Leading Conversations

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Beth Misner, Corporate Vice Chair of BNI, & Co-Founder BNI Foundation. BNI is a global network of business professionals to harness the power of relationship to grow their profits. Have you heard “Giver’s Gain”? Beth Misner lives this philosophy every day, & teaches business owners to harness the power of collaboration & “noble networking” to grow our youth into strong, productive & empowered citizens through the BNI Initiative, Business Voices. More than donating money, this is about T3 - Time, Talent or Treasure. This initiative gets business people to do what they do well: identify a problem & solve it. Meeting with the principal, they ask: What are the 5 biggest problems you have? Next, the business “Givers” go to work to find solutions to the problems, utilizing their network. Stories of success are inspiring. Join Cheryl Esposito & Beth Misner to learn how Business Voices can serve the life of a child,so perhaps that child may grow up to serve the world.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Blaine Bartlett, business coach & consultant, and CEO of Avatar Resources. He is Dean of Education at the World Business Academy, Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, & author of Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey To The Soul Of Business. “It’s not personal. It’s just business.” The implication here is that business is devoid of emotional impact, consequences or responsibility to humanity. Blaine Bartlett says this has wrung the soul out of business and enterprise, and the people involved. The world is waking up to the role of business as the most dominant and pervasive agent of change today. As such, Blaine insists “the fundamental purpose of business is to enhance the quality of ALL life on the planet.” …And what about those profit expectations? It’s all in how you look at it. Join Cheryl Esposito & Blaine Bartlett on the journey to the soul of business: Compassionate Capitalism.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Kute Blackson, a unique visionary in the world of human potential. His book You.Are.The.One. is a compassionate, no holds barred approach to living life: a bold adventure, on purpose. Who do you think you are? We’ve all heard this from someone chastising us for thinking big or questioning reality. Kute Blackson really wants to know your answer. “Who you think you are” will shape the life you live. Kute’s vision: “Live the wild freefall that is life, with arms wide open, living each moment completely fresh, & alive. Pick up the instrument that is your heart & play it fully.” We are living in amazing times of tremendous change. Old paradigms are collapsing; old ways are no longer working. It’s our wake up call for us to reinvent ourselves, reconnect with what is important, realize who we truly are. Are you ready to create a life that is your masterpiece? Join Cheryl Esposito & Kute Blackson to begin your journey deep into the essence of YOU: You.Are.The.One.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Colin Sprake, marketing expert, business strategist, & President & CEO of Make Your Mark Training & Consulting. The “Business Sherpa,” he has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs to achieve massive success. Work your passion, have a purpose, and realize that to monetize it, you need more than passion. Colin knows - he built four multi-million dollar businesses from the ground up. His childhood would not have predicted his achievements & level of success today. Severely bullied in school, a volatile family life, & years of negativity, hurt & fear, led to attempted suicide as a teen. He searched for happiness, & learned about the power of the mind to change negative self-judgments. It changed everything. Extraordinary business success requires mastery: skills & a system to grow the business, & mastering your mindset - deep self-awareness to see your own limiting beliefs. Are you ready? Join Cheryl Esposito & Colin Sprake to master the way to make your mark!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Kimberly Weichel, social change entrepreneur, leader of global peace initiatives, advisor to NGO’s and author. Her latest book is Beyond Borders: One Woman’s Journey of Courage, Passion and Inspiration. As CEO of Peace x Peace she supported and mentored a global network of 30,000 peacebuilders in 125 countries to raise women’s voices as catalysts for social change. Under apartheid in South Africa, Kim did grassroots peacebuilding, advocacy-cross cultural training. She managed int’l peacebuilding education and development projects with the UN: and co-founded the Institute for Peacebuilding, training teachers, parents, community and organizations. In every situation, success required partnership, collaboration, intuition, nurturing and long-term thinking. These skills are essential for our collective wellbeing. Together, we can influence the trajectory of our global village. Are you in? Join Cheryl Esposito and Kimberly Weichel exploring the power of our collective wellbeing.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Matt Riemann, founder of the Ultimate Human Foundation, devoted to transforming world health. He is an author, educator and leading expert in personalized health and prevention of chronic pain. Matt’s successful career as a physical therapist working with Olympic athletes was interrupted by a genetic disease. Working with geneticists and researchers, he learned of epigenetics and the activation of our genes. Epigenetic factors include diet, exercise, stress, and our environment. “If genes can be triggered or turned on to cause my disease, how can they be turned off?” This is where art and science of the human body meet: the door to the wisdom within. Matt is launching a Personalized Health Revolution with an online platform, ph360, to provide personalized insights for optimal, individual well-being. Join Cheryl Esposito and Matt Riemann and learn to unlock the door to discover the wisdom within!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dawa Tarchin Phillips, CEO, Empowerment Holdings and Director of Education,Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential,University California Santa Barbara. Is your leadership about Power or Trust? Dawa says 'we are moving from the Age of Information to the Age of Meaning'- the requirements of leadership have transformed. Leaders who over-invest in their power are destined to fail. Their currency is fear. Showing vulnerability risks power loss. Leaders for the Age of Meaning know: power and influence comes from strength and flexibility. They invest in inspiring the trust and confidence in others. They develop people and create meaning in work: they are comfortable with uncertainty. Self-awareness is paramount. Dawa says “…your leadership stands and falls with the quality of your presence, the clarity of your mind, the health of your relationships and your courage in taking skillful action.” Join Cheryl Esposito and Dawa Tarchin Phillips exploring Leadership in the Age of Meaning!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Adam Markel, CEO of New Peaks, and author of Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life. Are you a wildly successful person: great at what you do, high earner, admired by many…yet, something’s missing. You may feel options are limited. For you being responsible means that leaving proven success is, well, irresponsible. Cue Adam Markel. He wants you to know, he feels your pain. He has been there. Eighteen years as an accomplished attorney, beautiful family, wanting for nothing…except meaning in his work. He next wants you to know that fear of making change conjures up images of abandoning everything you have created. This fear leaps over baby steps we can take to make anything different. Those baby steps are crucial – not so daunting. The art of personal change. Adam says we can love our life even if we don’t love what we do… wouldn’t it be better if we loved all of it? Join Cheryl Esposito and Adam Markel to up your game: pivot to success!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Zen Cryar DeBrücke, author of Your Inner GPS: Follow Your Internal Guidance to Optimal Health, Happiness, and Satisfaction. Everyday a new tech gadget offers us the opportunity to learn about ourselves: our optimal state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Wearable technology telling me how I feel... Author Zen Cryar DeBrücke says: “You were born with a factory-installed guidance system. It is like the GPS in a car…your Internal Guidance System -IGS-. The guidance it gives you has many different purposes. The most important one is to get you from one end of your life to the other with as much joy, ease, and fulfillment as possible.” You can retrain your mind to easily access this powerful source of inner wisdom and recognize when your IGS is giving you guidance. Join Cheryl Esposito and Zen Cryar DeBrücke and Your Inner GPS: Follow Your Internal Guidance to Optimal Health, Happiness, and Satisfaction.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Barnet Bain, award-winning filmmaker and author. His film Milton's Secret, opens Friday September 30th in select theatres worldwide, on demand, with the gala premiere that evening at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Milton’s Secret is based on the book of the same name, written by Eckhart Tolle and Robert Friedman. Barnet has a career of telling spiritually themed stories. He wants his films to stir our consciousness, not preach to it. Have you ever questioned your beliefs? Barnet offers powerful questions we can ask about our beliefs to allow deep self-awareness, leading to intentional choices: 'Is this -belief- true with me now? Or is this a ‘hand-me-down’ belief? Where did I learn this?' 'Milton’s Secret' is a story of families, and how uncertainty and their beliefs about uncertainty, affect their experience of life, relationships, and the shaping of a child’s worldview. Join Cheryl Esposito and Barnet Bain to stir your consciousness of belief!