Health matters too – The Mentors Radio: Recent Episodes
Tom Loarie and Dan Hesse
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Vienna Pharaon, a highly regarded licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in New York City and author of an off-the-charts best-selling book, The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love. This episode addresses some of the most fundamental and powerful forces in each of our lives that directly affect our individual ability to reach our full potential, in life, relationships, athletics, and in literally any endeavor we pursue, including business. Vienna Pharaon’s insights on human behavior and a common “why” behind what we individually choose, can be—and often are, literally, transformative and life-changing. Her book, The Origins of You, has become a global phenomenon, a national best-seller, and already has been translated into 24 languages. In the book, Vienna offers a profound analysis of how unresolved childhood wounds fundamentally reshape our relationship and our professional trajectories… and if not addressed, can put our career or lifestyle at risk. We may discover we are living a story we never actually chose. In this episode, you’ll uncover the hidden forces and childhood patterns that are secretly threatening our leadership, our organizations and our personal lives. Learn how to get the wisdom YOU need to protect YOUR future and break any destructive cycles. LISTEN TO the radio broadcast live on iHeart Radio, or to “THE MENTORS RADIO” podcast any time, anywhere, on any podcast platform – subscribe here and don’t miss an episode!
SHOW NOTES:VIENNA PHARAON:
- BIO:
- https://www.newyorkcouplescounseling.com/about/vienna-pharaon/
- BOOK:
- The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love, by Vienna Pharaon
- WEBSITE:
- https://viennapharaon.com/
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Robert Spetzler, M.D., a world-renown neurosurgeon specializing in cerebrovascular disease and skull base tumors. He served as the J.N. Harber Chairman Emeritus of Neurological Surgery, and Director Emeritus, as well as President and CEO Emeritus, of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Under Dr. Spetzler’s leadership, the Institute grew from a regional center to a global destination for the treatment, education, and research of neurological conditions. He is also emeritus chair of neurosurgery at the Phoenix campus of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Spetzler was involved in pioneering the technique of hypothermia and cardiac arrest (‘cardiac standstill’) for the treatment of difficult brain lesions, which, as he explains, “has allowed us to treat patients who otherwise had absolutely no other option.” He performed more than 6,000 aneurysm surgeries during his career, treating some of the most complex cases in the world. Just over 100 of those patients underwent cardiac standstill. Dr. Spetzler’s desire to pursue a medical career, and to treat all—especially patients—with dignity, took root when he was age 5, when he had contracted tetanus from a rusty nail. Tetanus at the time was usually fatal. In the middle of the night his parents rushed him to the hospital, doing what they could to make sure he stayed awake on the way (to avoid falling into a tetany attack). At the hospital, he became one of the first people to receive a new drug, penicillin, which saved his life. Later, during a medical teaching presentation of his case, with the young Spetzler included in the presentation, the doctor failed to treat his young patient with even the slightest degree of dignity. Dr. Spetzler never forgot what that felt like and treating others, especially his patients, with dignity remained first and foremost the rest of his life, including in his practice and in his leadership. Honored many times by professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in 1994, Dr. Spetzler was chosen to be the Honored Guest of Congress of Neurological Surgeons. At age 49, he was the youngest recipient of this prestigious honor. Five years later, he received the Herbert Olivcrona Award (the “Nobel Prize of Neurosurgery”), among many other awards listed in his biography. Born in Stierhoefstetten, Germany, Dr. Spetzler moved with his family to the United States at the age of 11. He received his B.S. from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and his doctorate of medicine from Northwestern Medical School in Chicago. His postgraduate training was completed at Wesley Memorial Hospital, Northwestern in Chicago. He completed a residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He received board certification in September 1979 from the American Board of Neurological Surgery. In 1983 Dr. Spetzler left his position as associate professor of neurosurgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland to assume a position as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. He served as president and CEO of Barrow from 1986 to 2017. Also a prolific writer, Dr. Spetzler has published more than 300 articles and 180 book chapters and has co-edited multiple neurosurgical textbooks, including The Color Atlas of Microneurosurgery (2000).
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SHOW NOTES:ROBERT F. SPETZLER, M.D.
- BIO:
- https://www.barrowneuro.org/person/robert-spetzler-md/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Spetzler
- https://alchetron.com/Robert-F-Spetzler
- NEWS / ARTICLES :
- Dr. Robert F. Spetzler Makes Neurosurgery History as Two-Time CNS Honored Guest —
- 2014 Top Doctor: Robert F. Spetzler, MD — Phoenix Magazine
- It’s Personal: Dr. Robert F. Spetzler
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Shirin Behzadi, author of The Unexpected CEO and an extraordinary leader who has lived what many would call three lifetimes in one. Shirin’s journey is a masterclass in perseverance, resiliance and what some would describe as anti-fragility. She rose from being alone, as an 18-year-old immigrant, working behind bulletproof glass as an all-night gas station cashier, to becoming the CEO of a billion-dollar home improvement franchise network. Along the way, she navigated a high-stakes, nine-figure private equity exit and overcame a life-threatening health crisis—a brain tumor—that forced her to redefine everything she knew about leadership. In this episode we dive deep into why your point of view—not your ability—is often your greatest limitation and how to transform adversity into your ultimate competitive advantage.
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Key Wisdom from this Episode includes:
- The “North Star” Vision: Why expecting success is a higher level of energy than simply dreaming of it.
- Radical Empathy: How Shirin doubled her company’s value by launching “listening tours” to engage people at every level of the organization.
- The 1.8% Rule: Why you should never let statistics or “naysayers” limit your ambitions.
- Doing Well by Doing Good: Why making your stakeholders successful is the most effective path to financial success. As Shirin puts it, “If the world doesn’t believe in you, that’s terrible, but if you don’t believe in you, that’s tragic”.
SHOW NOTES:SHIRIN BEHZADI:
- BIO:
- https://shirinbehzadi.com/my-story/
- BOOK:
- https://amzn.to/4cMsiKw
- WEBSITE:
- https://shirinbehzadi.com/
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Rusty Gaillard, a man who built one of the quintessential “A-student” careers of our time: Princeton engineering, GE under Jack Welch, an MBA from Stanford, and ultimately 14 years at Apple, where he served as Worldwide Director of Finance. By any external measure, he had “made it”. But internally, Rusty hit a wall — a wall many high achievers eventually reach. That crisis led to deep introspection, divorce, reinvention, and ultimately the insights behind his book, Breaking the Code: Stop Looking for Answers and Start Enjoying Life — a guide to upgrading what he calls your code or your “InnerTech,” the internal operating system that shapes your life. Rusty eventually left Apple to become a transformational executive coach, helping leaders navigate transitions and create meaningful, sustainable success. In this episode, they explore what drove Rusty to the breaking point, how he rebuilt his life, and what he has learned coaching others through change. LISTEN TO the radio broadcast live on iHeart Radio, or to “THE MENTORS RADIO” podcast any time, anywhere, on any podcast platform – subscribe here and don’t miss an episode!
SHOW NOTES:RUSTY GAILLARD:
- BIO:
- https://rustygaillard.com/about-rusty-gaillard-corporate-performance-consultant
- BOOK:
- Breaking the Code: Stop Looking for Answers and Start Enjoying Life, by Rusty Gaillard
- WEBSITE:
- https://rustygaillard.com
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse talks with Sahil Bloom, author of The 5 Types of Wealth—A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life to describe how important Time, Social, Mental, Physical, and Financial wealth are to leading one’s dream life, and how important it is not to sacrifice one kind of wealth in pursuit of another. In addition to his debut book, Sahill captivates millions of people every week through his insights and biweekly newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle. Sahil is a successful entrepreneur and the managing partner of SRB Ventures, an early-stage investment fund. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Stanford University, where he was a four-year member of the baseball team.
SHOW NOTES:SAHIL BLOOM:
- BIO:
- BIO: Sahil Bloom
- BOOK:
- The 5 Types of Wealth—A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life, by Sahil Bloom
- NEWSLETTER:
- The Curiosity Chronicle
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse discusses the AI spectrum with Nick Thompson, who is the host of “The Most Interesting Thing in AI” podcast and CEO of The Atlantic magazine. Thompson also discusses his just-released book The Running Ground, where Nick, the #1 long distance runner in the world at his age, tells the story of how running both bonded him with, but also kept him from becoming, his father. Nick was previously the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and editor of NewYorker.com. In addition to being a successful CEO, husband and father, Nick set the U.S. record at 50-Kilometers in the Over 45 age group and this year became the top-ranked runner in the world for his age group in the 50-Mile distance. LISTEN TO the radio broadcast live on iHeart Radio, or to “THE MENTORS RADIO” podcast any time, anywhere, on any podcast platform – subscribe here and don’t miss an episode!
SHOW NOTES:Nick Thompson:
- BIO:
- Nicholas Thompson bio
- BOOKS:
- The Running Ground – A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports, by Nicholas Thompson
- PODCAST:
- https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/pwc-2025/the-most-interesting-thing-in-ai/3961/
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Daniel Levintin, PhD, a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, musician and best-selling author whose newest book, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine, explores how music changes the brain, strengthens memory and restores joy. Dr. Levitin’s research explains why that happens. He’s a Founding Dean of Arts and Humanities at Minerva University in San Francisco, James McGill Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, and the author of ten acclaimed books, including This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind. Before turning to science, he spent years as a studio musician and producer, working with artists like Sting, Joni Mitchell, and Steely Dan—so he understands music from the inside out. Today, we’ll explore why music is remembered when everything else fades, how it reduces pain and loneliness, and how we can use it as a form of service — to comfort others, strengthen connection, and even rediscover ourselves. LISTEN TO the radio broadcast live on iHeart Radio, or to “THE MENTORS RADIO” podcast any time, anywhere, on any podcast platform – subscribe here and don’t miss an episode!
SHOW NOTES:DANIEL LEVITIN:
- BIO:
- https://www.daniellevitin.com/bio
- BOOKS:
- I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine, by Daniel Levitin, PhD
- This is Your Brain on Music, by Dr. Daniel Levitin, PhD
- The Organized Mind, by Daniel Levitin, PhD
- WEBSITE:
- https://www.daniellevitin.com/
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Ed Kopetsky, retired and award-winning Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Stanford Health’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford’s Children’s Health. Kopetsky now focuses on mentoring families whose lives have been turned upside down due to drug addiction. In 2017, Kopetsky tragically lost his 31-year-old son to an opiod overdose. In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Ed shares 17 years of frontline experience, including invaluable insights on addressing addiction within families and communities. “There is no one I know who is better to provide guidance on dealing with addiction within a family than Ed,” says host Tom Loarie. Kopetsky has served as the Board Chair for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and he is the founder and serves today as the Co-Chair of the CHIME Opiod Task Force. He was awarded the John Gall “CIO of the Year Award” by CHIME and HIMSS. CHIME CEO Russell Branzell describes Ed Kopetsy as “one of the most courageous people I know.” HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf adds that Kopetsky “epitomizes values and traits all in health strive to achieve.” This episode showcases the epitomy of ethical leadership and human compassion, honed from deeply held principles and clear leadership that transforms lives, companies, families and communities. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, including Spotify and Apple, just click here! We are always grateful for your review on Spotify and Apple podcasts, which helps us reach even more people!!
SHOW NOTES:ED KOPETSKY:
- BIO: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/about/news/releases/2019/ed-kopetsky-cio-of-the-year-award
- ARTICLE:
- CIO of the Year Ed Kopetsky: “It’s about Expectation Management and Trust” — HealthsystemCIO
- PAST EPISODE with Ed Kopetsky and Dr. Dave Gustafson:
- LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Why and How Two Prominent Healthcare Leaders Chose to Fight the Drug Addiction Crisis Head-on — The Mentors Radio
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Mai Nguyen, PhD, the remarkable 36-year-old neuroscientist who is the co-founder and CEO of OptoCeutics and the inventor of EVY LIGHT®, a breakthrough light-based therapy aimed at slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders. Her journey is anything but ordinary. Born in Vietnam, raised in California as the youngest of nine children in a struggling family, she spent her childhood at a local Flea Market and then went on to earn a PhD in neuroscience. But it was a “chance” conversation with a Danish professor that changed her life, and quite likely the lives of millions who will benefit from her decision. In this episode, you’ll explore the science behind Dr. Mai Nguyen’s light therapy innovation, her deeply personal and unlikely entrepreneurial journey and the powerful values that have guided her. This is a conversation about courage, healing and what it means to be a leader with heart and grit. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, including Spotify and Apple, just click here! Of course, we are always grateful for your 5-star review on Spotify and Apple podcasts, which helps us reach even more people!!
SHOW NOTES:MAI NGUYEN, Ph.D.:
- BIO:
- https://optoceutics.com/about/about-mai-nguyen/
- COMPANY:
- https://optoceutics.com/
- ARTICLES:
- Mai Nguyen of OptoCeutics: Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became a CEO
- Can flashing lights stall Alzheimer’s? What the science shows
- Safety, Feasibility, and Potential Clinical Efficacy of 40 Hz Invisible Spectral Flicker versus Placebo in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded, Pilot Study
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, host Tom Loarie talks with Justin Stebbing, M.D., a London-based, world-renown scientist, cancer researcher, medical journal editor and author. Dr. Stebbing talks about the excitement and rewards of a STEM career, the life of a scientist, and about his own journey to becoming a world-renown clinician and scientist. He also about the tremendous wonder of discovering improved therapies for cancer and for treating covid. Professor Justin Stebbing, M.D., is also a professor of biomedical sciences at ARU, Cambridge, and a visiting professor at Imperial College where he has an active and widely known translational laboratory. He is the author of more than 700 peer-reviewed papers published in The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine and elsewhere. Dr. Stebbing is the co-chief editor of Oncogene and author of the book, Witness to Covid. Find Show Notes below. Listen to this episode below and on ANY podcast platform (from Apple to Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, etc) by typing in “THE MENTORS RADIO” … even easier, Subscribe HERE to listen on any podcast platform!!!
SHOW NOTES:JUSTIN STEBBING, M.D.:
- BIO: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.stebbing AND https://justinstebbing.me/
- BOOK: Witness to Covid: The diary of a global pandemic, by Professor Justin Stebbing
- ARTICLES:
- PROFESSOR JUSTIN STEBBING: The revolution that makes me believe we really CAN beat cancer in my lifetime
In today’s episode, The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie talks with Teddy W—a recovering alcoholic, now 16 years sober. It’s real. In-depth. Fascinating and Down-to-earth. Together, they talk about alcoholism, its deceptive attraction, how it can take over lives, how Alcoholics Annonymous (AA) works and the absolutely freeing and transformative power of persistent good habits. Many today don’t realize that alcoholism is like the elephant in the room that nobody talks about. Although drug overdose deaths dominate headlines, excessive drinking is the #1 leading cause of preventable death in the United States. From 2015 to 2019, alcohol was responsible for more than 380 deaths per day. It affects each of us in some way, if not through our own experiences then through those of friends, family or colleagues. This episode is a fabulous insider view with inspiration for everyone! Find Show Notes below. Listen to the radio broadcast live on iHeart Radio, or to the podcast any time, anywhere, on any podcast platform – subscribe here to not miss an episode!
SHOW NOTES:The AA book on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
https://www.aa.org/twelve-steps-twelve-traditions
For meetings local and worldwide — download the Meeting Guide app at Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.meetingguide and the Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meeting-guide/id1042822181#?platform=iphone
Basic Information about A.A.: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/f-2_InfoonAA.pdf
A Newcomer Asks pamphlet: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-24_anewcomerask.pdf
Is There An Alcoholic In Your Life pamphlet: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-30_isthereanalcoinyourlife.pdf
Help and hope for the families and friends of alcoholics is also available via the Al-Anon Family Groups: https://al-anon.org
The God Word Pamphlet: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-86_theGodWord.pdf
The A.A. Member – Medications & Other Drugs: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-11_aamembersMedDrug.pdf
The Stanford Study, which was mentioned on the show. https://www.aagrapevine.org/AALjune2021
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Jeff Karp, PhD, one of the most innovative minds in medical science. Jeff is a professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard Medical School and MIT, and he leads the Karp Lab, which has pioneered bio-inspired technologies that have led to the formation of 12 companies. His groundbreaking work includes a tissue glue that can seal holes in a beating heart and a ‘smart needle’ that stops automatically upon reaching its target. Dr. Jeff Karp has been honored as an Outstanding Faculty Mentor at MIT and as the top graduate student mentor at Harvard-MIT. Jeff is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Dr. Karp will share insights from his discovery of Life Ignition Tools (LIT)—a toolkit that came from overcoming ADHD and put him on a path for doing great things with his life. Jeff will explain how this toolkit can help people break free perceived constraints and/or autopilot…and it will ignite you for great things as well. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!
SHOW NOTES:JEFF KARP, PhD:
- BIO: https://www.jeffkarp.com/author/
- BOOKS:
- LIT: Life Ignition Tools: Use Nature’s Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action, by Jeff Karp and Teresa Barker
- Micro- and Nanoengineering of the Cell Surface (Micro and Nano Technologies), by Jeffrey Karp, Welan Zhao
- Biology and Engineering of Stem Cell Niches, by Ajaykumar Vishwakarma (Editor), Jeffrey M Karp (Editor)
- WEBSITES:
- https://www.jeffkarp.com/
- https://www.karplab.net/
- SOCIAL MEDIA:
- Instagram: @mrjeffkarp
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with retired Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky about how the Army prepared him for business leadership, how to develop the skills essential to effectively running a large company, the most exciting developments on the horizon in healthcare, and how capitalism can be a force for good. Listen to our radio podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, click here!
SHOW NOTES:ALEX GORSKY:
- BIO:
- Bio: Alex Gorsky
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Gorsky
- VIDEO:
- Ideas for Tomorrow, Cleveland Clinic – October 4, 2022 – excellent!
- Duke University Distinguished Speakers Series: Alex Gorsky, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
- NEWS:
- Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation to Promote an Economy that Serves All Americans
In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Gladys McGarey MD, one of the world’s great healers and wisest of elders of our time, to share her amazing life story and her six secrets to health and happiness at every age. Dr. Gladys McGarey is known as the Mother of Holistic Medicine. In this episode she shares her remarkable life story and insights from her latest book, The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age. With a career spanning over seven decades, Dr. McGarey has been a trailblazer in integrating holistic practices into modern medicine. At 103, she continues to inspire with her boundless energy and wisdom. Listen to the show broadcast on Salem Radio in San Francisco, via live-streaming on iHeart Radio worldwide or anytime, on ANY podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Spotify, iTunes, TuneIN, Stitcher, Google Play and all the others. Sign up for the podcast here.
SHOW NOTES:GLADYS McGAREY, MD:
- BIO: https://www.foundationforlivingmedicine.org/meet-dr-gladys-mcgarey/
- BOOKS:
- The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age, by Gladys McGarey, MD
- Living Medicine: Beyond Holistic Medicine, by Gladys McGarey, MD
- The Physcian Within You: Discovering the Power of Inner Healing, by Gladys McGarey, MD
- The World Needs Old Ladies, by Gladys McGarey, MD and Evelyne Horelle Dailey
- Born to Live, by Gladys McGarey, forward by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- WEBSITE: https://www.foundationforlivingmedicine.org
This week on The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Greg Harden, M.S.W., an extraordinary life coach and mentor whose coaching and mentoring has changed more lives than even he imagined possible. Harden is the lifelong mentor to seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady;to Michael Phelps, the most celebrated and decorated Olympiad of all time with 28 medals; to Desmond Howard, Heisman Trophy winner; to Samantha Arsenault, the Gold medalist swimmer who overcame low sense of self-worth, injury and a tumor; to Warde Manuel whose football career-ending neck injury changed his life but not his life’s purpose—and to mentor many others as an athletic director at the University of Michigan. Here’s a peak at Hardon’s “secret sauce” in mentoring others: Hardon sees difficulty and obstacles as advantages. The more obstacles in your path, the higher odds you’ll succeed because others will back down. In this fast-paced, in-depth interview, Greg Harden will coach and mentor YOU to embrace a mindset to live your best life and achieve your passion and goals, with a sense of purpose, genuine fulfillment, peace and happiness. He also talks about the principles in his book, Stay Sane in an Insane World, filled with first-hand examples, experiences, his own challenges, principles of living a rich and rewarding life, and more.
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SHOW NOTES:GREG HARDEN:
- BIO:
- https://gregharden.com/bio/
- https://ssw.umich.edu/faculty/profiles/ce/gharden
- BOOKS:
- Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive, by Greg Harden
- WEBSITE: GregHarden.com
In today’s episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with one of the greatest baseball players of all-time, Hall of Famer George Brett, the only major league player in history to win batting titles in three decades, and the only player ever with 3000 hits, 300 home runs, 600 doubles, 100 triples and 200 stolen bases. In addition to a career batting average of over .300, he retired as the American League’s all-time leader in being walked intentionally. During George’s 21-year career with Kansas City, the Royals had 15 winning seasons with seven post-season and two World Series appearances, winning the World Series in 1985. A gold glove third baseman, his #5 was retired by the Royals, and George was inducted into the Hall of Fame with the 8th highest vote tally of all-time.
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SHOW NOTES:GEORGE BRETT:
- BIO:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brett
- George Brett BIO – with stats
- BOOK:
- George Brett: A Royal Hero — The Kansas City Star, essay by Joe Posnanski, Sports Publishing, Inc
- DOCUMENTARY:
- BRETT, MLB Network documentary on George Brett (December 2023)
- ‘I had tears, man’: Brett’s career on full display in MLB Network documentary — by Robert Falkoff, MLB.com (includes video clips of Brett’s TERRIFIC talk at Hall of Fame induction, Brett walking off with final HR and the Pine Tar incident)
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Ed Kopetsky, retired CIO for Stanford Health, to discuss the critical issue of addiction, a major career and family derailer today. Ed, who lost his son to an opioid overdose, shares 17 years of frontline experience, sharing invaluable insights on addressing addiction within families and communities. There is no one I know who is better to provide guidance on dealing with addiction within a family. He has been on the front lines of the addiction battle for 17 years. He lost his 31 year old son, Tim, to an overdose in 2017. Before he retired, he served as the Chief Information Officer at Stanford Health’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford’s Children’s Health. He has served as the Board Chair for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and he is the founder and serves today as the Co-Chair of the CHIME Opiod Task Force. He was awarded the John Gall “CIO of the Year Award” awarded by CHIME and HIMSS. CHIME CEO Russell Branzell has called Ed “one of the most courageous people I know.” Kopetsky is now focused on mentoring families whose lives have been turned upside down with drug addiction.
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SHOW NOTES:ED KOPETSKY:
- BIO: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/about/news/releases/2019/ed-kopetsky-cio-of-the-year-award
- ARTICLES and INTERVIEWS:
- LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Why and How Two Prominent Healthcare Leaders Chose to Fight the Drug Addiction Crisis Head-on — The Mentors Radio
- CIO of the Year Ed Kopetsky: “It’s about Expectation Management and Trust” — HealthsystemCIO
In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with visionary entrepreneur Loren Shook, a pioneer in the field of memory care, founder, president, chairman and CEO of Silverado, former president and COO of Community Psychiatric Centers, an international NYSE company. Driven by a life-long commitment to changing lives for the good, especially in the field of improving quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory issues, Loren is a true visionary – helping to transform an industry while creating thousands of healthcare jobs. He is the recipient of awards that include the University of California Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairment and Neurological Disorders’ (UCI MIND) 2015 Community Leadership Honoree Award, Southern California 55+ Housing Council’s Person of the Year Award, Boomer Business Summit’s Innovation in Leadership and Service Award, Mission Hospital Foundation’s Vision Award, Ernest & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in health care and others. He co-authored New Possibilities in Memory Care: The Silverado Story and The Silverado Story: A Memory Care Culture Where Love is Greater than Fear.
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SHOW NOTES:LOREN SHOOK:
- BIO: https://www.silverado.com/about-us/our-leadership/loren-shook/
- COMPANY WEBSITES:
- Silverado
- Silverado Hospice
- BOOKS:
- New Possibilites in Memory Care: The Silverado Story, by Loren Shook and Steve Winner
- The Silverado Story: A Memory-Care Culture Where Love is Greater than Fear, by Loren Shook and Steve Winner
- ARTICLES:
- Changemakers: Loren Shook, Founder and CEO, Silverado, Changemakers 2023, Senior Housing News
In today’s episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Jeff Bell, a northern California radio and television news veteran and a national spokesman for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Jeff’s voice is instantly recognizable to anyone in northern California as anchor for the afternoon rush hour news, weather and traffic program on KCBS for 18 years. But most do not know that this successful news man spent most of his life battling OCD. He had to overcome a crippling level of uncertainty and doubt every day, even about minor things. But overcome it he did… by fully embracing it! One step at a time. One day at a time. His book, When in Doubt, Make Belief, provides an inspired approach for ALL of us, especially in business, on how to live with uncertainty and doubt at ANY level.. by embracing it.
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SHOW NOTES:JEFF BELL:
- BIO:
- A2A ALLIANCE: https://a2aalliance.org
- INTERNATIONAL OCD FOUNDATION: https://iocdf.org/
- BOOK:
- When in Doubt, Make Belief — by Jeff Bell
In today’s episode, recovering alchoholic Teddy W—now 16 years sober—talks with The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie about his journey from self-deception to real freedom and genuine happiness…and the transformative power of good habits. At a time of year when many of us are choosing new goals, this is a helpful, inspiring and very candid interview. Alchoholism is the elephant in the room few talk about, yet excessive drinking is the #1 leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. It’s shocking! From 2015 to 2019 alone, there were more than 380 alcohol-related deaths PER DAY in the United States. It affects each of us in some way, if not through our own addiction, then through family, friends and co-workers. This episode is a fabulous insider view with inspiration for everyone!
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SHOW NOTES:The AA book on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
https://www.aa.org/twelve-steps-twelve-traditions
For meetings local and worldwide — download the Meeting Guide app at Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.meetingguide and the Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meeting-guide/id1042822181#?platform=iphone
Basic Information about A.A.: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/f-2_InfoonAA.pdf
A Newcomer Asks pamphlet: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-24_anewcomerask.pdf
Is There An Alcoholic In Your Life pamphlet: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-30_isthereanalcoinyourlife.pdf
Help and hope for the families and friends of alcoholics is also available via the Al-Anon Family Groups: https://al-anon.org
The God Word Pamphlet: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-86_theGodWord.pdf
The A.A. Member – Medications & Other Drugs: https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-11_aamembersMedDrug.pdf
The Stanford Study, which was mentioned on the show. https://www.aagrapevine.org/AALjune2021
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