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Unique Leaders Podcast

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Megan Di Martino is a New York girl deep in the heart of Texas! A lifelong creator of beauty with a serving, mentoring spirit. She has started, scaled, sustained and sold 2 seven figure businesses in the Skin Care-Spa Industry. Her purpose is to build teams that in turn build businesses. In January 2020, her book went to number one on Amazon. In April 2020, her award-winning skin care line, Novita Spa Clinicals, was nominated in the Product Innovation Category, for the Austin Women's Way Awards. Megan is now continuing to speak, write, coach and consult with businesses and individuals to help them reach their dreams, goals and desires. "Novita...New Birth...New Life...Always Something New...That's My Promise."

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Unique Leaders: Lisa Patrick

December 14, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 56 MB

Lisa was born to two wonderful parents. Lisa’s father was a police and her mother was a nurse. Her father was a farmer and she grew up on the farm, working really hard to help out around.After college she worked atthe police department in the sex crimes division. She didn’t like it and went to work for a private investigation firm. She thought she could do it better and started her own business. This was the start of her entrepreneur journey. She was pretty much the only woman in t...

Unique Leaders: Michelle McClain

December 07, 2021 05:59 - 52 minutes - 60.7 MB

In 2016 Michelle went through a horrible tragedythat no one should endure. She was months into launching her business. After experiencing that kind of loss, she began a downward spiral that she didn't know how to pull out of. She ultimately had to make the choice of victim or victor and after a year ofdrowning in her own misery, she took a leap of faith, bet on herself and decided that she would WIN, no matter what challenges she faced.Michelle is a successful brand strategist, CEO ...

Unique Leaders: Rebecca Contreras

November 30, 2021 07:51 - 41 minutes - 47.7 MB

Rebecca was born in El Paso Texas. She grew up in a border town. There were a lot of challenges in the area. She was one of 4 children. Her siblings all had different fathers. Her mother struggled with addiction, with drugs and alcohol. She had her identity with men and drugs. One day her mother left her and her siblings. Her younger sister was 6 months at the time. They were all living in their apartment for 3 days alone before their grandmother came to get them.Her mother did come...

Unique Leaders: Brian Hess

November 30, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 53.5 MB

Brian was born in Union Town Pennsylvania. It is one of if not the poorest county in the state. He was around many different communities and backgrounds. His father was a blue-collar worker and he thanks his father for his work ethic he has today. He had apaper route at 11 years old. He learned early on about work ethic and what it takes to be a businessman and entrepreneur.He was a pretty good student in school but was not interested in school while there. He dropped out of college...

Unique Leaders: Dr. Iman Taheri

November 03, 2021 15:39 - 46 minutes - 53.1 MB

Dr. Iman was born and raised in Iran. He was born into aordinary middle eastern family. He started the medical studies when he was 17 years old in Iran. He graduated as a general surgeon and then he worked in a trauma zone. He took care of trauma patients and did many surgeries. He worked in the drug war zonesduring this time. It was an in going war. He was there for 2 years and felt discouraged and disappointed. He was there to help but he didn’t feel fulfilled. There was so many t...

Unique Leaders: Barbara Majeski

October 26, 2021 06:17 - 52 minutes - 59.6 MB

Barbara is a nationally recognized lifestyle expert and mom of three from New Jersey. She appears frequently on top network stations around the country. As a mom Barbara is dedicated to living life with purpose and approaching all aspects of living with creativity and confidence! In 2015 while entering a divorce Barbara was handed a diagnosis of Stage III cancer. While in the midst of treatment she vowed that if she beat cancer and got another shot at life she would live, bigger, be...

Unique Leaders: Tamra Andress

October 26, 2021 05:56 - 40 minutes - 45.9 MB

Tamra was born in Virginia Beach, VA. She was a very active child. She had a very health and wellnessand physical background. She was also in student government. She enjoyed to not only be in the limelight, she liked that she was able to use her gifts to be a leader. There’s always a darker side to life. At such a young age suppressed quite often in the dark and didn’t realize she was doing that. She was always told her smile was contagious and she was so positive. She thought she n...

Unique Leaders: Sebastian Rusk

October 19, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 60 MB

Sebastian was a very active kid growing up. He just wanted to be heard, which was hard during the 80s. There wasn’t much in way of kids having a voice. He was and is very close with his mother. They go divorced when he was 9. It was very hard for him. His father remarried and his step mother struggled to be a mother for him and his sister. They later ended up moving to Miami with their mother.After her graduated high school his mother gave him 2 options. She would pay for an apartme...

Unique Leaders: Christopher Hussey

October 11, 2021 05:10 - 52 minutes - 60.2 MB

Christopher was born in Florida. He is a fan of the beach and the water. Before they moved to the beach he grew up in a modest life. He lived in a small home with his large family. He left to go off into the militaryas a Marine, at the age of 17. He went to Japan for 4 years and loved it. Surprising he was a lead singer for a country band singing at a Harley Convention in Japan. He ended up getting a large bump and flew back to the US and found he cancer at the age of 21. He learned...

Unique Leaders: Renee Knorr

September 28, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MB

Renee was born in New Orleans, LA. She is very proud of her wonderful parents. She was an “unholy ducking” as a child and went through a transformation and figuring out her why growing up. She ended up working with a friend of hers who wanted to lose weight and she ended up losing 75 lbs. She wasn’t looking to losing weight. This transformation changed her life and opened up many doors. She did beauty pageants and went into the modeling scene to traveled with the fashion companies f...

Unique Leaders: Alexander Gonzales

September 21, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MB

Alexander was born in Orlando, FL. He has 2 incredible parents. He has 2 young siblings and they grew up in a great home. He had some childhood drama that has shaped him into the person he is today. He was top of his class and a top athlete in HS. He graduated with honors and had a full ride to Florida State University. He received a degree is psychology. He was not a therapist because he is an empath, but he became a teacher to be able to teach in the subject of psychology.He learn...

Unique Leaders: Scott Simmons

September 14, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 59.2 MB

Scott is from southern West Virginia. He has a bother and they grew up in the lower middle class. Their parents worked very hard to give them opportunities. Both their parents were a part of large families and they both worked hard. They also pushed both Scott and his brother during their childhood to work hard to be in successful jobs. They were also raised by their aunt who was a big part of their life. She was never married and never had her own children, but she was always there...

Unique Leaders: Jessica Stroud

September 07, 2021 00:00 - 45 minutes - 51.9 MB

Jessica was born in Missouri, in a town that no one knows. She had some struggles during her childhood. Her parents lived joyless lives. She believes that if you don’t have joy in your heart, you can’t give it to others. Growing up they lived more in poverty compared to others in their area. Even though she had these challenges, she was called to be a leader later in life. She was put on the spot one day, and was told she is going to write a book. She was very reluctant at first to ...

Unique Leaders: Tara Murney

September 04, 2021 02:17 - 47 minutes - 54.3 MB

Tara was born in Toronto, Canada. She grew up in a middle class family. Both her family worked and both her and her brother grew up well off. Before her teen years her family moved. Her life was wonderful until she was in her teens. Tara had a hard life from 14 to 18 years old. When she was 14, her and her friend were abducted by 2 men, sex traffickers. In order to subdue the girls they drugged them with cocaine. She unfortunately never saw her friend again. She would try run away a...

Unique Leaders: Daniel Gomez

August 24, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 49.1 MB

At the young age of 6, he immigrated from Portugal to the US. He faced many difficult situations growing up. Besides the obvious language barrier, Tony was brought up in a very strict & abusive household; he had very little freedom growing up.With all of these challenges compiled, Tony became very shy, often coming across as an introvert. Feeling overwhelmed, He struggled with the desire to fit in. At one point in his teens, he faced depression and thoughts of suicide.All this chang...

Unique Leaders: Marcus Ellis

August 10, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MB

Marcus Ellis was born in Pensacola, Florida at the beginning of the funky 1970s. He never lost the groove and flow of that period and has remained funky to this day. From the moment he came into this world, Marcus has had a Love for music that cannot be compared. At the age of 15, he began to follow his favorite band, Grateful Dead around the U.S. for many years. He fell in Love with the community aspect of the traveling circus known as Dead Heads. The kindness, compassion, and gene...

Unique Leaders: Zondra Evans

August 03, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 34.9 MB

Zondra grew up in East Texas near Texarkana. Her grandfather and a part of her family lived in Arizona and graduated high school from Arizona. Later she went and worked at Intel in California. She spent about 30 in California. She was able to made decisions and run certain parts of the company that helped to teach her many things.She always had an entrepreneurial spirit and always had a side hustle. This was a part of her heritage. Later on she ended up getting a certification to be...

Unique Leaders: Michael David

July 27, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 43.8 MB

Michael grew up in a small town in Lancaster, Ohio. He grew up in a home with an alcoholic father and a religious mother. There were many memories that he blocked out of his mind. At the age of eleven he was born again and decided to follow Christ. He believes this helped him to deal and understand things that happened during his childhood.He ended up getting a scholarship for track and graduated with the most athletic award. He went to college at Ohio State with a major in Sports S...

Unique Leaders: Christy Jensen

July 20, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 41.3 MB

Christy grew up in Washington state. She was always a very bubbly child and very outgoing. She was always a team player and wanted people to win. She wanted other kids to feel special and important. She was the youngest of six, three bothers and two sisters. She currently lives in Washington and lived in different places during her young adult years but she moved back to Washington. After high school she went to Eastern Washington University with bachelor’s in business and marketing...

Unique Leaders: Sandra Dee Robinson

July 06, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 48 MB

Sandra Dee is from Pennsylvania. She started on camera at a young age. She went to New York and booked her first of many soap opera rolls. She was in New York for 6 years. She then moved to California and lived and worked there for a while. Her managers were talking to a show in NYC and they wanted Sandra to come back, but she really didn’t want to. She said she would if they gave her things, she thought were outrageous...but they agreed.To this day, she gets many people sending her...

Unique Leaders: Carla New

June 29, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 47 MB

Carla was born in Columbus, Ohio. She has a twin sister and an older sister. Her parents are from Appalachia Virginia and inner-city Kentucky and they moved to Ohio after they got married. Her farther is one of 10 children. He was very big on repurposing and using home remedies. Her creativity comes from her grandmother’s side of the family. She was very creative in the sewing arena.Her father is a brick and block Masson. She loves to see the many buildings that he built. He was sel...

Unique Leaders: Dr. Shawn Shapiro

June 22, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MB

Dr. Shawn Shapiro graduated from college in 1998 with a degree I communications. He wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. He went into retail and learned many things about to help people through this, but the corporate way was starting to make things difficult in the retail industry.One year his grandmother went in for a surgery and ended up coming out becoming ill. He was very unhappy with the outcome and decided to go into the medical field. He hit many roadblocks with this. He was ve...

Unique Leaders: Lokesh Jain

June 15, 2021 05:00 - 58 minutes - 66.9 MB

Lokesh was born in Agra, India. Known for the 7th wonder of the world, the Taj Mahal. He had a very small family and at a young age he was interested in cosmetics. He would look into the ingredients and later in life start to lo9 more into the medical aspects. In high school he started to look into what he needed to do to be a doctor. By the time he graduated he had decided to go into the pharmaceutical side. He got into the pharmacy college and graduated with a degree in pharmaceut...

Unique Leaders: Megan Live in Colorado

June 08, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 27.8 MB

In this special episode, Megan speaks about how her story molded not only her future success, but her daughters as well.  Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get aut...

Unique Leaders: Kearn Cherry

June 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Kearn Cherry was born in Mississippi and lives there to this day. Her husband was in the military and they lived in many different countries and states. One of the countries they stayed for 5 years was in Germany. Kearn was wanting to finish nursing school but never finished. After a decade both Kearn and her husband made the commitment to go back to school for nursing in Arizona. They drove an hour and half, back and forth, everyday for a year. When their plans did not work in the ...

Unique Leaders: James Smith

May 25, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.7 MB

James was born in Fort Worth, Texas and grew up in a small-town west of Fort Worth. It was mostly a ranching town. His father worked in making parts for airplanes for a company called General Dynamics. His father was a working cowboy when James was young. His father did go to the navy during the Vietnam era.James had dreams that he would go to play professional football but unfortunately, he wasn’t built for that. Both his grandfather and father were in the navy and James decided to go into t...

Unique Leaders: Sloan Reid

May 18, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB

Sloan grew up in El Paso Texas. Her family is from the area and they created a powerful community with their businesses. From a very young age she was always pushed to be well rounded and experience as much as she can. She was very competitive as a child, she was a part of many different activities and had her hands in many different experiences. Sloan has a younger brother and he is the opposite of her. He was not into competition and was very interested in motor sports and cars.At...

Unique Leaders: Tim Gillette

May 11, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 85 MB

Tim was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and his parents grew up there as well. Later oin life Tim moved to the Dallas, TX area. As a child, Tim was a tall, skinny kid and was bullied throughout school years. He watched his father be laid off often and something clicked for him at such a young age. He decided that no job would ever control him. He never believed any system worked. He grew up in a Christian school and he flunked many of his classes. His parents tried to help him with a...

Unique Leaders: Denise Fuller

May 04, 2021 05:00 - 59 minutes - 68.5 MB

Denise was born in Dallas, TX. She was adopted by a wonderful couple. She has met her biological mother and she was in the beauty industry. Her adopted father was in the medical, field and that was good for her to grow up in that. Her father didn’t start in the medical field. His job was working with chemicals and he contracted a disease. This caused him to look into taking better care of his health. This brought him to learn more about the holistic approach to health. Denise has mo...

Unique Leaders: Charles Smith

April 27, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Charles was born in Jackson, Mississippi in the country. As a child he didn’t have much but that didn’t matter to him and his siblings. He mom made it work and they had many opportunities to learn responsibility. Looking back on it now, he has a great work ethic. Charles grew up with 4 brothers and 3 sisters and they all respected each other. Since they didn’t have much, they treasured everything they received. They made due with what they had and they were very creative with it. Th...

Unique Leaders: Carey Conley

April 20, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 56.7 MB

Carey had been a very extroverted child but she became more introspective as she got older. She grew up in Colorado and followed her husband to Oklahoma. After they got marriedthey moved back to Colorado where they raised their family. Carey was not interested in following the 9-5 job structure. One day, while in a time of quiet she sat down and wrote what she wanted to see in her life. How she wanted to be as a mother, a wifeand an entrepreneur. She still has those lists to this da...

Unique Leaders: Karla Runner

April 13, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 41.6 MB

For this episode of Unique Leaders Podcast, I have my guest and heart sister Karla K Runner. We told our story of how we met, many years ago. It’s a supernatural story only God could orchestrate. It is also the 1st anniversary of the Unique Leaders Podcast! Hope and possibilities are just over the horizon. There are always new beginnings, so just start and don't stop. Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others...

Unique Leaders: Rene Banglesdorf

April 06, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB

Rene grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Ohio when she was 10. She learned early on to move quickly. She found a passion for journalism her senior year in high school. She met her husband in college and soon after they got married and started a family. Rene’s husband was a part of a marketing business in the aviation industry. They ended up moving their family to Georgetown, Texas. In 2008, Rene and her husband started their own aviation brokerage company. In college she t...

Unique Leaders: Charlynda Scales

March 23, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

After graduating she went into the service. She thought she would be working with planes with the Air Force. But she actually was sent to an office building where regular civilians worked. She realized that her job was to work more closely with corporate workers. She never worked on theflight line. Even though she never worked in the place that she thought, she became very familiar with the planes, weapons and all their parts. She learned there is a business side to the military.In ...

Unique Leaders: Ryan Hartley

March 16, 2021 05:00 - 59 minutes - 68.2 MB

Ryan grew up in England in a broken home, which led to him striving for attention from others. He grew up with a feeling a responsibility to take care of his mom throughout his young life. He had quite a bit of abandonment during his early teen years. However, he found the love of his life at 15. Things soon became very stable with his relationship and career, but in 2019 things changed.He didn’t feel supported at work and struggled with fitting in with that community. His relations...

Unique Leaders: Melissa Burrow

March 09, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes - 61.9 MB

Melissa Burrow is an Amazon Best Selling Author and Executive Coach with a passion for Accountability and living life with Intention. Her book Chasing Bentleys; The Power of Accountability InAchieving Your Goals hit number one in Amazon’s women in business category. Connect with Melissa on her Facebook Group –“VIW” Very Important Womenhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/293277314894191/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and...

Unique Leaders: Bob Burg

March 02, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 32 MB

Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences sharing the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President.Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His book, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann, itself has sold over 975,000 copies and it has been translated into 29 languages.His and John’s new...

Unique Leader: Angela Totman

February 23, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 61.3 MB

Angela Totman is an accountability expert and results coach. She has worked for and with world class entrepreneurs and notable brands such as Rich Dad, Sharon Lechter, Think and Grow Rich for Women, Best from the Nest and SlumberPod. Specializing in strategy execution, she has been a part of and led teams in nearly all categories of business processes. Businesses Angela has worked with have completed new product development and launch, content creation, marketing campaign implementa...

Unique Leader: Cherie Mathews

February 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB

From being born in Canada to being moved to Florida as a child with her father on a boat to getting a job with IBM and moving o Vermont, Cherie has been a true pioneer.She learned early on to turn her fear into excitement. During her time at IBM she turned her life around and was able to show confidence in a board room full of men.One day during her career she was given a challenge. How to improve the stapler. She tookher experience in being confident in herself, she came up with an...

Unique Leader: Rick Austin

February 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB

Rick Austin is a solider, entrepreneur, husband, father and a man of God. His story is a perfect example of perseverance and hard work. Even though he had been through many difficult times and challenges, he accepted those experiences and worked hard to be the best he could. Rick was very obedient and followed God’s plan.Rick grew up in Chicago in a large family household, with 5 siblings, and some challenging family dynamics. Through his school career, he went to manydifferent loca...

Unique Leader: Darlene Templeton

February 02, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 59.9 MB

Darlene is the CEO and founder of Templeton & Associates. She is a professional speaker, certified executive coach, business strategist consultant, trainer and author. Darlene specializes in leadership and transformation for corporations and professionals,specifically for those who want to make a greater impact personally and professionally. She held multiple management and leadership positions during her career at IBM. She brings her 36 years of experience at IBM, to her work and h...

Unique Leader: Bruce Pulver

January 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB

Bruce Pulver is our special guest in today’s episode of Unique Leaders Podcast. He is a Professional Speaker, TEDx Speaker, Published Author, Professional Advisor and Entrepreneur. Together with Megan Dimartino, let’s hear Bruce Pulver’s interesting story behind his Accomplishments and Success. Don’t miss: The Blessing of Upbringing He Had  How his Parents Words guided him in all Aspects of his Life We're enough from the Beginning How Powerful Words Is The Story behind his Boo...

Unique Leader: Sharon Lechter

January 25, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, Sharon is very familiar with creating a business that works for you. With a degree in accounting and finance she has made her mark in that field. After her son got into credit card debt his first year of college, Sharon found she was passionate about financial literacy. She worked for 10 years with a partner to share more information about assets and finances with people all over the United States. She enjoys helping people to understand what...

Unique Leader: Emi Kirschner

January 23, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MB

With a business major in college, Emi has had a very business focused career. Through the illness of her first son, she created catering, chef and health coaching businesses. With her years of experience in business she has created her new business helping other small business entrepreneurs narrow down their why and break through the barriers that are holding them back. Listen to Emi’s amazing story and unique journey to where she is today. It will truly inspire you! Connect with ...

Unique Leader: Mindy Henderson

January 22, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MB

Mindy Henderson has had a life full of health challenges. From a young age she has learned to live with her struggles and adversity with a positive and grateful spirit. Mindy is a motivational speaker, accountability and health coach, podcaster and writer. Mindy has lived through so much. With her experiences she can connect and understand other’s struggles. This allows her to help people find their hope and achieve the strength and courage to journey on to the next step.   In this...

Unique Leader: Eric Zuley

January 21, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MB

Phenomenon in the Entertainment Industry, Multi-Awardee, Award Winning Social Media Influencer, Founder and Executive Producer of eZWay Wall of Fame Awards and a Best-selling Author, Erci Zuley is today’s special guest in the Unique Leaders Podcast with Megan Dimartino. Today, Eric will share on how he amazingly put all of what he does together and how he put together this amazing eZWay Network. Don’t miss: How Video Games made him for who he is today. How Investing a Studio Open...

Unique Leader: Che Brown

January 21, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB

Another day, another story, another opportunity to hear another secrets of success. Today, we’ll be thrilled to hear an amazing story of Happy, Energetic, Sales Expert Extraordinaire, Mr. Che Brown together with Megan DiMartino as they talk about Perseverance and Resilience in today’s episode of Unique Leaders Podcast.  You’ll learn: Things doesn’t really need to be perfect to be Happy and Happiness is a choice  The importance of “Take action now “ Che Brown’s “Never again Momen...

Unique Leader: Lisa Copeland

January 20, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MB

Lisa is a unique spirit and a true seeker of adventure. She started out in the fashion industry as a young adult. During this time in her life, she wrecked her car which led to her meeting the man that would later become her husband. She knew she needed a car - from there she began a career in the automotive industry. During her early years in her auto career, Lisa was different than the other salesmen because she was authentic. She was real with her clients which was a breath of fr...

Unique Leader: Heather Parady

January 19, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MB

Heather Parady is a woman that is always evolving and looking for new and creative ways to communicate with others. From ministry to counseling to creating an online presence. Heather is now taking all her past experiences and roles into her next venture…an acting career.   About the Guest:  Heather is the host of #UnconventionalLeaders, a top-ranked podcast which interviews leaders from all over the world who use their unique gifts to make an impact in this world. She has had the...

Unique Leader: Greg Reid

January 16, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MB

For over 25 years, Greg has inspired millions of people to take personal responsibility to step into the potential of their greatness and, as such, his life of contribution has been recognized by government leaders, a foreign Princess as well as luminaries in education, business, and industry. Mr. Reid has been published in over 100 books including 32 best-sellers in 45 languages.  Titles such as - Stickability: The Power of Perseverance; The Millionaire Mentor and Three Feet from...

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