Live and Lead for Impact with Kirsten E. Ross

EP 312 Leslie Kuster   On this episode of The Live and Lead with Impact Podcast, Coach Kirsten is joined by guest, Leslie Kuster! Leslie Kuster is a successful entrepreneur whose goal is to guide women over 50 to find freedom and financial stability and fall in love with life again. Coach Kirsten and Leslie speak about how it's never too late to create success, financial wealth and create a life of freedom. Leslie gives us an insight into the seven master keys women need to unlock a successful, money-making businesses through the likes of principles, tools and steps that Leslie trialled and tested for over 20 years. Coach Kirsten and Leslie discuss how mindset is one of the key differentiators between entrepreneurs and successful entrepreneurs. Leslie speaks about how you have to start from the inside out by getting aligned with what authentic success means to you and figuring out what your attitude and relationship with money really looks like in order to build a 6+ figure business. Coach Kirsten and Leslie talk through the challenges Leslie faced regarding money, what she wanted and what she yearned for. Coach Kirsten and Leslie also speak about a less commonly discussed topic when it comes to financial freedom and building a successful business: What does success do to your life? Leslie speaks about having imposter syndrome and fear of failure but also shares how she more so struggled with the worries of how becoming successful will change her life, affect her relationships and dealing with the change. Coach Kirsten and Leslie speak about Leslie's currently big challenge of learning how to delegate and chose the right people for your team. Leslie shares how she has been struggling to build great teams to help her run her women's clothing brand, Back from Bali, so that she can focus on her new consulting business without Back from Bali having to suffer through the loss of her attention.  Leslie reminds us with her words of wisdom to those looking to start a successful business that success will look different for everyone based on what each individual wants and yearns for. Leslie states that you matter, you can and if you really want it then that's you're spirit talking to you and you have to listen as it's not something everyone experiences! You can find out more information about Leslie and her businesses, or get in contact with her through the following links: https://www.lesliekuster.com https://www.amazon.com/backfrombali www.lesliekuster.com/book www.lesliekuster.com/7mistakes www.instagram.com/lesliekusterofficial https://www.facebook.com/LeslieKusterOfficial/ www.linkedin.com/in/lesliekuster https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBtp1gkqsNilja1ehn4NHHw If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.FocusForwardCoaching.com/bookcall/

Ep 311 Donna Dahl Please welcome Donna Dahl. She is an award-winning empowerment coach who has written six books. She was listed as one of the top 20 Empowerment Coaches in the world and her articles appear in print as well as online publications. She is the author of Lesson I Learned from the Tortoise a popular self-empowerment book. Donna explains what it means to be an empowerment coach and tells us it's for people who want to make that next step in their lives, whether it's a career change, a promotion in their job or a new side hustle. Donna opens up about how she was heavily bullied when she was in school which never allowed her to build any confidence in herself. She talks about how when she'd make a mistake playing piano at a recital, she'd feel awful for days. She also discusses a car accident she was involved in which shifted her entire world and forced her to reinvent herself. It's these two life events which pushed her into being an empowerment coach. Kirsten asks about the strategies Donna used to navigate through her personal transformation, as Donna tells us about her completing her master's degree in educational psychology, where she focused on memory and self-learning. Later she was asked to write an article for a magazine and quickly after was encouraged to write a book, which launched her coaching enterprise. If you think you might want to engage with Donna, some of the things you may be feeling like your current line of work isn't a fit for you. You may ask yourself if you're in the right field but looking for a new place to work which would fit better or perhaps you're considering a whole new field. Kirsten asks about a current challenge Donna is facing, and she tells us she is struggling to find leaders withing corporations which are in need of support. Kirsten recommends connecting to the people who work with leaders and recommends networking and connecting generally. She recommends not falling into the trap of quantity over quality and to go with authentic curiosity. Donna finishes with her words of wisdom, where she recommends to take life as marathon, and spice it up with sprints. You can find Donna's book on Amazon which is called Lessons I Learned From The Tortoise and reach out to Donna and connect with her on her website donnapdahl.com If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myImpactacademy.com/join  www.focusforwardcoaching.com/bookcall/

EP 310 Jeff Marconnette, Jr On this episode of The Live and Lead with Impact Podcast, Coach Kirsten is joined by Jeff Marcontette Jr. Jeff Marcontette Jr. shares his incredible story of how one life altering moment shaped the man he is today and gave him an opportunity to help others make every second count! Jeff Marcontette Jr. is a transformational speaker, author, coach, youth mentor and host of Make Every Second Count. Coach Kirsten and Jeff discuss the moment Jeff's live changed forever when a semi-truck ran a red light and t-boned him, leaving him unconscious and leading to two weeks in a coma whilst many serious injuries including a traumatic brain injury that proceeded to affect his speech and movement. Jeff speaks about how he feels empowered when he gets the opportunity to speak to others and remind them why it's so important to make every second count, as not many people get a second chance at life but he is one of them. Jeff shares how he began his transformation speaker career two years after his accident and how learned that mindset is the most powerful tool we can use. Coach Kirsten and Jeff talk about how we cannot control the events that occur throughout our lives and to those around us, but what we can control is our reaction towards these events and how we chose to move forward from them. Coach Kirsten and Jeff work through some money mindset strategies and feelings of guilt that come with charging for your time and knowledge. Coach Kirsten reminds us that we must not de-value ourselves, even when doing what you do out of passion and not a desire for money. Coach Kirsten states that others cannot benefit and take value from sharing our experiences and life lessons if we don't value then ourselves. Jeff shares some inspiring words of wisdom for those who want to make an impact in the world and expresses how transformational affirmations have been in his life, but how they only work if you have a consistent routine in which you use them. Coach Kirsten and Jeff encourage you to take the opportunities and make the jump on the things you have been putting off because tomorrow is never guaranteed so you need to make every minute count! To get in touch or find out more information about Jeff you can find him through the following links: www.jeffmarconettejr.com www.youtube.com/c/jeffmarconettejr www.instagram.com/jeffmarconettejr www.facebook.com/jefijr www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmarconettejr If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.FocusFowardCoaching.com/bookcall/

Ep 309 Denise Fawn Schroder Denise is a top-ranked realtor in Oklahoma and the CEO of Schroder Real Estate Group with her husband, Troy. They have sold 650 homes in just 10 years and their mission and motto is "Serve like you are Chosen." Denise is a coach, speaker, marketing strategist, realtor and author of the new book, “Out of the Box”. Denise begins by talking about her desires of becoming a real estate agent 20 years ago, but she was told she couldn't do it by her ex-husband and father of her children. She left that toxic relationship and met a FedEx driver who she fell for. They blended a family of 5 teenagers, quit their jobs to became self-employed and got into the financial service industry, but some advice from a friend turned out to be untrue, so they left that industry and decided to move back to real estate. Kirsten dives deeper into Denise's past relationship, with Denise telling us she lost herself, but the new relationship changed her life in so many ways. She talks about the differences she gets between her current relationship and her previous one, and how much healthier she is now. Kirsten talks about how faith-based people often see themselves as fixers to the detriment. Denise talks about how she didn't want the unhealed parts of herself to hurt anyone else, so she was able to focus on healing herself. She also talks about how the people around her tried to fix her, but there's no magic pill or cookie cutter method, you have to put in the work yourself and go on the journey Denise also discusses her own guilt and shame and feeling like a failure, but found a place where her failures and mistakes gave her more credibility and to be a beacon of hope to others looking to find their way out of their own situations. Kirsten asks Denise about her big challenge right now, as she explains with her publisher dying 4 days before her book came out, she feels quite overwhelmed with all of the things she has to do on top of her book. Kirsten recommends paring down what goes on her list of things to do, and recommends a 24/7 blend. Kirsten also gives Denise a few tips on mindset and how she can better adapt her thinking to save her from overwhelm. Denise shares with us about her book, saying how she shares her unique marketing approaches, using a social media presence that was really different to what everyone else was doing by using things like TV, media, press release, human interest stories and podcast guesting. She also shares her tips on how to make yourself vulnerable on social media. Denise's final words of wisdom are that no matter what phase of life we are in, God uses us every day, we're all missionaries, so seek every opportunity to help others. We all have story, so share it with others because you never know what impact it could make, where she shares a wonderful story where a social media post of hers saved a life. You can find the book on Amazon called Out of the Box by Denise Schroeder at just $4.99 on kindle so please feel free to leave an honest review. Make sure to check out her website www.deniseandtroy.com and her social media profiles: Instagram: www.instagram.com/Denisesellsoklahoma  FB:  www.facebook.com/tdschroder , Tik Tok: troyndenise If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myImpactacademy.com/join   www.focusforwardcoaching.com/bookcall/

Ep 307 Gary Barnes Gary Barnes is a High-Performance Business and Sales Strategist, National and International Speaker (over 1000 talks). A #1 International Amazon Best-Selling Author and been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS & TEDX. In 1988 Gary was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and told he would be in a wheelchair or dead within 10 years. He has flown a World War II P-51 fighter, flown on a trapeze, driven in a Destruction Derby and climbed 14,000 foot mountains. He's a drummer & Police Academy Graduate. Gary starts by talking about his adventures and how he actually dislikes the nervous energy beforehand, and much prefers the feeling after completing something, saying it's a feeling of satisfaction. He also talks about the brainwaves of fear and excitement being the same, and with his police training he has been trained to run towards gun fire. Gary tells an amazing story about going to see Zig Ziglar at one of his last appearances in Denver and how two ladies behind him were ragging on him after the show. This helped Gary realize that if Zig Ziglar couldn't capture and entire audience, there was no hope for him, so his mindset switched to if he could help one person, that's enough for him. Later, Gary talks about getting on stage and when people ask him how it went he tells them to ask someone in the attendance because he doesn't know what he said because he was in the moment. You're looking for a relationship with audience and your conversation to be the same both on and off stage. Kirsten asks Gary about training speakers and the impact he's making. Gary explains that it was happy accident after the success of his financial planning firm. People began to ask him how he grew his business to such a high level and began trading his knowledge for hamburgers! He talks about how he blends life into his business coaching. Gary also talks about his style of coaching which is to ask a lot of questions and tailor it to the client, rather than telling them to do it his way. Gary goes into detail about some of the issues he has with writing given his condition which doesn't allow him to type quickly, where his brain moves much quicker. So instead he uses a software called Dragon which allows him to speak and it transcribes for him, so he was able to speak his book. ‘Make a difference' is part of Gary's mission statement, as well as to empower. He explains he isn't looking to connect his power to you but to help you connect the power which is already within you. He goes on to talk about how when doing his chaplaincy he had to deal with his mortality through writing his own epitaph, which helped him have the mindset like Steven Covey said, ‘start with the end in mind'. Later, Kirsten asks Gary what challenges he's going through right now. Gary explains his challenge is with a word he adopted a few years ago which is expansion and the expansion of opportunity. She recommends breaking everything down into manageable chunks, having some patience and not comparing yourself to anything. Gary shares his final words of wisdom, which came to him in a dream, which is ‘are you a spectator or are you a participant?' There will be times when you're a spectator and that's ok, but it's important to think about your engagement and whether your participating to the fullest extent. For more on Gary, you can visit www.GaryBarnesInternational.com or check out his Facebook page https://facebook.com/garycbarnes and his fan page https://www.Facebook.com/GaryBarnesInternational. He's also on Twitter so you can find him at @GaryBarnesMax, and on LinkedIn at  https://www.linkedin.com/in/speakersalescoachgarybarnes If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myimpactacademy.com/join  www.focusforwardcoaching.com/bookcall/  

Ep 306 Meena Kumari Adnani On today's episode of The Live and Lead for Impact Podcast, Coach Kirsten is joined by Meena Kumari Adnani. Meena Kumari Adnani is an international High Performance & Business Coach for women, a motivational speaker, and a best-selling author.  She is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and an attorney in New York. For 25 years she held senior-level positions in high-profile companies. Her amazing story is about losing all of the wealth that she made as a Lawer ever since graduation due to trusting the wrong person to manage money. Meena has managed to find strength, change her career and make the same money back in just two years, as an entrepreneur. Meena starts by telling us her story, explaining how she has pivoted from practicing law and has focused on doing business development, sales and marketing for quite some time now. In 2016, Meena received a call from her financial manager saying she had lost everything, her multiple six figures went down to zero, leaving her with nothing. She talks about how it changed her forever and how it made her become more aligned with her higher self. Through hard work, she managed to build herself back up in 2 years to 7 figures. Kirsten asks about what Meena found within herself during that period. She explains how her legal background helped her look at things in an objective way. She took personal responsibility for what happened and asked herself what part she played, rather than looking at others and blaming them or blaming circumstances. Meena says that if she had taken the time to understand wealth and taken the responsibility, she would not have had the belief she was good with money. Talking about the impact she is making in the world, Meena explains how she works with women entrepreneurs, working one on one as well as having a personal empowerment program called Empowered Women Academy, which helps women shift their mindset. She also helps women build success and create wealth through building self-belief. A challenge Meena is having right now is finding the right people to help the business grow, such as social media managers and virtual assistants, which she partly puts on herself as she has not given herself the time to look. Kirsten recommends leaders getting really clear about the tasks someone will be doing, and working out whether those tasks can live within one person. The once you have decided how many people you need, you can focus on what the specific skill set they need is. Meena finishes off with some words of wisdom as she shares with us to never stop growing. In order for you to reach that next level, you yourself have to grow to that next level. For more on Meena, you can visit https://www.strongandshine.com/ where you can find all the information you need, including her book and her programmes. You can also email her at meena@strongandshine.com or reach out via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/meena-kumari-adnani/. If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myImpactacademy.com/join  www.myimpactacademy.com/bookcall/

Ep 308 Drs. Michael and Barbara Grossman For over twenty-five years, Drs. Michael and Barbara Grossman have taught thousands of couples practical skills to create a fulfilling romantic partnership. They have TV appearances on CBS, NBC, Fox, and CW. Tune in to this powerful interview to discover the secrets to having a fulfilling long-term romantic partnership with a genuine love that lasts forever through all the phases of life. Michael starts by explaining to us he is an anti-aging longevity doctor, who has been practicing since around 1973, and he absolutely loves it. Barbara adds they work with families who are married who are experiencing challenges keeping it all together and keeping their romance alive, while balancing work. Given Kirsten's husband is 16 years younger than her, she is very interested in Michael's longevity work! Michael talks about the dramatic effects menopause has on the woman's body and how it can lower libido. Michael says he uses natural hormones which are bioidentical to help you live a healthier longer life, rather than synthetics, which can do the opposite. Barbara goes into some detail about their workshops and some of the strategies they give to couples. Barbara talks about what couples need to feel valued in a relationship, and says she teaches couples how to talk and how to reinforce and create love. Kirsten asks about what brought them together to do this work. Michael says the inspiration from the natural change which comes in a romantic relationship. He talks about how their relationship changed when Barbara went to graduate school and how they needed to pivot. Barbara also shares her perspective on that change and talks about how they decided to share their knowledge with others. Kirsten asks them about challenges they have in their business and Michael shares that their main problem is they have so much content out and coming out very soon, they don't know how to market it all or get out and do the events. Kirsten suggests finding the right people you can trust to be around and help make the key decisions. Kirsten also suggests a bunch more solutions such as looking towards people who are willing to put in the work and understanding the importance of it, as well as business owners who may be susceptible to life balance issues. Finally, the guys share their words of wisdom, with Barbara sharing with us that no matter how you feel, there is a way to grow your relationship and have it be magnificent. Michael adds you need skills to make these things happen and most don't learn them from their parents, so you need to go out a learn them for yourself. Barbara shares with us that herself and Michael are competitive ballroom dancers and have a dance show where they incorporate the stages of development of a relationship into their routines. You can check out Barbara and Michael's new book called ageless Love: Prescription from Mind, body and Spirit, or their previous book, Secrets to Deep and Effortless Meditation which you can find at https://fallinginloveforever.com/. It's also where you can all the information on their courses and classes if you're interested. If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myImpactacademy.com/join  www.focusforwardcoaching.com/bookcall/

Ep 305 Whitney Coupland   On today's episode of The Live and Lead for Impact Podcast, Coach Kirsten is joined by Whitney Coupland. Whitney Coupland is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner and Life Coach.  In her online coaching practice, she helps people with autoimmune diseases navigate the diet, lifestyle, and mindset aspects of healing so they can start feeling like themselves again.   Whitney goes into detail about how she got into the practice, starting all the way back when she was 12 years old when she went for a polar dip and realised her arms and hands were numb, which she found out was Raynaud's Syndrome, and autoimmune condition. She also found when she was pregnant at 29 she had a second autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. She explains her work in the world is to help people like her, and Kirsten relates with her son having PAONS.   Whitney works one-on-one with her clients right now, mostly with people from the US and Canada, but also expanding to some in Europe. She explains she helps people find joyful ways of eating which will help them heal their bodies. She also talks about how she sets herself apart from others by focusing on what her clients want to do and what they enjoy and working around that, as well as continuing with social media using a few techniques to keep up engagement.   Kirsten asks Whitney what is something which is standing in the way of her making a bigger, bolder impact. Whitney explains her current challenge is messaging and how she feels like she is missing a large portion of people who don't realise their condition is autoimmune. Kirsten suggests targeting some particular symptoms of autoimmune rather than using that phrase to make people realise that's what they have and get their attention with what their life could be like with autoimmune treatment   Finally, Whitney finishes off with her words of advice, which are realising it's not about her. She explains how it's more important to get the message out there and help people rather than how she looks or comes across.   To learn more about Whitney you can visit her website at whitneycoupland.com, head over to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whitneycoupland_/, and check out her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@whitneycoupland   If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myImpactacademy.com/join  www.myimpactacademy.com/bookcall/  

EP 304 Shauna A. Wekherlien, Tax Goddess On this episode of The Live and Lead with Impact Podcast, Coach Kirsten is joined By Shauna A. Wekherlien! Shauna A. Wekherlien, CPA, MTax, CTC, CTS, Tax Goddess is a highly sought-after Certified Public Accountant and founder of Tax Goddess Business Services, PC, established 2004. Tax Goddess is a global team of 65+ specialists that uses plain language (not tax code) to help business owners, investors, and entrepreneurs create plans of action to increase the business owner's bottom line, reduce costs, significantly reduce taxes, increase cash flow, and perform what-if scenario options so that owners know what decisions to make and which paths are best suited to their particular situation. Throughout this episode Kirsten and Shauna speak about what truly inspired and motivated Shauna to leave her astrology studies to become this amazing Tax Goddess who's able to positively impact people lives daily. Shauna shares how her mom is her No.1 idol and after seeing her struggle with the IRS and seeing her mom feelings taken advantage of she decided it was her calling to help others in her mom's position. Kirsten and Shauna also work through some challenges Shauna is currently facing that are preventing her from making bigger and bolder impacts every day. Kirsten creates some easy-to-implement strategies to help Shauna overcome the ‘quiet quitting/great resignation' we're currently seeing among all workforces. Kirsten encourages Shauna, and others in similar positions, to re-evaluate their hiring procedures: instead of telling people what you need from them, show them what you have to offer them – and commit to it! Shauna expresses her passion throughout the entire podcast so it's no surprise that her best advice to us listeners, is to quit what you're doing if you're not super passionate about it, find something else you're interested in and if that's not doing it for you, quit and find something else and continue to do that until you find something that makes you excited every day! To learn more about Shauna and the amazing opportunities and strategies she has to offer head over to her website: www.Taxgoddess.com. You can also contact Shauna through all social media platforms @TaxGoddess If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.FocusForwardCoaching.com www.myimpactacademy.com/bookcall/

On today's episode of The Live and Lead for Impact Podcast, Coach Kirsten is joined by Angela Gentile to discuss a multitude of insightful topics such as discovering the power in slowing down, changing the way we approach fitness and habits we can insert in our lives to help avoid burnout among many more! Angela Gentile is the founder of the Sweat Remix wellness brand. Angela designed this brand with the intention of motivating you to start and sustain physical exercise, guide you towards greater self-awareness. Angela also provides keeping it real life coaching. With a variety of online fitness classes and her signature #ZenRageHeal process, she and Sweat Remix provide folks with an intentional approach to fitness with sustainable results. Her Inner Compass course helps clients with a full mind, body and spirit transformation to help folks be the badass they were meant to be in just 12 weeks. With an undergraduate degree in English from Fairfield University and a graduate degree in Educational Leadership from Western Governors University, she traded in her decade long teaching career to launch a business helping folks change their body, mindset and life through movement, meditation and mental health coaching. If you've been stuck and feel ready to move and grow, this trailblazer creates opportunities for folks to live strong, authentic and EPIC lives. Kirsten and Angela discuss how her classes provide an open and honest space for people to be 100% who they are by beginning and ending each session with grounding exercises. Angela encourages us to view our lives as seasons instead of trying to be super successful in our everyday lives and gives us some advice on how we can stop putting so much pressure and expectations on our daily lives, to help avoid burnout. Kirsten also coaches Angela through imposter syndrome and people pleasing so that she can fully focus on being 100% who she is and spread her message to help others. Kirsten and Angela end the episode by sharing some fantastic advice on how you can commit to what your purpose is calling you to do by surrounding yourself with people who support and understand your vision. To learn more about Angela and her fitness, mindfulness and life coaching opportunities head over to Instagram: www.instagram.com/sweatremix/ If you enjoyed this episode and want to gain a deeper insight into everything Coach Kirsten has to offer you, head over to the following websites: www.myImpactacademy.com/join  www.myimpactacademy.com/bookcall/  

Jack Ori is a transgender author who writes stories to empower other trauma survivors and coaches those that want to write their own books. He is passionate about helping people turn story ideas into finished books and believes everyone has a story the world needs to hear. Facebook: facebook.com/CoachandAuthorJackOri IG: @authorjackori Twitter: @authorjackori  

Laura Patricia Martin is a Trauma specialist and founder of Healing to Happy, a global movement activating women to clear trauma & find freedom in mind, body, soul, & bank account! https://www.instagram.com/itslaurapatriciamartin/ MYImpactAcademy.com/Join  

Phil is an entrepreneur, and the founder of SelectSoftware Reviews, a website dedicated to helping HR and Recruiting teams to find and buy the right software through in-depth, expert advice. Phil started his career working in venture capital before getting his MBA from Harvard Business School. https://www.linkedin.com/in/philstrazzulla/ https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/

Victoria Shaw is an intuitive Counselor and Spiritual Coach who combines her background and training in psychology and counseling with intuitive guidance to help clients heal, grow and realize their full spiritual and personal potential. She takes a holistic approach to counseling, addressing clients' concerns on the mind/body/spiritual levels. She especially loves working with people who are committed to using their life experiences or struggles to fuel their own spiritual awakening. Victoria is the author of four self-help books for parents, children and teens, and the host of Intuitive Connection podcast. Victoria Shaw Intuitive Consulting www.victoriashawintuitive.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/Intuitiveconnectioncommunity https://www.facebook.com/victoriashawintuitivecounseling https://www.instagram.com/victoriashawintuitive/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiatmiller/ https://www.claudiatmiller.com/ Claudia Miller is a sought-after Career Coach for Women In Tech and she's helped her clients land fulfilling jobs in less than 90-days. She also partners with companies and organizations in identifying rising stars within their organizations and providing strategy insights and support in developing a leadership and talent pipeline with a focus on Women and Women of Color. Due to her efforts she's worked with Top Fortune 500 Clients + has partnered with World Business Chicago in developing a Workforce Development strategy in coordination with the City of Chicago's efforts in decreasing unemployment rates for persons of color. She's also the Creator & Host of "Roadmap To The Executive Suite" podcast. Due to her clients success she's been featured multiple times in Forbes, MSNBC, Thrive Global and Business Insider put her in their top global list of Top Innovative Career Coaches.

Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company more effectively which results in sales that soar. Trusted by Google, Roche, Consilience Ventures, Amgen, AbbVie. He created the Strategy Sprints™ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. TEDx speaker, Contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, member of the SVBS Silicon Valley Blockchain Society. Links: https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Severino/e/B097BY538K%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://www.amazon.com/Poems-Night-Rainer-Maria-Rilke/dp/1782275533

Daniel has been gifted with the ability to communicate with archangels and spirit. With this information, he guides and assists others to fulfill their spiritual path.   https://www.facebook.com/SpiritMediumDaniel Daniel's Book: The New Beginning: My Awakening as a Spirit Medium https://www.amazon.com/New-Beginning-Awakening-Spirit-Medium/dp/B0B3KB9XT8/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= www.spiritmediumdaniel.com

293 Rocky Buckley Facebook.com/rockybuckley linkedin.com/in/rocky-buckley twitter.com/rockybuckley instagram.com/rocky.buckley tiktok.com/@rockybuckley rockybuckley.com, powerpersonaproject.com Rocky has been working with authors, experts, thought leaders, and influencers for 23 years, helping clients bring over $100 million in information products and training programs to market. Rocky is the creator of The Power Persona Project community and the Platinum Path coaching/consulting program, helping experts reinvent their business models to unleash their highest potential.

291 Fredrik van Huynh https://www.instagram.com/freddievanhuynh/ https://es.linkedin.com/in/fredrikvanhuynh https://www.tiktok.com/@freddievanhuynh Freddie van Huynh is a Swedish-Cambodian award winning entrepreneur, selected as one of the Top 25 Swedish Entrepreneurs Disrupting Industries and Breaking Boundaries Around the World, dad, martial artist - Co-Founder of Absolute Internship - one of the world's largest internship programs for high school- and university students, as well as Host of the Fika with Rice Podcast.  

Daniel Matalon, is producing a business model for The World Game, named by the design scientist Buckminster Fuller, as an objective to make the world work for 100% of humanity. Mr Matalon says it is a game that makes war obsolete as well. He is a co founder of Impact Launchpad, a social impact venture studio, and the founder of the #IsThereEnough campaign, a new conversation about wealth, survival and sustainability that he claims even a 5 year old can have. His upcoming book to be released at the end of the year, suggests that we have an even greater threat to humanity than climate change, and we are about to hear what he thinks that is... https://YouTube.com/c/isthereenough, https://twitter.com/isthereenough_, https://www.instagram.com/isthereenough/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/impactlaunchpad IsThereEnough.org, TheFirstAgreement.com  

As a best-selling author, Rich Dad Advisor and one-of-a kind teacher, his unique messages and unconventional style have supported business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide.  His focus is to help them increase sales, build champion level teams and make huge differences in their industries.  Blair Singer Training Academy Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/blairsingerofficial Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/blair.singer/ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/BlairSingerSpeaker LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blairsinger/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/blairsinger Books & Topics to Checkout: Team Code of Honor  Rich Dad Poor Dad Buckminster Fuller

285 Paul Glover https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulglovercoaching/ https://paulglovercoaching.com/ Paul Glover is a C-Suite Performance Coach with 20 years experience as a Federal Court Trial Lawyer. He is a passionate storyteller who believes in the power of narrative to influence and educate in business, personal life and even court rooms. Member of Forbes Council and Author of “WorkQuake”, a playbook for leaders who want to navigate the future of work beyond traditional command and control models to more inclusive, engaging environments.   His approach is practical, hands-on, grounded in the realities of the real world of work and results oriented – all undertaken with a sense of humour and panache. His workshops allows every member of the organization, from C -Suite Executives to Front Line Team Members, to understand the importance of resilience and how they can enhance their own resilience and positively impact performance and productivity throughout the organization. MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

Natasha is not your average CEO. She sits at the helm of Entire Productions, the go-to experience design, event, and entertainment production company in San Francisco, and has been on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America for three years in a row. Her passion and commitment to giving back drives invariable contributions and participation with numerous charitable organizations. Natasha also performs as a jazz vocalist and a trained classical violinist. Natasha is a proud graduate of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and has studied entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School and MIT and is a member of The Recording Academy (Grammys), ASCAP, SF Travel, and Meeting Professionals International (MPI). She resides in San Francisco, CA as a member of the board of EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization). https://www.facebook.com/natashamillerEntrepreneur https://www.instagram.com/natashamillersf/ https://twitter.com/NatashaMillerSF https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamiller/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXo1RETySyArROVgchARaag

281 Hamish MacDonald The Sovereignty Network Originally from New Zealand, Hamish has been building medical software for nearly two decades around the world, including the US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. His goal is to have people everywhere be able to get and control their healthcare data - including owning it as a personal asset so they can financially benefit from it.  https://www.linkedin.com/company/53207665/admin/    Linked In @SovereigntyNet   Twitter https://www.facebook.com/thesovereigntynetwork  

279 Becca Ribbing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beccajoyribbing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beccaribbing/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccaribbing/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beccaribbing   Becca Ribbing is the author of The Clarity Journal and has been a coach for over a decade. She's on a mission to help people break out of the cycles of uncertainty and struggle that hold them back. She helps women going back and forth with the big, seemingly endless question of what to do next—so they can stop going around in circles and finally figure out what they truly want and create the clarity and momentum they crave.

277 Liam Martin - Remote Rockstar Liam runs one of the most popular time tracking and productivity platforms in use by top brands today - Time Doctor. He is also a co-organizer of the world's largest remote work conference — Running Remote. Whenever possible, Liam encourages others to work remotely and actively promotes remote work. His products and services are defined by the concept of giving workers the flexibility to work wherever they want, whenever they want. Liam has also co-authored a book - Running Remote - focused on remote work methodology. In this revolutionary guide, Liam and his co-founder, Rob Rawson, have unearthed the secrets and lessons discovered by remote work pioneering entrepreneurs and founders who've harnessed the async mindset to operate their businesses remotely in the most seamless, hassle-free, and cost-effective manner possible. Liam holds an undergraduate and graduate degree in Sociology from McGill University.   https://twitter.com/liamremote https://www.linkedin.com/in/liammcivormartin/ MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

275 Jeremy Slate Command Your Brand https://twitter.com/JeremyRyanSlate https://www.facebook.com/Jeremyryanslate/ https://www.instagram.com/jeremyryanslate/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-ryan-slate-bb7b284a/ https://www.youtube.com/c/Jeremyryanslatebiz Jeremy Ryan Slate is an entrepreneur, media expert, author and CEO and founder of Command Your Brand. He studied literature at Oxford University and is a former champion powerlifter that helps visionary founders to impact the world and better mankind through podcasting and new media to create trust and opinion leader status. Podcast Magazine just included Jeremy on their 2022 40 under 40 in Podcasting list.

273 Cathy Cassani Adams - Zen Parenting https://twitter.com/zenparenting https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting https://www.instagram.com/zenparentingradio/ Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, co-hosts the Zen Parenting Radio podcast and is author of Zen Parenting: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World (Hachette, 2/22) and Living What You Want Your Kids to Learn: The Power of Self-Aware Parenting (2014) which won which won a Nautilus Award, National Indie Excellence Award, and an International Book Award. She is a clinical social worker, certified parent coach, former elementary school educator, and yoga teacher. Cathy teaches in the Sociology/Criminology Department at Dominican University, and she lives outside of Chicago with her husband Todd and their three daughters. 

271 Melissa Keenan Melisa Keenan helps high powered female CEOs use their feminine energy as a 10X growth strategy. Her clients produce more while doing less by mastering their 'Feminine CEO.' She is a keynote speaker, USA Today Bestselling & International Bestselling Author, and the go-to intimacy expert for business women. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2239709656292481 Www.melisakeenan.com  MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

269 Kimberly Gerber - Excelerate As the Founder and CEO of Excelerate, Kimberly Gerber has developed a transformational coaching process that combines high-touch experiences with cutting-edge science and technology to deliver programs that accelerate the thinking, behavior and results of her clients and the companies they lead. Prior to founding Excelerate in 2002, Kimberly was a Fortune 100 executive herself. She understands the unique responsibilities that come at the executive level and has created leadership programs to help executives think strategically, elevate their presence, finesse their communication, achieve their goals and provide sustainable business results in a productive environment. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlygerber/  https://www.facebook.com/kimberlygerberexcelerate https://twitter.com/kimberlygerber_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaw-2nG08s0AHsiwZQ0yveQ  MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

267 Kison Patel: Mindful Planning and Visibility  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kisonpatel/ https://www.facebook.com/kisonpatel https://www.instagram.com/kison_patel/ https://twitter.com/DealRoomInc Kison Patel is the Founder and CEO of M&A Science, with a passion to drive the M&A industry forward. He was an M&A advisor for ten years in which he sold larger companies such as commercial banks and hotel chains. In 2012, he noticed teams lacked efficient technology to manage deals and created DealRoom, an M&A lifecycle management platform. In 2016, he started the M&A Science podcast devoting his time to creating a platform where all the best practitioners could share their best practices and lessons learned from real-life deals. Kison then created The M&A Science Academy in 2020 to offer step by step training to those looking to master M&A featuring courses created by top level practitioners. Through developing technology, educational content, and industry training, Kison aims to bring better practices to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values, and competition. MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

265 Tom Finn: Deploy Support Anywhere Tom Finn is the co-founder and CEO of LeggUP®, the first company to insure employee retention for their clients. Spending his entire career in the insurance industry, Tom possesses a wealth of experience in employee benefits, InsurTech, business development, and revenue strategies— all central to the company's unique offering, Talent Insurance™. Talent Insurance provides a single platform for personalized professional development and mental health support for a fraction of the cost to small and medium-sized businesses.  https://www.facebook.com/LeggUPInc/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/leggup, https://twitter.com/leggupinc, https://www.instagram.com/leggupinc/?hl=en MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

263 Josh Little: Meaningful Communication https://linkedin/in/littlejosh https://volleyapp.com Josh Little is the founder of four tech companies–Maestro, Bloomfire, Quizzer, and Volley–that have collectively been used by hundreds of millions of people and featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Inc, and Forbes. With two successful exits and a third anticipated, he's currently on a mission to provide the world with a more meaningful way to communicate with his fourth creation, Volley–a video messaging app. Do what you say or say something else. MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/cplleadership/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centerforparentalleaveleadership Twitter: https://twitter.com/cplleadership LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/4844148/ Center for Parental Leave Leadership Dr. Amy Beacom is the founder and CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership, the first full service consultancy in the US to focus exclusively on parental leave. She conceived of and began developing the field of parental leave coaching and consulting in 2006. Drawing on over 25 years in executive leadership development and coaching, Amy consults with Fortune 100 companies, international organizations, working parents, and more to transform the way our companies and our country engage with the parental leave transition.  Sue Campbell is a writer, author, and coach who has worked with the Center for Parental Leave Leadership since its early days, helping to communicate the transformative impact of their core mission. Her writing, often focused on issues important to parents, has been published in many outlets, including Prevention, Good Housekeeping, Scary Mommy, and Mamalode.  MYImpactAcademy.com/Join

EP 260 Health Insurance in the US Pre to Post ACA Affordable Care Act or Obamacare I've been purchasing my own health insurance for more than 20 years and also have an HR background – Want to share from my unique perspective some of what you might not realize As it is with communication about all challenges today it seems that all anyone will do is talk about the negatives from either side in an attempt to “win”, tear the “other side” down. I actually had an experience where an elected official was holding a virtual town hall.  Topic was health insurance.  I “raised” my hand to share my thoughts.  I'm pretty sure I was vetted out.  A staff member spoke with me before I was able to go live.  They asked my thoughts and then told me they likely would not have time for me to comment.  The town hall lasted for a very long time while constituents shared positive views only about the ACA. So, here's my personal, been there, done that perspective. As with all complex programs there are both positive and negative. I'm not going to share a bunch of legal-eze.  These are my personal thoughts, experiences, and opinions.  I hope it will bring a balanced & realistic perspective. Used to be able to join the Farm Bureau – or some other organization/group to receive a group rate.  Able to personally purchase a plan with coverage similar to an employer plan. Group Experience Ratings Personal Experience Ratings Pre-Existing Conditions – Insurer of Last Resort  Young Adult Ryders Coverages – Childbirth, Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders Required Coverage – Supposed to be a part of keeping coverage rates down.  Assure that pool of covered included premiums from healthy. Low-users - My opinion-  did more to increase profits  Deductibles - Negotiated Rates –  My opinion - Profits – High cost – high deductibles – Departments focused on denying coverage – Required Coverage to make sure the pool was healthy and unhealthy -  MyImpactAcademy.com/Call MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richkagan/ Last Minute Media Deals Rich Kagan is the Founder and President of Last Minute Media Deals, an agency selling prime-time ad spots on TV, radio, and podcasts for up to 80% off. Shows would much rather sell these ad spots at a tremendous discount than not at all, and Rich founded Last Minute Media Deals for this exact purpose.  Cell number:  3104200490

EP 258 Examine Your Emotions  Emotions are good.  They give us information.  But, they are different from fact.  If your entire life is dictated by your emotions, you may be all over the road.  An emotional roller coaster is not amusing for you or those around you.  Moods and emotions can shift with more than just our circumstance.  Sometimes we are just eating the wrong foods or lacking sleep.  And without healthy boundaries in your relationships, your emotions can swing along with the people in your life.   Misaligned frustration taken out on a co-worker, family member or friend can lead to unnecessary conflict that may require you to go into clean up mode.   And the emotion of anger can really wreak havoc.  You probably already know this but anger usually is not the real emotion.  More often you are actually scared, sad, disappointed, or your ego might be bruised Anger can be a very toxic emotion.  Too often we let it build up.  One hundred tiny offenses left unaddressed to fester can create an atomic bomb size blow up.  And the spew will be aimed at the offending party or an unlucky uninvolved recipient.  It could be the woman working the drive thru window.   Or, perhaps your habit is to ignite huge anger for even the tiniest infraction.  Small incidents made bigger can have you reacting and angry most of your day.   Recently, a family business client shared that when he visits one of their locations he makes a point to walk around and say hello to everyone.  “Last Friday”, he continued, “my brother responded with ……an expletive.” I looked at the brother and in a sarcastic tone he shared, “He walks around all cheerful saying, ‘good morning' to everyone.  It's so annoying!” The story he created in his mind generated an outburst not at all consistent with the mere facts.   You might read that and laugh but I ask, are there times when you are reacting bigger than you need to? Anger takes energy and is not fun to be around.  The waitress forgot your drink.  Is that really worth the incensed, eye roll reaction? Maybe you can give her grace and move on with your day. I ask clients to consider emotions objectively.  Never stuff them but don't treat them as fact.  If your energy dips and you are having, “one of those days,” know that it is your choice to stay there or not.   Here's some food for thought to  Is the focus of the feeling misdirected?  Is there a reason beyond my current circumstance that generated this feeling?  Have I been triggered by a past hurt, am I hungry or tired?  Is there an alternative way to think about an incident?  Maybe it's funny rather than aggravating.  Is that small error worthy of your energy or can you let it go and move on.  I always say, “Don't let anyone zap your joy!”  Why let a small something put a damper on your day?  You get to choose. Speak up when it's warranted.  Don't let a build up of small things that could be handled one at a time to create a volcano.  How many great days are you losing as you collect those annoyances rather than address them? Create a rule.  If I'm not willing to talk about it must not be worthy of my energy to be mad.   The bible reveals a similar sentiment: Take Action Task Where are you letting emotions get the best of you?  Do you have anger you need to release?   MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

Stacey M. Gordon is a Veteran Advocate & Military Transition Coach on a mission to assist with transition and reintegration efforts and veteran suicide prevention initiatives. A former classroom teacher, Stacey teaches lessons on how to be confident, overcome your inner critic, identify your values, set goals, time management, and how to identify spark teams (support networks) to increase productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness for individuals and organizations, both military-connected and civilian alike. Named ‘the Mister Rogers of the Veteran Community' by a Marine Corps veteran and “adopted” by Vets2Industry as a civilian ally and supporter, Stacey is passionate about providing support, friendship, mentorship, social connection, emotional intelligence, and resources and tools to help her clients create a clear vision and holistic strategy for success beyond service in academics, career, business, and life. Stacy wouldn't be who she is  today without her V2I Family and their love and support during her own "transition and transformation" from classroom teacher to military success coach, and we have only just begun!) Vets2Industry - https://vets2industry.org/ PEOPLE FIRST, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALWAYS. This FREE resource library is for active duty, guard, reserve, veteran, military spouses, dependent children, Blue Star & Gold Star Families, and caregivers. Vets2Industry Foundation Inc. is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides knowledge, connections, opportunities, and more importantly, HOPE. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-m-gordon-9772b8120 https://staceygordon.com/  https://vets2industry.org/

255 Nathanael Garrett Novosel The Meaning of Life https://www.yourmeaninginlife.com Nathanael Garrett Novosel is a professional researcher and advisor with over 20 years of experience studying individual and group behavior. Nathanael spent much of his career using the insights from this research to help the world's leading executives solve their most pressing organizational challenges and create their strategic plans. Noticing the common drivers of success in all areas of life, he decided to devote his research, problem-solving, and advisory skills to helping people live the best lives possible. MYImpactAcademy.com/gifts Relationship Renovation Roadmap

253 Dr. Paul White Appreciation at Work appreciationatwork.com Dr. Paul White is a psychologist, speaker, and leadership trainer who “makes work relationships work”.  He has written articles for and been interviewed by Bloomberg's Business Week, CNN/Fortune.com, Entrepreneur.com, Fast Company, Fortune, FoxBusiness.com, U.S. News and World Report, the Washington Post, and Yahoo! Finance. As a speaker and trainer, Dr. White has taught around the world, including North America, Europe, South America, Asia, and the Caribbean. His expertise has been requested by Facebook, Microsoft, NASA, L'Oréal, Caterpillar, Starbucks, Boeing, ExxonMobil, Textron, and numerous other multi-national organizations. Dr. White is the coauthor of the best-selling, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, which has sold over 500,000 copies (written with Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the #1 NY Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages) and has been translated into 27 languages. Based on their extensive research and expertise, Dr. White and Dr. Chapman have developed practical ways for leaders and employees to communicate authentic appreciation that leads to increased employee engagement, lower staff turnover, more positive work environments, and higher profitability.  Their Appreciation at Work training resources have been used by numerous corporations, medical facilities, schools, non-profit organizations, and government agencies, over 750 colleges and universities, and in over 60 countries.  Additionally, their online assessment, the Motivating By Appreciation Inventory, has been taken by over 285,000 employees worldwide and is available in  multiple languages. Cited as a thought-leader in the area of developing healthy workplace relationships, his speaking style has been described as “world-class expertise providing practical, easily-implemented information with the right touch of humor.” MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

251 Jesson Bradshaw - Serving the Community Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/energy.ogre/ https://twitter.com/EnergyOgre https://www.facebook.com/energyogre https://www.linkedin.com/company/energy-ogre/ Jesson Bradshaw is the CEO of Energy Ogre, an electricity management company that uses proprietary systems to ensure its customers are always getting the best prices on their energy electricity. Energy Ogre has helped over 100,000 Texans save up to 40% on their electricity bills, over $150M since its founding.  Jesson hopes to bring attention to Texas's deregulated electricity industry by discussing topics such as renewable energy, future technologies, and consumer services. MYImpactAcademy.com/Join  

249 Mo Barrett https://www.facebook.com/LaughLearnThink/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mobarrett/ Mobarrett.com Mo Barrett is a self-diagnosed "successful failure" currently charting a course for people who want to laugh, learn and think (in that order). Mo is a storyteller at heart. Mo utilizes her unique perspective to deliver funny heartwarming stories. Mo's stories truly connect with what makes us human.

Misha Rubin is a career educator and mastermind of the career elite method. Until recently Misha was a partner at a big 4 management consulting firm for 15 years. He managed over 100 million dollars of projects, advised countless number of clients, and guided hundreds of careers. His corporate experience, personal quest for meaning and fulfillment, and rigorous study burst the career elite method, a pragmatic, elevating, and actionable process designed for people to obtain clarity about their next career moves. MyImpactAcademy.com/Join  

@ThePartyGoddess (Insta and Twitter) @TheProfitGoddess (Insta) Link to mini course: www.Mini.TheProfitGoddess.com Marley is the CEO of The Party Goddess!, a full-service event planning company with A-List celebrity clients like Britney Spears and Pierce Brosnan, and author of But Are You Making Any Money? Heralded as a must-read for any entrepreneur, the book “makes you want to keep reading more.” 

243 Tommy Mello - How Important is Culture?! https://www.instagram.com/asktommy/ https://twitter.com/realtommymello https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/tommymello https://facebook.com/thomasmello/ Tommy Mello is the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $50 million-plus home services business with over 360 employees in 17 states. Tommy is a regular contributor to Inc., Entrepreneur, and other business publications on the topic of entrepreneurship and small business as well as a sought after podcast, radio and television guest. MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

241 Tina Wells - Engaging Young Readers! Tina Wells is an award-winning and best-selling author. She's the founder of RLVNT Media, a company she founded to focus on increasing representation in media.  Tina is very passionate about writing and reading! Her writing brings diverse characters to life for young readers who might not always see characters that look like them.  TinaWells.com  IG: @tinawells_ MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

Barbara Dalle Pezze, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized leadership coach, life strategist, facilitator, and author distinguished by her capacity to inspire and empower, and by her unique ability to connect and tune in with people from highly diverse cultures, ages and backgrounds. With over 18 years of global experience living and working in China, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Europe and The U.S., Barbara has partnered with global leaders, entrepreneurs, C-Suite Executives, and members of family-owned businesses, to help them make key paradigm shifts and breakthroughs so that they can effectively create large scale changes in society and the world. MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

EP 238 How are Your Personal Stories Shaping Your Future? Poker Face – You might think you have one.  But, do you? A few years ago we did a super fun family photo shoot! We laughed, created memories and captured wonderful pictures that still hang on our walls.   A portion of the photos were done in an area of a park where you can feed wild birds. While my husband and boys looked like Disney Princes as they calmly gazed upon the birds eating from their hands, we discovered quickly that I was not capable of this response.  The wonder and awe I felt as these birds landed on my hand showed on my face EVERY time.  It was spontaneous, authentic and unavoidable for me. And it led to LOTS of laughter! It gets me thinking about non-verbal communication. I CLEARLY am not capable of a good Poker Face.  Some are much better at times but…the reality is, even with practice, our facial expressions, body positioning, voice tone and tempo give away more than we realize.   The reality is that our non-verbal communication constitutes more than 90% of our message!  That's why, contrary to how some coach or train, my communication coaching begins with a shift in story and mindset rather than just words.   The happenings in our mind transmit whether we want them to or not.  I can tell someone what to say but that just isn't enough.  Practicing strategies to help you master  your thoughts  and the stories you tell yourself about your experiences and your relationships,  the words you use in your mind These all play a powerful part of our communication and ultimately your relationships.   So, notice first the message you are giving yourself within your mind.  Think about how these words and thoughts will shape your emotions and actions.  This shapes your response to life and those around you and how you craft the words you'll use. Are the words and stories that happen in your mind serving you, helping you feel empowered or are you constantly a victim, angry, defensive and feeling powerless to impact life circumstances? I've helped many reshape thoughts about their lives and this has been the powerful beginning of reshaping their futures.  Need additional help with this?  Reach out! I'm here to help. You can grab a spot on my calendar by going to MyImpactAcadmy.com/Call OR, hop into The Impact Academy MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

237 Margy Feldhuhn  Interview Connections instagram: @interviewconnections Margy Feldhuhn is a podcast host and the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. She and her business partner lead an in-house staff of over 25 full time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. In addition to being an entrepreneur, Margy is also an animal rescue advocate and personal development enthusiast. With her podcast, “We Get It, Your Dad Died,” Margy uses her own experience of losing her dad to suicide to transform the conversation around grief and show the joy that is possible on the other side of loss. Her show won First Prize in the Best Podcast Category of the 2021 Rhode Island International Film Festival.  MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

EP 236 Key Why's & How's of Celebrating Your Team  Summary:  To create a great culture you must pair accountability with celebration, praise and recognition.  As leaders we and, as an extension, our teams, can become extremely task oriented, which is good.  However, with a full focus on outcomes leaders can unintentionally miss opportunities to acknowledge progress or celebrate success.  In this circumstance, the team just moves immediately from one task and project to the next and there's lost opportunity to unite as a community, acknowledge accomplishments and celebrate.  Years ago, someone asked me what my definition of success was.  At first it seemed like a really simple question.  Once I started thinking about it, however, I realized it was more complex.  In the end, after much contemplation, I arrived at a definition that has served me since.  Success is best defined with a perfect blend of celebration for what you've achieved and some discontent that ignites excitement about what will come next.   Focusing on only what comes next leaves you constantly yearning for a future that hasn't happened yet, always driving towards achievement to relieve your discontent.     Living with only celebration for what has already occurred, however, can leave you feeling unmotivated. I did that big thing. Now what? And it's also a full focus on the past.  A healthy team needs a blend of both. Most often it is the celebration side of the equation that gets less attention. As we work to do more with smaller teams our busyness, understandably, has us hyper-focusing on task completion.  And, when challenges, hiccups or emergencies arise we must shift our attention there for an immediate reaction and response. So, be intentional about building in praise. Celebration, recognition and praise can be simple and don't have to require a lot of time or planning.   As you integrate celebration, make sure it is spread throughout the organization. Most teams engage in activities that require participation from individuals across departments. Some work behind the scenes while others are more front and center. No team functions well without the whole and every task is important.  There is a tendency to focus on the people or departments at the front of the effort and a missed opportunity to show gratitude for those working behind the scenes.  This can create division within the organization. Humans will work to win accolades, sometimes even subconsciously. Recognition that focuses too much on those at the front may motivate teams to prioritize their own work over where they can support from behind.  The thought, “If I can focus on our team's agenda perhaps we will be acknowledged.” This can delay important organization work. Instead make appreciation and acknowledgement abundant. Get teams working together towards common goals rather than working to meet their own departmental agendas first. I believe that there is an innate human desire to be known, acknowledged and appreciated.  When gratitude is a scarce resource you end up fostering a “what about me” syndrome.  Any little crumb of acknowledgement or appreciation to one person leaves others thinking, “yes, but what about me?”  Humans yearn for appreciation when it is lacking.  For the good of the team, the goal is to spread gratitude abundantly but authentically.    Focus on looking for reasons to celebrate.  From a perception perspective, our brains are miraculous!  They are able to take in millions of pieces of data in every second.  As humans, we are only able to focus on about 6 to 7 pieces of data at once, however.  We train our brains to keep certain data available for ready access.  We get to choose which data to notice, retain and act on.  There are opportunities for you to thank your team.  You just may not be in the habit of looking.  If this is the case, re-train your brain by practicing.  Seek out a set number of opportunities to appreciate someone weekly or daily.   Maybe you are unwilling to thank people for some reason.  Some clients I've worked with are uncomfortable giving praise.  If this is you, work on it or seek out a coach who can help you.  Either way, choosing to look for things to celebrate will help you re-align your focus to the positive things happening.  There are plenty.   Celebration is an important element to bringing a team together.  Look how excited football players get during a game! Grown men high five and pat each other.  Celebration motivates everyone towards a common goal.  Set achievable goals and then celebrate when you achieve them.  Celebration doesn't have to mean party hats and champagne.  It can be ringing a bell, playing a victory song, high fiving, sending out a congratulations email to the team, writing out a card, having a pizza lunch. Individual acknowledgement can come in many forms.  Employees who are asked to weigh in on an idea or participate in designing the roll out of a new program feel trusted and valued.  You can also provide opportunities for team members to present at organization events or to your Board.  New and special opportunities are a great way to help someone feel special. Recommendations: Show plenty of appreciation to all. Make recognition abundant but authentic. Catch employees doing something good and let them know. Make sure that acknowledgments after events or program rollouts include both the front and center teams and the employees who worked in the background. Leaders, change your mindset.  Be on the lookout for the good every day. Create specific goals daily or weekly to show authentic appreciation. Take a moment to acknowledge the cool things happening. Even if it's in a small way. Hit a gong or bell or send out a group email when something goes well.  Utilize “Wow” Boards, a place to showcase letters of appreciation from customers and thank you's from employees to their team mates. Seek out ways to reward employees with special opportunities to represent the organization, speak at an event or attend or share at a Board Meeting. Time with you or other leaders in your team is also likely a coveted reward. MyImpactAcademy.com/Join

Sherman is the CEO of The George Washington Institute, host of the Friends & Fellow Citizens Podcast, and a Communications Director. A graduate of King's College London and Texas A&M University, he is an aspiring statesman and George Washington enthusiast who plans to run for office in the future. Sherman is very passionate about politics and making a positive impact in the world. He loves sharing history and stories. Despite being in D.C. during the January 6th insurrection Sherman has high hopes for the future of the United States.  MyImpactAcademy.com/Join