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Marita Espada
The Turning Point Podcast is a podcast about life lessons, our journeys, and how turning points can impact and shape us. I speak with top creators and entrepreneurs as we discuss business, creativity, mental health, and how those may interconnect with each other. No venture is a small task; you learn as you move throughout your journey. In this podcast, you will learn from top entrepreneurs and creators from all walks of the world. Our conversations will help you find the right balance between ambition, success, and mental health that works for you.
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Cris Ascunce a Miami native whose journey from advertising to novel writing was as curvy as her Cuban roots. After years of crafting clever slogans to lure visitors to the vibrant city of Miami, she realized that her true calling was not in catchy taglines but in penning stories about her beloved hometown.
Armed with a degree in Advertising from Florida International University, Cris embarked on a successful career in the travel industry. But as time passed, she couldn't shake the feeling that she had more to offer the world than enticing vacationers to visit Miami.
In this episode we will learn more about her journey as an author, how and why she wrote her debut novel, "My Best Plan."
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John Pabon has spent two decades in the business of saving our Earth. After leaving his role at the United Nations, John traveled the world studying the impacts of sustainability first-hand in factories,on fields, and in Fortune 500s.
Over his 20-year career, he’s had the privilege of working with the United Nations, McKinsey, A.C. Nielsen, and as a consultant with BSR, the world’s largest sustainability-focused business network. He is the founder of Fulcrum Strategic Advisors, Chair of The Conference Board’s Asia Sustainability Leaders Council, advises the UN, and serves on the board of advisors to the U.S.
Green Chamber of Commerce.John is also the author of “Sustainability for the Rest of Us: Your No-Bullshit, Five-Point Plan for Saving the Planet” and “The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers are Lying to You.”
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Jesse J. Anderson is writer, speaker, coach, ADHD advocate, and maker of things.
Diagnosed at 36, Jesse writes about his insights and experiences living with ADHD in the weekly newsletter, Extra Focus, helping over sixty thousand readers navigate their own ADHD journeys or better understand their loved ones.
He is known for his humorous, relatable, and insightful posts about ADHD under the handle @adhdjesse, and has been featured in publications includingToday and Huff Post.
He recently launched a book called Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide To ADHD.
Peter Mutabazi is an entrepreneur, an international advocate for children, and the founder of Now I Am Known, a corporation that supplies resources that encourage and affirm children. A single father of 6 and foster dad to many, Mutabazi is a former street kid who has worked for World Vision, Compassion International, and the Red Cross, and has appeared on media outlets such as the BBC and the TODAY show. A passionate and popular speaker, he currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his family of currently six children and two pups.
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My guest today is Scott Shute, he is the former Head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn. He blends his experience as a Silicon Valley executive with his lifelong practice and passion as a wisdom seeker and teacher. He has been a pioneer in creating workplace mindfulness programs and advancing the discussion around compassion in the work context. He is the author of the highly acclaimed book "The Full Body Yes" and the founder of Changing Work.
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Chad Peevy is a best-selling author, award-winning speaker on the topic of human behavior, and founder of the Institute for Human Progress and Development. He has worked with thousands of high-performing professionals from around the world - helping them achieve greater clarity, perspective, and overall well-being.
His insights have been recognized by Keller Williams Realty, MAPS Coaching, Brendon Burchard's High-Performance Mastermind, the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals, the Austin-American Statesman, L Style-G Style, the Austin Chronicle, ProductCamp, and Fortune 500 Companies.
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Adam has 16 years of hands-on and management NetSuite experience, Adam is a creative and well-rounded technical leader with a unique blend of engineering, functional and architectural perspectives, and expertise. As a thoughtful and determined problem-solver, Adam delivers the extra drive and vision that ensures solutions maximize client benefits. He is also the host of The Change podcast. In this episode he shares his inspiring story, learn more about his journey on this episode.
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Jeremy is an executive life coach, a mindfulness trainer, and a former Buddhist monk. Jeremy overcame addiction, shame, self-judgment, and depression in his early twenties with the help of mindfulness meditation and Buddhist philosophy, which not only helped him let go of destructive behaviors, it also allowed him to connect with deeper meaning and purpose in his life.
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Noah is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Mindful Living and host of the Secular Buddhism podcast. He teaches mindfulness and Buddhist philosophy online and in workshops all around the world. He continually strives to work with others to make the world a better place as he studies, embodies and teaches the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy - integrating Buddhist teachings, modern science, humanism and humor.
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My guest today is Kyle Elliot, an award winning career coach, he works with fortune 500 companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft and people who are looking to find roles in those companies. He has also taught leadership classes in General Assembly and many more.
Make sure to listen to the entire episode as Kyle shares some words of wisdom and free tools to get you started.
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Steven Kotler an American author, journalist, and entrepreneur. His articles have appeared in over 70 publications, including The New York Times, LA Times, Wired and more. He is best known for his non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller The Rise of Superman and The Art of Impossible.
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Christian Straka has developed a unique approach to mindset training through applying evidence-based mindfulness techniques in sports. Christian has been practicing mindfulness for many years, is a Unified Mindfulness L² Coach, a member of the Mindfulness Facilitation program at UCLA’s Mindfulness Awareness Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. As a coach for pro athletes, Christian has in-depth expertise in professional tennis, as a player on the international circuit as well as a coach on all professional levels.
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Edward Gobris is a former corporate professional turned performance coach, content creator, and keynote speaker, helping immigrants and first-generation professionals thrive in their career and life. His turning point was when his mindset shifted to believing he was put on his planet to make a massive difference and remind others of their infinite potential. He is the founder of Career Meets World, a community to grow and realize your highest potential. If you would like to to learn more about Edward and Career Meets World you may visit https://www.careermeetsworld.com/
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A former award-winning Writer/Producer for Comedy Central and currently Dean of Students in NYC, where he has pioneered the use of Mindfulness in diverse educational environments from high school to college. Brian has vigorously maintained an intensive daily Mindfulness practice since the 1990’s and studies extensively on retreat with world masters. He completed teacher training at the Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Medical College as well as the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California.
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Nick Loper used to have a corporate job, the typical M-F from 9am - 5pm. Now he is the founder of The Side Hustle Nation and the host of The Side Hustle Show. Nick has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur and has done a TED talk on The Entrepreneurial Generation. He shares real life experiences and tips on how to kick-off your Side Hustle, and eventually create a full time gig. Join me today if this is your goal for 2021, you can learn more about Nick and his work by visiting https://www.sidehustlenation.com/
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Shawn Harper is a former 7 Year American football offensive tackle in the NFL, who has played for the Rams and Colts and he also appeared on MTV's Made. Shawn knows what it feels like to encounter failures, roadblocks and disappointments. Growing up on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, Shawn had to overcome failure, adversity and learning disabilities. But he discovered the secrets to unlocking “The Winning Edge,” and now speaks all over the world training others to win in business and in life.
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Johnny Crowder is a musician, a TED Talk Speaker, a mental health and sobriety advocate and the founder of Cope Notes. Through both music and motivational speaking, Crowder's testimony has impacted millions of lives across the globe by de-mystifying taboo psychological principles and sensitive topics with levity and wit. His business Cope Notes, is a positive psychology-based subscription service that sends daily text messages to help users develop healthier thought patterns.
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Madison Mellish took her passion for dogs and wine and turned it into the side passion-hustle project of her dreams. Like many others that are heads down in the daily grind from M-F from 9 to 5, she decided to create your weekly whine. A weekly newsletter of wine knowledge + all the dog content you need to get you through to Friday happy hour, along with some classes and a shop where you can get your weekly whine swag on. If you are looking to venture out and turn a passion or hobby into a side business join me and listen to today’s episode.
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In this short solo episode I share my opinion on the new turning point we are about to embark as a country. Out of respect for this new hopeful turning point, I don't have an episode this week with a guest. Please join me next week for a new fun episode!
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Jen Ruiz is a lawyer turned full-time travel blogger and author. She is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and two-time Readers' Favorite Award winner. She is a 3-time TEDx speaker and has been featured by The Washington Post, Huffington Post and ABC News.
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Dr. Steve Yacovelli, also known as the gay leadership dude. Has spent 25 years studying and learning and teaching what it takes to be a great leader. From the high seas to the boardroom, from corporate educator to entrepreneur, his life’s work is helping others harness and leverage their leadership abilities. Now he’s using that extensive knowledge to help members of the LGBTQ+ community become leaders in the workplace and beyond.
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Spencer Pugh is an internet entrepreneur. By owning his craft he gained the skills necessary to have a successful YouTube Channel. He is also the Co-Founder of Harvest Digital Marketing and recently launched a new coffee venture.
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Raj Singh is Co-Founder and CEO of Loop Team, a virtual office for distributed teams. Previously, Raj Co-Founded Tempo AI, a smart calendar acquired by Salesforce, Co-Founded AllTheCooks, the largest mobile recipe community acquired by Cookpad, served as VP of Business Development for Skyfire, the first mobile browser that could play Flash acquired by Opera, Co-founded Veeker, NBC’s first mobile video citizen journalism service acquired by WMG and ToneThis, CNET’s top downloaded ringtone creation product.
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Belinda Farrell, the author of Find Your Friggin’ Joy. Belinda trained with Tony Robbins and has effectively used these skills in her own life. When Belinda was forty-eight, she collapsed with herniated discs and spinal nerve damage. Threatened with paralysis by her medical doctors if she didn’t have surgery, Belinda instead chose to apply the ancient Hawaiian healing practices she had been learning the previous three years, which are covered in her book. For fifteen years she has been sharing these healing practices with others.
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Courtney Carver is the creator of Be More with Less and minimalist fashion challenge Project 333. We discuss her journey, minimalism and her new book.
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Ronald Banks is a minimalist and creative writer. He currently has a YouTube channel with about 51,000 subscribers. He shares his knowledge and inspiration on intentional living and creating the life you want, built around your passions. He also writes poetry to help creatively spread his message.
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Arlan Hamilton is the founder of Backstage Capital, a seed-stage investment fund.
She went from homeless to creating an investment fund that focuses on start up founders who are women, people of color and LGBTQ. She has been featured in Forbes and on the cover of Fast Company.
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David is the co founder of Viral Ideas Marketing. He began his online career marketing concerts in high school on Facebook. He took a 200 person monthly concert and turned it into a 1600 person monthly event through Facebook Advertising. David went on to start The Zombie Run which grew from 0-35,000 participants in 9 months in 16 major markets. The race was featured in Wired, Anderson Cooper and is known nationally throughout the country.
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Chelsey Brooke specializes in helping introverted women discover their true and authentic path to a successful and meaningful life. Her mission is to inspire introverted women to live connected to their true purpose and to share the most real version of themselves with the world.
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Patrick McGlory is the founder of IntrospectData.He previously served as a Sr. Consultant for Amazon Web Services, a Platform Engineer with DataPipe, CTO of DualSpark, and more. We discussed startups, technology and the tools needed to become a consultant.
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This is episode three of the Mini Series - Mental Clarity, Productivity and Essentialism.
This is the Essentialism episode where I share how it all ties together.
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This is episode two of the Mini Series - Mental Clarity, Productivity and Essentialism.
This is the Productivity episode where I share some tips and tricks that helped me that helped me stay organized and enhance focus.
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This is episode one of the Mini Series - Mental Clarity, Productivity and Essentialism.
I kickoff the series by sharing my story on how I started to study mindfulness and mental clarity. I share some tips and tricks that helped me.
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Dominique Brightmon is an author, podcaster and public speaker. He is a certified coach and speaker of the John Maxwell Team.
His passion for reading and personal growth has made him a leader in his community, and for others looking to advance their career and life.
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John Danes is a young ambitious 20-year-old entrepreneur. He is the host of The No Excuses Show a Top 100 Business Podcast. He is also the founder of 99 Media a digital agency in Nashville. He has been featured in Thrive Global, Disrupt Digital and more.
We discuss creating a personal brand, the future of entrepreneurship and how he created success for himself.
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Fake until your make it? Does that work? In this episode I discuss how to Google yourself to success and the process I used to save money on school and become more successful.
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Growth Mindset or Fixed Mindset, which one are you? In this episode I discuss how this can affect our abilities to improve and grow.
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Amy Simpkins worked in NASA as an engineer in this episode she shares how she stepped away from that role to become an entrepreneur/life coach.
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In this episode, I speak with Mike Kohan about mindfulness, medication, fulfillment and life in general. This episode is a great reminder that sometimes we need to take a breather and take care of our mind and body.
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In this episode, I explain why I took a break this week. What is like to be content creator and why it's important to create original content and not lose your true north.
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In this episode, I chat with Lane Kawaoka about leaving that 9am - 5pm to become an investor in rental properties. Working as a high paid professional in Corporate America and frustrated by the traditional wealth building dogma, Lane was compelled to inspire and mentor other working professionals via his top rated
podcast at SimplePassiveCashflow.com.
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In this episode, I discuss the differences and advantages of Side Hustles and Passive Income, and what options are out there for you. This is a turning point episode you don't want to miss.
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In this episode, I discuss how to research and land your next gig. In most episodes the content that guests share is for influencers, entrepreneurs and creatives. I also wanted to help those folks that are looking for their 9am - 5pm gig and how to do it successfully.
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In this episode, I speak with Mike Watts about what it takes to become an entrepreneur. We also discuss how he made a deal with Daymond John and so much more.
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In this episode, I speak with Apple Crider a 20-year old that has built multiple businesses. He currently is the host of Young Smart Money one of the Top 100 Business Podcast.
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In this episode, I speak with Josh Rodriguez an internet tv/podcast personality and producer best known for producing and making appearances in the podcast Straight Talk with Ross Matthews.
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Is this episode I speak with JJ Buckner a YouTube channel influencer. About becoming financially independent, family, entrepreneurship and self-improvement.
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In this side chat episode, I talk about living a simple life in order to be debt free. What this freedom means and how can you do the same for yourself.
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This are short episodes where I discuss one topic and engage with the listeners. The topic for this one is to define your own success and how to do it. Not all of us want or need to follow what others think success is.
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In this episode, I speak with Taylor Proctor the founder of Happiness Abound. She shares her journey in finding happiness and how she helps others to achieve happiness with her business. We talked about life, happiness, relationship and self-awareness.
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Is this episode the host, Marita Espada shares her story and what turning points shaped her journey.
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