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Season 2 Episode #31 coming from Montclair, New Jersey

You can reach out to our guest Ron Reich via LinkedIn or on Instagram @leadership_rlb

About our guest - President of RLB Training and Development, Ron is passionate about leadership/management and development.  Ron is a leadership subject matter expert with 28 years of coaching experience.  An expert facilitator, Ron believes involving participants in their learning… leads to higher engagement and quality results.  Ron loves to read and stays current with the most recent research and philosophies to best serve his clients.  

Ron thanks for living your passion and for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients – Welcome to the Show!

TOTD – “The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”   Stephen R. Covey

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

What values or characteristics have been influential in your personal development?

How did your leadership journey begin?

Define leadership?

Define culture?  Thanks importance of culture.

Standard vs. Expectation

Purpose – you are living your purpose as a facilitator of leadership development – congrats!

Best thing you do for yourself?

2 books that the listeners must read

How important is self-awareness?

Developing your strengths!

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Legacy “The only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind.”

John Alston

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Season 2 Episode #30 Dr. Toby Travis coming from Fayetteville, North Carolina

You can find Dr. Travis at www.trustEDconsulting.org or www.trustedbook.info

Dr. Travis is the author of the award-winning book "TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement" - available at Amazon, featured in Forbes, and named "Book of The Month" (November), and nominated for "Book of The Year" (2021) by The Magic Pen. 

Dr. Travis holds an undergraduate degree in theology, a master’s in Religious Education, and a doctorate in education. Dr. Travis is the founder of TrustED, a framework for business, organization, and school improvement; focused on developing trusted leaders. 

In addition, he is an Executive Consultant with the Global School Consulting Group, an Adjunct Professor for the International Graduate Program of Educators for the State University of New York College at Buffalo, and an experienced teacher and school administrator. Dr. Travis is currently serving as the Superintendent of the Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville, NC.  

Dr. Travis’s work as a speaker, trainer, and consultant has taken him throughout the United States, Europe, South Asia, Central, and South America.  AND now to the PINNACLE of his career, a guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients… Dr. Travis, Welcome to the Show!

TOTD – The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: To return love for hate, To include the excluded, & To say, “I was wrong.”     —Sydney J. Harris 

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

What was your favorite magic trick to perform?

Has there been a key mentor in your life?

What are you life’s essential ingredients?

What are ingredients that you once thought were essential but now you find are no longer applicable in your life?

Greatest life lesson?

What was teaching in Quito, Ecuador like?   What was a key take away that made a big impact on your future development as a leader?

How are our schools doing?  Public, private, charter…

What are we doing well and what would we like to edit?

If there is a young listener who wants to be a teacher, what advice would you give them?

How do we get parents involved in their child’s education?

Congrats on your book, please break down the Bridge of School Improvement.

Definition of Success

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #29 Carline Crevecoeur coming Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

You can find our guest via her website carlinecrevecoeur.com or via Instagram @crevey22

Dr. Carline Crevecoeur is a Haitian-American retired board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. Dr. Crevecoeur attended St. John’s University, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry. She received her medical degree from Downstate Medical School, where she went on to complete her obstetric and gynecological training. Her medical concentration was in perinatology, where she researched lung development in premature infants. She also worked extensively with breast cancer patients and victims of sexual violence. 

During her residency training, she traveled to Haiti, where she worked in the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince and assisted in medical procedures. She returned to Haiti in 2010, after the earthquake, to help with disaster relief efforts. 

After 20 years of medical service in New York and Pennsylvania, Dr. Crevecoeur gave up her career to raise and homeschool her five children. Although she had planned to return to her beloved profession after her children were grown, a cancer diagnosis in 2012 sidelined her plans and forced her to retire.  Being a mover and shaker, Dr. Crevecoeur used her time as a retiree to look back at her life and became an author.  Her book, Pressure Makes Diamonds, is an inspiring memoir describing her journey and her choice to homeschool her five children.

Dr. Crevecoeur is a two-time cancer survivor. She speaks fluent French and Creole, enjoys reading, running, and listening to music while tending to her garden.  Dr. Crevecoeur, thanks for your invaluable service to patients all over the world, thanks for dedicating your life to your children and guiding them to give back to the world, as you have, and thanks for taking time out of your day to be our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredient, Welcome to the show.

TOTD – “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” – Mahatma Gandhi

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

Growing up with a family of five…

The VALUE of education… Would you say being born in a foreign country, perhaps made you value the opportunity a little more.   Sometimes it seems like WE (students in the US) maybe don’t VALUE our educational opportunities the same?  Talk about foreign exchange students…

School Board work and the importance of your message about quality education for all students

How did you decide to homeschool your children?

The importance of LISTENING and really understanding our children…you did an amazing job with listening to your children…how can we apply that to mainstream education

Mindset and how you approach life… excitement, opportunity to grow and learn…

Let’s get into your book, Congrats!!! PRESSURE MAKES DIAMONDS, please tell us about the journey of writing it and how great it must feel to have that as a family heirloom

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #28 Rose Griffin coming The Greater Cleveland Area.

You can find Rose on Instagram @abaspeechbyrose or thru her website abaspeech.org.

Rose Griffin is the founder of ABA Speech, Host of The Autism Outreach Podcast, is an ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst and… Product Developer. Rose has developed several online courses to help speech therapists achieve meaningful communication goals, feel empowered to engage their clients, and to feel hope when it feels lost.  Rose has 20 years of experience in both public school systems and private clinics and is driven each day to helping individuals with autism find their voice and become independent communicators. 

Rose, thanks for dedicating your life to helping autistic children and the SLP’s who are working with them to find their voice.  Rose, Welcome to the Show!

TOTD – “I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and job to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”   —Helen Keller 

In this episode:

Provide clarity on Autism – grouped as ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder..

Importance of relationship building with your clients

Talk about breaking down barriers to learning 

How do you help students find their strengths

Increasing student engagement and improving social skills

How good does it feel to help a child speak for the first time?  To hear their voice?   And to actually communicate their needs?

Best thing a parent with a child with autism who is not yet speaking?

Resources for parents

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #27 EA Csolkovits coming Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

You can find EA at giversuniversity.com

E. A. was born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. At the young age of 16, EA started his business career selling janitorial services to business owners.  At 19, he met Sam Robbins, a millionaire businessman from Detroit who mentored EA in a role at the House of Holland Jewelers.  Unfortunately, Sam had diabetes but he chose to use that GIFT as his LEGACY: to help people overcome health challenges.  That desire led to EA and Sam formulating healthy drinks and foods and more so for EA, the opportunity to formulate a blueprint for his future life success.   

EA has countless lifetime achievements that have resulted in helping thousands of people, raising and making millions of dollars, and for the focus of this episode – EA’s lifetime achievement of Founding GIVERS UNIVERSITY.   EA – thanks for the incredible work you have done to help and serve people, thanks for sharing your gifts with the world and thanks for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients – EA WELCOME TO THE SHOW!

TOTD – “In order to fly, you have to let go of the world that you are hanging onto.”  Kurek Ashley

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

How did your career get started?

What impact did your mentor Sam have on you?

What advice would you give to your younger self?

GIVERS UNIVERSITY – started 1991?

THE GIVERS MINDSET – congrats and what has been the best part of writing your books – EA also authored The Giver’s Lifestyle and The Giver’s Lifelong Learning…

What is the difference between a GIVER and a Taker?

What are GIVERS Communities?

Are there actual steps in building a GIVERS Community?

Decision Making – Do you have a methodology for evaluating how you use your energy in relation to seeking opportunities?

The importance of self-awareness?

Discernment as a life skill – why is it so important?

Legacy 

Additional Links:

http://www.giversuniversity.com/junto.html

https://www.youtube.com/user/GiversUniversity

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Season 2 Episode #26 Gail Swift coming Las Vegas, Nevada

You can find Gail at planstoprospercoaching.com – great website with incredible resources, blog, insight on THE KOLBE INDEX, OPGIG Assessment, and the services GAIL offers to help you and your child BLOSSOM.

Our guest today started Plans to Prosper Coaching to help children succeed and made it her life’s work to find a quantifiable way to utilize learning differences as a strength.   Gail helps her clients create a BLUEPRINT for life while at the same time, PROVIDES her clients with resources to be flexible and open to different learning styles… to be able to RISE up to meet life and learning challenges.  

Plans to Prosper Coaching can show you how you and your child work and show you how to communicate more effectively. Once you both know how you work you can stop fighting against each other and start working with each other. This allows your child to share their gift with the world!

Gail, thanks for doing the important work you do and WELCOME TO THE SHOW!

TOTD – Painter Robert Henri stated, “The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture – however unreasonable this may sound. The picture, if a picture results, is a by-product and may be useful, valuable, interesting as a sign of what has passed. The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a high state of functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence.” 

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

What are your Life’s Essential Ingredients?

Best part of being a mom?

If you were assigned the task of creating a school system, what would it look like?

THE WAY – camino finding our inner strength and THE WAY of learning thru The KOLBE INDEX…

After identifying YOUR WAY… How do you help a student who has learned THEIR WAY but now has to go to school and PLAY BY THE TEACHERS WAY or the COMMON CORE WAY…

FIX vs UNDERSTAND – how can parents take a step back to see how they are viewing their child…

Best thing a parent can do right now to help their child navigate life and the educational system…

Story of when you helped a student find their WAY and how you carry that with you as inspiration.

How did your teaching/learning journey start?

THINK WE KNOW BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN…HOW CAN PARENTS LET GO…

Mindfulness

Challenges of life today…being young in our educational system… how can we help

Fail and Fail fast with supportive scaffolding… how can we help build that culture

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #29 Kelli Field coming from Galicia, Spain

You can find our guest via her website vivaespanamovingtospain.com – incredible site with so much useful information.

In 2017, after leaving her job, Kelli walked the Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied-de-Port nestled in the French Pyrenees, 800 km to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. The adventure was transformational and moving from the US to Spain with her husband, Jeff, was the logical next step. Except, well, stop right there! Because it wasn’t that simple (which in this episode we will explore the highs and lows of figuring out life abroad). 

Today, Kelli lives on a farm on the Camino Frances between Palas de Rei and Melide in Galicia, Spain. In Kelli’s words, “it’s Magic.”  Kelli has big plans including cultivating her  farm, opening The Happiness Cafe/food truck, sharing Camino and life inspirational tales on her Stories from the Happiness Cafe podcast.

Kelli has a blog that is meant to entertain and be informative for those who are looking to dip their toe into living abroad and over the course of her life, Kelli has always written stories. On cocktail napkins, the backs of menus while traveling for work. And she finally decided to share her gift of being a storyteller into blogs, articles, and books.  Check out The Red Rhino on Amazon. It’s a funny collection of essays about living life, raising kids and getting through it all. Kelli is published in the British literary magazine The Cabinet of Heed. And her first novel – The Grief of Goodbye – set in beautiful Northern Spain, was a finalist for several literary award in 2021.   

Kelli it sounds like you have made the choice to live a life of adventure and Life’s Essential Ingredients congratulates you on having the courage to chase your dreams.  Kelli, welcome to the show!

TOTD – “Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without hard work, one finishes nothing.    The prize will not be sent to you.  You have to win it.”                               Ralph Waldo Emerson

In this episode:

What was life like growing up

Making the decision to move to another county

Why Spain

What about your family

Camino de Santiago – explain it to the listeners

Top three differences you have noticed living in Spain vs. the US

FINDING PEACE

Keeping Life Simple – what is we are searching for?

Medical, Dental Care…

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #24 with Rachel McCants coming from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas

You can find Rachel at rlindsayunlimited.com or via Instagram @rlindsayunlimited

Rachel received her Bachelor's degree in Communication with a minor in English from the University of Texas at Arlington and is currently, an author, speaker, and the founder of R. Lindsay Unlimited.  Rachel’s mission is to encourage, inspire and challenge ladies to discover and raise their self-worth, to not settle, and to walk in God’s will. 

Rachel has been a Christian her entire life, and in 2016, found an opportunity to strengthen her already strong faith.   Rachel was diagnosed with a rapidly growing tumor, in her brain, specifically her pineal gland.  

Rising through that challenge with the help of The Lord, inspired  Rachel’s first book, Ladies As We Love Ourselves: A 6-Step Program to Self-Worth.   Rachel inspires women all over the world and today she inspires us on Life’s Essential Ingredients!

Rachel, thanks for rising to fulfill HIS mission, & Welcome to the show!

​TOTD – By author Joseph Girzone “In every age there exists quiet heroes, who, in their devotion, lay aside their own needs and comforts and consecrate (a sacred purpose) their energies and talents, to healing the wounds of a troubled humanity.”

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

Your Life’s Essential Ingredients

Values from your site – Love, Adventure, Community, Leadership, Resilience

Early Mornings With a Dose of Jesus

The Importance of a TRIBE

Prayers, Encouragement 

Gratitude

Step 1 Turn to God, 2 Forgiveness, 3 Know Who You Are 4 Affirmations 5 Encourage Others and Volunteer, 6 Exercise

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #23 Paul Casey coming from Tri-Cities area of Washington

You can find Paul at paulcasey.org or via Instagram @growingforwardservices

Enjoyed your website, your tools and tips sections is amazing and like your “Leaders are readers” phrase for your book recommendations, also has a great blog…so make sure to check it out!

Originally from Chicago, Paul has been a professional speaker for over 24 years and is one of the leading authorities in leadership and personal growth—especially time management—helping people take back their calendars and restore sanity to their lives.  Paul is the founder of Growing Forward Services, the author of 4 books, podcast host for Tri-Cities Influencer, the father of two beautiful adult children, and the husband to his lovely wife Laura.

Paul earned a Master’s degree in education, and has been an educator/administrator/Chief Operating Officer in 5 non-profit organizations. He is an ACC-certified coach with the International Coaching Federation, a Master Trainer, and is a member of the National Speakers Association. He was awarded Solopreneur of the Year by the West Richland Chamber a few years ago and currently carries out his mission of sparking breakthrough success by contributing daily inspirational growth messages on local radio and via social media.   Paul – congrats on an amazing career, thanks for doing the work you do to empower people, and thanks for sharing your expertise with our listeners, Paul - Welcome to the show!

TOTD – “What I do today is very important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.”

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

Did you have ingredients in your life that perhaps at that particular time served a purpose but at this point in your life you realize they no longer serve the same purpose and perhaps, are limiting you from living your best life?

How do you help people who seem stuck, who seem resistant to change, have a fixed mindset…

Definition of Success

Your Life’s Essential Ingredients

Time Management 

Goal Setting

Building Team Leaders

Leading through CHANGE – change management skill, methodology, 

Personality Types and why is SELF AWARENESS important 

Team Conflict

Team Health

The importance of reading and learning…

4 books: The Static Cling Principle (on habits and mindsets), Maximizing Every Minute (on time management), Leading the Team You’ve Always Wanted, and Leading with Super-Vision.

Legacy 

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Season 2 Episode #22 Mark Herschberg coming from New York City

You can find Mark via his website at thecareertoolkitbook.com.  Incredible site with an insightful blog, info about Mark’s book (The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You), other resources (case studies, book recommendations, personality assessment tools, guides, and the careertoolkit app.  Please make sure to check it out.

About our guest: From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web, to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s.  Mark has also been heavily involved in academia; he helped start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator.”  At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools.  

 If that was not enough, Mark was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country and now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party. 

A proud graduate of MIT, Mark received his B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, and a Masters in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography.   Mark, Welcome to the show!

TOTD – Stated by Grant Allen in 1894, “No schooling was allowed to interfere with my education.”

In This Episode:

What was life like growing up?

Your Life’s Essential Ingredients

From one of your blogs 

The schools of tomorrow need to continue to teach the fundamentals; and certainly, they should continue to promote STEM education. However, this is not sufficient. They must also begin to address the demand for leadership, communication, effective teamwork, networking/relationship development, and other professional career skills, and life skills, that future generations will need to succeed in business and in life.  

The importance of CULTURE and helping individuals navigate the tough questions about assessing culture in an interview – Culture, Management, Engagement/Support and General work related questions

Leadership is an essential skill teaching how to communicate, connect, network, peer learning, interactive, debate, multiple viewpoints, no single answer…

How would you guide a young person who has not developed a passion for anything to study but are at that age of just completing community college and needing to make a decision?

Legacy

Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!