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Episode 37
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn how yoga can increase children's self-esteem with author and illustrator Sarah Finniss.
Sarah Finniss is a 36-year-old certified yoga instructor, stretch coach, and personal trainer. She has a background in the arts and early childhood education. To add more to her accomplishments, Sarah is a newly launched children's book author and illustrator.
Her new children's book Iris' Magical Yoga Adventure invites its readers to escape with sweet Iris and her mom on an adventure into their imaginations as they explore famous landmarks around the world through yoga poses. The book isn't just about teaching the basics of yoga and mindfulness but provides an opportunity for children to learn about famous landmarks around the world through movement; engaging visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. It includes fun activity pages for learners to be creative and reinforce what they learned. This book plays into the mind-body connection.
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode, you will learn:
To buy Iris' Magical Yoga Adventure, please go to wherever books are sold on Amazon, bookshop.org, and more.
To connect with Sarah Finniss, please follow her on IG:
Sarah (@sarahcare_swfl) • Instagram photos and videos
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Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 36
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to find out how Matt Shoup went from being in debt to creating a multimillion-dollar company, as well as writing a business book about it entitled Painted Baby.
In March of 2005, Matt was laid off from a corporate banking job that he absolutely hated. Matt quickly founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to his name, all while being close to $200,000 in personal debt. M & E Painting grew quickly and has produced over $30 million dollars in revenue since 2005. Matt and M & E Painting have received dozens of local, state, national, and international business awards.
Matt was named one of Colorado Biz Magazine's Top Five Most Influential Young Professionals (2010) and has been featured in publications, such as INC Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, BBC, Fox Small Business, and Huffington Post.
Along the way, Matt received his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, traveled the world, raised an amazing family, learned to perfect cooking Spanish paella, and has enjoyed pouring into the lives of innumerable entrepreneurs and small business leaders, all while always enjoying countless cups of Spanish coffee at Café Sevilla.
Matt Shoup shares the following business and traveling advice:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
Click this link to receive Matt Shoup's free tool kit packed with resources to build your business and advance your leadership.
FREE Tools | Matt Shoup
To buy Matt Shoup's book, on Amazon: Painted Baby: Connect with Clients through Brave and Vulnerable Storytelling: Shoup, Matt: 9781544535821: Amazon.com: Books
To follow Matt on social media:
(4) Matt Shoup | Facebook
Matt Shoup (@matthewshoup) • Instagram photos and videos
Matt Shoup. Small Business Author, Speaker, Coach - YouTube
Matt Shoup (@MattShoup) / Twitter
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 35
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to find out all about NYPD detective Vic Ferrari becoming a writer and listen to some of the funny stories he recounts.
Vic Ferrari, author of NYPD: Through The Looking Glass: Stories From Inside America’s Largest Police Department, The NYPD’s Flying Circus: Cops, Crime & Chaos, Grand Theft Auto: The NYPD’s Auto Crime Division, and NYPD: Law & Disorder is a retired twenty-year member of the New York City Police Department who refuses to write in chronological order. With no formal training or Harvard degree, Vic’s managed to write four behind-the-scenes books about his former employer. With remarkable attention to detail combined with a sarcastic flair, Vic exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly of America’s largest police department.
Vic Ferrari has funny and insightful stories about both his careers as a police officer and writer:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To buy Vic Ferrari's book, please visit his Amazon author's website:
Amazon.com: Vic Ferrari: books, biography, latest update
To follow him on social media, please go to:
(3) Author Vic Ferrari | Facebook
Vic Ferrari (@vicferrari50) • Instagram photos and videos
Vic Ferrari (@VicFerrari50) / Twitter
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 34
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and meet Vinnie Potestivo, an Emmy® Award-winning Media Advisor, who helps clients leverage their media exposure, find fame, and make an impact.
Vinnie is the Editor-in-chief of I Have A Podcast® and is responsible for discovering and amplifying the voice of independent podcasters worldwide. As a network executive at MTV Networks (98-07), Vinnie discovered talent and developed new ways to support their goals, pioneering the way brands and business owners could contribute to their public narrative by making them stars and producers of their own television series. Early hits include Punk’d, The Osbournes, TRL, 8th & Ocean, Wild 'N Out, & The Challenge. Since then, he and his team at VPE.tv have continued to be well-trusted connectors who develop and distribute original content across all media platforms, especially podcasts!
You can listen to Vinnie dissect the creative process with some of the stars and creatives who helped launch his career, such as Mandy Moore, Danielle Fishel, TJ Lavin, and Ananda Lewis (to name a few) on the award-winning “I Have A Podcast” audio experience, which is available everywhere you watch and listen to podcasts.
Vinnie Potestivo has the following insights to share on his personal journey and MTV network executive:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To connect with Vinnie Potestivo, please follow him on:
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 33
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and meet Victoria Rader
Victoria Rader, Ph.D. Possibility Coach™, transformational speaker and founder of YU2SHINE, empowers coaches, entrepreneurs, and people that seek personal development to grow in all areas of their life through the proven formula of success so that they have more PEACE, PURPOSE, and PROSPERITY.
She is a four times bestselling author who is globally recognized along with Brene Brown, Richard Branson, and others for creative and innovative ideas, adaptability in business, and contribution to sustainability and mental health projects with CREA GLOBAL AWARD by Brainz Magazine.
Victoria Rader has the following insights to share on how to prosper in one’s personal and professional life:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To follow Victoria and buy her books:
YU2SHINE. Light mE Up
ManifestMiracles.mE / MoneyQuiz.mE / ChooseSacred.mE
Victoria Rader, PhD | Burke VA | Facebook
Victoria Rader. Possibility Coach™️ (@vica_rader) • Instagram photos and videos
Victoria Rader, PhD (@VicaRader) / Twitter
Victoria Rader - YouTube
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 32
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn more about Black history month, running, diversity, and inclusion.
Robert Cathey is currently Vice President of Global Analytics Solutions and Chief Data Officer at VSP Vision. He holds an MBA from Sacramento State University and a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. Robert was inspired to run by his wife, Nadine. He began running in 2018 at age 54 and developed a passion for the sport. He completed his first marathon (CIM) in 2019. He leads the Sacramento chapter of Black Men Run (BMR), a national organization with the mission of improving health outcomes through running.
Yared Negussie works for Oracle inc as a senior production support analyst. He holds a bachelor's in information technology and will complete his MBA in December 2023. Yared started “seriously” running around 2014 when obtaining his first-degree taekwondo blackbelt.
Robert and Yared have the following insights to share:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
And Carmen’s rap song, which she composed and performed:
“Yo, Yo, Sacramento
Let black history month
and every month
be the time to prove and improve
On racial equality
No more hypocrisy, brutality, or fatality
When in reality
We can’t be lame in our blame
Race ain’t no game
since we’re essentially the same.
Yo, yo, Sacramento!”
To connect with Robert Cathey and Yared Negussie, please follow
Black Men Run Sacramento (@blackmenrunsac) • Instagram photos and videos
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 31
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and meet Ashton Martin, a rising rapping star, who does not swear in his music and believes his mission is to inspire others through quality music.
With lyricism, deft arrangements, and pristine songwriting abilities—Ashton Martin puts a brand-new shine on Hip-Hop. Hailed as "one of Florida's most versatile artists on the rise,” Ashton Martin grew up around a variety of genres of music with a close family tie to Hip Hop, Gospel, and R&B-greatly influencing his sound today. Ashton Martin has impacted the music industry by garnering critical acclaim from outlets, such as Voyage Magazine, Hip Hop Xclusives, WWE TV Network, and Rap Fiesta.
Ashton Martin has the following insights to share on his personal journey and music:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To buy his latest CD and connect with Ashton Martin, please follow him:
@thereal_ashtonmartin | Linktree
Ashton Martin (@itsashtonmartin) • Instagram photos and videos
Ashton Martin (@Itsashtonmartin) / Twitter
Ashton Martin
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 30
Join our hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn about a true love story, as told by our fabulous guest Renee Schyjer, who was Frederick Moore's second wife. He was first married to the actress Demi Moore.
Renee fell in love and married the rocker Frederick Moore, who was an incredible songwriter, lyricist, and musician and recently published his memoir “It’s Not a Rumour, a Rock’N’Roll journey through life and Alzheimer’s together with Shannon Guyton, a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and content strategist. She’s an editor, ghostwriter, co-author, and mom of two amazing teens who thrives on helping the coolest people bring their stories to life on the page.
Frederick’s memoir is a sad and raucously funny story with so many facets, such as Freddy and Renee’s love story of true soul mates, his Rock'N'Roll career, his marriage to Demi Moore who still uses his name, and Frederick’s early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Frederick Moore rocked and rolled his way through life as “Rick,” “Skogie,” and “Freddy,” almost becoming famous. In the 1960s his bands Skogie and the Flaming Pachucos reached local stardom. The 1990s and early 2000s led Moore to the computer-programming world.
Renee Schyjer has the following message this Valentine's day:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To buy this wonderful memoir, please go to:
Freddy Moore - It's Not a Rumour (itsnotarumour.com)
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Rumor-Journey-Alzheimers/dp/164428183X
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 29
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to find out how Karen Kunz, a nurse and runner, who ran over 90 marathons took charge of her heart health to avoid open heart surgery, even though she passed the stress test. February is heart health month and our guest has a powerful message, especially for women athletes and non-athletes.
Karen Kunz is 67 years old from the Chicago area and one of 8 children. Karen has a B.S. in Exercise Physiology and a BS in Nursing. She started running in 1974(pre-Title 9 era) as a freshman in college and received XC & Track scholarship in her last 2 years of college. When she was 39, Karen’s daughter was born “brittle bones,” which inspired her to go back to college & learn medicine. From 1982 to 1989, Karen ran for Adidas professionally. She also coached for 2 colleges & was a private coach since 1980. Karen ran her first marathon in 1979 and about 1000 races total.
Karen Kunz has practical and wise advice regarding fitness, running, and heart health:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To read the article that Runner's World wrote about Karen Kunz, please check out the link below:
At 59, Karen Kunz is Healthy, Lean and Fast | Runner's World (runnersworld.com)
To connect with Karen Kunz, please follow her on FB and IG under runnerkk. Her account is private on IG.
Support the show
Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
Episode 28:
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn how author Lynne Bowman walked her way out of diabetes with healthy eating and even eating brownies for breakfast - check out her recipe in her beautiful book Brownies for Breakfast, a Cookbook for Diabetics and the People Who Love them.
Lynne has been featured at women's expos throughout the country, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup (2010) and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It? (2012). She won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies, was Creative Director at E&J Gallo Winery, Advertising Manager at Redken Laboratories, and has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist, wedding planner, and television Weather Person. Lynne is living proof that you can cook, eat, sleep, laugh, & walk your way out of type 2 diabetes, along with other chronic ailments, and her latest book, “Brownies for Breakfast, A Cookbook for Diabetics and the People Who Love Them," is a beautiful cookbook for anybody who wants to reverse chronic disease and eat healthily.
Lynne has three grown children and two grandchildren. She and her husband have a small farm on the coast of Northern California.
Lynne Bowman has the following healthy tips:
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:
To buy Lynne's beautiful book with easy and delicious recipes, please go to
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094GPM3Z3
To follow Lynne on social media, please go to:
Lynne Bowman (@lynneparmiterbowman) • Instagram photos and videos
(1) Lynne Parmiter Bowman | Pescadero CA | Facebook
Lynne Parmiter Bowman - Author of Brownies for Breakfast - A Cookbook for Diabetics and The People Who Love Them - Self-employed | LinkedIn
Lynne Bowman - YouTube
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Support the show
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There are three ways to support our podcast:
1. You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]
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