Mike DowdA Cop’s Life of Hypocrisy

Featured in the award winning Netflix documentary,  The 75, the former NYC police officer, Mike Dowd, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. He was involved with police corruption, as well as stealing money and dealing drugs on the streets of Brooklyn, in the early 80’s. When he was released, he went on to public speaking in universities, and workplace establishments to talk about corruption, policing, deviance and more. 

This is his revealing story and journey including how prison helped change him, and how he’s helping the world today.

Focus: The Inner struggles police officers faceHaving empathy for this careerNew ways of being to be solutions for change

Mike D:“I wanted to be a good cop.”“Every officer is on the edge of committing a crime every time he does something.”“As a cop, you kind of have to be a sociopath.”

Nora:  Do you think you were properly trained how to shut down when you came home?Mike D: I don’t think there’s any training for that…You begin to accept it as normal, you don’t look at things as being traumatic, it just becomes a part of your being. 

Curtis Smith, Verbal Judo Institute

Effective, Powerful Communication Skills

This show is based on the book Verbal Judo, The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George J. Thompson P.H.D and Jerry B. Jenkins.

Curtis Smith, practicing 20 plus years as a National Instructor for the Verbal Judo Institute, as well as the Defensive Tactics Instructor, and previous Park Ranger for Oregon’s State parks (teaching hundreds of staff)

He was born and grew up in L.A. in a gang/violent environment, but later moved on to becoming a cowboy ranching and riding in rodeos in the country-land of Oregon, Nevada, and California.

The Verbal Judo system is taught all over the world to many corporations, law enforcement, and more.

Focus:

Effective, powerful communication skills

Learn it is possible to have good communication daily

Learn how to take a crap with the dignity and style

What is Mushin and establishing the still center

What sets off your alarm

The different types of people and dealing with them

To persuade with good intentions to get what we want, conflict resolving

Everyday Scenarios:

Parking lots

The bar

Being compassionate of others, the benefit of slowing down and thinking first

www.verbaljudo.com

Rock your Life with Nora Finch

Nora contact:

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Reformed Hustla, Doing it Right

Becoming a Single Dad

Pt 1

Guest:

Chris, born in Manhattan, raised in Queens by his Filipino father, and the private Catholic school system, experienced criminal living as a teen, as well as knowledge in corporate world as an adult. (10 years as an Executive Recruiter, 20 years Technology Management Consulting). Finding true love with the birth of his son, helped him decide to leave his criminal past (He was investigated by SFPD Narcotics, Homeland Security, Postal Inspectors, and the FEDs) to gain full custody of his son and become the great father he always wanted to be.

Focus:

The media’s influence in how men are portrayed to me, the great responsible men, specifically single fathers that go unrecognized

The mother’s threats and what pushed him to educate himself on his parental rights.

Shopping for an attorney, interview themBrief:

Chris’s upbringing and how not feeling genuinely loved led to criminal living

Reformed Hustla, Doing it Right

Becoming a Single Dad

Pt 2

Guest:

Chris, born in Manhattan, raised in Queens by his Filipino father, and the private Catholic school system, experienced criminal living as a teen, as well as knowledge in corporate world as an adult. (10 years as an Executive Recruiter, 20 years Technology Management Consulting). Finding true love with the birth of his son, helped him decide to leave his criminal past (He was investigated by SFPD Narcotics, Homeland Security, Postal Inspectors, and the FEDs) to gain full custody of his son and become the great father he always wanted to be.

Focus:

The media’s influence in how men are portrayed to me, the great responsible men, specifically single fathers that go unrecognized

The mother’s threats and what pushed him to educate himself on his parental rights.

Shopping for an attorney, interview them

Brief:

Chris’s upbringing and how not feeling genuinely loved led to criminal living

Dating and moving forward

Show clips:

Up against the mother’s comments (red flags Chris said, that made him jump and take action):

“If you don’t move to Sacramento, you’re never going to see your son.”

“When you were incarcerated, your name wasn’t on the birth certificate, I can take the baby and no one will know who you are.”

“If we go to court, they’re always gonna take the mother’s side.”

Chris on legalities:

“It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.”

Walk aways:

Choosing to change oneself.

Feeling love/being loved can do amazing things.

Empowering oneself regarding parental rights, and just know your rights in general

Nora Finch, Wellness Educator, All things wellness and how to stay mentally fit

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Title:

Henry Rollins-

Finding His Inner Authority

Focus:

The philosophy of punk rock: thinking for oneself, and how to apply this mindset in daily living

Becoming excellent at being oneself

Henry Rollins- Extraordinaire, Highly- Recognized Speaker, Activist, Poet and Author, Actor, former frontman vocalist of Black Flag, (punk rock band of early 80’s from Southern California) and the Rollins Band (of the 90’s) and I discuss:

What the music meant to him

His best friend’s Ian MacKaye’s influence on helping him learn how to think for himself

How thinking for himself was hard and alien to him:

“I was trying to escape a beating.  I faced alot of humiliation.”

How the punk rock mindset is just one of the many mindsets to empower oneself

Punk rock music viewed from different perspectives

Henry and Nora’s shared view on:

Organized religion

Working in the corporate world and the western idea of work:

-The slave of/to the cubicle

-Retirement and pension

Brief:

Living as a celebrity since 18 years old, now 58

Henry can be found all over the internet. Check out his opinion on everything on YouTube.

What were you taught about love? Prt 1

Discussion:

My guest and longtime soul sister Sheri Streeter, residing currently in Illinois, mother of 5, Massage therapist and Entrepreneur,

and I have deep talks on love and marriage.  Traditional constructs we all just keep repeating though it may not be how we really feel.

Sheri’s distorted view of love growing up

Our view on the idea of only one soul mate

Our view on marriage, why people are still doing it, lol

Freedom and the power to be who we are and live the lives we want

Sheri:

“I knew what love was; I just knew I didn’t have it.”

“Marriage, I did the research and it wasn’t originally rooted in love.”

“I realized I thought I knew what I wanted and got it; then realized that wasn’t what I wanted. Then I did it again.”

“If we want to be loved unconditionally, we need to love unconditionally.”

What were you taught about love? Prt 2

Discussion:

My guest and longtime soul sister Sheri Streeter, residing currently in Illinois, mother of 5, Massage therapist and Entrepreneur,

and I have deep talks on love and marriage.  Traditional constructs we all just keep repeating though it may not be how we really feel.

Sheri’s distorted view of love growing up

Our view on the idea of only one soul mate

Our view on marriage, why people are still doing it, lol

Freedom and the power to be who we are and live the lives we want

Sheri:

“I knew what love was; I just knew I didn’t have it.”

“Marriage, I did the research and it wasn’t originally rooted in love.”

“I realized I thought I knew what I wanted and got it; then realized that wasn’t what I wanted. Then I did it again.”

“If we want to be loved unconditionally, we need to love unconditionally.”

Maintaining the Mindset of a Champion

With Tony the Tiger Lopez

Sacramento’s most notable 3 time World Champion Boxer, Tony the Tiger Lopez sit down to discuss:

Belief in self and how he always knew he’d be a champion, even when everyone said he wouldn’t

How having a tough coach and the hard Mexican work ethic helped him achieve success in boxing

Brief chat on the 8th round when Rocky Lockridge dropped him for a hot minute

How his mullet hairstyle and capri cropped boxing shorts branded him

Tony quotes:

On fighting:

“I’m an average fighter, but the difference is my mindset, I don’t quit and I don’t take no for an answer.”

“I don’t think, I just do.”

Nora: “Were you intimidated by anyone?”

TL: “No.”

Nora: “So you just thought you could beat everyone’s ass?

TL: “Yes.”

Lol, love that confidence.

Title:

Love is blind to age:

He’s 75, she’s 21

Episode:

How do you define love?

A magical love story between my 75 yr old father and his new 21 yr old wife.

My stepmom and I discuss the love story with my father. It started rocky but resulted in an truly magical story.

She uprooted her whole life in the Philippines to come here.

Everyone told her not to.

She trusted herself and did it anyway.

She was scared to meet the children, and scared of so much more, but in her braveness she was rewarded.

We accepted her.

True love was found in many ways.

This is her story.

*(And no, my dad isn’t materially rich by any means).

Is this the first question you asked yourself?

So what have you been taught about love?

Title:

The Life and Times of

Richard “Trino” Savala:

Prizefighting Boxer, Drug and Gang Prevention Youth Counselor

Focus:

How can we be there for our teens?

Local Sacramento Guest:

Richard Trino Savala, Prizefighting Boxing Champion (who fought until the early 80’s), Youth Advocate, and Gang Prevention Counselor and I discuss his long time involvement with teens in the community.

He helps educate teens on the cons of gang life.  He also helps change the belief systems with active gang members by use of his own compelling life story.

This episode we go over:

Trino’s upbringing

Life as a boxer and then turning to his drug of choice, cocaine aka yayo

The road of drugs and gang life leading to prison

How he has committed himself to helping teens

“Parents, look at who your kids are hanging out with.  Stay involved and pay attention to what they’re doing and who they’re doing it with.”

Richard “Trino” Savala can be found easily on google.

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