Grateful Living

I started the Grateful Living Podcast in early March of this year.  

And one of the questions, I've consistently gotten is why did you name it Grateful Living? 

And what's the purpose behind the podcast?  I try to answer those questions in my first vlog!

Arivee is the Founder of Humble Rising LLC, which aims to motivate and inspire women to pursue a life and career that reflects who they really are and who they’d most like to become. She’s a certified life and high-performance coach to early- to mid-career women professionals in fast-paced environments.

Arivee is also a trained litigator and spent most of her legal career at two large law firms, including Jones Day, the world’s largest law firm.

Arivee graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Boston College in 2005 and cum laude from Boston College Law School in 2008.

Arivee serves as a Trustee and holds leadership positions on several boards including Boston Preparatory Charter Public School, Strong Women Strong Girls, and serves on Boston College’s AHANA Alumni Advisory Council, Boston College Alumni Association Board of Directors, and the Council for Women of Boston College.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Being the daughter of Dominican immigrants and balancing culture while also trying to fit in

- What drew her to Boston College and why she is such a devoted alum

- Her Journey to Becoming a Lawyer and what advice she has for people considering law school and advice for people in law school

- How she has managed being a wife, a mom and still having professional aspirations

- Advice she has for people in relationships with professionally driven women

- How Covid-19 has changed her parenting world as both she, her husband and her kids navigate all being in the house

Arivee's Website: https://www.ariveevargas.com/

Arivee's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arivee-vargas-49079222/

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Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Jamaal Eversley and Stephanie Ayotte are co-founders of Celebr8! - a fashion line of scarves, men's suit jackets, women's dresses, and masks.

Jamaal is also displaying his art in an exhibition called Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S at Beacon Gallery in Boston, MA, a collaboration with 12 other artists (including Stephanie) combining his art and their medium (for example, his art combined with their textiles).

In this interview, we talk about:

- Jamaal's introduction and passion for painting

-Stephanie's introduction and passion sewing

- How the two of them met at Babson College in 2006 and formed a friendship

- How Jamaal transitioned from accounting to being an actor to becoming a full-time painter and the sacrifices he's taken

- How Stephanie has continued to maintain her passion of sewing as an adult outside of being a financial professional

- How Jamaal and Stephanie collaborated for the Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S and for

their clothing line Celebr8!

Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S Exhibit Information: https://beacongallery.com/event-works.php?eventId=12065&event=Real+F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Jamaal's Personal Website: https://jamonit.carbonmade.com/

Boston Globe Writeup on Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S Exhibit: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/30/arts/beacon-gallery-show-offers-refuge-with-friendship-fashion-fun/

Instagrams: @sirjayevs & @thesassyprincipessa

Grateful Living Website: www.gratefulliving4.com

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/grateful-living/id1503185956

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Jake Northrup, CFP®, CSLP®, CFA is the Founder of Experience Your Wealth.   

After working for 5 years at Balentine Partners as a Senior Wealth Advisor, Jake decided to start his own company. EYW provides virtual, fixed-fee financial planning services to travel-loving young families.    Jake was also named in 2020 Investments News’ 40 under 40 and is an instructor in the Boston University CFP® Program.    

In this interview, we talk about:   - Jake losing his father at 21 and how that changed his world   

- Jake's recommendations to people looking to support someone who has lost a family member  

- Jake's 5 years at Balentine and learning a lot about financial planning    

- How Jake prepared to start his own company and some lessons he learned along the way   

- His view of the finance industry in general general 

- how we can improve financial literacy, his recommendations for good finance books, finance myths, and his #1 financial tip to people    

EYW's Website: https://experienceyourwealth.com/   

Jake's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakenorthrup/   

Here are the books/resources that Jake mentions:   

-Your Money or Your Life for a personal finance book  

-Building A Story Brand for an entrepreneur book  

-Mint.com for budgeting/tracking spending 

Grateful Living Website: www.gratefulliving4.com    

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en   

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi   

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/grateful-living/id1503185956   

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Hoamsy is a platform that helps people find the right apartment, the right roommate, and guide you through the stage of moving.

In January of 2019, Richard O'Brien, founded Hoamsy. Neritti joined a little bit after that. We discuss how they went from a startup idea to a business with 8 employees.

Some Topics Covered in the Interview:

- The importance of constantly receiving feedback from customers and iterating the product based on that.

- The impact of hiring and adding interns to a startup

- How the two have managed keeping a good personal relationship and business relationship

- The highs and lows of entrepreneurship

Hoamsy's Website: https://www.hoamsy.com/

Hoamsy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoamsy/?hl=en/

Link to Grateful Living Website: www.gratefulliving4.com

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Link to my Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt...

Link to my Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast...

Link to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...

Samuel P. Lalanne is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley and the Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion for the firm's Institutional Securities Group (ISG).

Previously, Sam spent 19 years at Citi in various leadership roles including as a Senior Vice President of Citi’s Global Diversity and Talent Management team, an HR corporate center function.

Topics Covered in this Interview:

- Sam's family background being 1st generation immigrants and being the youngest of 4 siblings

- Sam's transition to private school in seventh grade

- Why Sam chose to attend Boston College

- Sam's experience at Boston College and how being one of BC's Football Managers instilled work ethic and also lessons on how to run an organization

- How Sam got an internship after his freshman year at Boston College

- Sam's advice to those searching for an internship

- How Sam grew "laterally" at Citi, building various different skill sets and learning different parts of the business, before moving vertically

- How Sam as a person of color has viewed his own business journey

Stanley Crooke is the founder and former CEO of Ionis Pharmaceuticals for over 30 years. He has published more than 500 scientific publications, edited more than 20 books, has numerous patents, and led the development of more than 23 drugs that have been commercialized.

He is also the founder and CEO of n-Lorem foundation, a non-profit looking to create individual treatments for patients with ultra-rare diseases caused by genetic mutations by by providing patients with free care.

Dr. Crooke received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Baylor College of Medicine.

Some Topics Covered In this Interview:

- Stanley's family background - growing up with parents who didn't graduate high school

-Stanley's time at Butler studying Pharmacology

-Stanley's time at Baylor College of Medicine doing his MD, Ph.D.

-Stanley's time at Bristol Myers, Smith Klein Beckman

-Founding Ionis Pharmaceutical and what it was like being its CEO for over 30 years

-Antisense oligonucleotide technology and the scientific backlash against it in the 1990s

-Stanley's View on the Scientific Community Today

N-Lorem Foundation: https://www.nlorem.org/

Grateful Living Website: gratefulliving4.com

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?...

Spotify Podcast Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple Podcast Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/grateful-living/id1503185956

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