What's it like to interview 250 purpose-guided, mission-driven, faith-based entrepreneurs? What's it like to BE a purpose-guided, mission-driven, faith-based entrepreneur? In this last episode of Heart & Soul Interviews, actor/entrepreneur JanaBeeson interviews her mother about her personal and professional journey thus far AND where we go from here...

Jory Hingson Fisher was a lawyer in Virginia for 28 years, a founding faculty member and associate dean of Liberty University School of Law, and a faculty member of the Virginia State Bar’s Mandatory Course on Professionalism. The owner of Network In Action Harford County, MD and a certified coach & trainer, she helps entrepreneurs build positive relationships and profitable businesses through networking, masterminding, and personality science. Jory graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University and holds graduate degrees from Middlebury College and the University of Virginia. Her awards include Alignable Local Business Person of the Year (2021 & 2018); Codebreaker Technologies Power Team Award (2021), which she shares with her daughter Jana Beeson; ACHI Magazine Woman of Achievement Award (2019); the DAR Award for Women in American History (2008); and the Women’s History Month Award presented by the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006. Jory’s a featured author in four books: America's Leading Ladies,America's STAR Entrepreneurs,The Successful Mind, and The Successful Spirit available on her Amazon page. She's been a host of Heart & Soul for Women of Faith on BlogTalkRadio since 2009. 

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Join Jory Fisher as she interviews her daughter Jana Beeson! Jana is an accomplished business owner in the entertainment industry with a revolutionary app launching April 2021 that is sure to help many actors and arts educators.

Listen to Jana's journey of how she kept the creativity flowing whenever things didn't seem to be "going according to plan." This ability to find possibility anywhere -- along with having a wonderfully supportive mother ;) -- is a skill set she looks forward to sharing with you all in this episode.

As CEO of The Actor's Code and co-founder of Actor’s Casting Technology, A.C.T. Now!©, Jana Beeson is passionate about helping actors supercharge their careers and easily outbook the “competition” in a fraction of the time.

An actor herself, Jana got her BFA in Theatre and Acting from a top 4 acting school (Southern Methodist University) before honing her professional skills in DC and NYC. Working both in front of and behind the camera on commercials, indie films, features, and tv shows, she additionally loves seeing both sides of the casting table as a casting director.

An Atlanta local as of 2020, she is enjoying building new opportunities in the Hollywood of the South while being of service virtually to actors all over the globe.

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This episode with Jennifer Glacken focuses on faith, leadership, and how loss can mold you into a stronger leader if you lean on God. "I thought my rock-solid faith would easily get me through life’s ups and downs. At 54 my outlook is different. Grief is a part of life. Things change and you have to adapt. God is with you throughout but that doesn't minimize the loss. I’ve learned to accept me for me and how to calm myself down during stressful situations. I’ve learned to always go to God first. Your experiences as a leader help you empathize and guide others. You understand where people are coming from and can see their brokenness. My past experiences have crafted me into the leader I am today. As I continue to grow, I hope I help others become the leader they're meant to be.” Jennifer Glacken is the CEO/President of Glacken Health & Wellness. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs and Spanish. Her holistic health story began in 1992 when her son's health challenges led a friend to introduce her to environmentally safe cleaning products and natural nutrition alternatives. After a job loss occurred in 1999, Jennifer decided to pour her knowledge into building a very successful nutrition business. Jennifer homeschooled her two children through high school, is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church, and has held leadership positions in numerous networking groups. Her hobbies include hot yoga, strength training, traveling, hiking, reading, puzzles, and participating in Bible studies. GlackenHealth.com

Answering the call to “ministry in the marketplace” is necessary to advance the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. In this episode, pastor/business woman Chi Mathias Reed shares simple strategies that help equip entrepreneurs to build the Kingdom of God in the marketplace using biblical principles. She shares tips for building, equipping, mentoring, and supporting the marketplace community and authentic ways to reach the unchurched with the love of God. Chi is an inspired Visionary, PurposePreneur, Holistic Health Practitioner, and Philanthropist. She also serves as an international inspirational speaker, workshop facilitator, author, strategist, and breakthrough coach. She's a wife, biological mother of two, bonus mother to three, and a grandmother of three. Her mission is to use her voice and influence to transform lives, while leaving a legacy for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She's a published author of two books, in which she shares the wisdom she's gained through her pursuit of purpose and her personal transformation journey. 

Chi handles the multiple hats that she wears on a daily basis with grace. She received her certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner from Pure Vitality University. As a Pastor and PurposePrenuer, she supports entrepreneurs spiritually and practically by developing business strategy and implementing brand launches. Chi currently serves as Marketplace Pastor at Unity Worship Church in Cartersville, GA, while leading two nonprofit organizations (Agape Paradigm Ministries and the For Our Daughters Foundation). She also oversees three businesses (Mathias & Associates, LLC; Unity Grounds Coffee Cafe; and POSSH314 Catering and Events) with her husband Chef Maurice Reed II.

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What makes networking work? Why should you value networking in both your personal and professional life? Stacy Harris has been an entrepreneur for 15 years, starting out with her own image consulting company, Impressions, and now for the last 5 years, as a franchise owner with Network in Action (NIA). NIA is a professional, membership based, networking group organization. Stacy owns 5 NIA franchises in The Woodlands, TX. She describes herself as a professional matchmaker of business owners. The goal of NIA being to bring together like minded business people who can help refer, build and support one another’s businesses. It is her greatest joy to see her members succeed in their businesses and grow and support one another. In December of 2018, NIA The Woodlands was named Franchise of the Year, in 2019 Community Builder of the year, and she has just recently been named as the VEL Institute 2020 Community Leader of the Year.

If we can acquire the inner strength, the confidence, the balance, the willingness to learn about our bodies and health, the rest is easy. Health & Wellness Expert Dr. Laura DeCesaris shares with us how the world (food, environment, collective trauma, stress, sunlight) affects our bodies and how our choices make our bodies better -- or worse. She also discusses how painful events in our lives can help us become a better, stronger version of ourselves. Dr. Laura is a functional medicine-trained health strategist for female entrepreneurs, career women, and highly motivated women. She obtained her undergraduate background in health and nutrition from Cornell University, and continued on to graduate programs in clinical nutrition and chiropractic. She then trained with the Institute for Functional Medicine and completed her functional medicine certification. She is currently completing an additional fellowship in Functional Medicine with the Academy for Anti-Aging Medicine. Laura is the founder of Heartroot Health, a wellness center in Scottsdale, AZ, and is now pursuing her passion of helping highly motivated women truly "have it all" by serving as a strategic wellness consultant for high-achieving women, available via telehealth worldwide.

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2020 was a year of pain yet also filled with potential and the manifestation of God's promise. This episode gives Hope to those in despair on how to go from the impossible emptiness of pain to the full potential of God's promises. Purpose can be fulfilled in the valley! Nicole Ellis is a Christian, wife, mother of 3, author, poet, minister of dance, and an entrepreneur. She received her BA from George Mason University, MBA from Hampton University, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Coach Nik E. is a 21st Century Renaissance Woman who strives to inspire, motivate, and encourage others to passionately pursue their purpose. You can listen to her on Coach Nik E.’s Purposefully Fit Podcast at https://isalutesound.com/nepodcast and visit her inspirational blog at http://sunshinereflections.wordpress.com/ or her business pages at http://fit4purposellc.com/

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Allow your pain to help you discover your purpose! Our guest today was introduced to trauma at a very early age and experienced the horrors of abuse for many years. In this episode, we’ll discuss how pain can be a stepping stone to the place that was ordained for you even before you were born. Do not be afraid to feel the pain each step of the way. It will help you turn from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly! Native New Yorker Dr. Vernell Mackie is an international published author and the 2019 recipient of ACHI Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. She has worked in mental health and human services for more than three decades. A highly qualified professional in the field of mental health, Vernell is certified as a clinical trauma specialist, a domestic violence specialist, an anger resolution therapist, a professional life coach, a CPR and suicide prevention instructor, and a peer support specialist and family partner to families with youths and emerging adults who experience emotional, developmental, behavioral, substance abuse, or mental health concerns. Vernell is also a yoga teacher, a health & wellness coach, and a licensed and ordained minister (for the past 17 years!).

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Our guest today is called to help women overcome obstacles and break glass ceilings! Chavon Anette Thomas, the Fire Leadership Coach, is passionate about empowering and equipping Millennial Women in Leadership. She’s a woman who loves God, and through worship, the Word, and prayer, she builds her relationship with God continually. ​Chavon has spoken at youth events, women's events, and church events and has published four books that are available on Amazon. Chavon earned her master’s degree in Special Education and is working on her doctorate in Christian Leadership from Liberty University. She’s been nominated for ACHI Magazine’s Author of the Year, Educator of the Year, and Orator of the Year. Chavon is currently a special education teacher, a Young Life volunteer, a Certified Leadership and Life Coach, and a talk show host. Her podcast, Power and Grace Leaders, offers spiritual and practical tools on how to thrive as a woman in leadership. Chavon and her husband Corey run a business together called Purpose Unwrapped, LLC.

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Roar (v.) – to make a long, loud sound. What is the long, loud impact you desire to make on the planet? How do you distinguish the core purpose of why you are here and what your gifts are? What does it take to ensure that purpose is received and seen? Christina Stathopoulos shares her insights and experiences as a leadership coach to help you have your roar be heard. Christina is a Professional Certified Coach (International Coach Federation-credentialed) and an Accomplishment Coaching Certified Coach. She holds degrees with high honors in Chemistry and English from Mount Holyoke College. In her business, Hear Her Roar, Christina specializes in working with millennial women who have taken on a new leadership role and are facing the common struggles of managing a team--having executive presence, leading people towards a goal, letting go of doing all the do. In addition to her private practice, she serves the next generation of coaches and leaders as a Leader in Training of Accomplishment Coaching’s Coach & Leadership Training Program. In her 4 years of business, she has coached 2,500+ hours and provided 900+ hours of leadership training. She is an International Speaker, having recently spoken at the world’s largest coaching conference in Prague about coaching millennial leadership. In short, she really loves this stuff. When she is somehow not talking about coaching or leadership, you can find her brewing beer, sneaking more plants into her office, eating delicious meals with her husband, or crying over cute dogs on Instagram.

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