Madcasters Podcast

Renji Bijoy founder and CEO of Immersed V.R. He is a Forbes 30 under 30. Tech Stars  2017 graduate. His company has currently raised over 12 Million dollars.
He is a a husband, a great friend to those around him, a genius (at least in my opinion) but he says that he is nothing without the Lord Jesus Christ.

The amount of success that Renji has experienced would take many of us by storm, but the way he keeps his level head and always gives credit to who He believes is Lord allows him to stay focused and centered.

In this episode we dive into:

1. What is Immersed V.R?
2. The mind it takes to build a successful company
3. How does Immersed V.R plan to impact our lives?
4. The inspirations that keep him going

This episode was truly amazing. I enjoyed every second of it.

Website: https://immersed.com/

Renji Bijoy's I.G:  https://www.instagram.com/renji.bijoy/


Immersed I.G: https://www.instagram.com/immersedvr/

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I had the great pleasure of speaking with David Charron, co-founder of Powerful Youth Leadership.  The work that they do here is quite undeniably amazing and transformative. Youth today don't just need a pep talk. They need mentors and people willing to go through life with them. The people at Powerful Youth Leadership are there to guide youth to their best self. Powerful youth provides transformative international leadership programs for youth, helping teens gain the confidence, leadership skills and global perspective they need to lead change within themselves and their community. Their team is led by David Charron, Dr. Graham Brown, Lisa Ziebart and Anna Burk.

This episode we focus on:
1. What gave David the desire to start Powerful youth?
2. What they are doing to provide youth the equipping they need?
3. How to truly empower youth of our generation.
4. DREAM Projects and its impact

https://powerfulyouth.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/powerfulyouthleadership/

David Charron is a professional educator with 15+ years of experience in youth and workforce development. His passion is supporting all youth with the confidence and tools to create a better future for themselves as well as others. Co-Founder of Powerful Youth, an international youth leadership social enterprise, he has been fortunate to work with countless schools, organizations, and students to transform the lives of young adults through the power of experienced based service learning.  Currently the Director of Summer Programs at Quinnipiac University, prior roles include Program Director for a $2.3 million youth career development program, Senior Program Coordinator for an East Harlem after school program, and Job Readiness Coach. David also served as Associate Director of career counseling at the University at Buffalo School of Management along with other roles as a teacher, program coordinator, organizational consultant, outdoors instructor, street performer and professional actor,

David earned his BA in Psychology and Theater from Bates College, as well as his MBA at the University of Buffalo as a WNY Prosperity Scholar concentrating in Management Consulting.

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Both Diamond and Alethea are amazing individuals looking to Make a difference in the lives of individuals looking to get healthy and fit. What we realized is that they both also care of the mental fitness that correlates to your physical fitness.

We talked about:
1. Body Goals: Is it good to have?
2. What is self worth?
3. How to build your self worth?
4. What they do to help people in their business.

Diamond Monet Dobbins is a visionary and CEO of MISSDIFIT, a fitness brand with a mission to make women feel empowered and inspired to reach their fitness goals at home, the gym or in the great outdoors. Diamond wants every woman to believe they can reach their fitness goals confidently. Diamond is a Texas A&M graduate with a background in health and fitness. She looks to further her education to earn her masters degree in Health promotion management.

Website: https://www.missdifit.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/missdifit/


Alethea is the CEO of Plant Style, a meal delivery service in central Florida.  Her vegan journey started her passion for cooking and sharing her new found knowledge with others. Through that she launched an Instagram page focused on her food and through this platform it allowed her to start her own plant based meal service. This opened doors for her to teach others how to live a healthier lifestyle and build up her ability to educate and train others. She encourages everyone to live a healthy lifestyle. Her desire is to inspire all who she encounters to never give up and become their greatest self.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/aletheatodaro/

Cooking recipes: https://www.youtube.com/c/AletheaTodaro/videos

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Alethea Todaro is one individual that I can say embodies the concept of being the change to see the change. I love having her on the show speaking the wisdom she has to offer.

In this episode we focus on:

1. Her life leading to entrepreneurship
2. How veganism changed her life
3. What it takes to be an entrepreneur
4. The mindset and level of mental toughness it takes to be an entrepreneur

Alethea is 33, originally from Long Island, NY now residing in Central FL. After years of bad eating habits, lack of motivation and body weight struggles, she decided to change her life for the better. Alethea set off on a journey to discover her best self After losing 60 lbs she decided to take a closer look at her diet and the things she was eating. She challenged herself to a 7 day vegan diet and on day 7 she felt absolutely incredible. It changed her life forever. Her vegan journey started her passion for cooking and sharing her new found knowledge with others. Through that she launched an Instagram page focused on her food and through this platform it allowed her to start her own plant based meal service. This opened doors for her to teach others how to live a healthier lifestyle and build up her ability to educate and train others. She encourages everyone to live a healthy lifestyle. Her desire is to inspire all who she encounters to never give up and become their greatest self.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/aletheatodaro/

Cooking recipes: https://www.youtube.com/c/AletheaTodaro/videos

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Yuki Wakamatsu from Australia is such a great individual. We had the opportunity to dialogue and hearing her story as to how she impacts her community is quite amazing. Using the power of Music, she is constantly impacting those who have dealt with strokes, traumatic events that cause brain damage, people with Autism or on the spectrum. The work that she does through music therapy is quite amazing and I believe so revolutionary to how we could help people.

Yuki's clinical experiences include rehabilitation, pediatric oncology, cerebral palsy, autism and acute adult mental health.

Find her on

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetravellingmusictherapist/?hl=en

Podcast: The Traveling Music Therapist Podcast 

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Kelly Hollis was a pure pleasure to have on the podcast. Her view points of life and decisions she's made through last year were different but phenomenal for her life. She took chances many of us would never do. 

This episode we dive into
1. Kelly's Journey through 2020
2. What to do during adversity
3. How to handle stressful situations

Kelly Hollis was born and raised in the Bay Area and has lived there most of her life. She's worked in different industries to build and strengthen her skills so she was prepared when the pandemic hit. It led to a recent move to Charlotte, NC for a job opportunity. She felt it would be a new yet great experience. 
However, one thing that has always stuck with is doing hair. She has been doing it for 9 years now. It’s saved her and helped her through the pandemic not just financially but also by being reminded that she has so much support and love. She has even partnered with a good friend to build an app around hair called LookR. Hair is her true passion and it’s how she builds many connections. She stays open minded with trying different activities and learning new things. She's very family oriented, and enjoys the simple things in life.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/Kelly__Hollis/

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Rhianna Beaumont is such an amazing person and writer. Having the opportunity to discuss this children's book Curious Kemi, was truly amazing.

In this episode we focus on:

1. Her journey through parenthood.
2. Inspirations in writing Curious Kemi
3. How this book can change the world around us.

Rhianna Beaumont, 20, is a mother of three children, a content creator and author. Branding herself as a mindful mommy, Rhianna has begun to instill mindful practices with her own children to help them recenter and navigate the world. Thorough her writings, Rhianna seeks to remind children to celebrate their differences. With a keen interest in African cultures, Rhianna brings a colorful and fun perspective to children's stories as she blends the two seamlessly. With the aim to make children proud of their heritage she started the Curious  Kemi series which is a quirky book series based on a very curious little girl named Kemi as she finds out all the wonderful things about her African Culture.

Find her book here: https://amzn.to/3uYOXuv

Rhianna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhianna.beau/

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Carlos Patterson is one of those guests you need to have. He is knowledgeable, wise and humble. Learned so much and took in so much from this conversation.

Carlos Patterson is a North Carolina born, Brooklyn-raised author, father, triathlete, Health and Life Coach, prosperous entrepreneur and Real Estate investor. He has earned degrees in Biology and Mathematics. His very successful approach to helping people achieve their full potential stems from combining the latest academic findings  with his own experience in business creation, life, education, entrepreneurship,  his passion for health and wellness and dedication to helping others transform their lives.

You can find out more about Carlos by signing up for his newsletter at  https://carlospattersoncoaching.com.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlos.patterson718/

Links: https://linktr.ee/carlospatterson/

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Christin Nichole is truly a difference maker and a revolutionary. She truly is an honor to know and speak with.

In this episode we dive into
1. What is Pan African Think Tank doing to change the world?
2. Mission and Mindset behind the Founder Christin Nicole
3. What are the issues in Unifying Africa and the Diaspora
4. What they are doing in each country

Christin Nichole, born April 29, 1991 in Dallas, TX, USA, was raised between Dallas and Pasadena, CA, USA. She studied abroad in Kensington at Richmond, The American International University in London and throughout Ghana. She completed her studies at the University of Houston and graduated cumlaude with a bachelors degree in Marketing and two minors: Journalism and European Studies. While attending the University of Houston, she interned with Stache Media/Red Distribution, a label division of Sony Music Entertainment. Growing up in Southern California, C.Nichole started in the industry as a teen model, which led to her working on television and film sets as a background actress. After graduating college, she worked in Production on television shows and films throughout Texas. She then
formed Water with a Lemon Productions, which handles all production for her music videos, among other projects. In 2019, the company shot its first pilot for a travel and music television show, The Intro.
C.Nichole owns her own marketing company, Duly Noted Creative Group. C.Nichole cited extensively traveling the world and interacting with people of Africa and the African Diaspora as the reason behind founding the non-profit, Pan African Think Tank. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Africa and the African Diaspora through Pan African forums that assist with research as a means to collectively advocate. She also mentors primary aged multicultural girls within her hometown of Dallas. And in 2020, being an avid non-fiction reader, C.Nichole launched Pan African Publishing House, labeling it as a home for Pan African history and children book authors. She became an author after releasing, American Presidential Parties: Their Relevance to People of African Descent, which is also the first book released under the imprint. She also became a children’s book with the release of The Reign: Africa.


Website: http://PanAfricanTT.org

Shop: http://PanAfricanTT.org/Shop

Donate: http://PanAfricanTT.org/Donate

GoFundMe: http://charity.gofundme.com/patt-forums

@PanAfricanTT on all socials. Most active on Instagram http://instagram.com/PanAfricanTT

@MsCNichole on all socials

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This episode with Ted Shimer is one for the books. This is such a needed conversation in all circles.

We dive into
1. The impact of Pornography in society.
2. What porn does to the brain
3. How the Freedom Fight looks to help those suffering from a porn addiction?
4. How you can find freedom from Pornography and resources.

Ted Shimer is a 30-year veteran of a national collegiate discipleship ministry. He has seen firsthand the impact of porn use on generations of young adults. In 2004, he started seeing an increase in the number of men addicted to porn, and the national ministry identified porn as the biggest obstacle to building godly leaders for Christ. This huge hole in the discipleship needed to be addressed. In 2007 the ministry led all the men on staff through a porn addiction recovery program, so they could be better equipped to help men break free. Since 2007, Ted has been through and evaluated over twenty different porn addiction recovery programs and resources. He utilized some of these programs with different staff and students. During this time he also was trained as a Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional-Supervisor to include the best clinical training in his discipleship and programs. Through this process, Ted identified and refined the key principles of an effective recovery program, which formed the foundation of the Freedom Fight launched in 2017. The Freedom Fight is a ministry of Student Mobilization.

Find them here: https://thefreedomfight.org/
The Freedom Fight book: https://thefreedomfight.org/book/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefreedomfight1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.freedom.fight/ 

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