Courage To Be The Difference Podcast

In this week's episode host Cheri Ruskus shares some thoughts and ideas to get your arms around the year that was like no other. How you can gain clarity once again as to what your purpose is really moving forward. Has it changed? What values are you living by now versus this time last year. All this to help you head into 2021 with a new sense of clarity and focus. www.businessvictories.com/Victoryletter www.growcirclescoaching.com  

In this weeks episode host Cheri Ruskus takes you through a soothing 10 minute gratitude filled meditation to help get you past any overwhelm you might be feeling. With a different kind of Thanksgiving this year this meditation will allow you create the Thanksgiving of your dreams in your minds eye.  As you also contemplate the peace filled conversations you want to have this week. A new coaching program is also being announced and released at www.growcirclescoaching.com

In this episode host Cheri Ruskus shares some antidotes for looking at our stress levels in some new ways and how we may just need to make time to chill out. She learned it the hard way after an unexpected trip to the Emergency Room.  Jumping in is great and there is also a need within our wins to jump out. She share with you the Virtue Trap Quiz as she looks at week 5 moving into week 6 of the Artists Way Challenge 2020 www.businessvictories.com/victory-letter

For this interview, Chris Thomson shares how he began his exploration into leadership many years ago as a student himself with the company Student Works. Today as CEO of the same company Chris as some wonderful insights on how we can all make such a difference in the our own leadership in shaping the leaders of tomorrow.  It's time for better leadership or as Chris shared, “Get clear on making your cause bigger than yourself.” Learn more about Chris Thomson at www.studentworks.com   

Discover the light that comes from your deepest creative ambitions. Creativity is a muscle and the more we exercise it the more our imagination comes to life.   In this podcast we kick off the 12 week Artist's Way Challenge. From now through December 2020 we are going to find the power and strength that is available to us through the brilliant work of Julia Cameron's book and program. Simply get the book and join us. There is a collective energy in doing this together. You can learn more on Instagram @victorygirl as well as through the hashtag #artistswaychallenge2020

This week's podcast is an excerpt from our Wisdom Webinar Series.   Our guest is Liz Byrne founder of The Gentle Minimalist.   Liz shares with us a number of easy to access tips for getting in and clearing the clutter one step at a time. She shares what minimalism is and what it isn't from her viewpoint as a Mom and business women living in a 3 generation home.   More on Liz's work at www.thegentleminimalist.com   More on the Wisdom Webinar series at www.businessvictories.com/wisdom

In this week's podcast host and  Cheri Ruskus shares her insights as a Business Coach on how we can tend to hold ourselves back through our fear of caring too much about what other people think. Working through a 7 step process to visibility whether you are looking to gain more business or perhaps even that dream job. You must get visible.  Subscribe to the Victory Letter @ www.businessvictories.com/victoryletter Get your free 20 minute strategy session @ www.businessvictories.com/free-strategy    

In today's episode Host Cheri Ruskus has as her guests her family including daughter Bailey Ruskus and new son-in-law Steve Ruskus (yes he took the Ruskus family name) along with her husband Ed. They are sharing the lessons learned and the joy experienced having a safe and extremely joyful wedding celebration on the beach in the middle of this pandemic. www.chefbai.kitchen www.businessvictories.com

Join as Cheri Ruskus interviews Dina Griffin, Sports Dietician and Founder of the Nutrition Mechanic. During this pandemic time it is more important than ever to strengthen our bodies and build our immunity. Just like an athlete can get better performance so can every one else. “When we honor health as our foundation for longevity, nutrition is a key contributor to the successes we reap in our life journey." www.nutritionmechanic.com www.businessvictories.com

Do you remember jumping in puddles when you were a child? Jumping to make the biggest splash with all the energy you could muster?  In this podcast Cheri Ruskus interviews Nicole Irlbeck of Restoration Fitness to talk about the movement our bodies need in order to achieve our best energy possible. Suggested links: www.restorationfitness.net/posturefixmovement ibreathe app in the app store www.businessvictories.com      

In this episode Cheri Ruskus shares some thoughts to ponder on how to find purpose and joy in ways that might surprise you.  Starting off with the ability to relax and be present. Once you have relaxed then you can really begin to explore more about who you have become and where you want to go. One of the tools shared can be found at www.businessvictories.com/wisdom

In this episode Cheri Ruskus interviews Kelly Robinson and discusses the 28 day journey Cheri went on with Kelly in her Spirit Meets Space program.  "Our home should hold who we are becoming and not who we were in the past." - Kelly Robinson   Now that we are spending so much more time in our homes, Kelly shares how to be kind to ourselves in clearing our space while we let go of things that are now longer serving us and holding us back.   More about Kelly and her new guide Where Spirit Meets Space www.kellyarobinson.com   To get heads up on this podcast and weekly inspiration subscribe here or at www.businessvictories.com/victoryletter

On this podcast host Cheri Ruskus shares a conversation  with Kathey Pear, Founder and CEO of Pear Project Services. Kathey shares the love she has for leading with her most recent company started in 2015 as a “social enterprise” even before she knew that the term social enterprise was a thing. As Kathey shares in the podcast, "We win because we all get to play our favorite game which is taking from the have's and giving to the have not's." More on Pear Project Services at www.pearprojectservices.com Get announcements of this podcast and each weeks Victory Letter at www.businessvictories.com/victoryletter

In today's podcast Host Cheri Ruskus shares information from one of her popular workshops - How to Create Engaging Content.  She shares the 5 key components in getting your message out into the world consistently including:   1.    Generating New ideas 2.    Becoming a Content Hero 3.    Content Vehicles 4.    Content Structures 5.    Attention to Results   www.businessvictories.com  

On today’s podcast host Cheri Ruskus shares an in-depth tips from the book How To Think Like a CEO by Debra Benton.  A classic leadership book with traits and characteristics that may just surprise you. Take your business through good times and bad with these attainable skill sets. Especially important to remember as we "open for business" in ways we didn't think were at all possible before the Covid-19 pandemic. To download PDF: www.businessvictories.com/clearing-space Access to Grow Session: www.businessvictories.com/programs  

In this episode Chef Bai shares the importance of plants in our world and most importantly in our diets. We talk about ways to make the most delicious of foods that give you good energy in the process.  Learn more and get her recipes at www.chefbai.kitchen

As we continue through this time of the lost revenue and unsure future earnings our relationship with money comes into play big time.  As our guest in this podcast Deborah Price, founder of the Money Coaching Institute and Author of Money Magic and The Heart of Money shares, "Understanding your own internal response system really can help." Offer for further assistance during this podcast is available at https://moneycoachinginstitute.com/

We are living the human experiment like at no other point in our lifetime. The question becomes are you spending this time at home wisely preparing to emerge from restrictions of the coronavirus happier and more confident of your purpose and life’s direction? In this week's podcast host Cheri Ruskus discusses some antidotes to make this a time of growing and learning more about ourselves. And a time to reconnect with the people that matter to us un our lives. More at www.businessvictories.com

As we move collectively forward in a global direction that may not be making sense, look towards what will inspire you most in your own personal journey.   How can you build the mountain ahead of you one rock at a time?   Stop and take that deep breath prior to looking for the new opportunities that are waiting for you. Please listen to the simple formula Travis Ruskus shares in the podcast to look deeper within yourself for the answers you are seeking.   Find the opportunities that are waiting for you.   Learn more about Travis at www.rockbalanceguide.com    

Celebrating our 100th Episode! Special Guest Mike Michalowicz shares his insights from his upcoming book Fix This Next and how they apply to move forwarding with the impact of the Coronavirus on our business lives. "Business as usual ... in unusual times." www.fixthisnext.com