Voice for Possibility

Amy Jordan is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, fitness expert, and choreographer. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of The Victory Dance Project. After surviving numerous life altering events including being hit and run over by an express bus, Amy made the choice to never give up. She shares her powerful story with Nicole Kolenda.

This week's new episode of the #VoiceForPossibility features a friend and colleague of Nicole Kolenda. Dr. María Rosa Brea is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University. Dr. Brea is a Dominican, immigrant, bilingual speaker, a critical teacher-scholar-activist whose work has been centered at the intersection of multilingualism and disability. In this episode Nicole and Maria discuss how they are making impacts through their life changing work.

Nicole is joined by Jen Delvaux, a health and fitness coach and founder of Team Empower Nation. In February 2021, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had always enjoyed researching new health hacks prior to her cancer diagnosis, but now she has made it her mission to help others take back the power over their diagnosis as well as to thrive during and after treatments.

Amy is a speech-language pathologist or SLP and owner of Graham Speech Therapy, a private practice in Colorado Springs that specializes in pediatric speech sound disorders. Amy frequently travels across the country to train SLPs on various evidence-based practices regarding the assessment and treatment of Speech Sound Disorders and is the creator of numerous Speech Sound Disorder-specific assessment and therapy resources. Together Nicole and Amy discuss how they create possibility through speech language pathology.

Dr. Nieca (neesa) Goldberg is the Medical Director of Atria–New York City and a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU's Grossman School of Medicine. She is also the Co-Medical Director of the 92nd Street Y's Cardio Rehab Program, a cardiologist, author, and the host of her brand new podcast, Beyond The Heart. Dr. Goldberg is a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association and started the “Go Red for Women '' campaign–+which was launched in 2004.    Before joining Atria New York City, she was the medical director of NYU Women's Heart Program and also the Senior Advisor of Women's Health Strategy at NYU Langone Health.

The past few years have been challenging for all of us, many of us experience loss, loneliness, death and grief. As we are learning to live in a post-pandemic world we are also learning to choose to be present in our life. Today's guest on the #VoiceforPossibility is an expert in choosing LIFE. Catherine Duncan is an Integrative Spiritual Consultant, Holistic Healer, Inspirational Speaker, Blogger, and Minister, committed to whole-person healing with a focus on emotional and spiritual health.  As a childhood cancer survivor and having lived through a Near Death Experience  @catherineduncanmabcc guided by both professional and personal experiences. Catherine has a deep reverence for exploring the sacredness and meaning of life.  Her book, Everyday Awakening was just released! This interview is vulnerable, eye opening and illuminating. I can't wait to hear what you think.

Are you ready to feel enough, no matter where you are, how you look or what you have? I know I am, and I recently had a fascinating chat with a woman who is an expert in “enoughness” Dina Scippa is the Founder and CEO of @EnoughLabs. As an empowerment and confidence coach for women and girls, she runs an unapologetically feminist social platform as well as her podcast, Embracing Enough. Dina is a recognized gender equality and women's empowerment expert with over 17 years experience in power dynamics, social inclusion, intersectionality and privilege. Together Dina and I explore why women never feel like they are enough and how there is a possibility to love ourselves…just as we are.

Gina Moffa is a psychotherapist for almost 20 years who has an active private practice in Manhattan, where she specializes in the many faces of grief and loss.  She also focuses on helping people to navigate uncertain, complicated life transitions. Most recently, she is preparing to launch her first book: Moving on Doesn't Mean Letting Go: A Modern Guide to Navigating Loss with GCP Balance. Together, Nicole and Gina discuss her personal journey with grief and how today she is helping people find possibility on the other side of this challenging emotion.

As Nicole Kolenda wraps up season 3 of The Voice For Possibility podcast, she's sharing a message that she would love her audience to embrace: finding possibility within the pause. In this episode, Nicole shares how she has found impactful ways to slow down to thrive. While Nicole prepares for the return of her podcast after a brief hiatus, she will be focusing on this significant act.

The founder and CEO of Live Feisty, Sara Gross, believes that through storytelling, education, and community building we can shift the dial to a more inclusive culture for female athletes and active women and girls. The most feisty thing Sara has ever done is start a media company with no clue how to actually do that.  Today, Feisty media continues to support and empower female athletes at all levels of performance, and is ever-expanding. Sara shares her empowering visual with Nicole in this affirming interview. 

Isabelle Forbes Fitzgerald is a storyteller & truth seeker who writes essays and stories that discuss topics from motherhood to marriage to family dynamics and trauma. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Rumpus, Yahoo Parenting, Brain Child, and Mama Glow.  She's presently at work on a memoir about motherhood, identity, and healing. In this empowering interview, Nicole and Isabelle explore ways to find possibility while navigating early motherhood.

Pilar Arthur-Snead is an RRCA Certified Run Coach (and host of The Last Tenth podcast) and believes that fitness is for everyBODY, no matter their age, size, shape, gender, current ability or physical limitation. In this conversation with Nicole, Pilar shares her belief that the only thing a runner needs is a commitment to the training process and the motivation to be one's best self. She seeks to empower and inspire highly motivated individuals and change seekers, to move their bodies and strengthen their minds.

Kathe Crawford combines her expertise gained in her many years as a successful sales executive with the life lessons she's learned to support women through her coaching practice. Through her memoir, Unlocking Secrets, she helps people understand that we all have a story, a past, a challenge, and trauma. Kathe takes the reader on her lifelong quest for love and belonging and the ultimate moment when she learns the only way to heal is to open her heart to the truth. Kathe's profound bravery that she shares in her conversation with Nicole is both impactful and everlasting.

Danielle Dick, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she serves as the inaugural director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center and holds the Greg Brown Endowed Chair in Neuroscience. She is an internationally recognized and award-winning expert on genetic and environmental influences on human behavior.  In this fascinating conversation, Nicole and Danielle discuss the many ways that our genetics affects our lives, personalities, choices, and parenting.

Mai Ling Chan works exclusively with people who are committed to supporting the disability community and shows up to help others find the best versions of themselves. Mai Ling proudly represents the global vision of XceptionalLEARNING as the liaison to international disability-focused thought leaders. She's the co-host of an internationally recognized podcast and has published three Amazon Kindle Best Selling books. On top of this, she has worked with an amazing team of technology experts to create the world's first brain-computer interface technology for AAC. Nicole and Mai discuss the importance of being an advocate for creating possibility.

This special episode features two amazing guests. Dana Klein and Gina Meyer. Dana is a coach, marathoner, wife, mother and founder of True Potential Running. She understands how our personal circumstances impact what we need as athletes, and she loves encouraging others as they begin their running journeys. Gina is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who founded two successful practices on both the East and West Coast. She is the founder and host of the Rise Resolute Podcast. In this impactful episode these three women discuss how to build a community while facing life's obstacles. 

Dr Deb Kern is a health scientist, visionary teacher, and guide who is dedicated to helping women live divinely embodied lives. She's created the healing movement practice called PranaShakti Dance, and a transformational online program called The Shakti Sisterhood. In this powerful final episode of season 2, Nicole and Deb explore the impactful ways that we can take charge of our lives and own our joy.

Kim Hale is a public relations specialist and professional dancer who created her own career path after working in the entertainment industry for decades. Kim has discovered a new purpose "behind the scenes" guiding and supporting artists at every stage of their career. In this powerful episode, she shares with Nicole how she's found possibility after cancer and was able to pivot to a new career.

Jay Ell Alexander has established herself as a communications professional with a true commitment to community engagement through her passion for health and fitness. She's the owner of The Vaughn Strategy, a public relations consulting business, and also serves as the owner and CEO of Black Girls Run. In this inspiring episode, Jay Ell discusses her choice to help change the lives of women through running.

Graci Harkema is the owner of Graci LLC, a diversity, equity & inclusion speaking, and consulting firm. She specializes in diversity, inclusion and implicit bias training, and talent management within Fortune 500, small businesses, and non-profit organizations. In this episode, Graci shares her story that begins with her dramatic birth in the Republic of Congo through her present-day work in anti-racism.  This impactful episode shows how Graci has used her experience to help others find possibility.

Heather is a speaker, coach, cancer survivor and host of the popular and ever inspiring Mom Is In Control Podcast.   She shares how to find freedom in surrendering, how to identify the thing that lights your soul on fire. Heather and Nicole discuss her book, Dying To Be a Good Mother and how she learned to show up for herself in the midst of a cancer diagnosis.

Amber Mundinger is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategic Partnerships for The Artists Den. She's also Co-Founder of Bring Music Home- the brand and project she started in March of 2020 to document what was happening to live music venues, their owners across the country during the age of COVID-19. Nicole and Amber discuss how to pursue your passion and push beyond the fear.

Over the past 10 years, Vasavi Kumar has helped thousands of women overcome major life obstacles to create new heights of success.  She is a licensed therapist, mindset coach, business strategist, Vasavi is the founder of the MIND Your Own Business membership community, and the host of the Being Human with Vasavi podcast. Join Nicole's powerful conversation where Vasavi breaks down her battle with addiction, self-doubt, and fear...trust me, you don't want to miss this.

In this powerful episode Nicole Kolenda is the guest. She is interviewed by Richelle Fredson about her current cancer journey and the new focus for this season of The Voice For Possibility.  Richelle Fredson is the Founder of Purposeful Platforms, a consulting and coaching agency working with authors to grow their promotional platforms. Together they discuss the courage it takes to find possibility even in the midst of an extreme challenge.

Panagiota Tampakis is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Visiting Professor in the Communicative Sciences Department at NYU. She has worked in the New York City Department of Education, providing therapy for high school students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, expressive-receptive language disorder, central auditory processing disorder, as well as childhood apraxia of speech. She holds a clinical certification from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Panagiota reveals how a cancer diagnosis was unable to stop her from making her dreams come true in this inspirational episode.

Julia Gabor is an award-winning educator and co-founder of kid-grit. kid-grit is a curriculum with a new, holistic approach to youth development that encompasses mindfulness, social and emotional learning, character education, digital, and social media awareness and she finishes off with a project in service-learning. Julia has spent the last 17 years working with esteemed organizations such as the LA-All Stars, the Tiger Woods Foundation, and WRiTE BRAiN BOOKS. Today she's changing the way people teach and how students can learn during the pandemic. Julia brings inspiring stories of thriving during challenging times to this episode of The Voice For Possibility.

Michelle Garside is co-founder of Soul Camp, the transformative sleep away camp for adults, and Soul Camp Creative, a full-service Marketing Agency devoted to working with conscious companies and brands that are positively impacting the planet. Her clients include coaches, teachers, healers, wellness practitioners, retreat centers, and wellness facilities. Michelle & her companies have been featured in Oprah Magazine, Travel and Leisure, Fitness, Women's Health, and Good Morning America. Michelle shares her journey of learning to love herself and how she finally found freedom in being authentic.

Kristen Boice is a licensed marriage and family therapist, Close The Chapter podcast host, a member of the American Association of Family and Marriage Therapy, American Counseling Association, and EMDR International Association, as well as a trained EMDR clinician. Her goal is to inspire us to get on the path of becoming more self-aware, taking ownership of our “stuff” and acknowledging the person we most want to be—so we can become them. Kristen brilliantly helps shed the shame that surrounds trauma recovery in this conversation with Nicole.

Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is the CEO and founder of the online divorce course --Afterglow: The Light at the Other Side of Divorce. This 14-week course teaches women how to heal, grow, and thrive after divorce no matter how difficult the process has been. Nicole and Elizabeth help reframe people's perceptions of divorce and reveal that this tough decision can allow you to live a more fulfilled life. Engineered  by: Podcast Studio Services  Produced by: Legroom Creative

Richelle Fredson is the Founder of Purposeful Platforms, a consulting and coaching agency working with authors to grow their promotional platforms, as well as create impactful book concepts & competitive book proposals. She serves as a publishing guide, guest teacher, and marketing strategist for multiple bestselling authors. Before owning her current business, Richelle had to take a risk to allow her a bright future to unfold. She shares this very compelling story with Nicole. Engineered  by: Podcast Studio Services  Produced by: Legroom Creative  

Nancy Levin is a Master Coach and bestselling author of books including her latest, Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free. Formerly the Event Director at Hay House for over a decade, Nancy is the creator of Levin Life Coach Academy and offers in-depth coaching programs to support students and clients to make themselves a priority by setting boundaries that stick. Nancy and Nicole have an insightful conversation about why creating boundaries are needed to create a healthy life. Engineered  by: Podcast Studio Services  Produced by: Legroom Creative

Stef Ziev is a former TV executive turned life and executive coach who helps people choose to live and lead with more joy and freedom. She heals what divides us from the inside out through our choices, and fiercely reminds people they have the power to permit themselves to choose. She's recently launched her Podcast called Permission to Choose, which is a wonderful combination of tough love and cheerleading to name the places where we hide and keep ourselves stuck, and ultimately release the beliefs that keep us there. Stef and Nicole discuss the ways that we can make empowered choices to help create the lives we want to live. Produced by LegRoom Creative Engineered by PodcastStudioServices.com