Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria
130 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWelcome to Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria, hosted by architect, blogger, traveler, chef, father, husband, and founding partner of Candelaria Design Associates. Mark has designed timeless homes across the country for forty years, while hosting tours to Italy, Spain, and beyond. Throughout the course of his journey, Mark has met wonderful people who truly inspire him and this podcast is about them and the opportunities that are all around us to Inspire Living! While we talk about architecture and design on this podcast, Mark also introduces you to a wide gamut of guests and industries, and ventures into all sorts of topics that will teach you, motivate you and inspire living your best life.
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Organic Catering with Chef Jennifer Johnson
February 14, 2021 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week’s guest is Organic Chef Jennifer Johnson. Jennifer graduated culinary school over 20 years ago while working for a corporate engineering firm and in 2015 decided to break away and start an organic, farm to table catering company, Witnessing Nature In Food. Today she’s a leader in healthy organic dining experiences, recognized as a Platinum Level Phoenix Green Business Leader & City of Scottsdale Environmental Quality Award Winner. Her services include catering for corporate events...
Organic Catering with Chef Jennifer Johnson
February 14, 2021 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week’s guest is Organic Chef Jennifer Johnson. Jennifer graduated culinary school over 20 years ago while working for a corporate engineering firm and in 2015 decided to break away and start an organic, farm to table catering company, Witnessing Nature In Food. Today she’s a leader in healthy organic dining experiences, recognized as a Platinum Level Phoenix Green Business Leader & City of Scottsdale Environmental Quality Award Winner. Her services include catering for corporate events...
Helping the Homeless with Jason Barlow & Chris Owen of Habitat for Humanity
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBIn today’s episode, Mark speaks with Jason Barlow, President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona and Chris Owen, former Banking Executive turned Real Estate Agent and Chairman of the Board at Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona. Habitat is celebrating their 35th year in the Valley of the Sun and have now built more than 1,160 homes and renovated or repaired thousands more since 1985. “As long as God continues to bless us with amazing volunteers and generous sponsors like you, we...
Elevating our Urban Youth with Dalila Gamper and Jazmine Hall
January 24, 2021 15:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBToday’s podcast episode features two fabulous ladies who help run local nonprofit, Elevate Phoenix: Dalila A. Gamper and Jazmine Hall. Dalila started as a teacher with Elevate back in 2009 and is now the Executive Director and Jazmine, who was actually one of Dalila's student's while in high school, has become the Development Director for Elevate Phoenix! Candelaria Design has been involved the past few years as a mentor and has attended and sponsored some events since being introduced to E...
Embracing the Pivots with Award-Winning Journalist Catherine Anaya
January 14, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBToday's podcast features Catherine Anaya, a name you may recognize from the local news in the past. Catherine is a journalist, motivational speaker, media personality with 25+ years as a TV news anchor, event host and emcee, co-hosts a weekly radio show and is the founder of multimedia company, 4Hearts Media LLC. She describes her journey from college at USC, to her first job as a news anchor in Texas, to Channel 12 in Phoenix in 1992, then back to LA for four years, then finally wound u...
Checking in with Elizabeth Wholey in Umbria, Italy
January 04, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBThis episode of Inspiring Living features one of our dear friends from Umbria, Italy, Elizabeth Wholey. We met Elizabeth many years ago during our Candelaria Design Tour Italy adventures and she has been our on-site chef and host for over ten years now when we stay at her Farmhouses while in Umbria. This is Elizabeth's third appearance on our podcast and she gives us an update on how things are going there in Italy with the whole Covid-19 Pandemic. It is very interesting to get her perspec...
Checking in with Elizabeth Wholey in Umbria, Italy
January 04, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBThis episode of Inspiring Living features one of our dear friends from Umbria, Italy, Elizabeth Wholey. We met Elizabeth many years ago during our Candelaria Design Tour Italy adventures and she has been our on-site chef and host for over ten years now when we stay at her Farmhouses while in Umbria. This is Elizabeth's third appearance on our podcast and she gives us an update on how things are going there in Italy with the whole Covid-19 Pandemic. It is very interesting to get her perspec...
A Look at the Career and Hot Real Estate Market with Realtor Sandra Wilken
December 30, 2020 16:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBOur guest today is Associate Broker and Real Estate Advisor, Sandra Wilken of Modern Portfolio Real Estate Services. Modern Portfolio provides clients with the highest level real estate buying and selling experience along with a wide variety of premier concierge services, the first and only concierge service program of its kind in Arizona. Sandra Wilken’s love for PV and Scottsdale, Arizona began more than 50 years ago when her family relocated here from Boston. That love, along with her n...
Merry Christmas with Designer and Writer Patricia Hart McMillan
December 20, 2020 17:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBToday's podcast episode features the incredibly talented interior designer and famed writer, Patricia Hart McMillan from San Antonio, Texas. We are proud to have three of our Candelaria Design homes featured in her recent book Christmas By Design which is available on our website at candelariadesign.com/candelaria-collection/christmas-by-design In this episode we follow Patricia from her early years on the farm to her blossoming interior design career in New York City and then her transit...
Merry Christmas with Designer and Writer Patricia Hart McMillan
December 20, 2020 17:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBToday's podcast episode features the incredibly talented interior designer and famed writer, Patricia Hart McMillan from San Antonio, Texas. We are proud to have three of our Candelaria Design homes featured in her recent book Christmas By Design which is available on our website at candelariadesign.com/candelaria-collection/christmas-by-design In this episode we follow Patricia from her early years on the farm to her blossoming interior design career in New York City and then her transit...
Energy Unlimited with Danny Sharaby
December 13, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBThis episode of Inspiring Living I speak with Founder & Owner of Tickets Unlimited, my friend Danny Sharaby. Danny created this business about 30 years ago while trying to support himself through Law School, but was so successful that when he graduated he never pursued Law and instead went into the ticket resale business! Shortly after he founded his company that handles the buying and selling of premium tickets for sporting events, theater and concerts around the world! Danny and I chat a...
Following the American Dream with Vernon & Lisa Parker
December 04, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBIn this episode, I got to sit down with my friend and former Mayor of Paradise Valley, Vernon Parker. And his lovely wife Lisa. Vernon served as first ever Assistant of Civil Rights for the Dept. of Agriculture and was a part of the settlement team for the largest civil rights claim ever won against the US, served as General Console of the US Office of Personal Management in D.C., and served as Special Assistant to President George HW Bush. Vernon shares his story growing up in Long Beac...
Welcome to Iconic Haus Winter 2020 with Renee Dee and Tim McCormac
November 27, 2020 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week's episode kicks off the virtual opening of Iconic Haus Winter 2020 with the woman who orchestrated it all, Renee Dee. Renee is the Founder and Publisher of Iconic Life Magazine, and Iconic Haus is a designer show house that was designed by Candelaria Design, built by Temac Development and decorated by 22 award-winning designers. This podcast will feature all three of these team leads, Renee, Mark Candelaria and Tim McCormac of Temac talking about the house and all the fabulous thi...
A Look at a Masterful Career with Architect Brent Kendle
November 16, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBThis episode features a fellow acclaimed Arizona architect, Brent Kendle, whom Mark met back in the early 80’s during Architecture School. Brent grew up in Chicago and was inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to become an architect and attend ASU’s Architecture Program. The Passive Solar program they were promoting to students was very pragmatic and eco-friendly, which appealed to Brent's preferred style of design and prompted him to move West. After 10 years as a partner at Cornoyer...
Meet a True Warrior - The Inspiring Story of Patrick McLaughlin
November 06, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBThis episode features a man who truly embodies overcoming major life challenges with both physical and mental strength and grace. This incredibly inspiring man is Patrick McLaughlin, husband, father, local business owner, survivor of a major car accident that led to over 38 surgeries, and is now battling brain cancer! If this isn't a testament to the strength of the human spirit, I don't know what is! Patrick says, "It is because of my Faith and amazing friends and family that I manage to ...
Taking Action with Russell and Erika Dickey
October 28, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBToday's episode Isabel and I chat with our friends Russell and Erika Dickey. We talk a bit about the state of the world, which segues into their incredible grassroots effort in helping the Navajo Nation battle Covid-19, and how with the help of friends, connections and a passion to make a difference, anyone truly can. Lastly, we end up reminiscing over our past Tours to Italy together in 2014 and Spain in 2016. Russell earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting, then attended the Sandr...
Taking Action with Russell and Erika Dickey
October 28, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBToday's episode Isabel and I chat with our friends Russell and Erika Dickey. We talk a bit about the state of the world, which segues into their incredible grassroots effort in helping the Navajo Nation battle Covid-19, and how with the help of friends, connections and a passion to make a difference, anyone truly can. Lastly, we end up reminiscing over our past Tours to Italy together in 2014 and Spain in 2016. Russell earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting, then attended the Sandr...
Exploring Career Opportunities in Arizona with Jessica Pierce of Career Connectors
October 18, 2020 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week's episode couldn't be more relevant, as we speak with Founder and CEO Jessica Pierce of Career Connectors, a local nonprofit that provides resources for those looking for a new job and for companies having to downsize. Jessica speaks with Mark on networking, how Covid has affected the unemployment rate and unemployment benefits, best practices for finding employment or switching careers and the benefits of volunteering. Jessica brings a strong background in organizational develop...
Things are Always Cooking with Chef Angelo Brunson
October 06, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBThis podcast episode features Chef, restaurant owner and friend, Angelo Brunson of Angelo’s Ristorante. I met Angelo during a dinner at his restaurant back in 2004 while up in Idaho working on a luxury log home on Lake Coeur d’ Alene. We were very impressed with this newly opened, authentic Italian restaurant and of course I wanted to meet the chef behind this great food. Over a decade later, I continue to take my friends and family to dine at Angelo’s during our trips to Cd’A, as the food a...
Taking that Perfect Shot with Photographer Carrie Evans
September 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBCarrie Evans is a photographer here in the Valley and Scottsdale-native, specializing in fashion, lifestyle and corporate photography. Her range, charisma and talent have landed her work in a multitude of local and international magazines such as Institute Magazine UK, Phoenix Magazine, Phoenix Home & Garden, Obscurae Magazine, and Veux Magazine in Toronto. I met Carrie many years ago on a photo shoot for a "Modern Man" article in Luxe Magazine. Carrie has done many shoots of my partner's ...
Candelaria Design's Jeff Kramer presents our 2020 "Jeff Kramer MVP Award" to Winner Mathew Grove
September 14, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis Podcast episode of Inspiring Living features two amazing individuals and members of our Candelaria Design Team. First, we welcome Architect, Jeffrey Kramer, AIA, who has been a member of our team for nearly 20 years. Over the course of that time Jeff and i have collaborated on a number of amazing projects including a true legacy project, El Chorro in Paradise Valley, AZ. Jeff Kramer came on board our team in its early beginnings but his addition had such an impact on the growth and le...
Get Ready for the Candelaria Design Iconic Haus 2
September 04, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBICONIC HAUS is a luxury designer show house presented by Scottsdale-based, lifestyle magazine ICONIC LIFE that brings together 22 talented designers under one roof for an 18-day showcase. This Winter’s 2020/2021 ICONIC HAUS is a spec home located in Paradise Valley designed by Mark Candelaria and Vivian Ayala. The stunning “Mod-iterranean” style estate is 11,000 square feet and was built by Temac Development and is marketed for sale by The Joffe Group. In this episode, Renee Dee, Founder an...
"Being Different and Being Kind" with Maria Hansen-Quine
August 27, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBIn this episode Mark speaks with the passionately loving parent of 9, Maria Hansen-Quine. Can we just say, we were absolutely blown away by Maria & husband Sam’s compassion, strength and deep desire to make the world a more loving and understanding place. Along with parenting, Maria has always been passionate about diversity. Twelve years ago, while a school counselor in Washington state she created a diversity unit in which she taught regularly for 10+ years. Maria has created two children...
Inspiring Living - Our Top 7 Most Downloaded Podcasts of Season 1
August 21, 2020 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBCatch this recap of our top seven most downloaded podcasts from our Season 1 of Inspiring Living. We will start with the seventh most downloaded and work our way up to number 1. We will feature a short snippet of each of these seven podcasts along with some commentary and thoughts and then we encourage you to go back and check the full podcasts - I promise you, you will not be disappointed. Thank you for listening to all of our podcasts, and for all of the wonderful reviews and ratings. Gi...
Wine Making in the Heart of Oregon with Bruno Corneaux
August 12, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBToday's podcast episode features someone special in the Willamette Wine community, being one of the first winemakers in the Ribbon Hill region/sub-AVA, Bruno Corneaux. We first visited their stunning winery Domaine Divio by chance, and boy was it a lucky find as there are a hundred wineries in the area! Pair stunning views with incredible Rose’, Chardonnay, Pino Grigio and Pinot Noirs and friendly staff and we were in wine country heaven! While wine tasting, we learned about Bruno and his c...
Welcome to Season 2 of Inspiring Living with Mark and Isabel Candelaria
August 05, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBWelcome to our first episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Inspiring Living! My wife, Isabel, joins me today as we take a quick look back on Season 1 and share some thoughts on our upcoming Season 2. Our podcast is about Inspiring Living and in each podcast we share the stories behind the people we live, work, and collaborate with in our daily lives. I encourage you to go back and listen to as many of our first 50 podcast episodes from Season 1 as you can and stay tuned for a plethora of i...
Meet the Candelaria Design Principals: Vivian Ayala
July 27, 2020 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBWe conclude the first season and 50th episode of our podcast Inspiring Living with a person who truly inspires living - my good friend and business partner, Vivian Ayala. This podcast is the third of our three part series featuring my three partners of Candelaria Design. Our first was with architect, Meredith Thomson, then our Candelaria Design CFO, Evelyn Jung, and now my third and final partner, Vivian Ayala who just celebrated her 20th year of employment with Candelaria Design! Vivian i...
Meet the Candelaria Design Principals: Evelyn Jung
July 21, 2020 01:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBOur second featured partner and principal of Candelaria Design is Evelyn Jung. Evelyn has been with our firm for 15 years and became a partner because of her unique role with our company - Evelyn is basically our Chief Executive Officer and is the person who runs the business. Yes, architecture is a business and many architects loose sight of that fact and do not dedicate the resources or skilled personnel to this critical function of their business. Evelyn Jung is dedicated to making our ...
Meet the Candelaria Design Principals: Meredith Thomson, AIA
July 14, 2020 02:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBWelcome to our next three part series featuring the three Co-Principals of Candelaria Design. We will start with the principal/partner who has been with us the shortest period of time and work our way up to the principal who has been with us the longest and is currently celebrating her 20th anniversary with Candelaria Design! Meredith grew up in Phoenix, then attended the University of Notre Dame and graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor Degree in Architecture. Her Senior year she traveled thr...
It's All in the Details with Anna & Scott Sadler of Surface Refinements - Part 2 : Their Journey
July 07, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBThis week we share Part 2 of "It's All in the Details with Anna & Scott Sadler of Surface Refinements". Part 1 Anna spoke about her and her husband's business, their craft and the various projects they've worked on together. but Part 2 features both Anna and husband Scott Sadler and their journey from Canada to right here in Scottsdale, Arizona and the twists and turns along the way including time with Ringo Starr and Prince Albert in Monaco! Encouraged from a young age to enjoy and explore...
It's All in the Details with Anna Sadler of Surface Refinements - Part 1: Her Work
June 29, 2020 21:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we have a two part series with artist Anna Sadler of Scottsdale-based business Surface Refinements. In Part 1, Anna delves into her work, her craft and the various projects she’s worked on. In Part 2, we learn about her personal life and the amazing places she’s lived and visited and all the stories, people and projects that came with those places. Anna’s life and craft have so many incredible details, we couldn’t limit her to just one hour! Surface Refinements is a decorative p...
Its All in the Details with Anna Sadler of Surface Refinements - Part 1: Her Work
June 29, 2020 21:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we have a two part series with artist Anna Sadler of Scottsdale-based business Surface Refinements. In Part 1, Anna delves into her work, her craft and the various projects she’s worked on. In Part 2, we learn about her personal life and the amazing places she’s lived and visited and all the stories, people and projects that came with those places. Anna’s life and craft have so many incredible details, we couldn’t limit her to just one hour! Encouraged from a young age to enjoy ...
Tapping your Soul with Abstract Artist Cody Hooper
June 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBToday’s podcast episode we talk with Abstract Artist out of Austin, Texas, Cody Hooper. He describes his process for helping clients find that special piece or pieces and how he approaches outfitting a home with his work, matching the feelings that a client wants in their home. His work is exhibited in prestigious galleries and featured in private and public collections worldwide, including here in Scottsdale. We also dive deep, discussing how after loosing his father and grandmother to a ...
Checking in with our Friends from Italy
June 17, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBToday's podcast features a collage of friends and contacts all with ties and connections to Italy or are actually in Italy and will share their insights and experiences on how Covid-19 has been affecting them. From my friend Elizabeth Wholey in Umbria who runs the farmhouse compound, AltaBella, we enjoy every year and just returned from the US and now is in quarantine in her home in Umbria to my friend here in Scottsdale, Marco Felicioli, of Artitalia Group, who supplies many of us with fa...
Building a Monument to Compassion with Charles Keller
June 08, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBToday's episode is about goodness, kindness, charity, and compassion, as my guest today is a person who genuinely epitomizes all of these traits and does so in an energetic yet graceful manner. This person is Charles Keller, Founder of the Colten Cowell Foundation and the Monument to Compassion. The Colten Cowell Foundation is a non-profit that gives children with a disability or a terminal condition, and their families, one-of-a-kind experiences that are both a lot of fun and deeply meaning...
Embellishing Our Homes & Lives with Landscape Designer Jeff Berghoff
May 25, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBToday’s podcast features our long-time friend in the architecture and home design, President of Berghoff Design Group, Jeff Berghoff. Jeff is regarded as one of the most influential landscape designers in the southwest. He founded Berghoff Design Group in 1997 and it has grown into over 200 employees. Throughout the past 20 years, he has continued to develop classic designs transforming residential properties into beautiful garden showpieces, featured in magazines throughout the country. Be...
Creating Gastronomic Masterpieces with Archichef Cory Oppold
May 19, 2020 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBOur guest on this podcast is award-winning Chef Cory Oppold of Altas Bistro, former winner of Food Network’s Chopped, and owner of Course, an in-home dining and catering company. Cory joined Atlas Bistro as Executive Chef in 2014, a fine dining restaurant known for seasonal dishes and adventurous diners. “I believe a menu is everything a chef wants to say at that time and moment and it’s hard for us to tell our story with one dish. That is why every guest gets multiple courses while experien...
Integrity and Intention with Interior Designer Anita Lang
May 12, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBOur guest on this episode is Arizona interior designer Anita Lang, founder of IMI Design. Mark and Anita have known each other for nearly 20 years as they have worked on a number of amazing homes together, including one they are just breaking ground on. They discuss much more than work and design however, delving into spirituality, being a single mother and business owner, travel, and sustainability in design. Anita founded IMI Design back in 1992 based on the principle that great design e...
Making a Full Pirouette in the Restaurant Business with Mark Tarbell
May 04, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBToday’s guest is one of my all-time icons, Mark Tarbell of Tarbell’s Restaurant! You all know how much I love to cook, but this guy is at the top of the top when it comes to this profession and passion we both share. Mark will talk about his culinary beginnings in Amsterdam and Paris, share what it was like to compete on and win Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” and achieving his dream of opening his own restaurant in 1994. Hundreds of accolades later, the Tarbell’s team continues to serv...
Taking a High-Tech Approach to dealing with Covid-19 with Pooja Babbrah
April 27, 2020 03:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBToday’s guest is Pooja Babbrah, a strategy and policy consultant in the healthcare industry, and a wonderful client and friend of Isabel's and I. Her focus is on healthcare technology and the importance of using technology to help those involved in a patient’s care including doctors, nurses, clinical and administrative staff and the patients themselves. We discuss many different important topics during this episode. Pooja will shed some light on how COVID-19 has impacted her work and her e...
Inspiring Living with Life Coach Tracey Martin
April 20, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBToday’s guest is the multi-talented Tracey Martin whose accolades include Immersive Transformational life coach, Author, Fashion Designer, Sustainable Living Strategist and Social Entrepreneur! For over twenty years, she has coached hundreds of people on their journeys of growth, doing so from the belief that everything is connected and thus, her coaching integrates mind, body and spirit. In 2017, Tracey developed a coaching curriculum titled the Transformation Declaration, which has evolv...
Riding the Cycle with Rafterhouse Austin King
April 14, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBHaving already accomplished his dream as a professional cyclist in his early 20’s, he had to make “the toughest and easiest decision of my life to stop cycling” and stay in one place long enough to start a new career and life with his girlfriend who lived in Tucson, AZ. Just before his final race in 2007, Austin obtained his real estate license, proposed to his girlfriend, now wife of 10 years, and began a new chapter. Spending the first few years learning the ropes of real estate in an incr...
Fighting Day and Night with Jimmy Walker
April 07, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBTruly a man that inspires so many of us, Jimmy Walker, founder and figurehead of Celebrity Fight Night which he started along with his good friend, Charles Barkley in 1994. As the event grew, Jimmy Walker collaborated and worked side by side with the great Muhammad Ali for nearly 20 years before he passed and has raised millions of dollars for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and the Banner Neurological Institute. This year's event in Phoenix, AZ has been postponed to October 3, 2020, ticke...
Inspiring Living - Best of the First 25 Podcasts - Season 1
March 30, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBThis episode revisits every one of our past podcast episodes, 1-25 from our first season of Inspiring Living, bringing you highlight clips and commentary from each podcast! My daughter Tiffany and I have gone through and selected inspiring clips from each guest's podcast to share with you. We want to share the messages, stories, insights and wisdom that each guest has so vulnerably shared with us through these deep conversations. Not all delve as deep as others, but they all offer glimpses...
Facing Challenges by Staying Relentless with Jim Steg
March 23, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBThis episode features a highly motivated man, my friend and local home builder, Jim Steg. His journey began building homes with his father in the Midwest before they moved to AZ in 1979. Jim's early adult years were spent working for a nationally-recognized corporate company where he was responsible for managing over 250 employees, becoming proficient in cost planning, organizational, motivational and accountability skills. He mastered the art of setting goals; creating the action plan to ac...
Living Your Mission with Darcy Olsen of Generation Justice
March 16, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBToday we speak with one of the strongest, most caring people we know, Founder of Generation Justice, Darcy Olsen. In 2011, Darcy found herself with a foster baby in her arms and a mission: to put an end to the bureaucratic failures, violence, and deaths she’d seen children suffer in our nation’s broken child protection system. Today, Darcy has adopted all four of her children from foster care, has testified before Congress, written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and has published a ...
Mastering your Fear with Master of the Southwest Isabel Dellinger Candelaria
March 09, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBFear grips all of us in some form and if we haven't developed skills to help us cope with our fears, they will hold us back from our full potential. Today’s podcast features Interior Designer and my wife, Isabel Dellinger Candelaria, who was just awarded Master of the Southwest by Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine. She will share what it was like to get the news that she was being given this award, but then the fact she would have to give an acceptance speech and face her phobia of public spe...
Keeping the Balls in the Air with Frank DeBlasi
March 03, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBIn this episode we visit with Financial & Wealth Management Advisor, Frank DeBlasi. But we are are not talking about monetary wealth in this episode, rather the wealth from Inspiring Living that Frank has found from taking a positive spin on his life events with his nonprofit foundation, Ballsfest! Ballsfest, is an organization that lifts the spirits of children, young adults, and their families affected by cancer. Frank shares the joys and journey of creating this nonprofit, including how...
Keeping the Balls in the Air with Frank DeBlasi
March 03, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBIn this episode we visit with Financial & Wealth Management Advisor, Frank DeBlasi. But we are are not talking about monetary wealth in this episode, rather the wealth from Inspiring Living that Frank has found from taking a positive spin on his life events with his nonprofit foundation, Ballsfest! Ballsfest, is an organization that lifts the spirits of children, young adults, and their families affected by cancer. Frank shares the joys and journey of creating this nonprofit, including how...
Bringing the Bling to Living with Scott & Marla Berger
February 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBAddison Taylor Fine Jewelry and the expertise behind the term “DesignThat Defines” built the name recognition and reputation over many years, setting trends in these era’s. Owner and designer of Addison Taylor Fine Jewelry, Scott Berger and his wife Marla speak about their story from their start and some of the many exciting things they have going on now that have spread across the world all starting from their creations in their Scottsdale studio and store. Scott personally consults wit...