On today’s episode of Awake and On Purpose, HR expert Tena Jolley shares how her experience of losing multiple family member inspired her to create a business that shared her knowledge and resources to help others. Listen in as Tena and Jennifer discuss keeping an open mind when faced with challenges, trusting your instincts, and seeing setbacks and lessons that push you forward.

Tena Jolley is the founder and chief executive officer of Apela Strategic Solutions. She is Native American and a member of the Choctaw Tribe. Tena has a master’s degree in both Human Resources Administration and Public Health, Healthcare Administration and Policy. For 25 years, Tena was a Servant Leader at the Chickasaw Nation, in October 2018 Tena founded Apela Strategic Solutions a full-service Benefits, HR and Healthcare consulting firm. Tena’s passion is empowering others to improve the lives of their employees, families and ultimately their own life.

You can connect with Tena on her website www.apelasolutions.com or via email at [email protected]

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

On today’s episode of Awake and On Purpose, author and chef Ronaldo Linares shares how he discovered his passion for helping the Latino community create healthy eating habits after witnessing the devastating effects of Type 1 Diabetes. Join Ronaldo and Jennifer as they discuss creating healthy habits later in life, making preventative care part of your daily routine, and how to inspire others by taking actions toward your own goals.

Chef Ronaldo Linares is the author of Sabores de Cuba: Diabetes Friendly Traditional and Nueva Cubano Cuisine and America’s leading expert on healthy Latino cooking.

Ronaldo describes his cooking – and his approach to life – as Cuban-inspired, passion infused, and Ronaldo gives mas sabor to everything he does – as CEO and Executive Chef of his family’s restaurant: Martino’s Cuban Restaruant in Somerville, NJ, as a brand partner with Healthfirst, American Heart Association National Spokesperson for the Healthy for good campaign, AARP caregivers program and of course being a husband and a father.

He was born in Colombia during the turbulent Cartel wars of the 1980s, cooking has saved him in many ways and has been the main ingredient in Ronaldo’s journey from young immigrant to rebellious teen to successful chef and media personality.

While he first honed his knife skills as a teen clocking long hours in his family’s restaurant, Ronaldo’s “food voice” began to take shape while he was a Sergeant and Food Service Specialist in the Marines, serving 6000 men daily. There he learned about regional American food and began to infuse it with his Cuban sazon.

Following the Marines, Ronaldo enrolled in ICE (Institute for Culinary Education) in New York City, graduating with high honors.

In 2016, Ronaldo was named an Influencer of the Year by LATISM (Latinos in Tech Innovation & Social Media) and honored by the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey as Culinary Person of the Year. Ronaldo has showcased his culinary style on Food Network’s Chopped, BBC America’s cross-country chef competition “Chef Race,” and appearances on WNBC, Fox News and Telemundo. He is a popular featured chef at live events including the Food Network’s “Food & Wine Festival,” Diabetes expo, the International Restaurant and Food Service Show and guest lectures at ICE.

When not in the kitchen, Ronaldo is active in CrossFit as a Level 1 certified trainer and in the community, speaking to schools, youth groups and corporations about his life journey.

You can connect with Ronaldo via his website: http://about.me/Ronaldolinares and purchase his cookbook at Diabetic Friendly Cookbook: Sabores de Cuba .

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

On today’s episode of Awake and On Purpose, mindfulness expert Montse Azaguirre shares how she transitioned from a career in television to a career in mindfulness after experiencing panic attacks and postnatal anxiety. Listen in as Jennifer and Montse discuss grounding yourself in the moment, the detrimental effect of unprocessed emotions, and simple advice to start making meditation part of your routine.

Mindful Living is the manifestation of founder Montse Azaguirre. After a period of suffering post natal anxiety, she turned to Meditation and Mindfulness. This was like a light bulb had turned on and she could lean into the light and regain her purpose, inner sense of calm and joy for life. 

Through her work, she teaches others the power of being present, manifesting your souls purpose and opening your mind to just this present moment - in order to let the universe guide you. 

The youtube channel, Rogue Mindz, interviews others with similar mindsets for her online magazine - Rogue Mindz, covering topics like Pilates, Organic farming and Yoga. The channel also is a one stop retreat for the mind, with meditations, affirmations and more.

Her mission is to create a tribe of Mindful warriors that set the intention of making each moment count.

You can connect with Montse at www.mindfullliving.com there you can also find Rogue Mindz Magazine.

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

Today on Awake and On Purpose, Oleg Lougheed shares his story of how growing up in an orphanage and being adopted inspired him to help others work through their trauma and fulfill their purpose. Listen in as Jennifer and Oleg discuss the new definition of purpose, the importance of gratitude, and how you can turn anger from the past into passion for helping others.

Oleg Lougheed’s start in life was inauspicious. At 9 years old, he relinquished his parents' rights and entered the Russian orphanage. At 12 years old, he decided to be adopted into a new family, in a new country, halfway across the world, to start a new life. At 24 years old, he began his journey of helping others live the life they have always dreamed of, despite their hardships and misfortunes by allowing them to recognize the uniqueness and worth within their own story.

You can connect with Oleg in the following ways:

Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/overcomingodds/id1292465138

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/overcomingodds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Overcoming-Odds-111928076030141/

Website: https://www.overcomingodds.today/

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

On this week’s episode of Awake and On Purpose, relationship marketing expert and podcast host Russ Johns shares his story of finding joy in serving others after a tragic loss. Listen in as Russ and Jennifer discuss finding purpose through personal loss, leaving the “safety” of corporate America, and the problem with comparing ourselves to others.

Russ Johns is the host of the #PirateBroadcast podcast and a relationship marketing expert who is passionate about encouraging others and supporting the people around him. 

Russ has over 30 years of experience creating systems, connections, and relationships.
He is a lifelong learner and studies methods and strategies to create connections and to help others.

He's interested in giving back to the community with Relationship and Caused Based Marketing, Virtual Marketing Management, and Creating Systems for Connecting People. He's passionate about connecting and developing relationships.

Russ has had many titles including:

Musician 
Farmer

Artist

Firefighter/EMT

Creator

Caregiver

Father, Brother & Son. 

You can connect with Russ via his website at BookRuss.com or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nextstepnext/

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

This week on Awake and On Purpose, author, speaker, and founder of i'MAGiNT LiFE™, SoFeya Joseph shares her mission of changing how people think and see the world. Listen in as Jennifer and SoFeya discuss living in alignment with your purpose, how reality is created from within, and a simple way to embody what we want to be in order to achieve that alignment.

SoFeya Joseph is the Founder, CEO, and creator of a phenomenon, i'MAGiNT LiFE™. She is a bestselling author, international speaker, Certified High Performance Coach, and former Olympic figure skating coach. 

After 2006 Winter Olympic Games, where her student, Sasha Cohen, captured Silver medal, SoFeya turned her attention to performance psychology and why some people reach their potential while others fall far short. Her study of personal growth and development led her to fields as diverse as sports and spiritual psychology, yoga, meditation, tai chi, and aikido. She became obsessed with understanding how the human mind works.

After graduating with a Master of Arts degree in Spiritual Psychology and experiencing profound personal transformation, SoFeya decided to dedicate her life to studying, implementing, and developing tools for life mastery. She is on the mission to change how people think and see the world. It is this mission and almost 30 years of experience, research, and intense daily practice that led Faye to creation of i'MAGiNT LiFE™. 

Here’s how you can connect with SoFeya:

www.imagintlife.com/vip (for Queens of Success)

@imagintlife (Instagram)

@SoFeyaSahRaJoseph (Facebook)

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

This week on Awake and On Purpose, communication doctor Tanya Obeng discusses her journey to helping senior leaders return to work with confidence after her own experience with personal loss, anxiety, and burn out. Listen in as Tanya and Jennifer break down how creativity impacts confidence, the healing power of the arts, and how to conquer perfectionism with small actions.

After working ten years as a drama teacher Tanya Obeng experienced a full-scale burnout. Looking back it’s clear that she was showing signs of the burnout for a long time, but continued working to deadlines. As a workaholic, a perfectionist she always took her work home. Tanya dedicated her life to her work and some might say this is the way to be.

While on maternity leave expecting her first child, Tanya realized that she needed to create a balanced work life, before returning to work. In her mind the only way to achieve this was to set up an educational company that gives her time.  Tanya created her dream company Lifted and Gifted Education, this is an educational company that provides performing arts workshops with a difference. This was a big step and a risk she believed in her dream and moved forward with her idea. Ten years later, the business is evolving.

9 years later Tanya still wanted more, so she set up a consultancy to support professionals like herself, who may have experienced the burnout, but were unaware. She focused on supporting professionals return to work with confidence.

Over the years she had experienced anxiety, grief and major life changes which lead her to study the burnout. She wanted to understand the process and find solutions that would help manage the burnout. Tanya is a certified coach, teacher, reiki master, Soul plan reader, body language expert and mindset coach. Using her skillset she wanted to create positive change.

Everyday she mentally prepares herself to perform mindfulness, meditation and growth mindset. As a title she calls herself Tanya the communication doctor because she is a master at helping her clients create positive communication and find a sense of self.

The formation of two programs was realized from her own experiences and learning. Tanya designed the program for CEOs, senior leaders, executives and professionals. She strongly believes that Improving communication in the workplace helps reduce absenteeism, anxiety and burnout, by exploring their cause and effect. By demonstrating fresh and innovative approaches, she empower her clients to enhance efficiency, creativity and most importantly build confidence. 

You can connect with Tanya in the following ways:

https://www.communicationdoctor.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3Jvpgcil-T-ABoIlSdV3g? https://www.facebook.com/tanyathecommunicationdoc/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-obeng27/

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com.

Today on Awake and On Purpose, family growth and communication advocate Purvi-Sonya Davé reveals her inspiration for creating the family growth platform FamTyme and the power of open communication between parents and children. Join Jennifer and Purvi as they discuss the importance of feeling secure for children between the ages of two and seven, resources that parents can access to learn how to communicate with their children, and a simple question parents can ask themselves to begin the process of learning.

Purvi is the CEO and founder of FamTyme. She created FamTyme from her own personal struggles she experienced in her childhood that impacted her mental and emotional well-being growing up. Therefore, she is now determined towards helping others not have to go through what she did.

She has made it her life mission to create a family growth platform through FamTyme which will provides easy, practical resources for parents to implement and empower their children to be more self-aware of their thoughts and emotions and help parents create an open environment where kids can freely express themselves and create happy, healthy and strong family bond.

She has 16+ years of professional experience which includes providing IT hardware and software support to customers and end users, business development, user testing, process review, digital marketing, training, and selling e-commerce solutions

When she’s not on the job she loves going on hikes with her dog Wrigley, enjoys to experiment with different recipes, volunteering at her favorite charities or indulging in her love for traveling.

Purvi’s Social Media Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/purvidave007/

https://www.facebook.com/PurviDave007

https://www.instagram.com/purvidave007/

https://twitter.com/PurviDave007

https://www.tiktok.com/@purvidave007

FamTyme Links

https://famtyme.com/

Download FamTyme through Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FamTyme

Download FamTyme through Apple Store

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/famtyme/id1367535928

https://www.facebook.com/FamTymes/

https://www.instagram.com/famtymes/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/famtyme

https://www.pinterest.com/FamTymes/

https://twitter.com/FamTyme1st

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBTrKx29lisSXTz53IsfGQ

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com .

On today’s episode of Awake and on Purpose, entrepreneur and keynote speaker Amber Peay discusses how she faced a crossroads on her entrepreneurial journey and overcame the fear of change in order to help others succeed. Listen in as Jennifer and Amber discuss the value of motherhood for an entrepreneur, viewing every relationship as an opportunity to learn, and Amber’s best advice for facing the fear of change.

With over 10 years of experience in Learning and Development and almost 10 years as a dedicated Mom and Entrepreneur, Amber Peay is known for being committed to kindness at scale, and seeks to empower and collaborate with others to shine more light on this simple, superpower strength.

At an early age, Amber learned to ignite her challenges into courage through her faith. Because of her personal experiences, Amber has a passion to help others achieve through life's constant challenges. She leads from her heart and through her energy to encourage others that they are enough and can achieve all things. She is delivering this message as a keynote speaker, inspiring others to overcome and grow because of their challenges. She continues to reach larger audiences as she has started writing her first book. 

Amber created the Achieve group on LinkedIn in service of her personal and professional values, driven by faith, family, and service.

You can connect with Amber on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-peay-granola-grown/

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com .

On today’s episode of Awake and on Purpose, digital marketing professional and leading authority builder Sara Khoudary discusses how she followed her journey through entrepreneurship, overcoming partnership misalignments and bankruptcy. Listen in as Jennifer and Sara share how to listen to your inner voice, choosing the right people to surround you, and shifting your mindset when facing thoughts of “back pedaling” on your passion.

Sara Khoudary is known as The Leading Authority Builder™ positioning entrepreneurs to be seen and dominate their industry to be in the top 1%. With over 25 years in marketing, Sara is a highly sought after certified digital marketing professional, authority building mastermind, automation specialist, and trusted advisor.

A master at orchestrating both traditional and digital marketing strategies, Sara has worked with clients around the world and specializes in developing entrepreneurs to reach their first six figures and has also created several millionaires with her process.

Sara is a professional speaker and has spoken on an international stage. She has also been seen in ABC/NBC/FOX/The CW.

With a heart for propelling her clients to new levels of success, she is the Founder of Entrepreneurs of Success.  Her mission is to inspire, empower, and advance Entrepreneurship.

You can connect with Sara the following ways:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/skhoudary

Website: https://www.aimadigitalmarketing.com/

To learn more about how you can connect to your higher purpose and take that leap of faith to make your impact in the world, visit us at www.jenniferspor.com .