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Julie Butner shares how Tarrant Area Food Bank in Fort Worth, Texas has been empowering their local community to alleviate hunger for over 40 years, and their special relationship with military and Veteran families in the area. They are making a difference in the lives of those in need, while continuing to develop innovative practices to expand their network of support.    This podcast is made possible by generous funding from the Mountain Post Spouses' Club. To learn more, visit https://www.mpsc.us/.    Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas.    Show Notes:  Resources:  https://tafb.org/    https://tafb.org/hunger-heroes/    https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank  Type in your zip code to locate the nearest Food Bank, and then click “Find Food” for a list of food pantries and partner organizations.    https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program    Bio:  Julie Butner is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tarrant Area Food Bank, where she provides executive leadership, fund development, board management, and financial management for one of the largest food acquisition and distribution organizations in the U.S. Julie leads efforts to fulfill Tarrant Area Food Bank's mission to “empower communities to eliminate hunger and improve health.” Through the support of 125 employees and a $130m budget, this year TAFB distributed more than 60 million nutritious meals, over 1,000,000 meals weekly, to the TAFB service area, which includes Tarrant county and 12 surrounding counties, Bosque, Cooke, Denton, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and Wise.   Prior to joining the Tarrant Area Food Bank in January 2020, Julie spent most of her career working in the healthcare and hospitality industries, specifically focused on food and nutrition, and has held a variety of leadership positions in operations and business development. Julie also served as a Captain in the United States Army during Operation Desert Storm.   Julie graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Coordinated Dietetics and holds a Master of Science in Food Systems Management with an emphasis in Health Promotion from the University of Oklahoma. Julie is a Registered, Licensed Dietitian.   Julie has served the community through leadership roles in many organizations including Rotary Club, Executive Women's Day PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge, Texas   Christian University, Fort Worth Circle Theatre, Leadership Fort Worth, Delta Gamma Fraternity, Leukemia Society, The Cowtown Marathon, and Fort Worth Sister Cities.   In her spare time, Julie enjoys tennis, running, yoga, golf, and travel with her husband of 30 years, Greg, and their two Labradors.  

No two people are the same, so of course, our traits and experiences are slightly different from each other too. What makes this interesting is that we all have something that makes us rare. This episode talks about embracing your anomalies. In 1998, I was living in California, training for an Alaska Anchorage marathon. My physical fitness was in top shape at the time. I had just finished a 20-mile long training run from San Francisco to Tiburon. I was actively playing soccer while training with the Leukemia Society's marathon TNT team. My Leukemia Society coaches warned me to stop playing soccer, but I didn't listen to their advice. Not long after, I experienced an injury that was a super rare fracture.  I'm here to spend quality solo time with you for EP157's Wise Walk as we discover our True Stride. I had to go to multiple doctors to have a few opinions. Turns out the fracture was so rare that many medical professionals had zero experience with this type of injury. Luckily, I found one doctor who had one isolated case. I'm happy it turned out well, and actually, it reminded me that this doctor and I are people who share this unique one in a million experience. On our Wise Walk, I talk about embracing your anomalies. We all have rare experiences in one form or another that shape what we consider to be our own normal. Come with me as we reflect on these Wise Walk questions: Where in your life are you unique and can see the beauty of it? Do you have rare behaviors or habits? Can you own your extraordinary anomaly? As you look at your unique traits, do you know the baseline for your specific experience? Can you get more clarity around your norms? Can you accept your norm and gather the support you need? Always feeling like an outlier can be uncomfortable until you learn the importance of defining and communicating your norm.  Recognize your own unique experiences to create your own baseline. Embrace your uniqueness with these Wise Walk questions: How can you shift to a better norm if you don't feel your best? Where in your life are you defying what's considered “normal” by most standards? Do you take time to appreciate or honor the anomalies in your life? Can you be supportive of other people's unique traits? Can you encourage others to step into their rare experiences? Join this inspiring community to uncover a new sense of freedom, and be sure to follow and review the True Stride podcast as we continue to exchange our light and Heart Value with each other.   In this episode: [00:23] - Welcome to the show! [03:18] - Do you have rare behaviors or habits? [05:50] - Mary Tess talks about the importance of defining and communicating YOUR norm. [08:03] - Can you get more clarity around your norms? [09:40] - Mary Tess talks about finding what works for you. [11:40] - “Wow, I didn't know that was possible.” [14:31] - Thank you for listening!   Memorable Quotes: “Each of us is unique in so many ways.” - Mary Tess   Links and Resources: Mary Tess Rooney Email Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram Heart Value

 Episode 5:   Couch Potato to Ultramarathoner: My Slow Journey to Lasting Change  “You have a gallstone and need to get your gallbladder taken out.”  I stare at my doctor in disbelief. I have to get my gallbladder taken out at 28 years old? Just hours before, I was at my office in Dachau, Germany, doubled over with sharp, stabbing pain under my right rib cage.  But still… I can't wrap my head around it. I'm not ready to have my gallbladder out! God put it in there for a reason and I'd like it to stay right where it is.  I tell the doctor this and she replies, “Well, the other option is that you get in shape. Stop eating animal fat and start exercising.” Sounds like simple advice for a 28-year-old, but it was a tall order for me at the time. After all, I'd gained around 30 pounds since moving to Germany. I was enjoying a lot of beer, schnitzel, spaetzle, and delicious bread. I'd fallen in love with German food, but it was doing not-so-wonderful things to my size and health.  Just a couple of weeks prior, I had to quit a hike halfway through because my knees hurt so badly.  I'd chalked it up to aging, but now — with my doctor giving me the option between surgery or lifestyle change at 28! — I knew it was time to make a transition. A transition that would take me from being limited physically in my late 20's to becoming an ultra-marathoner at the age of 40.   THEMED INTRO:  (DON'T RECORD)[themed music plays]I'm Art Blanchford, and this is Life in Transition, a podcast about making the most of the changes we're given. As a married father of three teenagers, long-time global business executive, personal growth fanatic, and adventurer, I've been through hundreds of transitions in my life. Many have been difficult, but all have led to a depth and richness I could never have imagined. You'll get to hear about them on this podcast so that, together, we can create more love and joy in our lives — no matter what transitions we go through.  EPISODE:Part 1: Why this matters to listeners Hello and welcome back to Life in Transition. I'm Art Blanchford and today we're going to talk about a transition that took over 10 years for me to complete: going from couch potato to ultra marathoner. I want to share this experience with you because if you're like me, maybe you've wrestled with your eating and weight your whole life. Maybe you've started and stopped countless exercise routines and healthy eating plans — and feel like getting into better shape is an impossible obstacle in your life. I've been there. When my doctor in Germany told me I had to make some changes or I'd face surgery, it was a HUGE wakeup call. But if you told me that I would be running ultramarathons a decade later, I would've laughed in your face. “That's impossible!” I would've said. But as you're about to learn, small, incremental changes over a long period of time can make the impossible, POSSIBLE. My hope is that by hearing my story, you'll see the extraordinary potential you have — even if it's not obvious right now. [a beat… possibly with transitional music] Part 2: Backstory to the gallstone If you've been listening to Life in Transition since the beginning, then you know that I've always been a bit of an overachiever. I've routinely put work ahead of taking care of my body.  When I played football in high school, but in college, I was all about school and work. I only ran a little bit to get my energy up in the mornings, and didn't bother much with exercise outside of that. These habits continued into my young professional years, until one day my wife came home with an idea. [energetic music starts] “Nashville is hosting a Country Music marathon this year. Want to go?” she asked. It was 2000 — the first time Nashville had ever hosted a marathon like this. And since we both loved Nashville and it was for a good cause, I said, “Okay, I'll try it.”  I used the marathon as a way to raise funds for the Leukemia Society, got a coach, and started training. I'd never run a race in my life, so training was a very tough process. Everything hurt — especially my knees. It got so bad that I started packing bags of frozen peas in a cooler to use after my long runs in the park.  When marathon day came, it was more difficult than I had imagined. [race sounds] I ran and walked it in four hours and 45 minutes, and the 10 days after were excruciating. I could barely walk and everything hurt really badly.  [music ends] You'd think after all that work I would continue with my training. But soon after the Country Music marathon, my wife and I moved to Germany for my job. When I tried to run, everything hurt too much. So I quit. I tried hiking with my wife sometimes, but going down mountains made my knees hurt so badly that I quit that too for the most part. The only physical activity I did was mountain biking — but only occasionally. I spent most of my time working hard and traveling a lot.  Add that sedentary lifestyle to consuming a ton of delicious German food, and that's how I landed in the doctor's office with what appeared to be a gallstone.  Part 3: The Slow Road to Health Even though I walked out of that doctor's office determined to do everything I could to avoid gallbladder surgery. It was not an overnight transition. I still didn't exercise regularly — even though I made plans to do so many times. Instead, I focused on my diet first thanks to Tony Robbins. I attended his Unleash the Power Within conference and was inspired by his outlook on diet. He talked about eating mostly vegetables and plant-based fats, and consuming very little to no meat, dairy, or animal fat. So I started on that path. Two years later, work moved me back to the U.S. and I found myself under tremendous pressure. At 31 years old, I was a VP of a multi billion dollar global corporation. I felt like I had so much riding on my shoulders. I needed to do something to help manage my stress, and I needed it fast. [energetic music] Telling myself I didn't have time for anything big, I started with fifteen minutes every morning. I would get up a little early and walk around my neighborhood, following along with the Tony Robbins 15 minutes to Fulfillment. I'd say the things I'm grateful for, do breathing exercises that helped me feel more energized, and say affirmations.  It was only fifteen minutes, but it helped a LOT with managing my stress. I didn't know it at the time but committing to those 15 minutes every single morning was the start of an entirely new way of living.  It was the foundation for what would become a slow and steady physical transformation. [music rises and plays for a beat]. As that 15 minute morning walk became a daily habit , I found myself wanting more. I thought, “Well hey, I used to run. Maybe I'll try jogging for five minutes in the middle.” So jogging became part of my daily habit. I'd walk for five or ten minutes, jog for five minutes, and then walk for five or ten minutes. I did it almost every morning. Slowly, what started as 15 minutes stretched into what Tony Robbins calls a full Hour of Power.  I told a friend about what I was doing at work, and he recommended a book called Galloway's Book on Running by Jeff Galloway. It was all about how to run injury-free.  “That's what I need!” I thought. So I started following the Galloway regimen, where I'd run one mile, and then walk one minute. I kept my pace very slow as I built my endurance up. The idea is that you allow your body to train and transform slowly to avoid injury. Deep down, I wanted to run another marathon but I was nervous about it. My back still bothered me a lot, and I worried that another marathon meant hurting myself even more. So I didn't put a date on it. I just said, “I'm going to do another at some point.” For years, I continued using the Galloway method to build up endurance and my distance, getting up 5 or six days a week as part of my morning habit. Finally, in 2007 — a full seven years after my first marathon — I ran a half marathon in Detroit. Then in 2008, I ran it again.  I enjoyed these races so much that one day it hit me that running was no longer something I did to manage my weight or stress. It was something I truly enjoyed.  If I didn't get a morning run in, I'd come home from work, put my young kids in a double jogging stroller and take off for a run. I love being outside, being in nature, and moving my body. I added yoga and eating well into my routine with the encouragement of my sister-in-law.  The hardest part wasn't moving my body — it was eating well. I still battled my weight, because I loved bread, sweets, and eating big portions of both in the evenings. If there were any sweets around, I would eat it.  But I kept at it just like I did with the running. Slow and steady everyday. I aimed for small improvements everyday, not comparing my progress to anyone else. And then finally, in 2009, I got big news. After two years of trying, I'd won the New York City Marathon lottery. I was finally going to run another marathon. [transitional music]Part 4: NYC Marathon By this point, I was nervous and excited, but committed to training. But just days before the big day, I pulled my hamstring. My first thought was, “See, I knew I couldn't do it without getting injured. I'm out. It's too dangerous and I don't want to hurt myself.” I was living in Michigan at the time, and bought all my gear and got sports massages a Hanson's Running Stores.  . There were a lot of Olympic hopefuls on the Hanson's running team and one such runner was my masseuse right after the injury.  When she completed the massage, she said, , “I think you can still do the NYC marathon. . If you were sprinting, it would be a problem. But you can run a marathon and be just fine.” That was a pivotal moment for me. Her words gave me the confidence and inspiration I needed to show up to the New York City marathon — hurt hamstring and all. [music builds] On race day, I had all kinds of butterflies in my stomach. It was the day after Halloween and so people were making their way back home from parties the night before while the runners lined up at the starting gate. You could just feel the energy of the million spectators. e. My family and good friend, Jim, werw there, and my sister came up from Philly to watch. As soon as I heard the starting shot[1], I followed the Galloway way, running and walking, then running and walking some more. It was shoulder-to-shoulder throughout most of the race because there are just so many people who come to do the New York City marathon.  During my walking periods, I'd go to the side and try to get out of the way. But some people still get really upset that I was slowing down so much during those minutes. But I did it anyway every mile and trusted it was the right method for my body.  In every race I've ever done, there's always this short period of time where you know your limits are, and you go for it anyway. Everything feels so real in that moment. I felt that many times during the New York City marathon. It was really tough. But at mile 20, I rounded the corner and when I saw my wife, kids, and sister, I just started crying. It was so great to see them and steal a quick hug. Tears just kept coming into my eyes because I was pushing myself as hard as I could. When I finally crossed that finish line, I felt like a rock star. My time was 4 hours and 15 minutes. A whole 30 minute improvement from my first marathon nine years prior. [music beat] It felt amazing. And that night, my family and I had a blast walking around New York City. I wore my marathon shirt out to dinner and got a standing ovation in the restaurant. We saw tons of other marathoners with their medals on out and about and I'll never forget it.  Best of all, I hadn't injured myself. My body could run a marathon without getting hurt. [transitional music] Part 5: Improving Times & Shifting Paradigms After that New York City marathon, I decided to do one marathon every year and see if I could keep improving my time.  And sure enough, in Chicago of 2010, I ran it in just over four hours — cutting my time by nearly 15 minutes. Then in 2011, I ran a marathon in Montana. I felt great the entire race, and my end time was 3 hours, forty-four minutes and forty-five seconds. Not only is that still my best time, but I also ran into Jeff Galloway himself during that marathon. I got to thank him for his mile run, minute walk method that helped me heal my body and saved me from getting any serious injuries. After that marathon, my family and I moved to Shanghai, China for my job, and I got plugged into a local running group there. It was full of mostly Scandinavian guys who ran marathons every month or so. This completely shifted the paradigm I'd been operating under. “You CAN”T run more than one marathon a year without injury?” I thought. But with these guys, I did exactly that. I ran the Shanghai marathon, Great Wall marathon, HongZhou marathon, each twice, Nanjing mountain marathon, and many others. Training with these guys, I increased my mileage a lot, and I started doing martial arts and p90x plyo training to strengthen my body. It worked. I felt like I was in the best shape of my life. So much so that when my friend Didier Chavet said, “Hey, you should do a 100km, 60 mile, trail race,” I jumped at it. I wanted to see what was possible. But boy,[2] I had NO idea what I was getting into. [fresh music builds] Part 6: Ultramarathon[nature sounds + footsteps] It's over 90 degrees. I've been running, hiking, and climbing, mostly by myself, for more than eight and a half hours on the beautiful, rugged terrain of southwest China. I'm descending a large canyon with a black, 3000 foot granite wall that's radiating the desert sun heat onto me as I climb down.  My body feels like it's right at the edge of shutting down. My legs quake with every big step, and when I bite into my Camelback valve to suck in some much needed water, I feel nothing but thick saliva and air in my mouth. It's empty. I have no more water and I'm in the middle of nowhere China all by myself descending into Tiger Leaping Gorge. My mind starts to race. All the inner critics come out saying, “You're so stupid. You have three kids and a wife and you're not going to make it home. Who do you think you are for doing this silly race?” I was also kicking myself because I'd initially signed up for only 60k, 40 miles, but when I heard the race director describing the beautiful views of the 100k race, I changed my mind last minute. I had enough supplies and thought, “Why not? When else will I be in southwest China?” This was the first day of the 100k race. I was supposed to run 40k, 25 miles, and already I wasn't sure if I was going to make it. My body was shot from the 10,000 foot elevation climb I'd already made that day, and I was really second guessing this step to become an ultramarathoner.  I prayed and thought, “Well, what can I do? Stopping in the middle of the dessert didn't seem like a good option.  Well, Ikeep putting one foot in front of the other and I'll go a little slower. I'll conserve energy. And I'll keep my eyes open for anybody that might be out here and see if they have some water. If not, maybe I can figure out a way to go down to the river.”  I knew drinking out the river was not a smart thing to do, but definitely better than cramping up and not being able to move or completely dehydrating and damaging myself. So I slowly rounded the next switchback and as I came around to the next part of the trail, I saw a young lady tending her goats.  In broken Chinese I said, “Hey, do you have something to drink?” Maybe she knew the race was coming through, because she had two or three Chinese versions of gatorades in a little woven basket in the shade. I always carried money when I ran long distances in China so I gave her 20 RMB or so and she was really happy with that even though I couldn't really communicate too well because my Chinese is so bad.  That was truly a godsend. I slugged down two or three 16 ounces of Gatorade equivalent and was able to finish that day of the race. Later that night, all the racers (the ones doing the 60k AND 100k) all met up and stayed at a little country bed and breakfast. We ate food, drank beer and just enjoyed the camaraderie with one another.  But that next morning, I woke up and couldn't move my legs. They were unbelievably sore. I've experienced pain and soreness before — but NOTHING like this. I told my friend Andrew Lacey who was doing the race as well, “Look, I think I'm done. I can't move my legs.” Andrew replied, “Well, do what you can do. Can you get out of bed?” “Yeah,” I said. “I think so.” So I moved my legs over the edge of the bed. It took a lot to stand up. The pain was there, but I could do it. I walked around a little bit, and every step was really painful. I said, “I'm done, I'm just going to quit or at the most finish with the 60k runners.” Andrew encouraged me to walk around a little bit more to work out the lactic acid and said, “It's gonna hurt whether you do it or not. And maybe it hurts less if you do it.” To get to breakfast, I had to walk down a spiral staircase. The whole way hurt, but Andrew kept saying, “Just do what you can do. Don't give up because something hurts or give up because it's hard. Just do what you can do. If you can take another step, take another step.”  Luckily on that day, the 20k version and the 40k version started together. So I had a big breakfast, worked on my legs with the roller and learned how to run using my glutes instead of my quads from one of the other runners.  It hurt a lot, but it also hurt a lot to sit. So I kept focusing on what I could do, and didn't stop even when I felt that pain. After an hour or so of running, the lactic acid cycled through and my legs didn't hurt. I ran another 40 kilometers (25 miles) — almost a full marathon that day. And I made a BETTER time than I had the previous day.  By the third day, I felt strong. There was a lot of sliding down hills through pine forests, which was so much fun because it felt like skiing on pine needles. I had adjusted to the altitude and finished feeling great. 20k (13 miles) that day seemed easy, even if it was after running back to back marathons the 2 days before . At the end when they started calling the winners of age brackets, they called out ‘Art Blanchford' for third place. It felt amazing. Of course later I would find out that there were only three in my age bracket, but it was still a great experience. It had been a LONG journey from that doctor's office in Germany to now — over 10 years. But it was ALL worth it. [music swells] Part 7: 5 Steps to Lasting Change I wanted to share my couch potato to ultramarathoner story with you because I think we sometimes expect ourselves to transition and transform as fast as possible. But often that's not how real, lasting change happens.  In fact, you'll be shocked at the power of small, incremental changes. The impossible will become possible.  Whether you want to work on your physical health or something else entirely, here are some ways you can implement that slow and steady transition. First, get in the habit of doing something — even if it's really small. You hear my story of how I started walking 15 minutes every morning, James Clear mentions it in his book, Atomic Habits, if you want to get in the habit of being somebody who: fill-in-the-blank, start small, really small, but do it consistently over time Maybe you want to be somebody who works out.  Then do something every day, go for a walk or go s to the gym. Amount of time does not matter here. It could be as small as five minutes. You're just getting in the habit of doing something.  Maybe you want to become somebody who always takes the stairs instead of the elevator or somebody who parks in the farthest parking space to get extra steps.  And make it easy on yourself. If you want to be somebody who works out in the morning, have your exercise clothes or swimsuit already laid out the night before. Again, it'all about getting in the habit of DOING something and doing it consistently. Second, make steady progress. Everybody overestimates what they can accomplish in one year, but most people UNDERESTIMATE what they'll accomplish in three years. Take a, long term outlook and make steady progress.  Remember, you're not out there to prove anything. You're out there to improve. That's true for all of life, but especially when you're getting in shape. It's not about comparing yourself to your friends, or how much you can do on the first day or even the first year. It's about slow and steady improvement leading to a new you  Third, find your joy. This is a really important one because whatever you choose, you want to be able to stick with it for a long time. Maybe you don't like walking or running, but you really like skipping, biking, swimming, or playing paddle ball. Find your joy to be willing or even excited tostick with it for a while.  I didn't realize how much I really loved running until I'd been doing it for a few years. So give something a try, and be willing to stick with it for a while before you reevaluate. When you find your joy, you'll start to see exercise not as something you should do, but something youlove to do. And that makes all thedifference.   Fourth, hang out with people who inspire you in that space. There are so many ways to hang out with people who enjoy doing the same kind of physical activity as you. You can read books, listen to podcasts, or watch athletes on TV. For me, that was reading Jeff Galloway's book on running and Chris McDougall's book called, Born to Run. But my favorite way is to find people who are further ahead in their journey than you. For example, my brother is a much better runner than I am. And I loved training with these crazy Scandinavian running dudes in Shanghai because they really inspired me by showing me what was possible.  So hang out with those that inspire you mentally, physically, and spiritually. Fifth, say “What can I do?” instead of “I can't.” What can you do? What's a little thing you can do? Can you walk around the block? Can you walk up the stairs? Can you pedal your stationary bike for 20 minutes while you watch something on TV? Can you run a mile or two? What can you do?  And as you push yourself to do even more, don't quit. I was out hiking with my son and his scout troop a couple weeks ago, and it was really tough. We did 11 and a half miles on very steep terrain, while carrying heavy packs. After about seven and a half hours, the boys were done. They were tired and sore.  So what did I do? I first gave them all something to eat, and then said, “Hey, what can you do? Can you take one step?”  “Yes,” they said. And then it was just one step after the other. It's like that old adage of this journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. And another. And another. So whenever you feel like quitting, remember to ask yourself, “What can I do?” And then do it. Part 8: Conclusion I really hope you found my story helpful as you begin your journey. Remember, I NEVER thought I would be running ultramarathons when I first started getting into shape. I just wanted to avoid gallbladder surgery and manage my stress better. But now that I am in better shape, I love being fit, as Christopher McDougall says, to be useful. I love the things I can do because I'm fit and not in pain. I can climb trees with my kids, swim out the water falls, clear heavy debris after the tornado, lead the scouts on long hikes, and lift and relocate the furniture for my wife easily. I feel so much more fit than 25 years before I feel usefull in so many ways.  Before we wrap this up, I want to ask you some questions to help you figure out your next steps.What's one small habit you can start today? Something you have been talking to yourself about for a long time?  Can you start doing it just 2 or 5 minutes per day?How can you make steady progress with that habit? Take a three-year view. Where would you like to be? What would bring you joy? What would you like to be able to do three years from now? What has worked for you? What are you already doing? Take a minute and jot that down. Record or write it on your phone. Email or text yourself, or write it on a piece of paper. And please share it with me. I can't wait to hear what you look forward to doing as you make your slow and steady progress. Connect with me on LinkedIn or our website, LifeInTransition.online and let me know if anything stood out to you from this episode. Let a close friend know too — it could be a huge encouragement to them as well.  Thank you so much for joining me today. Make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would mean a lot to me if you shared this episode with a friend. I'm Art Blanchford, and I'll see you next time on Life in Transition. [music plays] CREDITS (Don't record) Life in Transition is co-written and produced by Laura Boach. And if you want to learn more about me and what I do when I'm not podcasting, please visit me at artblanchford.com. Life In Transition is a production of  (GFS Sonic Logo [“Great Feeling Studios” read by my nephew followed by a laugh of my son])whistle? gong? not sure what's the norm :)Feel free to chance this to sound more like you

The show begins in Oakland with an interview with Rod Woodson discussing his work with The Leukemia Society, coaching, social media, and more. Woodson was an All American at Purdue, NFL Super Bowl Champion and All Pro DB with the Steelers, Ravens, and 49ers. He's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is currently […]

Jacklyn Zeman talks about choosing your path, her long road on General Hospital, and the audition that led to it all!About Jacklyn:Jacklyn Zeman does it all! Mother-Actress-Author-TV/Radio Host- Designer. Now after more than 6,000 episodes as nurse ‘Bobbie Spencer' Chief Surgical RN on ABC's “General Hospital,” she has become one of the most visible and likable actresses on network television. Jackie is a true contemporary and role model to millions of daytime viewers.Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Jacklyn completed her high school studies at age 15 and studied dance at New York University on a scholarship. Within months she was dancing and modeling professionally while continuing her studies. A desire to act on daytime television led Jacklyn to her debut on ABC-TV's, “One Life to Live.” After her character's untimely demise, she was asked to go to Los Angeles to create the role of ‘Bobbie Spencer' on “General Hospital.” Four decades later...Bobbie Spencer lives on and continues to be a fan favorite.Jacklyn is currently appearing as southern belle ‘Sofia Madison' on indie drama “The Bay” produced by LANY. She was invited to join the “The Bay” family by Producer Gregori J Martin in July 2011. She is delighted to have been invited back for all the past seasons; and she is looking forward to the new season of upcoming episodes. “The Bay” shoots on location in Los Angeles and overseas. Episodes live stream on Amazon, Hulu, Popstar! TV, and Peacock.Jacklyn is also currently featured on indie series “Misguided” as ‘Mo'. Jackie has been thrilled to be invited to join the cast for the past few seasons by Producer-Writer-Star Paul Gosselin. ‘Misguided' is produced by Cosmopaulitan Entertainment. Episodes for the new season will shoot on location in Los Angeles. Jacklyn has received two Independent Series Awards (ISA Awards) nominations for Supporting Actress in a comedy/drama for her role as ‘Mo'.In addition to television work, she has performed in off-Broadway and community productions. She guest starred, portraying herself, in the hit stage production of “Menopause the Musical” at the Coronet Theatre in West Hollywood, CA. The sold-out audiences had a chance to see her wearing her song and dance hat. She starred in, “Come Blow Your Horn,” “Barefoot in the Park” and “The Boyfriend.” Under her own production banner she co- produced and co-starred in an original play “Seacliff California”. She has also appeared in “The Current Mrs. Harrison” as Mrs.Harrison at Theatre 68 and as Alain in “Talking With” at the Court Theatre in Los Angeles.Feature film credits include, Gary Marshall's “Young Doctors in Love,” John Hughes' “National Lampoon's Class Reunion,” “The Day the Music Died,” “Deep in the Valley,” “The Groove Tube,” and “The Mission.”Jacklyn received critical acclaim for her starring role in “Montana Crossroads,” an ABC After School Special, and took a break from her busy “General Hospital” schedule to co-star as a lawyer in ABC's Comedy Movie for Television, “Jury Duty.” She has appeared on “Chicago Hope,” “Mike Hammer,” “Love, American Style,” “Fantasy,” “Sledgehammer” and “Madd TV.”Travel, interior design and style, some of her favorite pastimes, has been incorporated into appearances on “Runaway” and “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” Jacklyn is a frequent guest on some of television's top talk and game shows. Her appearances include: “Good Morning America,” “Oprah,” “The View,” “Live with Regis...,” “The Merv Griffin Show,” “Home and Family”, “Lifestyle Magazine”, “Donahue,” “Rosie O'Donnell,” “Master Chef,” “The Florence Henderson Show,” The Suzanne Somers Show,” “Braveheart Women,” “The Dog Whisperer,” “I've got a Secret,” “Hollywood Squares,” “Family Feud” “Wheel of Fortune,” “Catch 21,” and many more.Jacklyn hosted a popular E! Entertainment special, profiling the “Men of Daytime” and co-hosted a series of specials for “Epcot Magazine,” at Disney World for The Disney Channel. She was chosen by ABC Television to co-host ABC Daytime's Greatest Weddings” video and was the sole representative of the network for its advertising campaign.Her interest and flare for interior design lead to appearances on “At Home With,” on the E! Entertainment Network, “Home and Garden,” with Rob Weller, “Treasures in Your Home,” “Great Day America” on the PAX television channel and “Soap Pads” with Kim Zimmer.Jacklyn has co-hosted ABC-TV affiliate morning shows throughout the country, and was recurring co-host for ABC's “Home Show.” She contributed special segments on beauty, interior design, health, fitness and fashion. “I've always had a passion for decorating. It's exciting to design and create a beautiful space that's reflective of one's personal style. I believe a home should be functional, comfortable and colorful - incorporating a mix of sentimental family treasures and new additions for a fresh perspective.” In 2018 Jackie co-hosted “Make This Place Your Home” with Jaime Laurita. The episodes aired on TLC.She was featured on Jamie Jamison's “Home Tips,” a syndicated radio show airing in over 300 markets nationally and hosted “Soap Talk” for The ABC Radio Network. She also hosted “Our Time” on Sirius Satellite Radio. Jackie continues to host and co-host various talk radio shows throughout the country. “I enjoy the personal connection and the challenge of exchanging thoughts and ideas live, on the air. There is always something interesting to explore and discover.”Jackie began designing jewelry for friends and family as a teenager. Her jewelry collections have appeared on QVC, Home Shopping Network, and Shop at Home TV. This provides an outlet for her creativity and sense of fashion. “Jewelry is a valuable gift because it has longevity and it makes a person's heart feel happy.”Add ‘Author' to Jackie's list of achievements. Her first book, Beauty on the Go, was published by Simon and Schuster in 1986. She has written beauty and fitness feature articles for major consumer and Daytime magazines. She has also contributed recipes to more cookbooks than she can count, to help raise money for various charitable organizations. Her most recent book, Turn Your Acting Talent Into a Successful Career has become a fan favorite.As a spokesperson, in national campaigns for major corporations in all forms of media, public relations and marketing teams value her on camera presence and credibility. Categories include beauty and fitness, diet and nutrition, pharmaceutical and educational campaigns. She was chosen to launch the new Excedrin Migraine campaign by Bristol Myers Squibb. She appeared in their television, radio, and national print campaign. Jackie was the national spokesperson for the International Correspondence Schools. She has always valued education and strongly believes education is the key to one's goals.Jackie hosted the very successful and long time running infomercials for Leslie Sansone's fitness videos, “Walk Away the Pounds.” The CD's were one of the nation's top selling exercise programs.She spearheaded the Beauty Logics Skincare run on Home Shopping Network and was the spokeswoman for the Metabolic Trim Plan, a healthy way to stay trim and fit. She guested with Jerry Lewis in a cooking video and has starred in the “Beauty on the Go” and “Soap Star Workout” videos.In August 2011, Jackie joined the team at Semprae Laboratories as the National Spokeswoman for Zestra for their TV, radio and print ads campaign. “This is a valuable opportunity for me to connect and interact with women on the important issues of love, romance, intimacy and sex. There is always something new and exciting to share and to learn.”Jackie has also given her time and energy to help support public awareness programs for organdonors and filmed a video used in hospitals nationally to promote Hepatitis B vaccines to medical workers. As an advocate of health and well being, she has appeared numerous times at Health and Beauty Expos sponsored in major cities.In June, 2000 Jackie received the Gabriel Project's Distinguished Achievement Award for her continued support for African children in critical need of life-saving heart surgery. She has personally traveled to Africa to accompany children back to the United States numerous times over the past 25 years. She has been a board member and the Leukemia Society's Honorary Chair for various events held in New York City. In 1998, she received the Leukemia Society's Charlotte M. Meyers Volunteer Recognition Award. Jackie continues to lend her time and energy to help raise funds for Leukemia research by traveling to New York City in the spring and fall, to work with Jane Elissa on their fundraising events. She has been a spokesperson for the American Heart Association, helping to raise awareness of the women's risk of heart disease and received their Les Etoiles de Coeur Award. Jackie and former “General Hospital” co-star Rick Springfield have co-hosted the annual Dolphin Ball which raised money for Cystic Fibrosis.Industry honors and awards over the years include five Daytime Emmy nominations, including a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1998, two ISA Award nominations, a Soap Opera Digest Award and the Hollywood International Favorite Actress Award.Jacklyn lives in Los Angeles, and is the proud Momma of her two daughters—Cassidy Zee, born on September 16, 1990, and Lacey Rose, born on July 15, 1992. On December 20, 2019 Cassidy gave birth to Baby Girl Kennedy Elise MacLeod. Gramie Jackie is over the moon thrilled and happy. Jacklyn dedicates herself to maintaining a balance between family, friends,travel and work. Follow the show on social media!                 Instagram: https://instagram.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/                 Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfci_podcast                  Facebook: http://facebook.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/                   Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas

Joe Lafferty (Rest In Peace) Roughly 3 years ago Joe Lafferty reached out to me to see about being a guest on my show.He is the author of Justin Time: A Memoir of Faith and The Fight For Life; and he wanted me to read it before coming on the show, so he sent it to me.By the time I finished the book and our schedules allowed recording an interview; nearly a year had passed. When the interview was completed; it was almost 2 hours long. We talked for another hour after that.At the end of that 3-hour conversation; Joe told me that we would be friends. As a matter of fact; his exact words were, “We are either going to be friends, or you're going to change your phone number”.Then he asked if I would mind being added to his list of morning texts; where he sends texts and inspirational messages every morning to a few friends, and people that are important to him. Of course, I said yes.Since Joe was an hour ahead of me; his was the very first text I received EVERY SINGLE DAY. His words of inspiration and faith were my first contact with the outside world, every day, for more than two years.Not long after, he started calling me. Our conversations got longer and more intimate. Before I knew it; we WERE friends. Just like Joe said we would be.We talked every weekday for two years. Monday through Friday, we would chat. Sometimes it would be 10 minutes, sometimes it would be 2 hours. Some days it would be a quick phone call once, other days it would be 4 or 5 phone calls in a day. We would talk between his work meetings, or while he was running errands. We would talk while I was working at my job, and standing on a ladder all day.We would shoot the shit, we would tell each other jokes, we would make each other laugh.We talked every week day for two years.Joe has had a lot of milestones in his life.He coached 15 young men on their way to the NFL. That is to say, Joe Lafferty helped 15 men realize their dream, and help them on their journey to become professional football players. Joe has many, MANY friends. Some are very famous, most aren't; but he has A LOT of friends.When Joe was a small child he beat Leukemia and became a spokesperson for his regional chapter of The Leukemia Society. Later in life, due to a one in a million infection; he lost an eye. Not long after that, Joe died….. for 7 minutes, the story is more involved than that;, but that's what happened.Shortly after that, Joe received a double organ transplant on Valentine's Day, 2010; and every day after that he lived on borrowed time. Or as Joe would say "Justin Time"; because Justin was the name of the young man whose organs he received. Joe's daily goal was to positively affect those around him; as many people as he could. He inspired some, motivated others, cheered and guided where he could.On May 1st, 2022 Joe was visiting his mother in Pittsburgh, and helping her clean out her garage. That evening he Face Timed his wife, who was at their home in Florida. Shortly after that Joe went to sleep, and he didn't wake up.Throughout his life Joe Lafferty was many things, to many people.He was:*A coach*A mentor*An athlete*A brother*A son*A husband*A father figure*A creator*An author*A podcaster*An advocate*A hard worker*A man of principle.*And A man of faith.But most importantly to me; JOE LAFFERTY WAS MY FRIEND.I miss him all day, every day; and I didn't even know him that long. I can't imagine what his other friends and family are going through, I honestly can't.For those of us lucky enough to have known him, he touched us.For those of us blessed to have befriended him; we are forever changed, for the better.What follows is parts 1 & 2 of Joe Lafferty's appearance on Fascination Street Podcast; joined into one nearly 2 hour long episode with as limited commercial breaks as possible.This 2 part conversation originally aired May of 2020.This is how I got to know him, and the seeds of a great relationship with my friend Joe Lafferty.Please enjoy my conversation with my friend.You can get Joe's book at: TheRealBionicMan.com or on Amazon.

Meet the entrepreneur selling eBikes in the heart of Silicon Valley, Jeff Scanlan, who opened Pedego Menlo Park (right across from Stanford University). Who after years in the area in various business development roles for hospital supplies, technology supply chain management services and even local and national non-profit organizations like the Leukemia Society decided to try a different path.  But one with a similar mission: to make an impact in his community by "delivering critical services to large segments of our country's population, whose needs would otherwise go unmet."  One ride at a time (this time).

Meet the entrepreneur selling eBikes in the heart of Silicon Valley, Jeff Scanlan, who opened Pedego Menlo Park (right across from Stanford University). Who after years in the area in various business development roles for hospital supplies, technology supply chain management services and even local and national non-profit organizations like the Leukemia Society decided to try a different path.  But one with a similar mission: to make an impact in his community by "delivering critical services to large segments of our country's population, whose needs would otherwise go unmet."  One ride at a time (this time).

Meet the entrepreneur selling eBikes in the heart of Silicon Valley, Jeff Scanlan, who opened Pedego Menlo Park (right across from Stanford University). Who after years in the area in various business development roles for hospital supplies, technology supply chain management services and even local and national non-profit organizations like the Leukemia Society decided to try a different path.  But one with a similar mission: to make an impact in his community by "delivering critical services to large segments of our country's population, whose needs would otherwise go unmet."  One ride at a time (this time).

This episode I chat with Sherm owner of Sherm Catering and Lisette the Drew Estate Rep and the lovely Toni. We are at the lounge having a great conversation. Sherm talks about the book, cigars and a great Foundation with the Leukemia Society. Lisette talks about the life of being on the road as a rep. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kev-stone3/support

Michael Schuster, FAIA, LEED AP is the founder and a principal of MSA Design, an AIA Ohio Gold Medal firm, offering award-winning services in architecture, interior design, planning, and experiential graphics. Schuster received his Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati School of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP). He became a registered architect in 1982 and is NCARB certified in 30 states. He founded MSA Design in 1985 and since then, MSA has grown from a single practitioner to a firm of over 50 employees operating from three offices in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and Naples, Florida. Mike Schuster is a recognized leader in the architectural community. His expertise lies in a strong and passionate design process that results in innovative, creative solutions. His involvement with Great American Ballpark, Xavier University, University of Cincinnati, The City of Blue Ash, Great Oaks Career Campuses and Government Square among many others is testament to his belief that architecture and design should uplift, empower, and energize communities. Mike has always placed great importance on improving the community through design. His tireless efforts and distinguished work have earned him AIA Fellowship and AIA Gold Medal, the highest honor, recognizing pioneers in architecture. He has served on local boards including OKI, the College of Mt. St. Joseph, and The Leukemia Society of America; is past is past president of the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; and is personally involved in charities for Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the Leukemia Society of America. In recognition of his dedication, he was honored as a “Cincinnati Gentleman of Style and Substance” in 2014 – an honor that recognized not only his contributions to the architectural profession, but to the community at large. His leadership has propelled, MSA Design to receive over a 100 state, regional and national design awards and their work has been featured in numerous peer and trade publications.

Rachel Engstrom M.S.W., C.H.E.S has written a groundbreaking memoir/self-book on her experience as a young cancer wife then widow. With the increasing number of young women and men becoming widows/widowers due to not only cancer and serious illnesses, but also now Covid 19, this resource is needed more now than ever. Rachel shares her journey in a raw and honest way, while providing step by step resources to help you navigate your own journey. Never before has there been a combination of the personal grit of the healthcare journey, along with steps on how to navigate treatment, diagnosis, the ins and outs of hospital life, employment, finances, insurance, self care, grief and loss and much more. In this interview, Rachel shares how her husband was 35 when he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. On their 8th wedding anniversary, just a year and a half after his diagnosis, he was admitted to the hospital again. He had lots of treatments including bone marrow transplant. Then 2 days after Rachel's 31st birthday, she had to hold him as he was taken off life support. She also shares about how she had endometriosis, and just 6 months after her husband's passing, she had to undergo surgery. Now, not only was she grieving the death of her husband, but also the idea of ever being able to birth a child. Part of her grief journey was writing a blog about her process and then this became a way to help others. She also joined the Leukemia Society Team and Training, where she trained to run a half marathon to raise funds towards this organization. This became one of her biggest outlets as well as her support group with people that could relate to what she was going through. Currently she is running for the Woman of The Year for the state of Minnesota to raise money for the Leukemia Society. You can find “Wife, Widow, Now What? How I Navigated the Cancer World and How You Can Too,” here https://www.amazon.com/Wife-Widow-Now-What-Navigated/dp/B08KBV5DBL/ref=nodl_#immersive-view_1601477867868 , as well as follow her on social media here: https://m.facebook.com/wife.widow.now.what/ Here is the Website To donate https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/mn/MN21/ Contact Kendra Rinaldi to be a guest or for coaching: http://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com Music: http://www.rinaldisound.com Logo: http://www.pamelawinningham.com Production: Carlos Andres Londono

EZ TALK LIVE is a fun interactive networking celebrity talk show! Here for our eZWay Family. EZ TALK LIVE is the official talk show for the eZWay Wall of Fame Dr. Tony O'Donnell, PhD — nutritionist, author, speaker, TV and Radio host, humanitarian. Dr. Tony's career as a naturopath has lead him through a remarkable life and a wealth of knowledge and experience making him one of America's leaders in naturopath medicine. As a Certified Herbalist and Nutritionist, Dr. Tony has motivated many to change their lives for the better, enforcing the principle that “If you feel better, you perform better.” His passion for helping others has led to an incredible career teaching the art of a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Tony is a renowned speaker at multiple Fortune 500 companies to sharing his “mantra of success”. Dr. Tonyis “an energetic motivational guru that mixes sound business principles with a healthy dose of nutrition”, according to friend and motivational speaker, Brian Tracy. Tony's comfort with large audiences, clever narratives, and the ability to speak openly and honestly, allows him to give powerful and entertaining presentations. Known as “The Herb Doc” he has been seen on HSN, ABC, NBC, FOX News, CNN, and Talk Radio Network. He is the author of 15 books on healthy living, wellness and personal empowerment, TV and radio host, and a humanitarian. In 2001 he was awarded “Man of the Year” by the Leukemia Society. This show episode is als featuring the Small Shifts, Big Changes Panel with experts like Loral Langemeier, Dr. John Demartini, Scientist Kara Scott Dentley, Think and Grow Rich Legacy Tour manager Sarah Lee, Music Expert Mikey Adam Cohen, business expert Jennifer Hough, CEO Money and You Dame Doria Cordova hosted by Dr. Harrison Klein  Create your free account at http://ezwaywalloffame.com all our shows are always blogged on this news wall and you can always catch the action on the official Eric Zuley website http://ezway.live   If you have AppleTV, Amazon Fire or Roku you can alway watch our shows live or OnDemand by installing our eZWay Network mobile or streaming app or.....   Download for free our new eZWay Family App and watch all our live broadcasts right from your phone available on Google Play and Apple Store

EZ TALK LIVE is a fun interactive networking celebrity talk show! Here for our eZWay Family. EZ TALK LIVE is the official talk show for the eZWay Wall of Fame Dr. Tony O’Donnell, PhD — nutritionist, author, speaker, TV and Radio host, humanitarian. Dr. Tony’s career as a naturopath has lead him through a remarkable life and a wealth of knowledge and experience making him one of America’s leaders in naturopath medicine. As a Certified Herbalist and Nutritionist, Dr. Tony has motivated many to change their lives for the better, enforcing the principle that “If you feel better, you perform better.” His passion for helping others has led to an incredible career teaching the art of a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Tony is a renowned speaker at multiple Fortune 500 companies to sharing his “mantra of success”. Dr. Tonyis “an energetic motivational guru that mixes sound business principles with a healthy dose of nutrition”, according to friend and motivational speaker, Brian Tracy. Tony’s comfort with large audiences, clever narratives, and the ability to speak openly and honestly, allows him to give powerful and entertaining presentations. Known as “The Herb Doc” he has been seen on HSN, ABC, NBC, FOX News, CNN, and Talk Radio Network. He is the author of 15 books on healthy living, wellness and personal empowerment, TV and radio host, and a humanitarian. In 2001 he was awarded “Man of the Year” by the Leukemia Society. This show episode is als featuring the Small Shifts, Big Changes Panel with experts like Loral Langemeier, Dr. John Demartini, Scientist Kara Scott Dentley, Think and Grow Rich Legacy Tour manager Sarah Lee, Music Expert Mikey Adam Cohen, business expert Jennifer Hough, CEO Money and You Dame Doria Cordova hosted by Dr. Harrison Klein  Create your free account at http://ezwaywalloffame.com all our shows are always blogged on this news wall and you can always catch the action on the official Eric Zuley website http://ezway.live   If you have AppleTV, Amazon Fire or Roku you can alway watch our shows live or OnDemand by installing our eZWay Network mobile or streaming app or.....   Download for free our new eZWay Family App and watch all our live broadcasts right from your phone available on Google Play and Apple Store

This week, I'm honored to welcome Dr. Tony O'Donnell.  Growing up as a poor youth in a family of eleven children in Ireland, Tony O'Donnell understood early on what it meant to go through hard times. After the passing of several members of his close family, including his father to heart disease and his fiancé to cancer, Tony turned his grief from these tragedies into a positive force. Tony put into action an important dream: to help others keep healthy, active, energetic, and to get what they want out of life.As a Certified Herbalist and Nutritionist, Dr. Tony has motivated many to change their lives for the better, enforcing the principle that “If you feel better, you perform better.” His passion for helping others has led to a remarkable career in teaching the art of a healthy lifestyle.Dr. Tony has been employed as a speaker by several Fortune 500 companies to share his “mantra of success”. Dr. Tony is “an energetic motivational guru that mixes sound business principles with a healthy dose of nutrition”, according to friend and motivational speaker, Brian Tracy. Tony's comfort with large audiences, clever narratives, and the ability to speak openly and honestly, allows him to give powerful and entertaining presentations. Known as the herb doc he has been seen on HSN, ABC, NBC, FOX News, CNN, and Talk Radio Network. He is the author of 15 books on healthy living, wellness and personal empowerment, TV and radio host, and a humanitarian. In 2001 he was awarded “Man of the Year” by the Leukemia Society.With his Irish wit and keen sense of humor Tony has increasingly become a popular personality on radio and television, including his own radio show on Talk Radio Network. His vibrant personality and dedication to improving the lives of others has made quite an impression gaining accolades from Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen, and famed Chicken Soup for the Soul author, Jack Canfield. Jack also interviewed Tony for his success principles book.While emphasizing to others the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, Dr. Tony has a strong commitment to his own personal physical fitness and is a third degree black belt. Dr. Tony stresses the significant role that a natural lifestyle, proper nutrition and exercise play in one's well being.For more information on Dr. Tony visit: https://radiantgreens.com/​  

On this episode of The SynAckFinAck Podcast, I welcome Lenny Chesal, at R2 Unified Technologies. Lenny and I chat about the state of the industry and how to get ahead in cyber.  I learn something in every podcast and this one is no different.  Lenny has so much wisdom from years of experience in the field.  I had no idea he got his start thwarting drug traffickers ability to call their contacts from the hotels of South Beach!  We also chat about the current state of the universities and how to deal with the problem of outdated curriculum, how to give back to the community, and the importance of soft skills. Then, Lenny explains a significant problem with companies not utilizing security tools and shares about his podcast The New Normal and his involvement in various organizations, such as the Leukemia Society.   Connect with Lenny on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lennychesal Visit his website: www.r2ut.com Listen to his podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kZTkwNDUwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz     Episode Timeline: [00:04] Introducing Lenny Chesal + How he got into technology industry [09:02] What should people be doing if they want to get into the technology industry? [14:07] What would you recommend a security professional with a few years of experience in the industry to do to further their experience? [18:36] How to avoid plateauing in your career + What to do when you don't feel good in your position [21:18] What do you see as the next big things in technology [25:32] The tools are there, but people and companies are still being crushed. Trust the experts! [29:54] Lenny shares about his podcast and his involvement in various organizations + How to get in touch with him    

Episode #7: John Becker has been the number one agent throughout his career. What is the secret? How can a guy with no sales background be the best? Learn to listen, outwork everyone else and be kind and goofy. That's it, a simple recipe for success. Don't believe it? Come hear it from the best..John Becker is adopted from Seoul Korea, has an amazing wife Linda and two children, Brady and Kate. His mission in life is to always give back to others in the community, lead with a big heart, and give 100% effort into providing happiness and leadership.John has a degree in Criminal Justice, with a minor in Spanish and Sociology from Moorhead State University. He mentored troubled youth during college, counseled previously incarcerated youth as a residential treatment counselor, and dedicates his time with the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society and the Family Tree.John currently works for Appreciation Financial and exemplifies his 100% commitment to listening, helping, and educating team members and clients with protecting their families and retirement plans.Contact John:Website: www.appreciationfinancial.comEmail: jbecker@appreciationfinancial.com

Tom Anderson is a guy whose passion is helping others, he just so happens to be a financial advisor. After graduating from Canisius College with a finance degree, he didn’t want to go the banking route and loved working with others, so he decided to pursue a career as an advisor. He focuses on helping others achieve their goals no matter what stage of life they are in. He is very involved with the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, Big Brother Big Sister of WNY, the St. Francis High School Alumni Board, the Canisius college young alumni philanthropy group, and the Hauptman-Woodward Institute. He plays baseball in the summer, skis in the winter and loves photography and traveling as much as he can…He’s certainly not your typical advisor and I think you’ll find that out in this podcast interview.

Steve Herz is the president and founding member of IF Management - a company with with a focus of  coaching and motivating others to become the best version of themselves.  He is also the author of Don’t Take Yes for an Answer - a self-empowerment guide to achieving your fullest professional and personal potential. Steve was once a portly fellow who could not swim. Undaunted by a lack of physical gifts, he set about to compete in the treacherous Gulf Coast Triathlon in Panama City, Florida. Shedding his extra girth while learning to swim, he met the six foot waves, the 90 degree temperatures and completed the prestigious Ironman qualifier; all the while raising thousands of dollars for the Leukemia Society and being voted Most Inspirational member of the Team in Training. Steve's a man that believes that anything is possible and connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. Get yourself a copy of Steve's new book by clicking the image below. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Joe Lafferty (Part 1) - AuthorTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Joe Lafferty. Joe is the author of the book Justin Time; A Memoir of Faith and the Fight For Life. In this episode we chat about his triumphant battle with cancer before he was even a teenager. We also talk about his journey from playing high school football, to working in several different sports related industries all after his stint as a nationwide spokesperson for The Leukemia Society, and hanging with some pretty incredible sports heroes!Follow Joe on social media:Twit: @TheJoeLaffertyInsta: @TheJoeLaffertyCheck out his website: thejoelafferty.comRegister to be an organ donor: OrganDonor.gov

Mr. Guillama is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare management and operations.He is a prolific inventor with dozens of patents issued and pending from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.Mr. Guillama is the beneficiary of numerous awards of distinction, some of which are from the Lion's Club, Leukemia Society of America, Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, and American Diabetes Association. Mr. Guillama is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Birthing of Giants Entrepreneurial Leadership Program (1997 - 1999).Mr. Guillama was born in Havana, Cuba and has been a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida for over forty years.

Nothing has the potential of ruining our “perfect' lives more than losing someone we love. Whether it's a child, spouse, parent, significant other or friend - we all have those people in our lives that we can't imagine living without. This episode is a raw and transparent look back to when Robin's worst nightmare came to life as her son was diagnosed and battled leukemia. No matter what the “cancer” is in your life, this conversation between Rachel and Robin can help you find hope in the midst of despair. Show Notes:To watch the video Rachel created in 2018 about our cancer story:https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/stories/matt-mays-story/Want to connect with Robin and Rachel on Instagram? Find them here: https://instagram.com/theproblemwithperfect?igshid=9jvum57yip6lAre you or someone you know battling cancer? Find more transparent stories and words of encouragement from the May Family's on Robin's blog at https://bat-recorder-sznx.squarespace.com/config/pagesNeed more information on navigating the blood cancer journey? Contact the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society at: https://www.lls.org/Also connect with Robin on Facebook at Robin May Ministrieshttps://www.facebook.com/2330042033706535/posts/2871699789540754?sfns=mo or on Instagram at:  https://ww.instagram.com/p/B3lFRS8HELd/Connect with Rachel and her life at the loft:https://instagram.com/rachel__leigh__?igshid=1erbjftzgyje9Or Email us your thoughts, questions or anything you want us to know at TheProblemWithPerfect@gmail.com

David Dunworth is a certified Magnetic Marketing Advisor serving Nonprofits, and Clinicians through attraction marketing and automation to grow capacity and sustainability to fulfill their mission. Nonprofits he's worked with in the past are Michigan Cancer Foundation, Leukemia Society of America, Michigan Bach Festival, Detroit International Wine Auction benefiting the Institute of Music and Dance, and many others. Donors get inundated with appeals daily, yet only a few receive attention. Focusing your attention on existing marketing messages is more effective and less expensive than constantly chasing new ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles G. Vetter, Jr. managing broker at the Lagrangeville Office of real-estate agency Houlihan Lawrence, tells RadioRotary about some of the many ways that his agency works with the local community on a number of humanitarian projects. Mr. Vetter is very much involved personally and through the agency with the Dutchess SPCA, making sure that dogs and cats are adopted, The agency’s concern for animal welfare extends to large creatures as well, supporting the Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue, including locating the farm where the rescue service is now located. Other charities supported by the Houlihan Lawrence staff include the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society through its “Light the Night” fundraiser and a scholarship program for baton twirlers. As part of the community involvement, the agency often partners with LaGrange Sunrise Rotary or with the Rotary Club of Pleasant Valley. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiorotary/support

This Episode’s Focus on Strengths This week Lisa chats with Cheikh Tall, Maya Tremelling, and a Project Director at FHI 360. Their amazing company is working in 70 countries to find cures for many of the world's deadliest diseases, provide water for villages in Africa, and promote the health and well-being of all people. In this special episode, you'll hear how FHI 360 has built a strengths-based team, while nurturing a strong company culture. You'll learn about these 10 ideas: Charity Cube Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Focus On The People Offer Awesome Grants Randomized Coffee Trials Thank You Cards Now Awards Annual Awards Leaders Set The Tone Creative Work Schedules [caption id="attachment_3508" align="alignleft" width="400"] FHI 360's Awesome Mission[/caption] Meet the interviewees (see photos below): Cheikh's Top 5 Clifton StrengthsFinder Talent Themes: Maximizer, Adaptability, Achiever, Responsibility, Deliberative (such a great fit for getting a financial analyst in the zone!) Maya's Top 5 Clifton StrengthsFinder Talent Themes: Positivity, Includer, Woo, Developer, Harmony (what a beautiful set of relationship talents to bring to a records management role!) Lisa’s Top 5 Clifton StrengthsFinder Talent Themes:   Strategic, Maximizer, Positivity, Individualization, Woo Resources of the Episode You can connect with the FHI 360 team through their website, Twitter, and their interesting and informative blog. Strengths Tools You'll also find lots of StrengthsFinder, leadership, and team tools on our ="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://leadthroughstrengths.com/resources&source=gmail&ust=1487264698482000&usg=AFQjCNHUtPcayNXycHfGq_r2Crj5sPIU7w">Strengths Resources page. Subscribe To The Lead Through Strengths Podcast To subscribe and review, here are your links for listening in iTunes and Stitcher Radio. You can also stream any episode right from this website. Subscribing is a great way to never miss an episode. Let the app notify you each week when the latest episode gets published. Here's a Full Transcript of the Interview Lisa: You’re listening to Lead Through Strengths, where YOU'LL learn to apply your greatest strengths at work. [music break] I’m your host, Lisa Cummings—and I gotta tell ya, whether you’re leading a team or leading yourself…it’s hard to find something more **ENERGIZING** and productive than using your natural talents every day at work. Today, you’ll hear a special episode, where I’m onsite in the Raleigh Durham area of North Carolina. I’m with an organization called FHI 360. They do work in 70 countries, and wow...talk about bringing out the best in humanity… I was onsite, delivering a StrengthsFinder program to their Global Leadership Team. They came from all over the world and, man, we got to apply the concept of strengths to [00:01:00] suuuuch a wide range of job responsibilities. We had research scientists, we had country directors, we had clinical operations leaders, and we had people whose career mission is to cure malaria. We had leaders who devoted their entire lives to getting clean drinking water to villages in Africa. It was amazing, and their organizational culture really stuck me. It feels different (in a special way) when you walk in their building. So [00:01:30] I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to chat with some of their team members about what makes this organization so special. Now, bear with us. The audio on this episode is not as good as our usual standard. We’re on site, in a common space, with four of us on one centralized microphone. The setup was not ideal for your ear buds, yet we made it work on the fly.  And, even with the extra fuzz and distance in your ears, you’ll absolutely benefit by listening to their creative tips and culture-building ideas. In just a sec, they’ll start giving you 10 specific ideas you can borrow for YOUR work culture. If you find it tough to follow who is talking (because there are 4 of us), take a glance over at leadthroughstrengths.com/listen. When you see the podcast episode art with three faces, you’ll know you found them. We added photos of each person throughout the show notes - so I think you’ll love checking out those visuals (we even have some that show the 10 tips in action). That page also includes each person’s StrengthsFinder talent themes, so it might be fun for you to spot their natural talents as you hear how they describe their ideas. We kick it off with . She jumps right in with their [00:03:00] Charity Cube idea. Here she is, giving you a cool use for the empty cubicle in your office! Project Director: Hi,  I'm a project director. My favorite thing about working here or one cool thing I look forward to is an initiative we have called the Charity Cube. It's an empty cube that we use as a mini-thrift store to raise funds [00:03:30] for charities that are nominated by our staff. Sometimes it will be a charity that our staff cares about, local or national, or sometimes it'll be something thathas personal significance to someone, right? Now for example, this month, the funds raised through the Charity Cube are going to the Leukemia Society because one of our colleagues lost her husband recently to leukemia, so it's raising money in honor of him. Lisa: I can already tell it's something of meaning here. Tell me a little bit [00:04:00] about what that cube looks like. If you walk up to that cube, what do you see? Because I imagine almost everybody listening has an empty cube somewhere around the office and they want to do this. What does that look like? Project Director: Sure. We invested in a portable clothing rack. I think a company called Neatfreak makes it. We have clothes hanging there. We ask people to only bring in really nice stuff. We usually have some shoes and purses. There are books, CDs and DVDs [00:04:30]. Knickknacks. People bring in all kinds of things. Some things we wish they didn't, but usually what happens is the good stuff is gone in a second. What's left over is the stuff that nobody wants, so once a month, we get volunteers to come clean it out and to purge it, then we start over. We've raised $5,000 in the Charity Cube. We've been doing it two years and each month, it's a different charity and [00:05:00] staff nominates it. It's fun. It needs to be placed somewhere strategic. Our Charity Cube is placed right next to the canteen, so everyone who's going to warm up their lunch stops by. It's an honor system. There's a moneybox. People put in the cash and once a month, we add up all the money and send it to a charity. Lisa: It's like a little retail store in a cube. I wasn't even imagining it at first. Project Director: Yeah. It manages itself, for the most part. Lisa: And anybody listening to this could implement something like that. They don't have to be a people [00:05:30] manager to do that. That can be anyone who wants to demonstrate leadership and do something meaningful. Ooh. Maya, this is a lot to live up to. What kind of cool thing do you love here? Maya: My name is Maya Tremelling [00:05:43]. I'm responsible for record management and I’ve worked for FHI for almost nine years. What I like most about working in this company are the people. Lisa: Let's talk about relationships for a second and what happens when you're so far away. I talk to more and more people at companies, organizations everywhere that have remote employees all over the place. Your tightest knit team might not be anywhere near you, so how do you ... This answer could be for anyone even though, Cheikh, you haven't been able to introduce yourself yet. How do you stay connected like that relationship-wise when you're not physically seeing each other? Cheikh: The ERG. Maya: Yeah, ERG. I don't know if you heard of them [00:06:29]. Lisa: Employee Resource Groups? Cheikh: Employee [00:06:30] Resource Group. Yes. Lisa: Yes. Talk about them. Cheikh: And then people that share… Project Director: Common interests. Maya: We have so many groups. Maybe I can talk for “Tapioca” [00:06:38], which is Asian people, but people who care about Asia also can join. You don't need to be Asian to join. We have really good causes too, like fundraising. We celebrate New Year's for all the countries in Asia. We have potlucks. Being away from our countries can feel lonely, but it feels like we are family here. It's just nice. Lisa: Yeah, so you mentioned Tapioca. You mentioned Young Professionals. Is that an Employee Resource Group? Maya: Yes. Lisa: What are some other ones? Maya: Africa. Project Director: Working parents. Cheikh: I think a bicycle group. Lisa: Bicycle? Cheikh: They have a bunch of bicycles. Yeah. Project Director: Yeah. We have a bicycle one, working parents. Oh, Toastmasters, public speaking, Africa, Asia. Military veterans? [00:07:25] Oh, a fitness one that does yoga and meditation. Lisa: It's as if you find a special connection point, you could make one of these. Project Director: Sure. You can propose it. Cheikh: The last one is a women’s group. Project Director: Oh, yeah. The women's group? Yeah. Cheikh: I attended that one [smiles]. Project Director: That's awesome. Good for you [cheerful crosstalk]. Lisa: Okay, so now people have sort of met you. Cheikh: Yes. Lisa: Tell them who you are and one of the cool things you love about working here. Cheikh: My name is Cheikh Tall [00:07:52]. I've been with FHI for about a year. The purpose for me to join FHI was the work that FHI was doing. I was just sitting at my old job - just working and I guess it wasn't meaningful to me. It wasn't about the money, it's about what I want to do personally. I think working here - and the work that FHI is doing, that's one of the main things that I like about working here. Lisa: Yeah. I think people listening to this will almost feel like you [00:08:30] have an advantage because when you're in a company like this, that is so mission driven and so out for humanity and what the world could become, you certainly (on the purpose and meaning part) have something special. Let's just say you're a manager listening to this and they work in a manufacturing company. They're making widgets and you're trying to figure out - how do you tap into meaning? You've obviously had this experience when you didn't feel that connection. [00:09:00] Do you think that connection can be made when it's a hardware product or something like that? Cheikh: Yes. I think it's good to take time to understand what somebody's motivation is. It's important to tap into that motivation and keep that person going. Lisa: If you just asked one question to try to get at somebody's motivation, what would that thing be? Project Director: Whenever I work with someone that I don't know, I make sure that the very first meeting has nothing to do with work. That it's [00:09:30] just about getting to know each other and understanding. You don't want to make people say things that they're not comfortable sharing, but just opening a dialogue for people to share what they're comfortable with about their life and their family and where they went to school or what books they love, what music they love, what their hobbies are, so that you can build trust. I think in order to be able to be on a team and have healthy conflict about ideas, you have to trust each other. In order to build trust, you have to know something about the person [00:10:00] beyond their name and their title. Lisa: It doesn't cost any money, either. That's a great one, Project Director, for that. Project Director: Exactly. You do it over lunch. You go out, "Hey, I'm so glad we're working together. Can we go and grab lunch?" You just talk about life and each other. Also in keeping that feeling going and building that relationship too, a lot of times, we work with people that are overseas. I had a team that was all in Kenya. We did so much better, we were so much more engaged when we were on video, rather than when we were on the phone. As much as we could, we did Skype and video calls more than just being on the phone. When you're on the phone and someone could be doing something else and it's too passive. When you're on video, you have to really focus. So yeah, using video and just keeping a personal relationship just when you start meeting like, "How's everything going with you guys? How's your family?" You know what their kids are doing. "How's soccer going?" or something. "How's your garden going? You grow tomatoes. Do you have any tomatoes yet?" Just to have ahuman connection and not be so boring about work, because things can get boring sometimes. Lisa: [00:11:00] It's big. People say, "Oh, you're not focusing on work", but you're focusing on work by focusing on the people that do the work, so you have to have that piece. Cheikh: Adding to that, I might be an introvert sometimes. I don't like to talk. I just sometimes just keep it business as usual. Lisa: Perfect for having someone on a video right now, right? [sarcasm] “Let's do an in public interview with someone to make him feel really uncomfortable.” Cheikh: I've been working with my manager for a while. She can tell by how I react if I'm excited about something or not. She knows that I like to be challenged. If a new challenge comes up, she can see the excitement in me. I think paying attention to the non-verbal action of people pays a lot. They can't help unless they are 100% sure what motivates that person. Lisa: I like how practical your ideas are. You were talking about the fact that someone can read you [00:12:00] and know. The same thing applies with anybody that you're working with whether they're your direct report or a colleague who's a peer. If you get to know each other at those informal lunches and they know, "Oh, you want a little more time to think about things" or "Don't put me under pressure to speak in the moment" or "Now I can see that eye twitch means that's a good thing". All those little signs. Project Director: One of the things that I love about FHI is HR has set aside funds and resources for employees to come up with [00:12:30] ideas. We have the Awesome grant: give us an idea that's awesome that you can do for $1,000 and we'll consider it. Everyone can submit his or her ideas. One of the Awesome grants was to get some bicycles that employees can check out and go for lunch, go ride into downtown and grab a coffee or a lunch. HR, it's not tons of money, but it's very encouraging to feel like your ideas are valued and for HR to say, "We want to know what ..." [00:13:00] The Awesome grants are about the culture. $1,000 projects to make our culture better. I love that HR is thinking that way because that's creative and it's not expensive. It's pretty easy. The staff is doing all the work. They're coming up with an idea they're implementing. Lisa: And executing. I hear that and I think if someone said, "Oh, we don't have that. We have $100", you could do an Awesome grant with $100. That's cool. Paige Winn (cameo appearance): Do you guys know about the randomized coffee trials? Maya: Yeah. Every [00:13:30] month, people who register to be part of it will get an invite. They match us with other people and we can have talking and it's just having a coffee or tea or even lunch if you want. I meet most of the time with someone new that I never met before. It's really good because we are such a big company. So many new people - we benefit. Lisa: Yeah. Say more about how this actually works. You're an employee and I'm imagining [00:14:00] it could be something like networking and I just want to meet someone in whatever department? Maya: Yes. Lisa: Networking, mostly? Does it happen through software or how does this happen? Maya: It's just an email. Project Director: It's part of the Awesome thing. Someone manages it. They get all the names of people and then they use random matching and send out emails. Cheikh: Usually the people that they match are in the same department. Project Director: Yeah. Cheikh: We end up being matched to somebody who is doing something totally different than your area of work, so you can talk about projects you’re working on. Project Director: The ones that I've been in, we talk about work some and what kind of projects you're doing and what excites you about what's coming down the pike. Maya: Most of the time. Yeah. Project Director: "Where did you come from? Who are you?" It's all the employees who schedule it and reschedule it if you need to cancel. That's your gig. They just tell you whom you're matched to and then you can take it and run. Lisa: You're hitting [00:15:00] on an enormously important concept. I talk a lot with managers about individualizing to each person and what makes them tick. Project Director: One thing I really appreciate is that we get handed out stationary that is a thank you note. It has a logo and it says 'We are FHI'. You get those and when someone does something that you appreciate or helps you out, you can send them a handwritten thank you note. I have handwritten thank you [00:15:30] notes from people in leadership that mean so much. The power of that is just so real and wonderful. We can do that to each other. We also have an ability to nominate people for awards. Cheikh: Yeah. The Now Award. Project Director: On an ongoing basis, we have a Now Award, which is just someone helped you out. It can be a $10 gift card or $20, whatever. Once a year, then we have the big award. They take nominations from around, many, many offices around [00:16:00] the world. It's nice. There's a ceremony and people get to tell their story. You hear why people got this award and they give it to teams. It's not about individual accomplishments, it's about team accomplishment and project accomplishment. That's awesome because then you're really creating a culture that values teamwork. Cheikh: Also, what I like especially about the Now Award is that it is something that you get from peers. You're working next to each other. Maya: Right. In the same department. Cheikh: It doesn't come from the top leader. [00:16:30] My direct manager or my direct coworkers are the ones that can nominate me. Just getting an award from them means a lot because they are the people that you interact with all the time, and they see you putting in the work. The direct manager knows what I'm doing every day. Getting recognition from them sometime means a lot. Lisa: As I was listening to your answers, I was thinking about how that gave people a [00:17:00] big, bigger, biggest option where thank you cards, recognition cards can be big, Now Awards can be bigger, the team impact thing, the biggest. But that something as simple as a peer recognition getting a handwritten note whether it's from a peer, even an email, that it's big. It's a big meaning to you even though it's a small easy action to take. Anybody can keep a stack full of blank cards at their desk to recognize peers, even if their company doesn't [00:17:30] provide something. Okay. Closing thought. It's a simple question, yet a deep question. What do you know about team dynamics today that you didn't know five years ago? Project Director: I don't know if I didn't know it five years ago, but I certainly know now that the leader sets the tone. I'm on a team now where the leader will send out a message [00:18:00] and it's completely heartfelt. "This morning I woke up and there was a beautiful sunrise and I was on my run. I was just thinking about how much we've accomplished in the last month, and how hard you guys have worked, and how much I appreciate it. I'm just thankful that you all are my team." He's setting the tone. He's setting the tone and then that becomes the tone of the team. I think it goes all the way up to our CEO. We have a CEO suggestion box. You can say anything you want in the suggestion box. Anything. [00:18:30] He will respond publicly unless it's private, if it's an HR issue that is private. He sets the tone for communication. That would be my nugget: the leader sets the tone. It's your responsibility to set the tone for your team. If there's gnarly-ness going on in your team, you have to not just want to blame it on them but look inward and accept some responsibility. How do I turn this around? What can I do? Instead of just saying, "All those people are hopeless." I [00:19:00] believe it comes from the top. Lisa: It takes a lot of small interactions to make that openness happen, so that's a really good lesson. Project Director: You know one thing we didn't talk about, but I think is really great, is that I only work 60% of the time. That's a choice that I made, so that I cannot make my kids eat TV dinner every day, right? Lisa: Ooh, it is a big one. Project Director: I work less and I make less money, but I still know, and I think most people here know, that you don't get all this [00:19:30] stuff. Culture is not going to just ... someone else is going to create it. You have to put the time in even though I'm only working 60%, but I put the time in for the Charity Cube. We put the time in for the ERGs. We do it because we know that it's our responsibility. We get to own whether this place is awesome to work at or not. It's everybody's responsibility and we all chip in, don't we? Maya: Yeah. [00:19:53]. Project Director: People chip in. We're not getting compensated for these things that we're doing. We shouldn't be. We're doing them because we want to work at an awesome place [00:20:00] and that's what it takes to work somewhere awesome. If you're not willing to give a couple of hours a month or one hour a month to make this place awesome, then it's not going to be awesome. That's why it's awesome. If you think everyone else is going to create the culture and then you get to benefit from it? No. That's not how it works. Lisa: It's so uncommon to see any fractional work schedule. Project Director: Yeah. It has to be that your project, it meshes with your project needs, but yeah. If you can justify in how it will work and it works [00:20:30] for your group, then you can do it. Lisa: The Project Director ended it so perfectly, didn't she? You know what, if you want your workplace to be great, it's built from the inside out. A culture's not an HR initiative, it's not a vision from one single leader. It's actually a reflection of the past and the present and all of those actions, habits, preferences, commitments and trusts that are going on in your organization. Building a strengths-based culture takes [00:21:00] some time, effort, and ongoing communication. They did such a great job of showing how yes, it does take an effort by many people over a long period of time to shape a culture yet at the same time, they demonstrate really beautifully that these 10 ideas can be executed by anyone at any level and really with any budget level. To do a quick recap, here are the 10 ideas. I hope you will take some inspiration [00:21:30] and implement a spark that you got from this episode in your company. Turn an empty cube into a Charity Cube.Use it to give to causes that employees select and care about. Form Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), and don’t limit them to ethnic diversity groups. Allow team members to find connection points and create groups, like their cyclist group or veterans group. Focus on the work by focusing on the people doing the work. Build human connections by being willing to chat about non-work topics. Get on video for remote team members. Going deeper builds trust that translates into results. Offer Awesome Grants. Give people the opportunity to apply for grants that build a great workplace. They implemented everything from a sharable bike program to buying StrengthsFinder assessments - all from their Awesome Grants. Create a program like their Randomized Coffee Trials.They literally get matched up with a random person from another department to have coffee and try on a conversation. It has been awesome for cross-functional networking and collaboration. Provide an inventory of Thank You cards. They provide stationery to each employee so that offering appreciation is convenient. This removes cost barriers and convenience barriers that would otherwise keep people from doing it. I know, that sounds like a lame excuse to not say thank you…yet I don’t see fat stacks of thank you cards on people’s desks, so this idea rocks. Make it easy. Now Awards.Start a peer-nomination system. Get rid of the bureaucracy and approvals. Allow people to give something simple, like a $10 gift card to a peer. Annual Awards.This is their big team award, so it’s different from peer awards. This one recognizes project level success. They go all out with stories that describe the team’s experience together. And they pump up the pomp and circumstance to really make a celebration out of it. Set the tone.As a leader, FHI leaders are comfortable with a heartfelt tone. They are willing to listen and help each person feel important. They see from their results and loyalty that it's a big deal. Whether it’s a meaningful team message or their CEO suggestion box, they’re out to show people that they matter. Get creative with work schedules.FHI offers what they call “Reduced LOE” where any professional on their team can work fractional hours and get prorated benefits. What a creative way to keep your best employees through different seasons of their lives. It makes team members feel accountable to keeping the amazing culture train going - what a brilliant way to build a feeling of ownership all the way through. At its simplest level, consider offering a job sharing program or part time roles. The important differentiator here is that it’s not just for entry-level jobs. When you show people they have a career path with flexibility, you can keep your top talent rather than having them opt out of the workforce entirely. It makes the team members feel accountable to keeping the amazing culture train going, you heard that from Project Director, and what a brilliant way to build a feeling of ownership all the way through the organization. If you offered this at its simplest level, just consider doing a job-sharing program where two employees can share a job 50/50 or maybe you offer part-time roles. The important differentiator is that it's not just for entry-level jobs. I do see people experimenting with part-time offerings, yet they stop at the entry-level jobs. The magic here is that when you show people they have a career path with flexibility, you can keep your top talent rather than having them opt out of the workforce entirely. All right. With that, I'd love to hear what this episode inspires you to put into practice. If you've done the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment with your team, it's a great [00:27:00] spark. I say this often. It's a great start, it's a great spark, but it needs the continued conversation and execution to have the deep impact on an organization. First, I'm virtually high fiving you if you've gotten the conversation started already and the examples in this episode are a great way to support talents and put them into action. Just think about this for a second. If someone on your team leads through the Discipline or Focus talent themes, maybe they create the calendaring process for something like those randomized coffee trials because they really dig the organizational skills and the follow through part. If someone leads through restorative, maybe they institute their own ERG. They create an employee resource group called the Fix It Amigos, I don't know, to tinker on electronics or solve business issues that people submit. If someone leads through the developer talent, maybe they propose a mentoring program or they offer to be someone's mentor so they can take them through those small steps of development and have someone who they can celebrate the success of. If someone leads through Includer, they might offer to become the onboarding welcome wagon and offer tour guides to ensure that new hires feel totally comfortable and grounded in their first week on the job. You get the idea here. I'm just spit balling. The idea though is take your talents and the talents of people on your team and aim them at culture building conversations. Aim them at specific company programs. Get people involved in ways [00:28:30] that light them up. Encourage people to contribute in ways that bring them ease and energy and enjoyment about the workplace and about their culture and about their roles. After all, if they're obsessed with fixing their weaknesses, you know what I'm about to say here. They are performing on the road of most resistance. So help them claim their talents and share them with your culture.  

Darrell Harwood is hosting the Stand Together Music Festival September 23 in China Grove to benefit the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society. Two Much Sylvia, Red Dirt Revival, Carmen Tate and Soakin' Wet will be playing. Fun for the kids and plenty of food for all to enjoy to support a great cause.

Interview with Marketer David Dunworth About Branding and Leadership Discover How You and Your Teams Represent Your Brand Learn how nonprofit leaders, boards and staff create negative brand recognition.   David Dunworth has been involved with nonprofit for many years and knows how branding and marketing are an integral piece of connection to stakeholders. He is a life-long learner and an expert in marketing. He's an International best selling author. His site is http://marketingpartnersllc.com     Read the Transcript for the Interview Hugh: Greetings, this is Hugh Ballou. My special guest tonight is David Dunworth. My co-host Russell Dennis is also here. Russell has been on this journey with me many times. I appreciate your being here, Russ. David, he will interject some questions along with me. We pose the topic tonight of “Profit is not a dirty word.” Whoa. Before we get into that, I am going to ask you to tell people maybe three or four sentences about your background and why you should be talking about this topic so they can get some context on who David Dunworth is. I know you, and you have a lot of gifts to share. We are doing a snippet of those tonight. You and I have talked about how I encourage people to go away from the word “nonprofit” even though we understand that to describe the sector. It puts this in this scarcity thinking mode that we can't make a profit. Speak a little bit. I am going more toward social benefit or social enterprise or tax-exempt charity. There are ways to describe us by not saying what we are not. What are we? David Dunworth, welcome to this interview. Say a little bit about your background, especially on this topic on branding and profit. David: Sure. Thank you, Hugh. Thanks, Russell. Glad to be here. My name is David Dunworth. Like Hugh said, I have a few things I am aware of based on my history. After the Vietnam War was over, I went to the public sector in the private club business. From 1971 to 1997, I was in the private club business. I ran officers' clubs and NCO clubs. When I got out, I stayed in the private club business. During that time, I worked with the board of directors for the Michigan Cancer Foundation, the Leukemia Society of America, the North Carolina Health Center, a few others. I am not a foreigner to what I like to call social enterprises, but the bulk of my experience is marketing. I work with some nonprofits. In fact, I work with one in Fort Collins, Colorado, and another one in Florida. We talk about profit. We have to talk about profit in the charity business because that is where sustainability comes from. You can't constantly be fundraising and burning it all up. You have to make enough revenue to build some reserves so that you have money that you can count on in those lean times. As you know, it gets leaner and leaner and tougher and tougher as more and more charities and social enterprises come to life. Everybody is fighting for similar dollars. Marketing and the word “profit” have to go hand in hand. To give you an idea, up until five or ten years ago, most of the large national social enterprises were relying on their “brand”, their label, their logo to be their representative. A couple of the big ones, the American Heart Association and others, started building some directives and policies around their brand control and brand messaging. The key to the whole thing in my opinion is that most of today's charities don't really understand the word brand. Brand is a lot more than just the logo or the picture or whatever it is they believe they stand for. It looks like you want to interject something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The RunRunLive 3.0 Podcast Episode 3-293 – Boston Marathoner Jill Maguire Trotter             (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi3293.mp3] Link Support RunRunLive; Purchase an audio book of running stories.  Written and performed with love by Chris Russell  -------------à>>>>>>> Introductory Comments: Hello my friends.  We find ourselves once more together to share an episode, episode 3-293 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  It's been busy few weeks training-wise since we last talked.  I made the mistake of telling my coach that I wanted to qualify and was willing to do the work.  He reciprocated by hammering me with hard, long workouts that have kicked my running life out of balance in a good way.  I'm still only running 4 times a week but last week that included an 8 mile tempo run, a 10 mile tempo run and a 20 mile long run.  This week is more of the same.  I'm hanging on by my fingernails but it's all good.  It's a great way to narrow your focus.  I was down the Cape over the 4th of July holiday.  Nothing really eventful but it's a different climate down there.  Very hot and humid.  I think it is somehow closer to the sun.  It's all well and good when you're snoozing on a beach towel but not so much when you're trying to hammer out a run. Today we are going to chat with a local marathoner and running friend of mine Jill Maguire Trotter.  I was interested in getting her take on running because she's one of those people who manages to live her life, train and compete at a high level.  In section one I'm going to share an essay I wrote about work.  And in Section two I'm going to get you fired up to face the daemons of discomfort.  I didn't travel this week so I got some good Miracle Morning time to cogitate on these themes. That first week of getting back into the hard work of training was discouraging.  I'm heavy and my legs are slow. But I know that I can do it.  I believe that all I have to do is battle with the effort and keep bringing my best work and have patience.  I believe it will turn around and the fitness will come and the training effect will kick in.  I'm beginning to see signs of life.  I'm completing these workouts successfully and it's encouraging.  It's tempting to declare victory and just walk away from the hard training at my age and ability level.  I'm never going to be more than average no matter how hard I train.  I've got nothing to prove.  But it just feels worthy to be training to exhaustion.  It feels right.  My garden is coming in nicely.  I'm eating cucumbers and chard and kale.  The hops are budding up.  The berries are ripening and soon I'll be sharing fresh tomatoes with the squirrels.  Buddy doesn't like the squirrels.  He doesn't like the rabbits either.  For some reason we have a proliferation of rabbits this year.  And they are a brazen lot.  They sit in the yard and mock the dog, smugly devouring my parsley.  I wonder where all the local hawks and eagles and coyotes got off to?  We are through the nice part of summer up here in New England.  Now we are into the hot and humid, turn on the AC time of year.  The dog hates it.  I can't take him running.  He's exhausted by going to a walk.  The mosquitoes and deer flies are out in full force.  It's a quiet and languid season.  The dog days. Toss your fresh salads and let's Get On with the Show! … You should really sign on to my email list.  Rather than basking in safe obscurity you can declare your allegiance to RunRunLive and get my drivel directly in your inbox.  I mean, really, you've made it to 289 episodes and sucked the vital life force out of my narrative for 5+ years you should subscribe or at least join the RunRunLive Facebook group.  or just search FaceBook for “RunRunLive”. On with the show! Section one: Work - Featured Interview: Jill Maguire Trotter From Level Runner ->   Jill Maguire Trotter has hopped for east coast to west and back east again, getting a little bit faster with each successive leap. Growing up in the Worcester suburb of Millbury, MA, Trotter played youth soccer, softball, and most notably field hockey. She intended to play the latter sport in college (Babson) just like she did in high school (Notre Dame Academy), but those plans never came to fruition. After a brief stint as a sedentary person, Trotter became antsy and joined not the field hockey team but the cross country one. Although she “lacked the mental toughness” (her words) to be competitive, she stuck with it up to and through graduation. After moving to San Francisco in 1995, she joined the Leukemia Society's Team in Training and starting ramping up for her first marathon on the trails of Mt. Tam. In June of 1996, she ran 3:33 at the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska and qualified for Boston. Of course, this led to a return trip to the east coast in both ‘97 and ‘98 where she ran 3:33 and 3:30, respectively. Finally, in 1998, after all those trips from the City by the Bay to the City of the Beans, she settled for good (so far, at least) in the Merrimack Valley. She married, started a family, and took a break from marathons but not running. She gave birth to her first son in 2001, then a daughter in 2003. Having missed the 26.2 distance, she started up again and ran a 3:22 at the 2005 Boston Marathon while unknowingly pregnant with her 3rd child, and a mere 9 months after giving birth to #3, she won the 2006 Baystate Marathon in 3:11. Three children under the age of 5 led to the purchase of a treadmill, and like many a dedicated runner/parent she snuck in her runs while the kids napped. In 2007, with her children almost out of diapers, Trotter got serious. Encouraged by her Baystate performance, she joined the Greater Lowell Road Runners and recruited Nate Jenkins for coaching duties. Her goal: run sub 3:00. About enlisting Jenkins as coach Trotter says, “I credit Nate for teaching me how to train for the marathon; he instilled in me that it is about hard work and I should have confidence in my marathon goal times since they are based on results that I've achieved during workouts.” Her hard work paid off. Trotter ran 3:00 at the Vermont City Marathon in 2008 and then 2:58 at Cal International later that year. In addition to Jenkins, she credits Jim Rhoades with a valuable assist as they did most of her long runs together. Trotter turned 40 in 2012 and has been one of the best master runners in the region. She considers her best event the marathon, and her competition would likely agree as she placed 1st in the masters division at the USATF-NE GPS Manchester City Marathon. Her time: 3:09. She is inspired by Kara Haas, Trish Bourne, Liane Pancoast, Nancy Corsaro, Cathy Pearce, and Barbara McManus and credits them for contributing to her success. She says, “I find that while I like to be competitive with women from other clubs, I also want them to succeed in their own goals; the New England running community is amazingly supportive.” Beyond running, Trotter aspires to be a good influence on her 3 children. Above all, she wants to teach them that if they work hard they can achieve their goals. I'd say that's on The Level. PRs 5k – 18:42 @ Hollis 10k – 39:55 @ Tufts 15k – 61:37 @ Boston Tune-up Half – 1:28 @ Hyannis Full – 2:58 @ Cal International   Section two: The Dark Place revisited at middle age - Outro: That's all we have for you today.  Hope you're all fired up to go throw yourself at some tempo workouts.  But, seriously you draw your own line.  Don't base your self-image on what I say.  If you have never done speed or tempo training then give yourself 3-4 weeks to ease into it with strength training.  Make sure you're form is right.  Do your stretching and physical therapy before you hit it hard.  Any weak spot or chink in your armor will turn into a injury when you go to the dark place.  Your ability to figure out what's a real injury and what's another bothersome niggle will be needed to stay with it.  When I'm in the throws of one of these hard, big bounce cycles something always hurts.  There were a couple days last week where I had trouble sleeping due to the exhaustion of my leg muscles.  Pain is a signal but it's neither good nor bad and you have to be able to figure out what's real and what's not.  There's no black and white.  If you're going to drop into crazy big workouts make sure you stretch and warm up well.  Make sure you fuel well before and after.  Make sure you stretch and massage and ice where necessary.  Because all the fitness in the world can't help you unless you make it to the starting line.  If you have the discipline to do not only the workouts but also the whole package of things you need to do to stay healthy then the dark place is the shortest path to your goals.  I successful moved the RunRunLive website over to a new hosting service.  I'm still working out some bugs and I haven't gotten a chance to back update the episodes and articles that fell into the gap.  I'll get to it over the next couple weeks.  At some point I'll revamp the whole site because it is getting a little long in the tooth.  For the next iteration of the show I'm collecting blog posts from others.  I'm going to read them.  So if you have a post you'd be willing to share with me just send it along.  I'm also going to look for some guest interviewers to add some new voices in as well – if you're interested in doing an interview for me let's talk.  Get ready for RunRunLive 4.0. Just trying to spread the RunRunLive love. Cheers,   or just search FaceBook for “RunRunLive”. And I do have an email list that I shoot the shows out to.  I've been writing some extra posts on my website RunRunLive and I may start recording them as a bonus for those of you who are paying attention! Happy Mother's Day people.  Be good to each other – party on. Cheers, Outro Bumper Thanks for listening folks I appreciate your support.  RunRunLive is a free service for you because I like writing and telling stories.  I also love to meet folks so feel free to reach out to me at Gmail or any of the other social networking sites.  I'm CYKTRussell.  And as you know that's Chris-Yellow-King-Tom-Russell with two Esses and two Ell's. My Website is and most if not all of this content is posted out there.   If you want the show notes to magically show up in your inbox when I publish a show in a beautiful HTML wrapper you can subscribe to the mailing list at my site.  It's a useful thing if you are moved by something I say and would like to see if what I wrote is the same thing! It also has all the links to everything and everyone I talk to and about. Other than that, thank you for your attention, do epic stuff and let me know if I can help. Ciao Happy Song – Super Hero - Other products from Chris Russell you may be interested in The Mid-Packer's Lament On Audio (Read by the author) – The Mid-Packer's Guide to the Galaxy Standard Links: Contact: Cyktrussell At gmail and twitter and facebook and youtube Bio Chris Russell lives and trains in suburban Massachusetts with his family and Border collie Buddy.  Chris is the author of , and short stories on running, racing, and the human comedy of the mid-pack.  Chris writes the Runnerati Blog at .  Chris' Podcast, is available on and at . 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The RunRunLive 3.0 Podcast Episode 3-293 – Boston Marathoner Jill Maguire Trotter             (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi3293.mp3] Link Support RunRunLive; Purchase an audio book of running stories.  Written and performed with love by Chris Russell  -------------à>>>>>>> Introductory Comments: Hello my friends.  We find ourselves once more together to share an episode, episode 3-293 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  It’s been busy few weeks training-wise since we last talked.  I made the mistake of telling my coach that I wanted to qualify and was willing to do the work.  He reciprocated by hammering me with hard, long workouts that have kicked my running life out of balance in a good way.  I’m still only running 4 times a week but last week that included an 8 mile tempo run, a 10 mile tempo run and a 20 mile long run.  This week is more of the same.  I’m hanging on by my fingernails but it’s all good.  It’s a great way to narrow your focus.  I was down the Cape over the 4th of July holiday.  Nothing really eventful but it’s a different climate down there.  Very hot and humid.  I think it is somehow closer to the sun.  It’s all well and good when you’re snoozing on a beach towel but not so much when you’re trying to hammer out a run. Today we are going to chat with a local marathoner and running friend of mine Jill Maguire Trotter.  I was interested in getting her take on running because she’s one of those people who manages to live her life, train and compete at a high level.  In section one I’m going to share an essay I wrote about work.  And in Section two I’m going to get you fired up to face the daemons of discomfort.  I didn’t travel this week so I got some good Miracle Morning time to cogitate on these themes. That first week of getting back into the hard work of training was discouraging.  I’m heavy and my legs are slow. But I know that I can do it.  I believe that all I have to do is battle with the effort and keep bringing my best work and have patience.  I believe it will turn around and the fitness will come and the training effect will kick in.  I’m beginning to see signs of life.  I’m completing these workouts successfully and it’s encouraging.  It’s tempting to declare victory and just walk away from the hard training at my age and ability level.  I’m never going to be more than average no matter how hard I train.  I’ve got nothing to prove.  But it just feels worthy to be training to exhaustion.  It feels right.  My garden is coming in nicely.  I’m eating cucumbers and chard and kale.  The hops are budding up.  The berries are ripening and soon I’ll be sharing fresh tomatoes with the squirrels.  Buddy doesn’t like the squirrels.  He doesn’t like the rabbits either.  For some reason we have a proliferation of rabbits this year.  And they are a brazen lot.  They sit in the yard and mock the dog, smugly devouring my parsley.  I wonder where all the local hawks and eagles and coyotes got off to?  We are through the nice part of summer up here in New England.  Now we are into the hot and humid, turn on the AC time of year.  The dog hates it.  I can’t take him running.  He’s exhausted by going to a walk.  The mosquitoes and deer flies are out in full force.  It’s a quiet and languid season.  The dog days. Toss your fresh salads and let’s Get On with the Show! … You should really sign on to my email list.  Rather than basking in safe obscurity you can declare your allegiance to RunRunLive and get my drivel directly in your inbox.  I mean, really, you’ve made it to 289 episodes and sucked the vital life force out of my narrative for 5+ years you should subscribe or at least join the RunRunLive Facebook group.  or just search FaceBook for “RunRunLive”. On with the show! Section one: Work - Featured Interview: Jill Maguire Trotter From Level Runner ->   Jill Maguire Trotter has hopped for east coast to west and back east again, getting a little bit faster with each successive leap. Growing up in the Worcester suburb of Millbury, MA, Trotter played youth soccer, softball, and most notably field hockey. She intended to play the latter sport in college (Babson) just like she did in high school (Notre Dame Academy), but those plans never came to fruition. After a brief stint as a sedentary person, Trotter became antsy and joined not the field hockey team but the cross country one. Although she “lacked the mental toughness” (her words) to be competitive, she stuck with it up to and through graduation. After moving to San Francisco in 1995, she joined the Leukemia Society’s Team in Training and starting ramping up for her first marathon on the trails of Mt. Tam. In June of 1996, she ran 3:33 at the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska and qualified for Boston. Of course, this led to a return trip to the east coast in both ‘97 and ‘98 where she ran 3:33 and 3:30, respectively. Finally, in 1998, after all those trips from the City by the Bay to the City of the Beans, she settled for good (so far, at least) in the Merrimack Valley. She married, started a family, and took a break from marathons but not running. She gave birth to her first son in 2001, then a daughter in 2003. Having missed the 26.2 distance, she started up again and ran a 3:22 at the 2005 Boston Marathon while unknowingly pregnant with her 3rd child, and a mere 9 months after giving birth to #3, she won the 2006 Baystate Marathon in 3:11. Three children under the age of 5 led to the purchase of a treadmill, and like many a dedicated runner/parent she snuck in her runs while the kids napped. In 2007, with her children almost out of diapers, Trotter got serious. Encouraged by her Baystate performance, she joined the Greater Lowell Road Runners and recruited Nate Jenkins for coaching duties. Her goal: run sub 3:00. About enlisting Jenkins as coach Trotter says, “I credit Nate for teaching me how to train for the marathon; he instilled in me that it is about hard work and I should have confidence in my marathon goal times since they are based on results that I’ve achieved during workouts.” Her hard work paid off. Trotter ran 3:00 at the Vermont City Marathon in 2008 and then 2:58 at Cal International later that year. In addition to Jenkins, she credits Jim Rhoades with a valuable assist as they did most of her long runs together. Trotter turned 40 in 2012 and has been one of the best master runners in the region. She considers her best event the marathon, and her competition would likely agree as she placed 1st in the masters division at the USATF-NE GPS Manchester City Marathon. Her time: 3:09. She is inspired by Kara Haas, Trish Bourne, Liane Pancoast, Nancy Corsaro, Cathy Pearce, and Barbara McManus and credits them for contributing to her success. She says, “I find that while I like to be competitive with women from other clubs, I also want them to succeed in their own goals; the New England running community is amazingly supportive.” Beyond running, Trotter aspires to be a good influence on her 3 children. Above all, she wants to teach them that if they work hard they can achieve their goals. I’d say that’s on The Level. PRs 5k – 18:42 @ Hollis 10k – 39:55 @ Tufts 15k – 61:37 @ Boston Tune-up Half – 1:28 @ Hyannis Full – 2:58 @ Cal International   Section two: The Dark Place revisited at middle age - Outro: That’s all we have for you today.  Hope you’re all fired up to go throw yourself at some tempo workouts.  But, seriously you draw your own line.  Don’t base your self-image on what I say.  If you have never done speed or tempo training then give yourself 3-4 weeks to ease into it with strength training.  Make sure you’re form is right.  Do your stretching and physical therapy before you hit it hard.  Any weak spot or chink in your armor will turn into a injury when you go to the dark place.  Your ability to figure out what’s a real injury and what’s another bothersome niggle will be needed to stay with it.  When I’m in the throws of one of these hard, big bounce cycles something always hurts.  There were a couple days last week where I had trouble sleeping due to the exhaustion of my leg muscles.  Pain is a signal but it’s neither good nor bad and you have to be able to figure out what’s real and what’s not.  There’s no black and white.  If you’re going to drop into crazy big workouts make sure you stretch and warm up well.  Make sure you fuel well before and after.  Make sure you stretch and massage and ice where necessary.  Because all the fitness in the world can’t help you unless you make it to the starting line.  If you have the discipline to do not only the workouts but also the whole package of things you need to do to stay healthy then the dark place is the shortest path to your goals.  I successful moved the RunRunLive website over to a new hosting service.  I’m still working out some bugs and I haven’t gotten a chance to back update the episodes and articles that fell into the gap.  I’ll get to it over the next couple weeks.  At some point I’ll revamp the whole site because it is getting a little long in the tooth.  For the next iteration of the show I’m collecting blog posts from others.  I’m going to read them.  So if you have a post you’d be willing to share with me just send it along.  I’m also going to look for some guest interviewers to add some new voices in as well – if you’re interested in doing an interview for me let’s talk.  Get ready for RunRunLive 4.0. Just trying to spread the RunRunLive love. Cheers,   or just search FaceBook for “RunRunLive”. And I do have an email list that I shoot the shows out to.  I’ve been writing some extra posts on my website RunRunLive and I may start recording them as a bonus for those of you who are paying attention! Happy Mother’s Day people.  Be good to each other – party on. Cheers, Outro Bumper Thanks for listening folks I appreciate your support.  RunRunLive is a free service for you because I like writing and telling stories.  I also love to meet folks so feel free to reach out to me at Gmail or any of the other social networking sites.  I’m CYKTRussell.  And as you know that’s Chris-Yellow-King-Tom-Russell with two Esses and two Ell’s. My Website is and most if not all of this content is posted out there.   If you want the show notes to magically show up in your inbox when I publish a show in a beautiful HTML wrapper you can subscribe to the mailing list at my site.  It’s a useful thing if you are moved by something I say and would like to see if what I wrote is the same thing! It also has all the links to everything and everyone I talk to and about. Other than that, thank you for your attention, do epic stuff and let me know if I can help. Ciao Happy Song – Super Hero - Other products from Chris Russell you may be interested in The Mid-Packer’s Lament On Audio (Read by the author) – The Mid-Packer’s Guide to the Galaxy Standard Links: Contact: Cyktrussell At gmail and twitter and facebook and youtube Bio Chris Russell lives and trains in suburban Massachusetts with his family and Border collie Buddy.  Chris is the author of , and short stories on running, racing, and the human comedy of the mid-pack.  Chris writes the Runnerati Blog at .  Chris’ Podcast, is available on and at . Chris also writes for () and is a member of the and the … Tags -> Running  Podcast, podcasts for running, podcast for runners, free podcast for runners, Running Blog, marathon, triathlon, mileage, sprinting, run, track, training, running clubs, running groups, running shoes, exercise, health, 5k, running, swimming, sports, injuries, stretching, eating, jogging, biking, trail race, 5K, 10K, Ultramarathon, jogging a good exercise, road runner, jogging tips, benefits of jogging, free running, running shoes, marathon training, running, jogging, health and fitness, runners, runner, Boston qualification, Marathon BQ, Boston marathon        

"Leukemia messed with the wrong girl in November 2011 - my then almost two year old daughter, Maddy. That was when my family's journey with leukemia began...."~Erin and Dan McCarthy Last month, Maddy became a SURVIVOR, after 2+ years of treatment. It was brutal - Maddy had 3 surgeries, over 50 rounds of outpatient chemotherapy (as well as hundreds of chemo meds at home), 10 spinal tap chemo injections, 4 blood transfusions, 12 ER visits, hair loss, 16 body scans, numerous inpatient admissions, and on and on.. Dan & Erin share their 2-year experience with their daughter's Leukemia and take us through all of the ups and downs of diagnosis, chemo, and what it means to be a survivor. Dan has also been nominated as a person of the year by the Leukemia Society.  Please consider donating (click here to find his page.)  Every dollar counts as a vote, and we would love to see Dan receive this tremendous honor (not to mention raise a ton of $$ for cancer research)! Erin is a professional photographer and if a listener books a session during the ten-week voting period, she will donate all costs to  LLS.  Find her website here. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program.  Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ comments@zenparentingradio.com You can be sure to hear more by liking our facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting

"Leukemia messed with the wrong girl in November 2011 - my then almost two year old daughter, Maddy. That was when my family's journey with leukemia began...."~Erin and Dan McCarthy Last month, Maddy became a SURVIVOR, after 2+ years of treatment. It was brutal - Maddy had 3 surgeries, over 50 rounds of outpatient chemotherapy (as well as hundreds of chemo meds at home), 10 spinal tap chemo injections, 4 blood transfusions, 12 ER visits, hair loss, 16 body scans, numerous inpatient admissions, and on and on.. Dan & Erin share their 2-year experience with their daughter's Leukemia and take us through all of the ups and downs of diagnosis, chemo, and what it means to be a survivor. Dan has also been nominated as a person of the year by the Leukemia Society.  Please consider donating (click here to find his page.)  Every dollar counts as a vote, and we would love to see Dan receive this tremendous honor (not to mention raise a ton of $$ for cancer research)! Erin is a professional photographer and if a listener books a session during the ten-week voting period, she will donate all costs to  LLS.  Find her website here. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program.  Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ comments@zenparentingradio.com You can be sure to hear more by liking our facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting

May 26, 2011 In this sixth episode of TWiPO, Dr. Tim Cripe interviews Dr. Archie Bleyer about his career and research interest in improving survival rates in adolescents and young adults (AYA) affected by cancer. Dr. Bleyer is the Medical Director of , Clinical Research at St. Charles Cancer Care in Bend, Oregon and a Clinical Research Professor at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland. He also is a Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Senior Advisor of the Aflac/CureSearch Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Research, and founding member of the LiveStrong Young Adult Alliance. Dr. Bleyer chaired the Children’s Cancer Group for 10 years, then the world's largest pediatric cancer research organization, and the Department and Division of Pediatrics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He was the American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology and in charge of the cancer curriculum in the University of Washington School of Medicine. During the past three decades, Dr. Bleyer was awarded research grants totaling more than $75 million as a principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, and the Leukemia Society of America. His research has been published in more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books. This is an inspiring and enlightening discussion of the progress and challenges of the past 3 decades of treating children and young adults with cancer, and an optimistic view of future improvements in survival, quality of life, and reducing late effects in survivors. Listeners are welcome to send thoughts and comments to twipo@solvingkidscancer.org

Learn Why Screening Mammography May Be Increasing the Early Detection of Breast Cancer but Not Responsible for the Reduction in Breast Cancer Deaths, and….Some Good News from the DEFEATCancer Program! Kirk Hamilton interviews Dr. Archie Bleyer, MD, an oncologist and Medical Advisor to the St. Charles Regional Cancer Center in Bend, Oregon and director of the DEFEAT Cancer Program, a year-round survivorship empowerment program for cancer survivors and their caregivers focusing on nutrition, physical activity, education and inspiration. He is a Clinical Research Professor at Oregon Health and Science University; Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston; and Director of the Aflac/CureSearch Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Research.  During the past four decades, Dr. Bleyer has been awarded research grants totaling more than $75 million as a principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, and the Leukemia Society of America. His research has been published in more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books. He is the co-author of a paper entitled, “Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence,” N Engl J Med, November 2012 Download or Open:

The show begins in Oakland with an interview with Rod Woodson discussing his work with The Leukemia Society, coaching, social media, and more. Woodson was an All American at Purdue, NFL Super Bowl Champion and All Pro DB with the Steelers, Ravens, and 49ers. He's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and currently coaches […]