Our episode today interviews Matt Ward, a Referral & Networking Expert, Author, and Professional Speaker. He is incredibly bright and funny, and if you listen in you might just pick up a few tips and tricks to take your company or business to the next level - leverage your referrals. He ends with telling a story starting a job of driving for Uber and Lyft just to get more chances to practice his speaking and improv skills. If he were to give a piece of general advice, it would be, "Success i...
Jan 24, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Welcome to our newest episode where we interview Marina Barayeva, a professional photographer and blogger living in China, originally from Russia. When asked what gets her most excited about her work she says, "I love my work. I love working with people. I love helping people. When people come to me, they'll leave feeling more confident because when they look at their pictures, they are amazed at how good they look." If she had to give one piece of advice to her younger self, she would say, "Wor...
Jan 17, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 51
In our episode today, we interview Marcia Bennett, an entrepreneur with a winning mindset. She has overcome many obstacles that have led her to inspire others with the message that any of us can "make a way out of no way" with the right mindset and fortitude. Listen in as she tells her story of being a millennial who's constantly on the move, focusing on creative strategies to save time/make more money, and in pursuit of enjoying life. She gives some advice on best practices, "For an organizatio...
Jan 10, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Silence Your Inner Pig and Never Binge Eat Again! Today's guest, Glenn Livingston PhD, gives a fun and insightful interview. Glenn is a formerly obese and food-obsessed psychologist that has learned how to leave binge eating behind. When asked what his favorite part about his work is, he says, "The most exciting thing is giving people their lives back. Anybody that has actually been stuck with overeating may feel like it's ruining their lives. Like, you know, having a bowl of M&M's seems lik...
Jan 03, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Our guest, Donna Blevins, is quite an amazing woman with an even more incredible story. She has overcome great hurdles (surviving a stroke and learning to speak again) to become the successful speaker, coach and poker player she is today. Listen in as our 6'5" guest shares unique insights into mind-shift changes. "I believe that the whole key to our mindset, to our mind shifting, is the words that we choose and the words that we say. My motto has become 'the words we choose, set ourselves up for...
Dec 27, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Listen in today as we interview Karen Walker, President of Oneteam, author and professional speaker. She shares with us her beginnings with Compaq computer to now, as she serves as an executive advisor, speaker, and consultant to CEOs and senior organization leaders to grow their companies successfully while being a good place to work. On the topic of sufficient time to think and reflect she says, "You're not going to do it if you don't think it's important. Like anything else, we have too many ...
Dec 20, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Today's guest, Douglas Vermeeren, is considered one of the top leaders in personal development and achievement psychology. Doug is coming to us from Canada and he's accomplished so much in his young life, as both an author, a trainer, a speaker. Most recently he just released a book, The Personal Power Mastery and we have a lot of questions for Doug! Listen in as he dives deep into his story from simple beginnings to living in the limelight. "There's a quote that says "The journey to a thousand ...
Dec 13, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Connie Benjamin is an international speaker and author of the upcoming book Women With Fire...6 Secrets to Purpose, Profit, and Passion. After sharing her message from the stage to thousands of people, she realized that a book was needed for women entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who are juggling life, work, and everything in between. Connie knows first hand all the guilt and frustration that many women feel as they seek to make the world a better place through their work and family endeavors. Co...
Dec 06, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Today's guest is a passionate writer for many well-known publications, a producer and director of a short film, with a background in human resources and mental health counseling, and an all-around rock star! We welcome Shanon Lee! Her bylines include Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Marie Claire, Playboy, Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, Redbook, Women’s Health, Time Out New York Magazine and Prevention Magazine. To top that, she is currently a contributor for The Lily at The Washington Post. When interviewed...
Nov 29, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 44
We want to take time to acknowledge all of our past podcast guests during this season of gratitude and appreciation. Today, we are sharing highlights from four different guests: Michelle Jezycki, International Consultant and Child Advocate who we interviewed in Episode #5. Alison Gaulden, Advocate, Mentor and Lecturer interviewed during Episode #12. Madelyn Victoria, Talented Vocalist and Songwriter, interviewed in Episode #27. Josiah Bruny, Child Music Advocate, interviewed during Episode #31. ...
Nov 22, 2018•24 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Our guest today, Anne Sugar, is an executive coach and speaker who advises top leaders. She also writes as an executive coach for Harvard Business School. Her combination of experience, education and positive psychology, as well as being a published author, sets the stage for a great interview. "Part of being creative or thinking about new ideas is having the space to put something out there. An idea that's messy and not very good, but all those ideas over time create big opportunities, right? S...
Nov 15, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Today's guest, Cory M. Coons, is a perfect example of a person with a passion for music, family and performance. He is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario. Listen in to follow his story from his first job at a golf course, to the tragic loss of his parents and his ability to embrace music that has changed him throughout the years. "I think you have to be relatable as much as you can in your art or your music or whatever you're trying to do in life. If you can relate ...
Nov 08, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Listen in on our 40th episode as we interview our guest, Dr. Virginia LeBlanc. She is an amazing woman of many talents: an author, a speaker, a singer, a coach, consultant, and educator who has mastered the ability to traverse diverse industries through her divergent thinking. "Heart health is so important in all that we do because if our heart is not right, again, working toward that self love and unconditional self love, we, it, it's more difficult to be productive in your personal life as wel...
Nov 01, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Pax Tandon is a mindfulness thought leader with a degree from the world-renowned Masters of Applied Positive Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Through her coaching, consulting, writing, filmmaking and media appearances she has helped everyone from newbies and skeptics to seasoned meditation practitioners commit to an elevation of spirit and to flourish. She now brings these tools and strategies to a wider audience in her forthcoming book, Mindfulness Matters: A Guide to Maste...
Oct 25, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Sally Saint, today's No Labels No Limits guest, has an amazing story teaching others how to be conscious parents. Sally hails from the UK where she is a therapist specializing in Reiki, an energy worker, artist and writer. A woman of many talents who uses them to better the world around her. "You could have an experience that may seem minor, but blow up massively. It could be the straw that breaks the camel's back, something so simple could just crack it. Those are the typical things I'm seeing ...
Oct 18, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 38
We welcome today's guest, Jess Pettitt, with open arms. She's an author, a standup comedian, Social Responsibility/Social Justice, Diversity and Change Management speaker and consultant. This episode is full of great advice and truthful insights into being "Good Enough Now". "Then I realized, I was onto something and I got excited about it. What's interesting about burnout or compassionate exhaustion or whatever we want to call it, is that if we can self-generate our own energy back into the wor...
Oct 11, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Have you crossed paths in life with someone with ADHD? Or perhaps there is someone in your family or circle of friends challenged by it? Our guest today, Melissa (Missy) Hood, gives us great insights on dealing with the disorder, tips to succeed and ways to understand others who struggle with the disorder. Her book, "Memoirs of an ADHD Mind", explores her diagnosis of ADHD and Dyslexia and how she found ways to manage and make her disadvantages work for her. "I've always been an out of the box t...
Oct 04, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 36
We truly enjoyed interviewing today's guest, Dr. Froswa' Booker-Drew, who specializes in relationship building and connecting others. Her company, Soulstice, helps others define and improve their narrative. She is also an Author, Speaker and Trainer and has led groups on very interesting journeys, including a Silence Retreat to a convent and gathering a group of diverse women to teach how to build social capital. "We don't have spaces to connect anymore, with technology and social media. I think...
Sep 27, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Our guest today, Tifane Falvey, shares a very personal story of raising a family, with her last son born severely brain damaged due to a virus she contracted during pregnancy. Through raising children to managing a divorce and finding her true calling. "After I had my son, North, he allowed me to see the path not only for myself but also for those that came into my realm. I was able to help them unearth and excavate what their gifts were beyond the things that they had grown up identifying with....
Sep 20, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 34
We interview Cortina (Tina) Jackson in today's episode #33. Tina is a fiction thriller writer, holds two Master's Degrees and is a super mom to two young adults sons. She also shares a very personal experience with an abusive relationship. Starting by discussing an earlier job as a correctional officer in the prison system, she said, "I had to use my personality, we call it "verbal judo", where you have to use your words to make a situation better. I gained a lot of respect from offenders becaus...
Sep 13, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Our guest, Rachel Thompson, gives us a glimpse into her life story and how she started out on a path that was supposed to bring happiness and fulfillment, by proxy. She succeeded, but the truth was, after a 4.0 Master's degree, securing a high-paying job, buying a home, she felt neither. Thus began her first step into entrepreneurship. "I want to give listeners a realistic view of what it's like to be an entrepreneur, but I also want to give motivation and inspiration and to let people know all ...
Sep 06, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Our guest today is Josiah Bruny, a Southern Californian, with a lifelong dream of sharing music and art (and the business side) with underprivileged and at-risk children around the world. He started a non-profit called Music Changing Lives in 1998 and it has grown into a phenomenal after school program impacting the lives of many thousands of children. When asked about his success, Josiah says, "There's thousands of people that have molded me into who I am today and I have to give them all the c...
Aug 30, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 31
During this month, our podcast (www.nolabelsnolimitspodcast.com) has highlighted women in the music industry and the strides they have made as the scene changed with the introduction of new technology and social media.This is a special episode, a compilation of sorts, featuring the best clips of those interviews. Women are such a source of inspiration and it's even more evident when looking at those who have achieved success working as musicians themselves or directly with them. Listen along as ...
Aug 23, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Women play such a vital role in music, not only in the past, but today as well. In this episode, we interview lead singer and multi-instrumental musician Jackie Auguste and bass player Andy Ramjattan of the Pop Rock band, Across The Board. They come together to share their unique story and give us practical business advice on managing all aspects of a music career. In a few short years, they've experienced so much success, culminating with their second album, SONIC BOOM, just released May 5th, 2...
Aug 16, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 29
We are continuing our spotlight on women in music and this week's guest doesn't disappoint! Mella Barnes is a current Project Manager, Songwriter, Session Singer and Voiceover Artist living in Nashville, TN. As a side note, she's an animal lover with three dogs, an angora rabbit and a variety of fosters at home. We dug deep with a few questions on what got her started and kept her going in the music industry. She says, "I started singing in my uncles and cousin's recording studios at 14." When a...
Aug 09, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 28
We are celebrating influential women in music, you should too! Today we interview Madelyn Victoria, a talented vocalist and songwriter from Deep South Texas, who has made a career in the Country Music industry, charting a #1 hit single on AM/FM boards. When asked what she most enjoys about her career, she says, "My vision is just being out on the road and enjoying the good parts of touring - taking in the scenery, my band, the live music scene. That's my favorite thing to do." We follow her stor...
Aug 02, 2018•32 min•Season 27Ep. 1
Today's guest is quite inspirational - she has a goal of building community, a world that works for everyone, while maintaining the highest integrity, ethics, authenticity and respect for all. Deborah Loesch Griffin is the Founder and Owner of Turning Point, where she brings her expertise from many years of counseling, nonprofit management, youth development and cross-cultural project work. Her interview explores the ideas behind success, authenticity, commitment and growth. "I'm a learner at he...
Jul 26, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 26
This week we interview Ed Tate, an award-winning international Keynote speaker, trainer, and author. Worldwide he is known as “The Speaker Who Energizes, Educates, and Entertains.” He won the “American Idol of Public Speaking” and became the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking. Ed also earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association. In this episode, Ed shares his life experiences through storytelling. One of his many insights is "you have t...
Jul 19, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 25
During this interview, Otakara Klettke speaks with us about her experiences as an international bestselling author of Hear Your Body Whisper; How to Unlock Your Self-Healing Mechanism, and children’s book series Detective Bella Unleashed. She is passionate about anything from nature, whether it’s a human, animal, or the whole universe, and often talks about these subjects as a guest on podcasts or radio. She is an avid supporter of eco-friendly life and education, fascinated by scientific studie...
Jul 12, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Social work has been at the base of Melissa Krall's calling since 1992. Through her experience, in both the private non-profit and hospital medical settings, she has worked with families with children with special needs providing in home respite care, managing a child abuse prevention education program, providing long-term case management to homeless families and supervising a mobile outreach program that takes legal, medical and social services to the streets to serve families and seniors. Curr...
Jul 05, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 23
