Coffee and an Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Peña

In Episode 64, Richard Capriola shares updates on the current trends and concerns with addiction among our youth post-pandemic. We discuss the signs of substance abuse as well as the signs of other more difficult-to-detect addictions such as food addiction and process addiction. We delve into the connection between mental health and substance abuse and the role that genetics play in substance abuse.

Richard Capriola has been a mental health and substance abuse counselor for over two decades. He recently retired from Menninger Clinic in Houston Texas where he treated adolescents and adults diagnosed with mental health and substance abuse diagnoses. He is the author of The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse.

Resources from the Interview

1. Website: www.helptheaddictedchild.com

2. Facebook: facebook.com/richard.capriola

3. Twitter: twitter.com/CapriolaRichard

4. Instagram: www.instagram.com/instarick1949/

5. Book = The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse available at www.helptheaddictedchild.com

In Episode 63, Suzanne Butler teaches us about the power of feng shui and manifestation in creating successful lives. First, we learn how to enhance the energies in our homes using feng shui and other interrelated strategies that create the new home and life that we want. Suzanne teaches us that our homes affect our success, and we can change or balance the energies in our homes to make the home support our goals and priorities. Then we discuss the concept of manifestation and how to use it to manifest the realities that we want in our lives through vision boarding, visualizations, and clear action plans.

After 25 years of corporate life spanning a number of different industries, Suzanne found her true passion and calling. She immersed herself in Feng Shui consultancy after achieving some incredible results personally and with her clients. As an expert in Classical Flying Stars Feng Shui, Suzanne has the ability and knowledge to transform the way a home supports its occupants in a practical way, moving them from potentially dire straits to complete harmony with abundance, prosperity, and well-being to go with it.

Suzanne’s experience with domestic violence and childhood trauma left her determined to develop a more positive mindset. By taking full responsibility for her part in negative events throughout her life, she has been able to heal numerous stumbling blocks and is now living her dream life. Suzanne now speaks on manifestation and creating a life you want with intention and goal

setting, and an abundance of transformative Feng Shui tips.

Suzanne works with female solopreneurs who whilst somewhat successful in their businesses, could use a helping hand to have their home support any and every endeavor they wish to attempt.

Free Resources from the Interview:

1. https://harmonisingenergies.com.au/decluttering/

2. https://harmonisingenergies.com.au/10-tips-for-abundance/

3. https://harmonisingenergies.com.au/5-ways-to-set-up-your-workspace/

4. https://harmonisingenergies.com.au/services/bali-bliss-retreat-finding-you/

Contact Information:

1. Email: [email protected]

2. Personal Facebook: facebook.com/suzanneebutler

3. Business Facebook: facebook.com/harmonisingenergiesfengshui

4. Business instagram: instagram.com/harmonising_energies_fengshui

5. Website: www.harmonisingenergies.com.au

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Health and Wellness Webinar. In this episode, Suz Carpenter dispels the myth that carbs make us fat and teaches us the true role of carbs in our daily diets. So many Americans are afraid to eat carbs and it's mostly because they don't understand them! When you understand them you are able to enjoy them without the worry that you're going to gain weight.

Suzanne Carpenter is a weight loss nutritionist specializing in women over 40. Suz is an approachable, sincere, fun-loving, passionate leader who loves to see personal improvement and transformation in those she teaches Through her successful 15-year nutrition career Suzanne saw a gap in the industry and a trend in society. Women are more confused and overwhelmed than ever when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off. She created a virtual nutrition company called CarpenterOne80 whose mission is to provide programs to lose weight without hunger while enjoying favorite foods.

Resources:

1. Email: [email protected]

2. Website: www.CarpenterOne80.com

3. Instagram.com/Weightloss.over.40

4. Tik tok.com/Weightloss.over.40

5. Facebook.com/Weightloss.over.40

6. Small Group Coaching Info: www.carpenterone80.com/smallgroupcoaching

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Health and Wellness Webinar. In this episode, Prajakta Apte teaches us how to end our struggle with digestive issues for vibrant energy and overall long healthy life. She walks us through the concept of microbes, imbalances, and how the power of nutrition can help us lead healthy lives.

Prajakta is a Registered Dietitian and a Registered Yoga teacher. She is a gut health expert. She helps people struggling with digestive issues resolve their problems and helps them reconnect with their gut through the healing power of nutrition.

Resources:

1. Email: [email protected]

2. Facebook: www.facebook.com/rightnutritionworks

3. IG Handle: @rightnutritionworks

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Shelley Meche’tte teaches us five keys to unlocking life success for women. Learn these five critical keys to success while listening to Shelley’s story, which she weaves throughout her lessons.

Your Purpose Success and Confidence Coach, Shelley Meche’tte is a Certified Life Purpose Coach and Int’l EmpowHERment Speaker. Shelley is extremely passionate and dedicated to the empowerment of women through strategized personal and professional development. She is also a best-selling author and founder of the women’s organization, The PowHERful Woman.

Shelley challenges women to take responsibility for the actions (both productive and counter-productive) of the person staring back at them in the mirror while reminding them of the fact that they are POWERFUL…valuable and unique with MORE to offer than just their physical appearance.

A California native, Shelley studied Psychology and Theater Arts at Cal State University Northridge. Extreme attention to detail afforded her the opportunity to share her proficiencies with the likes of such companies as Warner Bros., Walt Disney, and Saban Entertainment.

Shelley specializes in decluttering the thoughts of her clients to connect their gifts and talents to their passion, providing a successful Purpose Plan and Life Strategies for personal empowerment and success.

Shelley has had the privilege of sharing her message of personal accountability and wholeness as a guest on several online shows, including Coffee Talk, Power of Attorney, A Queen’s Roundtable, and Woman Unmasked; as well as on various empowerment platforms such as The PowHERful Woman Conference, The Hey Girlfriend Luncheon, Black Business Women Rock Nationally, Woman II Woman and more.

Some of her features include CBS, NBC, ABC, The CW, Yahoo, Bustle, Shondaland, WW, Legal Zoom, Ask Men, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Voyage LA, The Daily Boss, UpJourney, the cover of the online magazines, Glambitious and Sister2Sister 2.0 and more. She has also been a guest on Bakersfield Now News, Peace of Mind with actress Taraji P. Henson, The Claudia Jordan Show, BYU Radio, I Heart Radio, Kourting Happiness and The YES! Show.

Shelley is the author of the books 70 Days of Happy: Life is BETTER When You Smile, and PowHER Minds: Reflective Thoughts Designed for the Everyday PowHER Woman and Her Legacies. She is also a collaborative author of the book She Shall Rise: Empowerment for the Kingdom Woman and Amazon #1 Best Selling book Women Inspiring Nations.

In 2021, Shelley and her daughter became the hosts of their own talk show, The Shelley and Bree Show, currently airing on Roku on the ViZD Channel.

Also in 2021, Shelley was named one of the Top 25 Business Women by Courageous Woman Magazine.

Shelley is passionate about motivating, empowering, and building the self-awareness of women; helping them to unapologetically unleash their greatness; while offering simple strategies that will assist them in taking back control of their own lives. She believes that broken women raise broken girls who become our next generation of brokenness. Therefore, she provides the success tools needed for women to break that cycle so that they are able to walk in confidence, power, and PURPOSE!

Shelley Meche’tte is an ordained Minister. She has been married since 2002 and is the mother of 2 amazing Legacies (daughters).

Resources:

1. Website/Free Download: www.ShelleyMechette.com

2. Book (70 Days of Happy: Life is BETTER When You Smile): amzn.to/2ZFHFhP

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Tameeka Leon teaches us how to achieve our goals without getting overwhelmed. In this session, she teaches us about self-care and mindfulness and how we need to make both an intentional part of our goal plan. Then she reviews four different phases or cycles that impact energy and productivity and how to use all this information to create a block schedule and a goal plan that works for you.

Tameeka Leon is a Confidence and Goal Success Coach, founder of the Coffee.Yoga.Life blog, and the Mindful Success Club. She helps high-achieving women redefine what success means to them and create a realistic action plan to make it happen.

Tameeka’s coaching journey began after fighting her strongest battle with low self-esteem, low self-confidence, and imposter syndrome. After months of this internal battle, she decided that she was tired of trying to live according to everyone else’s definition of success and was going to start focusing on what she wanted. And what she wanted was to help other high-achieving women define success for themselves.

Tameeka’s methodology is a combination of the “hit it hard, knock it out of the park” style of goal-setting mixed with “I’m listening to my feminine energy and giving my body what it needs” plus a touch (or slightly more) of the Law of Attraction.

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Jacquie Bird teaches us about how as women, we keep deferring ourselves, putting ourselves last, when instead we have to take care of ourselves first.

Jacquie Bird is a Wellness Guide, helping people to connect to their deeper quieter, Witness Selves. She offers tools and tips to reduce stress and anxiety, as well as to increase mindfulness, awareness, and personal growth. Previously, she was in the performing arts industry as a dancer, singer, and actress on Broadway, TV, Film, and stage along with being a writer, choreographer, and teacher of dance. Over time, she began to step away to create gemstone jewelry and along the way, she dived into learning the myriad benefits of working with gemstones and copper. As everything is connected, she began to resonate with the power and benefits of sound as she was drawn to Tibetan Singing Bowls and other polyphonic instruments, noting how important sound is to our WellBeing. Eventually, she chose to blend and combine all her healing experiences and knowledge into creating her own wellness platform Jacquie Bird, Spiritual Wellness.

Resources:

1. IG: @JacquieBirdSpiritualWellness

2. FB: JacquieBirdSpiritualWellness

3. Twitter: @JacquieBirdSpiritualWellness

4. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jacquiebird00

5. Website: www.jacquiebirdspiritualwellness.com

6. Modal Visions Website: www.modalvisions.com

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Dr. Claudia Grigorescu teaches us about reflective questioning for purposeful and creative living.

Dr. Claudia Grigorescu is a multi-passionate creative like Jacqueline Pena from Episode 57. Born Maya, Claudia has lived in different countries and has been in academia for about 25 years. She has a doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction and has worked mainly in Assessment and Accreditation in both FIU and UM. She loves coaching students to help them grow. She has high standards for just about everything she does. She is grateful for the experiences she has had and the relationships that she has had in her life. She also loves Jesus and cannot envision her life without my faith. Lastly, she loves challenges and working in teams. Her potential is only as real as its ultimate fulfillment!

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Jacqueline Peña teaches us about the power of reflection in our lives and provides a framework to allow listeners to maximize the benefits of the four parts/episodes that follow this one. She shows us how we can’t determine our goals and how to get there until we figure out where we came from, how our past has shaped us, and who we are now. Then we can figure out where we want to go (our goals), how we want to get there (our methods), and who we want to be when we get there (aligned self-growth).

Jacqueline Peña is the founder and CEO of Empowerment Through Education, LLC, a consulting firm that focuses on empowering small businesses and higher education institutions to meet their long-term goals. As the daughter of Dominican immigrants and growing up in Bronx, New York, Jacqueline has long understood the value of education and how access to educational opportunities can transform an individual’s life at a personal level and a professional level. With 30 years of experience in small businesses and 23 years of experience in higher education, Jacqueline has applied these lessons about education and empowerment to her work with individuals, small businesses, and educational institutions across the U.S. Jacqueline also publishes reflection workbooks and hosts Coffee and an Interview, a podcast where we learn from lessons from individuals who have overcome extraordinary circumstances and/or are doing extraordinary things in the community.

Resources:

1. 90-Day Reflection Journal: https://amzn.to/3E92BlX

2. 30-Day Reflection Workbook: https://amzn.to/3SskMaL

3. Instagram: @drjacquelinepena

4. Facebook: drjacquelinepena

5. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drjacquelinepena

6. Free Reflection Consultation: https://www.calendly.com/jacquelinepena/30min

In this special episode (#55), Igor Rodrigues teaches us how to grow our small businesses by focusing on the organization’s team members, the people who work together to grow the business together with you. This podcast episode was part of the Small Business Summit by Empowerment Through Education, LLC and the JP Foundation for Empowerment Through Education, a 501(c)3.

Igor is a Larger Enterprise Account Executive with Gartner TalentNeuron. In this role, his goal is to focus on actionable, objective insight, expert guidance, and practice tools that empower HR leaders to make the right decision and execute quickly to achieve their top priorities. At the time of the original Small Business Summit, Igor worked with Insperity as a Business Performance Advisor. In that role, Igor guided leaders and partners in most industries to create an extra layer of resources for small business success with Insperity, a best-in-class solution that provides administrative relief, better benefits, reduced liabilities, and a systemic way to improve productivity, resulting in enhanced topline growth and improved operating margin.