Locker Room for Growth

Locker Room for Growth

By Debbie ElicksenEducationSelf-Improvement
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Locker Room for Growth episodes

  • Rakshith (Rocky) Srinivasan: High School Student Making Change in Prosthetics and Sports Medicine

    He’s in high school and he is changing the world. Rakshith Srinivasan is the founder of Unlimited Potential, which assists researchers and medical doctors to find cures and fosters innovation in prosthetics, bionics, orthopedics, and musculoskeletal research. Besides Srinivasan, the lifeblood behind Unlimited Potential is a collection of high school volunteers from across the Pacific Northwest.

    Srinivasan is fundraising for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to help improve immunotherapy against cancer among the musculoskeletal system. He helps create STEM awareness inside his community, has published scientific research about muscle soreness and lateral ligament ankle injuries in basketball, and he has worked several medical internships.

    But that’s not all. Srinivasan is a Washington Schools Student Athlete Ambassador and plays varsity basketball and district level track and field.

    https://enableup.org/



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    22 min
  • Pepper Anne: When the Family Secret is a Notorious Cattle Rustler, Fugitive, and Con Artist

    Imagine looking into a family member’s story, only to discover a crime ring so big, you just had to write about it.

    She’s a true crime author, but her first book focuses on a well-researched and documented piece of family history: her cousin, Bob Leach. If you didn’t know, Leach was a cattle rustler, turned con man, who was the leader of the Grayson County Five in Texas. Pepper Anne wrote The Notorious Texas Swindler about his life.

    She protects her identity because there are people who are not too happy that she published this story, warning her to stop or attempting to steal the biography from her. Pepper Anne has worked with private investigators, which help flush her narratives with detailed excellence.

    https://www.pepperanneauthor.com/ https://books2read.com/texasswindler https://allauthor.com/interview/pepperanne https://www.facebook.com/PepperAnneGetsTheScoop https://twitter.com/pepper_author https://www.instagram.com/PepperAnneAuthor/ https://www.tiktok.com/@pepperanneauthor



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    20 min
  • David Kitchen: Turning Down an NCAA Contract to Freelance His Path to Greatness

    He’s worked with 56 NCAA teams. David Kitchen was destined to coach a Division I football team, but he walked away to build his own business instead.

    Wise beyond his years and armed with a degree focus in sports psychology, as a strength and conditioning coach, Kitchen has helped advance the careers of numerous National Football League and Canadian Football League prospects.

    Kitchen’s Edge Leadership Academy helps business and sports teams turn words into action by providing them with a systematic leadership development program. His book, The Pyramid: A System for Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, is available on Amazon.

    https://www.edgeleadershipacademy.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/edge-leadership-academy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachdkitch/ https://www.facebook.com/EdgeLeadershipAcademy https://www.instagram.com/edgeleadershipacademy/

    https://linktr.ee/CoachDKitch



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    29 min
  • Stephen Key: Inventing Is for Everyone

    Stephen Key is the cofounder of inventRight, LLC, a company that helps inventors from over 65 countries pursue their dreams of turning their idea into reality. He is also the cofounder of Inventors Group of America, whose members are a collection of leaders in inventing worldwide. He started a free high school program, called inventYES, which helps students learn to how to license their creations.

    Key is well recognized as a leader in product licensing and intellectual property strategy. He’s published thousands of articles, has appeared in TIME, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more. He has five books and the list goes on.

    His receipts are many, but most importantly, he has over 20 patents in his name, dozens of concepts he has retailed in Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Disney, plus some have been endorsed by Michael Jordan, Alex Trebek, and Taylor Swift.

    https://inventright.com/

    https://twitter.com/stephenkeymedia



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    23 min
  • Chesline Pierre-Paul: Bringing DEI to the Corporate World

    She is the founder and “Queer-E-O of Chesline Inc, a global diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting company. Chesline Pierre-Paul works with organizations to help them expand their DEI initiatives and do their part to make the world more inclusive. They did it all with gumshoe perseverance.

    Pierre-Paul speaks five languages and has been featured on Brainz with Oprah, La Presse, OMNI TV, and is a 2022 Black Excellence Award Winner.

    https://www.chesline.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/cheslinepp

    https://www.youtube.com/@cheslinepierre-paul2754 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chesline-pierre-paul-158971b6 

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    31 min
  • Deanna Radulescu: Your Past Does Not Define Your Future

    Deanna Radulescu has seen it all and then some. Her back story is not to be read lightly. It is fraught with experiences that few might survive. How she was able to move forward and shed the demons that enveloped her past is a story in itself.

    A human trafficking survivor, widow, former C-level executive, fashion designer, bodybuilder, skincare expert, Ms Chicago America Nation 2021 – Radulescu epitomizes strength and resiliency, who shows all of us to be our best selves and be damned with the naysayers. Today, Radulescu champions other people’s stories. She has a successful nationally syndicated show called the Label Free Podcast, which is dedicated to epic storytelling.

    This Chicagoan is also the head coach and founding partner of the Female Podcasters Network with over 2000 members and an on-air personality on the Top NBC affiliate news/talk radio.

    http://www.labelfreepodcast.com

    http://www.femalepodcasters.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanna-kuempel



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    27 min
  • Jaymes Buckman: Front Man for Hot Apollo

    He was influenced by Iggy Pop, but he also reminds me a bit of Donovan and T Rex. Jaymes Buckman is an up-and-coming glam singer who rocks to his own style. He’s done a few things, too. He appeared on Canada’s Got Talent and an episode of a television reality show. You can find him in the Toronto club scene and through all the usual music places.

    https://www.hotapollo.rocks/

    Hot Apollo's Baby Lord:

    Bandcamp: http://hotapollo.bandcamp.com/releases

    SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/hot-apollo

    Hot Apollo merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/user/hotapollo



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    24 min
  • Sandra Nomoto: Vegan's Social Impact

    Sandra Nomoto is The Content Doctor, a writer, editor, and publicist, who works with social and environmentally conscious organizations. She published the first vegan marketing book after discovering that such a book didn’t exist.

    Besides being well versed in all things vegan, Nomoto is a founding member of the Vancouver Short Film Festival. She also worked on the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival and Spotlight Awards and was awarded the Women in Film and Television Vancouver the 2009 Volunteer of the Year. Her mission is to make a positive impact on the world and its resources.

    sandranomoto.com

    Facebook.com/sandranomotobooks

    Twitter @sandranomoto



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    30 min
  • Marci Warhaft: The Good Stripper, Personal Growth, and More

    She’s the Resiliency Rebel and her book, The Good Stripper, has been described as an unapologetic F you survival guide. Marci Warhaft is a warrior woman who teaches young men and women how to reclaim their power to build a healthy and strong self-esteem.

    Her background is like an edge-of-your-seat action-packed thriller series. Accepted into a prestigious theatre school, Warhaft is a mother of two, a former stripper, and her life has been shaped by a bank-robbing stepfather, the loss of her brother, eating disorders, and a dysfunctional marriage.

    She learned how to stop judging herself and embrace who she is. She is a resiliency coach and a body image advocate.



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    37 min
  • Robin Bartlett: Vietnam Vet Talks About the War

    Imagine having to put your friend in a body bag and then carry him through a jungle? All the while you are fighting an enemy you can’t see.

    The conflict in Vietnam was as much against the terrain as it was the Viet Cong. At 22 years old, Robin Bartlett assumed leadership of the 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), where he led a platoon on over 60 helicopter combat assaults and search and destroy missions.

    In civilian life, Bartlett worked in national and international C-Suite level sales and marketing. He has served on the board of the Independent Book Publishing Association, Health Marketing and Communications Council, and the Friends of the Library of Medicine, and is the past president of the American Medical Publishers Association. His book, Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History, is available now on Amazon.

    www.RobinBartlettAuthor.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-bartlett-0aa45ba3



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    25 min

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