Paula and Sandy will discuss focusing on ways to combat overwhelm and follow your intuition for capturing a better life. We’ve all experienced overwhelm..what does it look like in your life? We will also be discussing "serendipity" and the joy of knowing that your life has a path, a plan, and a purpose. Jenny Perry is a woman we first became aware of on Facebook. She commands her stage in words. She’s a woman on fire. She's the author of a novel, The Jennifers, and is the feisty married, mother ...
Apr 21, 2014•54 min
Paula and Sandy will continue their 3 part discussion on Lightening Up Your Life! Do you have negative "self talk?" Do you always feel like everyone else is more deserving? This week we'll discuss ways to enhance our lives and our feelings about ourselves and we've invited Sandy's daughter, Julianne, to join us. She graduated from the Fashion Institute and also has expertise in fitness...she has a lot to say about image! Cassandra Perkins is an Actress, an Author, Public Speaker featured on Tedx...
Apr 21, 2014•54 min
Paula and Sandy will continue their 3 part discussion on Lightening Up in your home, your business, and your mind! This week we'll discuss lightening up your business for maximizing your business space, it's function, and your success. This week's guest: Perry Garfinkel, journalist, author, speaker and writing instructor, has reported on psychology, travel, health and spirituality trends for 4 decades. He's a long time contributor to The New York Times, and author of several books including his ...
Apr 05, 2014•54 min
Paula and Sandy will discuss Lightening Up! First of a three part series, covering Lightening Up in Your Home! Lightening Up in Your Business! Lightening Up Your Life! Meet our guest this week: Summer Simonton - Creator of "Future Speaking" Summer Simonton is a professional speaker, seminar leader and coach, and the creator of the revolutionary system "Future Speaking". A pioneer in the field of visualization and personal development, Summer teaches scientifically-proven techniques that she and ...
Mar 25, 2014•48 min
Sandy and Paula discuss the power of 3! Three ways to boldly step into the next part of your life! Guest this week: Susan Tolles, founder, Flourish Over 50 Susan is a wealth of information and dedicated to helping women who are overworked, overwhelmed and unfulfilled find clarity, purpose and freedom to say "no" without guilt. She inspires and motivates them through her blog at FlourishOver50.com, as a Certified Dream Coach, professional speaker and author. Susan created the "Reinvention Road Tr...
Mar 18, 2014•54 min
This week's show! “Design Strategies” We' re incorporating a new weekly segment called “Design Strategies” that will feature an aspect of design that you can incorporate into your home or business. It may be a segment on upcoming color trends, how to select a replacement faucet, or a great new product! Every year has an official color palette selected by the gurus of color who decide what in what color the items in the market that year will be manufactured. This week we are talking aboutRadiant ...
Mar 18, 2014•54 min
This week we'll be talking about the importance of inspired surroundings and a sense of place. Our guest: is author Claire Fullerton who has a new novel out titled "A Portal in Time." It is set against the Carmel by the Sea backdrop. Available on Amazon.com
Mar 18, 2014•48 min
This week’s show we will be discussing “Life on New Terms.” We’ll bring you great new Passion By Design ideas for the “New Passionate, Succesful, Happy You." Our featured guest is Bob Donnell, CEO of Next Level 4 Success and Next Level By Association. Bob is a sought after speaker, coach, and mentor whose direct approach to success has been used successfully by numerous high profile clients in the field of sports, entertainment, corporations, and entrepeneurs. His interview will inspire you to f...
Feb 24, 2014•48 min
The tables are turned, this time it's co-host of Passion By Design, Sandy Peckinpah being interviewed by Rose James on her show, Transform Your Life. Sandy thought she had a “fairy tale” life. She was the wife of David Peckinpah, a writer and Emmy nominated television producer, she had just completed her book tour for her newly published children's book, and her family was at the very core of all that mattered in life. One day, her oldest son woke up with a fever and was dead the next morning of...
Nov 17, 2013•31 min
Passion By Design: Tony Seton, author and Broadcast Journalist. Robert Vickrey, The Royal Palms Resort and Spa Tony Seton is a professional writer, public speaker, business and political consultant, and communications specialist. Early in his career as a broadcast journalist, he covered Watergate, six elections, and five space shots, produced Barbara Walters' news interviews, and won a handful of national awards for his business-economics coverage for ABC Network Television News. Later, he wrote...
Aug 28, 2011•57 min
Passion by Design: Guest Linda Carroll, relationships expert Paula and Sandy discuss intimacy doldrums with relationship expert Linda Carroll. "As a leading relationship counselor for over thirty years, I know how fragile the ties that hold us together can be. Frequently I see couples who think they want out of the relationship when they are just looking for a way out of the difficulty, stress, and lack of healthy communication. Using a variety of modalities which include communication skills tr...
Aug 28, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design: Unlock the Secrets to the Male Brain! Paula McChesney and Sandy Peckinpah discuss raising your Passion IQ and talk with today's guest, Jonathon Aslay, who is a Romance and Relationship Confidant for Women If you're single, dating, or currently in a relationship and are struggling to understand men better, you may be surprised by the insight of our guest today. Jonathon has taught hundreds of clients about "purposeful dating" using his proven methods of coaching and insight to ...
Aug 15, 2011•57 min
Passion by Design: Romance Novels and the 7 Year Itch What??? J. Lo and Marc Anthony split up? Wait a minute... isn't she People Magazine's " most beautiful woman in the world" and isn't he the Latin heart-throb singer? Didn't they just perform on American Idol and seem like the perfect match and more in love than ever? As Laurence Olivier once said "It's called acting, dear boy!" They aren't the first couple to call it quits after seven years. Research indicates many marriages are vulnerable to...
Jul 30, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design, 7/23/11 Guest: Peter Andrews, guitarist and composer who has an extensive list of television and film credits Creativity leads the way to a life of passion. Today we are looking at the role of creativity in leading a resilient life. Are you one of those people who look at creativity as being a gift, or that "talent" is something everyone else has? Everyone...absolutely everyone has a creative side. Can you remember back to childhood when crayons, and clay, and sticks, and sand...
Jul 24, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design: Guest, Carmel Jud, Rising International Paula McChesney and Sandy Peckinpah have a full hour of looking at the possibilities of making a difference in the world. Their guest today, Carmel Jud, had a dream to end world hunger. Thus, Rising International was born. This organization promotes ownership of craft-based businesses by women in both impoverished areas of developed nations as well as in developing nations. Their focus is primarily on women in high risk environments such...
Jul 22, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design: 7/09/11 Guests: actor and author Stefan Pinto, Michael Stephens, general manager of the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch, Tom Slavin, Arizona Regional Manager of Gold's Gym Paula McChesney and Sandy Peckinpah have a full hour of fantastic guests to awaken your summer to possibility. Joining us is Stefan Pinto who is an actor, model, and writer. His story of transformation "From Fat To Fit" is inspiring....and it can be done! Stefan was a typical guy, wor...
Jul 10, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design: Sandy Peckinpah and Paula McChesney Ever wonder why vacations can give you a new look at your relationship? Sandy and Paula discuss great tips for making your vacation a state of mind where romance can flourish and bring peace and fun into other parts of our lives. How do we keep the spark going by setting the stage mentally? How do we keep the stress out of packing? Also, "lightening up!" This segment focuses on getting "light" for summer. Refreshing food ideas.
Jul 10, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design Guest: Paula Crevoshay, jewelry designer and speaker Paula McChesney is known in the interior design industry as the "Queen of Color". Paula brings a depth of intuitive feeling and practical education to her work with her clients. Paula shares: "I recommended to a client that he paint one wall yellow, to bring a sense of joy and aliveness back into his life. He later shared with me that that color awakened something inside of him that enhances his life every day. That's the pow...
Jun 25, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design Guest: Bob Donnell, Next Level 4 Success Unexpected change can happen at any time in life, and often indicates the need for one door of your life to close in order for another to open. Sandy and Paula discuss their own experiences with transition and reveal their "3 Secrets for Success." Joining us in our conversation is life and business coach, Bob Donnell. He's an expert in guiding people through some of the toughest times in their lives, and helps transition them into some o...
Jun 18, 2011•57 min
Passion By Design Guests: Valerie Ramsey and Heather Hummel Paula and Sandy learned a lot about setting the stage for awakening your life to passion while writing their book, Passion by Design. Passion and desire is the fuel for living a successful life, and that includes looking great at any age! At Age 60, Valerie Ramsey was discovered and began a world famous modeling career. She shared her secrets to aging gracefully with her daughter, Heather Hummel, an author in her own right. Together the...
Jun 11, 2011•57 min
