Mike‘s Search For Meaning

Katie Zenger is the founder and lead consultant of Zenger Strategies, LLC, and has over eight years of professional experience managing and evaluating public health interventions and grant programs. 

Katie’s expertise lies primarily in public health program development and adolescent health promotion, as well as equitable healthcare access, community engagement, and nonprofit leadership. She is a skilled facilitator, strategic planner, and grant-writer, with experience in coalition-building and coordinating stakeholders for impact. 

Katie served as a program officer and Director of Grants for a private SC foundation for over five years, where she expanded and refined the organization’s multimillion-dollar contraceptive access and teen pregnancy prevention programs. Most recently, she managed a pediatric concussion project for the Brain Injury Association of South Carolina and a healthcare workforce taskforce for the SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health. 

Katie also serves as a Senior Associate with The Weathers Group, where she provides qualitative research analysis services, develops detailed implementation plans, and provides custom reports as needed for special projects. 

She has also provided strategic planning for numerous nonprofits, including Darkness to Light, Fact Forward, and the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network. Katie graduated from Clemson University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree, and in 2011, she earned her Master’s degree in Public Health and a Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies from the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health.

You can connect with Katie on:

• Website

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Resources/People Mentioned:

• The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown

Nick Shrewsbury brings all of his traditional and non-traditional skills to facilitation, including his work as a certified coach, court mediator, tantric teacher, yoga teacher, and wolf caretaker at Mission:Wolf. He helps big-hearted folks to create both intimacy and inner freedom through authenticity and honesty.

You can connect with Nick on:

• Website

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• Conscious Loving - Gay Hendricks

Danielle Savory is a master certified coach, speaker, podcaster and influencer who has helped countless women transform their relationship to their sexuality and experience juicy pleasure in and out of the bedroom. Danielle weaves together her background in neuroscience, her expertise in mindfulness and skills as a coach to help women rewire their brains and connect with their bodies in the most orgasmic way. The host of the “It’s My Pleasure” podcast, she lives in Portland, OR with her husband, 2 daughters and dog Bruce. 

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is The Loveland Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Danielle on:

• Website

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Resources/People Mentioned:

• Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski

Hilda Labrada Gore (a/k/a Holistic Hilda) is the host and producer of the popular Wise Traditions podcast (nearly 9 million downloads to date) and Tradiciones Sabias (the ancestral wisdom Spanish podcast), on behalf of the Weston A. Price Foundation.  A certified health coach and ancestral health advocate, she has traveled the world exploring traditional practices for optimal well-being.

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is The Weston A. Price Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Hilda on:

• Instagram

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Resources/People Mentioned:

• Nourishing Traditions - Sally Fallon

Rada Yovovich (she/her) is an experienced transformational leadership and meta-coach, trainer, skilled facilitator, and entrepreneur based in Chicago.  

She is the co-host and co-founder of The Darkest Horse (TDH), a minority and women-owned Think/Do Tank exploring the intersections of Radical Inclusion; Emerging Technology; The Future of Work; and Health, Well-Being & Human Potential. TDH stewards leaders, innovators and communities through a process of equity-centered experiences, to co-create new worlds + ways of being.

Rada co-leads The Rising Practitioners Circles, a national collaborative community of practice and growth for transformational facilitators, coaches, mediators, consultants, and trainers. She is a Certified Emotional Intelligence Meta-Coach, and a trained practitioner of Somatic Abolitionism. She is also an active advocate for LGBTQIA+ equity efforts broadly, including as a founding nonprofit board member at Evanston Pride. She has extensive public speaking experience on topics such as identity, intrapreneurship, inclusion, transformation, and creativity.

Rada earned her BA at the University of Chicago and her MBA at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. One of her favorite extra-professional achievements is her rugby career -- she played for the #2 rugby team in the US!

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is Brave Space Alliance. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Rada on:

• Website

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• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Positive Intelligence - Shirzad Chamine

Rebecca is a 43 year old badass, chronic illness (#nocolonstillrollin) warrior and highly effective corporate leader. After 20+ years of celebrated successes, she has stepped away from the corporate ladder to help others live their best life NOW, regardless of how lifey it gets.

Rebecca infuses her life experiences, of which there are plenty, with her ability to relate, communicate, and confidently lead her fellow seekers - those of us who are curious, passionate and driven to live our best, most fulfilled and truest life.  She is committed to helping her clients discover their unique design for living, the exact roadmap for building a fulfilling career and living their most honest, self confident and fulfilling life now. 

She has advanced degrees in Human & Organizational Development and group dynamics from Vanderbilt University and over 20 years experience as a Sales and Marketing Executive at global blue chip companies and tech startups including Conde Nast (VOGUE, GQ, LUCKY and Glamour), eBay, Taboola and Shutterstock. She has mentored and led teams to peak success and consistently exceeded expectations.

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is the Crohns and Colitis Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Rebecca on:

• Website

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• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Wild - Cheryl Strayed

Lara Heacock is a Leadership Coach who brings over 20 years’ experience in Corporate America. She works with professionals and companies to help them bring kindness into business. 

Lara's background includes working in companies ranging from small privately-held firms to multinational organizations. In over a decade of leadership in the talent acquisition industry, she managed geographically dispersed teams, and mentored and coached associates in the US and abroad.

Lara has an MBA, is an ICF credentialed coach (PCC), award-winning writer, speaker, author of the book Practical Kindness, and co-host of the podcast Doing (good) Business.

Lara is obsessed with how we change the culture of corporate America from one that promotes "busy-ness" and burnout as status symbols to one that’s rooted in kindness and humanity. Using her KIND method, Lara works with leaders at the human level, so that they can create teams (and lives!) that thrive. You can download the KIND methodology at LaraHeacock.com and get daily doses of kindness at KindOverMatter.com.

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is Heroic Gardens. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Lara on:

• Website

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• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.

Resources/People Mentioned:

• The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Elisa Haggarty is a Conscious Leadership coach and consultant who works with individuals and teams committed to personal and professional growth. With over 18 years of coaching experience and with a background in Learning & Development, Elisa builds experiences and trainings that are dynamic, digestible and research backed.

With an emphasis on building self-awareness and up-skilling through experiential learning, Elisa empowers her clients to identify and break repeated drama patterns in their work and in life. Drama is inefficient and drains mental health resources, and the world needs leaders who are present, curious and agile in the face of change. Work is a medium for transformation and growth, let's play!“

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is the Alzheimer's Association. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Elisa on:

• Website

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• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.

Resources/People Mentioned:

• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership - Jim Dethmer

Ravi Rothenberg is a transformational coach, embodiment facilitator, and trauma-aware space holder. He’s the author of Ready to Rise: How to Find Your Path to Peace and Purpose. His purpose is deeply rooted in sharing the heart-centric healing wisdom he’s realized through yoga, the union of his immersion in eastern traditions, and an adventurous journey of personal evolution.

On his path, he finds himself most at peace on his yoga mat, immersed in nature, exploring foreign lands, or writing in the early hours of the morning. He enjoys spending quality time around Colorado with his partner, his pup, and conscious community. And like all of us, he is many things: a son, a brother, a lover, a friend, a writer, an explorer, a mover, and a shaker. Really, he loves shaking!

He hopes that this conversation shakes you to your core and is a catalyst for your personal and spiritual growth on your unique journey!

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is The November Project. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Ravi on:

• Website

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• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.

Resources/People Mentioned:

• The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk

Mushfiqa Monica Jamaluddin is an Embodied Futures Researcher and Leadership Coach whose curiosity and sincerity are as invaluable as her perspicacity. Her clients have called her their trusted advisor, vision-holder, and midwife for their dreams, but she thinks of herself simply as a partner in exploration. 

She is fascinated by relationality: how the ways we relate – to ourselves, to others, and to our environments – can shape, heal, and expand us. Her work is guided by her core desire to move the needle on a world that operates from fear, scarcity and contraction to one that operates from love, enoughness, and expansion.

Mushfiqa has supported clients in getting clear on their greatest visions and bringing them to life, and in the process stepping into their fullest expression as leaders across all domains of life. She does this through 1:1 coaching, group coaching, and workshops that support individuals and organizations navigate interpersonal challenges, manage in times of transition, and create space for integration. Her work as a futurist informs her coaching practice; she believes that taking the long view of time allows us to reclaim agency, build resiliency, and expand possibilities in the face of uncertainty and change.

Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is the Loveland Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Monica on:

• Website

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Miki Kashtan