TrailBlazers Impact
326 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEmpowered women and men share their secrets to success in extraordinary stories. Stories that touch your heart and soul and make you realize it is possible to prevail even in the face of gender bias and/or racial discrimination to blaze your own trail when there is no clear path ahead. Super entrepreneurial "how-to's" to help you launch your own business!
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Ep. 112 - Karen Jenkins: Empowering Through Synergy Leadership
December 04, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBDid you know that the energy you bring into a room is the energy you receive? It is therefore important to build positive energy for you and your team members to engage them and make them understand their roles. Karen Jenkins leads KRJ Consulting clients to experience growth through her guiding concept of synergy leadership. With synergy leadership, Jenkins develops confident leaders who engage, enlighten and empower their teams. Jenkins believes synergy leadership includes igniting action t...
Ep. 112 - Jennifer Brown: How to Create a DEI Workplace
November 27, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBWhat is a DEI workplace and do you know how to create a DEI workplace? DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. Jennifer Brown leads companies through consulting, online training, and her books to become that place everyone wants to work! What are you doing to be inclusive and equitable as a leader at your workplace? Are you creating a space for more people to tell their diversity stories? Meet Jennifer Brown, an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and diversity and inclusion expe...
Ep. 111 - Belinda Kendall: A Media Star
November 20, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWhat are you passionate about? Are you willing to sacrifice and even be hurt while fulfilling your purpose? Being ready to use whatever platform you’re given and every opportunity available to bring that passion to life? Well, Belinda Kendall is. Belinda Kendall, the owner and founder of Promise Media Group, LLC, has spent several years working in media. She had her own talk show on WGIV and Hot77 the Mix where she interviewed celebrities, internationally known pastors, community leaders, ...
Ep. 110 - Allison Shapira: Find Your Voice
November 13, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWe are often too afraid of what the future holds when what we thought we wanted doesn’t happen, right? The disappointment and the inability to pick ourselves up and find another passion that might fulfill us in the same way as our original one palpable. Allison Shapira had always dreamed of being an opera singer from a young age, and when her dream was crushed by a teacher in college who believed ‘she wouldn’t make it in the industry’, she found it hard to pick herself up. Later she found he...
Ep. 109 - Leslie Andrews: Resilience
November 06, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBExercising loyalty and community love comes easy for Leslie Andrews because it was instilled at an early age. She learned to be courageous and resilient in facing life’s adversities, including being widowed at a young age, and viewing the world. Leslie Andrews is described as a Master Relationship Strategist and Community Connector. She has a documented track record as a corporate executive, a fundraiser, a civic leader, an entrepreneur, a community activist, a public speaker, and a global ...
Ep. 108 - Runa Magnus: Divisive Black and White Thinking
October 30, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 41.5 MBRÚNA MAGNÚSDÓTTIR, (Runa Magnus) created the antidote for divisive and black and white thinking in the #NoMoreBoxes Movement. We all unconsciously box people, creating automatic perceptions and resulting conflict. Find out how a change in a little four-letter word can change your world. She believes that life doesn’t exist in Black & White. But instead in shades of grey and glorious technicolor. Find the 5 C’s that will help change your world. Listen to her experience at the Impact Leadersh...
Ep. 107 - Marcia Blum: Adoption, Hospice, End-of-Life Reflections
October 30, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBMarcia Blum is an amazing person. She is a retired social worker and mental health therapist. Listen as she describes pioneering open adoption, finding your birth parents, hospice care, and grief programs. Listen to her gift to listeners as she gives us 4 end-of-life reflections to help a dying person. She tells about her efforts to end sex trafficking and help survivors. Another passion is elderly mental health. She continues to work tirelessly to help Omaha citizens and has worked in the p...
Ep. 106 - Neelam Chahlia: Mrs. Washington America - A First!
October 23, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBVisualize yourself standing on the stage, wondering who will be crowned, and then . . . they call your name. Neelam Chahlia tells us what it is like to win Mrs. Washington America and then to go on to the nationals. She created history by being the first Indian-American woman to win the state title and the first woman of Indian origin to be at the nationals, Mrs. America. Her role represented hope and the symbol of equality for all women of all color and ethnicities. She is proud that a wo...
Ep. 105 - Ruth White: What Do We Do with the Kids?
October 16, 2020 07:00 - 27 minutes - 27.2 MBWhat's happening to children reaching an age to leave a foster home? What do we do with kids when there is not a good place to go? Ruth White is the Executive Director of the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare. Children need better homes where they’re protected either with their families or with people who will genuinely take care of them. Young adults coming out of foster also require a stable place to call home so they don’t become homeless. She champions young people in foster...
Ep. 104 Bonus - Shaune Arnold: Sci Fi or Real?
October 14, 2020 17:51 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBIn Episode 4 of TrailBlazers Impact, Shaune Arnold describes her emotional escape from an abusive household into the foster care system when she divorced her parents at age 14. From parental abandonment to foster care with sheer determination and grit, Attorney Shaune Arnold shares her journey. In Part 2, this episode, Shaune Arnold describes her extraterrestial encounters which resulted in her taking and passing the Mensa test. Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. I...
Ep. 104 - Teaera Strum: Baltimore's 40 Under 40
October 09, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBTeaera Strum is the COO of Strum Contracting in Baltimore city, she was selected as the Baltimore Business Journal 40 under 40 in 2019. She was recognized for her business and civic accruement contributed to Baltimore, Maryland. At the age of 36, Teaera has accomplished much including substantially growing Strum Contacting with the knowledge she acquired from the many professional development programs and trainings she participated in. Teaera also accredits the Coalition of 100 Black Women a...
Ep. 103 - Cassandra Williams: Truth Telling in Hollywood
October 02, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBMeet Cassandra Williams, the CEO and president of WET PR (Write, Edit, Tell it), a public relations firm in Beverly Hills, California. It has a unique approach to enhancing the image of people in the realm of the entertainment industry. Cassandra was an opening act for Joan Rivers and talks about her experience of being fired. That experience framed her decision to open her business, WET PR, with a “for real person” helping others become successful. At an event they coordinated, Shaquille ...
Ep. 102 - Christine Crandell: Business in the New Normal
September 25, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThe future is uncertain and unpredictable, just like nobody would have predicted COVID-19. But a successful B2B marketing expert like Christine Crandell knows all too well what will fail in the business world and what will excel, especially in what she refers to as “The New Normal.” With more than 25 years of marketing and leadership experience, Christine Crandell, President at New Business Strategies, is a recognized B2B thought leader, advisor, speaker and author on enterprise marketing st...
Ep. 101 - Shannon Polson: True Grit
September 18, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 41.7 MBEp. 101 - Shannon Polson: True Grit Shannon Polson is a true Trailblazer, exemplifying courage, tenacity, and perseverance! She is a native of Alaska and at age nineteen she became the youngest woman ever to climb Denali, the highest mountain in North America. She then went on to summit Mt. Rainier and Mt. Kilimanjaro. She raced long-course triathlons and took journeys to Alaska's Arctic After graduating from Duke University, she entered the military, becoming one of the first women to fly...
Ep. 100 - Tony Markey: The Grand Leap
September 11, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBTony Markey is one person that fully understands the advantages and disadvantages of taking the grand leap! He has taken many of them throughout his adult life and has never had second thoughts about it. Imagine applying for a science graduate job as an 18-year-old who just completed high school? Or maybe leaving a teaching job in the middle of a school year for a temporary singing job that will possibly be over in a month? Well, that’s Tony for you, the ever risk-taker who chases after his ...
Ep. 99 - Rita Venable: A Community Change Agent
September 04, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBWhen was the last time you volunteered in your community? Before COVID-19, Never? Did you know that by volunteering, you gain more experience and opportunities than you actually give? Rita O. Venable, community change-agent and women’s advocate with a 40-year history of activism is a champion for racial and gender equality both at home and abroad. She has been recognized for her volunteerism at home and abroad as demonstrated with awards such as the Global Guide /Work Exchange Program-Johann...
Ep. 98 - Jillian Ryan: Using a Business as a Force for Good
August 28, 2020 07:00 - 25 minutes - 24.6 MBJillian Ryan’s passion translates into action! She’s built a great business . . . but WHY? Because the proceeds help support teaching sustainable skills to abused women! Jillian stands up for what she believes in – corporate social responsibility. In her podcast, the Good Office Podcast, she gives companies the blueprint on how to use a business as a force for good. On her podcast website, she provides worksheets and assessments. She feels that, for the first time, we are really seeing large...
Ep. 97 - Christine Markey: Singing on the Waters
August 21, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBHave you ever wondered what life on the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship was like? Christine Markey was an entertainer on that ship and recalls some fascinating stories about life on the ship. Truly, you won't want to miss this one! Top Takeaways: • What people wore and did on the QE II in a different era of cruising! How fun! • How the weather influenced the direction and destination of the cruise ship Christine was on • Comparing cruise ships today and back in the 1980s for both the gu...
Ep. 96 - Jamie Amelio: Teen Angst, Drugs and Suicide
August 14, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBAre you worried your child may be abusing substances? Is your child being bullied? Have you heard about teenage suicide and worried? Listen to this episode of one mother's journey through that world. Hear Jamie talk about what she tried - what worked and what didn't. Philanthropist and entrepreneur Jamie Amelio has dedicated her life to helping children—from founding the ground-breaking charity Caring for Cambodia to leading the front on teen suicide prevention, and ultimately starting the S...
Ep. 95 - Florence Champagne: Turning Heart Pain into Purpose
August 07, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 45.7 MBEp. 95 - Florence Champagne is Chairperson and CEO of the Open My Heart Foundation. Florence suffered a heart attack in 2012 and, as a result, she had emergency open heart surgery. Due to being uninsured at the time, she did not readily receive the necessary diagnostic testing and life-saving treatment. She found that she was not alone and met other African-American women along the way, who were either uninsured or underinsured, which impacted their ability to receive treatment, thus, creati...
Ep. 94 - Victoria Woods: Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
August 02, 2020 20:13 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBHear her story from growing up without lunch money to advising millionaires today on investments. Regardless of how much money you have, her advice will help you set a plan in motion to get rich. Successful entrepreneur and investor, she mixes fun, wit and wisdom as she shares practical, easy-to-understand financial advice. From her Financial Diva podcast to her book, "It's All About the Money, Honey" to her successful investment business, ChappelWood to her "how to's" on her website, she's ...
Ep. 92 - Sarah Rodriguez Amador: Life in a Cruise Ship Band
July 24, 2020 19:49 - 33 minutes - 32.7 MBSarah Rodriguez Amador was born and raised in México. She grew up between 2 worlds: Mexico the country of her mother with a strong sound of fiesta and Cuba the island of her father with a powerful rhythm. The versatility of her voice allowed her to become one of the lead singers of the production shows of the 5 stars resort Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya and also as singer on a Big Band playing in luxurious resorts in the Mayan Riviera México such as Mayakoba. The experience on the resorts lead ...
Ep. 93 - Laura Yamanaka: A Champion In Leading Women
July 24, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBLaura Yamanaka has an extensive history of leading and supporting women in business as the past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), President of the Los Angeles chapter, and Chair of the NAWBO Institute. She has been featured in Los Angeles Business Journal and a Los Angeles Times article “Nurturing Female Entrepreneurs.” She is president and co-owner of teamCFO, partnering with startups, and small to midsize businesses to improve company performance and ...
Ep. 91 - Sheila Jones: Fighting for Environmental Justice
July 10, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBSheila Jones thought she wanted to be a scientist while growing up. Living in segregated Washington, DC, she was inspired by her parents’ insistence on education as an avenue of achievement for African-Americans in a society that didn’t offer equal opportunity. Yet as she came of age in the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement inspired her to instead pursue law, leading her to Harvard and a desire to push for change. Hear about her legal career in fighting for racial and environmental justice ...
Ep. 90 - Hilary Lentini: Nurture your Networks
July 03, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBHilary Lentini runs an in-demand marketing firm in Los Angeles. Her team is known for really listening to their clients and building long-term relationships that support their brands. Lentini shares how taking a leap of faith by coming west, initially to support her husband’s career, turned out to be the springboard for future success. Los Angeles is a city that’s welcoming and with opportunity but it must be earned, she says. Most importantly nurture and give back to your network to suppo...
Ep. 89 - Linda Gorin: Acknowledge Someone and Change Their Life
June 26, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBLike many successful businesses owners, Linda Gorin got started at her kitchen table. Creating fun and memorable gift baskets began as a hobby, filling a few orders at a time. But customers loved the creative baskets that would make a friend’s day or bring joy to a significant other. One year later she and her husband launched their first standalone store in San Diego, which has expanded six times. Gorin says there have been so many good stories and memories over the years she plans to wri...
Ep. 88-Carolyn Sue Williams: Demonstrating Leadership Can Open Doors I Didn't Even Know Were Closed
June 19, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBDr. Carolyn Sue Williams shares part of her journey from a childhood with 11 other siblings in the Baton Rouge of the 1950s as an totally un-inspired high school student with only the prospect of "working in a white woman's kitchen" after graduation, to becoming one of the first handful of Black women in America to be awarded a PhD in political science in the early 1970s; an accomplishment even she never saw coming. She shares her eye-opening experience in a state sponsored civics and leader...
Ep. 87-Thresette Briggs: Emptying Out the ‘Head Trash’
June 12, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBThresette Briggs saw the joy and unintended consequences of entrepreneurship while growing up. Her father was a source of inspiration given his business leadership and determination to succeed. But that often took him away from the family, and his young death at 56 weighed on her ambitions. Entrepreneurship was the dream, but she describes “head trash” needing to be emptied out for the journey ahead. So after enough time in the corporate world, Briggs knew with the right balance she could ...
Ep. 86-Betsy Berkhemer Credaire: Winning the "Board" Game!
June 05, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBWith many European nations striving for 30 or even 40 percent, Berkhemer-Credaire says it’s time for the U.S. to catch up. The author of The Board Game, she shares how increasing womens’ presence on boards makes all the difference in building better companies and gaining wider perspectives to issues where women excel. SHOP for her book, Winning the Board Game, on www.TrailBlazersImpact.com www.berkhemerclayton.com
Ep. 85-Jean Chatzky: Teaching Women About Money
May 29, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBRenowned for her financial advice to women, Jean Chatzky has spent most of her career writing for financial magazines and offering her business knowledge in the media. She has authored 11 books, produces podcasts and is a motivational speaker. Hear about her journey from the Midwest to her successful life on the east coast. Learn about Jean’s initiative, Work and Save, which is a more effective and lesser expensive version of 401 (k)s that helps both the employer and employee. She includes h...
Ep. 84-Eileen Lenson: How to Move Through Adversity
May 22, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBCoping well with adversity is a learned skill. People need to not let emotions get carried away and gives several examples of people with adversities and how they have moved through it. Grieving is a lifetime event but Eileen Lenson helps people find a way to not let it destroy them and find purpose in the loss they had. She discusses the signs of teen suicide. She says, "Kindness begets kindness." Her website is www.lensonlifecoaching.com. SHOP on our site for her book, Overcoming Adversi...
Ep. 83-Andrea D. Campbell: From Cancer to a Beautiful Journey
May 15, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBAndrea Campbell survived cancer not once, but twice. While such an experience could drive many to despair by fighting through the ordeal twice, she ultimately came to a place of catharsis, healing, and purpose. The ordeal presented Campbell with stark choices about what to do. She felt she had been playing things too small, so it was time to ditch the corporate job and embark on a journey to her true passion as a professional speaker and transformational coach. She devotes her days to help...
Ep. 82-Virginia Harris: Leader of 100 Black Women
May 09, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this interview, Virginia W. Harris, National President, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., with 60 chapters and thousands of members nationwide, shares reflections of her start as a servant-leader that, more likely than not, was planted as a seed when she found herself as one of only three Black girls integrating an otherwise all White high school in south Georgia during the early 1960s. Her high school years were followed by college years and then the early career-making years ...
Ep. 81 BONUS-Jean Chatzky: Teaching Women About Money
May 03, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBRenowned for her financial advice to women, Jean Chatzky has spent most of her career writing for financial magazines and offering her business knowledge in the media. She has authored 11 books, produces podcasts and is a motivational speaker. Hear about her journey from the Midwest to her successful life on the east coast. Learn about Jean’s initiative, Work and Save, which is a more effective and lesser expensive version of 401 (k)s that helps both the employer and employee. She includes h...
Ep. 81:Emily Josenhans: Sweet and Healthy
May 03, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBEmily Josenhans wants to help people ditch the artificial sweeteners. She started Domaine Santa Grape Nectar to give a healthier and more holistic alternative that adds a natural sweetener to food and beverages. Building a healthy product is informed by her work as a nutritionist, where she helped clients make healthier diet choices prior to launching her business. Hear Josenhans describe the entrepreneurship journey, partnering with her sommelier husband in sustainably sourcing California...
Ep. 80-Antonio McGinnis: Victory Off the Court
April 26, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBAntonio McGinnis grew up in a difficult housing project where he recalls constantly seeing drugs and violence. Basketball was his escape. It was the path to a college education and a life far away from an upbringing where he experienced abuse from a caregiver. After playing for Texas A&M and professionally overseas, he returned home one summer and broke his ankle — ending his basketball career. To McGinnis it was a sign. He now serves as executive director of the housing authority where he...
Ep. 79-Jamie Amelio: Staying Bothered
April 19, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBJamie Amelio’s heart was moved by a child in Cambodia who begged her for a dollar. She was bothered by why a child would need to be out asking for money, and the encounter stayed with her. This drove her to launch Caring for Cambodia and invest heavily in building a charity that works to give children education and a future. The experience models her philosophy of staying bothered. If something bothers you, she says, don’t just let it go. She recounts this and other stories that impressed u...
Ep. 79 Bonus-Jatrice Martel Gaiter: "Caring" is Critical in nonprofit work
April 15, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBJatrice Martel Gaiter shares the influences and the value of a pay-it-forward career started in her early 20s and serving her well into her 60s. With a childhood defined by parents who stressed the importance of education as the gateway to a life full of opportunity, risks and rewards; and finding purpose in the pain of others, Jatrice provides a heart-moving backdrop to her stellar career path. From the benefit born of the tenacity of parents raised in the poverty of the segregated Deep Sou...
Ep. 78-Tyra Jarvis: Reinvent Yourself!
April 12, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBTyra Jarvis has had to retool her life many times. She’s worn an array of hats: consultant, project manager, blue collar roles, and ultimately an entrepreneur. Now through her company Kefi Coaching LLC, she advises business leaders in connecting passion, dreams, and the power of their mind to create a meaningful path. Transitions can be frightening, but they can launch powerful change. Her toughest transition was the loss of her husband to cancer, a path that tested everything she knew a...
Ep. 6-Beth Cole: “Segregation now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever!?" Hell, No!
April 06, 2020 21:43 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBBeth Cole’s history of activism and social change dates back to the presidential campaigns of Bobby Kennedy and George McGovern. This demonstrated commitment caught the attention of McGovern’s campaign coordinator, Frank Mankiewicz, such that when he assumed the position of president, NPR, the federally financed radio network of news, public affairs and cultural programming for much of America, he brought Beth on with him. Beth eventually became a Vice-President of NPR.
Ep.77-Ana Bermudez: Like that outfit? Just ‘TAGit’
April 05, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutes - 18.2 MBAna Bermudez would often find fashion inspiration on TV from her favorite shows. Yet finding the items in real life was a chore. It’s why she launched TAGit, a visual search engine that helps users find and buy items that pop up on TV shows. As a female tech CEO, she knows the challenges that women leaders and investors face, which is why it’s critical for women to support one another through both relationships and investment capital. It’s why she supports Stella Angels, an early investor ...
Ep. 77 Bonus-Dawn Simmons: Harlem-born/Harlem-Bred-Wall Street Bound
April 01, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBDawn Simmons shares her journey as a former math teacher, flight attendant, along with the lessons-learned as a Black woman working on Wall Street and joining with other women to crack that Glass Ceiling. She shares her advice on the "little things" that can help a woman with aspirations to join and Succeed in a Wall Street firm and the early start of her journey to add her voice with others to reform America's criminal justice system; a system that provides Un-equal Justice when it comes to...
Ep. 76-Kara Mac: Dressing up Shoes with Candy
March 31, 2020 17:04 - 33 minutes - 31 MBKara Mac grew tired of hauling around extra shoes. Like many working professionals, she would start her commute in one pair, change to another at work, and then swap shoes for an evening event. For two years she sketched and prototyped dozens of shoe concepts. She landed on a design for boots with swappable heel covers that she terms “candy” accessories. After 25 years in the fashion world, she quit her full-time job once she found an industry insider who thought the idea could take off. ...
Ep. 75-Janie Stubblefield: Healing Through Play
March 22, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBChildren’s natural language is play. That’s why therapist Janie Stubblefield used a technique in her practice called play therapy, which helps her foster deep connections with kids who need healing from trauma, bullying, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. She takes an outside-the-box approach to making therapy more accessible with a mobile practice that goes where her clients are instead of making them come into an office. This removes many of the anxieties and barriers to entry ...
Ep. 74-Laura Piening: Find Clarity Now
March 15, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBBuilding dynamic teams and helping individuals reach their maximum potential is a life calling for Laura Piening. Her expertise and vision in transforming organizations was honed through a 30-year career in the business and nonprofit world, where she broke through several barriers, including becoming one of the first women to work in international banking on Wall Street. She served as one of the few female pages in the New York Senate and earned an MBA. Wanting to challenge herself to do m...
Ep. 73-Briana Weisinger: Prepping Students for the New Economy
March 08, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 32.7 MBToday’s college students are entering an economy that demands an entrepreneurial mindset. Briana Weisinger, the startup advocate for the University of California, San Diego, wants students to be prepared for a future where independent work is the norm. University research indicates more than half of students now in college will be independently employed in the next 15 years. Along with preparing students for this future, she helps foster the over 60 companies UCSD generates each year. He...
Ep. 72-Kimble Bosworth: From Death Back to Life
March 01, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBKimble Bosworth approaches life with a sense of fun-loving curiosity. When she was 15, she had a near death experience after almost succumbing to toxic shock syndrome. She remembers being at the doorway of what she believed was heaven, tempted to enter but instead willing herself back to life after hearing her mother’s voice in the hospital room. Since that experience, there’s nothing to fear. Whether it’s her marketing business or volunteer work mentoring teens, she embraces all parts of ...
Ep. 71-Betsy Muller The Power of Emotional Freedom
February 23, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBBetsy Muller is a self-described science person, with a degree in chemistry and an MBA. It makes her an unlikely advocate for the Emotional Freedom Technique, a form of alternative therapy. Yet as a master trainer, she’s a passionate advocate about using it to help others recover from traumatic experiences and achieve wellbeing. Muller credits the technique with helping her husband in his recovery from a traumatic brain injury and for being keeping her own balance while supporting him. Thi...
Ep. 70-LTC Valarie Austin: My Great-Grandparents were Bahamian Immigrants with a Legacy of Military Service
February 16, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIn this fast-paced interview, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Valarie R. Austin shares her life lessons on achieving four college degrees and serving in a combat zone while living in a Middle Eastern country with different cultural expectations for "women." In her interview, Valarie discusses her career as a military officer as well as life-after her military service, in particular, pursuing her passion for writing and publishing; speaking to throngs of high school students (and parents) about ...
Ep. 69-Valentina Vitols: Don't Be Afraid to Ask for Help
February 09, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBValentina Vitols has had a varied career, moving between politics, photography, app development, and the world of startups. Now an angel investor in Seattle, she mentors women founders to equip them for the journey of entrepreneurship. In helping others, she draws on the many ups and downs she has experienced. Her first company failed, though from the experience she learned that it’s critical to sometimes seek outside help to solve complex business problems. She’s also run for political of...