SecondWind with Joyce

Norman Bacal believes the main way to grow and evolve is to fly in the face of fear and to take on challenges for which we don't feel qualified and learn from our mistakes.

Norman is a retired lawyer who once built and led one of Canada's prestigious law firms as one of the most successful film finance lawyers in the country. He sat on the board of directors of a Hollywood studio and represented companies like Warner Bros., MGM, Sony, and Lionsgate.

Then in 2014, the bottom fell out. The law firm collapsed.

With the help of family, he picked himself up and began his redefinition, which he calls rewiring.

He now has successfully published a handful of books. His latest non-fiction, Take Charge: The Skills That Drive Professional Success, is a manual for young professionals on the soft skills that are not taught.

What You'll Learn From This Episode:

• His work as a lawyer and the collapse of his business
• His defining moment that got him writing
• His thoughts on forgiveness as part of the journey to coming back
• How grit is more important than talent or ability
• Tapping into expertise as part of the comeback

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Dr. Duana Welch (pronounced DWAY-nah) is the original Love Factually author and coach known for using social science to solve real-life relationship issues. She has taught at universities in Florida, California, and Texas across 20 years, and contributed to NPR, PBS, Psychology Today, and numerous other outlets, podcasts and videos. Her first book, Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do, is now out globally in five languages in audio, e-book, and paperback, with seven Love Factually titles now out in the series. All of Duana's books rely on science rather than opinion to help men and women keep the right partner. She is an expert for Paired, the couples relationship app. Her client practice is global, via Zoom and other technologies. For more information and free content, see www.LoveFactually.co.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The importance of being in a secure relationship
• What the science says about healthy relationships
• How to post a good ad on a dating website
• How love is not enough - what else matters in a good relationship
• How to find the right partner for you - at any age
• Dealbreakers to look out for

Get free content on each of her 7 books simply by visiting www.LoveFactually.co.

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Richard Capriola has been a mental health and addictions counselor for over two decades. He recently retired from Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas where for over a decade he treated adolescents and adults diagnosed with substance abuse issues. He is the author of a new book for parents entitled "The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse."

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• What drugs are today's teens using and what changes have their been over the years
• What warning signs should parents know about
• The first thing parent should do if they suspect substance abuse
• How the pandemic impacted teen mental health and compulsive behaviors
• How mental health issues impact teen substance abuse

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Lisa Strahs-Lorenc is a career counselor and owner of Go Career Compass. She used her career counseling skills to start her own business and work in higher education. She has worked for various non-profit organizations as well as universities, school districts and businesses. She believes we should all "Do what we love, and we will love what we do." She loves making a difference in the lives of people of all ages and in her local community.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Lisa got into career counseling
• How the story you create for yourself impacts the decisions you make
• Lisa's "End of Life Journey and Beyond" series on YouTube and her thoughts on grief
• The things we can control and change and how to focus on those things
• Her business and how she helps people find work they love to do

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Can you imagine what would happen if we, the living, explored these things before we got to the point of having to?

As an end-of-life doula, Kristen Elliott is trained to guide people to find meaning in their lives, come to terms with their unfinished business, have those really hard conversations, and think deeply about all the joy, fulfillment, and love they've experienced. As a result, they often come to know their fears, hopes, regrets, and gratitude at the deepest level. They find deep joy in living and themselves. Except... they're at the end of their life. Kristen believes we have to kill the things that no longer serve, continuously throughout our lives, to keep inching closer to our most authentic selves. And through this process, we learn how to live our soul truth. She is passionate about helping people maintain their sovereignty through their end of life process.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• What is an end-of-life doula?
• Kristen's work and her podcast "Dying to Live"
• The growing role of end-of-life doulas in communities
• How Kristen helps people move through emotions and process their life journeys when the end is approaching
• Creating a death plan for the terminally ill and what that entails
• How to lessen fear and anxiety in grieving family members
• The courses Kristen created to help people get "unstuck"
• How working on yourself can allow you to love others better

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Maria Romano is the founder of Love Knots, LLC. She started the rental company with her husband Frank. Maria's company grew to over $18M a year in gross revenue. She and Frank were also involved with another company at one time when they owned over 30 bars in Las Vegas.

Maria and Frank sold their car rental company in 2010 and Maria transitioned with her career. She became a minister. For over ten years, she has performed over 3,000 wedding ceremonies.

In 2012, Frank passed away, and Maria again was faced with another transition. In addition to her wedding ceremonies, she then started another component by helping people find love as well.

Maria has developed a signature talk to help people over 50 find love again. She shares tips to help get you ready to have a healthy, happy dating experience. She also has another signature talk and workshops entitled "Loving Your Way to the Top."

Maria's address and workshop are building a healthy relationship with your clients, your team, and yourself. During Covid, she recognized that she needed to share her talents with others about officiating wedding ceremonies. She has created an online school that will teach others how to officiate weddings and how to grow this dream hustle into a full-time gig. She launched her school in June 2021.

She is also a bestselling author and released her first book "Going from Just One to a Plus One" in September 2020. She is anticipating the release of her next book in late 2021, titled "Loving Your Way to the Top."

What You'll Learn from This Episode:

• How Maria transitioned after the loss of her husband, Frank
• Why Maria has a course for becoming a wedding officiant
• Dating and marriage trends in the Covid era
• How connection trumps chemistry in relationships
• Starting over after 50 and not settling
• How to actively start meeting new people
• Learning and listing your must-haves in a relationship

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Tracie Root is a coach, a speaker, an educator, and a community builder.

Tracie ended her career in corporate America and found her new calling after a personal family tragedy. Her partner of almost 20 years passed away after a battle with cancer, at the age of 47. Tracie and her two toddlers were left with no family nearby, a house "under water" from the housing crisis of 2008, and couldn't see how anything was going to change. Ever.

Then, years later - a spark. That light inside her, dimmed after years of trauma and loss, finally started to shine brighter. She saw a way back to her former self and began the journey, one step at a time. She shifted her career to one of helping others at a deeper level while making more time for her own fulfillment, adventure, and joy.

Now Tracie helps women remember their best selves. For almost a decade, she has been serving and supporting clients around the country to SET and to GET their goals in health, in life, and in business.

With the founding of Gather in 2019 and its expansion in 2020, she took her own goal-getting advice and created a community of like-minded women who are growing and thriving together. Tracie serves women around the US in her group programs and in the Gather community to expand their thoughts and dreams to live their BOLD life!

Tracie is an engaging and enthusiastic speaker. Audience members take away the belief that they can do ANYTHING! Tracie speaks frequently on cultivating optimal health and well-being, goal-setting and strategy, entrepreneurship, overcoming tragedy and loss, and other personal development topics.

Tracie lives in Santa Cruz, CA, is married to her best friend and they are raising two teens and a dog.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Tracie's story of losing her husband while she had two toddlers at home
• How she processed her grief and began to remember her best self
• Her health journey and how she made sustainable change
• Her journey as an entrepreneurs
• The importance of learning boundaries and setting goals
• Other tools Tracie uses for remembering your best self

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Sherianna Boyle is the author of nine books including her most recent Emotional Detox Now: 135 Self Guided Practices to Renew Your Mind, Heart & Body. She is the founder of Emotional Detox Coaching and the Cleanse Method. She has over twenty-five years experience in the mind/body field, is an adjunct Psychology Professor and has published over eighty articles.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Reactions are ways we suppress, oppress, and repress emotions
• Sherianna's emotional detox program
• Healing comes from feeling, not reacting
• The "cleanse yoga" protocol
• The impact of movement on depression and anxiety
• All healing happens in the now
• Reframing anxiety
• Sherianna's books and her top recommendations for getting started

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The Ellegant Wealth mission is to empower women to show up and own their financial journey with Courage, Confidence, and Wisdom!

Jayne Ellegard spent thirty-four years managing wealth for high-net-worth individuals and wealthy families. During that time, she observed a gap in the financial education women have received. Two years ago she decided to leave her job as a Senior Vice-President and follow her passion to provide a warm, welcoming environment for women to experience financial transformation. She believes learning about money can be enjoyable and fun—yes, fun!

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Jayne's transition to Plan B, as a financial educator
• Why women need more education and empowerment about their finances
• Why Jayne is passionate about courage, confidence, and wisdom
• Six Pillars to Financial Empowerment

Free Resource!

3-Step Guide to Shifting Your Money Mindset! If you are experiencing financial stress, avoiding money conversations or lacking financial focus, it's time to find clarity, create vision and move forward in your financial journey. This guide will help you take steps in the right direction!

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Rachel S. Heslin has been immersed in the study of psychology for over 40 years. Her father, a clinical psychologist, taught his children his craft such that Rachel was first introduced to Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) concepts when she was 9 years old.

Rachel is the author of two books: Navigating Life: 8 Different Strategies to Guide Your Way, and Rituals of Release: How to Make Room for Your New Life.

Through her work through her company The Fullness of Your Power, she helps people who feel like they are their own worst enemy learn how to embrace all parts of themselves so they can live happier, more successful, and more deeply fulfilling lives.

What You'll Learn from This Episode:

• The definition of Neurolinguistic Programming
• How the brain changes and develops in childhood and creates our story
• How secure attachment and our feeling of emotional and physical safety forms early on
• How Rachel helps people embrace all parts of themselves
• Rachel's 8 strategies for navigating life
• Noticing patterns in your reactions and creating awareness and deliberate choice
• How to heal when trust has been broken in a relationship
• Forgiving others and forgiving yourself as a crucial part of healing

Rituals of Release: How to Make Room for Your New Life is an ebook that shows you how to incorporate rituals into a regular part of your routine to clear out all the little things that accumulate over time so you can move into "what's next." Click here to download..

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