Tara Alemany is a multi-award-winning author of seven books. She is also a speaker, publisher, and host of the Publish with Purpose virtual summit as well as a serial entrepreneur. Although she's started many businesses during her career, her favorite is Emerald Lake Books, which she co-owns with her best friend, Mark Gerber. This boutique publisher specializes in working with positive people to integrate a book into their marketing or sales funnel to build their business and showcase their expertise.

In her spare time, Tara is a winemaker, a military Mom to 2 young adults, and is owned by a black cat.

In this episode we discussed:

- How being let go of her job set her on a journey from social media marketing to publishing - Work-life balance vs. work-life harmony - The importance of using your gifts and talents in your work - We are always at work, so we want something that allows us to be the fullest expression of ourselves - Leadership purpose is tied to who you are, rather than your position at work - If you are not living from a place of using your gifts and talents, you are not living fully and you are not having satisfaction - Conforming to what others think you should be doing does not allow you to live fully

Connect with Tara at:

https://emeraldlakebooks.com

Facebook at https://facebook.com/tara.r.alemany

Join the "Publish with Purpose" group on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/buildyourbookbusiness

Check out her YouTube channel if you're interested in book marketing - Emerald Lake Books

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After years of working for media, higher education, and non-profit organizations, Elizabeth "Beth" Gibbs is 'free-tired' and pursuing her passions of writing, teaching, and leading workshops on yoga, and self-awareness. She writes for several health and wellness blogs and has published two books, a personal growth book, Enlighten Up! Finding Clarity, Contentment and Resilience in a Complicated World, and a children's book, Ogi Bogi, The Elephant Yogi.

In this episode we discussed: - How she followed her passion from a community tv producer, a health department, and a university to yoga - The "wisdom women" that influence her decisions - "Free-tired" vs. "retired" - Finding ways to fit it all in, even when it's not balance - How yoga helped her avoid negative self-talk, increased calm, better mental health, and self-awareness - The 5 layers of self-care - The power of a pause and a deep breath - The importance of an ethical value system for leaders

Connect with Beth at:

www.bethgibbs.com Facebook LinkedIn Instagram Twitter

If you enjoyed this episode then I'd like to invite you to continue the conversation over in my free Facebook group - The Leadership Purpose Community. You can find it at www.facebook.com/groups/leadershippurposecommunity

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Jake Ballentine is the author of "Your Number One Goal," creator of "The Number One Goal System For Success," founder of the "Speakers, Authors, and Coaches" Network, and the host of the "Mountain Top Motivation" podcast. Over the past years, Jake has been teaching, mentoring, coaching, and inspiring thousands of speakers, authors, and coaches with his particular approach to success and his unique brand of motivation and positivity.

When he is not working, you can find him enjoying Disneyland, watching the Los Angeles Dodgers, or going on adventures with his wife Caitlin and their four-year-old son Jacob.

During this episode we discussed: • Your vision as the mountain top of your life • The difference between a vision and a goal • Why stretch goals don't work • There are the facts and the stories we tell ourselves about the facts • How to feel joy in the moment when we feel upset • Joy does not come from success. Success comes from joy. The more joy we have, the more success we're going to have. • You are leading every moment of the day. If there are people around you, then you are leading. • Leadership Purpose is Intentional Leadership that inspires people

Connect with Jake at: YourNumberOneGoal.com

If you enjoyed this episode then I'd like to invite you to continue the conversation over in my free Facebook group - The Leadership Purpose Community. You can find it at www.facebook.com/groups/leadershippurposecommunity

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Dr. Laquore J. Meadows is the CEO and Co-Founder of Invest2Give, LLC. She is a visionary, dynamic leader and wealth builder. Inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, she began her stock trading career with the aspiration to build and leave a financial legacy (that will become the answer to someone's prayers.)

She has released an #1 Amazon Best Selling e-book "Income on Demand: The Complete Playbook for Beginning Stock Traders," to give beginners a peek into the world of stock trading and investing.

She is also the founder of Stocks & Sorors, an initiative created to encourage members of Black Greek sororities to become active participants in the stock market.

Dr. Meadows received her bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University, Master's degree in College Student Personnel from Miami University, and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Ohio University.

In this episode we discussed:

- how her passion for teaching began when she was a little girl teaching to the group of teddy bears that she lined up in her bedroom the moment that she witnessed a woman at work give a gift of $5.3 million and how that changed her career trajectory - the ways in which she teaches how to use the stock market to build wealth by - using the "financial fortress formula" - the importance of creating space to choose yourself - why we should align our passion with our proficiencies Connect with Dr. Laquore Meadows at:

Website - www.invest2give.com Instagram - @invest2give Challenge https://www.tradeyourpayday.com

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Tressa Pankovits is part of the Progressive Policy Institute, a catalyst for policy innovation and political reform with offices in Washington, D.C., and Brussels.

She is the Associate Director, Project on Reinventing America's Schools at Progressive Policy Institute. Its mission is to create radically pragmatic ideas for moving America beyond ideological and partisan deadlock.

Tressa has written extensively about innovative autonomous schools and education policy and politics, school reform, and charter school policy.

She's a lawyer, thought leader, and has served on multiple boards for reform projects, disaster relief funds, and non-profits.

In this episode we discussed:

- Tressa's journey to purpose and how it all began with a high school guidance counselor - Her way of making a difference at a think tank that is also a "do" tank - What to do if you don't have confidence when you walk into a room filled with those who are more experienced - Recognizing leadership purpose as emotional energy - The importance of having soul-satisfying work

Connect with Tressa at: Twitter: @RAS_education Website: https://www.progressivepolicy.org

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Marie Ruggles, MS, RD, CN, CDE is a clinical nutritionist, certified diabetes educator, and is known as "The Kitchen Pharmacist."

She started her career in research at Columbia University, where she earned a degree in nutrition and public health. She drills down the science into simple actions steps to help busy entrepreneurs and high achievers stay healthy and age gracefully.

Her book, Optimize Your Immune System: Create Health and Resilience with a Kitchen Pharmacy is a winner of the 2021 Readers Favorite award, a gold medal winner of the Non-Fiction book award, and a #1 New Release in Medical Nutrition. It reveals the "secret sauce" for viral protection and aging gracefully.

Marie loves helping "boomers" to stay active by avoiding unnecessary aches and pains. In her telehealth private practice, she specializes in creating personalized nutrition prescriptions for relieving joint discomfort.

In this episode we discussed: - Simple action steps to help busy women stay healthy - The secret sauce for viral protection and aging gracefully - Her mission is to help women prevent most viral infections - Why she believes that essential oils are God's words in plants - The importance of knowing that your immune system is like an umbrella health policy for your whole body from head to toe - When you operate in your genius zone, you have a positive effect on others - How leadership is only great if it extends to the people you are serving

Contact Marie at https://www.marieruggles.com

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Mark Smutny is a non profit consultant, professional facilitator, author, coach, and Founder of Civic Reinventions. His central mission is to help nonprofits thrive in an increasingly diverse world.

He is the author of Thrive: The Facilitator's Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings, 2nd ed. It is a resource packed with powerful principles and practices to help organizations embrace all voices and embody diversity's promise of better thinking, better results, and greater organizational health.

When Mark is not working, he is spending time with his soul mate, The Reverend Dr. Barbara Anderson.

In this episode we discussed: - Mark shared how he found his wife and life's work in a meeting - the difference energy and excitement make during meetings - the importance of bringing your best gifts to work - bringing out the best in others - how to know what motivates you to do your work (hint: 9 whys) - we lead the best when it comes from the deepest values inside of us

Connect with Mark: https://civicreinventions.com Email: [email protected]

Here's the link to the 9 Whys exercise Mark mentioned in the episode. It's a means for helping individuals and groups to clarify their deepest purpose.

It comes from an awesome website and body of knowledge about inclusive, engaging, and innovative meetings called "Liberating Structures." Liberating Structures - 3. Nine Whys.

https://www.liberatingstructures.com/3-nine-whys/

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Marla Diann is a dreamer, a mother, a breast cancer survivor, and a lover of all things Italian. Her journey taught her that dignity is a conviction of your self-worth, how you treat yourself, and how you make choices in alignment with your values.

Today, Marla is passionate about empowering high-achieving women creatives, entrepreneurs, and professionals to stand for their worth and dignity by transforming their money relationships.

With over 30 combined years of entrepreneurship, personal growth, professional development, mentoring, coaching, training, entertainment PR & talent management, and personal branding, Marla Diann embodies authenticity, empowerment, and creativity. She is a speaker and a compelling storyteller who understands the heart of humanity.

She is known for being an advocate and transformational coach in the area of wealth consciousness and your money relationship to upgrade your worth and dignity.

In this episode we discussed: - how she stumbled into a public relations career - the journey of following her joy and where that led her - why a sense of worth and dignity makes a difference in your life - joy as a metric of success - the importance of following your joy and setting boundaries

Connect with Marla:

https://marladiann.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marladennis/

https://www.facebook.com/MarlaDiannmentortocreatives

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Kim Middleton, Ph.D. is an Academic Strategy Consultant with an almost 20-year career in Higher Education as a professor, administrator, and scholar.

As a second-generation educator, Dr. Kim began her education at the back of her mother's classrooms. ____

Robin L. Owens, Ph.D. a Leadership Purpose Strategist, speaker, and author. She inspires, teaches, and mentors high-achieving business and professional women leaders... to discover and use their leadership purpose... so they can make a meaningful difference through their business or career.

This 50th episode edition is a conversation between friends.

Here's what we discussed: - the book "Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive" by Jonathan Fields - why Dr. Kim thought it would be a good idea for Dr. Robin to read the book - what are "Sparketypes"? - how true to life is Dr. Kim's and Dr. Robin's "Sparketypes" - Dr. Robin's perspective on leadership purpose - ...and a lot of laughter and joy between friends

Connect with Dr. Kim at: LinkedIn: middletonkim ________

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Sheevaun Moran is a spiritual warrior for business success and growth. Some call her their mentor, coach, or secret ingredient for success. She delves in to help folks on the path to becoming entrepreneurs and CEOs. Sheevaun has used her unique formula to help over 25,000 entrepreneurs, CEOs and leaders achieve freedom and flow in business and life.

Founder of Energetic Solutions, Inc., Sheevaun has worked with Fortune 500 companies, tech start-ups, authors, inventors, and more. She has been featured on all major media including dozens of TV shows, hundreds of radio shows, and numerous podcasts. She has written over 20 books and hosts her own podcast about success.

In this episode we discussed:

- How her life-threatening illness was turned around from a natural healing - The question that someone asked her changed her career, "did you know that you working with me helped me make a lot of money?" - Unlocking energy for business to flourish - The importance of the connection between language and energy - When being wrong might be okay - Purpose and a bag of why's

Connect with Sheevaun:

Website: www.SheevaunMoran.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheevaunmoran/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheevaunMoran/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sheevaun

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