Inspiration from Purpose-Guided Leaders & Entrepreneurs: Recent Episodes
Jory Fisher
If you're determined to be a successful, purpose-guided leader or entrepreneur, listen to Heart & Soul for Women of Faith. Featured BTR Host Jory Fisher and her guests will help you nourish your soul and hone your skills so you can make the difference you're called to make. Jory is a Network in Action Community Builder, a Certified & Licensed B.A.N.K.® Trainer, and a Certified B.A.N.K.® IOS Coach. She loves helping entrepreneurial women of faith build thriving businesses and lead joyful, purpose-guided lives.¨ Please leave questions and comments at JoryFisher.com and facebook.com/JoryHingsonFisher. We look forward to hearing from you and hope you are blessed by our conversations.
What's it like to interview 250 purpose-guided, mission-driven, faith-based entrepreneurs? What's it like to BE a purpose-guided, mission-driven, faith-based entrepreneur? In this last episode of Heart & Soul Interviews, actor/entrepreneur JanaBeeson interviews her mother about her personal and professional journey thus far AND where we go from here...
Jory Hingson Fisher was a lawyer in Virginia for 28 years, a founding faculty member and associate dean of Liberty University School of Law, and a faculty member of the Virginia State Bar’s Mandatory Course on Professionalism. The owner of Network In Action Harford County, MD and a certified coach & trainer, she helps entrepreneurs build positive relationships and profitable businesses through networking, masterminding, and personality science. Jory graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University and holds graduate degrees from Middlebury College and the University of Virginia. Her awards include Alignable Local Business Person of the Year (2021 & 2018); Codebreaker Technologies Power Team Award (2021), which she shares with her daughter Jana Beeson; ACHI Magazine Woman of Achievement Award (2019); the DAR Award for Women in American History (2008); and the Women’s History Month Award presented by the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006. Jory’s a featured author in four books: America's Leading Ladies,America's STAR Entrepreneurs,The Successful Mind, and The Successful Spirit available on her Amazon page. She's been a host of Heart & Soul for Women of Faith on BlogTalkRadio since 2009.
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Join Jory Fisher as she interviews her daughter Jana Beeson! Jana is an accomplished business owner in the entertainment industry with a revolutionary app launching April 2021 that is sure to help many actors and arts educators.
Listen to Jana's journey of how she kept the creativity flowing whenever things didn't seem to be "going according to plan." This ability to find possibility anywhere -- along with having a wonderfully supportive mother ;) -- is a skill set she looks forward to sharing with you all in this episode.
As CEO of The Actor's Code and co-founder of Actor’s Casting Technology, A.C.T. Now!©, Jana Beeson is passionate about helping actors supercharge their careers and easily outbook the “competition” in a fraction of the time.
An actor herself, Jana got her BFA in Theatre and Acting from a top 4 acting school (Southern Methodist University) before honing her professional skills in DC and NYC. Working both in front of and behind the camera on commercials, indie films, features, and tv shows, she additionally loves seeing both sides of the casting table as a casting director.
An Atlanta local as of 2020, she is enjoying building new opportunities in the Hollywood of the South while being of service virtually to actors all over the globe.
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This episode with Jennifer Glacken focuses on faith, leadership, and how loss can mold you into a stronger leader if you lean on God. "I thought my rock-solid faith would easily get me through life’s ups and downs. At 54 my outlook is different. Grief is a part of life. Things change and you have to adapt. God is with you throughout but that doesn't minimize the loss. I’ve learned to accept me for me and how to calm myself down during stressful situations. I’ve learned to always go to God first. Your experiences as a leader help you empathize and guide others. You understand where people are coming from and can see their brokenness. My past experiences have crafted me into the leader I am today. As I continue to grow, I hope I help others become the leader they're meant to be.” Jennifer Glacken is the CEO/President of Glacken Health & Wellness. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs and Spanish. Her holistic health story began in 1992 when her son's health challenges led a friend to introduce her to environmentally safe cleaning products and natural nutrition alternatives. After a job loss occurred in 1999, Jennifer decided to pour her knowledge into building a very successful nutrition business. Jennifer homeschooled her two children through high school, is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church, and has held leadership positions in numerous networking groups. Her hobbies include hot yoga, strength training, traveling, hiking, reading, puzzles, and participating in Bible studies. GlackenHealth.com
Answering the call to “ministry in the marketplace” is necessary to advance the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. In this episode, pastor/business woman Chi Mathias Reed shares simple strategies that help equip entrepreneurs to build the Kingdom of God in the marketplace using biblical principles. She shares tips for building, equipping, mentoring, and supporting the marketplace community and authentic ways to reach the unchurched with the love of God. Chi is an inspired Visionary, PurposePreneur, Holistic Health Practitioner, and Philanthropist. She also serves as an international inspirational speaker, workshop facilitator, author, strategist, and breakthrough coach. She's a wife, biological mother of two, bonus mother to three, and a grandmother of three. Her mission is to use her voice and influence to transform lives, while leaving a legacy for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She's a published author of two books, in which she shares the wisdom she's gained through her pursuit of purpose and her personal transformation journey.
Chi handles the multiple hats that she wears on a daily basis with grace. She received her certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner from Pure Vitality University. As a Pastor and PurposePrenuer, she supports entrepreneurs spiritually and practically by developing business strategy and implementing brand launches. Chi currently serves as Marketplace Pastor at Unity Worship Church in Cartersville, GA, while leading two nonprofit organizations (Agape Paradigm Ministries and the For Our Daughters Foundation). She also oversees three businesses (Mathias & Associates, LLC; Unity Grounds Coffee Cafe; and POSSH314 Catering and Events) with her husband Chef Maurice Reed II.
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What makes networking work? Why should you value networking in both your personal and professional life? Stacy Harris has been an entrepreneur for 15 years, starting out with her own image consulting company, Impressions, and now for the last 5 years, as a franchise owner with Network in Action (NIA). NIA is a professional, membership based, networking group organization. Stacy owns 5 NIA franchises in The Woodlands, TX. She describes herself as a professional matchmaker of business owners. The goal of NIA being to bring together like minded business people who can help refer, build and support one another’s businesses. It is her greatest joy to see her members succeed in their businesses and grow and support one another. In December of 2018, NIA The Woodlands was named Franchise of the Year, in 2019 Community Builder of the year, and she has just recently been named as the VEL Institute 2020 Community Leader of the Year.
If we can acquire the inner strength, the confidence, the balance, the willingness to learn about our bodies and health, the rest is easy. Health & Wellness Expert Dr. Laura DeCesaris shares with us how the world (food, environment, collective trauma, stress, sunlight) affects our bodies and how our choices make our bodies better -- or worse. She also discusses how painful events in our lives can help us become a better, stronger version of ourselves. Dr. Laura is a functional medicine-trained health strategist for female entrepreneurs, career women, and highly motivated women. She obtained her undergraduate background in health and nutrition from Cornell University, and continued on to graduate programs in clinical nutrition and chiropractic. She then trained with the Institute for Functional Medicine and completed her functional medicine certification. She is currently completing an additional fellowship in Functional Medicine with the Academy for Anti-Aging Medicine. Laura is the founder of Heartroot Health, a wellness center in Scottsdale, AZ, and is now pursuing her passion of helping highly motivated women truly "have it all" by serving as a strategic wellness consultant for high-achieving women, available via telehealth worldwide.
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2020 was a year of pain yet also filled with potential and the manifestation of God's promise. This episode gives Hope to those in despair on how to go from the impossible emptiness of pain to the full potential of God's promises. Purpose can be fulfilled in the valley! Nicole Ellis is a Christian, wife, mother of 3, author, poet, minister of dance, and an entrepreneur. She received her BA from George Mason University, MBA from Hampton University, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Coach Nik E. is a 21st Century Renaissance Woman who strives to inspire, motivate, and encourage others to passionately pursue their purpose. You can listen to her on Coach Nik E.’s Purposefully Fit Podcast at https://isalutesound.com/nepodcast and visit her inspirational blog at http://sunshinereflections.wordpress.com/ or her business pages at http://fit4purposellc.com/
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Allow your pain to help you discover your purpose! Our guest today was introduced to trauma at a very early age and experienced the horrors of abuse for many years. In this episode, we’ll discuss how pain can be a stepping stone to the place that was ordained for you even before you were born. Do not be afraid to feel the pain each step of the way. It will help you turn from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly! Native New Yorker Dr. Vernell Mackie is an international published author and the 2019 recipient of ACHI Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. She has worked in mental health and human services for more than three decades. A highly qualified professional in the field of mental health, Vernell is certified as a clinical trauma specialist, a domestic violence specialist, an anger resolution therapist, a professional life coach, a CPR and suicide prevention instructor, and a peer support specialist and family partner to families with youths and emerging adults who experience emotional, developmental, behavioral, substance abuse, or mental health concerns. Vernell is also a yoga teacher, a health & wellness coach, and a licensed and ordained minister (for the past 17 years!).
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Our guest today is called to help women overcome obstacles and break glass ceilings! Chavon Anette Thomas, the Fire Leadership Coach, is passionate about empowering and equipping Millennial Women in Leadership. She’s a woman who loves God, and through worship, the Word, and prayer, she builds her relationship with God continually. Chavon has spoken at youth events, women's events, and church events and has published four books that are available on Amazon. Chavon earned her master’s degree in Special Education and is working on her doctorate in Christian Leadership from Liberty University. She’s been nominated for ACHI Magazine’s Author of the Year, Educator of the Year, and Orator of the Year. Chavon is currently a special education teacher, a Young Life volunteer, a Certified Leadership and Life Coach, and a talk show host. Her podcast, Power and Grace Leaders, offers spiritual and practical tools on how to thrive as a woman in leadership. Chavon and her husband Corey run a business together called Purpose Unwrapped, LLC.
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Roar (v.) – to make a long, loud sound. What is the long, loud impact you desire to make on the planet? How do you distinguish the core purpose of why you are here and what your gifts are? What does it take to ensure that purpose is received and seen? Christina Stathopoulos shares her insights and experiences as a leadership coach to help you have your roar be heard. Christina is a Professional Certified Coach (International Coach Federation-credentialed) and an Accomplishment Coaching Certified Coach. She holds degrees with high honors in Chemistry and English from Mount Holyoke College. In her business, Hear Her Roar, Christina specializes in working with millennial women who have taken on a new leadership role and are facing the common struggles of managing a team--having executive presence, leading people towards a goal, letting go of doing all the do. In addition to her private practice, she serves the next generation of coaches and leaders as a Leader in Training of Accomplishment Coaching’s Coach & Leadership Training Program. In her 4 years of business, she has coached 2,500+ hours and provided 900+ hours of leadership training. She is an International Speaker, having recently spoken at the world’s largest coaching conference in Prague about coaching millennial leadership. In short, she really loves this stuff. When she is somehow not talking about coaching or leadership, you can find her brewing beer, sneaking more plants into her office, eating delicious meals with her husband, or crying over cute dogs on Instagram.
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Imagine being a single mom in the prime of a brilliant career and discovering you have multiple sclerosis. What would you do? How would you handle it? Marilyn Willison and Jory Fisher explore how the power of stubborn optimism and deep-seated faith can help get us through even the most trying of challenges. Marilyn Murray Willison is a 7-time author, speaker, and highly respected international journalist. Her byline has appeared in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including The Sunday Times of London, The Daily Mail, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, Town and County, Allure and Ladies Home Journal. Her expertise ranges from book reviews, fashion trends, and travel articles to high-profile celebrity interviews, including Jackie and Joan Collins, Placido Domingo, Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, Heather Locklear, Paul McCartney, and Jane Seymour.
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Dawn Barton has endured more pain and heartache in her lifetime than Hallmark can fit into a single movie: the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, near-death of her mother from a brain aneurism, the death of her only sibling, and her husband’s substance abuse. But because she experienced such incredible pain, she also knows incredible joy... so much so, this sassy southerner refers to herself as a “Joyologist.” Dawn is a living testament to the belief that joy is possible, even when things seem to be falling apart. Dawn will share her personal journey with us and show us how making the decision to live joyfully is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. A multibillion-dollar direct sales company put Dawn on their Times Square billboard in the summer of 2018. In Dawn’s thirty years of sales and marketing, she has been a top producer at every company she’s worked for. Most recently, she was the #7 Sales Director in Mary Kay when she took a leap of faith and left it all to write her first book, Laughing Through the Ugly Cry. Dawn has been a public speaker for more than ten years, giving talks about cancer, joy, female empowerment, and direct sales. When she’s not encouraging other women to find joy and humor in even the most difficult of circumstances, you can find her living happily ever after in Cantonment, Florida, with her husband, daughter, parents, mother-in-law, two horses, four dogs, and three cats (and a partridge in a pear tree).
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Be challenged to a new level of relationship with God, self and others. Be galvanized to walk fully in your purpose. Be inspired to rise a new level of being and doing. Through her riveting story, Pastor Uchenna Lewis reveals how daring to stick to your faith-based convictions can inconvenience you into birthing an Unforgettable Legacy. You’ll see how she's helping many families build a legacy of spiritual and physical health and wealth for generations to come as per Proverbs 13:22: “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children.” As a Thought-Leader, Minister of the Gospel, Speaker, Certified Financial Professional, Branding Expert, Certified Life Coach & Multiple Income Entrepreneur, Uchenna Lewis is a pacesetter known for not catering to the Status Quo. Totally sold out to helping people achieve Spiritual, Financial & Physical wellness in alignment with 3 John 2, she leads people to Wealth and Prosperity through her Financial Literacy programs and coaching. She’s the founder of #100Mom2020Challenge, through which she’ll help 100 women leverage additional streams of income to bring in at least an additional $1000 of revenue from home to boost their family income. Known as Queenchenna, she's also the CEO of VIP Legacy Builders LLC, the Visionary & Founder of “LIFE Ambassadors,” and the Executive Pastor of Restoration Bible Church International.
Pastor Lewis has moved audiences to action across various stages & platforms including America Works, Lord & Taylor, Avon Products Inc, Moms with Dreams, and numerous ministries, conferences & churches around the globe. In 2019 she became the first woman in the DMV to receive the ACHI Magazine Woman of Inspiration Award.
Pastor Lewis is the wife of Bishop Alfie Lewis. They're the parents of four beautiful children. UchennaLewis.com
How do you move from victim to survivor to warrior and champion? My guest combines her riveting story of domestic violence and adversity with the message that everything is possible if you walk in faith and trust your own instincts. Mildred D. Muhammad is an Award-Winning Global Keynote Speaker and International Expert Speaker for the US Dept of State. As a Certified Consultant with the US Dept of Justice for the Office for Victims of Crime and a Certified Domestic Violence Advocate, she has repeatedly been called upon to be a CNN contributor. Her expertise positions her to make outstanding contributions regarding PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), suicide, and child custody. Ms. Muhammad is an impassioned 7X-Author, Trainer & Educator. As a Domestic Abuse Survivor, she speaks on a national and international platforms to discuss her life of terror, abuse, and heartache in order to promote Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention. Her audiences include victims and survivors of domestic violence, law enforcement professionals, therapists, advocates, counselors, mental and medical health providers, university and college students as well as military personnel. Mildred's authenticity is as remarkable as her unforgettable story of abuse. As the ex-wife of D.C. sniper John A. Muhammad, she shares what it's like to survive all forms of domestic abuse/violence (such as verbal, mental, economic, spiritual, stalking, and emotional) even without physical scars. Mildred's devotion includes the perils of PTSD that soldiers suffer when returning from a war zone as well as domestic violence victims who are diagnosed with PTSD. She's been recognized throughout military communities for her championship of the Family Advocacy Program and their mission to educate, promote, and end domestic violence in military communities. mildredmuhammad.com
In this episode you’ll be challenged to think outside the box and learn new things about yourself or be reminded of those things you may have forgotten. You’ll learn how to effectively change your mindset by strengthening your RAS. (If you don't know what RAS is, tune in!)
Darlene Thorne, MDiv has devoted her life to teaching and influencing women how to practice positive personal self-care of body, soul and spirit. As CEO of A Heart After the Father, LLC, Darlene serves as your Sage Christian Coach/Mentor. Her company is designed to reach those who struggle with self-esteem and identity issues, helping them uncover their hidden treasures to help those to whom they’ve been called.
Darlene has traveled extensively as an international speaker delivering motivational and life-impacting messages at conferences and facilitating workshops and symposiums. Featured on television, radio and live sessions, with a focus on total self-care and walking in total freedom and authenticity, she delivers a message of change from the inside out! Her messages focus on mindset change that moves women into action. As a published author, Darlene has written three books, A Heart After the Father; The Goliath Within; and Refresh, Refill, Renew. She’s a co-author of When Dark Chocolate is Bittersweet, Controversy within a Culture and has participated in an anthology, Shine: Hidden No More. Each book is part of Darlene’s journey in leading others to deepen their relationship with God. Darlene hosts a yearly conference Refresh, Refill, Renew that encourages attendees to spend uninterrupted time with the Lord, allowing Him to give fresh revelation for the next assignment. Her desire is for this to become a movement of intentional getting away in Abba’s presence. She and her husband Kevin Thorne serve as pastors at Renewal Community Church in Clayton, NC. They have two world-changer adult children, Kevin, II and Kennedy Elayne.
Have you ever experienced unbearable times in your life — those times when you felt lost and had no idea how to keep going? Maybe it was in a relationship or a business or maybe even a life and death situation. The reality is that at some point in life, we will all experience some type of disappointment. But we get to choose how we respond to it. We have the power to build an unstoppable attitude and growth mindset. Any successful person alive today is a testament to that infinite capacity of the human potential.
In this episode, Jory and Mia explore different ways to get through those unbearable times and how to continue to push towards God when it seems like He’s not there. We will address the power of grace and forgiveness. The importance of praying and studying God’s word. How do you remain in faith when life seems unbearable? Do you have an unstoppable attitude?
Mia Jones is a speaker, inspiration magnet, a Second Chance Coach, and a three-time ovarian cancer survivor who is FULL of life. She candidly shares her life experiences through inspirational story telling, motivational speaking, and as a cancer and returning citizen advocate. She is passionate about celebrating second chances and encouraging cancer patients, survivors, and anyone with a questionable past to live on purpose. She has been honored and received numerous awards for her creative and authentic way of encouraging everyone to candidly and openly share health experiences, information related to care, overcoming difficulties, and networking with others.
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In this live interactive discussion, Communication Master Brigitta Hoeferle shares with us the challenges and victories that have paved her path to success so far, along with tips and strategies that will help you follow your purposeful path as a masterful communicator who listens to relate, not to respond.
Brigitta was born and raised in Germany and has lived in the United States since 2004. A lead mentor, business coach, and author, she's invited to speak on stages around the world! In this episode, she reveals several tips for public speaking including how to build rapport with your audience and the value and structure of a well-formed outcome.
Brigitta and Jory are close friends, open to discussing just about anything "on air." God knows where this conversation will go. Join us. Let's find out together!
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They didn’t talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, this Christian mother and her Muslim daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest gulf in their lives–the daughter’s choice to leave the Christian faith, convert to Islam and become a practicing Muslim.
Now in their new book Undivided, the mother journeys with her daughter through a struggle to heal their divide, facing their deepest question: Can they learn to love each other in a whole new way?
An important work for parents whose adult children have left the family's belief system, it will help those same grown children as they wrestle to better understand their parents. More than all, it will point divided parents of all walks of life to release their divides to Christ as he heals their hearts, relationships, families and homes.
Journalist Patricia Raybon is the award-winning author of My First White Friend, I Told the Mountain to Move, and a One Year® Tyndale devotional God's Great Blessings. Her latest book, on healing family divides, is Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace. Patricia is a former magazine editor at The Denver Post and served 15 years as a professor of journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Now a full-time author, Patricia writes books and essays on mountain-moving faith and blogs at her website, patriciaraybon.com.
A professional coach and former attorney, Jory Fisher specializes in helping Christian leaders and entrepreneurs make the difference they're called to make and glorify God through success. Visit www.JoryFisher.com for more info, inspiration, and guidance.
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Have you ever wondered what God is up to when life isn’t going so well? Have you ever wondered if God cares about you and all that you're going through? Kim and Jory talk candidly about how to press on, how to persevere with hope, even when you feel like your life is on hold. They will encourage you to remember that God's timing is not our timing. His timing is perfect. As we seek Him daily and grow in our relationship with Him, we will discern His purpose and His perfect timing for our lives!
Kim Crabill is founder and president of Roses and Rainbows Ministries, Inc., and Community COFFEEs, the author of several books, including Burdens to Blessings, and a nationally known speaker. For more information about Kim Crabill and her ministries, visit www.rosesandrainbows.org.
A professional coach and former attorney, Jory Fisher specializes in helping Christian leaders and entrepreneurs make the difference they're called to make and glorify God through success. Visit www.JoryFisher.com for more info, inspiration, and guidance.
Piano solo by David Nevue.
Research shows that while the majority of women work outside the home, they still continue to do double the housework and twice as much time caring for the children as their working husbands. This is a reality that totally explains how we find many women living with a Super Woman Complex.
Because women tend to be cooperative and nurturing, most will find themselves feeling overextended at some point. In this episode, Jory and Jennifer discuss how women end up so overcommitted and how necessary it is to forego some good things in order to focus upon doing great things. They will also take a look at lessons learned from how some of the great women of the Bible used their feminine qualities as strengths while facing both personal challenges and amazing opportunities.
Pastor, counselor, and author Jennifer Miller has dedicated herself to helping people strengthen their faith and their relationships. She currently serves as Co-Executive Director for The Center for Living Well, a faith-based wellness center, and her book “No Longer Two” is now available on Amazon. Learn more about Jennifer at www.centerforlivingwell.org.
A professional coach and former attorney, Jory Fisher specializes in helping Christian leaders and entrepreneurs make the difference they're called to make and glorify God through success. Visit www.JoryFisher.com for more info, inspiration, and guidance.
Piano solo by David Nevue.
Shane Phillips brings real life tragedy together with real world business experience. Through tremendous personal loss he has found his personal and professional calling. In this episode, Shane will discuss his new book First Steps: A Comprehensive Guide To Financial Matters After A Death. He will share how he was been able to take his life experiences with death and loss, his professional skills as a financial advisor, and his passion to serve others who are suffering and turn them into a way to benefit nearly everyone he encounters. We will all face a death at some point in our lives, some sooner than others. It is how we choose to respond that makes a difference. Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."
Before and after the show, please post your questions for Jory and Shane on Jory's Facebook Business Page.
With nearly 20 years of experience in financial services, and a decade of community service in grief care, Shane Phillips offers a unique perspective on financial issues and death. At the age of 16, Shane experienced the loss of his parents and sister in a plane crash. Shane has gone on to a successful career as a financial advisor and working within the community on boards of several grief care non-profits in Colorado.
In 2004, Shane co-founded The Children's Grief Education Association (CGEA). For over six years, the CGEA provided free grief counseling to over 400 Denver area children. In 2011, he joined the Board of Directors of Heartlight Center, a community-based grief support and education non-profit. He currently serves as Board Chairman for Heartlight in Denver, Colorado.
Some years ago, a popular book painted a fresh coat of paint on the concept known as the Law of Attraction.The Secret is still on best-seller lists, and the "LOA" is taught and practiced by many people. But what does the LOA have to do with the Bible? Beth will share where the Bible supports the concept and how we can best apply that concept in our lives. So much more than a way to pursue health and wealth, the LOA can be a powerful tool of spiritual formation. Beth believes and teaches that the LOA is how we are conformed to the image of Christ! You won't want to miss this interesting and surprising conversation with a contemporary theologian who keeps the spotlight shining on Jesus while encouraging us to pursue all the blessings of the universe.
Before and after the show, please post your questions for Jory and Beth on Jory's Facebook Business Page.
Christian author and speaker Beth Misner is an ordained minister and the founder and director of the Journey Center—Claremont,CA—a Christ-based center for spirituality, healing, and wholeness. Beth is a Christian meditation and prayer leader as well as a certified sports nutritionist, black belt in karate, and practitioner of T'ai Chi. She is also the author of Jesus and the Secret: Where the Word of God and the Law of Attraction Intersect. She and her husband Ivan own BNI (Business Network International) and are co-founders of the BNI Foundation, a non-profit foundation that supports children’s educational programs around the world. Beth and Ivan reside in Claremont, CA, with their three adult children - Ashley, Cassandra, and Trey. Her hobbies and interests include gardening, scrapbooking, reading, and travel.
To contact Beth, please go to www.bethmisner.com.
Natasha will be sharing her unbelievable story of how God moved her to quit her cushy law firm job and go full-time into her business. She’ll share how He's POURED blessings upon Natasha and her husband over and over and over again in their business (including making over $20K less than a week after she quit her job). You’ll also learn how God used a painful business lesson to help Natasha discover her mission and purpose. Before and after the show, post your comments and questions for Jory and Natasha on Jory's Facebook Business Page. Natasha Nassar Hazlett is a branding expert, practicing attorney, award winning internet marketer, and co-founder of Fast Forward Marketing, LLC. She was recently honored by the Idaho Business Review with the 2013 Idaho Women of the Year Award. Her passion is to assist women in transforming their talents, skills, and life experiences into a profitable online business. Natasha is the creator of the revolutionary branding course Branded: 100% Authentic which assists solopreneurs and aspiring solopreneurs to define, build, and monetize their authentic brand online. She is also the author of Slapped: Lessons from the Internet Advertiser’s Graveyard and the creator of The Savvy Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building a Savvy Business Foundation. Natasha and her husband, Rich Hazlett, live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Boise, Idaho. Learn more about Natasha at www.NatashaHazlett.com.
Money and wealth can be a controversial topic with Christians. It shouldn't be. A full-time pastor for twenty years, and full-time missionary for five, Curt Johnson will discuss how and where "universal success laws" line up with biblical precepts. (He'll also explore how New Age thought and the principle of tithing can hold people in financial bondage!) Is it OK for Christians to make $$$? A lot of $$$? Before and after the show, post your comments and questions for Jory and Curt on Jory's Facebook Business Page. Ten years ago, the power of the internet catapulted Coach Curt to #1 Team Builder and #2 Enroller for a marketing company of ~100,000 representatives. He quickly earned additional recruiting and team-building awards, along with a signficant amount of residual income, in this and other multi-level marketing (MLM) companies. Curt founded the WorksTeam in 2004 and worked closely with Ann Sieg for three years before her launch of the Renegade Phenomena. It was his residual income that enabled Curt to serve as a missionary for five years with YWAM (Youth With A Mission), training and equipping young people in Hawaii, the Fiji Islands, New Zealand, and the Philippines. In 2010 he relocated back to the USA to accept Ann Sieg’s offer to become her Renegade System Director of Coaching. Known as "The First Renegade," Coach Curt now helps hundreds of professionals apply all the newest and fast-changing internet tools (like blogging) to help them build their businesses online.
Surrendering to God’s will carries the connotation of facing a life sentence without parole. Who hasn’t had those occasional hair-raising thoughts: “Oh God, don’t make me do that--anything but that.” And as funny as it sounds, it’s true. Surrender, to us mere mortals, can feel like sudden death; the death to our dreams, our passions, our plans, our hopes.
How can we trust that we’re hearing from God? What if what we feel God is telling us makes no logical sense? Marcie Thomas will share inspiring examples of when God asked her to choose the path less traveled—the path of surrender. And through surrender, God has opened up unexpected doors of favor, opportunity, blessing and success. This episode is designed for the leader who needs a little encouragement to “let go and let God.”
Celebrated author, speaker, and Unity minister Edwene Gaines hasn't always enjoyed a luxurious or comfortable lifestyle. She'll speak with us on Heart & Soul for Women of Faith about how she transformed a life full of fear, judgment, and abject poverty into a life of purpose, passion, power, and prosperity. Her method? Edwene diligently and faithfully follows the four spiritual laws of tithing, goal-setting, forgiveness, and fulfilling your divine purpose. She guarantees that following these principles will change your life ... and that you can turn a life of deprivation and want into one of abundance and freedom. Don't miss Edwene Gaines. Her stories will instruct, inspire, and delight you! Edwene Gaines, author of The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity -- A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance, is owner-director of Rock Ridge Retreat Center in Valley Head, Alabama. Edwene has made a 100% commitment to the transformation of the abundance consciousness of the world. An ordained Unity minister since 1979 and president of The Masters' School, she has trained over 400 Master Prosperity Teachers and travels approximately 250 days a year presenting Prosperity, Commitment, and Riches & Honor Workshops. Her life abundantly exemplifies power, passion, prosperity, and performance.
Whom are you called to serve? How are you equipped to serve others? What’s your “Big Why” for doing what you do in the world? For this episode of Heart & Soul, Jory Fisher will be interviewed by her friend Julie Fleming—also a lawyer/mentor/consultant/coach who works with small business owners to help them build profitable, enjoyable businesses. Jory and Julie will inspire you to find, follow, and fulfill your own divine calling and enjoy an abundant and prosperous life. Jory Fisher, host of Heart & Soul for Women of Faith, specializes in helping Christian women entrepreneurs integrate calling, confidence, and clarity into their business so they can serve the people they’re meant to serve and glorify God through success. Before opening her coaching and consulting firm in 2008, Jory had worked 15 years as an attorney focusing on family, juvenile, and criminal law; four years as an assistant professor and associate dean of Liberty University School of Law; and three years as the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Central Virginia. She holds professional certifications from the International Coach Federation, the Institute for Life Coach Training, the Career Coach Academy, the Christian Coaches Network, and the True Purpose™ Institute. She and her husband Dave live in Lynchburg, VA and are the proud parents of seven purposeful and successful children. For more information, please visit www.womenfindpurpose.com.
Do you chronically underestimate your earning potential? Do you have a high tolerance for low pay? Barbara Stanny, the Leading Authority on Women and Money, talks with Jory and Beth about the biggest mistake women make concerning money. Her five essential steps to financial independence bring a message of hope and empowerment to those who struggle with underearning. Barbara also speaks to those of our listeners who sense there’s more to success than making lots of money. She discusses how to merge higher incomes with higher earning and announces her brand new seminar, Sacred Success™. Listen and learn how Barbara beautifully blends financial success with making a significant difference in the lives of others.Barbara Stanny is a woman on a mission--a mission to motivate women to become financially empowered. Barbara grew up relying on her father (the 'R' of H&R Block), then her husband, to manage her money. A devastating financial crisis became her wake-up call. Her first book, Prince Charming Isn't Coming, grew out of her interviews with financially savvy women. Her next two books, Secrets of Six Figure Women and Overcoming Underearning®, focused on helping women go from financial survival to financial stability. Her current focus is on helping women move from stability to affluence with a new body of work she calls Sacred Success™. Barbara defines Sacred Success™ as doing your Soul's work for your own bliss and the benefit of others while being richly rewarded.Barbara's background in business, her years as a journalist, her Master's Degree in psychology, her extensive research, and her personal experience with money give her a unique perspective and make her the foremost expert on women's financial issues.
Elisabeth von Trapp joins us on Heart & Soul to discuss the meaning behind her music as well as her inspiration for writing, composing, and arranging several of her songs. We will come away with a clear understanding of why audiences of all ages are awed by the beauty of her voice and the astonishing sound of her music. We will appreciate Elisabeth the person as well as Elisabeth the performer, and we'll understand why no one leaves an Elisabeth von Trapp performance unchanged.Elisabeth von Trapp built upon her famed family’s passion for music to create her own artistic style—ethereal yet earthy, delicate yet powerful. Singing professionally since childhood, she has enthralled audiences throughout the United States, Austria, and Russia performing as wondrously in European cathedrals as in Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Elisabeth’s cathedral program includes sacred and secular music extending from Gregorian chants and songs of 12th century mystics to early American hymns, spirituals, and Psalms set to her own compositions. Her concert repertoire ranges from Bach to Broadway -- from Schubert to Sting. Elisabeth’s five self-produced albums have been featured on National Public Radio, BBC-Radio, Japanese National Radio, and CNN Spanish Radio; she has appeared on CBS’ Eye on People, ABC’s Good Morning America, and BBC-TV. Critics have called her voice “hauntingly clear,” “joyfully expressive,” and “simply beautiful.” Find out more about Elisabeth and her music at http://www.elisabethvontrapp.com.