The Small Victories Podcast

Everything in your life stems from who you are, or more importantly, who you know yourself to be.  This concept of our identity can feel so convoluted and overwhelming. But it’s so important that we are solid in our identity in order to dictate the quality of life we experience.

Monique J. Rogers is the CEO of Total Woman Coaching LLC. With a background in coaching and a passion for personal growth, Monique brings a wealth of experience to her work. As a self-discovery coach, Monique guides women through transformative journeys of self-awareness and empowerment. She helps her clients uncover their inner strength, cultivate courage, and embrace their true selves. Through her coaching programs, workshops, and speaking engagements, Monique empowers women to live authentically and fearlessly. She believes that we only get one life to live, and now is the time to embrace our true selves and live a lifestyle of courage.

There’s nothing more inspiring than one who pursues their dreams relentlessly.  Randall Gilbert is one such person who is driven by his passion and calling on his life to support men to be relentless fathers. In this episode, we’re going to dive into what drives Randall, but before diving in, here’s a bit about my guest today.

Our life is the context in which we get to experience our personal power and potential.  “The potential of greatness lies within you” is the message my guest is compelled to share because of what she has experienced in life. Through her simple, but powerful framework of Educate, Equip and Empower, she believes that anything you put your mind to is possible.  As she educates, equips and empowers you, you get to be at the cause of your life, even if the circumstances and people don’t change. 

Dr. Joi Brown, a Career Strategist, Life Coach, International Bestselling Author, Empowerment Speaker, and Entrepreneur known as the “Positive Energizer.”  

Dr. Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of 3EEE Consulting, where she continues to educate, equip, and empower people through coaching, conversations, and workshops in career and entrepreneur development, conflict resolution, goal setting, health and wellness, leadership development, and personal and professional branding. She has over 25 years of demonstrated human resource development and management expertise in developing and executing human capital programs that achieved organizational success.  

Dr. Brown shares empowering messages as an author of three anthologies and is one of the most sought-after names for podcasts and shows. She has also been recognized as a Phenomenal Women of 2023, International Women’s Day Woman of the Year for 2023, Top 20 Business Coach, and Top 25 Most Inspiring Woman. Dr. Brown is truly walking in her purpose to educate, equip, and empower others to step into their greatness.

Have you ever felt like a round peg in a square hole? Has your business felt more frustrating than in flow? That might be because you’re going against the grain of how you were naturally designed. The knowledge of Human Design has helped people understand themselves better which allows them to create a business with more ease and joy.

Michelle Chen is here to help us dive a bit deeper into Human Design. She is a purpose activator, empowered life and business alchemist who blends strategy with energetics to empower her clients in living their soul purpose boldly, authentically and with impact. She draws on the Akashic Records, Dragon Fire Reiki, and Human Design to move clients through blocks and shadows so they can shine their light and lead with their gifts and wisdom.

“I'm living my dream.” That's what my upcoming guest said to me when we first met.  

The journey from suicide to success is possible and to illustrate this is Kevin Palmieri.

Kevin Palmieri is the CFO, Founder & Co-Host of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement podcast with more than 1,200 episodes reaching over 700,000 people in more than 140 countries. He believes in a heart driven, but no BS approach to holistic self-improvement and teaching others how to get to the next level of their lives!

Key Takeaways

• Every conversation is an opportunity to create perspective with which you can consider a learning opportunity to adapt and shift your own paradigm.

• The opportunity to learn is always there if you want it.

• Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.

• Fulfillment goes beyond what the results are; to be fulfilled is to be aligned and to take action in what you believe you should be doing.

• You can't make who you are and what you have the same thing.

• You are whole, be reminded that even as the world tears you down, you are already enough as you are.

• The word 'passion' in its Latin origin means suffering. And so ask yourself, what is it that you're willing to suffer for that you're so passionate about?

Two of the scariest words we can be confronted with are: change and challenge. In this episode we're going to reframe these words so you welcome, instead of reject these realities of life.  I'm joined by Dai Manuel to have an open conversation about how we can say "YES" to change and challenge.

Dai is a super dad, dating his wife, with a lead-by-example way of living. He’s a contagious personality who is on a mission to positively impact one million role models around the globe to lead a FUN-ctionally healthy life through education, encouragement, and community.

He is an award-winning digital thought leader and author, Distinguished Toastmaster, TEDx speaker & edutaining keynote speaker, former partner and Chief Operating Officer of a multi-million dollar retail company, and a sought-after lifestyle mentor executive performance coach.

Dai knows the struggle of the juggle and keeping his health and happiness a priority. He models his work based on the 5 F’s: Fitness, Family, Faith, and Finances with an overarching roof of FUN, built on a rock-solid foundation of Health. Nuggets of wisdom and inspiration to take action to be your best self are guaranteed when you connect with Dai!

Key Takeaways

• Each challenge builds on the last, it all adds to our character, our experiences, and ultimately helps shape who we become.

• The only thing you have to accept to be absolutely certain is that nothing's gonna stay as it is.

• Control is just an illusion that we buy into to make ourselves feel better, it is a way for us to have some sort of ability to argue with reality.

• You have the ability to shift your perspective of what that challenge could mean for you. Perhaps if you got out of the way, that challenge might be making a pathway for the next thing to open up.

• Change happens in an instant, and it takes just one decision. It happens when you decide to do something different than you were doing before.

• What possibility opens up when you're willing to make that change and welcome change and challenge in your life?

• People are afraid of change because they get confronted with who they are at the core when it happens.

• By opening up and developing a healthier relationship with vulnerability, you give permission for other people to also be vulnerable in return.

• Change and challenge are the aspirational pathways that you must take in order to level up.

Do you know what the work you do is valued at? Do you underbid the contribution your knowledge and skills bring to a company?  Historically, statistics show that women tend to negotiate less than their counterparts. Why is that? And how can we shift these statistics so women feel more comfortable with negotiating for their worth?

Here to talk with me about this is Mia Smithson.

Takeaways:

• Your self-worth is not the same as your business worth, your self-worth doesn't increase or decrease based on what you do or what you can offer the world - it exists simply because you are.
• There is supposed to be (uncomfortable) silence during negotiation. Do not be afraid of it.
• For every job, it is not just them interviewing you, you're interviewing them as well. You are in demand. You are a candidate. If the company doesn't have what you're looking for, you'll find work elsewhere that does.
• If you fully believe in the value of your product, then let it be expensive.
• Price is never price, price is about value.
• Your dream job is whatever you make it to be.
• When you're run by reason and not by your emotions, you can have a really solid, calm conversation, and that's when you'll have the most strength.
• Ride the wave of your emotions, let it pass but do not get swept in it.
• When women feel empowered, it just doesn't show up in their careers but in other areas of their life as well because they begin to not be afraid to ask.

Is it selfish to put yourself first or could it be an act of service to prioritize your own self-care? That is the lesson our upcoming guest had to learn as she went through the rollercoaster of relationships.

In this episode, we'll be talking with Martine Felton who has embraced her gift as a natural intuitive gifts to guide her to a self-love mindset.

Takeaways:

• Self-love is not putting what other people think of you over what you believe about yourself. It is just fully permitting yourself to be you.
• Not everyone is going to come with you as you elevate yourself, and that's okay.
• People don't have everything together.  Most times everyone is just doing it and learning as they go.
• It's not about knowing everything and executing it perfectly. Itt's about having the courage to take imperfect action to inspire others to do the same.
• Sometimes you need to silence the mind and just open up your heart.
• The best things come in our lives when we drop any expectations, all of our judgments and opinions, and allow ourselves to just explore and discover something new.

Martine Felton is a natural intuitive and started her journey with tarot and oracle cards in 2018. Since then she has deepened her experience and knowledge with Reiki and crystal singing bowls. Martine strives to help people get more connected with their higher selves through spiritual guidance, various healing modalities, and embodying a self-love mindset.

If you're an entrepreneur, you'll want to pay attention to this episode.  Everything we do is an extension and expression of who we are and our business.  We want to make sure that every post we make, every action we take, is helping elevate our brand. One way we can do that is by utilizing promotional products. But not just any product, like a pen or water bottle that just gets tossed and overlooked.

Here to talk with us is Swire Ho, founder of Garuda Promo, about how to be strategic about the promotional products we use to enhance our connection with our audience and customers.

Takeaways:

• Promotional products aren't just gifts that you give for the sake of giving them.  Rather, they are tokens provided with a purpose in mind for your audience to engage and help you in achieving your business goals.
• It's not about the product, it's about the experience you want to create for your clients/audience.
• Don't think about what you want to buy, think about what the recipient would like to receive to enhance their experience.
• At the end of the day, you are in business to serve your clients. It's not about you, it's about them.

Swire was born and raised in Hong Kong, but then immigrated to Los Angeles in 1996. He trained as a sound engineer, working at recording studios and entertainment agencies before starting his own firm, Hellman Production, Inc, 2003. Swire and his team successfully produced attractive, personalized DVD and CD cases and custom merchandise like T-shirts, which earned him a Score award in 2009, for small business success. His business eventually grew so popular, he decided to sell Hellman Production in 2013 to focus exclusively on the promotional product industry.

Learn more about Swire Ho at Website: http://www.garudapromo.com​​

A lot of us feel that there are two separate ideologies of life. Some lean toward the evidence-based science camp while others gravitate towards the ethereal spirituality world.  Is there a way to overlap both science and spiritually?

D. Neil Elliott believes so and will be talking with us about his experience with the 7 step process that he discovered on his journey from suicide to spiritual consciousness.

Takeaways:

• Our truth is unconditional love.
• Only through lessons of suffering through the journey will the soul gain knowledge to retain individuality after it has discarded the ego.
• Our soul is our reality. This body is merely a tool, a vehicle that we rent over a lifetime to gain these experiences in our life to allow our souls to learn.
• Our external world is not reality, it is simply a reflection of our beliefs. When you change your beliefs, you change what you see.
• We're not victims of fate. We are victims of our creative consciousness that we utilize ignorantly and unknowingly and unwittingly to create every event and experience that comes to us to help our soul learn these lessons, have these experiences, and finally wake up.
• What you feed your mind is more important for your overall health and well-being than what you feed your body.
• Your feelings of discontent and desperation despite your seemingly perfect external world are really just a yearning for your soul to awaken.

To any outsider, D. Neil Elliott was highly educated, owned a profitable consulting firm, and had a successful career and an amazing wife and family. But things were not all they seemed to be … Neil was facing a lot of challenges. In a phrase, he was in a dark place. Quite by accident, he discovered a Higher Road. As he traveled that road, he found the key to transforming his life.

Over the course of the following year, Neil lifted himself from the brink of suicide to an inner state of love, peace, joy, and abundance. His perspectives on life changed entirely. His troubles and tribulations were his impetus to find the key that enabled him to revolutionize his life. He learned that the search for a better life does not entail positive thinking, saying affirmations, chanting mantras, or traveling to India to sit at the feet of a guru—or any other popularized method of “finding yourself.” …The key? To ascend in both spiritual perception and truth, you need to use the right process to break through your entrenched, human-ego barriers.

For nearly three decades, Neil read hundreds of self-help and spiritual books and took self-development courses. All of them offered hope for change and improvement, but nothing fulfilled his needs or genuinely delivered on its promises.

Neil’s desire—and his new mission in life—is to share the knowledge he gained and the process he used on his journey to self-awareness, together with the blueprint document he discovered that was instrumental in transforming his life. He wants to give you, regardless of your station in life, the tools and opportunity to empower yourself, transform your life, and draw peace, joy, love, and prosperity into your personal situation and environment. Neil believes that as more and more people follow this Higher Road to true spiritual perfection, a New Era of Love and Peace will dawn for everyone throughout the world.

There are a lot of messages and gurus out there championing to be your best self.  But how do we do that?  What if there was a systematic blueprint of how we can do that as both individuals and groups?

Jim Marshall has found a scientific system that helps you identify where you are, where you want to go and how to do that.

Jim Marshall is a polymathic intellectual who has devoted over 50,000 hours to the study and practice of multiple dimensions of human potential and development. He received a classical education as an honor student at a Jesuit Military Prep School, was accepted into engineering school while still a junior in prep school, and attended college on academic scholarship. He graduated college with a Bachelor of Science cum laude. While still an undergraduate, he began the study of “alternative” Arts and Sciences which today would be described as Transformational and Holistic. Eventually, he became a professional practitioner and, after 28 years of formal education, had a long career as a Human Development Engineer.

Jim has integrated the best aspects of the most advanced techniques on the planet, and expanded their limits by his own Research & Discovery. He has successfully treated and/or trained hundreds of clients over a 40 year career, and is the inventor of Septemics and several consciousness-expanding systems. His areas of expertise include psychology, philosophy, theology, parapsychology, science, engineering, mathematics, law, literature, history, music, organization, metaphysics, military science, political science, physical culture and education.

Takeaways:

• It's difficult to get somewhere if you don't know where you are, don't know where you're going, and don't know how to get to your destination in the first place. This is the question that Septemics seeks to practically resolve for people.
• A person's positioning on any scale is determined by his abundance of insight in an area or a lack thereof, meaning any individual can move upwards whenever s/he commits to learning and knowledge application.
• We all need each other. All aspects of our lives are touched by and integrated into our relationships.
• Seeing the difference we want to make in the world starts with ourselves and with people.

Stepping into and owning your own power is one of the greatest acts of love you can do for yourself and others.  Being in full acceptance and love of yourself creates space for others to do the same, live into their fullest potential and purpose.  But why do so many shrink back and house their light? How can we embrace our magnificence with both humility and confidence? Here to talk with us about the power of radical self-acceptance and self-love is Roxanne Hunt.

Takeaways:

• For us to have a happy, loving, and connected relationship with others, we first have to love and honor ourselves.
• If your well isn't full, you have nothing left to give and you will always be seeking outside of yourself to fill that emptiness.
• Ask yourself what qualities you're looking for in a person to identify what you want to improve on in yourself.
• If you are not dealing with and focusing on yourself, who else is?
• When you truly love yourself, it will show - you don't have to prove anybody anything. Are you able to fully receive without feeling the need to always give back?

Roxanne is a passionate Lifestyle Strategist and On-camera personality, transformational happiness coach, host, presenter, speaker, commercial actor, wedding officiant and communications specialist. She has certifications in coaching, holistic health and a Master's Degree in Science.  Her mission is to "Inspire and empower you to be the best version of yourself"~! “

Her  life has been an unfoldment of lessons that we are truly here to love. Not only to love others, but to learn deep self-love, self-appreciation and to truly celebrate all of who we are at our core.

This self-love becomes a filter and colors every circumstance, relationship and event occurring in our life.

As the song states by the late and talented Whitney Houston, “Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all”…

The problems are in the strategy and the solutions are in the people.  For those small businesses who are struggling to tread water, this episode is for you as I talk with Jerry Nagel who understands the importance for businesses to marry both the hard skills of strategy and the soft skills of people.

Jerry Nagel was born and raised in the southeastern United States. Raised in Florida went to college at the University of Central Florida and graduated with a Finance degree.  He then spent 18 years in the Aerospace Industry with the likes of Lockheed Martin, AlliedSignal and Aerotron AirPower.  He Obtained his MBA at Jacksonville State University in AL.  He engaged his entrepreneurial spirit and started his own company after his aerospace tenure, in which he built, bought and sold more than a half dozen companies. One such story that he enjoys telling is about a company that he was part of growing to be the 35th fastest growing company in America according to Inc. 500 magazine. Jerry has many certifications in the IT and Psychology realm.  He uses his Certification in Behavioral Analysis to help companies get “the right people in the right seat”.  He is a business Strategy consultant.  Currently he is working with organizations that are developing and entering the medical preventive care space. He is an entrepreneur that engages in raising money and funding various companies along with consulting and management to help grow those companies to be successful. In his spare time, he likes golf, tennis and he has a private pilot's license. Jerry loves the Lord Jesus Christ and considers himself very blessed to have a very diverse lifestyle with a great family.  He is most passionate about help people and organizations get the “AH-HA” moment.  He does speaking engagements, teaches at conferences and is currently in process on a couple of books soon to be published.  One entitled “The Balance Sheet of Life” and another “Addicted to Stuck”

Takeaways:

• Trust is the foundational element of any high-performance work organization.
• Apply the principle of "reading the river" to the situational leadership model. This is where you look at the unique situations when leading people and evaluate the members' readiness.
• A cohesive leadership team and organizational clarity are key aspects of having a healthy, successful organization.

Finding something bigger than yourself and surrendering can open you up to a life better than you could ever imagine. In this episode, I'll be talking with Michael Davis who was lost and then was found. Perhaps you can relate to his story.

Michael Davis is a Motivational Speaker, audio engineer and music producer.

Takeaways:

• When you’re in need, it's much easier to look within and find the many things you're lacking than look from a different standpoint and ask yourself, “What is it that I can offer to the world.”
• It is essential that you find the most fruitfulness of yourself in the position of giving.
• You have to get into alignment with your faith and act accordingly.
• Decision means to cut away; so cut away the things that are holding you back from doing that one thing.

In life we all get knocked down, but not all get back up. What's the difference maker? In this episode we'll be talking with Pastor Grace Holbert who shares her experiences of getting knocked down and rising from the ashes.

An inspirational author, life coach, minister, teacher, and conference speaker,

Pastor Grace Claudette Holbert, Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of Greater Works

Ministries and mother of three lives in Fountain Hills, AZ. with her husband.

Takeaways:

• We often wonder, "why me?" But God says "Why not you?"
• Oftentimes we walk by people and we can sense the hurt, but nobody stops to ask "how can I help you through your hurt?"
• You might not be able to trust people, but you can trust God.
• Oftentimes, the enemy works through your secrets. He tells you never to say something about your pain because the moment that you do, he knows that freedom will be available to you and to someone else.
• All pain does not mean numb it, so it can go away. All pain doesn't mean that you are a bad person. Most pain means you have something greater for you on the other side and it's called purpose.
• Pain didn't happen overnight, it happened over time. And when you go to the doctor, the prescription is to help you over time. It's never a miracle pill. The same process goes for when God rebuilds you.
• Have people in your process that can see the best.

Wealth. What thoughts and emotions stir up in you? Do you think of your bank account? Do you think about your health?  Do you feel shame or guilt? Do you get excited? In this episode we'll explore what wealth truly means from the perspective of both spirituality and practical strategies with Dr. Carla Morris.

I'll be talking with Dr. Carla Morris who was voted as one of the Top Emerging Leaders in Central

Florida to watch. Dr. Carla Morris is an educator and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience, including a career in real estate, finance, teaching, and school-based

administration in urban secondary schools. Her professional aspirations include mentorship, community service, and public speaking.  Dr. Morris works with individuals and organizations to amplify their communication, connection, and confidence to make an influential impact on the world. She mentors with passion, guiding her clients to strengthen and elevate their leadership and vision to new heights effectively.

Takeaways:

• You can't create 10 things all at once and expect them to be successful.
• Think about the wholeness of yourself first, it's not selfish.
• Your prejudices and lack of boundaries could stifle your mindset.
• Having wealth is more than just about the tangibles, it's about the purpose and opportunity given to you to impact others through your prosperity.
• We have to walk by the principle of opening our hands to both receive and give.
• It's not about you, it's about what is possible through you.
• F - Focus, O - One, R - Routine, M - Mentorship, U - Uniqueness, L - Love Yourself, A - Alignment

Trusting the process even when everything you thought you could rely on falls out from under you is one of the hardest things we can do. Stephanie remained open to trusting that all would work out when her life and relationships took a turn that she didn't expect.

For more than 30 years, Stephanie Barton has been immersed in the field of human development, helping women realize their full potential by honoring their dreams and visions. She is the founder of Life Dream Coaching, an international practice based in Kailua-Kona, HI.  She is the creator and producer of the “I AM Energy Clearing” guided chakra clearing meditation program. Stephanie has an expansive background in the healing arts as a Certified Life Coach, Transformation Guide, Energy Healer, Tarot Reader, Dream Analyst, Reiki Master, and Ordained Melchizedek Priestess.

Takeaways:

• All pain has a message and it's always of positive intention.
• Oftentimes, our pain comes from our attachment to people and ideas of how things should be.
• Life doesn't happen to us and it doesn't happen for us, it happens FROM us.
• Perception is a huge driver of our experiences.
• The only thing you have complete control over is your inner state (of being).

As you go throughout your day or if you're faced with a decision, what voices contribute to the conversation happening inside your head.  What is being said around the table in your mind?  Are they encouraging you or making you doubt yourself?  Here to talk with us about your mindset is Sebastian Koellner.

Takeaways:

• At the core, we want to be ourselves, and we want to be loved and respected for it.
• You are the thinker of your thoughts, you are not your thoughts.
• There is a story we tell ourselves that we're consistent with, and until we find that story, we won't know where the misalignment happens.
• Sometimes, business takes away from mindfulness.
• Find someone who helps you shed light on your own blind spots.
• Learn to interrupt the voices in your head when they run wild and build up the muscle that puts you back in control so that they can serve you rather than run you.

Sebastian helps impact driven entrepreneurs and coaches master their money mindset and take control of their inner board of directors to increase revenue with the tools they already have.

Are you ready to take your business global but unsure how to translate your website and marketing copy to fit the cross-cultural markets?  If this is you, then you'll want to pay attention to this episode. Today, I'm talking with Levent Yildizgoren, founder of TTC We Translate, a company who helps you expand your business internationally.

Levent Yildizgoren was born in Turkey but has spent the last quarter of a century running a highly successful, professional localisation service based in the UK. His decades of learning about the pitfalls and prizes the export market presents are shared in his book, The LINGO model.

He has helped companies to do business in more than 100 languages!

Takeaways:

• The most important part of growing your business is adding another market.
• It is culture that makes us. We are a product of our social environment.
• Customers want to be seen and heard, and if you're not speaking a language that allows them to be validated in who they are, you're going to lose that emotional connection.

"Be the best version of yourself." This is a phrase and message I often relate to Oprah, but she's not the only one that helps people do just that.

Personal development essentially helps you recognize that you are at the root of your life and the results you experience. But you don't just get there. If it was easy, everyone would be on the personal development train living their best life.  But we know, this just isn't the case. And this is why we need others to guide and support us on our personal growth journey. One such person is our guest in this episode, Rob Cressy.

Takeaways:

• Live by design, not by default.
• As you grow, your potential grows.
• If you'd ever hope to get paid to do what you love, you better be doing it already.
• What stands in the way becomes the way.
• Create the process so that no matter what happens, you can create yourself into the best version of yourself every single day.

Rob helps creators & entrepreneurs do great things. Spanning the worlds of personal growth & self mastery to marketing & brand building, his unique approach helps you become a better leader, fulfill personal & business success, and enjoy life.

Rob's purpose in life is to be a positive force for good that leads others to what's possible.

Stories can change lives.  And you can be the star of an amazing story, but if you aren’t able to recognize it, you also are not able to recognize the power and potential impact of your story.  Your story is powerful and often is not just for you.  So how do we identify our story in a way that can connect us and help others?  To help us uncover the power of our story is Michelle Prince.

Takeaways:

• Instead of saying, not me, say: why not me?
• If one person benefits, would sharing your story be worth it?
• Somebody out there is a couple steps behind where we are, which is why every story matters.
• People will believe in you to the exact degree you believe in yourself.
• Get out of your own way, because sometimes, you are the biggest obstacle in stepping into your purpose.

Michelle Prince is a best-selling author, motivational speaker, leadership coach, publishing expert and CEO/Founder of Performance Publishing Group, a partner publishing company dedicated to making a difference, one story at a time.

She’s helped thousands tell their stories and become published authors through her consulting, courses, seminars, and publishing services, and founded the “Book Bound Workshop”. She has also published many successful books, including her best-selling Winning In Life Now and her latest The Power of Authority. She has been a featured speaker for numerous corporations, associations and events and has been endorsed by some of the most influential speakers in personal development, including Zig Ziglar. She is a Ziglar Legacy Certified speaker/trainer, and is honored to be named the Ziglar Brand Ambassador, representing his values and legacy.

As humans, we have the need to bring meaning to life.  We can feel a nudge in the deepest pits of our heart that we were created for a purpose and we yearn to discover what that purpose is.  But how do we find that purpose? What does that quest look like? The first step in finding your purpose is to learn more about who you are.  To help reveal more of our identity to uncover our purpose is LaToya NaShae.

Takeaways:

• We want change, but we typically don't want to change to produce change.
• Purpose is meant to serve humanity. Service comes first and fulfillment comes second.
• We'll do way less guessing than we'd have to if we would just be still in the presence of God.
• Often we can't hear, because we think we know what God should say. But because He's not saying that, we're deaf to what He's actually speaking.
• Instead of asking for the new Word, sometimes we just need to go back to revisit what he already said and put our faith in that.
• Oftentimes other people have to walk the journey with us to guide us and help show us what our life could look like.

LaToya NaShae is faith wrapped in feistiness! Her passion and purpose are equipping others to live authentic, Christ-centered lives. Through writing, speaking, and life coaching, she empowers individuals to walk in their appointed place of purpose and promise. Coach LaToya boldly declares practical truths and shares strategies for victoriously moving forward into one's appointed place of purpose and promise.

LaToya NaShae's joy is found in coming along beside others on their empowering journey to discovering their true identity. Whether seated beside her on the couch, across the country, or in a room full of onlookers, LaToya walks in faith with you. Her aim is to encourage you to live an unstuck, unbound, unbreakable life!

The last two years have presented global challenges for our communities, our families and ourselves.  And these challenges have been very confronting, pushing us to look at who we are, what we stand for and how we want to live our lives.  And this can be a beautiful experience if we let it.

JJ DiGeronimo has used this time of upheaval to go within and discover her true calling and she wants to help others do the same.

Takeaways:

• Mind your thoughts.If you're constantly saying I'm not ready, you lose out on the opportunity to build your self-efficacy.
• Don't dilute yourself in conversations or activities that are no longer aligned with you.
• Dusting small things off the side of your desk can make a huge difference.
• Outside of your comfort zone is your courage zone.
• If you're in a situation that you're not loving, seek the lesson.

JJ works with women that aspire for more impact!

With 2 Award-Winning books for Women in Business and a new online community, Together We Seek, she provides action-based strategies to unleash inner wisdom.

With an exciting combination of energy practices and career insights you are sure to find new levels of awareness and even tools and techniques to illuminate your path.

JJ has not always been meditating and a spiritual seeker. With over 20 years in the tech industry, she is no stranger to navigating the twists and turns of moving from entry-level positions to leadership, but now she works to unleash leadership and insights from within!

Wayne Dyer said, “We are not human beings in search of a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings immersed in a human experience.”  Even though we may not always be able to  experience the spiritual realm with our five senses, we can view our experiences from a spiritual perspective, even the circumstances that we view as negative.

What if the current events of today, specifically the pandemic, are part of the process in moving humanity toward a higher place?  In this episode we’ll be talking with Ullis Karlson, an international author with her autobiography “The Journey Home to My Heart” and the transformational book “Holy F*ck and Sacred Water – The Secret Connections to Everything”.

Takeaways:

• Emotions are energy in motion
• The changes that I want to have in the world start with me.
• From divine chaos comes divine order
• The outer realm is just a reflection of what each of us as individuals has been producing and it is important that we recognize that we have the power to change it.
• If it's not good, it's not the end.
• In this time, and in every lifetime, the soul is striving for its own evolution.

Ullis is also a Yogatherapist, Trainer, Spiritual teacher and a Soul Realignment Practitioner with the whole world as her field of work. With more than 28 years experience of various Holistic disciplines she is a well liked and well-renowned teacher. Ullis has a big Heart and a lot of passion for her work - which is to aid people into their Hearts and to an increased consciousness.Ulrika -“I have an interesting background. My expertise is stress management, sacred sexuality, yoga philosophy, feminine/masculine & inner leadership”

A lot of the stories and information that I feature on the podcast often focuses on the mind, but in this episode, we're going to get out of our mind and get into our body, primarily on how to deal with our emotions.  In this episode, listen to Helene who believes that the best way to manage our emotions is to move them through the body.

Takeaways:

• The grace of healing is accessible to all of us, but we have to deal with the discomfort.
• When there's stagnation, disease starts to manifest.
• The more we are comfortable with ourselves, the more we create a safe space for other people to be comfortable with themselves.
• We need to be looking at ourselves through loving, accepting, forgiving eyes.
• It's not so much about what I'm doing, it's who I'm being.

Jennifer Helene, M.S. is an international expert in health and wellness. She is immersed in cutting-edge nutrition, fitness, and spiritual thought leadership. She is a serial entrepreneur and builds programs for health coaching, lifestyle change, and mentoring programs; training the trainers. Former FORD model, MasterChef (FOX TV) cast member, mother, seeker of truth, she runs Purposeful Ventures a company that is helping Moms succeed in revitalizing their life, relationships, businesses, and health.

As an entrepreneur, it is imperative to have systems and processes set in place to avoid overwhelm and create a life work balance.  In this episode I'll be talking with Barbara Ramirez to get her advice on how organization, systems and processes can support our healthy growth in business and life.

Takeaways:

• Organization gives us the ability to let go.
• Delegation provides you more freedom and opportunity to grow your business strategically & provide services more effectively.
• Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our roles that it starts becoming our identities.

Barbara Ramirez, an Online Business Manager, Systems & Operations Coach, who helps service-based business owners take back their time with systems that are aligned with their core values, energy & resources, so they can follow & flow into their true purpose.

Today’s entrepreneurs and small business owners are prone to becoming overwhelmed.

Some may be in the midst of just starting up, dealing with the ups and downs that typically accompany a startup, while the more established deal with their day-to-day operations.

In either case, entrepreneurs and small business owners are often pulled in several directions at once, wearing many hats, in addition to trying to meet business goals, keep up with marketing and industry-specific trends, tend to budgets, and so on.

All of these things amount to one thing - disruption of growth.

Does this sound like some of the challenges you’re facing? If so, Barbara is eager to help you face and reverse your situation!

Within the 15 years of her vast experience in business, along with gaining certifications through Asana, a work management platform, she has concluded that there are three things that will help combat the “disruption of growth” - organization, prioritization, and goal-setting tools (OKRs).

She is on a mission to use my expertise and skills in Asana, OKRs (objectives and key results), organization, and prioritization to:

• Educate entrepreneurs and small businesses on the significance of each.
• Gain clarity of their overall business.
• Create meaningful, attainable, and sustainable business goals, as well as achieve them.
• Build systems and processes.
• Gain structure and a sense of control.
• Increase productivity and incite business growth.

And this is just scratching the surface.

Her experience and expertise can enlighten you and your team, and set your business on the growth trajectory.

What do you do when the world you live in doesn't want to hire you?  You create your own multi-million dollar company.

This is what father and son duo, Mark X. and John Cronin did when they founded John's Crazy Socks, which started because John could not find a job as a man with down syndrome. So Mark and John partnered up together and turned John's idea into a hugely successful business where they are now doing the hiring.

Takeaways:

• If you keep waiting for the perfect moment, if you keep waiting until you know everything you need to know, it will be too late. Stop thinking about it and just do it.
• Failure is simply the tuition you pay to get smarter.
• The more we can do for others, the better off we are.
• There's nothing special, you just keep trying to do the right thing

John and Mark X. Cronin are the father-son team that founded John’s Crazy Socks. John is an entrepreneur who just happens to have Down syndrome. You may know them for being named EY Entrepreneurs of the Year or testifying before Congress or speaking at the UN. You may know them because John became “Sock Buddies” with President George H.W. Bush. Or you may know them for having grown a bootstrapped startup into a multi-million dollar social enterprise.

John’s Crazy Socks is an internationally recognized social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness and show what people with differing abilities can do.

Their mission infuses all aspects of their business. More than half their employees have a differing ability. Their Giving Back Program starts with a 5 percent pledge of profits to the Special Olympics and has raised over $450,000 for their charity partners. They have attracted over 29,000 online five star reviews.  John’s Crazy Socks has over 240,000 Facebook followers and 55,000 Instagram followers.

You will love their socks, but the socks are just the physical manifestation of the happiness they share.

How does one go from homeless to doctor?  One word: mindset.  In this episode we’ll be chatting with Dr. Ty Belknap who knows that overcoming his limiting beliefs was the key that moved him from a homeless at-risk teen to getting his doctorate in Strategic Leadership and Life Coaching and running his own online marketing company.

Takeaways:

• It doesn't matter how knowledgeable or good you are, what matters is how you view yourself.
• You can decide how successful you want to feel at any time.
• There's nothing we can do about the things that happen to us, but there's everything we can do about how we respond to them.
• Our purpose is for the sake and service of others.

Ty Belknap was homeless as a teenager. Then he became a beach bum surfer. From there he found his inner nerd and started in the tech industry. By 25 he was a network engineer working at companies like Microsoft, Compaq and HP. At 36, he left the corporate world and started a web design and online marketing company (before it was called SEO). Now, a Doctor of Strategic Leadership and Life Coaching, Ty Belknap runs Port Bell SEO.

Money is something we all want, if we're truly honest with ourselves, and as entrepreneurs we can do everything in our power to strive for and earn it.  So, then why is it so hard for us to get it. Well, If you have been listening to my podcast long enough, then you'll know that the answer is limiting beliefs. Here to talk about the primary limiting beliefs that are holding us back from achieving our financial goals is Dr. Amanda Barrientez.

Takeaways:

• What you appreciate appreciates.
• Until you make your unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate - Carl Jung
• Rewiring your brain takes repetition.
• Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world. If you don't like what you're getting on the outside, you have to change what's within.
• Narrow your focus to expand your freedom.

Dr. Amanda is an NFA “money healer” who helps coaches and online entrepreneurs work less and make more using her proprietary NFA Money Formula™ - less money stress and more profits guaranteed!

After going from food stamps to building a 6-figure business fast, it has become her inspired mission to help a minimum of 5,000,000 entrepreneurs break through their money blocks so they can build businesses they love that give them time and money freedom.

Stepping into your life purpose, into everything you were created for can be scary.  I know I’ve shied away from my gifts and calling, but as a result was left living small.  Have you heard the small voice within nudging you toward your purpose?  Have you seen the signs? But are too scared to say, “Yes!”  This is what Shaun Banks experienced when faced with his life’s calling.

Takeaways:

• In stepping into your purpose and avoiding getting overwhelmed, just focus on the next step.
• Sometimes we have to borrow the belief of others in us before we can believe in ourselves.
• The parent's voice becomes their children's voice as they go out in life.
• We always think about our ideas not working, but what if it does?
• Look at what other people are doing right and duplicate that.
• Taking small steps, whether quickly or slowly, doesn't matter. What matters is just continuing to do it.

Shaun SF. Banks has been involved in the youth development industry for over 20 years. he's a captivating, humorous, and passionate communicator. Shaun excels at motivating and developing youths to go after their dreams. Shaun educates families on effective ways to support their youth and give them an edge in life.

In 2007, Shaun opened the I AM Defense institute against profound disinterest in working with children. Since that time, SF. has developed a passion for creating personal development systems for youth.

Shaun is the creator of Camp Warrior King, which helps thousands of youth gain exposure to amazingly fun activities, "You Can Have IT ALL!" Youth conferences, "You Can Have It ALL!" Youth motivational Development Magazine, The Team Hott SAWCE development characters, and other development tools for children. Shaun has also authored 3 books on the personal development topic.

One of SF.'s big passions is the "You Can Have IT All!" orphanage in Bombo, Uganda, where he currently supports over 30 children with shelter, food, and school supplies.

Fear. It's something each one of us knows intimately. Some fears can be insignificant like fear of spiders but some can be more significant and impactful on our quality of life, like fear of failure.  But regardless of degree of fear, all fears hold us hostage. So any assistance in helping free us from fear is greatly appreciated.

Here to talk with us about how to thrive in the face of great is Jacqueline Wales.

Takeaways:

• We all know how to be our own worst enemy, but how about learning to be our own best friend & thinking about how we speak to ourselves?
• Fear is imagination-based. How we deal with our fears is based on the stories that we tell ourselves.
• Success is a continuous process of iteration.
• My past may be something, but I get to choose who I want to be in the world. - Carl Jung
• Just keep doing it until one day you look back and say "It doesn't bother me anymore."

An astute observer of behavior Jacqueline Wales is endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human and finds people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles incredibly interesting and courageous.

As the author of When The Crow Sings, The Fearless Factor, The Fearless Factor @ Work, and soon to be published Fearless Women Leading The Way, she has explored human behavior and asked tough questions to discover hard truths for more than 35 years.

While observing and talking with thousands of people over several decades, I’ve come to understand that the challenges we all confront are not much different—no matter who you are or what you’re doing in life.

Jacqueline is an author, singer, and global nomad who has lived and traveled on three continents, earned a black belt in karate, and now enjoys Crossfit workouts in her garage! She is also an active co-partner in a long-term marriage and mother of four children who have grown up to be amazing adults.

The most horrible experience one could live through is someone close to them committing suicide.  With suicide rates up, the media and society are normalizing suicide as an acceptable exit.  In this episode, we’ll be talking with Jackie Simmons who wants to normalize the conversation that intervenes on suicidal thoughts.

Takeaways:

• Every action begins with a thought.
• Stopping suicide means we must prevent the cause; which is thinking that it is the best option to take.
• The battles are won and lost in the subconscious mind. Your subconscious is designed to bring about what you think about.
• You have to be an advocate for yourself, and even when you aren't yet, know that someone out there will stand for you and with you.

TEDx speaker, Radio Show Host, International Best-selling Author, Resilience Master, and co-founder of the Teen Suicide Prevention Society, Jackie Simmons is best known for her mission to “Stop Teen Suicide.”

In 1995, blindsided by her 14-year-old daughter’s suicide attempt, Jackie entered a world of depression, addictions, medical mysteries, and deadly silences.

The journey into the world of mental health services and cultural taboos left Jackie feeling lost and alone.

“OK” on the outside, with “really, I’m fine,” her most frequent response to inquiries about how she was doing.  Jackie hid her deep, psychic wounds from the world behind a façade of frantic entrepreneurial activity.

Then on August 3, 2019, Jackie’s now 37-year-old daughter, broke the silence. Jackie wasn’t ready. She calls August 3, 2019 the day her “purpose tapped her on the shoulder.”

For many of us, we’re so busy working on things outside of ourselves, our families, our jobs, our friends, our churches, etc.  And all of that is good, but are we so busy that we become distracted from who we are and what we have been created to be?  In this episode, we’ll be learning about an interesting concept and practice called Centering Prayer.  Rich Lewis will guide us on our learning of Centering Prayer and how it can reveal our true selves.

Takeaways:

• As we sit with God, we become more in tune with who He is and the image of which we were created for.
• We learn to let go and focus on the moment through centering prayer. It has a way of giving you back time.
• Being intentional in sitting with God and continuously coming back to him refreshes and restarts you from the busyness and distractions of everyday life.

Rich Lewis is an author, speaker and coach who focuses on centering prayer as a means of inner transformation. He teaches centering prayer in both his local and virtual community and offers one-on-one coaching. Rich’s newest book is titled, Sitting with God: A Journey To Your True Self Through Centering Prayer.

He publishes a weekly meditation, book reviews, and interviews on his site, Silence Teaches. He has published articles for a number of organizations, including Contemplative Light, Abbey of the Arts, Contemplative Outreach, EerdWord, In Search of a New Eden, the Ordinary Mystic at Patheos, and the Contemplative Writer. ​

Rich has been a daily practitioner of centering prayer since June 1, 2014. Centering prayer has been so life-giving and life-changing that he feels compelled to share his journey with others who wish to learn more. Rich resides with his family in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

What do you love?  Such a simple question.  But who can answer that?  When posed with this question, I struggle to give a clear answer.  Perhaps it’s because I’ve never been asked this question or maybe it's because I just really haven’t dived enough into who I am and what my dream or vision is.  What do I love?  This is the question that we’ll be unpacking today with our guest, Felicia Searcy.

Takeaways:

• The nature of life in general, in us and as us is to always seek a greater expression.
• When you start compromising with life, life starts compromising with you.
• The moments are there all the time, it's just a matter of being awake and receiving that moment.
• We can work to reduce fear by bringing the fear along, and act anyway.
• When you step into who you are, you're transforming to be able to bring your best self to others.

Felicia’s purpose is her passion: to empower you to discover and express your best self as you create the life that you love. She is an award winning transformational coach, international speaker, author, and minister who has helped thousands create a path for living their dream life. For over 20 years, Felicia has worked with people from all walks of life who are seeking the spiritual side of success. As a highly sought after international speaker, she has shared the stage with powerhouse leaders like international speaker, Mary Morrissey; founder and CEO of eWomenNetwork, Sandra Yancey; and international motivational speaker, Les Brown. Felicia’s proven ‘dream activation code’ helps folks just like you, accelerate your results as you create a richer, more fulfilling life.

The journey.  We’re all on one.  It’s called life.  And on this journey there are ups and downs, turns and twists, and the quality of our life will be dependent on how we show up.  Dr. Michelle R. Hannah is on quite a journey and she has learned some things along the way that can help us as we are on our own journey to truly be and love our true self.

Takeaways:

• Helping others heal will help you with your own healing.
• Authenticity is showing up in the world and choosing to be truly free and at peace with who you are.
• Unearth the ugly and the painful you've been hiding from in order to heal.
• You don't have to step into healing alone.

Dr. Michelle R. Hannah, through her life's medical challenges and overwhelming love for humanity, the health, emotional well-being of people and commitment to living authentically- is among the most influential women today. Dr. Michelle public speaking spans over 15 years and is the author of The Breaking Point: A Full-Circle Journey and workbook,

The Vows A guide to Understanding your marriage and understanding yourself and her most recent book- The Self Vows; Seven Vows That Will Charge Your Life

Michelle has made several appearances on TV, Radio, Podcasts, and  has collaborated with and featured in many blogs. She has recently been featured in articles for CBS, FOX, NBC & was voted #1 Relationship Coach of the year..

Check out her various programs:

The Self Vows Retreat March

The Self Vows Self Paced Program

Revamp of our Business Intimacy Program

The Self Vows new V steam product line

Imagine being in a foreign country. Taken and imprisoned, faced with language and cultural barriers and not knowing what would happen next.  This is the story of Chancellor Jackson who spent 14 days in a Beijing prison.

Takeaways:

• Be responsible and hold yourself accountable for your actions.
• Experience is the best teacher, but you can always learn from others' experiences as well.
• You can either define your life and yourself or have others do it for you.
• Adversity will introduce a man/woman to him/herself.

Chancellor was born in Fulton County, Georgia, to Native American parents. He attended Stetson University. For nine years he played football at the high school and collegiate level. 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 first book, "14 Days in Beijing" has ranked #1 over fifteen times on Amazon in multiple genres.

When we look at what makes up our identity, there are so many facets to consider.  But how important is our cultural identity? That’s what we’ll be discussing with Sam Thiara on this episode.

Sam is a professional who has created a personal journey as a speaker, storyteller, writer, educator, coach, entrepreneur, problem solver and community activator. His goal is to help individuals realize their greatness.  Presently, he teaches at the Beedie School of Business and is also the Founder and Chief Motivating Officer at Ignite the Dream Coaching and Consulting.  He has become an expert in career coaching with over 5,000 conversations. He has authored two books, and shared at two different TEDx conferences

His tagline - "Everyone’s life is an autobiography…make yours worth reading"

Takeaways:

• Finding your ancestral roots will help you reconnect and recapture the place and the culture that is your home.
• Connecting with your history allows you to touch onto the sum of what makes you who you are.
• Your different identities don't have to be separated - you are all of it at the same time.
• Traveling and experiencing the world opens you up to new perspectives and broadens your horizons.
• We are humans, first and foremost.
• Everyone's life is an autobiography, make yours worth living.

Why do we do what we do?  We know certain behaviors and habits are bad for us, like smoking, over-eating or even picking fights. And yet we continue to engage in this behavior. Where do these bad behaviors originate from and how can we free ourselves from our habitual programming?

Takeaways:

• We have the power inside ourselves to make healthy choices.
• Becoming aware of the unhealthy habits you inherited is the first and the most important step.
• Remember to not rush through the process, healing takes time.
• Exploring parental relationships may provide insight into the reason you keep repeating unhealthy habits or have trouble changing toxic traits.
• Do not forget to encourage yourself and practice self-love.
• Letting go of your anger and resentment is key in order to fully heal.

Elena Perella, a Mental Focus and Emotional Mastery Expert who experienced a personal transformation, coaching herself through a severe depression, eating disorders, and domestic violence as a result of a generational legacy of unresolved childhood issues and conflicts that was passed onto her by her family and reinforced by societal toxic conditionings.   She now helps her clients eliminate unhealthy habits, such as overeating, procrastinating, smoking, overworking, and many more, so that they can become emotionally strong and independent, live their lives with passion and purpose, and help their children do the same.

When we think of resilience, we often think of it as it relates to us as individuals.  But can you translate resilience to your business by creating a resilient culture? How do we do that and what does that look like? Here to talk with us on this episode is Jodi Woelkering whose decades of experience in the corporate world has shown her that resiliency is a key feature of every enduringly successful individual and every organizational culture that is productive and collaborative over the longer term.

Takeaways:

• Psychological safety is key to a high-performing work environment.
• Cancel culture weakens our resilience as individuals and as a society.
• Mindfulness is key to overcoming fear and stepping into your own power.
• Businesses need to pay more attention to their leadership development.
• Disconnect and step away from time to time to contrast with the busyness and stresses of everyday life.

Decades of experience in the corporate world has shown Jodi that resiliency is a key feature of every enduringly successful individual and every organizational culture that is productive and collaborative over the longer term.

The modern workplace is filled with constant challenges and competing priorities, both for the business at large and for the individuals within the business, and resilience is a key component of effectively navigating these challenges.

Jodi is passionate about assisting businesses to build an enduring resilient culture at the whole culture level, the various levels of leadership within the business and at the individual level, so that the business as a whole and the individuals within the business can experience the enormous benefits of an enduring resilient culture.

Leadership, Management (people & processes) networking, negotiation, teamwork, effective communication–all skills we’re told are essential for success, but skills rarely ever taught. This is the gap that Mark Herschberg has chosen to fill.

Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia.

He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, and a M.Eng. in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools.

He also works with many non-profits, including Techie Youth and Plant A Million Corals.

Takeaways:

• Leadership, management, networking, negotiation, teamwork and effective communication are soft skills applicable and beneficial to anyone and everyone, not just exclusive to company executives or founders.
• Peer learning is an effective tool in helping individuals continuously train and get feedback in the application of these soft skills.
• Communication is key - mental models may help in finding a more effective approach in communicating.
• Career planning is important, and having the flexibility to adjust your plans continuously is crucial.
• It is not about perfection. It is about getting a little bit better each day.

How do you assess the value of your business?  What is it worth?  In this episode, we’ll be talking with Bharat Kanodia about what elements are needed to determine  the value of your business and what to establish now to ensure the value of your business in the future.

Bharat has valued over 2000 businesses, real estate, industrial, and financial assets including governmental infrastructure, public and private companies, and various unique real estate assets.

He has valued companies like Uber, AirBNB, DoorDash, GE, Tesla. Bharat has valued unique assets like the Golden Gate Bridge, Atlanta Airport, Mirage Casino Las Vegas and many others.

He has also signed off on over 4,500 valuations with $2.6 trillion in assets globally.

Takeaways:

• Valuations are the start-ups currency
• Your business’ systems and processes must be set up to service customers and revenue on autopilot in order to have a lot of value
• The influencers’ value lies in their followership
• Track records, whether it be as a business owner or as a corporate employee matters to investors and venture capitalists
• Our valuations as businesses correlate to the value we can provide to our customers

Learn more about Bharat Kanodia at

Excellence. It is something we all strive for in life and business. But what does excellence look like and how do we achieve it? Rael Bricker, serial entrepreneur works with leaders and managers on growing and achieving excellence, as he has experienced the roller coaster and knows how to navigate the twists, turns and loops.

From being 6000ft underground, to starting an education business (that grew to have 4000 plus students) to spending years working in venture capital, Rael has seen it all. He's listed companies on two international stock exchanges, and his financial services group has settled more than $3bn in loans in 18 years. Rael has a diverse work history combined with his unique global research interviews with companies in more than 25 countries.  With over 30 years as a serial entrepreneur, Rael Bricker helps businesses succeed by delivering a series of dynamic talks on building businesses by thinking outside the box. Rael has been presenting for many years on business, culture, finance, investing, diversity and ethics.  The learning is best practice combined with practical experience to achieve business excellence.

Rael Bricker holds two Masters degrees, an MBA and MSc (Software Engineering) and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (BSc (Eng) . Rael is currently a Fellow of the MFAA. (Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia), a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) of PSA (Professional Speakers Australia) and a Member of AICD (Australian Institute of Company Directors). Additionally, Rael is the first inspirationalist in Australia with Integrus Global and a Mentor with both Mentored With Mark Bouris and Mastermind.space.  Rael is also the Author of “Dive In : Lessons learnt since business school”.

Takeaways:

• Excellence is showing up as not the perfect version of yourself, but the best version of yourself. And it's not in comparison to anyone else, but you comparing yourself to yourself.
• Imposter syndrome, not feeling good enough prevents people from showing up as the best version of themselves because they're trying to measure themself against someone else.
• What makes excellence are those tiny little incremental changes, not big flashy Hollywood moments.
• When you come from a place of abundance and supply, then every other question is easily answered.

What gets you through life’s tribulations?  Michaela Cox has been divorced, remarried and then widowed with 2 kids all being legally blind.  Many factors helped her, but in this episode, we’ll be focusing on how her faith was what carried her from tribulation to thriving.

Michaela Cox  is a multi-published author who writes on diverse variety of subjects. She feels her most interesting life story, journey and message needs to be shared to help others. It involves a traveling journey of a lifelong disability of legal blindness, divorced at age 26 and loss of her beloved husband at age 38. This threw her into solo/single motherhood. She calls it her  38DDD going from much tribulation to learning how to thrive in all things in life. Because of her life journey she has learned immensely valuable lessons that help her to thrive in all thing,  no matter what life throws at her such as:

• Faith
• Life is a choice and about our choices
• Mindset matters as it is the key and a game changer
• Self-care
• Having resources

As entrepreneurs, we can struggle with feeling really busy in our business, but not seeing the needle of our business move us toward profit.  Pete Mohr, a business coach, helps entrepreneurs transform their frustrations into freedoms by using a variety of frameworks that help them cut through the chaos and overwhelm of running a business.

With over 25 years as a business owner, he's refined many of his tips, tools, and techniques in the trenches within his own businesses. You own your business; it shouldn't own you. It's time to start using frameworks that allow you to have a turnkey business so that you can live the life you deserve

The 4 P’s:

• Product (or service): what is your best offer to deliver your promise?
• Processes: what are your processes of how you do tasks in your business to deliver your promise?
• People: who's helping you deliver your promise? Who’s part of your ideal team and clients?
• Profit: how much you profit is determined by how well you perfect the other three P’s.

There’s a lot happening in our world.  Political unrest.  Division. Violence.  Illness. Natural disasters.  It sometimes feels all too much. So how can we stay centered in love when all we are being bombarded with is hate.  With us in this episode is Wajid Hassan to help us talk through what is happening and how we can choose love.

From Pakistan to England and then settling in America, Wajid has lived an interesting and varied life in many fields of endeavor. From a technical background as a Field Service Engineer, to stand up comedian with over twenty years as a union actor doing voice over, narration, commercials as well as TV and movie roles. He also encompasses over forty years experience in the field of metaphysics, healing, spirituality and new age concepts.

As a qualified Speaker, Healer and Teacher he can demonstrate how to reignite the spiritual flame within us and send it outwards to all, improving not only our own personal lives but those of every lifestream that live on our beautiful world, which is something he outlines in detail in his #1 bestseller on Amazon, “The Struggle for World Sanity”.

Takeaways:

• We are spiritual beings in physical bodies.
• We must neutralize the negative thoughts on our minds by drawing down the divine energy and grounding it into us through a meditative state.
• Channeling this energy will raise our own vibrations and the vibrations around us.
• The new religion of the world right now is service to others. There's three balanced ways of being of service: financially, physically and the mental transformation and spiritual energy transfer.
• The same amount of spiritual energy you give out, comes back to you.
• There's only one sin on this planet and that is ignorance; ignorance of the divine law.

In this episode, we’ll be talking about your exit strategy for your business.  But what if you’re just at the beginning stages of building your business?  This is the time to start implementing your exit strategy.  To help us look at this topic more closely, we’ll be talking with Marvin Storm.

Marvin founded, acquired, scaled, and exited businesses during his career. After exiting his last business, he planned to enjoy life, but after a brief stint in the slow lane he realized that sitting on the sidelines wasn’t his style. After considering his options, he felt that leveraging his decades of startup, operational, and C-suite experience could help entrepreneurs launch, scale their business, create enterprise value, and then execute a successful and profitable business exit.

With this idea in mind, he launched the Business Exit Stories Podcast where he interviews M&A Advisors, Investment Bankers, Business Brokers, Wealth Managers, and other transaction professionals inviting them to share war stories of their good, bad, and ugly deals for the benefit of entrepreneurs who may be in the early stages of thinking about and positioning their business for an eventual exit. He has developed strategies entrepreneurs can use to substantially increase their business enterprise value and profitably exit their business.

The Takeaways:

• Adopt a forward, future-thinking mindset so as you make decisions in your business, you’re making those decisions with the end in mind.
• Mindset will drive decisions. Decisions will drive the type of people you hire. The type of people you hire will drive the culture. The culture will drive satisfied customers, satisfied customers will drive business growth. Business growth will drive profitability. Profitability will drive valuation of what your company is eventually going to be worth.
• There are tangible and intangible assets within your company.  The tangible assets include the material goods, like computers, software, email list.  The intangible assets are the culture, goodwill, systems and processes.
• You can start with your personal brand, but as you start to build, start moving toward a company brand that doesn’t have to be associated with you.