Minivan Mogul Podcast: Recent Episodes
Alex Perry
I created the Minivan Mogul podcast to highlight the stories of incredible people who have navigated the speed bumps, potholes, and colossal crashes of life. People who have not only lived to tell the tale but have walked away with more confidence than they thought possible. I invited confidence road warriors from all walks of life to ride shotgun with me in my virtual minivan so we can learn and laugh together. You get to ride along and listen in as they share how they steer toward confidence when times are tough. So, what are you waiting for? Grab your snack and your, buckle up and get ready for an adventure!
Anne Beiler began twisting pretzel in 1987 and grew a single farmer’s market stand into Auntie Anne’s Inc., the world’s largest hand-rolled soft pretzel franchise. However, her professional success was forged after years of darkness, depression, and despair brought on by the death of her nineteen-month-old daughter. Anne’s personal story and entrepreneurial insights have been featured on many television shows, including Secret Millionaire, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Good Morning America. She has been highlighted in numerous publications such as Fortune Magazine and Inc Magazine. In 2005, Anne sold Auntie Anne’s and authored the business memoir Twist of Faith and her personal memoir The Secret Lies Within. Today, Anne speaks to audiences worldwide, inspiring people with her authentic stories and life experiences. Her mission is to help women overcome the pain, blame, and shame of their past by sharing their stories.
Website: www.auntieannebeiler.com
Social Links:
Instagram: @auntieanneb
Twitter: @auntieanneb
Facebook.com/auntieannebeiler
Fear is an emotion that many people go to extremes to avoid. But what if you could make fear your friend? What if fear is what you need to propel yourself forward to health, wealth, and happiness.
Akshay Nanavati has overcome drug addiction, PTSD from fighting the war in Iraq with the Marines, depression, and alcoholism that pushed him to the brink of suicide. It was through these experiences that Akshay learned to use fear to his advantage. Akshay has used fear to build a global business, run ultramarathons, conduct humanitarian work worldwide, spend seven days in darkness, and explore the most hostile environments on the planet.
Combining his life experience with years of research in science and spirituality, he wrote the book "Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear Into Health, Wealth and Happiness." About the book, the Dalai Lama said, "Fearvana inspires us to look beyond our own agonizing experiences and find the positive side of our lives." All the profits from the book are going toward charity.
Akshay is now on a mission to help our entire human family build a positive relationship to suffering to create a life of greater meaning, purpose, and fulfillment and he’s hopped in the virtual minivan to share with us why fear is what we need to achieve our goals and how to start making fear our friend.
https://fearvana.com/
https://www.instagram.com/fearvana
https://www.youtube.com/c/fearvana
Tommy Choi co-founded the Weinberg Choi Residential team in 2007 with his business partner Josh Weinberg. They celebrated the opening of their own Keller Williams brokerage in January of 2017. The Weinberg Choi Residential team has sold over 1,000 properties and over $500 million dollars in sales volume. They are consistently ranked in the top 10 real estate teams in Chicago, which puts them in the Top 1% of Chicago Association of Realtors' top producers. Tommy also served as the 135th president of the Chicago Association of Realtors and the first Korean-American president in its 135-year history. He also serves as an active member of the Illinois Realtors and was the Chair of the National Association of Realtors’ YPN Advisory Board. In 2021, he will serve as the Vice President of Association Affairs for the National Association of Realtors.
@tommyjoochoi
Brian Bogert is a passionate human behavior and performance coach, speaker, business strategist, top sales professional and philanthropic leader who believes in helping growth-minded individuals achieve the best version of themselves: their most authentic selves.
Brian teaches how to leverage radical authenticity and awareness to create the intentional life you’ve been dreaming of, but have struggled to create. His revolutionary strategy—embrace pain to avoid suffering—has helped individuals and companies break beyond their normal to achieve the success in life and business that they’ve always wanted. If you want to create a life of no limits and gain freedom, Brian and his team will get you there.
Social Media Links
Website: brianbogert.com
Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/bogertbrian
Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/bogertbrian/
LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbogert/
Twitter, https://twitter.com/BogertBrian
YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhaMgY8q-tMMCj0rpGg7iw
Giveaway: www.nolimitsprelude.com
Erica Lynette Edwards is an accomplished consultant and public speaker who champions change to advance the art of dance. With diversity, equity, and inclusion as the core foundation of her work, she transforms visions into reality. After a rewarding 15-year career as a ballerina at The Joffrey Ballet and five years as the Director of Community Engagement, she founded Cultivating Better Tomorrows. Through this consulting company, Erica reshapes dance communities' dynamics to produce environments where all artists can thrive. Highly skilled in delivering consistent success and effective change, she is passionate about facilitating results-driven conversations and workshops focused on reflection and knowledge building. Her visionary leadership has earned her many honors and opportunities, including speaking on national panels, giving a TEDx talk, and being selected as a member of Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40.”
Lotta Dann started drinking at age fifteen, trained as a journalist aged eighteen, and has spent twenty-plus years perfecting both skills. She built a successful career as a TV reporter, producer, and director while simultaneously developing a remarkable aptitude for drinking a lot of alcohol—Lotta drank to excess every day for years and years before finally reaching her rock bottom moment. Mrs. D is the name Lotta gave herself when she began anonymously blogging about her journey to quit drinking in 2011. Her best-selling memoir, Mrs. D Is Going Without, tells the story of her recovery and how she established an incredible online community of support for those looking to free themselves from alcohol forever.
Lotta has published two additional books, Mrs. D Goes Within and the Wine O’Clock Myth, which was just released in the US in Oct.
In this episode of the minivan mogul podcast, Lotta shares her story and tells us exactly what those in the alcohol industry have been trying to hide from us from years.
If you’re struggling with alcohol use, please don’t try to do this alone—there are so many resources out there for you, including Lotta’s community and many, many others.
You can learn more about Lotta by visiting her blog, http://livingwithoutalcohol.blogspot.com, and her online community Living Sober https://livingsober.org.nz. All three of her books can be found on amazon.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Anonymous Alcohol Helpline
NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Do you struggle with the “My diet starts Monday” mentality, trying yet another round of weight watchers, Whole 30, an elimination fad, or even the cookie diet (yeah, that's a real thing).
Do you find yourself sneaking into the kitchen to binge on brownies only to want to hide out for the rest of the day?
Do you think, "I'm just gonna eat it all now and never buy it again " just to get the ice cream stash out of the house?
And do you, with each failure, feel worse about yourself and wonder, "Am I gonna be stuck like this forever?"
If so, then this episode is for you.
Renae Saager is an emotional eating expert who is passionate about helping women break helps women break free from binge eating so they can create the life they're starving for. Renae knows emotional eating because she’s lived it in all its forms, she’s done the work to recover, and now she uses her expertise to free women of all ages from battling the binge. Renae takes us through the ride of a lifetime as she explains how she developed and overcame disordered eating and how she can help you do the same.
https://renaesaager.com/
https://www.instagram.com/renaesaager/
https://pswithalex.com/communicate-with-confidence-virtual-training-series-3-2/
Do you want to lose weight, look younger, love your body, and get your family healthier too? Do you struggle with feeling like you’re just too busy to get it done? Does the idea of counting macros, spending endless hours on the treadmill, or doing extreme fad dieting send chills down your spine? Then this episode is for you. Meet Dr. Anthony Balduzzi, NMD who is the Founder of The Fit Mother Project + Fit Father Project - online health & fitness communities designed exclusively for busy moms & dads who want to lose weight, keep it off, and get healthy - so they can be better fathers, mothers, & enjoy the next 40 years of life. After watching his own Dad lose his health and pass away at the young age of 42, Dr. Anthony founded both The Fit Father Project and The Fit Mother Project to help other busy moms and dads get and stay permanently healthy for their families. He's helped over 10,000 mothers and fathers lose over 100,000 pounds through the Fit Mother and Fit Father Project programs. The Fit Mother Project: https://fitmotherproject.com
The Fit Father Project: https://www.fitfatherproject.com
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_RW7ahFJx53C5aY0iYqJg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitmotherproject/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitmotherproject/
You’ve tried all the fixes for your weight. You’ve eaten the bars, lived off the shakes and counted calories until you were blue in the face. And it didn’t work. At least, not the way you wanted it. You bought into the idea that if you could just lose those last few pounds, get that washboard tummy or fit into a size zero pant, you’d be happy. But you weren’t.
Erica Ballard gets it. Erica is the owner of Erica Ballard Health and host of the podcast The Lies We’re Fed. She thought for years that she knew what healthy was. She followed the healthy food trends, picked working out over sleep, and even worked in the health care industry for nearly a decade. But she realized she was wrong. And that realization, well, changed her life and is the basis for her one-on-one coaching which helps women and men live a sustainable, healthy lifestyle.
You can learn more about Erica by visiting her website ericaballardhealth.com and by listening to her podcast The Lies We’ve Been Fed on apple podcasts or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.
I also want to take this moment to let you know about the Communicate with Confidence Virtual Training Series I’ve got coming up in Feb. 2021. This is a six-week interactive course for women who are looking to take their communication skills to the next level. If you’ve struggled with feeling confident when you speak, then this course is for you.
If you are struggling to find the relationship you want. If you’re struggling to decide if you’re in the right relationship or if you just want the relationships you have with your loved ones to be better, then this episode is for you. Get ready to ride shotgun with Dr. Karin as she tells us shares her story and how she helps women find happiness, wherever they are, every day.
Dr. Karin Abrell helps women along the journey of discovering themselves and then discovering what they really want in their relationships and how they can deal with the discomfort of having expectations not met. She helps women target their limiting beliefs and thought patterns so they can live the life they want, not just fill the role they think they’re supposed to. Dr. Karin, a psychology professor, turned self-help author turned podcast host. Part psych nerd, part girl-about-town, she brings academic acumen, and wisdom gleaned from 27 years on the dating scene to her expertise in love and life. She’s the author of Single is the New Black: Don’t Wear White til it’s Right.
You can learn more about Dr. Karin by visiting her website loveandlifemedia.com, and by purchasing her book, Single is the New Balck: Don’t Wear White til its Right world on amazon.com.
For more than 40 years, Dave served as a local church pastor on the East Coast and the Midwest. He retired as the founding senior pastor of Grace Church in Noblesville, IN, in May of 2020. Now he’s the CEO of Destiny Works, where he helps people and organizations discover their unique destinies. Dave is the author of A Why to Live For: Where your destiny meets the world's broken places, which exposes 6 Broken Places in the world that need to be healed and identifies the callings that correlate with those broken places. If you’ve struggled with finding your purpose, if you’ve wondered how your pain could be used for the greater good, if you want to know what destiny awaits, then this episode is for you.
You can learn more about Dave by visiting his website destiny-works.com and by purchasing his book A Why to Live for: Where your destiny meets the broken places of the world on amazon.com.
Moguls know the importance of money management. In this episode, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and money management expert Mel Abraham shares with us some of the key strategies he uses to help professionals build affluence. Mel warns that when we haven't set ourselves up properly financially when trouble hits we're going to struggle. Mel isn’t one of those financial folks just blowing smoke. He knows the struggle. He’s experienced losing over a third of his income in a Ponzi scheme and just came out of a year-long battle with cancer. He lives what he teaches. We jump right in with Mel. Take a listen in as he shares how he’s using his battle with cancer to fuel his why behind teaching people about financial freedom.
You can learn more about Mel at his website melabraham.com and get access to his debt breakthrough calculator melabraham.com/nge.
Welcome to Season One Finding Confidence During COVID. At the time of these recordings, we’ve been experiencing a pandemic that has rocked life as we know it. If life is a highway, we’re experiencing a multicar pile-up of epic proportions, and we need all the confidence we can get.
Of all of her accomplishments-Kim is proudest of her role as mom to her two children and grammy to two grandchildren. Her “tours of duty” include serving as CEO of Vontoo, President of OneBridge, President of Hufford Financial Advisors, CMO of Bluelock, and Interim CEO of NPower Indiana. Most recently, Kim was handpicked to launch and grow trueU, a membership-based community of like-minded companies that are committed to growing their business by growing their people. In addition, Kim serves as CEO of Integrating Woman Leaders, an organization focused on helping advance women in leadership positions.
Kim has been recognized for her groundbreaking leadership efforts to build an anti-bullying program at her children’s high school before bullying captured the national spotlight.
She’s a fellow Cheeto lover, confidence queen. Stay in the van with us until the end, so you don’t miss what’s on her go-to playlist and her very best advice for being confident.
You can learn more about Kim and get registered for the IWL’s Fall conference by visiting iwlfoundation.org
Follow Kim
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kgrahamlee
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimgrahamlee/
Instagram: kimberlylee2909
Twitter: @kgrahamlee
Welcome to Season One Finding Confidence During COVID. At the time of these recordings, we’ve been experiencing a pandemic that has rocked life as we know it. If life is a highway, we’re experiencing a multicar pile-up of epic proportions, and we need all the confidence we can get.
Connie Holland is a highly acclaimed corporate executive who has been responsible for turning around company cultures for decades. With more than 20 years of experience as a leader, manager, and people developer, Connie is most recently known for her success as the CEO of a dynamic software company. She has mastered the art of creating diverse, people-centered work environments that allow individuals to thrive and bottom lines to grow. Because of this success, Connie is a frequent keynote speaker and guest lecturer on diversity and inclusion topics most people would be intimidated to take on: female professionals in today’s workforce, the current impacts of the glass ceiling, and the phenomenon of the glass peak.
Connie has faced adversity from an early age, suffering tremendous personal losses. With every blow that life has dealt, Connie has come back swinging. Her “I’ll figure it out or die trying” attitude serves as an inspiration for many, and her advice “don’t make permanent decisions in temporary circumstances” is a much-needed breath of fresh air today.
Connie is a 0-120 kind of woman, so buckle up, hang on tight, and enjoy the ride.
You can learn more about Connie via her website www.glasspeak.com and connect with her on LinkedIn at Connie Martin.
Welcome to SEASON ONE!
Finding confidence during COVID. At the time of these recordings, we’ve been experiencing a pandemic that has rocked life as we know it. If life is a highway, we’re experiencing a multicar pile-up of epic proportions.
It’s hard to be confident when you’re going through something we’ve never experienced before. We need each other now more than ever, which is why I’ve invited six road warriors of confidence into my minivan. The guest you’ll hear what it’s like to face challenges. They know what it’s like to struggle with confidence. They know what it’s like to have their world fall apart around them. They know what it’s like to pick up the pieces and keep going-despite their doubts. They’re going to share with you what it’s been like to navigate through COVID, and you will walk away motivated and inspired. Buckle up; you’re in for quite the ride.
Episode one features David Rendall. David and I were connected via a friend at the beginning of the pandemic. David is the creator of BEDTalks (instead of TEDTalks), where he invited people from around the globe to share their big ideas and stories during quarantine from the comfort of their beds. I was so excited about this idea that I created over thirty-bed talks myself (you can check those out here).
Over the last fifteen years, David Rendall has spoken to audiences on every inhabited continent. His clients include the US Air Force, Australian Government, and Fortune 50 companies such as Microsoft, AT&T, United Health Group, Fannie Mae, and State Farm.
Before becoming a speaker, he was a leadership professor, stand-up comedian, and nonprofit executive.
In between presentations, David competes in ultramarathons and Ironman triathlons.
David has a doctor of management degree in organizational leadership, as well as a graduate degree in psychology. He is the author of four books:
- The Four Factors of Effective Leadership
- The Freak Factor
- The Freak Factor for Kids
- Pink Goldfish
He’s the father of three girls who are his inspiration for all things pink.
David shares with his message of using strengths as superpowers and tells us what it’s been like to lose 94% of his business during COVID.
Welcome to my ride with David Rendall…
Follow him at;
https://www.drendall.com/
Twitter @davidrendall
Instagram @giantpinkfreak
Facebook David Rendall
Stephanie Summerville knows first-hand what it's like to be hit by the wave of uncertainty that came with COVID, and she's not only survived, but she's learned how to surf that waves. Stephanie shares what it was like being quarantined as the cruise director over thirty days, guiding herself and her crew through uncertainty and fear, to how's facing the uncertainty in her work as an actor and storyteller.
Stephanie's work has let her to the USA Network's "Characters Unite" diversity initiative; to the TEDxTysons stage; to Grace Community Church in Arlington, Virginia; to the University of Arizona; to Fleishman Hillard; and to Lifetime's digital-content series HER AMERICA: 50 Women, 50 States. She's have shared the storytelling stage with Angela Bassett, and The New Yorker has called her work on The Moth main stage, "a representative sampling of … Moth awesomeness. The Moth is a non-profit group based in New York City dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling, which presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and abroad, often featuring prominent literary and cultural personalities.
Stephanie's best confidence tip. Learn Power Poses. Check out Amy Cuddy's TEDx Talk: Your Body Language May Shape Who you are here.
Watch Whitney Houston's One Moment in Time here.
Stephanie's website: www.the-indomitable-spirit.com
Her most famous keynote speech, which became a TED Talk, can be found here: https://youtu.be/9Q4iyT288_g
Stephanie's my profile page on The Moth's website: https://themoth.org/storytellers/stephanie-summerville
Welcome to episode 2 of Finding Confidence During COVID. At the time of these recordings, we've been experiencing a pandemic that has rocked life as we know it. If life is a highway, we're experiencing a multicar pile-up of epic proportions, and we need all the confidence we can get.
I'm beyond thrilled to introduce you to Catherine Bosley. She's an award-winning, a veteran journalist with over thirty years of public speaking experience, including her TEDx, talk My Naked Nightmare: A lesson in surviving humiliation.
Her many years of work as an anchor and reporter earned her prestigious honors such as Associated Press Awards and Emmy Award nominations.
Catherine is the owner of CJB Productions, LLC, where she works as a speaker, group consultant, and personal coach.
Catherine Bosley's online humiliation got the attention of shows like GMA, Oprah and Inside Edition No one should experience the devastating wrath of cyberbullying. The reality is no one is immune.. her message, forever and for all to see is so relevant and timely today. She shares with her story of how one decision, made while caught up in the moment of a vacation, led to public humiliation and almost cost her her life.
Pull your seatbelt tight; you're about to hear how Catherine took the most significant confidence crash of her life, lived to tell the tale, and now uses the experience change…to save the lives of others.
Website www.catherinebosley.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherine.bosley.142/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBosley19
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-bosley-8770b2148/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathbosley/?hl=en
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Kill-Conspiracy-Protect-Predators-ebook/dp/B07TD413RV
Minivan Mogul: A Crash Course in Confidence for Women
https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Kill-Conspiracy-Protect-Predators-ebook/dp/B07TD413RV
Corporal Josh Bleill is a walking, talking, symbol of hope, who, using his story to motivate and inspire others. In 2006, he was serving Fallujah, Iraq. A bomb exploded under the vehicle Josh was riding in. He woke up five days later to the realization that he had lost two friends and both of his legs in the blast. He spent two years of extensive rehabilitation recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He currently has 32 pins in his hip and a 6-inch screw holding his pelvis together. Josh didn’t just survive. With the help of those around him, he found a way to thrive once again. He’s a keynote speaker, author of One Step at a Time, and most importantly, my friend and fellow lover of Crossfit.He shares his advice for conquering any challenge through and encourages others to reach out when times are hard.
You can learn more about Josh at his website joshbleill.com, see tons of his videos on YouTube and purchase his book, One Step at a Time on Amazon.
I created the Minivan Mogul podcast to highlight the stories of incredible people who have navigated the speed bumps, potholes, and colossal crashes of life. People who have not only lived to tell the tale but have walked away with more confidence than they thought possible. I invited confidence road warriors from all walks of life to ride shotgun with me in my virtual minivan so we can learn and laugh together. You get to ride along and listen in as they share how they steer toward confidence when times are tough. So, what are you waiting for? Grab your snack and your, buckle up and get ready for an adventure!