Send us a Text Message. What does it take to go from a small town in Nebraska to becoming an award-winning documentary filmmaker? Join me as I sit down with the incredibly talented Sally Nelson to discover her journey, the mentors who inspired and shaped her, and the approach she takes to connect with her subjects and bring their stories to life for her audiences. We also discuss the best advice she's ever received and how it has helped her create meaningful relationships and connections. Sally ...
Mar 13, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 168
Send us a Text Message. Called the “Zen Master to Digital Marketers” by Forbes, Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author, and Forbes contributor. He is CEO of H2H Companies, an executive coaching company, and co-owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley marketing agency founded in 2001, which earned a spot as one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. https://bryankramer.com/h2...
Mar 09, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 167
Send us a Text Message. Judith Germain has been defining Mavericks as willfully independent people since 2005 and has been empowering business owners and leadership teams to have the strategic insight, innovation, and execution, to enhance their impact and influence. Maverick Leadership is a philosophy, a way of thinking, doing, and being. Business Owners that work with Judith reduce the uncertainty of their decision-making and are able to define what they do in a way that their clients want to ...
Mar 06, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 166
Send us a Text Message. The downside of focusing too much on diversity and inclusion is you highlight the individual apart from the whole. Instead of building a community, you risk fracturing a community. That is the foundation of this episode. How do we get back to a time-tested and proven concept of community? Meet Cormac Russell, co-author of "The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods." He is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development...
Mar 02, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 165
Send us a Text Message. Melissa Lowry is a sought after education coach, specializing in distance/remote learning, SSAT prep, college essay coaching, parent support, curriculum design, staff development, and group facilitation. She has worked in the field of education for over twenty years as a teacher, curriculum director, and is currently the principal of a k-8 school. Melissa is the co-author of Answer Keys: Teacher Lesson Plans for Effective Parenting. Visit her at www.melissa-lowry-educatio...
Feb 27, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 163
Send us a Text Message. Dean Schroeder is an award-winning author, consultant, and academic. Dr. Schroeder has worked with organizations worldwide, led radical transformations at four companies, served on four corporate boards, and was on the board of examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for six years. He’s the bestselling co-author of Ideas Are Free, The Idea-Driven Organization, and Practical Innovation in Government: How Front-Line Leaders Are Transforming Public-Sector O...
Feb 23, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 162
Send us a Text Message. What is one of the most important things you can do in this life? Daniel would say it is turning to healthy alternative products. My guest is Daniel Laudon. Daniel is an Entrepreneur, Food enthusiast, and the CEO of the company Nature’s Warehouse. He is a believer in natural resources and supplements. His company is dedicated to promoting natural health. We specialize in providing resources for mothers, fathers, and individuals to make informed decisions about their healt...
Feb 20, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 161
Send us a Text Message. Angel Pretot is a French learning coach and online entrepreneur. Through his coaching and courses, he helps English speakers learn French fast, become fluent and live their best, international life. After a master’s degree and 15 years of teaching and coaching French learners, he is still obsessed with improving the methods he uses. He loves seeing his students learn faster and better, and create wonderful lives for themselves. https://www.frenchfluency.net/ Support the S...
Feb 16, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 160
Send us a Text Message. Ramona Shaw is a Certified Professional Leadership Coach, host of “The Manager Track” podcast, and author of “The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role.” She is especially passionate about helping new and mid-level managers become the best versions of themselves, strengthening their leadership and communication skills, raising their confidence and resilience, and increasing their focus and overall effectiveness...
Feb 13, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 159
Send us a Text Message. Finding a healthy balance between work and life is difficult. Today we talk about how Edwin has navigated that in his life. Edwin Carrion is a God-made millionaire, family-oriented, investor, and mentor. Throughout his run, he has founded several multimillion-dollar companies that specialize in real estate development, transportation and logistics, investment, and business education and consulting. Support the Show. With 4Freedom, all your communications, internet activit...
Feb 09, 2023•26 min•Season 5Ep. 158
Send us a Text Message. Lightbridge Academy has established a reputation as The Solution for Working Parents® by meeting the evolving needs of families for high-quality early childhood education. My guest is CEO Gigi Schweikert. Gigi is an early childhood expert, mother of four, and author of the popular Winning Ways for Early Childhood Professionals book series , as she takes us down the sometimes frustrating, yet always rewarding road of early childhood education. Gigi’s practical ideas and re...
Feb 06, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 157
Send us a Text Message. Chancellor K Jackson (1995) was born in Fulton County, Georgia, to Native American parents, grew up in Smyrna, Georgia, and attended Stetson University. For nine years he played football at the high school and collegiate levels. After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Media Studies, Chancellor lived abroad in China from 2018-2019. Chancellor fell into writing after his traumatic experience of being arrested and detained in Beijing for 14 days. His f...
Feb 05, 2023•30 min•Season 5Ep. 156
Send us a Text Message. Leaders are often forged over the fires of adversity. Discover how trials shaped my guest in this episode. Meet Markus Watson. Markus hosts Spiritual Life and Leadership, the official podcast for Fuller Theological Seminary's Church Leadership Institute. In 2021, he released my first book, Beyond Thingification: Helping Your Church Engage in God's Mission, which helps churches and leaders more fully participate in God's mission in the world. Markus often speaks about the ...
Feb 02, 2023•39 min•Season 5Ep. 155
Send us a Text Message. Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security lawyer based in New York. She runs a boutique national security law practice. She is a member of the American Bar Association's Energy and Environment and Science and Technology Committees. She is also a member of the New York City Bar Association's Middle East and North African Affairs Committee. In addition, Irina Tsukerman is the President of Scarab Rising, Inc., a media and security strategic advisory, and the Ed...
Jan 30, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 154
Send us a Text Message. Fritznel D. Octave, a veteran journalist, remains active in broadcasting the overshadowed and overlooked history of Haiti.Throughout his work, he displays perspicacious approaches, considerable research, and an in-depth understanding of human psychology. Builds a bridge between Haitians and the rest of the world. Haitians are motivated and guided by him to stand up for themselves and their communities with a positive outlook on life and an openness to tackling any challen...
Jan 26, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 153
Send us a Text Message. Kim Sorrelle is the director of a humanitarian organization, a popular speaker, and the author of two books. Her first book, Cry Until You Laugh is about her and her husband's battle with cancer after being diagnosed just four months apart. Her second book, Love Is, chronicles her year-long quest to figure out the true meaning of love, a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, always enlightening journey that led to life-changing discoveries found mostly on the streets of Haiti...
Jan 23, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 152
Send us a Text Message. Richard Villasana, founder of Forever Homes for Foster Kids is a leading international authority on immigration issues and foster families. Richard has been featured by CNN International, Univision, ABC, AP News, Costco Connections, the San Diego Business Journal, Foster Focus Magazine, and EFE, the world’s largest Spanish-language media company. He is a proud Navy veteran, national columnist, and international speaker who has also translated for the United Nations. He wa...
Jan 19, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 151
Send us a Text Message. Since the Supreme Court sent the abortion debate back to the states it has become a kitchen-table issue. Today my guest and I talked about reproductive justice. We come at this from different sides but it was a great open and honest discussion. My guest is Cathy Perez. Cathy is a Certified Healthy Eating and Weight Loss Coach, Certified Yoga Instructor (200YTT), and the 159th Worldwide Certified Konmari Organizing, Consultant. She helps women create healthy relationships ...
Jan 16, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 150
Send us a Text Message. Leadership in calm seas is hard enough but how do you lead in high-stress environments? That is the topic of this episode. My guest is David Hollenbach. David is a veteran of the United States Navy with a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Barry University. A major focus of research for his capstone was how strong, positive leadership can influence the culture of a large organization. While studying at Barry University he published "The Firefighter's Creed" and...
Jan 12, 2023•38 min•Season 5Ep. 149
Send us a Text Message. Are your thoughts about money holding you back from starting that new venture? Or are your habits limiting you from taking a necessary risk of taking you to the next level? My guest today is a coach with a proven track record of moving people to the next level. Dr. Noah St. John is known worldwide as “The Father of AFFORMATIONS®” and “The Mental Health Coach to The Stars.” Get a copy of Noah’s new book Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money FREE at https://SendMeaBookNoah...
Jan 09, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 148
Send us a Text Message. After climbing the treacherous entrepreneur ladder and becoming a successful author, producer, public speaker and internationally published music composer under the Brickhouse Cares, Inc umbrella, Jack Brickhouse has purposefully transformed his life to live a life of joy and authenticity, personally and professionally. The path to reaching a happy place in his life has not been easy – there have been many ups and downs. You can find out more about Jack by visiting this l...
Jan 05, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 147
Send us a Text Message. Lauri Smith is an intuitive public speaking and leadership coach. She helps visionaries and empaths on a soul-driven mission stand in their power, speak their truth, and Lead. Lauri is the CEO of Voice Matters and the author of Your Voice Matters: A Guide to Speaking Soulfully When It Counts. Her mission is to call forth more open-hearted leaders so they can do their part to change the world with authenticity, creativity, and courage. https://voice-matters.com/pdf-speakin...
Jan 02, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 146
Send us a Text Message. My guest is Roscoe Robinson. Roscoe’s main desire and passion is to see people walk out of their God-given potential and destiny. He is a licensed minister, author, social services leader, certified Christian life coach, public speaker, and educational consultant. He holds a BA in sociology from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a master’s degree in education from the Relay Graduate School of Education. Roscoe published his first book “Get Your Fight Back: Strate...
Dec 29, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 145
Send us a Text Message. Meet Author Alan T. Black. Alan was raised and grew up in the United Methodist Church. While He proudly embraced his background and personal history within the United Methodist Church, Alan felt that what is essential is not the denomination you are a part of. What matters most is the relationship that you have with the Lord. Part and parcel of any relationship is the level of commitment that one makes to it. With any and all relationships, they are going to take time to ...
Dec 26, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 144
Send us a Text Message. Jamal Jivanjee is a best-selling author, podcaster, and full-time life coach. As an author with over twenty years of experience working with people in various stages of personal struggle and challenges, after traveling to many cultures around the globe, and now as a full-time life coach, Jamal is passionate about serving individuals, couples, companies, and groups on the path toward wholeness. You can find him at: https://www.jamaljivanjee.com Support the Show. With 4Free...
Dec 22, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 143
Send us a Text Message. Kids have fallen behind in school due to their time away from school. It is an even more significant educational gap in underserved communities. Reading partners seeks to bridge that gap and empower students to become lifelong readers. My guest the CEO of Reading Partners is Adeola (“Ola”) Whitney. Ola believes that all students deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential in school and beyond and that early literacy is a foundational driver of educational opport...
Dec 19, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Send us a Text Message. At the recent White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health – Novo Nordisk committed $20M over the next three years in support of improving access to healthy foods and safe spaces for physical activity in under-resourced communities as well as addressing upstream barriers to reduce the burden of chronic disease. Given Novo's longstanding history in public health, they are collaborating with them on this commitment by doubling down on community-driven solutions t...
Dec 15, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Send us a Text Message. What makes or breaks most leaders in terms of their ability to create a high performing team? What key elements are essential for high employee engagement? Why is most everything we are taught about employee motivation wrong? We tackle these and many other questions in this episode. My guest Kevin Herring is a recognized expert in team and business unit turnarounds and creator of the 90-day Turnaround, a unique program for building great leaders and turning any workgroup ...
Dec 12, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 140
Send us a Text Message. More children since the pandemic are dealing with mental health issues than ever before. We have seen that play out in some scary and violent ways. What should parents be on the look out for and how can we help change our kid's mental health? That is the focus of this episode. My guest is Roseann Capanna-Hodge. Dr. Hodge is a mental health trailblazer, founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health, and media expert who is, “Changing the way we view and treat...
Dec 08, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 139
Send us a Text Message. My guest is Anna O' Connor. She is founder of Anna O'Coaching and the Brain Savvy App, Anna is a mindset and performance coach with over 10 years of experience working with high-achieving professionals, elite athletes, and organizations. She shows clients how to use the power of the brain to crush mental blocks so they can think and do what it takes to succeed and have fulfillment in their life and relationships. You can connect with her at: https://home.annaocoaching.com...
Dec 05, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 138
