Season 2, Episode 80

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Susan Padron about how the right clothes/wardrobe can help you manifest the life you want.  

Susan Padron is an intuitive personal stylist. After giving birth to her son and losing her sense of self, she rediscovered herself through healing and authentic personal style, and she's helped hundreds of women do the same. She has been featured in In Style magazine as the host of the top 10% podcast The Susan Padron Podcast. Susan is also the author of the award-winning book We Don't Do ‘Just Okay’ Anymore.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Susan used to be a former middle school band teacher before she discovered her true passion and vocation through the help of a friend.
• Becoming a personal stylist and setting up her new business was life-changing. 
• Learn how Susan turned a hobby into a successful and lucrative career and how you can do it, too. 
• When selecting our clothes, we should never settle just for OK.
• Clothes create energy and enhance our personality.
• Susan’s four simple steps to reset your closet will empower you to apply them next time you are cleaning and clearing your closet. 
• Susan believes that we need to build a wardrobe a personal style that has that alignment with ourselves and that continues to tell that story that we want to share.

Susan is offering a big discount on her Style Consultation Call with $100 off for the listeners of our podcast. To receive a Style Consultation Call with Susan and get your individualized, specific recommendations for 15 different links to clothes and accessories that will be representations of you and your style, go to the link below:

https://calendly.com/susanpadronstylist/style-consult-call-podcast

To buy Susan Padron’s book: 
We don't do just okay anymore a book by Susan Padron (bookshop.org)

 To connect with Susan Padron:
Intuitive Personal Stylist ✨ Susan (@susanpadron_stylist) • Instagram photos and videos
Susan Padron | Intuitive Personal Stylist (susanpadronstylist.com)

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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]

Season 2, Episode 79

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to discover how to do things consistently with former professional track athlete and coach Taylor Ros.
 
Taylor is a former professional track athlete who is now a gym owner and online coach. He pursued a professional track career after graduating with his Masters degree in Kinesiology and trained with Olympians and world record holders. He continues to coach elite athletes and anyone who wants to optimize their mind and body for performance and optimized health. 

 He has trained a world champion MMA fighter, USA Track & Field athletes, professional basketball players, and busy professionals looking to achieve their best in business and life. The hurdles of starting a business while training full-time presented constant opportunities for growth and change.

Pushing through a full business shutdown during the pandemic to become a thriving business has been empowering in his sense of compassion to serve others in any way, shape, or form. He focuses on creating physical well-being and mental discipline to improve all areas of life. Daily disciplines show that Consistency Conquers!

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Taylor is all about pursuing excellence through action and not just talking about it.
• A former professional track athlete, Taylor believes that every little day matters because it stacks up and adds up. 
• Taylor's favorite track distance is the 400m for which he does 300m repeats, for they are fast, but not a full 400m.
• As a coach, Taylor loves the ability to help people transform their daily lives.
• Recovery for athletes or everyday people is what keeps them motivated and uninjured. 
• Nutrition is a huge component of Taylor's coaching. His favorite recovery meal is yogurt with frozen berries and protein powder. 
• Taylor is a huge believer in the four pillars of our lives: faith, family, fitness, and fulfillment.

To connect with Taylor, follow him:
CRWN Athletics - Online Fitness Coaching
Taylor Ros (@tayroruns) • Instagram photos and videos
(5) Facebook
youtube.com/@TaylorRos

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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]

Season 2, Episode 78

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn about Kathleen Donnelly Israel’s spiritual journey on the Camino. Her wisdom and reflections might inspire you to do this journey one day, too.  

 During the 17 years that Kathleen took care of her disabled husband, she studied online with many enlightened thought leaders and healers. Kathleen developed some spiritual philosophies she shared with those she met on the Camino Frances from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago, 500 miles across northern Spain. Kathleen had great adventures and shared this all in a book, Wisdom on the Camino. At age 72, in 2021, she walked the Camino Portuguese from Lisbon to Santiago and on to Fisterra for almost 500 miles. She is also a transformational breathing facilitator and theta healer. 

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• You will learn why Kathleen embarked on this spiritual 500-mile trip on the Camino.
• In her 70s, Kathleen prepared for this long journey by reading books and walking the mountains in San Diego.
• Once her walking journey started, Kathleen walked between 10 to 15 miles a day and never got blisters, as she took her time to connect with each place that she visited. 
• Kathleen said that only 20 to 30 percent of the people are doing Camino as a spiritual journey like she did.
• Kathleen plans on walking on Camino del Norte and other places for her 75th birthday in 2024. 

 To buy Kathleen Donnelly Israel’s book: 

 Amazon.com: Wisdom on the Camino: A Spiritual Journey Sharing Forgiveness and Possibilities to Inspire the Rest of Your Life eBook: Israel, Kathleen Donnelly: Kindle Store

 You can also find it on her website: Wisdom on the Camino

 To connect with Kathleen:

(1) Facebook

Kathleen Donnelly Israel (@artstrans4mu) • 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]

Season 2, Episode 77

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn how you can improve your writing and how to self-publish your books by following our award-winning author guest Karl Beckstrand's advice. 

Karl Beckstrand is a college media instructor, as well as the best-selling author/illustrator of twenty-seven multicultural/multilingual books, and 65 ebooks. Beckstrand has received great reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal).

Raised in San Jose, California, he has lived abroad, earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in conflict resolution, and a broadcast & film certificate. His western novel To Swallow the Earth won a 2016 International Book Award and was a Laramie Award finalist.

Beckstrand loves volleyball and singing (in rock bands or choirs). His young adult stories, e-book mysteries, biographies, Spanish/bilingual books, and STEM books feature diverse characters—and usually end with a twist.

On this Seeds of Sunshine:

• Learn the difference between traditional and self-publishing and which one is better. 
• Why marketing is best done by the author and how to market. 
• Learn about our cultural differences and why they are our gifts. 
• The difference between memoir and autobiography.
• Why reading both fiction and non-fiction will make us better writers and will enhance our intellect. 
• Beckstrand's best writing advice. 

To connect with Karl Beckstrand and buy his books, please go to:
https://kidsworldbooks.com/book-author-beckstrand
Karl Beckstrand (@karlbeckstrand) • Instagram photos and videos
Amazon.com: Karl Beckstrand: books, biography, latest update
(20) Kids World Books by Premio (@KidsWorldBooks) / X (twitter.com)
Kids World Books by Premio Publishing - YouTube

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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]

Season 2, Episode 76

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn about 2024 real estate market trends and how to build wealth.

Carmen Micsa is the Broker/CEO of her own company Dynamic Real Estate. She is a creative nonfiction writer and poet who has earned both her BA and MA degrees in English from Sacramento State University. 

Micsa has published creative nonfiction, a tennis book Change Your Grip on Life Through Tennis, two poetry books The Poetics of Running, A Book of Poetry in Motion and Morsels of Love, A Book of Poetry and Short Form, Holistic Journey Toward Wellness, a Dancing Elephants Press book project, The Joy of Life, a Collection of Articles,  Moments of Eternity, a Collection of Poetry, and her most recent book of short forms Inspirational Signs for More Sunshine in Your Life.

Micsa is also an avid marathon runner, who ran 16 marathons, including Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Berlin, and Tokyo marathons.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine:

• To buy or not to buy in 2024?
• Market predictions and stats. 
• Why you should consider building an ADU, or accessory dwelling unit on your property.
• Will the real estate market crash? Listen to why it won’t happen in 2024, according to economists.

To buy or sell with Carmen Micsa, mention this episode to receive up to $2,000 towards closing costs when buying with me, and a discount on commission when selling. Also, feel free to go to my website.
 Sacramento Real Estate | Carmen Micsa (dynamicsacramentohomes.com)

To buy Carmen Micsa's books:
Amazon.com: Carmen Micsa: books, biography, latest update

To connect with Carmen Micsa:
carmenmicsa | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree
Facebook
Carmen Micsa (@carmenseedsofsunshine) • Instagram photos and videos
Carmen Micsa, MA in English, podcaster – Medium

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]

Season 2, Episode 75

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn about Matt Barrios
and his ideas about the importance of a foundational level at home for people to have a good quality of life.

Matt Barrios is a researcher, writer, and transformational coach based in San Francisco, CA. He has over 10 years of experience helping 1000+ people grow into greater clarity & confidence. His research interests focus on the intersection of home, personal growth, and human-centered design. You can find his work at homelifedesignlab.com.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Learn why Matt thinks we must envision ourselves as happy and fulfilled and why this word is important. 
• Find out what the link between mental health and home life is.
• Why it is important to surround ourselves with beautiful things that are inspiring us.
• Why we should use the word negotiation instead of compromise.  For instance, when we negotiate, we get to bring everybody's interest to the table and the goal is to make everybody happy with the outcome.
• One way to hold that space visually and kind of sense orally is to light a candle, dim the lights, and let that be your evening.
• Learn what Matt's cornerstone habit of the home is.

To connect with Matt Barrios:
Matt Barrios (bento.me)
Matt Barrios (@mt_barrios) • Instagram photos and videos
(2) Facebook
Homelife for Extraordinary Impact - YouTube
(20) Matt Barrios 🏡🚢 (@mt_barrios) / X (twitter.com)

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]

Season 2, Episode 74

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn about Daniel Tancredi, our statistician guest’s top five seeds of sunshine for 2023. 

Daniel Tancredi is a Professor in Residence of Pediatrics at UC Davis, where he contributes his experience and training as a statistician to teams in a variety of research areas, including autism, perinatal epidemiology, and nutrition. 

Top 10 Seeds of Sunshine episodes/guests selected by Carmen Micsa and Daniel Tancredi:
Being Perfectly Imperfect with Nanci Reed, Author of Happily Ever Now
How to Cook Delicious Homemade Meals with Michelin-star Chef Rafael and His Wife Toni
Three Ways to Become a Conversation Master with Leadership Coach Beth Wonson
Advice on How Women Can Excel in Sports with Christine Yu, Award-Winning Journalist/Author of Up to Speed
How to Enhance Your Mental Health with ‘Chopped’ Champion and memoir author Brooke Siem
Running with Joy with Emily Hawgood, Fifth Female at The Western States 100-mile Race
Ace Your Life with Dr. Michelle Maidenberg
Running & Life Coaching Tips with Two-time Olympian Kim Conley and her Husband Drew Wartenburg
Master Your Mindset
“Why Can’t She See Me?” with Madigan and Aimee Duffy, MD
Daniel's podcast Science, Microbes & Health: https://isappscience.org/for-scientists/podcasts/ 
To connect with Daniel Tancredi: Daniel Tancredi | UC Davis Profiles
Facebook

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]

Season 2, Episode 73

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn more about vibrational astrology with Michael Spremulli. 

 Michael Spremulli is a data-driven workplace personality expert who is a professional astrologer with almost 30 years of interpreting astrology charts. Michael Spremulli's approach to astrology is both unique and practical. He combines his therapist and workplace personality expert expertise with modern, cutting-edge, scientifically validated astrology interpretation techniques. 
 
Michael's journey with astrology began with a reading from a professional astrologer before he started grad school. The experience changed his life.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

•  Find out why Micheal chose vibrational astrology.
• Sharing his love of metaphysics.
• As a personality expert, Michael believes in data.
•  Michael will teach us how the planets interact and how that affects our mood, performance, etc. 
• Vibrational astrology shows us how the energy is optimally designed to flow for us individually.
•  Astrology is a great tool to get various answers to our life’s dilemmas. 
• The time, date, and birth location are crucial to vibrational astrology.
•  Michael is great at providing a vibrational astrology forecast.

To connect with Michael Spremulli:
Blue Ridge Astrology | Professional Astrology Services
Michael Spremulli (@blueridgeastrology) • Instagram photos and videos
(5) Facebook
Blue Ridge Astrology - YouTube
Blue Ridge Astrology (@blueridgeastrology) | TikTok

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]

Season 2, Episode 72

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn more about Leigh Shulman’s ideas about creativity and writing. 

Author and writing mentor Leigh Shulman founded The Inspired Writer Community, a women writers network for writers at any stage in their writing lives. Her bestselling book The Writer's Roadmap: Paving the Way To Your Ideal Writing Life helps thousands find their way in the writing world. She writes for the Washington Post, Wired, and Insider among others. Shulman lives with her family in the mountains of Argentina.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Shulman talks about moving from New York to Argentina and how her lifestyle has changed to a simpler life not centered on money, as it used to be when she lived in the US. 
• Working directly with writers, Shulman realized that people don't really know what they want, so she created a writer’s roadmap, which matches accomplishing more in life as well. 
• When it comes to writing and pursuing one’s goals, Shulman’s salient advice is to be really, really selfish in carving up time to write and devote to one’s passion.
• Writing is not an indulgence, but our livelihood.
• The idea behind the Inspire Writers Community is to help people figure out what they want and then really make it happen.

To purchase her book The Writer’s Roadmap: Paving the Way to Your Ideal Writing Life, please go to Amazon, and wherever books are sold.  

 To connect with Leigh Shulman:

 Facebook

 Leigh Shulman (@theleighshulman) • Instagram photos and videos

 (20) Leigh Shulman @writing.exchange@leighshulman (@TheLeighShulman) / X (twitter.com)

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]

Season 2, Episode 71

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about our guest Rahul Karan Sharma, who believes that anything is possible with grit, determination, and perseverance. With over 20 years of experience in Corporate America, he has proven that his transformational abilities are unparalleled. 

Rahul Karan Sharma is a dynamic leader from India, currently residing in Ashburn, VA. With an MBA in Human Resources from Pune University and a Master's Degree in Organization Development from Bowling Green State University, Rahul has dedicated his life to building mindsets that achieve excellence.

In his corporate role, he is entrusted with training and equipping leadership teams, while on the personal development front, he inspires others to adopt positive mind-talk conversations. His audience is captivated by his powerful storytelling skills and his unwavering passion for serving others.

Rahul, an acclaimed author of the #1 new book releases Be Action Oriented and Habits4Miracles is igniting a powerful positive transformation within the community. Through his profound words and insightful wisdom, Rahul's books empower individuals to embrace action, unlock their true potential, and cultivate habits that lead to miraculous outcomes.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Rahul learned there about the habit of reading books on self-development leadership, which inspired him to pursue my management MBA in human resources. 
• He urges us to keep a gratitude journal for thankful for today, as it will allow us to know how blessed we are that would be the first thing I would recommend. 
• Networking is one of the critical skills in today's environment.

To purchase Rahul Karan Sharma's books, go to his website, or wherever books are sold.

To connect with Rahul Karan Sharma, please follow him on:
 (3) Facebook
Rahul Karan Sharma (@preparewithrahul) (instagram.com)
(20) Rahul Karan Sharma (@rahulphr) / X (twitter.com)

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]