In this episode I interview Ashley Campbell, mother of two and founder of Coral & Blue Paper Co. She created and patented a line of children’s stationery that makes thank you notes simple for kids while inspiring important character qualities, human connection, gratitude, and happiness in our digital world. She’s also co-founder of the non-profit, The Coral & Blue Project in Burundi, Africa where kids use Coral & Blue stationery for writing, reading, art, public speaking and most recently, trauma therapy. Her wakeup call was seeing how the power of children writing thank you notes on special stationery increased their gratitude, patience (when they would write outside the lines) and empathy. https://coralandblue.com/about#/

In this interview I speak with Beverly Parenti, co-founder of The Last Mile (TLM) and Molly Kelly, returning citizen and now Partnerships Manager for TLM whose wakeup calls were seeing a way to dramatically reduce recidivism by training inmates in technical skills that led to a job and most importantly gave them hope. And how appreciative vs. entitled these returning citizens felt made them wonderful hires. https://thelastmile.org/about/

In this episode I speak with Scott Osman, CEO, and Jacquelyn Lane, President of the 100 Coaches Agency and co-authors along with Marshall Goldsmith of “Becoming Coachable: Unleashing the Power of Executive Coaching to Transform Your Leadership,” and whose wakeup calls were realizing each of them were not coachable and how much value being coachable has been for them. https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/business-and-finance/leadership-and-management/becoming-coachable/

In this episode I speak with Neil Cannon, bestselling author of “The Vitality Secret” and recent book, “The Vitality Code,” authority in holistic health, vitality coach, podcast host, and speaker. Since 2015, Neil has been helping people become free from illness, pain and medication by balancing their bodies across the physical, mental, emotional and energetic “Pillars of Vitality” and whose wakeup call was the stroke of his father which could have been presented and his lifelong battle with eczema and how traditional medicine made it worse. https://vitalitysecret.com/

In this episode I speak with Quint Studer, healthcare leader, teacher, coach, luminary, author of many books, most recently, “Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired to Rewired, co-founder Healthcare Plus Solutions Group (HPSG), who overflows with compassion and kindness and whose throughline has been caring about healthcare workers so that they will care more about their patients and take better care of themselves. https://www.quintstuder.com/

 In this episode I speak with Nina Szewczak, a transformational change agent whose wakeup call was not realizing how much her childhood affected her and realizing that she had to unlearn what she had learned that wasn’t true. https://themidliferevolution.com/

In this episode I speak to Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown , author of, “The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice,” Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos LLC, co-founder of MetaPrinciple™ and co-developer of Global Inclusion Praxis Model, whose wakeup call was being so loved and supported by his family that he could take on the challenges of being Black and LGBTQ as he navigated his way through life. https://www.pneumos.com/our-founder/

In this episode I speak with Mark Matousek, speaker, author or eight books including his most recent book, “Lessons From an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life,” founder of, The Seekers Forum, whose wakeup call was coming from a traumatic and violent background and his seeking to understand what was going on the world that was much larger than his life which sent him on a lifelong journey of seeking. https://markmatousek.com/

In this episode I speak with Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System and Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Associate Director of Mount Sinai’s Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth. They are the co-authors of “Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges, third edition,” dedicated to their late third author, Steven M. Southwick, M.D., which is possibly the definitive book on the topic. Their wakeup calls came from violent traumas they each suffered and tested their resilience. https://www.amazon.com/Resilience-Science-Mastering-Greatest-Challenges/dp/1009299743/

In this episode I interview Shannon Walker, CEO and Founder of Northwest Battle Buddies, a non-profit organization on a mission to end suicide among our nation’s military Veterans struggling with PTSD that currently has a 100% success rate and whose wakeup call was honoring her late father who served in the military and was her hero. https://northwestbattlebuddies.org/