More Than Work

This week’s guest is Paige Friend, creator of The Beach Speaks podcast and former corporate aviation industry professional.

Paige grew up in the mountains of Pennsylvania but always loved the beach. After an experience at a retreat in Italy with her favourite podcaster, returned from Italy and quit her job. It was time. We talk about releasing the attachment around what things are supposed to look like. As the story goes, Paige decided one day that she was going meet her soulmate, quit her 9 to 5 and move to the beach. Before life on the beach, Paige spent her career in corporate aviation.

At first, she wanted to be a pilot and got her pilot’s license when working for a small airport in Oklahoma. From there she ended up working in customer service in general aviation for 20 years.

Paige demonstrates going with her instincts about what she wants to do and then goes for it without having to know exactly how that thing will manifest.

Her podcast, “The Beach Speaks”, is a podcast for conscious people who love the beach and were inspired to create it after her morning practice of sitting on the beach. She has a voice that is perfect for this too.

Paige is also a certified yoga teacher. It is as much a spiritual as physical experience for her. She talks about how everyone can do yoga. It is just for those that can bend into pretzel shapes!

Her advice at the end on how to start to get to the thing you want to do is practical and you won’t want to miss it. And, her most inspirational person in the Fun Five was truly one of the most heartwarming so far.

Note from Rabiah (Host): Paige is peace. She really is. She is also someone I could have talked to for longer. Our conversation was easy and I was constantly getting shots of information throughout. She has followed her instincts and made changes to her life but in a way that is more positive than I have at times. It struck me she quit her job without resentment for example. She trusts herself. It was empowering to realise that maybe I could do this too. I hope that’s what you get out of it. For example, we talk about her mindfulness practice and the way she puts it, it is really something anyone can do.

We also went off on a taxidermy tangent for a minute which makes me laugh even as I write these notes!

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Find Paige Listen to The Beach Speaks: https://thebeachspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ or on your favorite Podcast Player

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebeachspeaks

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBeachSpeaks

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebeachspeaks

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Mentioned in this episode:

Rich Roll podcast: https://www.richroll.com/all-episodes/

Let’s Pretend this Didn’t Happen by Jenny Lawson: https://amzn.to/3LxGuqx

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda: https://amzn.to/3uPl4PP

Field and Young Taxidermy: http://fieldandyoung.com/

SMA foundation: https://smafoundation.org/

Max Peda Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-max-climb-mountains

Squadcast: https://squadcast.fm/?ref=rabiahcoon

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This week’s guest is Molly Mandelberg, founder of "Wild Hearts Rise Up" and the creator of Magnetic Influencer Collective. She is also an Artist having been an art major in school.

Her business is Wild Hearts Rise Up, is home to her podcast and her six month group program, Magnet Influencer Collective. She works to help people build courses and programs they can scale to go from a one-to-one to one-to-many business model.

Her work is built around energy (energetic marketing) and strategy. She works with clients on overcoming limiting beliefs and changing their lives, in turn changing their businesses too. They learn marketing tools and automation in addition to addressing personal obstacles.

As part of her upbringing, Molly learned a lot about the laws of attraction and consciousness. She also spent her 20s traveling to over 30 countries and working in non-career jobs while finding herself. After her healing experiences at a five day workshop with Dr. Brian Weiss, past life regression therapist, she decided to pursue hypnotherapy and became certified.

In starting her new practice, she became an entrepreneur. She also had to face all of her feelings of shortcomings and in that process transformed herself. She also found that she needed to do more than the one-on-one work that she was doing. Molly learned the technology, tools and marketing and found that she could help other healers and coaches so she started the career she is in now.

We chat about all of this including why she called her business “Wild Hearts Rise Up” and who she loves to work with. We also talk about another concept she is passionate about, the energy of peace with money, and how she incorporated practices around that into a program. Find out who she got inspiration for when she was transforming her own thoughts around money! She shared her views on taking personal responsibility and how powerful that is.

Molly still creates art. After 13 years as a nomad, she decided on pursuing van life four years ago. He biggest project has been the tiny house she built in a van which she lives in primarily taking herself to the multiple locations where she wants to live. She also paints, creates posters and does tie dye which she is selling on Etsy. It is important to her to carve out this time for herself.

Her advice at the end is super valuable to hear. You’ll hear it at the end of her podcast when you listen to that too!

Note from Rabiah (Host): I really enjoyed speaking with Molly. It was easy. I can see how she helps people believe in themselves both form a skill and energy space. We chatted a little about the Laws of Attraction and she had a great answer when I asked her what she says to people who don’t believe in it. I really loved that part so listen up for that!

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Find Molly

Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/shop/BowrainAndCompany/

Money Quiz, https://wildheartsriseup.com/moneyquiz

Website and Free Content, https://wildheartsriseup.com/freebies

Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/wild_one_rising

Faceboo, https://www.facebook.com/wildheartsriseup

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Mentioned in this episode:

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, https://amzn.to/3HvZYJM

Dr. Brian Weiss, https://www.brianweiss.com/

Jennifer Mason, https://jenxcomedy.com/

Rabiah on Molly’s Podcast Tactical Magic, https://youtu.be/YCozFt6_9pc

More Than Work with Bob Wheeler: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s4e12-bob-wheeler

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This week’s guest is Zach Moreno, Co-Founder and CEO of SquadCast. SquadCast is a cloud recording studio that allows remote recording without sacrificing quality so people can create without need for a physical studio. In fact, this podcast is created with Squadcast.

Zach grew up in Central Valley and is now in the East Bay in Oakland, CA. Before founding the company with co-founder Rock Felder, he went to art school and also studied software engineering. He was an intern at Google on Chrome team and worked in the government.

After seeking to make his own sci-fi podcast with his brother and best friend and realising how difficult it was to record remotely at the time, the idea for SquadCast came to him.

We chat more about founding the company and it’s objectives. Squadcast is fully remote as a workplace and we also talk about how they decided to stand up the culture they did both with their user community and internally. Also, Zach’s brother and father work with him so we got into a discussion about working with family and boundaries. He took paternity leave recently too so new parents may be interested to hear about how he prepared for that as the co-founder of a company. Congratulations, Zach!

As he has design experience, Zach shared how empathy plays into user experience and design.

It wasn’t all shop talk. We also got into how podcasting can actually be appealing to introverts as well as mental health. Zach shared how meditation and yoga have been helpful to him in dealing with depression and anxiety. Also, as a Latinx founder of a company, we discussed the importance of having different voices in the room.

Note from Rabiah (Host): This was a unique episode for me because I am a user of the guest’s product. I love recording on SquadCast and really respect his team and the business they have built. I embrace any guest who is willing to openly talk about the tough stuff too and Zach was willing to do so. I hope that listeners do walk away with a better feeling about how they might deal with work-life balance, their own mental health or maybe even be inspired to work on the idea they’ve been putting off whether it be a new product, a podcast or something else!

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Find Zach Squadcast: https://www.twitter.com/SquadCastFM

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Zach__Moreno

Between Two Mics: https://pod.link/between2mics

Crypto Art Show: https://pod.link/1558711509

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Mentioned in this episode:

ars PARADOXICA - https://arsparadoxica.com/

The Bright Sessons - https://www.thebrightsessions.com/

Harry Duran. - https://squadcast.fm/between-2-mics/building-relationships-harry-duran/

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This week’s guest is Dr. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, Professor of History at Cal State San Marcos where she teaches comparative history with courses focused around Haitian history, revolutionary Europe, women in Jewish history and travel and contact in the early modern world.

Dr. Goldstein Sepinwall thought she’d go to law school initially but inspiring debates and discussions with friends in the dorms, including at Oxford University, started to change that. After undergrad, she applied to law school and PhD History programs and got into both! She even interned at the Supreme Court and worked as a legal secretary but the history program ultimately won out.

Dr. Goldstein Sepinwall is trained as a historian of France. She became captivated with the 18th century ideals of equality and how they applied to the conflicting existence of slavery in the French colony of Haiti. This led to her own studies of Haiti and the lack of knowledge around Haiti has motivated her to teach about it too.

It is clear that Dr. Goldstein Sepinwall loves her students and learning about their backgrounds. She seeks to build community in her classroom and students find themselves immersed in multi-sensory experiences that include the incorporation of food and dance breaks. It isn’t surprising that she took home a student-nominated award, the Harry E. Brakebill Outstanding Professor Award which is a top honor at Cal State San Marcos.

She has published three books books including her most recent, "Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games”. It is one of the first books about video games written by a historian.

In her spare time, and outside of pandemic times, Dr. Goldstein Sepinwall is also active with the San Diego Jewish Film Festival volunteering her time as an academic, speaker and chaffeur. We also talk about her parents who are also academics. You’ll have to listen to learn more!

Official Bio: Dr. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall is Professor of History at California State University – San Marcos and past winner of the university’s Brakebill Distinguished Professor Award. She received her BA in History and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MA and PhD in History from Stanford University. Her research specialties include the French and Haitian Revolutions, modern Haitian history, Slavery and Film, French colonialism, French-Jewish history, history and video games, and the history of gender. Her most recent book, Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games, was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2021. Her previous works include the biography The Abbé Grégoire and the Making of Modern Universalism (University of California Press, new in paperback, 2021), and Haitian History: New Perspectives (Routledge, 2012).

Note from Rabiah (Host): I had an incredible time speaking with Dr. Goldstein Sepinwall. If you haven’t listened already, you’ll find her to be enthusiastic and open and quite frankly someone you could talk to all day. One thing that resonated with me is that as a student, she reached out to a respected professor for advice. That’s what I did just over a year ago when I was working on my short-term path. That really resonated with me. People want to help. Reach out to them. Also, in talking about her students, I learned she has a true interest in people and their backgrounds. The fact that she teaches non-history majors history and takes the time to know them and care made me think of the pivotal time I had at UCSD when I took science classes for non-science majors and had some incredible professors who also cared (and some who did not).

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Find Dr. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSepinwall

Book - Slave Revolt on Screen: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Slave-Revolt-on-Screen

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Mentioned in this episode: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandylocks

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/246609/silencing-the-past-20th-anniversary-edition-by-michel-rolph-trouillot/

White Savior: The Movie, Seth Meyers fake trailer: https://youtu.be/T_RTnuJvg6U

Professor Ronald Angelo Johnson at Baylor’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronajohnson

Guerline Jozef - RFK Human Rights Award Winner: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2021-10-28/haitian-activist-kennedy-human-rights

Chantel Prat episode: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s3e13-chantel-prat

Nicole Pearson episode: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s3e17-nicole-pearson

Miriam Hirst-Stein episode: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s4e8-miriam-herst-stein

This week’s guest is JC Hurtado-Prater, leadership enthusiast and business professor. He teaches at Point Loma Nazarene University and Azusa Pacific University. He is also the author of four personal development books and is working on a fifth. And he is a consultant.

Prior to his current roles, JC worked in the non-profit space and in the ministry. He was also in the US Army which is where he first learned about leadership and the importance of focusing on the mission ahead. He shared insights on transitioning out of the military and into the private sector.

A dynamic personality, JC shares his opinions on many subjects. We talk about :
 - Leadership and how people who are managers don’t always learn to be good leaders.

- The importance of understanding an organization before going in and trying to change it.

- How crucial therapy is to one’s own development including as a leader. He is even writing a book about his own experience.

- A pivotal moment 10 years ago when he read Warren Bennis’ “On Becoming a Leader” which has formed his ideas today

- The professor who changed his life through encouraging words and making him realize the he too could be like other members of his family and become a professor or educator

JC also has a podcast, called JC Talks: A Leadership Podcast with JC Hurtado-Prater. We chat about a subject that comes up there which is about people’s character. He believes that people can change their character with self-awareness and delves into Ray Dalio’s philosopy around radical truth and radical transparency, and the Importance of letting people in an organization be honest with the leaders.

Note from Rabiah (Host): This is a really special episode because first of all, the intro was recorded with video so you’ll see me on YouTube. But also, the guest was incredible. I had a blast with him and we had some major laughs but also got into some real issues. It was hard not to be 100% positive with JC though. We did delve into tragic loss and the importance of honouring others as we continue in our lives. I appreciated the opportunity to talk about that. In fact, JC gave me a chance to speak quite a bit. It was one of those conversations where I could have given in and not been the host but we had a good balance. Enjoy!

TW: death by substance overdose

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Find JC JC Talks podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jc-talks-a-leadership-podcast-with-jc-hurtado-prater/id1540716265

Cannonball Solutions: https://www.cannonball.solutions/about

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Mentioned in this episode:

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Senak: https://amzn.to/3qBPGBV Warren Bennis, “On Becoming a Leader”: https://amzn.to/3nYeG4L John Maxwell (author): https://amzn.to/34RTHcU Synchronicity by Jaworski: https://amzn.to/34RTHcU Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene: https://amzn.to/33oWlXt Ray Dalio (Bridgewater): https://www.bridgewater.com/principles-and-culture Nicole Pearson Episode: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s3e17-nicole-pearson B Kyle Episode: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s2e10-b-kyle Sandee Kastrul episode: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s2e7-sandee-kastrul

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This week’s guest is Rebecca Gulka, Founder of Teaching with Class, an online English learning school, and amateur comic. Like the host of this podcast, she is an expat as a Canadian based in France.

Rebecca studied theatre as an undergraduate and then went into teaching English internationally. Before living in France, Rebecca taught English in Korea, Thailand, Russia, Haiti and China. She taught at a private school in France before making the decision to found her own school.

We talk about why she struck out on her own, many of which will resonate with educators or others in service occupations. Amongst those are teacher’s wages in France, freedom in curriculum to teach and location to work from. We also delve into the government’s role and responsibility for the education of children as well as the equity around technology in online learning.

For those who identify as workaholics or find themselves burning out, we also talk about the culture of glorifying busy-ness and overwork and how people are challenging it by looking at what is really important and focussing on that.

It isn’t all serious. We also talk about Rebecca’s comedy and comedy writing practice. Having her own business has allowed her carve out the time and space for herself to write and perform!

Note from Rabiah (Host): This was a particularly special chat because it was the first one that I have done in person since starting the podcast. It was a different editing challenge but really cool that the “studio” setup worked. I met Rebecca online in FB comedian groups on on the online circuit. Our chat extended beyond the podcast and we had some very good conversations around comedy, females in comedy and life in general. One of the positive things to come out of the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 was the opportunity to find connection with people online. When they then become in-person connections it is even better! I loved Rebecca’s insights and hearing about her experiences and am sure listeners will too.

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Find Rebecca Teaching With Class Website: www.teachingwithclass.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeccateachingwithclass

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yesyoucanteachthat

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-gulka-128343195/

Comedy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.anne.comedy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_anne_comedy

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Mentioned in this episode:

Odessa Series on The Daily: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000510748504

Sarah Robinson episode of More Than Work: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s2e5-sarah-robinson

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This week’s guest is Dr. Amy Novotny, Founder of the PABR Institute which focuses on a treatment method that she developed while studying the nervous system and breathing.

Dr. Novotny was a practicing physical therapist when she came up with the PABR method after experiencing extreme stress and drama in her own life. She was preparing for the Boston Marathon at the time. She started testing the method and process on others and now has her own practice.

Additionally, Dr. Novotny is an ultra-marathon runner. Astoundingly, she once ran 102.88 miles in 24 hours! She has done many races including an Iron Man Triathlon. Besides her practice and her running, Dr. Novotny is also an accomplished nature photographer. She even traveled from Arctic Norway and Finland to Antartica for 6 months with a photographer, hired on to treat him using the PABR method and also doing photography herself.

We talk about all of this and how she used the 6 months she was away to explore what she wanted to do next in her life and how facing unexpected adversity let to her building up her resilience.

Note from Rabiah (Host):

I think what I really enjoyed about speaking with Dr. Novotny was that she is another great example of a person who pursued what she wanted and found the resources needed to make things happen. I think we all do this more than we realise but don’t think to celebrate it very often. I appreciate that she took the time to acknowledge her own achievements with me but also that she was honest about struggles along the way. That authenticity makes for an episode I’m very proud to share with you!

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Find Dr. Novotny PABR Institute: https://pabrinstitute.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dramynovotny/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-amy-novotny/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anovotn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amynovotnyaz Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrAmyNovotny

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\Mentioned in this episode: Arizona Highways PhotoScapes: https://ahps.org/ Greg Zlevor (HOPEMakers): https://www.hci.org/greg-zlevor

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This week’s guest is also the host of the podcast, Rabiah Coon. It’s a quick solo episode.

Note from Rabiah (Host): I didn’t have the bandwidth to edit a full episode and was going to let it got for this week but an epiphany in the shower made me want to share some thoughts today so I recorded a quick episode. If you’re like me and listen at 1.25x the speed, it’ll take less than 5 minutes! Be well and thanks for listening.

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Mentioned in this episode:

i.c. stars: https://www.icstars.org

Sandee Kastrul episode of the podcast: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s2e7-sandee-kastrul

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This week’s guest is Bob Wheeler, founder of “The Money Nerve” and the host of the podcast “Money You Should Ask”. The financial expert and motivator is also the author of a book (The Money Nerve: Navigating the Emotions of Money) and he offers a course “Mastering the Emotions of Money”.

On his podcast, Bob seeks to remove stigma of shame around financial literacy. He also addresses money and emotions in his chats with guests. The book “The Money Nerve” is about how to get healthy about money and conscious of issues around money.

Bob and I chat about his work as a comedian both in the time that he was starting out and then making it at The Comedy Store where he is currently the CFO. He was already a CPA when he started doing comedy and when Mitzi Shore called him to help with the finances at The Store he said yes.

Bob’s approach to his work is practical but he also brings compassion to his clients. He can demonstrate empathy for others in a constructive way because he has been “there” where many of them are.

Note from Rabiah (Host): It was a lot of fun to talk to Bob. I always remember the feeling I had during recording when I edit and this was a nice and easy edit! I think what struck me most about Bob was that he is able to be funny but also take people’s issues around money seriously. He felt like a kindred spirit in a way. Brené Brown is an influence on him. When taking to someone who has read her and done “the work” on themselves it is almost obvious because of how they communicate and what they communicate. There is a common language. Brené has a new book out this week too so this episode is fitting.

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Find Bob

Website: https://www.TheMoneyNerve.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-wheeler-88029512/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMoneyNerve/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/themoneynerve Book: https://www.amazon.com/Money-Nerve-Navigating-Emotions/dp/1452569401

+++++ Mentioned in this episode: The Comedy Store: https://thecomedystore.com/ Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/ +++++ More than Work Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @morethanworkpod Please review and follow anywhere you get podcasts. Thank you for listening. Have feedback? Email [email protected]

This week’s guest is Deborah Heiser, Co-Founder and CEO of The Mentor Project. She also holds a PhD in Applied Developmental Psychology and has studied aging. She even did a TedX talk about rethinking aging (link below).

Deborah’s grandparents were very influential on who she has become today. She came to appreciate older people when visiting her grandmother at an assisted living facility and it changed her perspective on people. She names her grandfather was her first mentor. As a child she would ride around town with him and observe is interactions with people which were unique as he happened to be the NAACP president in Iowa. He taught her that everyone has a story and also that you don’t have to be liked by everyone.

Deborah co-founded The Mentor Project when she realised the value that mentorship had not only on the mentee but also the person doing the mentoring. She found that people had a lot of knowledge to give and wanted to provide them with a way to meet those who could benefit.

Note from Rabiah (Host): Mentorship has been a very important part of my life. I have benefitted greatly from people who who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience with me. I don’t think being a mentee is reserved for the young. As we get older our needs for guidance change. And, as we gain experience and knowledge, as Debbie has found, doing so is rewarding. I have been doing this in different ways at my current company as well as with ic stars (see the episode with Sandee Kastrul to learn more about that organization. Maybe you’ll even become a volunteer!) I’d love to hear about your mentor/mentee stories too.

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Find Deborah The Mentor Project: https://mentorproject.org/

TedX Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_heiser_rethinking_aging_mentoring_a_new_generation

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-heiser-phd-3963693/

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Mentioned in this episode: Bob Cousins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bocousins/

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