Podcast Notes
Episode 17: When a High-Risk Pregnancy Inspired Traci Philips to Master the Art of Having Courageous Conversations
While a master's degree in curriculum development may have helped The Innate Coach Traci Philips map out how to serve executive leaders worldwide, her experience with new motherhood was the internship that provided opportunity for growth In this week's episode, Traci...
Episode 16: How Writing Helped Meg Nocero Heal from Losing Her Mother and Leave A Career as a Federal Prosecutor to Bring Bliss to Her World
Author Meg Nocero left a career as a federal prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Securities after her mother sucuumbed to breast cancer. By writing insights of the day as she navigated the healing process, she felt pulled to share them with others in her first ...
Episode 15: Former Radio Star and Stand-Up Comic Steve Gamlin Stokes a Flame of Inspiration as the Motivational Firewood Guy
At 35, Steve Gamlin's life took a downward spiral. He'd experienced great success as a radio personality, but knew it was not where he wanted to land. Unhappy at work, inattentive to debts, and his marriage folding before him, he felt he was standing in ashes. Here,...
Episode 14: From Modeling Fashion to Modeling Courage/How Christine Handy Found Her Joy After Cancer
After routine medical procedures turned ugly, successful model and mom of young boys, Christine Handy was then diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She doubted her will to fight it, but friends, family, and faith prevailed, and today she is a survivor...
Episode13: Winning the Game at Work author Terry McDougall Shares How Her Past Fail Informed Her Futures Successes
When Terry McDougall jumped into the deep end of the applicant pool for her ideal job many years ago, she did a belly-flop. She'd thought she was a shoo-in, having performed the duties of the position and enjoying a positive reputation at the company. But rather than...
Episode 12: What Happens When a Muslim, a Christian, a Jehovah’s Witness, and a Bahai Sit Down for A Family Dinner? In Neloo Naderi’s World, It Sparked a Passion to Bring Respectful Conversations Back to a World That’s Forgotten How
When Neloo's Bahai and Muslim parents married in Iran decades ago, it didn't take long to them to realize that to raise children safely, they would need to come to America. Years later, their children embraced religious freedom to the max. The skill set needed to...
Episode 11: From SWAT Negotiator to Cancer Warrior: Author Terry Tucker Talks Life, Death, and the Space Between
Before he was a cancer survivor, author Terry Tucker had a life filled with exciting challenges and goals achieved. An NCAA Division I college basketball player, a Citadel cadet, a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, and a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, that...
Episode 8: From Robbery Victim to Victim’s Advocate, Victoria Shanklin Invites You to Get Involved
No one expects to be a victim of crime, especially not in the broad daylight on a sunny Alaskan evening. Victoria Shanklin was held at gunpoint while leaving a friend's birthday party. The justice system's response sparked a passion to...
Episode 10: Author Evelyn LaTorre on Peace Corps Service, Publishing Two Books Back-to-Back, and a Stubborn Love That Continues to Defy the Odds 55 Years In
Like many Peace Corps volunteers, young Evelyn LaTorre fell in love with a handsome man native to the country she served. The two eventually married. Unlike many of her Peace Corp peers, Evelyn remains happily married to the same man 55 years later. ...
Episode 9: Author Rick Heyland’s Lessons of Intention Paves a Path that Even His Dad Replicates
Rick Heyland learned the hard way that simply having goals wasn't enough to succeed. In this week's episode, he tells how he brought his family across the globe years ago to pursue a career, and failed. Hard. But rather than give up, Rick regrouped. And went on a path...