There's an illness running rampant in our country, and you may have seen (or even experienced) a case or two recently. It's a disease called the "Yes, Buts!" Common to people NOT living their lives with heart and soul, its primary symptom involves settling for the status quo, even though that status quo may be very painful. Other signs of the “disease” include a resistance to overcoming obstacles and an emphasis on developing valid-sounding excuses to justify inaction. Let's take a light-hearted look at this problem and what can be done to treat it! The respected authority on career training and certification, Susan is founder of The Academies coach training organization (http://www.TheAcademies.com), including Career Coach Academy, Job Search Academy, Christian Coach Academy, and Leadership Coach Academy, where hundreds have earned their certifications in career coaching, job search strategy, Twitter, and branded career communications. Susan’s passion is equipping career professionals with the competencies and confidence to make a living at what they love!

What are you especially grateful for this year? Have you thought about it? Do you celebrate it? Would other people be surprised to know what it is? In honor of Thanksgiving Week, Heart & Soul hosts Jory Fisher & Beth Scanzani invite you to join them for a rousing exploration of Gratitude! They’ll share some of their own surprising stories about what they’re grateful for and will encourage you to share yours as well by phone or chat room (or by emailing them in advance of the show). Additionally, Jory and Beth will discuss how important gratitude is in the creation of a purposeful, joyful life. They’ll offer some coaching tips and exercises to help us become more aware of those aspects of our lives for which we can be most grateful.Beth Scanzani is a Life, Leadership, and True Purpose™ Coach who helps her clients live a more authentic, meaningful, and joyful life. Her unique combination of experience includes many years as a corporate HR leader; multiple coaching certifications, tools, and skills; and a life-long love of learning. With Beth’s guidance, her clients are able to create fundamental shifts that help them develop a deeper relationship to their higher source, connect with their inner wisdom and true nature, discover their true life purpose, and actualize their life dreams. As a Life, Career, and True Purpose™ Coach, Jory Fisher empowers women who hunger and thirst to know God intimately and to find, follow, and fulfill their Divine Calling. Using the True Purpose™ process as well as her experience and expertise, Jory helps her clients enthusiastically embrace true purpose, passion, and joy. She is the mother and stepmother of seven children and lives “gratefully” in Lynchburg, VA with her husband Dave and two canine companions Bambino and Chula.

You’ve gone through the devastation of divorce, disease, loss of friends,

family, and finances. You’re looking at what’s left after using external

solutions to fix internal chaos, and you think it’s all over. Instead of

getting to the root of the problem, you just prune the outside branches.

Leading to your detriment you engage in continuous patterns of overeating,

indulging in alcohol, drugs, smoking, over-working, using your career as

your identity, rescuing people, expecting too little, putting up walls,

emotional distancing, and people-pleasing. Don’t be conformed to this

world but transform yourself by the renewing of your mind! Take control

of your thoughts. Get rid of negative self-talk and negative self-images

that keep playing themselves over and over in your head. Align yourself

with God’s Word and see the amazing transformation that can take place. An

award-winning author, Bible teacher, and evangelist, Cheryl Donovan has a

heart for women who are struggling with life’s twists and turns. “My

message to them is even when we can’t diagnose the problem, changing their

mindset can break the chains of bondage." Cheryl is Founder and

President of Worth More Than Rubies Ministries in Houston, Texas. Her

books, CD's, and devotionals are meant not only to entertain, but also to

minister and encourage. She exhorts and encourages her listeners and

readers to deepen their intimacy with God and arise to their divine

calling and destiny. Not afraid to deal with hard, relevant issues,

Cheryl delivers in-your-face messages that have drawn women and men to

follow her messages with enthusiasm.

Learn three essential ingredients to clarify your life purpose and purpose-driven career or business. Move from the realm of goal setting and accomplishments into fulfilling your destiny and creating a passion-based career. Find out what to do when you have SO many business ideas that you don’t know where to start. "When we allow ourselves to be a creative channel, rather than a slave to our to-do lists and linear thinking, we enter into co-creativity with Spirit and each other." Laura continues, "This brings resources, lasting change, and realization of vision. Ninety percent of our perceived reality is governed by the subconscious mind, where memories of every time we were made to feel like we aren't 'Enough' are stored. Learn how to move through the fear, listen to your intuition, and discover what it really takes to live a purposeful career." Laura Rice, MA, CLC is an award-winning speaker, life purpose & business coach, and life purpose expert. Laura is the founder of Purpose2Prosperity and author of the “Six Simple Step System to Unlock your Life Purpose and Make Money Living it.” Five years ago, Laura was working a dead-end job that was causing a health crisis in her life and draining her vital life-force energy. In two short years using all the Purpose and Empowerment Tools that she now teaches, Laura has moved across the country to sunny Santa Cruz, CA, where she’s always wanted to live, and started a thriving coaching practice with clients all over the world, helping women discover their life purpose, transition out of their day jobs, and start their own successful businesses. Laura speaks to groups all over the country and has inspired thousands of people to clarify their purpose and create businesses they love.You can find out more about Laura Rice at her website, www.Purpose2Prosperity.com.

Do you ever wonder why you are alive--who you are and what your purpose is in life? Do you feel as if you have nothing positive to give? Do you sometimes feel like giving up? In order to answer life's biggest questions, Rhonda Darville boldly proclaims that first we have to understand who we are. We often hear that to pursue our future, we have to know our past. Rhonda takes that even further. She says we need to look at what we were created for and who we were created by. Through examination of the truths in her own life and ultimately the truths in Scripture, she has been able to help others fulfill their purpose. Rhonda has discovered that even though we may take significant detours, we can return to the path we were created for by returning to our Creator. First and foremost, Rhonda is a follower of Jesus Christ. Originally from the Bahamas, she is a speaker, writer, and advocate for the Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, teaching young women who they are, what they were created for, and how they can make positive changes in their lifestyle. Rhonda has served as a high school teacher and has been involved in women’s ministry and youth ministry for many years. Her work today is to inspire young women with the truth of who they are and to enable them to fulfill the plan God has for their lives. She seeks to bring glory to God through her story and through the work He has done in her life—work, she says, that only He could do.

In these uncertain times, many people feel their lives are out of their control.  They spend much of their time seeing “what’s wrong” with their jobs, their relationships, and the world in general. Denise Starrett, creator of the Center for Energetic Leadership, suggests a more optimistic and attainable vision. Discover why you see yourself, other people, and the world as you do, and learn how to: 1) Release your Inner Genie by choosing how you see yourself, anyone else, or any situation in your life; 2) Make your wishes come true by learning the process that taps into your inner purpose and connects it to your goals, and 3) Become the Genie (a.k.a. Leader) who leads yourself and others to take a first step toward living your personal mission. Denise helps people see who they truly are and boldly express that truth as leaders.  After 10 years managing HR programs for global companies such as Kraft Foods, Cisco, and Ernst & Young, and living an “expatriate life,” Denise stepped onto a purposeful path to create the Center for Energetic Leadership—an enterprise aligned with her mission to empower women to experience the freedom of a life of their choosing by leading from the truth of who they are. Denise's innovative offerings provide a unique blend of joyful insights, high consciousness principles, and practical tools people need to unlock their true potential. Denise earned an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA in French from Randolph-Macon College. She is a Certified Professional Coach, an iPEC-accredited Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, and an NLP Practitioner.

Even when the economy is down, there’s opportunity. In fact, there’s often quite a bit! Monica Parker, JD, is a career coach for lawyers who are dissatisfied with the practice of law but aren't sure what to do about it. This presentation isn’t just for lawyers, however. It’s for anyone who is unhappy in his or her career and wants guidance on how to find career satisfaction whether economic times are good or bad. In addition to sharing tips and strategies that work for her clients, Monica will share her own personal experience as a career change expert.Monica Parker, J.D., helps unhappy lawyers find and pursue fulfilling work outside of the practice of law through her company, LeavingTheLaw.com. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Monica has pursued a number of her passions from working in film development for Spike Lee, to teaching negotiation at Harvard Law School, to helping lawyers create their dream careers. She is the author of "What It Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law" (American Bar Association) and "The Unhappy Lawyer: A Roadmap To Finding Meaningful Work Outside Of The Law" (Sourcebooks).

Jennifer Koh empowers women artists living in disadvantaged and at-risk circumstances around the world to re-discover their creative gifts and to make a significant difference in their families and communities. Jennifer helps these gifted and talented artists tap not only into the knowledge, skills, and courage required to develop sustainable enterprises, but also into the power of continued relationships with other women, advantaged and disadvantaged, who inspire them with their stories of hope, love, and possibility. Jenn was led to this work by own life challenges; her passion for dance, sculpting, writing, and coaching; and a powerful breathing technique known as "Kriya." Join us to hear more about Jenn’s vision to improve the life circumstances of others through the joy of art, beauty, and relationships. Jennifer Koh is an Organizational Development Consultant, Coach, Writer, Sculptor, Dancer, and Yoga Instructor who lives in Calgary, Canada. Her unique approach integrates a wide range of experiential tools such as clay-work, collage, yoga, storytelling, and film work to facilitate transformation and to assist people to discover the gifts so often present in challenge and change. Jenn earned a BA in Psychology and French and studied Marketing Management, Change Management, and Fiction Writing. Her deep love of humanity led her to work with the Art of Living Foundation, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and to launch the ‘Precious Women Project’ which aims to empower disadvantaged women around the world through arts, education, and community programs. This project has been entered into the Best Idea for Humanity contest for 2010.

Join Jory and Beth for an intimate discussion on dreams, life, and love with up-and-coming empowerment speaker, author, and entrepreneur Tuania Mechelle Wright as she shares her own exciting journey to her heart’s desires. Tuania has creatively expanded her dreams as an aspiring philanthropist, author, inspirational writer, speaker, and radio talk show host. She is the founder of Dreams Life Love, LLC, a heart-centered organization with products, services, and events designed to inspire women and teens to pursue their dreams, fulfill their life's purpose, and experience true love. As a social entrepreneur, she is the visionary of Journey to Her Heart's Desires Foundation, a foundation that encourages abstinence and continuing education, leadership, activism, sisterhood, and friendship. She is also the host of her own BlogTalkRadio show Her Spirit Soul & Body which promotes greater intimacy with God, inner healing, and self discovery. Tuania's love and passion for God is evident in her mission to empower the next generation woman. A gifted exhorter with a unique revelatory style, she inspires you to be successful in every area of your life. Her first book is due to be released soon.

Many people are asking, “What is my purpose? What is it that I am truly meant to be doing? What is my highest offering and how can I genuinely make a difference at a time when the world most seems to need it?” Erin Sarika Delaney, a leading expert in the field of guiding others to the path of the heart to discover their true life purpose, will lead us in an exploration of the ego and the soul. She'll discuss how these two important aspects of ourselves collaboratively work together to manifest our true purpose in life—that precise place where the ego meets the energy of the soul. Erin is a speaker, published author, and masterful Dream Coach® and True Purpose Coach®. She has been described as a “powerful analyst of the soul” whose light-hearted yet focused guidance supports people in transforming the blocks that hold them back from knowing and manifesting their true purpose and life's dreams.

Throughout her own life Erin has been exploring the inner realm of purpose and following her dreams. Holding an M.A. in the Expressive Arts from Lesley University, her search has led her in a variety of directions — from working with children at Mother Teresa’s day camps in the Bronx to teaching creative writing in Mexico City; from working on a farm in southern France to studying dance and sacred ritual in Bali; from teaching expressive movement in psychiatric hospitals and delinquent teen homes in Kentucky to living at an ashram in the Catskill Mountains of New York. No matter where the path leads, her secret is to listen to the wisdom of the soul and follow the call of the heart. She is a co-author in the recently published book, "Incredible Life," written by 20 experts in the personal development field.