Coffee with Clark & Karrie

Welcome to Episode 2 with Jeff Moors. Jeff continues to share his story, one of community, family, and following your heart to pursue in life what you are passionate about. From singing on top of a table, to finding his passion and purpose both in his personal and professional life, Jeff continues to encourage others to find their purpose.

As a Relationship Manager with Prostar Insurance, Jeff uses his skills and lifetime of experience to look for ways to encourage and lift up his customers. As the VP of Client Engagement with Love the Process a Leadership and Personal Development Company, he drives that purpose home as he meets people where they are and challenges them to grow, change, and become stronger. Jeff provides a path to take first steps towards healing and strengthening their belief in themselves and what they can overcome and accomplish as they learn to Love the Process that they are in. Jeff will challenge you to do the same.

So, when you find your love don't be afraid to dance on the table, when you find your purpose don't be afraid to take a risk and go out and live it, and when you find good BBQ, be sure to get a seat at the table.

Meet Jeff Moors, a friend, a mentor, a helper, and a corn husker who enjoys barbecuing, being goofy and loving life. Jeff is a husband, a father, a man of God and an experienced human when it comes to life! Jeff cares deeply for his family and the community that he lives in. This stems from a strong connection to his roots that began deep in the corn fields of Nebraska. Learning how to live and lead through adversity began at a young age for Jeff, being diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. As a Relationship Manager who works for Prostar Insurance, Jeff is always looking for the best way to impact his customers bringing them the best results possible. He is also the VP of Client Engagement with Love the Process a Leadership and Personal Development Company. He would tell you that he has a love for people and for walking alongside of them as they grow, change, and become stronger people who believe in themselves and what they can overcome and accomplish as they learn to Love the Process that they are in.

Sit back, relax and tune in as Jeff shows you how to go out and be you!

Join us as we continue the conversation with Mike Flood, on Community, Commitment and Kindness. More layers revealed, more insight given, more laughter and more doggy love for Aurelia!

Greeted with a firm handshake, Mike immediately turned his undivided attention to me. His quiet demeaner, his humility, the soft cadence of his words made me feel at home from the first time that I met him. Well, at least I think he was focused on me and not on his favorite guide dog. He waited somewhat patiently and finally asked permission to meet Aurelia. From the first time we met, I discovered so many amazing layers to this humble man.

A Seattle native, Mike attended Washington State University and later earned his Master's Degree in Education from the University of North Carolina. He owned and operated an agricultural flying service in Fort Scott, Kan., and served as a pilot in the Coast Guard flying C130s, Dassault Falcon jets, and H60 Jayhawk helicopters. Mike also managed Search and Rescue Operations in Alaska among many other levels of leadership. Mike may have retired as a Commander in 1996 after 20 years in the service but he continues to serve and honor those who are currently serving and the veterans that gave so much to our country. He serves on the boards of the King County Municipal League, Camp Patriot, and Be Kind Snoqualmie Valley. Mike also happens to work for my favorite football team and has served as the Vice President of Outreach and External Affairs for the Seahawks since 1997.

Mike has been awarded the Outstanding Service to Veterans from the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs, Person of the Year from the United Negro College Fund, and "I Care About Kids" award from Mentoring Works Washington.

Take some time to listen and get to know the person that I consider to be a great friend, he is dog approved and one of the most compassionate people I have met.

Greeted with a firm handshake, Mike immediately turned his undivided attention to me. His quiet demeaner, his humility, the soft cadence of his words made me feel at home from the first time that I met him. Well, at least I think he was focused on me and not on his favorite guide dog. He waited somewhat patiently and finally asked permission to meet Aurelia. From the first time we met, I discovered so many amazing layers to this humble man.

A Seattle native, Mike attended Washington State University and later earned his Master's Degree in Education from the University of North Carolina. He owned and operated an agricultural flying service in Fort Scott, Kan., and served as a pilot in the Coast Guard flying C130s, Dassault Falcon jets, and H60 Jayhawk helicopters. Mike also managed Search and Rescue Operations in Alaska among many other levels of leadership. Mike may have retired as a Commander in 1996 after 20 years in the service but he continues to serve and honor those who are currently serving and the veterans that gave so much to our country. He serves on the boards of the King County Municipal League, Camp Patriot, and Be Kind Snoqualmie Valley. Mike also happens to work for my favorite football team and has served as the Vice President of Outreach and External Affairs for the Seahawks since 1997.

Mike has been awarded the Outstanding Service to Veterans from the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs, Person of the Year from the United Negro College Fund, and "I Care About Kids" award from Mentoring Works Washington.

Take some time to listen and get to know the person that I consider to be a great friend, he is dog approved and one of the most compassionate people I have met.

Welcome back to Season 2 of Coffee with Clark & Karrie, Learning to Live and Lead through Adversity.  We are excited to be back and to bring you more episodes where we take a look at not only our own journey of living life through adversity, but also exploring what it means to lead through those adversities.  Our ability to refocus, step back, reroute our steps, and how that can bring significance to not only our lives, but to the lives of others as we share our stories.  We are so inspired by can't wait to explore this topic together.  

We hope to bring you new ideas, new hope and a path forward to where you can feel confident and valued.  You might even take away a few tools to add to your life-skills toolbox. So hit brew on your coffee pot and join us and others that have offered their insight through their journeys. 

Living without sight means that you have to have a lot of trust, humor, and patience. Not only in others, but also in yourself.  Living with sight means that you have to have a lot of trust, humor, and patience, not only in others, but also in yourself... yes, you heard correctly - it is the same! We do not get to control what happens in our lives, and we don't always see what is coming. Those moments that are sight unseen can be some of the funniest or most important moments in our lives.  Are you being present and paying attention in the moment?  If not, it's time to trust, have some humor, sprinkle in some patience and start seeing the sights unseen.    

Join us today as we look at challenges in life and reframe our thinking to be grateful. We have to make a choice to override any initial disappointment, we readjust our expectations, and we choose to appreciate that challenge as a gift. You take life on, you don't hold yourself back, you're not always looking around corners expecting the worst-case scenario, instead you focus on how this challenge (this gift) can be used to give your life significance and to encourage those around you. It's your choice to accept the gift and go from grumbling to gratitude. 

Do you have moments in your life when you face obstacles, something that seemed so small that became a mountain that you had to navigate, climb, and conquer? What mountains are you currently facing in your life? Are you finding strength through your struggles? What potential are you tapping into and who are you trusting that sees the potential in you? That person that says - you are not alone in your struggles; I will climb that mountain with you, I'll even carry you if I have to! 

Join Clark & Karrie as we discuss what it looks like to Face Your Mountain! 

Life can feel a lot like a zoo for someone who is blind and truly sees life through the eyes of others. But when we actually go to the zoo, well now that is when it gets interesting. Embracing the moments, chasing a quick toddler, racing the sneaker waves, it's all a part of the journey.  Ask yourself this, are you stuck in the mud like a hippo, not really moving forward or are you embracing life and swinging from the trees like the monkeys? Toddlers, Leopards, Gorillas... Oh My!  Love life, live life, and truly be present in each moment!   

Today we get to share what it means to lean into your community, to see those around you, and to celebrate the significant moments that take place. In each of our lives we have the opportunity to encourage others to see their gifts, their talents and their abilities. We also have the opportunity to really listen as we engage with those around us and to appreciate each moment as it comes.  

When life gives you gifts, sometimes you don't want them, sometimes you give them and sometimes you receive them. Gifts come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes they come tail wiggling, and tongue wagging, with floppy ears and cold noses. We hope you enjoy taking a journey with Clark and Karrie as they discuss what it was like for Clark to receive the gift of freedom and mobility through the gift of a dog and the kindness of a stranger. Hit brew on your coffee pot and join us for Coffee with Clark & Karrie.

Join Clark and Karrie as they share some fun details about learning how to navigate their first blind date.  

49 years ago, Clark received a gift and had to determine what to do with it.  Join us as he shares with vivid recall the details of that day, a day that would redirect his life, challenge his faith, and as an 18-year-old shake up everything that he had thought his life would be.  (This episode contains some subject matter that may not be appropriate for young listeners)

Well, we did it!  We have dropped our first episode of Coffee with Clark & Karrie. We want to thank you for joining us and hope that you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed creating this for you.  We are not perfect, we don't have all the answers, but we are real, we love to laugh, and we love life and what it has to offer. 

Remember, "Our accomplishments in life are not measured by our abilities or disabilities, but rather by our willingness to try!"  

Clark & Karrie