Brilliantly Resilient

Ming Shelby is an Educator, Speaker, and Podcaster. Her happiest days are connecting with others, inspiring them to be courageous in their lives. ​Whether she is building courage in the classroom with students or having adults choose courage over what is safe and comfortable, Ming motivates all to Courage Up (the name of her new podcast!) And she's funny, too! Tune in to hear how Ming inspires her students and others to choose courage! https://www.mingshelby.com/

Joel Vint is the Pastor at Well Spring Church on the campus of Penn State University where he also leads the PSU chapter of The Salt Company. With an emphasis on building community and being "stubbornly relational," The Salt Company shares their core values and ministry through service and reaching out to others. Making ministry practical is the Salt Company's way of sharing their Brilliantly Resilient mission with throughout Penn State and beyond. Tune in to hear more!

Faced with a mysterious illness during her teens, Nicole Simonin called upon her innate Resilience to overcome a challenge that could have left her unable to walk. Since then, she's made fitness and health her focus, and especially wants to help those over 40 to be fit for life! With a whole body approach that includes a new cookbook, Nicole makes it easy (and delicious!) to be healthy and happy at the same time. Tune in to hear Nicole's her story and for more Brilliantly Resilient lessons, join the Brilliantly Resilient Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrilliantlyResilient/

Shiobhan Olivero is a trial lawyer, practicing high level criminal defense and family law and divorce in Florida. She is also a certified divorce coach, setting her firm apart from others in the area by bringing a coaching piece to her law practice to help her firm's clients through the emotional aspects of divorce.

As an experienced trial lawyer, business owner, adjunct professor, mentor, coach, speaker, and mother, Shiobhan is a powerhouse in the industry. She brings her unique perspectives and experiences into her speaking, mentoring, and coaching programs. In addition to delivering persuasive arguments to juries, she has delivered presentations at schools, business conferences, leadership conferences, legal seminars, classrooms, and workshops.

With the powerful tools delivered through her presentations and coaching, Shiobhan wants to help and inspire her audiences and clients to be the best people they can be so that they can lead a happier, healthier, and fulfilled life. She has been featured on national and local television, as well as local news publications in the Tampa area. Join the Brilliantly Resilient Community on Facebook for daily inspiration and tools from folks like Shiobhan to help YOU uncover your resilience and discover your brilliance! https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrilliantlyResilient

Loriana Hernandez-Aldama is one strong lady, and she wants you to be strong, too! An award-winning journalist, Loriana found herself in the fight of her life after a cancer diagnosis with an aggressive form of the disease. Always a fitness buff and nutritionally sound eater, Loriana's doctors told her they would be able to give her the highest doses of chemotherapy and radiation thanks to her otherwise healthy body. From then on, Loriana has made it her mission to get people to Armour Up and "PRE-habilitate" before illness strikes. Tune in to hear how this warm and funny force of nature shares her Brilliance and never-ending Resilience and learn more at: https://www.armorupforlife.org/. 

Selena Rezvani knows what it takes to be leader--and sometimes it takes standing up and saying exactly what it is you want. As Selena tells it, women need to step up and ASK for what they want, bring their best self to the table and advocate--for themselves. A women's leadership expert, speaker and author of "Pushback: How Smart Women Ask--and Stand Up For--What they want", Selena knows the power of bringing your authentic self to the table, and owning it! Tune in for this Brilliantly Resilient interview and learn more about Selena at https://www.selenarezvani.com/.

Mike Provenzano is no stranger to the Reset part of Resilience - he switched careers just four years ago to get into acting. So, when the coronavirus shut down the world and production studios everywhere, Mike looked for an opportunity to still do acting work AND collaborate with colleagues AND have a great time. He created virtual film festivals to bring the arts to our Covid-weary world. Tune in for this fun episode of Brilliantly Resilient LIVE!

No one envies teachers their jobs these days. A challenging career has been made exponentially more difficult by the onset of COVID 19. Yet school principal Carol Spina helps her school community--from teachers, to students, to administration--uncover their Resilience and discover their Brilliance by forging community partnerships, believing that the school community is a vital part of the larger environment and finding strength in building a tribe. Tune in to hear how this Brilliant community leader has raised over $150,000 for programs for her Atlantic City, NJ school, Our Lady Star of the Sea. Find Carol at https://www.olssac.org. 

One of the bests quotes we've ever heard here at Brilliantly Resilient was gifted to us by the Brilliant Grant Baldwin, who says, "Remember, everybody starts from zero." How many times have you questioned your gift, your right to offer it, and your progress? Tune in as the extraordinary Grant Baldwin of The Speaker Lab shares tips on COVID-era success and validates everyone's right to tell a story, regardless of circumstances. Empowering, uplifting and practical, all at the same time! Find Grant at https://thespeakerlab.com.