The Dots Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kathleen Buczko
The Dots is a series of intimate and honest conversations hosted by digital strategist, speaker and entrepreneur Kathleen Buczko. Kathleen interviews artists, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and change makers who talk about how they connect the dots and bring things together for their communities, companies and themselves for a better life. Learn more: thedotspodcast.com
Mike Cameron is a writer, speaker, philanthropist, ultramarathoner and advocate against Gender Based Violence. Mike went from very humble means to founding, building and running an award winning multi-million dollar business. Today he designs programs to assist men to tap into their emotions in a real and authentic way. His work engages men and boys what it means to be strong and teaches the art of Emotional Reconnection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ashra Bennett has Over 16 years extensive experience mentoring, facilitating and developing individuals, businesses and communities alike across the globe. She believes everyone has a heart driven mission to live a purposeful and deeply connected. As the founder of the Youth Unity Foundation, Ashra is astutely passionate about youth and the full potential they have to transform their individual and our collective lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lois Stark is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author of The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times. Her forty documentaries covered architecture, medical research, globalization, artists, and social issues. With NBC News, she filmed countries in tension and transition, including Liberia, Cuba, Abu Dhabi, Northern Ireland and Israel. Her book has won Grand Prize Best Nonfiction from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and Gold Awards from Nautilus Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Award, Independent Press Awards. She knows how things change and connect in real time ... today we will talk about how we can read the past and shape the future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Danielle Harris-Branch, is a Speaker, Coach, and Author of the forthcoming book, From the Other Side of the Bed: Allow Faith to Transform Your Perspective Through Life’s Hardest Blows. As a double cancer survivor, and widow, Danille’s metamorphosis developed through life’s painful blows. Her humor, transparency, expertise, and experience in coping with painful experiences encourage those who feel lost, hurting, and looking for a purpose to live with confidence and boldness, as she helps them re-imagine their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rae du Soleil is an artist with a mission of “creation for connection” and promotes courage, vulnerability, empathy, and empowerment through music and her actions. From empowering women and girls through the arts to advocating for accessible mental health resources, Rae is dedicated to using music and activism to make the world a better and more equitable place for everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill Valdez has been helping people for over 18 years …with better company systems, better communication, and removing obstacles that keep them from being all that they are purposed to be. This passion has led to new horizons from her journey that she’ll share with us today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rich Horwath was inspired to start the Strategic Thinking Institute by a single question a manager asked him during a break at a strategic planning retreat twenty years ago: “I had my performance review and my boss said I’m too tactical. How can I become more strategic?” He realized there simply wasn’t a roadmap to help managers move from tactical to strategic. So, he created one. Rich has helped hundreds of thousands of managers develop their strategic thinking skills through live workshops and virtual learning programs. Today he’ll share his approach with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kim Ades is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngine Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mom of five, Kim has 15 years of experience coaching many of North America’s most respected leaders. Recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery, Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raven Sinclair has a lifelong connection to the unseen world and an ability to see beneath the surface of current events or a person's sabotaging cycles. Her passion is to share insights and tools to help others enhance their lives, relationships and careers. Raven transformed her own recurring patterns of financial crisis and deep depression by using the Hermetic Principles as a philosophy to live her life. From years of study came her creative process called the “7 Steps to Mastery,” which is a synthesis of Hermetic Principles, shadow work and Raven's own teachings. She is the author of the upcoming book Old Truths/New Light: Birthing the Transformed Human - she’s a mother and wife and today she’ll share how she connects the Dots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Pelton is a host, author and founder of Quantum Shift. Combining nearly 2 decades of service with Holistic Nutrition, Aesthetics, Mindfulness Biophoton Therapy, Bioenergetic Medicine, Biofield Tuning, Spiritual & Emotional Healing, Hypnosis, and Conversational Intelligence Coaching Shawna empowers heart-centered spiritual seekers of fundamental wellbeing, change makers and conscious leaders to move beyond personal and relational conflict by helping them liberate the power of their authentic Innermost-Self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts on organizational storytelling and one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers of 2018. He’s the bestselling author of several books, and a 20-year former executive at Procter & Gamble. Paul believes every great leader is a great storyteller. And the first and most important part of being a great storyteller is knowing what stories to tell. Paul will share his insights about stories and the leaders who tell them well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raegan Payne is an award winning playwright currently working on a new play for The Scripps Ranch Theatre’s New Works Studio. Her plays have been produced and performed around the world– from Lagos, Nigeria to LosAngeles, CA, to London, UK. Raegan is also an activist and an actor who grew up in the hills of Kentucky. Her blog TheGoodMuse.com has been featured in numerous magazines including Readers Digest, Ladies Home Journal and American Way as well as newspapers, podcasts, and other blogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Funny, not filthy, Marc Yaffee’s relevant and relatable humor skewers sacred cows, dissects societal stupidities and confronts common frustrations, all with humanity and humor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harry Sherwood aspires to help people transform their lives by choosing a conscious lifestyle. Harry’s journey into holistic living took a true leap of faith when he left behind the only world he knew in 2010 and went “off to see the wizard.” In today's world, Harry's advice may provide new insight into a new life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure and make it work to your advantage. An author, entrepreneur and corporate keynote speaker, this “worldwide connector” is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about customer service, social media, PR, marketing, advertising, and ADHD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rocky and Cheryl Detwiler talk about reinvention, transformation and overcoming financial and emotional devastation. Rocky’s inspirational story will motivate you to never give up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emily Ann Peterson overhauled her career through bravery. Emily is a singer/songwriter, speaker, author, host of top-rated Apple podcast Bare Naked Bravery, and creative consultant who uses constraints like a machete and fear like a lawn mower. In 2013 she was diagnosed with an Essential Tremor in her right hand which forever altered her livelihood as a cellist/cello teacher. This degenerative neurological disease opened her life’s love of expression beyond the cello and into the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With Dr. Kathy Gruver's background in theatre and bad fast food, she overcame her addiction to caffeine, artificial sweetener and meals that were eaten in the car. Now, decades after her mother died of cancer and 15 years since her last drink of soda, Kathy, with her ‘Go for it’ attitude, makes it a point to help others navigate the sometimes-confusing world of nutrition, stress reduction, natural health and mind/body medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barry is the man who was completely paralyzed and became a quadriplegic overnight from a rare neurological disease Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS…aka French polio). His journey to regain partial mobility lasted several years and caused him to, as he eloquently puts it, “GO MAD,” his acronym for Go Make a Difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Drew Ackerman is the creator and host of Sleep With Me, the one-of-a-kind bedtime story podcast. Born out of Drew's childhood insomnia, Sleep With Me was inspired by late-night comedy radio, which was the only thing that helped him fall asleep. Drew's stories on the show are inspired by his childhood as the oldest of six children and past jobs as a fuzzy dice and iron-on patch salesperson, fruit fly monitor for the State of California, and librarian for one of the largest jails in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lauren Polly is many things, a Certified Speech Language Pathologist who runs a hospital department; a Coach who empowers college students, individuals and businesspeople; a gifted speaker and author. Chiefly what she is, is an inspiration: someone who stirs people to be more proactive, find their way, and make the proverbial lemonade out of what we’re handed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tommy Breedlove is an Atlanta-based business, relationship, and mindset coach who is a regularly featured keynote speaker at global events. Tommy experienced a transformational moment inspiring him to walk away from the corporate world to change his life and follow his true calling. He now serves clients and audiences everywhere by empowering them to build and live Legendary Lives. He guides people to discover a life of significance while building a lasting legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nayla Mitha is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and a Certified Life Coach with the Martha Beck Institute. Prior to this, Nayla was a Chartered Mediator. She held various positions in the private and public sectors for over 15 years where she helped people collaborate more effectively and find win-win solutions. Today she’s helping people grow into more comfortable, natural-feeling versions of themselves so they can move forward with more inner peace and self-confidence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jara Joy Madsen helps hard-working women and men unleash their own power to create more time, more money and more love in their demanding lives. Her clients are busy achievers. They are often overworked and undervalued. Maybe at work. Maybe at home. Maybe in their own businesses. Maybe a little, maybe a lot... You will make decisions better and faster. You will have the energy to be a better leader, parent, partner, lover and friend. You will unlock your ability to make an impact. You will become a Rebel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gael McCool helps people turn their problems into a powerful source of purpose. She is an inspirational teacher, guide, and developer of tools for personal transformation. For over 35 years she has taught individuals, executives, and companies to engage the life-changing powers of self-awareness, accountability, and conscious choice to make a difference in themselves and in the world around them. She is the founder, President, and Chief Creative Coach at FEEL Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lindsay Preston is a multi-certified life coach who specializes in helping goal-getter, fear-facing women. She teaches her clients the neuroscience-backed process for life-long change. Lindsay overcame a horrible divorce in her late 20s where she discovered her husband’s “work trips” were a cover-up to living a double life. She suddenly became a heartbroken, jobless single mother. She had her pain fuel her fire for change, and she sought out to learn how to create exactly what SHE wanted out of li Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Funny, not filthy, Marc Yaffee’s relevant and relatable humor skewers sacred cows, dissects societal stupidities and confronts common frustrations, all with humanity and humor. His diverse comedy career has landed him in 43 states and 11 countries. Additionally, Marc may be the only comedian with the distinction of air, land and sea comedic credits. He’s entertained Alaska Airlines passengers at 30,000 feet, performed for U.S. Marines in Iraq, and done comedy for cruise ship passengers on the high s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jen Rozenbaum embraces her femininity while allowing women to embrace their own. By daring her clients to shed their clothes, they begin to shed their inhibitions. In the last nine years, Jen has found a burgeoning audience in the intimate photography market and is now sharing her shamelessly feminine movement with women worldwide. She proves that you can own your world if you live fearlessly, think audaciously and act spontaneously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels Outside In and The Investment Club and his new 2019 thriller Focus Lost. Doug has traveled to over 25 countries exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. As the founder of Turbelo, a small business consulting company, Doug uses a structured approach to provide a framework for team members to work together to meet goals while allowing the space necessary for creativity to flourish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cindy Watson is the founder of Women On Purpose, and also the founder and managing partner of Watson Labour Lawyers. She is a sought-after trainer and speaker in the corporate arena, helping to build bridges between men and women in order to aid in productivity, communication and heal gender bias. Cindy is dedicated to breaking down barriers, secure pay equity and to end discrimination. Cindy has a proven track record empowering, advocating, and motivating people to become the best version of themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I was a young, divorced mom of two living in St. Louis, Missouri, working a high-stress job as a Systems Engineer. I knew I wasn’t taking great care of myself but felt there was little I could do about it. I began researching and educating myself about ways to stay healthy. I started making shifts in every direction – the full 360 degrees – from my food to my workouts to my career. I found an amazing new job in Chicago, moved my family there, and eventually started my own technology consulting busines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Genevieve Piturro is an innovative speaker & nonprofit founder who inspires leaders to embrace the human connection and reach the goals that have seemed elusive. She was a successful television marketing executive in New York City for twenty years when a little girl’s question (“What are pajamas?”) changed the course of her life forever. Genevieve jumped off the corporate ladder and began delivering pajamas to children in shelters. In 2001, she founded Pajama Program, which has been recognized Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As an MIT-trained engineer, Amy Simpkins spent 15 years as a spacecraft systems architect, responsible for holding the big-picture vision for space missions, ensuring that all components were integrated into a cohesive whole, and implementing that vision with flexibility and adaptability. Now she takes those proven design methodologies and big-picture mindset, infuses them with intuition and soul, and puts it all to work to help individuals bring innovative ideas into reality so they can change the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a social and serial entrepreneur with an obsession for business growth, Violette de Ayala is seasoned in the rocky road of self-employment and understands the challenges and obstacles women face when creating their own vision of success. Violette’s latest passion led her to create one of fastest-growing International Business Organizations for Women called FemCity® and is a virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Phyllis Ginsberg, M.A., MFT, is known and beloved by many happier, less stressed working professionals as their Survival to Thrival Expert. Her 30 years of experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist, and expertise in Positive Psychology, Brain Research, and EFT Tapping, give her clients an edge in making lasting, profound changes in their lives. Quickly, they shift their stressful thinking to achieve calm, clarity, and creativity. That means that the quality of their life gets better, often in a moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Hardy has a fascinating background including producing a 4-time Emmy winning documentary film about Veterans with PTSD and the K9s that support them. The film "A New Leash on Life: The K9s for warriors Story" is on Amazon Prime and soon to be seen on PBS Stations across the country.
Dr. Hardy also is the author of 4 books and of the award winning textbook in risk management. She recently received her industry's Hall of Fame Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Puja A. J. Thomson is an educator, author, healing facilitator, and interfaith minister of natural healing. Through extensive trainings, education and experience - spanning three continents and four decades - Puja has developed a unique blend of dynamic techniques to assist people facing change or challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Melissa DaSilva is an entrepreneur, author podcast host, therapist, and artist. Melissa started her career in the social work field. She has worked in agencies and schools and created an environment that gives clinicians a place to do work that they love, so they can help clients make the change they so desperately want. Melissa's specialties include helping others get unstuck in their lives. She is the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections and Chit Chat with a Therapist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harry Sherwood aspires to help people transform their lives by choosing a conscious lifestyle. Harry’s journey into holistic living took a true leap of faith when he left behind the only world he knew in 2010 and went off and learned from monks, yogis, martial arts masters, professors, and psychologists. He has studied Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Kriya Yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and psychology. The culmination of these experiences led Harry to found Consciously.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jen Conkey is a business strategist with twenty-five years of experience, working at several of the top companies in the US. Jen is the co-founder of LeadHership Coaching & Consulting, where she helps business owners transform their existing business or entrepreneurs start a new business! As a Keynote Speaker, Jen travels and speaks to audiences about #YouPower and the importance of understanding communication in order to influence effectively! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sheila Sutherland is a Certified Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach, Professional Educator, Speaker, Podcaster, Best Selling Author and is the ONLY licensed Oh, Shift® Facilitator in Canada. Sheila believes that the relationship with self is the foundation upon which everything in your life is built and is on a mission to take the selfish out of self-care and self-love, as you deserve to be a priority in your own life! Sheila cultivates the skills to manage the emotions that impact all your interactions. She empowers people to effectively manage their emotions through shifting their mindset, behaviors and communication, so they can live a more authentic, connected and vibrant life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
María Tomás-Keegan helps women turn their lives right side up again when a major life event has rocked their personal or professional world.
Through her 30+ year corporate career in marketing, investor relations and public relations, working for small family-owned companies and international corporations, she has faced her share of life transitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonathan Yatsky believes each individual has within them the answers they are seeking, however, these answers can be almost impossible for the individual to discern on their own. Using a unique style of counseling which combines psychology, transformation, life coaching and spirituality, Jonathan helps people rediscover and reclaim their power and move forward to create a life that they love, free from the obstacles that previously held them back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric Rosenberg is an MBA graduate from the University of Denver and a full-time entrepreneur. When Eric is away from the keyboard, you can find him on stage at conferences, events, businesses, and schools sharing inspiring words. When he’s not busy hustling on behalf of his clients, Eric is working on “Personal Profitability,” a website dedicated to helping people earn more, spend thoughtfully, grow wealth, and live a better life through mindful personal finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Stanley Robertson, the Quit Doctor teaches us how to quit the right way. He has it down to a formula that will help us be happier, more innovative, and more productive.
Dr. Stanley Robertson's original career goal was to become a graphic artist but joined the Marine Corps instead. He then trained as a lawyer, then as a doctor of accounting. As one might reasonably conclude from all of these experiences, he finally ended up as an author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is an encore episode of The Dots with guest Linda Smith, author of “Smashing Glass & Kicking Ass: Lessons from The Meanest Woman Alive.” Linda Smith is one of the few women to reach the summit of the legal profession. After succeeding for decades in this cutthroat, male-dominated profession specifically by using her skills as a woman to become a leader of men, Linda Smith is on a crusade to teach all women how to harness their unique abilities as women to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Nathalie Beauchamp is a chiropractor, a former professional natural figure/bodybuilder, a wellness consultant, speaker, author, and radio & TV personality. She has always had a passion for health and well-being. Both have been at the core of every personal and professional milestone she has achieved in life so far. Her mission is to empower people all over the globe to take control of their health and lead happy and productive lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Architecture has been Karen Otis’s passion for over 25 years. It infiltrates every part of her life...she knows the Architectural Method (AM) inside and out. Years after enduring a painful divorce, Karen found the courage to take AM and apply it to rebuilding her life. That inspired idea changed everything. Motivated by her newfound insight, Karen began to change people’s lives, creating coaching workshops, and writing the book Be the Architect of Your Life: Design, Build, and Start Living a Life Inspir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Blanchard was a successful health care executive fulfilling the corporate dream and becoming what the world thought he should be when addiction to alcohol changed everything. Today Michael is a self-taught landscape photographer living and working on Martha's Vineyard. He is a speaker and author of two books. Additionally, he has an MA in Psychology and has developed a method called Post Traumatic Growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Child star, actor, model… and Murderer. STRIKE THAT. Motivator. In 1992, out celebrating a new job, closing the club, and heading to a friend’s house, he blacked out, crossed the median on Sunset, and killed a man driving a car going in the other direction. Drinking and driving gave Keith 18 years in prison with a DUI fatality charge. Sober now for many years, Keith has found his calling. He speaks to high school students about diversity, inclusion, bullying, responsibility, and impaired driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barry Shore is “The Ambassador of Joy”. Barry is the man who became a quadriplegic overnight from a rare neurological disease Guillain-Barré Syndrome. His journey to regain mobility lasted several years and caused him to, as he eloquently puts it, “GO MAD,” his acronym for Go Make a Difference. Barry understands that each day is a gift to be cherished and is focused on sharing his JOY of LIVING with the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kim Ellis, Director of Earth Space Technology Pty Ltd, is a qualified resource industry research scientist, lawyer and is an Adjunct Faculty member for the International Space University (ISU). Appointed as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Reviewer and a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Air and Space Law, Kim has an extensive international network of Space and Scientific industry leaders which continue to grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Deane Waldman was Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at The Children’s Hospital of San Diego, The University of Chicago, and The University of New Mexico. He has seen the inside and outside of our floundering medical care systems and has used his knowledge of systems thinking to “diagnose” and treat what is wrong with our sick healthcare system.
Dr. Deane’s “cure” for healthcare, StatesCare, has been reported in Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, and Real Clear Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The UNESCO Center of Peace named Maura Sweeney Ambassador of Happiness®. This title was bestowed on her at the first annual Nelson Mandela Day in 2015. This Ambassador of Happiness® is an Author, Podcaster and HuffPost Blogger. Following a career in corporate leadership developing other people and their talents into positive, winning cultures, Maura turned to domestic life. At midlife, she converted her “Living Happy – Inside Out” mantra into a full-time vocation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cora Neumann is the founder of the Global First Ladies Alliance. Cora’s experience ranges from the Director of Policy on Women’s Initiatives at care.com, co-founder of the African First Ladies Initiative at the RAND Corporation, to senior advisor at the Economic Bureau of the US State Department. At GFLA she convened change-makers and leaders in inspiring places around the world to reset our collective course to a more resilient future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Georgia van Cuylenburg is the founder and executive director of Arts Bridging the Gap, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles. Their mission is to bring top quality arts programs and experiences to children in underserved communities in order to improve their quality of life, academic success, and future prospects. She is a little Aussie with a huge heart and smile and an even bigger passion for all things that bring laughter and happiness to the kids (old and young) around the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jo Casey is a rebel marketer and coach with a fascination around helping service-based business owners resolve the Feminine Conditioning that has been poured into us since we were little girls. She shows women that they have to violate those messages of what it means to be a “good” woman (be small, be thin, be quiet, be nice, be agreeable…) and how they can do it while remaining true to themselves. I work with women coaches, healers, and entrepreneurs who are ready to resolve this tension and RISE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nicole Kelly, M.D. is a board-certified physician in Nashville, TN who was victimized by a sociopathic sex addict or sexopath who embezzled over $700,000 from her medical practice. Using her ability to explain complicated medical concepts, Dr. Kelly makes clear one of the most important truths of our time: Not everyone thinks like you do - and to assume otherwise is dangerous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a speaker, author, and trainer, Daphne Michaels is a leading expert in guiding others to their highest potential. She has helped thousands of people for more than twenty years and is a pioneer in the field of how tapping personal energy improves daily life. Her life-long journey includes formal training in the social sciences and integral psychology and rewarding work as a licensed psychotherapist and executive consultant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joanne Helfrich is an author of books, plays, and essays that incorporate her unique spiritual channeling gifts into works that are always cosmic, often comic, and helpful to readers. Joanne’s latest book, Let That Sh*t Go: learn to process loss and be happy may be the book most capable of curing our addiction, anxiety, depression by learning to deal with loss. The inspiring, often humorous wisdom and practices will help you feel better right away, release regret, and find yourself in love with life again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Margaret Paul, Ph.D., is a best-selling author, co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® self-healing process and the related SelfQuest® online program. Margaret holds a doctorate in psychology and is a relationship expert, public speaker, consultant, chaplain, and artist. She has successfully worked with thousands of people for more than 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty year track record helping some of the world’s most influential executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization and leadership. From start-ups to Fortune 10’s, turn-arounds to new markets and strategies, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth, he has worked in more than 25 countries on 4 continents. In addition to being a regular contributor to HBR and Forbes, and has been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, BusinessInsider, MSNBC, Inc, Business Week, Smart Business, and thought leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mandy Bass founded her company in 1996 with the mission of feeding the entrepreneurial spirit by providing sustainable creative, strategic and tactical resources for business people. Through years of committed hands-on experience and an astounding track record of achievement, Mandy has refined the processes that help business leaders succeed. She never thought those steps would be her lifeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dee Carroll is a PhD, speaker, coach, and consultant dedicated to helping people liberate themselves from their past and reinvent their lives. After a devastating setback in her own life, Dee beat the odds to recreate a beautiful life for herself, and is determined to help others do the same.
Her book, Emotional Emancipation, aims to lead you to success, empower you to achieve your goals, and guide you to where you want to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sharon Fenster is a brand and marketing strategist who never loses sight of the human element. It is her affinity for people and their choices that has fueled her successful career working with multimillion-dollar brands and startups. But her concern for the human condition goes even further.
Sharon is a powerful advocate for greater diversity & inclusion in the communications business and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beatina Theopold is a marketing, advocacy and nonprofit consultant with experience in corporate and non-profit partnership building, strategic project management, and community engagement as a partner in Juniperseed Consulting. From community organizer for the Obama Administration to finance at Goldman Sachs, Beatina’s career has spanned from activism to civic engagement, to the power of art to create health, productivity and happiness. She is the master of career reinvention and problem solving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Janet Grillo is an author whose life has inspired new meaning. Suicide is a topic that people are afraid to talk about. Janet’s husband died tragically on December 13, 2001. To this day, She is uncertain if his death was a suicide, assisted suicide, suggested suicide or murder. After his death, Janet discovered that he was living a double life, had multiple affairs and alleged Mafia ties. As her husband’s family walked away, as she was reeling from the betrayal and grieving - Janet found hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rod Wallace is a leading business strategist and speaker focused on energizing organizations to deliver profit and make a difference. Rod challenges teams to integrate diverse perspectives into a coherent purpose with value for both investors and society. In his new book, Drowning in Potential: How American Society Can Survive Digital Technology, Wallace provides groundbreaking insights, strategies, and tools for overcoming our society’s most pressing issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer Marcenelle is a Board Certified Holistic Nurse with over 30 years of experience in the medical industry. She is also a certified Gemstone and Diamond Therapy Associate Practitioner At the age of 44, she had a health crisis and near suicide from burnout. She’s the founder and CEO Of Burn Bright Today and has dedicated her career to helping people move from Burning Out to Burning Bright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marla Martenson is a former model and actress turned matchmaker. She’s introduced many couples who have subsequently gotten married and continues to inspire and help those looking for their life’s companion. Her recommendation: love yourself first. Marla is the author of three memoirs, Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker, Hearts on the Line, and The Buddha Made Me Do It. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After spending more than 30 years in the corporate world, developing and leading teams and making every mistake a senior leader could make, Paul Larsen learned from those failures and many successes and created the “Find Your VOICE” leadership model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Diane Allen joined New Jersey Network as a reporter, where her ‘beat’ was the State House. In 1976, she joined KYW-TV. In 1994, after standing up to CBS for discriminatory practices, Diane left to work full time in her own media production company. In 1995, Diane was elected to the 7th District, NJ General Assembly and was elected to the State Senate in 1997. After retiring, Diane founded runWOMENserve, the organization she represents on the National Foundation for Women Legislators’ Board of Dire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ted Larkins is an accomplished business executive and entrepreneur with a focus on international licensing. Ted co-developed a leading entertainment licensing company in Tokyo, representing major movie studios including Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, and 20th Century Fox. He wrote the book, “Get To Be Happy: Stories and Secrets to Loving the Sh*t Out of Life” over the last year and a half during his daily, 4-hour train commute to work in Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jaya Jaya Myra is an internationally acclaimed author, motivational speaker, and creator of the Well Method. After healing herself naturally from debilitating fibromyalgia, Myra developed the Well Method to teach others how to live a healthy, fulfilled and successful life based on each person’s unique elemental composition. Her approach to wellness and purpose shows why one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for everyone, and how to find what will work for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Susan Shumsky has dedicated her life to helping people take command of their lives in highly effective, powerful, positive ways. She is the author of 14 books, published by Simon & Schuster, Random House, New Page, and Skyhorse Publishing. A pioneer in the human potential field, she has spent more than 50 years teaching thousands of people meditation, prayer, affirmation, and intuition. Her books have been published in several languages worldwide, and several were #1 Amazon.com best sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Linda Scheele is Aging in Reverse. Linda became a yoga teacher at the age of 73. Linda had been doing yoga for five years and the effects it had on her mind and body were life-altering. “We have a tremendous amount of control over our health that goes untapped.” After owning four businesses, Linda decided to become a Certified Teacher in four types of yoga. Her message is simple: “It is never too late to become passionate and inspired in your life and never too late to heal from adversity.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host Kathleen Buczko and producer Cecilie Korst look back on episodes past, wild rides, life lessons, and highly questionable drunkenness. To say the least, we are thankful for what 2018 brought us and looking forward to 2019. Join us in the new year at our conference in Los Angeles, February 23, 2019. It's all about starting your own thing and getting what you want. Let's go girls! Let's crush it in 2019! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kevin Guest is the Chief Executive Officer of USANA Health Sciences, a global, billion-dollar health and nutritional supplement company. Prior to joining USANA, Kevin was a managing partner at FMG, a video, and events production company. Kevin has performed at the Grand Ole Opry and has been on stage with such greats as Eddie Money, Belinda Carlisle, and Ozzy Osbourne. His new book, "All the Right Reasons" gives readers 12 timeless principles for living a life in harmony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laura Di Franco, MPT is an intuitive writing strategist, holistic physical therapist and third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do with over two decades of experience in healing. Praised as “our favorite class” by The Writer’s Center, her brave, intuitive writing and healing workshops are the reason she was born. She helps writers get their badass, authentic voice published in order to heal the world with their words. She teaches the transformational tools for healing and powerful strategies for expressi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kat Chrysostom is a native of South Carolina with a lifelong passion for horses and entrepreneurship. Through her powerful keynotes and book, “Broken to Branded”, she shares the lessons she learned from her journey through paralysis due to a severe riding accident to restored health—she channeled her passion—along with her newfound interest in health and wellness—into Benefab®, a successful business specializing in wearable therapeutic products for animals and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Change Strategist, Brand Storyteller, Speaker, Team Builder. Shannon Thompson is all of these and an inspiration to others, connecting causes, connecting hearts and connecting humanity.
Shannon Thompson is an experienced storyteller with a demonstrated history of working in marketing in the tech, political, financial, and wellness industries. She is skilled in Branding & Identity, Story Consulting, Marketing Strategy, Brand Development, and Business Acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thanksgiving Advice! We are rebroadcasting our 2017 Thanksgiving episode this week because it just makes us happy and we have not yet tried the oiled-paper-bag trick on our turkey.
We have three guests this week: Chef Monica Lomenzo, Emily Buczko, and Executive Producer Cecilie Korst. We talk about the holiday and tell family secrets. We cover turkey cannons, burying cranberry sauce in the snow, baking the turkey in paper bags, and the 107-pound pumpkin pie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawn Anderson is a six-time motivational author, international keynote speaker and results-producing people-builder. His “Go The Extra Mile” philosophy and ability to produce winning results have been praised by political leaders, Olympic gold medalists and world record holders and not to mention media outlets throughout the world. An entrepreneur since the age of ten, Shawn has continued by building businesses and organizing events that make people think and make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ruth Klein is one of the most creative Integrative Brand Strategists and Productivity Coaches for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Authors and Professionals today. She is the president of the award-winning firm, Expert Celebrity™ Branding, a results-oriented performance strategic branding and marketing firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lisa Hickey is an American author, advertising consultant, and social media consultant. She is the CEO of Good Men Media, Inc. and the Publisher of Good Men Magazine as part of the Good Men Project. Good Men Media, Inc. is a multi-platform, multi-media company that aims to spark a national discussion around the question of “What does it mean to be a good man?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christine Upchurch is the Vibration of Change™ creator and coach, a workshop leader, writer, TEDx speaker, spiritual myth buster, healer, explorer of consciousness, and host of syndicated radio talk show in its sixth year. She has been a featured guest on radio shows across North America, and has taught thousands across the globe to tap into some more for the purpose of healing and transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grammy-nominated composer, arranger and producer Stephen Endelman has successfully demonstrated his ability to write music and collaborate in a variety of genres. Endelman talks about his childhood sexual abuse, being in a coma, “Pete the Cat,” and heavenly peace.
Grammy-nominated composer, arranger and producer Stephen Endelman talks with Kathleen Buczko about his incredible and troublesome life. Watch for his new work: “A Boy, A Man and His Kite”. It is sure to cause a stir and win awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Following decades of research, Dr. Philip Agrios has discovered how nature achieves this monumental task every day, month, year, and millennium. In Life’s One Law, in an interview, Dr. Agrios will show how to unlock this blueprint to devise a framework that will help you create a life you’ve dreamed of living. What's holding you back? Find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kim Ellis, Director of Earth Space Technology Pty Ltd, is a qualified resource industry research scientist, lawyer and is an Adjunct Faculty member for the International Space University (ISU). Recently appointed as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Reviewer and a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Air and Space Law, Kim has an extensive international network of Space and Scientific industry leaders which continue to grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nicole Black is an author and motivational speaker whose journey through food addiction was transformed into a powerful, positive body image. Now, she teaches women to heal from the inside out.
Sponsored by Chapelure Media http://chapeluremedia.com and Bluehost Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ann Lawrence is Chief Visionary Officer of Pink51. Pink 51 is a shopping platform that is all about supporting women-owned or led businesses. Since women influence 85% of all consumer spending in the US, there is an opportunity to make a difference with everyday spending by shopping through Pink51, where a portion of your spending supports women's economic development. Ann has actively advocated for women’s issues throughout her career, particularly to expand women’s opportunities in Corporate America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rick Miller is an unconventional turnaround specialist, a servant leader, and a go-to Chief. He is also an experienced and trusted confidant, an author, a sought-after speaker, and an expert at driving sustainable growth. For over 30 years, Rick served as a successful business executive in roles including President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, a Fortune 30, a startup, and a non-profit. In each case, he was recruited from the outside to turn around poor performance in difficult times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Monika Bhasin talks about her journey from childhood in a small village in India to New Jersey when she was 11 years old. She ran away from home at 13, returned to India, attempted suicide, and then came back to the US for school, where she found a sanctuary. She studied biochemistry, became a junior scientist and finally quit, pursuing happiness. She finally found her voice as an entrepreneur. Her company, GLYD, Inc. allows people to travel the world with a sense of home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joffre McClung is Spiritual/Personal Growth Author and Teacher, an Inspirational Blogger, Self-love Advocate, and an Independent Filmmaker. Joffre began her career as a theatre actress in New York City where she spent most of her adult life. Being someone one “who never waited for permission to do anything,” she quickly put on her producing hat when auditioning was taking a back seat to performing and mounted several Off-Broadway productions, in which she acted as well produced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cora Neumann is the founder of the Global First Ladies Alliance. Cora’s experience ranges from the Director of Policy on Women’s Initiatives at care.com, co-founder of the African First Ladies Initiative at the RAND Corporation, to senior advisor at the Economic Bureau of the US State Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rocky and Cheryl Detwiler talk about reinvention, transformation and overcoming financial and emotional devastation. Rocky’s inspirational story will motivate and inspire you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Georgia van Cuylenburg is the founder and executive director of Arts Bridging the Gap, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles. Their mission is to bring top quality arts programs and experiences to children in underserved communities in order to improve their quality of life, academic success, and future prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Judy Secor firmly believes that everyone has the God-given ability to grow, learn, attain success, and, in the process, grow in self-esteem and confidence. She would love to celebrate those victories with you. Judy is a keynote speaker, author, trainer, group coach whose style is warm, sensitively interactive, lively and inspiring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Managing a family, managing a career, then starting her own agency, Sue opened the award-winning The Bohle Company in 1987, known as the largest technology public relations agency in Southern California and in the top 50 independent PR firms nationally. She recognizes an opportunity when it presents itself. “I just brazenly did it,” Sue remarks. Her career advice while raising kids: “Fear of failure kept me motivated.” She says it’s more do-able today than it has ever been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Romola's father was the Porno King of New York City. She tells her story of her journey of forgiveness. "He started the porn business when I was around 10 and I found out at 13. Soon after he was on the front page of the Daily News for a week. Bad week. I have been writing my memoir for over 5 years and then “The Deuce” came out on HBO." "Watching the first episode of The Deuce reminded me of the time I was on 42nd street and in one of my fathers stores." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raegan Payne is an award-winning playwright. Her plays have been produced and performed around the world– from Lagos, Nigeria to Los Angeles, CA, to London, UK.
Raegan is also an activist and an actor who grew up in the hills of Kentucky. Her blog TheGoodMuse.com has been featured in numerous magazines including Readers Digest, Ladies Home Journal, and American Way as well as newspapers, podcasts, and other blogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kelly Robbins was born in Buffalo, NY, and moved to Denver, Colorado with her parents and sister when she was seven. She learned at a young age to ski and enjoy the nearby Rocky Mountains. An avid hiker and lover of the outdoors, Kelly started her entrepreneurial journey when her third daughter was born in 2000. Kelly has since ventured into freelance copywriting, internet marketing, coaching and is now an author, teacher, and speaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1992, out celebrating a new job, closing the club, and heading to a friend’s house, he blacked out, crossed the median on Sunset, and killed a man driving a car going in the other direction. Drinking and driving gave Keith 18 years 3 months 8 days in prison with a DUI fatality charge. Sober now for many, many years, Keith has found his calling. He speaks to high school students about diversity, inclusion, bullying, responsibility, and distracted and impaired driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Holly Worton is the business mindset alchemist. She helps women entrepreneurs release their fear of visibility, step into their greatness, and take easy inspired action to build their business. Creating the business of your dreams is easy when you transform your mindset. She works with women feeling stuck and frustrated because they don't have a steady stream of clients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is an encore episode of The Dots with guest Linda Smith in honor of the publication of her new book, “Smashing Glass & Kicking Ass: Lessons from The Meanest Woman Alive.” After succeeding for decades in a cutthroat, male-dominated profession specifically by using her skills as a woman to become a leader of men, Linda Smith is on a crusade to teach all women how to harness their unique feminine abilities as women to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Architecture has been Karen Otis’s passion for over 25 years. It infiltrates every part of her life . . . it molds her perceptions as it has become a way of thinking and seeing the world with a unique perspective. Years after enduring a painful divorce, rebuilding her life, she found clarity, inspiration, and a newly defined purpose. She built for herself a life inspired. Motivated by her newfound insight and purpose, Karen began to change people’s lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Most people long to buy a home, own a new car, get a great job, and live in a nice community. Author Michael Levitt had all of those things and lost them all in an instant. Through a challenging journey, Michael learned how to rise above the struggles and renew his focus on what really matters. He tells us the story behind his book, 369 Days, where he discovered the difference between owning things and things owning him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Lars Dingman, World Renowned Top 10 "iTunes Psychic," can foretell a subject’s future simply by knowing the last three songs the person randomly heard — and it works! He zones in on host Kathleen Buczko and producer Cecilie Korst with hyper-accuracy. His insight blew their minds! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amanda Gibson, LCSW, has worked for over 15 years in clinical and leadership roles in non-profit organizations specializing in helping people survive traumatic life events. Amanda teaches online classes for the USC School of Social Work Virtual Academic Campus. Personally, she has survived her life being turned upside down from relationship and major health events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jen Vertanen is a coach, mentor, speaker, and writer encouraging people to share the hard to tell stories and start to heal the places that hurt. Jen knows the power of telling your story (hers stems from an emotionally abusive childhood) so often that the shame starts to fade away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Kathy Gruver is an award-winning author, health practitioner, PhD, hip-hop dancer and trapeze artist. Kathy, with her ‘Go for it’ attitude, makes it a point to help others navigate the sometimes-confusing world of nutrition, stress reduction, natural health and mind/body medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rayne Parvis, Los Angeles based certified personal stylist, Style Coach™, former comedian, media personality, and author of Ultimate Guide to Style: From Drab to Fab! entered the fashion industry as a fit model over 15 years ago, after which she began consulting for an established bathing suit and lingerie brands like Felina, Manhattan Beachwear, Sunsets Inc., and Frederick’s of Hollywood, teaching how to make a garment FIT and FEEL better on the customer before going into production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alyshia Ochse grew up in Northern Kentucky, where she spent her tomboy childhood playing sports and secretly writing poetry. As a true Scorpio, she enjoyed observing the spirited vulnerabilities and mysteries of human beings. A gifted soccer player, Alyshia competed at the state level starting at an early age collecting numerous championship titles with her traveling team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Attorney, advocate, television host, legal and social issues commentator, and author Areva Martin is the embodiment of a woman doing and having it all while raising a family and awareness of autism. A multi-award-winning Harvard-trained attorney and author, she is founder of Special Needs Network, a non-profit dedicated to the needs of underserved families raising a child with developmental disabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hyper, irreverent, and just downright fabulous, ANT has steadily climbed the comedy hill to become one of the most successful comedians of our time. A regular guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tyra Banks show, ANT is the only comedian to appear on all five seasons of NBC’s hit series Last Comic Standing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emily Ann Peterson overhauled her career through bravery. Emily is a singer/songwriter, speaker, author, host of top-rated Apple podcast Bare Naked Bravery, and creative consultant who uses constraints like a machete and fear like a lawn mower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Norm Bour reinvented himself from a successful real estate professional into the Founder & Chief Business Mentor of Vape Mentors after the market took everything he had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Kortman and his family live a location-independent lifestyle.
He’s a certified Nerd, having spent 12 years in the IT jungle. He’s figured out a thing or two about digital marketing and started Connex Digital Marketing in 2010. Just three months later he founded his second company Bulko, and a year later went on to start his third company ThingShare.co Both of these companies focused on collaborative consumption. A concept that drives large organizations like Airbnb and FlipKey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alison Donaghey thinks opposite. She encourages people to question the status quo and apply their own critical thinking to improve not only their world but the world. Alison is a speaker and facilitator and she will challenge the way you think about your relationship with the status quo. She has an unusual way of viewing the world, business, and life. She is also a thought strategist and author of “Think Opposite.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stacy Brookman believes that life storytelling is a healing process that employs the very language we use to construct meaning and purpose in our everyday lives. With words. Stacy claims, “It’s powerful beyond measure because when you truly start to understand how these words and stories affect the way we think and act, you suddenly have the tools to change your life. You become more resilient. Life Happens...Life Storytelling Transforms It!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonathan Pritchard is a Corporate Mentalist & Speaker for Fortune 500 Companies and Innovative Businesses like StateFarm Insurance, WeWork International, General Assembly, Avant Credit, and more. He's entertained the troops stationed overseas, appeared on America's Got Talent, was hand picked to consult with Criss Angel, performed on Vegas main stages, and appeared at hundreds of colleges & universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Esther Choy founded Leadership Story Lab in 2010 to help others leverage the art of storytelling to create extraordinary opportunities. Through the mastery of simple but potent techniques, clients become more engaging and persuasive. Their messages resonate. Success ensues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure and make it work to your advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Linda Smith is one of the few women to reach the summit of the legal profession. She has represented the world’s foremost companies in “bet-the-company” cases where everything is at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Drew Ackerman is "Dearest Scooter” and has a voice that puts people to sleep nightly on the Sleep With Me Podcast. Sleep With Me Podcast is a thrice-weekly podcast that began airing October 18, 2013. Sleep With Me Podcast is meant to distract listeners, keeping their minds occupied when they experience insomnia, while gently lulling them to sleep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nick Britton has served multiple positions in his career, however; being a preschool teacher was one of the greatest. He served as an advocate at the state level for children and special education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The UNESCO Center of Peace named Maura Sweeney Ambassador of Happiness®. This title was bestowed on her at the first annual Nelson Mandela Day in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric Rosenberg is an MBA graduate from the University of Denver and a full-time entrepreneur. His core business is freelance writing. His work has appeared in publications including the Huffington Post, Business Insider, Investopedia, and many others. He has worked with brands including TD Ameritrade, SoFi, Betterment, Travelers, Citizens Bank, BMO Harris, HCC Medical Insurance Services, SelectQuote, Graphiq, and Turo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scott Wilhite is an award-winning commercial filmmaker, creator of the Feed Your Happy app, and founder of nCOURAGE.LIFE. He calls himself a ‘recovering grump-a-holic’. Having experienced a significant personal transformation, Scott now provides tools and training to help others systematically create healthy thought patterns, eliminating the dependency on outside events and circumstances to determine happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chad Elliot is the owner of Seattle Improv Classes – where students learn to think on their feet, become more confident, develop ease public speaking, and gain valuable people skills. He has a rich background in psychology, training, and personal development. His work contains ingredients from such diverse fields as classical conditioning, Neuro Linguistic Programming, improv, psychiatry, animal training, dance, comedy, storytelling, hypnosis, and public speaking. His goal is not just to help you overcome your challenges, but to do it in a fast, easy, and fun way. It's not just about solving one problem, it's about learning to be more effective as a person. He's a small town kid who grew up to hitchhike across the country, skydive twice, publish a book, and teach classes where people do things they'd never have dreamed they'd do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kim Ellis, Director of Earth Space Technology Pty Ltd, is a qualified resource industry research scientist, lawyer and is an Adjunct Faculty member for the International Space University (ISU). Currently an International Law PhD candidate with Western Sydney University, her thesis is related to the determination of fault for commercial space operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Nova is a multimedia artist, musician, video, radio, and music producer, and founder of Rise Up Eight http://riseupeight.org
"Inspirational People With Inspirational Stories"- www.RiseUpEight.org features interviews with people overcoming adversity and succeeding in life—inspiring stories from both celebrities and ordinary folks, this community organization is giving people a forum to share their experiences with the world, to inspire others to never give up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We have three guests this week: Monica Lomenzo, Emily Buczko, and Executive Producer Cecilie Korst. We talk about the holiday and tell family secrets. We cover turkey cannons, burying cranberry sauce in the snow, baking turkey in paper bags, and the 107-pound pumpkin pie. We also cover planning ahead, avoiding the fire department call, and expecting the unexpected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ann Lawrence is Chief Visionary Officer of Pink51. Pink 51 is shopping platform that is all about supporting women-owned or led businesses. Since women influence 85% of all consumer spending in the US, there is an opportunity to make a difference with everyday spending just by shopping through Pink51, where a portion of your spending supports women and girls’ economic development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Architect turned digital developer Lori Cheek is the founder and CEO of Cheek’d, a dating app that allows you to see and interact with your matches in real time. Lori worked in architecture, furniture and design for 15 years for companies such as Christian Dior, Vitra & Karkula. Trained as an architect, she began her career with multiple project management roles in New York City focusing on architectural interiors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As president of the World Trade Center Los Angeles, Stephen Cheung is charged with promoting local businesses overseas and attracting foreign investment to Los Angeles. Stephen is also a trained social worker with a passion for helping domestic violence survivors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marla Martenson is a former model and actress turned matchmaker. She’s introduced many couples who have subsequently gotten married and continues to inspire and help those looking for their life’s companion. Her recommendation: love yourself first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawn Anderson is a six-time motivational author, international keynote speaker and results-producing people-builder. His “Go The Extra Mile” philosophy and ability to produce winning results have been praised by political leaders, Olympic gold medalists and world record holders and not to mention media outlets throughout the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A native of New York City, Maud Simmons attended The Dalton School, and went on to receive her degree in painting from The Rhode Island School of Design. She then moved to Los Angeles where she has had a diverse career in the visual arts. Maud has painted everything from props for movies to enormous murals, the largest of which was 75 feet long for the ’84 Olympics held in L.A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Janelle Saar, pilot, business consultant, entrepreneur, and coach. Janelle never stays in the boxes but empowers thousands to find their path through her website and personal coaching practice. Janelle Saar is a rare find in a combination of the analytical and logical head space and the feeling, loving and nurturing of the heart space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cora Neumann is founder of the Global First Ladies Alliance. Cora’s experience ranges from the Director of Policy on Women’s Initiatives at care.com, cofounder of the African First Ladies Initiative at the RAND Corporation, to senior advisor at the Economic Bureau of the US State Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Linda Grasso is the founder and editor of the website SheSez, on-air journalist, editor-in-chief of “Ventura Blvd Magazine,” wife and mother. Her new podcast, “SheSez” is launching this week and focuses on women reinventing themselves.
Linda Grasso is the founder and editor of the website SheSez - California Lifestyle....No Matter Where You Live. Her articles have also been featured in Westside and Southbay magazines and her simple "how to" videos are syndicated worldwide by Five Minutes.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Malissia Clinton is an attorney and social issues advocate. Malissia is the embodiment of a supercharged woman as the general counsel of a major aerospace research and development organization, TED-X speaker, and mother. Malissia Clinton is senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of a major independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the objective application of science and technology toward the solution of critical issues affecting the nation’s space program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bethany Robert is a talented artist in many genres. She is a soul singer. She is a mixed-media painter. She designs wall art and wearable art. She is an accessories designer. She’s a salsa dancer. She fights poverty. Renaissance woman? We say yes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Georgia van Cuylenburg is the founder and executive director of Arts Bridging the Gap, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles. She is a believer in magic, children and the power of planning, research and a smile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and his website Past Daily (pastdaily.com) which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Architecture has been Karen Otis’s passion for over 25 years. It infiltrates every part of her life . . . it molds her perceptions as it has become a way of thinking and seeing the world with a unique perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Change Strategist, Brand Storyteller, Speaker, Team Builder. Shannon Thompson is all of these and an inspiration to others, connecting causes, connecting hearts and connecting humanity. Shannon Thompson is an experienced storyteller with a demonstrated history of working in marketing in the tech, political, financial, and wellness industries. She is skilled in Branding & Identity, Story Consulting, Marketing Strategy, Brand Development, and Business Acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lisa Hickey is CEO of Good Men Media Inc. and publisher of the Good Men Project. "I like to create things that capture the imagination of the general public and become part of the popular culture for years to come." Lisa Hickey is an American author, advertising consultant, and social media consultant. She is the CEO of Good Men Media, Inc. and the Publisher of Good Men Magazine as part of the Good Men Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kohl King grasped the gold at a young age and now defines her own path and her own success in Fine Art. She is always trying something new and creating different works based on psychology and the human experience. http://kohlking.com/index.html Kohl King was born in Bangalore, India and immigrated to the United States at an early age. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona and studied Conceptual and Installation Art at The Cooper Union School, New York. Her work is drawn from psychology---primarily understanding and resolving relational natures. By combining non-traditional but symbolic materials she creates situations where relationships between the various elements can either co-exist independently, symbiotically, parasitically or at times, reflect their determined conflicting states. For her, the work is a direct interpretation of how she navigates, internally and externally, in the world. She does not believe in randomness and is a big fan of the maths and sciences as further validation of the spiritual. Have a listen and visit the show’s website at Please rate us on iTunes and check out our Facebook page You can Tweet at us at @thedotspodcast or visit our Instagram at @thedotspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A veteran film star, best-selling author, renowned advocate for violence prevention, and the first Cuban-born football player to land a tryout with the Miami Dolphins, Victor Rivas Rivers has achieved extraordinary success in numerous arenas. But given his violent upbringing, few of those achievements were ever likely. If not for a handful of individuals who were willing to take a stand on his behalf, Rivers doubts he would be alive today. At age 12, Rivers visited his local police department to report a lifetime of crime inflicted upon a child - himself - and upon his mother, siblings, and pets. Though the officers were horrified, they could do little to stop Rivers' father. The torture perpetuated behind closed doors, they said, was "a private family matter." At age 15, after his father kidnapped him and his siblings, transporting them to a different state, Victor ran away, living briefly on the streets before taking then-unprecedented legal action against his father. With a restraining order to protect him, the court allowed Victor to become an unofficial foster child. Through the help of his high school, he went on to live with a series of families - who oversaw his transformation from rage-filled gang member to senior class president. Have a listen and visit the show’s website at Please rate us on iTunes and check out our Facebook page You can Tweet at us at @thedotspodcast or visit our Instagram at @thedotspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Attorney, advocate, television host, legal and social issues commentator, and author Areva Martin is the embodiment of a woman doing and having it all while raising a family and awareness of autism. A multi-award-winning Harvard-trained attorney and author, she is founder of Special Needs Network, a non-profit dedicated to the needs of underserved families raising a child with developmental disabilities. Known to audiences around the country from The Dr. Phil Show, Anderson Cooper 360, Dr. Drew On Call, Nancy Grace and other national media outlets, Areva is the go-to on-camera expert on legal, political, women’s and children’s issues. Known for her advocacy on behalf of victims and the “underdog,” as well as her straight talk on tough legal and social issues, Areva has been featured in national publications from Redbook and Parenting to Ebony. Her unique background has endeared her to audiences worldwide: despite being raised in a poor community by a single mother, she attended the nation’s top universities. A lifelong advocate of diversity, inclusion and equity, Areva is the winner of many national and state awards including the Los Angeles County Woman of the Year Award, L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth, KCET Local Hero Award, Farmers Insurance Living Legends Award and the California Legislative Black Caucus Civil Rights Leadership Award. Under her leadership, Special Needs Network provides services to thousands of families and is the “go-to” organization on advocacy and special needs for under-resourced populations. As president, Areva has created a cadre of innovative programs that empower parents and address issues of disparities and access to education and medical care. She’s raised millions of dollars for autism and spearheads the building of California’s first autism medical home for kids on the Martin Luther King Hospital health campus. Her second book, The Everyday Advocate: Standing Up for Your Child with Autism and Other Special Needs (Penguin 2010), combines her personal story as a mother of an autistic child with her legal expertise, and is critically acclaimed as a comprehensive and compelling look at the special needs community and the importance of advocacy in this country. Areva graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago, and is the founding and managing partner at Martin & Martin, LLP. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grammy-nominated composer, arranger and producer Stephen Endelman has successfully demonstrated his ability to write music and collaborate in a variety of genres. Endelman talks about his childhood sexual abuse, being in a coma, “Pete the Cat,” and heavenly peace. Stephen Endelman has scored nearly 100 film and television projects as well as produced numerous recording artists. Stephen Endelman has received numerous accolades including Grammy nominations and several ASCAP Film & TV Music Awards for scoring excellence. Additional, he was awarded the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Award as Resident Composer at the Metropolitan Opera Guild where he was a resident artist for several years. Endelman currently resides in Los Angeles. Have a listen and visit the show’s website at Please rate us on iTunes and check out our Facebook page You can Tweet at us at @thedotspodcast or visit our Instagram at @thedotspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cecilie Korst is a corporate escapee, Air Force veteran, and New Media CEO. She has connected the dots, and (full disclosure) she is also the Executive Producer of this show. Listen to how she quit everything to form Chapelure Media, why fun is the best thing to have, and why it's okay to be a magpie and love shiny things (like tiaras). Cecilie is a 22-year Air Force Veteran: cyber operations, civil engineering, internal communications. She has civilian experience in corporate communications, project management, LEAN, 6-Sigma, sales, web design, research, SEO, SEM. Runs Chapelure Media, LLC, which is her pride and joy (plus, it keeps her off the streets). Learn more at Have a listen and visit the show’s website at Please rate us on iTunes and check out our Facebook page You can Tweet at us at @thedotspodcast or visit our Instagram at @thedotspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Child star, actor, model… and Murderer. STRIKE THAT. Motivator. In 1992, out celebrating a new job, closing the club, and heading to a friend’s house, he blacked out, crossed the median on Sunset, and killed a man driving a car going in the other direction. Drinking and driving gave Keith 18 years 3 months 8 days in prison with a DUI fatality charge. Sober now for many, many years, Keith has found his calling. He speaks to high school students about diversity, inclusion, bullying, responsibility, and distracted and impaired driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did you always want to do the unexpected? Sue Bohle did! Sue broke through as the first woman exec at J. Walter Thompson Co., helping the firm develop a public relations presence in Los Angeles. She was determined to work harder than anyone else—worked all the way through pregnancy. Within three years, she became JWT’s first vice president on the West Coast and a year later, the first woman in Los Angeles to be named general manager of an office of an international PR firm. Later, she headed the Los Angeles office of Ketchum Communications. Managing a family, managing a career, then starting her own agency, Sue opened the award-winning The Bohle Company in 1987, known as the largest technology public relations agency in Southern California and in the top 50 independent PR firms nationally. She recognizes an opportunity when it presents itself. “I just brazenly did it,” Sue remarks. Her career advice while raising kids: “Fear of failure kept me motivated. It was exhausting, but if you can get through the first 4 years, you’ll be okay.” She says it’s more do-able today than it ever as been…it’s all about accomplishment and relationships. “There’ no substitute for hard work, and accomplishments through high standards but, it’s important to develop relationships.” Sue’s latest endeavor: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you motivated to connect people? Have you sought happiness for ages and finally found it? Monika has, too. This week, Kathleen speaks to Monika Bhasin, Founder and CEO of GLYD, Inc. She talks about her journey from childhood in a small village in India to New Jersey, when she was 11 years old amidst the turmoil and prejudice of Indian culture. She ran away from home at 13, returned to India, attempted suicide, and then came back to the US for school, where she found sanctuary. Her parents wanted her to be a doctor, so she studied biochemistry, became a junior scientist and finally quit, pursuing happiness. She finally found her voice as an entrepreneur. Her company, GLYD, Inc. allows people to travel the world with a sense of home. GLYD is a visual blogging platform with a marketplace for explorers driven to have a local experience wherever they go. Get inspired to travel, but also have the world come to you on your phone. The app is now connecting people and cultures globally through the places they live and visit. Her advice: “We should be more courageous and not let fear drive our actions. Do what scares you. You will come out learning something, with a new experience.” Monika’s company: Produced by Chapelure Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you a woman working in a traditionally male-dominated field? This week’s guest understands that situation. Raegan Payne is an award winning playwright currently working on a new play for The Scripps Ranch Theatre’s New Works Studio. Her plays have been produced and performed around the world– from Lagos, Nigeria to LosAngeles, CA, to London, UK. Raegan is also an activist and an actor who grew up in the hills of Kentucky. Her blog TheGoodMuse.com has been featured in numerous magazines including Readers Digest, Ladies Home Journal and American Way as well as newspapers, podcasts, and other blogs. She talks about lifestyle, storytelling, news, privilege, politics, women’s roles, and being an introvert. She wants to tell stories of people who aren’t stereotypical - people not from the east and west coasts, but from rural communities - stories that deserve to be told. She’s currently working on a play about the Madge Oberholtzer case which was played a critical role in the demise of the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. Her advice: “No” is powerful. You should be goal-focused and say “no” to things that might steer you off that path. Also, actions speak louder than words, and follow-through is important. Mentors are key, but it’s also essential to evaluate what’s important to you and your goals. Raegan’s website: http://thegoodmuse.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you “Genetically Unemployable?” If you have trouble being an employee, you probably are a born entrepreneur like our first guest, Katie Delahaye Paine, aka The Measurement Queen. Katie has been a pioneer in the field of measurement for three decades. She has founded two measurement companies, KDPaine & Partners Inc., and The Delahaye Group. In her words, this entrepreneur, CEO, and consultant talks about being “genetically unemployable.” Her motto, “You’re never wrong, just early,” is a reflection of her pioneering spirit, be it into new markets in the outset of Silicon Valley, new ideas, or starting new companies. She talks about idealisim, being involved in politics in New Hampshire, and making a difference. Katie’s company: Katie’s books, Measure What Matters (Wiley, March 2011) and Measuring Public Relationships (KDPaine & Partners, 2007) are considered must-reads for anyone tasked with measuring public relations and social media. Her latest book, written with Beth Kanter, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World, is the 2013 winner of the Terry McAdam Book Award. Her latest company, Paine Publishing is the first educational publishing firm entirely dedicated to making more Measurement Mavens. Its newsletter, The Measurement Advisor, is the industry’s most comprehensive source of information about best practices in communications measurement. In her consulting practices, she designs measurement dashboards for some of today’s most admired companies. Katie has also been a leading promoter of standards in the PR and social media measurement field, most recently as the initial organizer of The Conclave that released social media measurement standards. The Dots website: The Dots is a series of intimate and honest conversations hosted by digital strategist, speaker and entrepreneur Kathleen Buczko. Kathleen interviews artists, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and change makers who talk about how they connect the dots and bring things together for their communities, companies and themselves for a better life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices