Rock Your Life - the podcast by Nora Finch

Dan Sun, one of my first interviews with DS featured on youtube.

As well as the full description there and why I picked him. 

Audio only featured here.

Uploaded here Feb 2026. Recorded some years back.

Many positive solutions for the industry.

On youtube:

RYL, First Responders, Corrections +

https://youtu.be/sUuhtvKlaG0?si=HfSPsahL2sQy0Jr5

Recorded when my dad was 75 yrs old and his new wife (#4) was 21 from the Philippines.

They are still together (2024) doing good!

Refer to my youtube playlist called The Daily.
The show is My Dad, he’s 82, she’s 27.

This is her side. This also includes all the judgment she faced from her family and the community.

Statements like:
“Do you love him?”
“You know you could’ve married somebody younger, right?”
“You know you could just use him and have somebody younger on the side to fulfill your needs.”

She is a beautiful, old soul with a love for books on the Omish.

Glad my dad found a reason to go on!

Tony “El Tigre” Lopez, one of Sacramento’s finest boxers (who considered himself an average boxer) and I sit down to discuss:

The Mindset of a Champion
Determination to be at his best; trained to be  better than the boxer in front of him
How he doesn’t call 911
Ideas in running for Mayor in Sac
Working as a bail bondsman and bounty hunter
How he trained before a fight, sweatsuits and a plastic bag
His fight with Rocky L.

Nora:
“Were you ever intimidated by anyone you fought?”

Tony:
“No.”

Nora:
“So did you just think you could beat everyone’s ass?”

Tony:
“Kinda.”

Lol.

Contact: 
Tony “El Tigre” Lopez 

Nora contact:
Mental Readiness Coach specializing in First Responder Wellness

www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com
Nora Finch on LinkedIn
 Fb.com/norafinch.nsati

Salvin Chahal, one of Sacramento’s finest Spoken Word Poet/Mc Artists, Author, Mentor, Artistic Creative and I sit down to discuss:

Writing as his main art form, his very real, candid accounts of his life
Coming from both the Fiji and Indian culture
One of 33 grandchildren 
His book Verses from Above
On emotional numbness

“It takes 9 months to carry a baby, but it takes a lifetime to carry yourself.”

On moments in life:
“It’s okay to let yourself feel sad at times, let yourself go through and process that.”


Salvin Chahal’s not changin his name lol
Pick up your copy of Verses from Above available on Amazon.

Nora contact:
www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com
[email protected]

Adored and highly respected Coach Chuck Hammond, 74 years young (in this interview) former Mayor of Fairfield, Track Coach, good childhood friend of Historically known American Boxer, Muhammad Ali

Specialty: 
Just caring for others and wanting to help them achieve

We sit down to discuss:

The importance of being oneself, old school wisdom

His mother as his mentor who always said “If they can do it, so can you.”

Growing up in a single parent home

Coaching the kids in the community

Smoketown, Louisville Kentucky and his buddy Muhammad Ali saying at 12 years old, who told him “I’m going to be the greatest boxer of all time.”

His own street sign

What it takes to continue to do and be your best


Coach:
"I don’t wanna be anyone else but me.”

You can find Coach on facebook.com

[email protected] 
www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com (shows and Nora coaching services)

John R. Ostwald (1950-2019), passed with “characteristic humor,  determination and grit” of a year-long battle of Pancreatic Cancer). He is the Author of War, Sacrifice, and Coming Home, Navy Veteran of the Vietnam Era, Professor of Psychology with over 25 years of experience, News Columnist,  long time Advocate and Activist for Veterans and the non-profit, Soldier’s Heart , a great example of what a true humanitarian is.
He is honored and recognized in this episode for not only his many amazing accomplishments in the Veterans community, his unique insight in human behavior, but also for his beautiful and warm personality. He also talks about  how becoming more emotional vulnerable helped him in life.
 
Topics cover human behavior, partner selection, emotional vulnerability, and more.

Nora contact:
www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com (Nora, Mental Readiness Coaching and shows)
Ask for a consult! [email protected]

John Cardiel, One of Sacramento’s Finest, Former Pro Skateboarder/Snowboarder, who has also been a core member of Anti Hero Skateboards since 1995.
As of this interview in 2017, Cardiel was actively involved in Break Free Customs based in Sacramento.

We discuss Skateboarding as a mindset and as a way of being and being told he would never walk again and:

He talks about his story and being told he would never walk again after he was hit by a trailer

Determination to feel a flicker of movement (it took three months).

“I had zero feeling, every day, every moment, I tried until I was physically and emotionally exhausted.   It wasn’t severed like they  said.”

“What’s the rest of your life not being able to walk again?
 That’s the trade-off.”

“Don’t give up ever, never. If I did give up I’d be in a different place but I’d feel resentment for giving up.
"I am where I am today because I never gave up.”   

“All things need attention if you want completion.”

Find JC on fb and YouTube and more!

Nora site:
www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com (Nora Mental Readiness Coaching services and shows), book a consult with [email protected]

Pt 2 on Healing our Nation’s Veterans with John Ostwald.

John O speaks a little more on strategies for healing

His experience with both traditional and non-traditional healing methods including, purification, storytelling, and more

The benefits of emotional vulnerability with family

"We need affection, like we need air and food.”

Dr. Edward Tick PHD, internationally recognized Transformational Healer, Author, Clinical Psychotherapist, and founder of Soldier’s Heart in New York.
Featured additional guests, Jennifer Cassale, Civilian and Educator at Soldier’s Heart
John Ostwald, US Navy Veteran, Psychology Professor, Board of Director at SH
(John is featured in another RYL episode titled, Showing Emotions is not a Form of Weakness)

We discuss Dr. Tick’s book War and the Soul, soul loss and soul wounding

Strategies and alternative methods of healing, through purification, storytelling, and more
A diffferent perspective on PTSD from Dr. Tick’s experience after working with Veterans for over 30 years
Veterans’ thoughts and returning home
How we as a community and their families can support them

Nora contact: 
www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com (Mental Readiness Coaching and shows) ask for a consult! [email protected] 

Rory Miller, Violence Behavior Specialist, Author and former Correctional Officer of 17 years

Focus:  
Tips for the First Responder Industry 

Self worth and how personal growth helps First Responders create a mentally fit mindset

Creating the world we want and not waiting 

Studying human behavior will help you be more excellent at what you do

Self defense/other systems and their influence and benefits 

Rory is the author of Meditations on Violence and many other books. His website is: www.chirontraining.com

Nora contact: 
www.rockyourlifewithnorafinch.com (Mental Readiness Coaching and shows) ask for a consult! [email protected]