In this episode, we continue our conversation with Monica Pate, who is a Retail Director for Verizon Wireless, where she is responsible for leading a team of over 500 employees each day. As soon as you meet her, you will experience her infectious joy and energy to help her team be their best in every aspect of life. Monica shares how she relies on her faith to help her as she leads her team, and we discuss her story of her father's battle with mental illness, that ultimately caused him to take his own life. Through it all, Monica has continued to spread joy and hope to her team, which is a result of her learning how to lean on God for strength through the adversity she faced. If you or anyone you know are battling mental illness or having suicidal thoughts, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. If you haven't heard part 1, make sure to go back and listen to that one to catch up on the conversation. 

Monica Pate is a Retail Director for Verizon Wireless, where she is responsible for leading a team of over 500 employees each day. As soon as you meet her, you will experience her infectious joy and energy to help her team be their best in every aspect of life. Monica shares how she relies on her faith to help her as she leads her team, and we discuss her story of her father's battle with mental illness, that ultimately caused him to take his own life. Through it all, Monica has continued to spread joy and hope to her team, which is a result of her learning how to lean on God for strength through the adversity she faced. If you or anyone you know are battling mental illness or having suicidal thoughts, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.  

Rudy Jefferson is a professional photographer based out of the Carolinas, who have been able to grow his hobby into a full-time business for over 10 years. Rudy's business has evolved into a powerhouse that not only focuses on individuals and families, he has been able to photograph NFL players, such as Cam Newton, former starting QB for the Carolina Panthers and Shaq Thompson, currently an outside linebacker for the Carolina Panthers. September is suicide awareness month, and in an effort to bring more awareness, Rudy opens up about his experience and how he leaned into his faith to help him through a difficult time in his life. If you or anyone you know are battling mental illness or having suicidal thoughts, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. 

Dr. Kristy Harvell is a Chiropractor and the founder of Health by Design, in Jacksonville FL. In this episode, Dr. Kristy shares her powerful testimony about how her personal health journey led her to want to pursue a profession in the medical field. She talks about how she relies on her faith to work with clients on a daily basis, and how her practice seeks to provide every patient with hope and encouragement around ways they can live in complete health and wellness, even after they may have received a prognosis that they may have to live with their current health issue for the remainder of their life. 

In this episode, I interview John Mark McGaha, who the Broadway World calls his God-gifted voice "crystal-clear perfection." John-Mark McGaha is a nationally acclaimed singer and multi-instrumentalist. Off-Broadway credits include the hit musical Cafe A Gogo. In television, McGaha appeared as a featured artist on BET's Centric Celebrates Selma: 50th Anniversary Music Special. Other performances nationwide include portraying jazz great Lionel Hampton in Tuxedo Junction, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Violet, The Ray Charles Legacy, The Sinatra Legacy, and The Cash Legacy at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium. A native of Birmingham, Alambama, McGaha began studying classical piano at the age of five, earning the moniker "child prodigy." He performed internationally as a teen, adding organ, guitar, saxophone, and voice to his repetoire. He studied Piano, Opera, Musical Theatre, and Music Education at the prestigious Birmingham Southern College and attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. McGaha's central passion is worshipping God in spirit and truth. He currently serves as Director of Contemporary Worship and Arts at Trinity United Methodist Church in Birmingham. He is married to the love of his life Grace, and they have five beautiful children. 

In part 2 of this episode, we are continuing our conversation with Donald and Khalilah Burton as they share their testimony of how they use budgeting as a way to bring glory to God. The Burton's started a financial ministry called Project 3.9.10, where they share tips, strategies, accountability, and encouragement around managing your finances and working towards financial freedom. 

In this episode, Donald and Khalilah Burton share their testimony of how they use budgeting as a way to bring glory to God. The Burton's started a financial ministry called Project 3.9.10, where they share tips, strategies, accountability, and encouragement around managing your finances and working towards financial freedom. 

Manisha Redus is the Head Coach of the women's basketball team at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL. Redus played collegiate basketball at the University of Alabama, where she started every game her junior and senior seasons. After earning her bachelor's degree in marketing, Redus worked for various companies in corporate America, before stepping into her purpose of coaching and mentoring young women. Coach Redus uses her faith to not only inspire young women on the basketball court, but she also mentors them into becoming very strong women of character and future leaders. 

Manisha Redus is the Head Coach of the women's basketball team at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL. Redus played collegiate basketball at the University of Alabama, where she started every game her junior and senior seasons. After earning her bachelor's degree in marketing, Redus worked for various companies in corporate America, before stepping into her purpose of coaching and mentoring young women. Coach Redus uses her faith to not only inspire young women on the basketball court, but she also mentors them into becoming very strong women of character and future leaders. 

In this episode of Living Beyond Podcast, we will have a discussion with wellness coach Lynda Marie Roy, who focuses on whole food plant based nutrition. This episode will challenge you to not only rethink your health and nutrition behaviors. It also highlights the importance of taking care of our bodies.