First Class Life

Dr. Carol Parker Walsh is an acclaimed author, speaker, corporate consultant, and confident image coach. She's the founder of Evolve Image Consulting, a professional development company that educates entrepreneurs and business leaders on developing an effective, empowering and confident image. Carol is one of only 10 licensed Fashion Feng Shui Masters in the world, a Master NLP Practitioner, and combines her education (JD and PhD) and experience to help her clients go from ordinary to extraordinary in a very short period of time. With 25+ years as an attorney and management consultant, professor and dean, Carol ran a six-figure organizational consulting practice and won national awards for building a 100+ sales force, developing leaders, and business development. Carol is a Premier Success Coach with the eWomen Network, the Vice President for Global Marketing for the Association of Image Consultants International, Editor-in-Chief of the AICI Global Magazine, is a regular contributor to the Vancouver Business Journal, The Oregonian, and KATU2's AM Northwest; she's also been seen in the Huffington Post and on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX! Tune in to hear Carol's journey, what is Fashion Feng Shui, and why your image is so important to your success.

What do you do when your teachers and family members say you talk too much? You pursue a career in sports broadcasting, of course! Jen Mueller is a 17-year sports broadcasting veteran, and currently serves as the Seattle Seahawks sideline radio reporter. She is also part of the Seattle Mariners television broadcast team on ROOT Sports. In addition to her work on the sidelines, Jen launched Talk Sporty to Me in 2009 and teaches business professionals how to improve communication and leverage fandom in business. Jen is the author of three books, her most recent, the Influential Conversationalist, was published in October 2017. Join us to hear Jen's story of making it in a traditional male career, what it's like to travel with the team, why sports can teach us a lot about communication and leadership, and much more!

 

Kris Keppeler was a painfully shy child who loved to sing and longed to be in school musicals. But she was told by her high school choir teacher that she had an awful voice! Kris kept at it, and had some success, but after junior college she quit singing! She joined the ranks of corporate employees, until she couldn't ignore the yearning to sing any longer. Kris hired a voice teacher who discovered Kris actually had a lovely voice, but she had been "misdiagnosed" as a mezzo soprano when she is really a first soprano! Kris learned how to sing opera and her creative career took off, she even has an IMDB page! Kris expanded her range to writing business blogs and satire, performing her own material in a one-woman show, doing e-learning, video game and explainer video voiceovers, narrating and producing audio books, and has her own blog and podcast, "Does This Happen to You?" Kris is nominated for Outstanding Storytelling Best Performance at the 2017 SOVAS Awards in NYC, this weekend! Tune in to hear her journey of persistence despite discouragement to fun and rewarding work!

Phyllis Gunderson fell in love with oil painting as a child. But she put down her brushes for several decades while building a successful corporate career and raising her family. Tune in to hear her journey through not just one but two traditionally male-dominated careers, as well as why she decided it was finally time to return to her first love, painting. As owner of Humming Wolf Studio (pagunderson.com), Phyllis's mission statement is "From my heart to your heart's vision. Bringing the beauty and power of nature, the resilient spirit of our world, and creating a new vision of what we see on canvas is my personal journey."

How do you measure success? By your title, your job description, your bank account? Join Kate Fessler as she challenges you to think outside this box and redefine your own success. Kate will share tips on how to get clear on what you really want - tuning out the noise of what you're told you should want - and how to identify your Truth and get started Leading Your Authentic First Class Life today!

Felita Hannah Poole has faced incredible obstacles in her life. From being adopted at age 3 by family members, learning to forgive her biological mother, suffering through and ultimately escaping an abusive marriage, and more. Through it all, Felita kept looking forward and finding a better way. Tune in to hear her journey, about her thriving businesses, and her program where she brings hope to others on the brink of despair and helps them to restore their souls so they too can look forward to a brighter future.

Sharon Sayler has been affectionately dubbed the "Difficult People Whisperer." She teaches conscious, courageous communication skills and is one of the leaders for Body Language according to GlobalGurus.com. Sharon is a published author of 7 books, with a perennial favorite being "What Your Body Says and How to Master the Message."  Her first children's book, Pinky Chenille and the Rainbow Hunters, just launched, and is an international best seller on Amazon already!  If that's not enough, three years ago, Sharon started the popular podcast The Autoimmune Hour after becoming frustrated by her own experiences with a rare medical condition and the shortcomings she experienced in the medical community, to share information and teach others to be courageous self-advocates. Tune in to hear tips on communication skills and body language, as well as Sharon's journey after her autoimmune diagnosis, and how she came to write a children's book! Sharon has a free gift for you too, the e-booklet Discover the Seven Things Nobody is Telling You That Can Cost You Clients, Sales, and Even Your Career" - you'll have to listen to find out how to get it!

 

 

Roe Couture DeSaro's business was next to the World Trade Center in New York City, and she was there the day the planes flew into the buildings, which ultimately collapsed in the worst terror attack on US soil. She learned a lot about herself that day, but it wasn't until years later that she really understood that, and allowed herself to redefine what success meant to her and what direction she wanted her life and career to take. Roe ultimately became a coach, and with her business Gutsy Gals Get More she teaches women how to go deep into self-discovery for their own life transformation - without having to go through such a traumatic event - and to become a Gutsy Gal with heart: a strong, powerful woman building your business in your own unique brilliance.

 

 

 

Maria fuller has a BS in Health Science with a minor in Emergency Disaster Management and concentration in Women's Studies. Tune in to hear her advice on recovering from the recent destructive storms, and her years as a critical care paramedic before a permanent injury on the job caused her to change her life and career direction. She'll discuss how her experiences taught her the importance of Independence, Leadership and Personal Identity, which are the foundations of her work; what she's learned from her two little girls; and what inspired her to start Raising a Powerful Girl to help parents instill these qualities in their daughters so they can Change the World!

Carol Stanley has helped countless entrepreneurs, church leaders and aspiring speakers and singers to gain confidence, poise and command over voice, body, mind and spirit. With a vast background in stage performance, screen, TV, radio, recording music albums, speaking, directing, singing and modeling professionally, carol trains others to be their excellent best. Beloved by many, Carol sprinkles her special magic dust of presentation and voice skills to create golden outcomes in the balance sheet and beyond! Tune in to hear Carol's story and about her new book, Born to be Awesome!