Let's Keep It Real

Guest: Elaine Pasqua

Once upon a time, a 6’5″ 250 pound man looked at petite Elaine Pasqua standing at 5’3″ and said: “You are the biggest little thing I’ve ever seen!”

This funny and energetic live wire has been traversing the country for more than 25 years, advocating for positive choices, optimal health, healthy relationships, and productive lives.

Elaine’s pursuit for making a difference in the lives of others began when she spoke out after losing her mom and stepdad to AIDS related complications. Her career as a professional speaker stemmed from passion, not from the desire to make money. That passion is reflected in her work today. Enhancing the quality of life for others resonates through Elaine’s keen knowledge, compassion, ability to connect, and sharp humor.

Elaine’s enthusiasm for making a difference has remarkably taken her to work with:

* 650 universities nationwide

* 31 professional sports teams across the NFL, NBA, and MLB

* Countless businesses and professional associations

* Our military service personnel

* High schools and parent groups

Elaine is an author, columnist, and producer/director of public service videos. She has been featured in USA Today, NY 1 News, Time Warner TV, NPR, NBC Sports Radio, CBS Sports, and Knight Ridder News Service. Elaine is a five-time nominee for Best Speaker of the Year for Campus Activities Magazine Readers Choice Awards and is the author of #Mom I Got This: Building Your Legacy in College and Beyond.

To learn more about Elaine, check out the following links:

Elaine’s Website - https://elainepasqua.com

Elaine’s Email - [email protected]

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elaine.pasqua/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ElainePasqua

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/elaine.pasqua

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainepasqua/

Guest: Jimmy Clare

Jimmy Clare is a motivational speaker, Autism Advocate, author, and founder of CrazyFitnessGuy. But, before he started his career as a speaker, it was a bumpy road when he was younger. On this episode of Let's Keep It Real, Jimmy will take you through that bumpy road and how he has bulldozed obstacles along the way!

To learn more about Jimmy, check out the following links:

CrazyFitnessGuy Website- https://www.crazyfitnessguy.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crazyfitnessguy/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/CrazyFitnessGuy

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

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-clare-speaker/

Guest: Sinéad Andrews

Sinéad Andrews has spent over 25 years working in international emergencies and development work. At the age of 22, she was working in a refugee camp set up on the Rwandan-Tanzanian border after the genocide that took place in Rwanda killing 800,000 people. Her next overseas position was in Calcutta working with street children for an Irish NGO funding local Indian NGO’s. Since then, Sinéad has worked with the United Nations, mostly UNICEF, jumping from HQ and field positions in Dublin, New York, Lebanon, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea with short missions in Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Nigeria. 

 

She previously interned for Senator Ted Kennedy in DC during the Clinton/Gore campaign election in 1992.

Guest: Tim Ash

Tim Ash is an acknowledged authority on evolutionary psychology and digital marketing. He is a sought-after international keynote speaker, and the bestselling author of Unleash Your Primal Brain and Landing Page Optimization.

Tim has been mentioned by Forbes as a Top-10 Online Marketing Expert, and by Entrepreneur Magazine as an Online Marketing Influencer To Watch.

For nineteen years he was the co-founder and CEO of SiteTuners – a digital optimization agency. Tim helped to create over 1.2 billion dollars in value for companies like Google, Expedia, eHarmony, Facebook, American Express, Canon, Nestle, Symantec, Intuit, Humana, Siemens, and Cisco.

To learn more about Tim, check out the following links:

Tim’s Website- https://timash.com

Primal Brain Website (where you can get a free chapter of Tim’s Book)- https://primalbrain.com

Twitter- https://twitter.com/tim_ash

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/timash/

Guest: Jeanette Bronée

Jeanette Bronée helps companies and leaders bridge the wellness gap at work by rethinking performance, engagement and culture so they can prevent burnout, create better results, and sustainable success.

She teaches how to shift from a burnout culture operating on survival mode to one that honors and nourishes our diverse human needs through better self-care mindset tools at work. She believes it’s essential for leaders to ask better questions to build the emotional safety that helps people harness their potential and take charge, not only of their health, but also their personal and professional success.

A “most wanted” workplace performance and wellbeing expert, she speaks, coaches and consults about how to create better relationships and engagement in a disconnected workplace, by understanding what truly drives our choices and how a Culture of Care® is an essential core value for companies to thrive in the changing future of work.

She has spoken at the United Nations and delivered TEDx talks and keynotes at conferences and corporate events around the world to facilitate change in our relationship with self-care at work.

To learn more about Jeanette, check out the following links:

Jeanette’s Website- http://www.jeanettebronee.com

Jeanette’s Blog Posts- https://pathforlife.com

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/jeanettebronee/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/bronee

Twitter- https://twitter.com/JeanetteBronee

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanettebronee/

Guest: Johnny Gillespie

Johnny Gillespie is the founder of Empowered Yoga and Balanced Athlete. For the last quarter of a century, Johnny has worked professionally in the fields of personal training, strength and conditioning for athletes, yoga, and meditation. His teachings and perspective is a glimpse into the future of human potential.

To learn more about Johnny and his fitness studio, check out the following links:

Empowered Wellness Studio’s Website- https://empoweredwellnessstudio.com

Balanced Athlete Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/balanced_athlete/

Johnny’s Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/johnny_gillespie1/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/johnnygillespie3

Guest: Erika Schickel

Erika Schickel is the author of "The Big Hurt" (Hachette Books, 2021) and "You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom" (Kensington Books, 2007). She has taught memoir and essay writing at UCLA and privately. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, LA City Beat, Salon, Ravishly, Tin House, Bust Magazine, and The LA Review of Books, among others. She lives in Altadena, California with her boyfriend.

To learn more about Erika and to get her book “The Big Hurt”, check out the following links:

Erika’s Website (where you can also find her book)- https://www.erikaschickel.com/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/schickity/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/erika.schickel

Twitter- https://twitter.com/ErikaSchickel

Guest: Eric Winters

Eric Winters is a self-leadership coach, black-belt hand-washer, speaker, and author with deep knowledge in the science of building courageous and emotionally intelligent mindsets.

His know-how is a result of over 20 years of international corporate life, two masters degrees in human behavior change, and over 12 years helping leaders and their teams become their best selves to meet workplace challenges effectively. 

He spends much of his time developing authentically courageous leadership through keynotes, workshops, and individual coaching.

Eric is the author of “Swipe Right on Your Best Self: Simple steps to a bolder life with fewer regrets”.

To learn more about Eric and to get his book “Swipe Right On Your Best Self”, check out the following links:

Eric’s Website (where you can also find his book)- https://www.ericwinters.com.au

YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr-ju8zowQFzwGQE2jRZbZQ/featured

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/ericwinterscomau

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwinterscomau/

Guests: Sandy Lafazan and Kyra Sposato

Sandy Lafazan is a 60 year-old woman, married to her best friend Jeff for 32 years! She has 3 amazing sons that she loves to spend time with. Sandy is a Clinical Social Worker in private practice, which is something she has always wanted to do. Her latest project, “I’m Ma'am as Hell”, is a podcast she is co-hosting with colleague Kyra Sposato for women in their midlife who are mad that society sees them as obsolete and irrelevant. She's on a mission to prove otherwise.

Kyra Sposato is a divorced 58 year old psychiatric nurse practitioner who is independent, self sufficient, and a risk taker. She is a career woman with a successful private practice, which has enabled her to live life on her terms without being depended on by man. She and Sandy created “I’m Ma’am as Hell” to inspire women in mid-life who are feeling stuck and obsolete to shake things up and become the women they have always wanted to be.

To learn more about Sandy and Kyra, check out their podcast “I’m Ma’am as Hell”:

Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-maam-as-hell/id1536229773

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/7zXKuZQxeleDuv1Oa8zRfx?si=Qc9UcS90StS0OgHO9u55FQ&dl_branch=1

YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCty8-FD33Ae5psqREgbPIgQ

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/immaamashell/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/IMAHplatform

Guest: Stephen Krempl

Stephen Krempl is an international speaker, best-selling author, facilitator, and business communication coach based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with thousands of leaders in over 30 countries in a career that has spanned over 25 years. During that time, Stephen has worked for Fortune 200 companies, including Starbucks Coffee Company where he was their Chief Learning Officer, Yum! Brands VP of Yum University and Global Learning, PepsiCo Restaurants International, and Motorola. He is an expert on helping leaders stand out and get noticed in their organization, even in an increasingly virtual and global marketplace. Stephen has wrote 5 books, including his latest “The 5% Zone”, which has become an international best-seller in 6 countries across multiple business categories.

To learn more about Stephen Krempl, you can visit the following websites:

https://stephenkrempl.mykajabi.com

https://www.winningintheworkworld.com

To download a copy of “The 5% Zone” for free, download the W3 app from the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/w3-winning-in-the-work-world/id1576342093