Becoming Parents Podcast

Sonya Siglar Coaching - A lawyer and executive coach, she takes me through clarity, my top skills, exchanging tasks and time, solving problems, and mindset changes to help my business growL  Welcome to PractiGal Consulting and Consulting. 

We work with teams and individuals. We specialize in helping people who feel stuck, uncertain, or frustrated in their careers reach the next level in their careers and set them up for success. We work with underperforming teams, we help them realign their actions with their goals to become productive and efficient. Call (650) 593-8281 or email to explore coaching and consulting options or to book us for a talk or workshop. Individuals 

We work with highly-motivated professional women (and enlightened, progressive men) who are feeling stuck, uncertain or frustrated in their careers. We help our clients find a better career match to move into a more lucrative and fulfilling role. We work with: Doers who rarely ask for help and think they have to do everything themselves Clients who want us to tell them the truth without sugar-coating things or being a yes-(wo)man People who realize it takes a team to create something amazing and they want PractiGal  on their team to help them do exactly that!   

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In the real estate industry since the age of 19 (22 years), He learned persistence and consistency, therapy, finding the "right person", he's exploded real estate in the Florida keys, launched The Closer Club - an online interview series  Alex has been in the real estate industry for over 22 years, having worked with Keyes Real Estate in Florida, Prudential Real Estate in Florida, Colorado, and California, and ERA Real Estate in Florida. Alex’s real estate career began at the age of 19 when he broke into the business as the assistant to the president of Keyes Real Estate. 

Over the course of his career, Alex has held several positions including Recruiting Director, Sales Coach, Sales Manager, and Sales. Most recently his focus was on building offices into local powerhouses and turning boutique brokerages with a handful of agents into large-scale agencies with several hundred Realtors.  

After taking the helm at RelatedISG International Realty in July 2014, Alex has spearheaded the explosive growth from just two offices and 50 Realtors, to a sales force now over 500 Realtors, 6 offices throughout Dade and Broward county, and close to half a billion dollars in Sales Volume. TheCloserClub is an online interview series featuring the country's biggest real estate players, celebrity entrepreneurs, athletes, and politicians in a quick and fun, informative format. Digging deep with these great minds, TheCloserClub provides great advice on mindset, sales techniques, the rise of the guest, and a lot more! The host, Alex Vidal, has been in the real estate industry for over 22 years having served in virtually every role imaginable. He is currently serving as President of RelatedISG International Realty, a 6 office, 500+ Realtor brokerage in South Florida.  

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In the real estate industry since the age of 19 (22 years), He learned persistence and consistency, therapy, finding the "right person", he's exploded real estate in the Florida keys, launched The Closer Club - an online interview series  Alex has been in the real estate industry for over 22 years, having worked with Keyes Real Estate in Florida, Prudential Real Estate in Florida, Colorado, and California, and ERA Real Estate in Florida. Alex’s real estate career began at the age of 19 when he broke into the business as the assistant to the president of Keyes Real Estate. 

Over the course of his career, Alex has held several positions including Recruiting Director, Sales Coach, Sales Manager, and Sales. Most recently his focus was on building offices into local powerhouses and turning boutique brokerages with a handful of agents into large-scale agencies with several hundred Realtors.  

After taking the helm at RelatedISG International Realty in July 2014, Alex has spearheaded the explosive growth from just two offices and 50 Realtors, to a sales force now over 500 Realtors, 6 offices throughout Dade and Broward county, and close to half a billion dollars in Sales Volume. TheCloserClub is an online interview series featuring the country's biggest real estate players, celebrity entrepreneurs, athletes, and politicians in a quick and fun, informative format. Digging deep with these great minds, TheCloserClub provides great advice on mindset, sales techniques, the rise of the guest, and a lot more! The host, Alex Vidal, has been in the real estate industry for over 22 years having served in virtually every role imaginable. He is currently serving as President of RelatedISG International Realty, a 6 office, 500+ Realtor brokerage in South Florida.  

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Why Write 

The reason I write goes way back to my childhood. My earliest memories are of my mother reading to me. When I could read on my own, I devoured the Hardy Boys series. When I was about ten, when my reading material was getting low, I’d take the bus from our house to Kensington used bookstore. I graduated from the Hardy Boys to Ellery Queen, Earl Stanley Gardner, and Agatha Christie. In high school, I loved writing reports in social studies class and in English class I wrote satire. Saturday Night Live stuff, except this was before SNL! 

Then career got in the way, but I co-authored four paramedic textbooks. In 2010, I was going through a major life change. One morning in October, I was showering and had an epiphany. I needed to write fiction. I Googled writing classes and one started the next week. The first piece I wrote and submitted to the instructor and classmates, everyone liked. For the next four years, I took writing classes pretty much non-stop. 

There was one point where I received feedback that devastated me. After giving a great pitch, I was asked to submit the CRISIS POINT manuscript. I excitedly opened the email with the review. The primary comment was, “It’s like a police show is on the TV in the other room, and I don’t care.” I set the manuscript aside for about three months. Thankfully, I signed up for another writing class and set to improving the novel. 

In 2015, I submitted CRISIS POINT to the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis awards for the best-unpublished novel. Then my name was called as a finalist. There is no other word. I was Gobsmacked! Instead of wine, I celebrated with Whisky! I attended the Crime Writers of Canada Awards in Toronto at the end of May. It was like the Academy Awards of Writing. I didn’t win the award, and I was disappointed. But heck, making the finals was great. As she was leaving, the agent gave me her card and asked for my manuscript. 

I received thirty-seven responses—rejections. That was a gut punch. 

By now I had spent almost seven years on Crisis Point. I also admit that my biological writing clock was ticking. 

In April 2018, CRISIS POINT was launched and was a best seller in Calgary. There is immense satisfaction in holding your novel in print for the first time.  

OUTLAWMC launched in March 2019. Wolfman is Back launched in November 2019. SPEARGRASS—OPIOID launched in September 2020. Novels five and six are written. 

13 DAYS OF TERROR will launch in November 2020 and Goddess of Justice in March 2021. 

Today, October 13, 2020, I am halfway through writing my seventh novel and 10,000 words into my eighth. 

I admit to being obsessed. I write every day. When I started writing in 2010, it was a struggle to write 500 words in a day. Now, 2500-3000 in a day is not unusual, and I have had days of over 6,000 words. I have a schedule with my editor until the end of 2023. The deadlines are important to keep me on track.   

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Why Write 

The reason I write goes way back to my childhood. My earliest memories are of my mother reading to me. When I could read on my own, I devoured the Hardy Boys series. When I was about ten, when my reading material was getting low, I’d take the bus from our house to Kensington used bookstore. I graduated from the Hardy Boys to Ellery Queen, Earl Stanley Gardner, and Agatha Christie. In high school, I loved writing reports in social studies class and in English class I wrote satire. Saturday Night Live stuff, except this was before SNL! 

Then career got in the way, but I co-authored four paramedic textbooks. In 2010, I was going through a major life change. One morning in October, I was showering and had an epiphany. I needed to write fiction. I Googled writing classes and one started the next week. The first piece I wrote and submitted to the instructor and classmates, everyone liked. For the next four years, I took writing classes pretty much non-stop. 

There was one point where I received feedback that devastated me. After giving a great pitch, I was asked to submit the CRISIS POINT manuscript. I excitedly opened the email with the review. The primary comment was, “It’s like a police show is on the TV in the other room, and I don’t care.” I set the manuscript aside for about three months. Thankfully, I signed up for another writing class and set to improving the novel. 

In 2015, I submitted CRISIS POINT to the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis awards for the best-unpublished novel. Then my name was called as a finalist. There is no other word. I was Gobsmacked! Instead of wine, I celebrated with Whisky! I attended the Crime Writers of Canada Awards in Toronto at the end of May. It was like the Academy Awards of Writing. I didn’t win the award, and I was disappointed. But heck, making the finals was great. As she was leaving, the agent gave me her card and asked for my manuscript. 

I received thirty-seven responses—rejections. That was a gut punch. 

By now I had spent almost seven years on Crisis Point. I also admit that my biological writing clock was ticking. 

In April 2018, CRISIS POINT was launched and was a best seller in Calgary. There is immense satisfaction in holding your novel in print for the first time.  

OUTLAWMC launched in March 2019. Wolfman is Back launched in November 2019. SPEARGRASS—OPIOID launched in September 2020. Novels five and six are written. 

13 DAYS OF TERROR will launch in November 2020 and Goddess of Justice in March 2021. 

Today, October 13, 2020, I am halfway through writing my seventh novel and 10,000 words into my eighth. 

I admit to being obsessed. I write every day. When I started writing in 2010, it was a struggle to write 500 words in a day. Now, 2500-3000 in a day is not unusual, and I have had days of over 6,000 words. I have a schedule with my editor until the end of 2023. The deadlines are important to keep me on track.   

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Dr. Robb and I discuss addiction, falling on his daughter, stabbing his wife, 6 suicide attempts - two of which he was brought back to life, and how he not only got through it but thrived and dedicated his life to helping others. He helps because he's been there.   

Dr. Robb Kelly is a world-renowned addiction consultant who believes in treating the problem of addiction, not the symptoms. He has worked for many years helping addicts and alcoholics to RECOVER their lives from the disease of addiction. Based on his own experiences working with addicts and alcoholics over the last 20 years, a Ph.D. in Psychology from Oxford University, and as a recovered alcoholic himself – he is a triple threat against the disease of addiction. Dr. Kelly was the CEO of a thriving telecommunications company when the walls came crashing down on him due to alcoholism. He ended up homeless and broken on the streets of Manchester, England until he found the courage to save himself.  

Dr. Kelly is currently the CEO of the Robb Kelly Recovery Group, an addiction recovery coaching company he created based on extensive research and behaviour studies that he conducted over the last 20 years. Dr. Kelly’s methods may seem unconventional and unorthodox leading some people to refer to him as "The Gordon Ramsay of the Addiction World" because of his direct, no-nonsense, and candid approach to treating addiction.  

FIND ROBB:

CONNECT WITH ME!

Dr. Robb and I discuss addiction, falling on his daughter, stabbing his wife, 6 suicide attempts - two of which he was brought back to life, and how he not only got through it but thrived and dedicated his life to helping others. He helps because he's been there.   

Dr. Robb Kelly is a world-renowned addiction consultant who believes in treating the problem of addiction, not the symptoms. He has worked for many years helping addicts and alcoholics to RECOVER their lives from the disease of addiction. Based on his own experiences working with addicts and alcoholics over the last 20 years, a Ph.D. in Psychology from Oxford University, and as a recovered alcoholic himself – he is a triple threat against the disease of addiction. Dr. Kelly was the CEO of a thriving telecommunications company when the walls came crashing down on him due to alcoholism. He ended up homeless and broken on the streets of Manchester, England until he found the courage to save himself.  

Dr. Kelly is currently the CEO of the Robb Kelly Recovery Group, an addiction recovery coaching company he created based on extensive research and behaviour studies that he conducted over the last 20 years. Dr. Kelly’s methods may seem unconventional and unorthodox leading some people to refer to him as "The Gordon Ramsay of the Addiction World" because of his direct, no-nonsense, and candid approach to treating addiction.  

FIND ROBB:

CONNECT WITH ME!

I was in an extremely abusive marriage for almost a decade. After a very difficult escape (I was living in a very remote location and isolated from everyone else), I then had to go through several more years of legal help before I was free of him.   

To help others and for my own healing, I decided to buy a horse (a lifelong dream) and ride to all the lower 48 states to raise awareness about domestic violence. I started out on Jan1 if 2017 with horse Apollo. So far I’ve been through 31 states and over 8000 miles.   

FIND HER HERE:

CONNECT WITH ME!

I was in an extremely abusive marriage for almost a decade. After a very difficult escape (I was living in a very remote location and isolated from everyone else), I then had to go through several more years of legal help before I was free of him.   

To help others and for my own healing, I decided to buy a horse (a lifelong dream) and ride to all the lower 48 states to raise awareness about domestic violence. I started out on Jan1 if 2017 with horse Apollo. So far I’ve been through 31 states and over 8000 miles.   

FIND HER HERE:

CONNECT WITH ME!

I am an expert on co-creating heart-centered practices that can shift us out of fear and into living Love. I have lost everything more than once. Money. Jobs. Homes. Relationships. Stuff. My heart. My soul. My sense of self-worth.  It was a big problem. And that was the big problem. I saw myself as having a big problem that I had to fix. And I hated myself for never being able to fix it. It wasn’t until I began creating a daily practice of joy that things shifted. In fact, things didn’t shift. They transformed. Everything transformed. And I discovered the transformational power of heart-centered practice. Heart-centered practice realigns us with the Power of Love. The Love that can erase fear, transform problems into practice. The Love that can get us out of our messed-up heads and into our healing hearts. The Love that can heal us and our world!   

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www.victoriaprice.com