The Helping Conversation

“I have all this privilege, its time for me to spend out”Steve Lysenko is the current Region 1 Director of the NAME (The National Association for Multicultural Education), a 100% volunteer organization that promotes equity in education. As a public-school educator with more than 20 years of experience as a teacher, enrichment specialist, and educational leader, Steve is now an Ed.D. candidate in the Executive Leadership at St. John Fisher University's Department of Executive Leadership. His area of research is in Culturally Responsive Leadership and the Implementation of the NYSED Culturally Responsive-Sustaining (CR-S) Education Framework in predominantly white suburban secondary schools. Steve is slated to defend his dissertation in August of 2023 and recently launched his educational consulting business, Excellence in Educational Equity (3E) Consulting. In this episode of The Helping Conversation Podcast, Steve shares his work in challenging the educational status quo that, in many districts, continues to teach a “whitewashed” version of history while not celebrating multiple expressions of diversity (race, social class, gender, language, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, ability) as an asset in teaching and learning. Steve discusses practices that continue to this day that support structural racism and do immense harm to families and their children. We discuss the principles behind the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework and strategies to implement this far-reaching view of learning and human development in which multiple expressions of diversity are recognized and celebrated.For more information on Steve Lysenko: http://www.stevenlysenko.com/


“Everything children do or say is communication”After burning out at work, in therapy, Rose learned that she had had a highly abusive childhood. Her need to push herself SO HARD was rooted in trying to earn something that seemed out of reach her whole life - feeling her parents' love.
When Rose became a mom, it magnified her insecurities, and started triggering UNSHED TEARS and UNEXPRESSED ANGER. She felt she had 2 CHOICES… Fall into the abyss of repeating what her parents did, or learn completely new ways of relating.

Rose will forever be grateful that she stumbled upon Language of Listening® A parenting model that not only allowed her to become the mom she always wanted to be, but also allowed her to re-parent herself.
In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Rose, now an Authorized Language of Listening® Coach, discusses her specialized work in helping moms who had difficult childhoods get to a place where they LOVE the way they parent.For more on Rosemary Clark:https://www.afteraces.com/love-the-way-you-parenthttps://www.instagram.com/love.the.way.you.parent/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethewayyouparent/

“If it ain't joyful, we ain't doing that shit!”Amy Hager, a true marketer and community builder at heart, uses her years of experience and expertise to help coaches and consultants around the world build businesses they love at the Joyful Business Revolution. Amy's yoga instructor says she has lived 12 lives already because she has so many experiences. She has raced cars, been a radio DJ, built sales and marketing teams (one was for a standardized construction contracts coalition), worked at a group home to support adults with mental illness, led a B&B association, started a youth group, been a military spouse - just to name a few. Her experiences help her relate and apply strategies across many different industries by utilizing her background in marketing, communications, engagement, community development, and organizational growth.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Amy discusses her how she utilizes an array of tools and methodologies including The Content Personality™ Quiz to assist her clients in identifying the most powerful and joyful way in which they can deliver their message to the marketplace. Amy's clients ponder questions such as “is it interesting or is it joyful?” and “how do I create a soul driven business?" as they create a marketing and messaging plan that is authentic, impactful and...joyful!!!For more on Amy:
https://mshannonhernandez.com/

“Practicing the Platinum Rule – do unto others as they would like to be done unto”Christine Horstman is the owner of Paper Doll Communication. Christine is a Certified Professional Coach with a niche in career coaching. She is also an Accredited DISC Trainer and a Professional Development Instructor. Christine's specialty is emotional intelligence and communication skills. Her real knack is helping people figure out and phrase what they need to say. She helps her clients articulate their worth and what they want.Christine is a chronic illness warrior who has added long-haul COVID to her resume. Writing has always helped her cope and she believes in the power of putting our thoughts and goals on paper. Her book, Deal with It, Doll! Coaching Yourself Through Crisis was published in January of this year. Inspired by the pandemic and the lessons learned from her health journey, Deal with It, Doll! is a timely resource to help you grow through change and deal with life's many curveballs with resilience, confidence, and hope. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Christine discusses her profoundly positive and upbeat brand of coaching that supports her clients in utilizing our most updated understanding of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) while accessing their innate resilience factors. Christine honors many of the hallmarks of high-level coaching including being strength based, practicing deep and authentic listening, modeling radical acceptance and always asking powerful questions. For more on Christine:https://paperdollcommunication.com/https://www.facebook.com/paperdollcommunication/https://www.instagram.com/chris.horstman/https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-horstman-a2203278/Book Links:http://dealwithitdoll.com/Deal With it Doll!: Coaching Yourself Through Crisis: Horstman, Christine O'Brien: 9781955090223: Books - Amazonhttps://bookshop.org/books/deal-with-it-doll-coaching-yourself-through-crisis/9781955090223  (this is the site that supports local bookstore)

“Holding yourself accountable means there is nothing that you can't do”Geoff Seow is the Founder of MindAxis Life Coaching, where he helps unfulfilled Millennials create an inspired vision for their future through overcoming self-doubt with his MindAxis Method™. Geoff is also an accomplished Academic with a background in Human Biological Science, Neuroscience and Biotechnology. His mission is to guide his clients to reach their highest potential, through which they can create a life of purpose and fulfillment. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, we dive into Geoff's influential and impactful coaching with the Millennial population, a population that presently makes up the largest segment of the workforce. Utilizing many of the foundational coaching skills such as active listening, viewing his clients as their own best resource, providing thoughtful and structured accountability and a powerful focus on habits, Geoff supports his clients in the creation of greater focus and discipline…the end result…more meaningful and fulfilling lives.For more on Geoff: https://linktr.ee/mindaxislifecoaching


“An expectation is a resentment in the making especially when it is not expressed”Monica Levi is an executive leadership coach. She works with lawyers and startup leaders to help them get their leadership skills to the next level.She started her career as a corporate attorney, and subsequently transitioned into HR leadership with 20+ years of experience working for large international organizations, including Google, Skadden, Arps, and others, until she started her own leadership coaching practice 5 years ago.Monica holds a JD from Northwestern University and an MBA from Oxford University.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Monica shares the skills and strategies that she employees in her work with organizational leaders. From “holding space” to a laser focus on each individual's “zone of genius” to normalizing the experience of feeling like an imposter, Monica challenges and supports her clients as the come to incorporate a richer and strength based perspective on self.For more on Monica:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamlevy/
Instagram - monicamlevi


Paul possesses a decade of experience and expertise in the fitness and nutrition space. Paul is super passionate about the mental side of health and wellness, mindset, motivation, personal growth.He is a licensed (NBHWC) health and wellness coach, recognized by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching, certified personal trainer, behavior change specialist and a lifestyle design coach. As a writer, coach, podcaster, and public speaker, he helps millennials stagnant in their career and life quit quitting on themselves, so that they can unlock unlimited self-confidence, passion, and have “total life alignment”.Paul's podcast and brand is called “The Healthy Happy Human,” and he states that I love to talk about all thing's wellness.In this episode of The Helping Conversation Paul describes his style of coaching that focuses on supporting his clients at getting at the root of where they are most challenged at creating and sustain meaningful change in their lives. Utilizing Motivation Interviewing and working within a strength-based framework that incorporates the Stages of Change Model, Paul clients develop increased awareness and enhance ability to move their lives forward.
For more on Paul:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paullevitin/
Podcasthttps://www.podpage.com/the-healthy-happy-human-podcast/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-levitin-a7b56018b/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pwallball/

“It's not how smart you are, it's how are you smart”Ron has twenty-eight years of training and development experience. His background is broad based, having worked for some major organizations such as Toshiba, The Chubb Corporation and Organon Pharmaceuticals. Ron started his own consulting firm in 2006 with the majority of his work focusing on leadership and management development, corporate training, organizational development as well as coaching at all levels through client companies. Ron is a well-respected and sought-after faculty member of the American Management Association.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Ron highlights the crucial differences between being a manager vs being a leader. Expanding on concepts such as empathy, vision, psychological safety and “doing things right vs. doing the right thing,” Ron shares how he guides his clients and their organizations toward a leadership model that celebrates inclusiveness, trust and relationship.For more on Ron: 
LinkedIn:Ron Reich
Instagram: leadership_rlb
Email:r.reich2006@gmail.com

Episode 406“My work is a playground to express my purpose”Mary Ann Marriott is passionate about helping others awaken to the brilliance of who they are and all that they have to offer themselves and the world.  She has been a diligent student of the Universe for over a decade and has shared her knowledge, expertise and passion with others through interviews, public speaking, writing and healing sessions. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Mary Ann highlights many of the concepts behind her deeply intimate, intuitive and unique style of helping including holding space, self-disclosure, curiosity and possibility thinking. Mary Ann introduces us to a new definition of “intimacy, the concept of “truth vibes,” as well as the difference between a “new soul” vs. and an “old soul.” Mary Ann's authentic presence guides and supports her clients in peeling away layers of limiting self-belief, thus giving themselves permission to “let their light shine brightly.”For more information on Mary Ann Marriott:
www.maryannmarriott.comTo access a gift of a Free Guided Meditation from Mary Ann:
http://www.maryannmarriott.com/freegift


Episode 405“Our homes represent everything that is important to us”Melissa Greer is a nationally recognized licensed Realtor/Broker who has provided Greensboro, North Carolina and the surrounding areas with award-winning service for over 30 years. Melissa was recently recognized as #1 out of 50,000+ Sales Associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices International Network for Closed Transactions in 2021, in addition to placing within the top 10 in the nation for closed transactions 2017-2020.  In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Melissa discusses how she has focused her entire career on providing heart-based guidance and dedicated service to all of her clients, always keeping in mind the meaning of home and community, and the importance of investing in both. Describing herself as authentic, optimistic and person who wants to make the world a better place, Melissa shares how her work is guided by honesty and transparency, seeing all clients (and colleagues) as their own best resource, and a profound belief that “if there are people involved, its always personal.” Melissa shares that to her, “there is nothing better than walking into a house that a person loves.”For more information on Melissa: https://melissagreer.com/

Episode 404“I approach every situation with empathy and humility”The creator of the P.E.R.S.O.N. Centered Leadership Approach™, Michele Thompson is a Leadership Developing Coach and she is the CEO of Curis Consulting.  Supporting individuals and organizations struggling with how to prioritize human connections over bottom lines and shift from burned-out and frustrated to aligned and authentic, Michele believes that we have made leadership far more complicated than it needs to be. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Michele highlights how she developed her own approach to creating psychologically healthy workplaces that relieves leaders of their moral distress and feelings that things will never get better. Our conversation focuses on authentic use of self, being strength-base, redefining the word “resilient,” and supporting her clients in not viewing themselves as “selfish if they decide to tap out.”For more information on Michele Thompson: https://www.curisconsulting.ca/

Episode 403“I practice Radical Love and I lead with Curiosity” As a Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist, Addiction RecoveryCoach and a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate, Meghan Hetfield enjoys a national Reputation as a trainer, consultant and subject matter expert. A devoted advocate For Recovery, Harm Reduction, Drug Policy Reform and Social Justice, Meghantravels nationally to bring dynamic trainings to communities and fellow professionals. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Meghan discussed the models,Modalities and concepts that guide her passionate and evidence-based work Including Recovery Coaching, People are in Recovery if they say they are and the Role of Harm Reduction in both keeping people alive as well as de-stigmatizing Substance use. For more information on Meghan:https://meghanhetfield.com For more information on Recovery and Harm Reduction Practices:WEconnect free App https://www.weconnectrecovery.comNever Use Alone https://neverusealone.com/ 1(800) 484-3731Harm Reduction Works-HRW https://linktr.ee/hrwNEXT Distro https://nextdistro.org

Episode 402“I love fighting for people..I love seeing people get better”Rob Kent has spent most of his legal career in the public sector always with a focus on supporting underserved populations. For many years, Rob served as the General Counsel for the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) where he developed a reputation as one of the leading advocates for individuals and family impacted by Substance Use Disorder. In 2020, Rob was appointed by President Biden into his present position within the Office of National Drug Control Policy where he provides overall legal support to the entire office.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Rob, a recipient of numerous community awards, discusses how throughout his career he has challenged the status quo and brought about legislative and systems change as well as specific Drug Policy Reform. Rob emphasizes how he balances “radical listening,” always wanting to be open to the opinions of others with a strong sense of advocating for those in need. Rob highlights how he creates trusting relationships and the power of the practice of empathy. For more on the work of Rob Kent and the Office of Drug Policy: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/

Episode 401“It's all about trust between me and my players”About to begin his 12th season as an NFL Coach, since 2020, Dan Pitcher has been the Quarterbacks Coach for the Cincinnati Bengals where he has played a major role in the development of the Bengal's star quarterback, Joe Burrow who has progressed from the #1 pick in the draft to now considered one of the most talented quarterbacks in the NFL. In this fascinating episode of The Helping Conversation, Dan sheds light on the strategies and modalities that he employees that elevate and inspire world class athletes to reach the absolute top of their profession. Dan discusses what he does to become a highly significant ally and resource to the athletes he coaches, the difference between external and internal sources of motivation and the time, thought and energy he puts into creating trust and safety with those that he coaches. If you follow pro football, you know that last season ended with the Cincinnati Bengal's making it to the Super Bowl. A testament to the skill and hard work that Dan brings to his unique brand of the Helping Conversation. 


Episode 310What are the Mental Health Needs of our Teens and Young Adults? - Survey FindingsWith Guests: Margi Taber: Wayne County Department of Mental Health
Aubry Ball & Jason Teller: Monroe County Office of Mental HealthMy guests on this episode of The Helping Conversation sit in with me to share and discuss the findings from the 2020 Youth and Young Adults Ages 12-24 Survey. The purpose of this survey, conducted by the Adolescent Subcommittee of The Consortium of Alcohol and Substance Abuse of the Finger Lakes/Region II, New York, was to gather information on how youth and young adults are managing during these difficult times. A specific focus was placed on (1) How youth view connection with others, (2) the traits that youth desire
in a trusted adult, and (3) Services youth want to access within their region. Key findings from this survey include (1) youth trust each other to be the experts and (2) youth want a voice in decisions that impact their lives. My guests discuss the historical challenges inherent in a mental health system designed and run by adults who have done little to authentically listen to the thoughts and perspectives of our youth as well as the limitations to programs and systems that continue to utilize strategies and modalities that do not meet the complex mental health needs of today's teens and young adults.Strategies that have been found to be effective in engaging our youth in conversations regarding service provision are identified and explored.For more information:Finger Lakes Addiction Resource Center
https://ncadd-ra.org/services/finger-lakes-addiction-resource-center/2020 Youth and Young Adults Ages 12-24 Survey Report Summary
https://ncadd-ra.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FL-CASAS-Adol-Comm-Youth-and-Young-Adult-Survey-Report-2020.pdf

“What are the indicators that NOW is the BEST time to focus on Conversations?”Deb Shannon and Mary Stelletello, CPCC, PCC are Executive and Leadership Coaches as well as the Co-Hosts of the C-IQ® Mini-Series on The Minutes with Mary Podcast. Deb and Mary are 2 of only 900 coaches worldwide certified in the transformational modality of Conversational Intelligence®. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Deb and Mary discuss their use of this groundbreaking framework in supporting individuals, teams and organizations in the creation of trusting, authentic and highly effective conversations. Deb and Mary share how they utilize Conversational Intelligence® concepts, strategies and tools in their work with individuals, groups and organizations. Starting with a foundational understanding of the the role of neuroscience in how we perceive trust and safety with others and moving through the use of a “Conversational Dashboard” to guide our readiness to trust, this episode explores how we can all move toward a greater and more authentic sense of connection in all of our relationships.For more information on Mary Stelletello:www.vistaglobalcc.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marystelletello/For more information on Deb Shannon:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannoncoaching/

“Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fix Fake”Dimple Dhabalia is the Founder of Roots in the Clouds, and a Leadership, Mindfulness, and Well-Being Coach with a 20-year history of doing humanitarian work - or what she refers to as high human impact (HHI) work. HHI work is that which seeks to improve the lives of others and alleviate suffering in the world. Those that work within this specific profession not only contend with the uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity of daily life, but also face unique occupational stressors like compassion fatigue, burnout, and organizational trauma, which have become the norm within HHI organizations across various sectors over the past couple of decades.Putting the “human” back into humanitarian work, Dimple supports leaders and organizations across High Human Impact (HHI) sectors design human-centered workplace cultures where head, heart, and metrics work together to create nimble organizations that can thrive and grow even in the midst of uncertainty and challenge, and where empathy and social connection are at the heart the employee experience.For more information on Dimple:Website:https://www.rootsintheclouds.com/
FB: @rootsintheclouds
IG: @rootsintheclouds
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimple-dhabalia-she-her-ab326813b/

Kristina Rauscher, LCSW-R is a private practitioner in the Rochester area that has been providing individual and couples therapy for nearly 30 years. Kristina provides a unique approach that blends traditional psychotherapy techniques with spirituality, empowering her clients to not only understand the obstacles that come up in their lives, but to view them as opportunities for growth and evolution, all leading to the creation of a deeply meaningful life. Kristina, an expert at the creation of a trusting and safe space, discusses the strategies and theories that guide her very unique brand of The Helping Conversation. Building upon a profound appreciation for the healing power that results from the marriage of traditional psychotherapy techniques and the grounding of a spirituality base perspective, Kristina approaches her clients with a deep sense of curiosity, a belief that she does “not know” what is best for any client, and a willingness to ask her clients to take full responsibility for their lives (they are their own best resource). Having built a highly successful psychotherapy practice, Kristina is passionate about assisting couple in finding the best in themselves, and, in each other.

Ashley and Yuri Barber are Vegan Weight Loss Coaches and co-owners of Vegan Strong and Fit. After dealing with multiple health issues, obesity, and chronic fatigue as a result of their own lifestyle decisions, they knew they had to make a change. They dove into the research and decided to commit themselves to a vegan lifestyle. Together, they have been able to lose over 150 pounds while enjoying significant improvements in their overall health and wellness.Ashley is a Certified Fitness, Nutrition, and Wellness Expert, and Yuri is a Certified Fitness, Nutrition and Weight Loss Expert. They are passionate about helping others with a plant-based approach to holistic health and weight loss and together, practice their own unique brand of The Helping Conversation.For more information on Ashley and Yuri and their Coaching Services: www.veganstrongandfit.com

“Feeling good in our body belongs to us”Janis Isaman is the founder of My Body Couture and her specialty is helping people rid themselves of pain so that once again they can feel comfortable in their own bodies. Highly certified in both fitness and nutrition modalities and quoted as a lifestyle expert in Reader's Digest, Prevention and Woman's Health, Janis wants you to know that if you struggle with mobility issues, discomfort or body dysfunction, she can help!A provider of customized, individualized movement and nutrition coaching, Janis shares her unique brand of The Helping Conversation, including a "discipline-agnostic" approach which has helped hundreds of people navigate their body issues through education and movement techniques to full body sustainability.Honoring her clients as the best resource in their own lives as well as creating trust, safety & hope through the use of self-disclosure, Janis states that her primary goal is to help create a “solution, not just introduce a technique.”For more information on Janis:Website: mybodycouture.comFacebook: Facebook.com/mybodycoutureInstagram: Instagram.com/mybodycoutureTwitter: twitter.com/mybodycouture LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jisamanYouTube: https://m.youtube.com/user/janisisamanClubhouse: @janisElephant Journal: https://www.elephantjournal.com/author/janis_isaman/

What aspects of your Helping Conversation are built upon Evidence Based Practices? Evidence Base Practice is defined as a “conscious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. It involves the process of integrating the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.”Dr. Jim Raines, who calls himself an accidental academic with the heart of a practitioner, is the author of over fifty publications and his widely read and ground breaking books include: Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental HealthSchool Social WorkEthical Decision Making in School Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental Health: Addressing DSM-5 disorders in schoolsJim earned his MSSW at Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Loyola University. He has served as President of the Illinois Association of School Social Workers, Midwest Council of School Social Workers, and the School Social Work Association of America and has keynoted state, national, and international conferences. He currently serves as a Professor of Social Work and teachesProfessional Ethics.To Contact Jim:jraines@csumb.edu/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-raines-ph-d-lcsw-75118514/

“innovation is where the crazy people have stature”Bill Campbell was a trusted, loved and transformational Executive Coach whose clients included many of the corporate and entrepreneurial titans of the Silicon Valley tech world. Bill exemplified many of the foundational skills of The Helping Conversation including empathy, directness, courage and a feeling of love and loyalty for the people he coached and is viewed by many as one of the true visionaries in the practice of Group Coaching.Alan Eagle, Director of Executive Communications at Google, is the co-author, with Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, of the New York Times bestselling book Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell which chronicles Bill's coaching of the leaders of companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft.Prior to his present position, Alan was the communications lead for the Google product team, where he developed speeches and other communications for executives including Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Marissa Mayer, and Susan Wojcicki. Before joining Google in 2007, Alan held sales and product roles at several Silicon Valley start-ups. Alan holds a Computer Science degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from The Wharton School.For more information on the book, Trillion Dollar Coach:https://www.slideshare.net/ericschmidt/trillion-dollar-coach-book-bill-campbellTo contact Alan Eagle:https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaneagle/

“Set three priorities in the morning and then take “Imperfect” Action” Luke Layman is a decorated fighter pilot, serial entrepreneur, investor and transformation coach. With decades of experience leading high performance and high growth organizations, Luke has cracked the code on how to live with INTENTIONAL ALIGNMENT, enjoying all the best that life has to offer while sustainably growing businesses across the globe. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Luke shares his pillars for success that supports individuals in creating a High-Performance Mindset and Leadership Strategies. He discusses the value of “writing your own obituary,” setting your top 3 priorities each morning and the power of building accountability into your day. Listeners will learn how Luke coaches' leaders in how to set and achieves goals through the process of “creating habits” and how he teaches and supports his clients in how to engage in a decision-making process that is built upon a strong sense of competence and confidence. Leaders and entrepreneurs that avail themselves to Luke's guidance, coaching and mentoring, learn how to move beyond the fear of inadequacy and judgement to a place of clarity of vision and purpose. For more information on Luke Layman:https://www.lukelayman.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukelayman/

“49% of Nurses have thought about leaving their profession due to stress”Dee Hake is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, currently practicing in the field of Anesthesia. She's an Exhaustion and Burnout Expert who's been in healthcare for over 16 years and has endured the many challenges the 'business of healthcare' has created. She founded Wellness in Healthcare and the Ending Exhaustion Course for Nurses in 2019, with the goal to make personal wellness a higher priority for every provider. Focusing on the unique challenges and intricacies of work in a hospital setting, she helps nurses turn their intuition inward, and shift existing habits and routines to better serve the provider and ensure their own optimal health and wellness. Utilizing the modality of Motivational Interviewing, Dee facilitates supportive conversations that gently encourages her clients to dig beyond the surface, creating a safe and trusting space for exploration and reflection. These conversations support her clients in identifying how to take control of their health and wellness needs. Her authenticity, vulnerability, and guiding expertise create an ideal environment for a helping conversation that facilitates lasting change. Always honoring the autonomy of her clients, Dee's goal is to empower nurses to take back their health, and heed the advice they so freely give others in order to live a life they truly love.For more information on Dee and the transformational work she is doing within the field of Nurse Health and Wellness:Website: www.wellnessinhealthcare.com Coaching Website: www.turnupyourhealth.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turnupyourhealth/

Episode #220: “I do not know what life would be like for me without sport”Following a highly successful four-year collegiate career as a goalie with the University of Massachusetts, Jen Nardi remains busy and committed to sharing her love for her sport. Jen is both in her 4th season as the Head Coach of the Manhattanville College Women's Lacrosse Team as well as the Executive Director of The Brooklyn Crescents Lacrosse Program, a girls club level lacrosse program based out of Brooklyn, New York. Jen discusses the helping skills that she utilizes in her work as a coach and in building an organization. Finding herself in athletic leadership roles from childhood, Jen focuses on teaching to love the game and that winning is only fulfilling when done with integrity. Jen interacts with others honestly, authentically and finds the use of self-disclosure to be a powerful mechanism in fostering trusting relationships. Her leadership with the Brooklyn Crescents is born from her strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. Her leadership approach is strength base in nature, she consistently practices empathy and she always makes sure that all of her players, from college to club, know that she deeply cares about them as people.For more information on the Brooklyn Crescents Lacrosse Program, please log onto: www.brooklyncrescents.com


Episode #219: “All people need to feel like they are being seen”While on a family trip to Kenya as a 10 year old child, Daphne Pariser was shocked by the lack of available medical care and the normalcy of poverty that was all too familiar for the people living in the local villages. Moved by this sight, Daphne returned home determined to create positive change. Since this transformational moment, Daphne has worked on creating a model to end poverty through culturally-sensitive, sustainable small businesses for people living in extreme poverty. She is now the Founder and CEO of Humans for Education and her organization has impacted thousands of people. Humans for Education strategically delivers innovative solutions and quality education within communities in Kenya to combat the global educational deficit. Employing a comprehensive approach to addressing poverty by focusing on creating improvements in the health, educational and financial needs of the community, their programs help schools become economically self sufficient and focus on developing curriculum and life skills to improve people's quality of life.Daphne discusses the helping skills and perspectives that guide her compassionate and data driven work within the communities of Kenya including honoring established customs and traditions as well as always treating the residents of each village as their own best resource. Viewing all people that she works with through a strength-based lens, Daphne's ability to listen deeply and with complete focus on the needs and ideas of others empowers her to create systems and organizations that are co-created in nature and are able to maintain a keen focus on the achievement of life changing goals. For more information on Daphne's organization, please log onto:
https://www.humansforeducation.org/


Episode 218: “I found a lid to my pot”As a Human Resources Business Partner for a global defense contractor, Julia is in the business of helping both employees and their organization grow to their fullest potential. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management and Business Administration, and is currently pursuing her MS-HRM at Florida Tech. 

Passionate about anything diversity, Julia holds the seat of Diversity Chairperson with the Space Coast Human Resources Association. As a military spouse, Julia continues to embrace diversity by meeting military spouses from all over the world and connecting them to much needed resources. Always focused on both the needs of the organization as well as the needs of the individual employee, Julie discusses the skills and strategies that guide her effective and compassionate work with others including directness, honesty, appropriate self-disclosure, creating a safe zone, partnering in problem solving and a profound and celebratory appreciation for the diversity of others.


“No Required Practices: It's about doing what you need to do to be the best fencer and the best teammate you can be”Episode 217 : As one of the most knowledgeable and well-connected figures in fencing, in New York City and across the nation, Michael Aufrichtig is in his 10th year as the Head Men's and Women's Fencing Coach at Columbia University.
 
Michael has built Columbia Fencing into a national power. guiding Columbia Fencing to three national team championships, 11 total Ivy League team titles, and countless No. 1 national rankings on both the men's and women's sides. In addition, the Lions have claimed three of the last five NCAA fencing titles and in each of the last five years Columbia has finished no lower than third place at the NCAA Fencing championships.Michael is a three-time Ivy League Women's Coach of the Year honoree and recipient of the 2016 USA Fencing Coaches Association Varsity Coach of the Year awardStarting with the program moto, “Never Alone”, Michael discusses his unique coaching philosophy and strategies that have resulted in sustained high-level team and individual student-athlete success. Listen in and learn how Michael has built a program that, honors the wholeness of his student-athletes, empowers them to be their own best resource and maintains an atmosphere of trust and inclusion that highlights devotion to team as well as the celebration of individual talent and achievement.For more information on Michael and Columbia University Fencing:
https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/fencing/roster/coaches/michael-aufrichtig/2487

“Treat everything your partner gives you as a gift”Episode #216: Jason has been teaching and performing improv comedy for almost two decades having trained with directors, instructors and alumni from Second City, Annoyance, Improv Olympics, Upright Citizens Brigade and more. Jason is proud to be part of the Westside Improv Studio community for the past 6 years where he's been a member the theater's two longest running house teams, long-standing team coach and Players Workshop teacher. A big believer in improv not only as a creative art form but also as a powerful set of skills that can help strengthen relationships, create more fulfilling work, and enrich lives, Jason is now bringing his expertise and knowledge to his work as a Professional Coach working with individuals, groups and teams.Highlighting how Improve can be utilized in the formation of more effective teams, Jason shares how this unique art form is built upon a structure of complete trust with your partner the co-creation of a safe and creative space that invites and celebrates vulnerability. Other concepts that are inherent in the successful creative process known as Improv and that are foundational to all helping conversations include listening deeply, total acceptance of others and honesty.Jason Parker:
Email:parkerman43@gmail.com LinkedIn:
LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/jasonparker-creativity/

Episode #215 Kellie Syfan, M.ed., BCBA is a Behavior Analyst, Consultant, Mindset Coach and the owner of Applied Behavioral Happiness which is based in Wake Forest, North CarolinaIn this episode of The Helping Conversation, Kellie shares the science behind and the practice of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). Employing this evidence-based modality that empowers both parents and children to be an active part in behavioral problem solving, Kellie discusses how she utilizes aspects of her unique helping conversation including holding space, treating parents and children as their own best resource, honoring autonomy (including that of children) and always being dedicated to bringing the most recent research and evidence-based finding into her practice.It is Kellie's mission to bring applied behavior analysis to every family struggling with behavioral challenges, and to empower and encourage the mindset of deliberate creativity in the field of behavior analysis.**As a Thank You for listening to this episode of The Helping Conversation, Kellie is offering listeners the following free gift:“THREE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE WITH KIDS AND HOW TO START THEM”To download this free gift from Kellie, Simply log onto: 
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Episode #214 - In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Sue Kirby, President and Executive Director of Brightstar Community, discusses her mission to “help women survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, abuse and addiction find healing, hope, and freedom." Sue shares her inspiring story of how she grew her vision for helping others into a not-for-profit organization that now helps women free themselves from the trauma of Human Trafficking and Substance Use Disorder. Employing an evidence-based model, Brightstar Community provides and/or supports a myriad of services to women including housing, mental health and Substance use disorder treatment services and education. Sue discusses how her program is built upon a foundation of helping skills including a strong focus on creating trust, safety and inclusion, listening to connect, honoring multiple pathways of recovery, focusing on trauma informed care, authenticity, empathic connection and treating people as their own best resource. At a time when it continues to be easy for society to dismiss the reality and trauma of Human Trafficking, Sue and her organization shine a bright light on the healing power of love, compassion, and understanding.For more information on Brightstar Community, please log onto https://www.brightstarcommunity.org/

Episode #213: In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Yana Khashper, CEO and Co-Founder, and Jon Westfall, Interim Executive Director, discuss the creation and explosive growth of their Recover Community Organization, ROCovery Fitness. An evidence-based model, ROCovery Fitness is “a supportive community of physically active individuals brought together by sober living, committed to creating an environment of healing and recovery.   Members, friends and families are empowered to discover their inner strength and confidence through adventure, fun and camaraderie.” Yana and Jon discuss the helping strategies and skills that are the cornerstone of their success including treating people as their own best resource, listening deeply, honoring multiple pathways of recovery, facilitating safe, trusting and inclusive relationships, viewing all members of their community through a strength-based lens and the need for self-care. A must listen for all who celebrate recovery in all of its wonderful forms!!For more information on ROCovery Fitness, please log onto:
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Shelly St John is the founder of Shelly St. John Inspires and The Auction Divas. She is a keynote speaker, speaker performance coach and fundraising auctioneer working to help people build their businesses and attract new clients and donors through her programs. “auction Fundraising Growth Strategy Hacks” and “BADASS Public Speaking”. As an entrepreneur who spent 20+ years in her marketing firm and 14 years as an auctioneer, Shelly has spent her lifetime learning how to read an audience and to influence the way they react. Her focus is to train speakers and fundraisers to CONNECT with their audience (large or small) to help their listeners make decisions and take action on their message.Shelly has served as an Auctioneer, Emcee or Speaker at over 700 events and has raised $125 million for charity.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Shelly discusses how she utilizes aspects of traditional helping conversations in how she connects and builds a relationship with larger audiences. Shelly uses thoughtful open ended questions to draw people into her performance and assist them in identifying their personal connection to the cause or organization. Shelly describes a how she utilizes 3 Act Story Structure that parallels the structure of a coaching session.For more information on Shelly, please log onto www.theauctiondivas.com

Episode 211: Since 1991, Dr. Lisa Pion-Berlin has served as President & CEO of Parents Anonymous® Inc, the nation's premier family strengthening organization whose mission is to ensure meaningful Parent and Youth Leadership with lived experiences in Shared Leadership® that results in better outcomes for families and communities by advocating, implementing and evaluating across systems through evidence-based Parents Anonymous® Groups, National Parent Helpline®, California Parent & Youth Helpline, Shared Leadership® in Action and National Certification of Parent Leaders and Staff.Dr. Pion-Berlin is a passionate and compassionate leader and expert in resiliency, shared leadership®, family strengthening and prevention with more 38 years of research, advocacy and program implementation focusing on Evidence-Based Services and Initiatives. Fondly, called Dr. Lisa she has a Ph.D. in Social Work from Ohio State University, Masters in Social Work & Masters in Public Administration from University of Denver, and Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Georgetown University.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Dr. Lisa discusses some of the foundational skills required to do effective and respectful helping work with parents, families and children including acknowledging and affirming all feelings, maintaining a strength base approach, listening deeply and treating all as their own best resource. Dr. Lisa and the work of Parent Anonymous is built upon honoring the wisdom of parents and supporting their place as the experts on their own families. Dr. Lisa states that all parents want to do well and are often battling a variety of systems and narratives that are not parent friendly.For more information on Parents Anonymous, please log onto www.parentsanonymous.org 


Paula has been a social worker for over 40 years, most of that time working with children from infancy through college, along with their families. Prior to retiring, Paula was a School Social Worker in the Webster Central School District for 29 years. She is especially proud to have been a part of the development of the district's Response to Crisis and Tragedy in the 1990's. She also participated in the development of the Trauma, Illness and Grief Consortium (TIG), which will be celebrating its 20th year in 2021. Her work with students, families and staff was always based on respect, honesty, trust, and caring. The school building, and the district as a whole, is a community whose function is to support the learning and social emotional growth of students. But students don't leave their emotional struggles or celebrations at the school entrance. We celebrate with them and support them through their struggles.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Paula discusses experiences, concepts and skills that guided her compassionate and highly effective work with students and families. Paula shares her insights into not only how to successfully engage students of all ages, but how to make yourself an indispensable part of an interdisciplinary team. Concepts discussed include “showing up,” listening deeply, maintaining a strength base perspective and authenticity. Paula also highlights the influential role she played in leading her district to a more trauma informed perspective.

Mary Lally has been a special educator for the past 24 years and throughout that time, she has always tried to add a dash of humor and compassion wherever she is. She has taught students from preschool to high school and has discovered one common thread in every classroom she has ever entered. It is all about building relationships---with students, parents, colleagues, and the community. This has been her mission and purpose. Sense of belonging, empathy, understanding, and rapport are the hallmark qualities of fostering the growth of relationships. In February 2019, when Mary was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she discovered that with faith, gratitude, and love, the obstacles in life may just prove to be the most meaningful opportunity to grow.Being in the role of student can be vulnerable making and stressful, this is especially so if you are a student with learning challenges. In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Mary discusses her career in Alternative Education and shares some of the strategies that she utilizes to create safe and trusting relationships with her students including active and reflective listening and engaging in an empathic and compassionate manner. Highly intuitive regarding the needs of her students, Episode 209: Mary is an expert at building rapport with all of her students by viewing them all through a Strength Based lens (all students want to be successful). Mary highlights how true authenticity in combination with a sense of humor can engender a safe and effective classroom learning environment.

Join your host Keith Greer as he discusses some of the highlights from episodes 4 – 6 of Season 2 of The Helping Conversation. Topics discussed include Listening, honoring, creating a safe space (HUGE emotion with this one), speaking the truth, possibility thinking – being a “posibilitator,” being Strength based, the power of language, empathy, courage employing a systemic perspective on behavior and change ( not just an individual process) engendering hope, listening to connect and not respond, treating others as a resource, the art of empathy, engendering trust within organization, speaking the truth within organization, the art of being present (mindfulness), making yourself vulnerable, inviting clients to set an intention (focus), the art and practice of curiosity

The founder of Inspired Possibility, Barb Klein is a Possibilitator, life coach, retreat leader, meditation instructor, and the author of 111 Invitations: Step into the Full Richness of Life. She is also a team member at MomPower.org, an organization whose mission it is to help moms with addicted children find strength, wisdom, perspective, sanity, and hope. As a mom who has navigated life through her son's addiction for more than a decade, she is determined to create something positive and meaningful out of this experience. She supports other moms who have been impacted by a child's addiction or other mental health condition to make their own well-being a priority and to find peace and possibility beyond the pain.Through 1:1 sessions, workshops, retreats, and through her writing, Barb helps women who have lost connection with their inner wisdom and guidance to come home to themselves and take back their lives.In this episode of The Helping Conversation, Barb discusses her unique and influential perspective on the importance of self-care for Mom's, especially those that love a child struggling with Substance Use Disorder and other Mental Illness. Leading with a focus on mindfulness and re defining what it means to “love your child and yourself,” Barb employs the helping skills of deep listening, discovering possibilities, allowing herself to be vulnerable and creating and holding a safe space for her clients to get curious about life long beliefs about self that have not worked for them, and then, redefine how they care for themselves and those that they love. For more information on Barb Klein: www.inspiredpossibility.com

Episode 206 :Laura Stradley is an Army veteran who spent eight years on active duty, during which time she was stationed in Korea, Fort Benning, Fort Rucker and Germany. While in Germany, she was deployed to Bosnia in support of Operation Stabilization Force. Just before leaving the service, Laura earned her Master of Science in Business Administration from Baker College.Since leaving the military, Laura has worked with veterans in a number of capacities and since September 2017, she has been the Executive Director of the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester, New York. In 2015, Laura was inducted into the New York State Veterans Hall of Fame. At a time when only 26% of veterans receive services through the Veterans Administration, programs that meet the many physical and mental health needs of our veterans and their families are at a premium. Laura discussed the array of supportive and therapeutic services available through the Veterans Outreach Center. In doing so, Laura highlights her use of a number of foundational helping skills including engendering hope, listening deeply, listening to connect vs. quickly responding and viewing people as their own best resource. Laura is highly skilled at utilizing a Helping Conversation not only with the veterans that she works with, but in building a caring and compassionate organization.

Episode 205: Dr. Makini Beck holds a dual appointment is an Assistant Professor in The School of Individualized Study and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Kiah E. Nyame serves as Founding Executive Director of Ujima (ooojima) Rochester/Ujima Atlanta, Inc., a pro-social development agency serving severely-at-risk youth and their families and possesses expertise is in family, youth, and generational cultural trauma and youth intervention/prevention.Steve Lysenko has served in a variety of roles in education at all junctures, Kindergarten through Graduate School, in the Greater Rochester Area since 2000 and is also the President of the Local Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME).My guests focus their significant expertise on the topic of Multicultural and Anti-racist education. Touching on the long history of our educational systems teaching a “white” version of history, ideas and models are discussed that challenge our entire educational system to “tell the truth” by teaching multiple truths and perspectives that honor and celebrate the experience of people of color. The challenge of inviting the system to engage in this crucially important dialogue is highlighted along with the “cost” to students of color when they internalize messages that “white is better.” Examples of multicultural educational practices are discussed.

Episode #204: Join your host Keith Greer as he discusses some of the highlights of the first 3 episodes of Season 2 of The Helping Conversation. Topics discussed include Coaching for Adventure, Holding Space and inviting Possibility Thinking, The Power of Authentic Curiosity, Servant Leadership, The impact of Leaders as Vulnerable, Facilitating a Strength Based conversation, the power of Values Clarification and creating Trust and Safety.

Episode #203: Erin Lindstrom is a sales strategist and money mindset coach for online business owners and the founder of Human Being Club, a network of conscious humans to collect, connect, and collaborate. Erin helps her clients achieve their life and business goals with a blend of down-to-earth spiritual tools and practical techniques. Erin discusses how her unique brand of helping begins with her authentic curiosity about people's story, not only focusing on what they say, but what they don't say. She is highly skilled at the art of “holding space” for clients, empowering her clients to engage in true possibility thinking. She views people through a holistic lens, inviting them to identify and celebrate their many strengths and capacities, all of which results in her clients creating and sustaining significant change in their lives. For more information on Erin: Hello@erinlindstrom.com/ https://www.erinlindstrom.com/