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Join the conversation as Adrian Shepherd and I talk all things productivity, time management and tsunami. What a combination!Adrian Shepherd is a productivity expert who helps overwhelmed entrepreneurs get more done faster, and with less stress. He consults with businesses on how to increase sales and decrease costs through the implementation of time management and joint venture strategies.His mantra is "There has to be a better way." That's why he believes in investing in himself by learning from the biggest names out there in personal development and time management to share the newest and most effective strategies with clients.His background in education allows me to explain complex concepts in simple terms that people can quickly understand and apply in their own businesses or lives.https://www.adrianshepherd.comhttps://www.isucceedbook.comhttps://www.facebook.com/adrianshepherdjapanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/isucceedbook/www.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the conversation as Charmaine Hammond and I talk about working in a prison, compassion fatigue, resilience and disasters - wide ranging conversation with tons of great tips!Charmaine Hammond, CSP(Certified Speaking Professional) is a highly sought-after business keynote and workshop speaker, entrepreneur, author and educator who teaches and advocates the importance of developing trust, healthy relationships and collaboration in the workplace. She has helped clients in many industries build resilient and engaged workplaces, develop high trust/high accountability relationships, and solve workplace issues that get in the way of success and profitability. She is respected as a "no fluff" and "rich content" speaker who delivers tangible tools to step into action immediately.This former Correctional Officer (yup! She worked in jails) and Corporate Dispute Resolution Expert now travels the world teaching the principles of collaboration, communication/conflict resolution and resilience. She also has an extensiv

Join the conversation as Rahti and I talk about #shinyobject syndrome and getting over perfectionism.For twenty years, Rahti Gorfien has coached independent creative professionals, such as writers, artists, healers, and entrepreneurs, who are scattered and overwhelmed. Her coaching enables her clients to spend time grabbing the focus of others, so that they can profit from their passion, instead of treating it like a hobby because they’re always pulled in 50 directions. Rahti is a professionally certified career and adhd coach who has been helping creative entrepreneurs focus so they can grab the focus of others. She has been recognized twice by Expertise.com as one of the 15 Best Life Coaches in NYC. She lives in Brookyn with her her husband, son, and two Yorkies named Max and Pookie who are rightly considered neighborhood celebrities. http://creativecallingcoaching.comtwitter: @RahtiInstagram: @coachrahtiFB: facebook.com/creativecallingcoachingLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahtigorfienwww.mhnrnet

Join the conversation as Eric Zimmer and I talk about habits, behavior change, and how to create a happier, more fulfilling life.A behavior coach, podcast host, and author, Eric Zimmer is on an endless quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how we can learn to create the lives we want to live. At the age of 24, Eric was homeless, struggling with drug addiction, and even facing jail time. In the years since, he not only found a way to overcome these obstacles to create a life worth living, he now helps others to do the same.For the past 20 years, Eric has worked as a behavior coach and has helped hundreds of people to reach their goals. With his wealth of personal experience and understanding of what it means to face challenges, Eric is able to effectively guide his clients through making significant life changes and establishing habits that will help them to create the life they desire. Eric is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast, The One You Feed, which is based on the ol

Join the conversation as Kim and I talk about #perfectionism and being #goodenough.Kim Foster Carlson is an award-winning broadcast journalist, having spent the last 27 years as a member of the San Francisco Bay Area radio and television media. She has worked as a traffic reporter, news reporter, news anchor, sports anchor and talk show host. She has covered a wide range of stories from 9/11 to the tech boom in Silicon Valley. In 2011, she was named the mid-day anchor at KGO radio and led coverage of a breaking story “Oikos University Shooting.” KGO’s coverage of that story won a National Murrow Award. She currently works as a news/ sports anchor at KCBS radio in San Francisco. Carson lives in Walnut Creek, California. Good Enough is her first book.www.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the conversation as Betty Jean and I talk about #mindset, #beingbadass, and falling in love with yourself!Betty Jean Bell, founder of BeingBadass.com, has helped successful women around the world to lose weight, improve their health, and love their bodies now, regardless of shape. All while running their businesses, families, and lives. She believes that when you love the body you have, it becomes the body you want. With her radically transformative program You Are A Babe, and with a badass army of ambitious, inspiring women in 20 countries, Betty Jean Bell helps entrepreneurial women transform their confidence, body image, and health with meaningful science, psychology,spirituality, and uncommon action that works.https://beingbadass.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beingbadass/Instagram: https://instagram.com/beingbadasswww.mhnrnetwork.com

"Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can wound forever". We all have a choice - the words we use, the actions we take, the beliefs we follow. Join the conversation as I share some of my personal reflections on language and how it impacts us.www.drkristinahallett.comwww.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the conversation as Samantha and I talk about what it means to be a #badassmother - dealing with parenting, work, and life.Samantha is a business coach and the host of the Badass Mother Podcast. She started as a coach after struggling to find her identity after becoming a mother and now is very passionate about helping other moms build businesses from home and balance entrepreneurship with motherhood. She is a mom of 3, an over-volunteer-er, and a travel lover – she and her husband met while studying abroad in college and are always taking their kids on epic adventures.Listen to Samantha's podcast at badassmotherpodcast.comfacebook.samanthasiffring.comwww.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the conversation as I talk with Kristin Sunanta Walker and Leanna James Blackwell about writing, narrative medicine, and having the courage to face down the inner critic.Leanna James Blackwell is director of the Bay Path University MFA in Creative Nonfiction and assistant professor of creative writing. An award-winning essayist and documentary playwright, she is a member of the Northampton Playwrights Lab, former artistic director and playwright-in-residence of TKO Theatre and the Inner Stage in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the co-founder and director of The Place for Writers at Mills College in Oakland, California.A frequent contributor to arts and parenting journals and a 2018 Pushcart Prize nominee, Leanna’s essays have appeared in Creative Nonfiction’s True Story; Full Grown People; Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers; The Best of Brain, Child; Literary Mama; five80split: A Journal of Arts and Letters; Hidden Manna: The Journal of Faith and Story; and Mount Holyoke and Amherst magazine

Join the conversation as Laura and I talk about the business that is best for you - and the upside/downside of freelancing.Laura Briggs spent most of her life preparing to be an educator and then burned out after working as a middle school teacher in Baltimore City. After started a freelance writing career on the side, she quickly replaced and surpassed her day job earnings and hit the sixfigure mark in just 18 months. Since 2013, she’s worked full-time for herself helping clients with content and project management by leveraging time management and digital teams. She now teaches others how to build fulfilling lifestyle businesses from home as a coach. Laura is the author of “Launch Your Own Freelance Writing Business” with Entrepreneur Press.You can find Laura here:www.betterbizacademy.comwww.freelancewriting101.comwww.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the conversation as Kelly Gonsalves and I talk about sex - sexual wellness, the sexual renaissance, and the sex recession (did you even know that was a thing??)Kelly Gonsalves is a sex writer and editor whose work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, Vice and many other places. She reports on the ways sexuality intersects with all parts of the human experience, including identity, wellness, politics andpop culture. Right now she’s teaching healthy romance as the Sex and Relationships Editor at mindbodygreen, and she also pens a monthly sex column called “Sex IRL” at HelloGiggles. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with her latest reporting and other steamy escapades: @kellyagonsalveswww.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the conversation as Josh Cary and I talk about accepting fear (and yourself) - no more hiding!Josh Cary spent 40 years in hiding! That’s right. He was hiding every aspect of himself and showing up with a ‘mask’ on in all areas of life trying to gain the approval of everyone else. At 19, he changed his name and entered into, what would become, a 15-year career as a professional actor and filmmaker. The applause and external accolades didn’t completely heal his feelings of anxietyand insecurities and he found himself more isolated than ever. Today, Josh Cary is a podcast host and business coach to entrepreneurs who are ready, willing, and able to say “F That NOISE!”“F That NOISE” in their head that’s been acting as the comfortable excuse for remaining where they are.As a digital media and creative consultant, Josh has the uncanny ability to bring the human side out of each person. Whether it’s as a guest on his show or working directly together, you quickly feel consumed by his unique natural energy, brigh

Truly an amazing woman, Angela Andrews devotes her time to increasing awareness of autism and neurodiversity. Join the conversation as I talk with Angela about being a person with autism and raising 5 children with autism.Angela Andrews has worked with Johnson & Johnson for a total of 4 years. During her time here, she has worked as a Complaints Analyst in Medical Devices, a Business Data & Integration Owner Analyst and a QS&S Quality Analyst in Supply Chain, and most recently works as the Data Improvement Manager for Janssen Quality Analytics. In November of 2016, Angela formed the group “Autism and Neurodiversity” under the Alliance for Diverse Abilities (ADA) employee resource group. The group focuses on promoting equal treatment and employment of those who are on the Autism spectrum and encouraging others to focus on the positive aspects of Autism as well as the benefits of neurodiversity. Angela holds a BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame. She holds an MS

Join the conversation as Kyle Grappone and I talk about inspiring students and young adults to discover their passion - by focusing on "what type of person you want to become".Kyle Grappone is the founder of To The Next Step, an educational services company thatprepares students for the next steps in their lives, including college and entering the workforceand the real world that awaits them. His organization accomplishes these goals through anarray of services including motivational speaking keynotes, group workshops, self-help books,student success coaching, on-demand courses, live online classes, and various free resources.Kyle founded this organization after working and living in the aforementioned “real world” fornearly ten years. A few years after graduating he began to notice that the majority of hisco-workers seemed to dislike their jobs and worse, were dissatisfied with the type of person theyhad become and the life they were living. He began to dig deeper and discovered that one ofthe main reasons f

Authentic happiness, living well, feeling comfortable and confident. Sound good? Join the conversation as I talk with Maura Sweeney about how we can achieve these things in our life...and hear about her green chair moment.Author, Podcaster, International Speaker, eCourse creator and Frequent Media Guest, Maura Sweeney pioneered her own journey toward an authentic life and now helps others do the same. It took a moment of crisis in law school to catalyze her from people pleaser to career and life pioneer. A former decorated corporate manager and home schooling mom, she transitioned again at midlife to fulfill some of her earliest callings on an international scale. As the trademarked Ambassador of Happiness®, Maura now engages international audiences with reflective questions, personal stories and paradigm shifting concepts with a “Living Happy – Inside Out” philosophy. For her global work to inspire a better, happier and more sustainable society, Maura received the Woman of the Decade Award at the Women’s E

Are you a business leader? Entrepreneur? Emerging thought leader? Wanting to increase your efficiency and effectiveness while growing your business? Join the conversation as Nicole shares amazing tech tips and wisdom (and trust me - they WORK!)Nicole Holland helps businesses get the recognition they deserve using innovative, fun & profitable organic growth strategies. She has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, HuffPo, iTunes New & Noteworthy for 2 years running, & on 100+ podcasts.Nicole ​helps​ Emerging Thought Leaders connect deeply with their hard-to-reach prospects for opportunities & lead generation, through visibility & publicity strategies.HOW SHE DOES IT: She provides high-touch VIP experiences for clients around Visibility Consulting & Done-for-You Podcast Publicity services. Nicole works with Emerging Thought Leaders, such as:★ B2B SaaS Company Founders★ Coaches, Consultants★ Established Entrepreneurslinkedin.com/in/nicolehollandWebsite: shor.by/thenicolehollandlinkedi

Join the conversation as Kara Duffy and I talk about becoming a Powerful Lady - what that means, and how to do it - and enjoy Kara's story!Kara Duffy lives in Costa Mesa, California with her schnoodle, Bandit, and handsome boyfriend, Jesse, who ensures she’s laughing as much as possible. She loves to read, travel, learn, make and organize things - businesses, art projects, parties, books, products, adventures, you name it. She gives credit to the Baby Sitters Club, Jem & the Holograms, Nancy Drew, the Fancy Fraus, and her parents - all of whom told her that anything is possible if you’re determined, resourceful, and have friends to help you out. In addition to running Powerful Ladies, she is a business consult & personal coach applying the same principles and techniques helping clients achieve their most successful lives, too. She’s started many businesses and side hustles including her first, a babysitting business at age 9, as well as a t-shirt brand, an organizing business, and in 2014 she co-found

Join the conversation as Jazz, Kristin Sunanta Walker and I discuss consciousness, chanelling, and what it means to truly come to know yourself.When I was five years old, I sat on the sofa watching the entire family talk and celebrate Christmas. I knew then that I didn’t move or speak the way they did. There was always more happening beneath the surface than they talked about. Growing up I sensed the invisible: deep, wild feelings and spirits. I was told my birth mother might not want to meet me. I knew she did, so I continued to search for her. If I had listened to what they told me,My Mom - I would have lost her entirely — she was diagnosed the day after we met, and died six weeks later. The more I trusted myself the more the world revealed itself to me. In 2002, after arriving early to class, I heard a man’s voice over my shoulder telling me to write. I turned to find no one in the empty room. I retraced my steps — no one was anywhere. But I trusted the voice, and listened. Five years later I was a ghost

Rejection - yuck! No one likes rejection, but it's present in everyone's life, especially if you are learning new things and trying to develop in new areas. Join the conversation as I talk with Alex Lyman about how to change your perception and reaction to rejection.Alex Lyman is a media professional with a career that has spanned television and print news, independent film, marketing writing, blogging, media coaching, and business consulting. She attended Western New England University, where she earned a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Media Theory and Production and an M.S. in Organizational Leadership. Her graduate research was published by Palgrave Macmillan in the textbook Leadership and Role Modelling: Understanding Workplace Dynamics, as part of the Palgrave Studies in Leadership and Followership series.Alex began her media career at local news station ABC40/FOX6 as the weekend assignment editor, and was promoted to 5:00 p.m. newscast and weekend producer. She also experimented in the

Healthy eating and positive body image can be sooo challenging. Join the conversation as I talk with Dr. Glenn Livingston about food, healthy living, and changing your patterns.Glenn Livingston, Ph.D. is a veteran psychologist and was the long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry. You may have seen his (or his company's) previous work, theories, and research in major periodicals like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun Times, The Indiana Star Ledger, The NY Daily News, or the American Demographics. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients AND a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants. Most important, however, was his own personal journey out of obesity and food prison to a normal, healthy weight and a