Today's guest is Dr. Pam Denton, is a visionary expert in evolving organizational culture through a systematic approach that combines human-centric insights, AI-driven precision, and long-lasting collective mobility achieved through neuroenergetic reprogramming. That might sound like a mouthful, but in this conversation, Pam and I break it down. Pam's work centers on evolutionary leadership, and we talk about how important it is for leaders to understand and accept neurological reprogramming to ...
Mar 20, 2025•50 min•Season 5Ep. 255
Whenever the world gets me down, I remember that I've survived every single day of my life up to now, and I plan to do that for many days, weeks, months, and years to come. Working as I have for the past 22 years on personal self-awareness has given me so much awareness and confidence, and it has also tested and validated my faith and hope in humankind. Once in a while it's good for me to take stock of where my life is so that I can make an informed choice to move in the direction I feel called,...
Mar 12, 2025•31 min•Season 5Ep. 254
Today's guest is Jess Almlie, a Learning and Development Specialist who is living her best life as the Founder of her own company, Almlie Consulting. Jess holds a B.A. in Organizational Communication and an M.S. in Educational Leadership, where her thesis explored, “Can leadership be learned in a classroom?” She's also certified in Improving Human Performance through ATD, with 30 years of experience in the L&D industry, having done it all—from orientation coordinator to VP of Learning Experience...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 253
Have you ever wished you could speed up time? Slow it down? "Make" something happen when YOU want it to? I had an insight today in my Wednesday mastermind meeting that I want to share. It has to do with vision and with timing. Today I talk about the following books: "Open Space Technology: A User's Guide" by Harrison Owen "Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't" by Simon Sinek "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion" by Jonathan Haidt "S...
Feb 26, 2025•31 min•Season 5Ep. 252
When you really get to know people, they are terribly fascinating. And the ways we connect with people can be so random ... even though, deep down, nothing is random. This episode of Circle Up & Get REAL is a great example of this principle. Today's guest is Geoff Talbot, Founder, Director, CEO at Sphere Builders - A Transformation Business/Life Journey, a former veterinary surgeon, and a screenwriter, actor, filmmaker, and producer. Geoff's now building a coaching community called 200 Strong to...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 251
Today's guest is Shannon Miller-Lutz, a certified coach who shares her story of turning 50 and feeling a deep yearning for something more meaningful in life than her award-winning real estate business was giving her. Shannon's company is called SML Coaching, where she combines her extensive training and life experiences to provide guidance and support needed for others to achieve personal growth and fulfillment. Shannon has certifications in Positive Intelligence (CPQC), NLP Master Practitioner,...
Feb 13, 2025•48 min•Season 5Ep. 250
My furnace had a glitch yesterday, so I got it fixed. The company I called is named Legacy. And that got me thinking. Then this morning I heard on the radio about a question being posed on a call-in show. I'm paraphrasing, but the question was something like: "Do you think actors and athletes should be discounted from awards they could win for their work on the stage, screen, or field based on their political or religious ideals?" And I started thinking about our legacies. The memories people wi...
Feb 07, 2025•25 min•Season 5Ep. 249
Back in the early 2000s Jim Collins was gaining traction for his consulting work around his new (at the time) book called Good to Great. He realized that there were some distinct characteristics that allowed companies and organizations to produce results greater than their competition over a period of time. One of those concepts was "First Who Then What." Let's talk about the WHOs today.
Jan 29, 2025•26 min•Season 5Ep. 248
Pick a topic, any topic ... and I'll be there is some part of it that calls for both division and connection. Take the Super Bowl. If you're a Chiefs fan, you're not an Eagles fan (actually insert team here). If you already love the Chiefs, you're probably pretty selective in your hearing or noticing in your town or online. You either love your team or hate the other one(s) (or both). Let's talk about workplaces. Or service providers. Or flavors of soda. I know. It doesn't seem like the end of t...
Jan 24, 2025•26 min•Season 5Ep. 247
Today's guest is Mark French, a nomadic photographer, adventurer, and content creator who is on an epic road trip through the lower 48 states. Mark spends a week to 10 days in each state in order to meet the people, capture the essence of the trip in photographs, and experience the culture. Mark has not seen any of the division that seems to be pervasive in our American political scene, and was even in Pennsylvania - a swing state - during the election, and never once saw any kind of divisivenes...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 246
Today's guest is Kim Zuroff, Director of Growth at The One Thing, and executive leadership coach at MAPS coaching, and one of Jodee's real estate agents when she was Team Leader at Keller Williams Realty in North Dakota. Kim started her career in real estate as a 20-year-old college student, and has worked her entire 14-year career in this industry, moving from a buyer's agent to a real estate investor and owner of six companies. Kim splits her time between her homes in Maryland and Texas, and t...
Jan 03, 2025•46 min•Season 5Ep. 244
Today's guest is Kara Moll, whose passions include Training, Strategizing, and Inspiring others to live the lives they were made to live. Kara is a founding partner at Keller Williams ONE in Chicago, an approved faculty trainer at Keller Williams University, and a head coach at MPAS Coaching. She brings more than two decades of experience in real estate and coaching, using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Energy Leadership Coaching, she works to elevate the skills and business acumen of he...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 243
There are so many topics that have both positive and less-than-positive connotations, depending upon your point of view. I think expectations can be like that. What if nothing is "good" or "bad" on its own ... it's our thinking and our perspective that makes either appear a certain way? While I thought this episode was going to be more about expectations, it turned out to be more about two topics you're never supposed to bring up in public: Religion and Politics. My ponders this week are circlin...
Dec 20, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 242
Yesterday in our Enlightened Leadership Lab we continued our series on my new book Just Give a Sh*t and Chris Angell coined a new phrase: Give-A-Sh*t Factor. This is something for each of us to figure out by determining our non-negotiables and then recognizing how often someone tries to steal our values from us (or how often we allow that to happen), usually without meaning to, or being conscious of. What are the elements that affect your G-A-S factor? What conditions and elements matter most to...
Dec 11, 2024•16 min•Season 5Ep. 241
It's coming on Christmas, a holiday where we've gotten used to hearing kids tell Santa what they want the jolly guy to bring them. How often do we adults get clear about what we truly want? And then, are we just interested or are we committed to experiencing or acquiring or having that? In today's episode we address the distinction between wanting and committing. I also mention PurpleDialogue.com which is still in the works as of this recording.
Dec 04, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 240
I've had lots of opportunities to learn stuff over my lifetime, and also to take that learning to action. Or not. I always have the choice, and with that choice, comes consequences. I can be upset with the consequences. That's also a choice. And then, I have more choices. That's the beauty of learning. But the bottom line is, learning = change. If I haven't changed, have I really learned? One observation I make today is how often it seems people make decisions and choices based on the exceptions...
Nov 21, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 239
Today's guest is certified executive coach, TEDx speaker, award-winning author, and the co-founder of the RAYMA Team, Mandy Anderson. Today Mandy and I talk about things you're not supposed to talk about in public, namely religion and politics, as well as the feminine perspective she brings to all her coaching clients, both male and female. Find out more about Mandy and her Unstoppable Retreat, scheduled for December 5, at RaymaTeam.com.
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 238
Wow ... we've had a week in America! Lots to unpack and then to decide what to put back in the suitcase and what to donate or get rid of altogether. Today I share a story from Dr. Seuss about the Star-Bellied Sneetches. I wonder what that has to do with anything? Listen and find out! Also I hint at my next book coming soon. It's called "Just Give a Sh*t." I also mention another project on the horizon. See more at www.purpledialogue.com.
Nov 07, 2024•17 min•Season 5Ep. 237
Today's episode is a stream-of-consciousness conversation with myself about a few topics: 1) The political landscape of America one week before the election 2) Restlessness and discontent that has us look for alternatives 3) Standing on the SHOULDers of Giants and what that gets us Excuse the tickle in my throat that has me cough, or recognize it for what it is: a roadblock in the way to speaking my truth. That tickle represents my ability to choose to go forward in spite of circumstances that m...
Oct 30, 2024•29 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Today I unveil the ideas leading to my next book "Just Give A Sh*t" and explore what it means to BE what you desire before you actually BECOME that. I mention the Enlightened Leadership Lab (www.enlightenedleadershiplab.com) where we meet for an hour on Mondays to explore emergent conversations with the intention that each of us will leave with more ideas and action items because we were part of holding the space for our collective wisdom to emerge and guide us.
Oct 22, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Today's episode started with the Albert Einstein quote about whether or not God plays dice with the universe. Is the world a friendly place, neutral, or unfriendly? That perspective will influence the way each of us lives our lives. I share information about Loretta Ross and her TED talk as well as her book, "Calling In the Calling Out Culture." If we only ever fight against the situations and the conditions we don't desire, we can't be surprised that that's what keeps showing up. Or, if we are,...
Oct 10, 2024•29 min•Season 5Ep. 234
Each of us humans is on a journey, whether we know it or acknowledge it or not. And today's guest, Jodie Harvala, shares steps along her journey, both physically and spiritually. In our conversation, Jodie very candidly shares her story of learning of her intuitive gifts, and how she has learned to own that gift, and turn it into a career, guiding others to trust their own intuition and living the life they were born to live. She shares how she and her family learned to embrace her gifts even wh...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 233
Today's guest is Teri Bach, a former psychotherapist and current coach who guides women through intentional travel to move from feeling lost to clear and confident. Unlike typical travel focused on sightseeing, intentional travel is designed to improve your well-being, relationships, and professional life. In this episode, Teri and I talk about the trips she's got planned for Italy in 2025, and how we could all benefit from getting intentional not only about travel, but about our whole lives. If...
Sep 26, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 232
Today I'm reading from the children's book "What Do You Do With An Idea?" by Kobi Yamada. What would happen to the world if everyone who had an idea kept it to themselves? From the book's back cover: "What do ideas become? Big things, brave things, smart things, silly things, good things. Things like stories, artwork, journeys, inventions, communities, products, and cures. Everything you see around you was once an idea. "So what will become of your idea? Now that's up to you." Take this to heart...
Sep 20, 2024•9 min•Season 5Ep. 231
In today's episode I'm pondering not only dreaming big, but actually taking those dreams from theory to action. I'm thinking of my friend Jeff, who died a few years ago, but who always saw the best in me even if I couldn't see it for myself. With him, I created a platform called W.H.Y. Dream Big, where the WHY stood for We Help You. It was a fun dream, but it never really got going. Why do some of us live our dreams and others just stay in the dream state? I share an excerpt from the book "BE 2....
Sep 12, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 230
Today's guest is Jessie Torres, a Peak Performance Coach and Life Strategist, who has coached thousands of high performance people from all walks of life and various parts of the world. Jessie is fueled by a passionate love for humanity and burning desire to end suffering. In this episode we talk about how Jessie got to where she is today, and the fierce grace which helped to transform her own life, and now is the name of her company. She helps people transform their lives from pain or trauma in...
Sep 05, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 229
Today's guest is Scott Allan, author and entrepreneur dedicated to transforming human potential. Scott is a former corporate business trainer in Japan for more than 20 years, and has invested more than 10,000 hours of practice and research in confidence development, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindset optimization. He is passionate about teaching, building life skills, and inspiring others to take charge of their lives. In this episode, we talk about how what can seem like coincidence or l...
Aug 29, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 228
Today my guest is Crystal Chambers, who I met at NLP Trainer Training in 2022. We talk about, among other things, our experience with NLP (Neuro Lingustic Programming) and how this modality helped her with her own neurodivergent challenges in visualizion techniques. Crystal's company, Sheepdog Therapeutics, revolutionizes emotional wellness and balance with transformative, scalable virtual reality techniques. Their proprietary software called DISCOVReality, is an immersive guided Virtual Reality...
Aug 22, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 227
In this episode I talk about how focused most people seem to be on what they don't want instead of knowing clearly what they do want. I share ideas from the book "Working With the Law" by Raymond Holliwell, where he addresses 11 Truth Principles for Successful Living including the Law of Thinking, the Law of Supply, the Law of Attraction, the Law of Receiving, the Law of Increase, the Law of Compensation, the Law of Non-Resistance, the Law of Forgiveness, the Law of Sacrifice, the Law of Obedien...
Aug 16, 2024•21 min•Season 5Ep. 226
Every now and then I come across someone I hear about or notice online or through other contacts and I think "I need to know this person." That's how I felt about this week's guest Adrienne Ross. We share so many interests: leadership, speaking, we're both authors, we're both podcasters, we're both former journalists, we're both English majors, and, probably most importantly, we're both huge fans of the WNBA ("the W") and the Indiana Fever, thanks to Caitlin Clark. Now a resident of Southeast Mi...
Aug 08, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 225
