-selling author, radio host, and practicin...
Apr 15, 2020•42 min
Today my friend Jennifer, CEO of Togather Moments, a company helping families make the most out of their time together is on the podcast today. We talk about how since Covid-19 and how quarantine has forced us as families to be together, and what that has looked like for all of us. We answer questions like: How can we be intentional in these moments so that we can take some of these times into the future? What can we learn as families what is a priority and what isn’t? How can we strengthen our ...
Apr 08, 2020•52 min
This week I am sharing my heart with you as we go through Covid-19 together. Most of us have been in our houses away from others for the past 2-3 weeks. We are helping protect ourselves and others by staying home. However, one thing that has been fresh on my mind, is how do we help others when we can’t be with them? How do I talk to my kids about staying safe but also serving others in this time? It feels like we are all in a bubble and all of us are being affected differently. Some have been af...
Apr 01, 2020•18 min
