A Hero’s Journey: Recent Episodes
Barton Queen
The current situation for most individuals is they are unhappy with their lives. I have found there are four types of people, those who don't even care why they are here, those who seek their purpose and never find it, those who seek their purpose, find it and live in fear of it, and those who find their purpose and live that purpose out every day. Those people live the most successful lives! Those few LET THEIR LIVES SPEAK! THEY DO MORE, BE MORE AND GIVE MORE! The problem we all face is selling ourselves short. We make a choice, a choice to live the life we have instead of the life we were meant to LIVE! Our show is dedicated to helping you find your voice, develop that voice and help you live the life you were meant to live! My personal goal since 2008 is twofold: one, to give over one million people their voice, and two, to turn the number one fear of public speaking to number two. People want their lives to count. Peoples’ stories count. Peoples’ voices count.
Our founder and CEO, Veronika Scott, was inspired to start The Empowerment Plan. The Empowerment Plan is a Detroit based nonprofit organization focused on permanently elevating families from the generational cycle of homelessness. We hire single parents from local shelters and provide them with training and full-time employment as seamstresses so that they can earn a stable income, find secure housing, and regain their independence. The individuals we hire manufacture a coat designed to meet the needs of those in the homeless community. The durable EMPWR Coat can transform into a sleeping bag at night or an over- the-shoulder bag when not in use. Teia Williams, seamstress, tells her story of working with The Empowerment Plan.
The Empowerment Plan is a Detroit based nonprofit organization focused on permanently elevating families from the generational cycle of homelessness. We hire single parents from local shelters and provide them with training and full-time employment as seamstresses so that they can earn a stable income, find secure housing, and regain their independence. The individuals we hire manufacture a coat designed to meet the needs of those in the homeless community. The durable EMPWR Coat can transform into a sleeping bag at night or an over- the-shoulder bag when not in use. Since 2012, we have provided employment to 34 homeless individuals—all of whom have now secured permanent housing for themselves and their families —and distributed over 15,000 coats to those in need across the U.S. and Canada.Founder and CEO, Veronika Scott is a 2016 CNN Hero.
Cathryn Couch, a CNN Hero of 2016 shares her story of the Ceres Community Project, a nutrition and vocational training program inspiring teens to provide healthful food, for free, to Sonoma and Marin people fight serious illnesses.
In memory of Bradford James Higgins 1985-2014. Bradford received his undergraduate degree in Bible, and his graduate degree in counseling. Bradford was dedicated to the Lord and compassionate. He had a special talent for his work at the Youth Villages in Dyersburg, TN, dedicated to helping foster children who had been subjected to physical, mental, and emotional abuse. Bradford had a gift that enabled him to connect with them. In memory of Bradford, the family has established a fund to provide scholarships for graduate students seeking degrees in counseling at Freed-Hardeman University. To contribute by check mail to: Center For Estate And Gift Planning, Freed-Hardeman University,158 E. Main Street, Henderson, TN 38340-9989 (note Bradford Higgins on the memo line). Or visit https://give.fhu.edu/endowedscholarships and donate using a credit or debit card - type Bradford J. Higgins Endowed Scholarship in comments. Contact Blake Beckham at bbeckham@fhu.edu or 731-989-6946 for more info
Dr. Jim Withers used to dress like a homeless person, on purpose. For 23 years, he has been treating the homeless. His one man mission, founded in 1992, became a citywide program called Operation Safety Net. Operation Safety Net is Pittsburgh Mercy Health System's award-winning innovative medical and social service outreach program for the unsheltered homeless population. Since its founding, it has reached 10,000 homeless individuals with more than 68,000 visits where they live in camps, along riverbanks, in alleyways or beneath bridges and highway overpasses, and has successfully helped more than 1,200 individuals who were once homeless to find homes of their own. To learn more or to make a donation in support of Operation Safety Net's important work, visit www.pmhs.org. Dr. Withers has been recognized as one of the CNN Top Ten Heroes 2015 for his work! To choose Dr. Withers as the TOP HERO visit www.cnnheroes.com from now until November 15 or through CNN Heroes' Facebook page.
In the last episode we covered finding your voice! In this episode we will focus on developing your voice! Our Instruction, we dive in to the skills of speaking. We will focus on three key concepts:
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People buy WHAT they see before they buy what they hear.
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People buy WHY we do what we do, before they buy what we do.
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People buy with emotion and verify with fact.
I will share the three Power skills that will set you apart immediately and how to apply them!
For Inspiration we will hear from three tremendous people, Bryan, Shelly and Alice who are developing, growing and using their skills.
They are a tremendous example of the power of the spoken word in action!
Join us to take your skills to the next level! If your interested in the 8 week coaching program send me an email! We will get you all the details!
A HERO’S JOURNEY WITH BART QUEEN is dedicated to giving you your voice and giving you a place to stand to share your gifts! In this show Bart has partnered with Mary Lawrence to lay down the “WHY” of this show, the “WHY of our lives and “WHY” each of us must share our story! Bart will lay out the next 13 weeks of ongoing inspiration, insight and instruction so you can gain and use your voice! This is a journey we are going to take together!
Iron sharpens iron and so does one person another! Let’s help each other reach our full potential, stand up, step out, and speak up. Don’t miss the chance to begin living the life you were meant to live!
Be more ... do more and give more!