Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

Season 2, Episode 87

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Leigh Woolard why progress is better than perfection and how we can reprogram our minds toward success.

Leigh Woolard lives in the UK and has been a business owner since 2006 working with global brands, entrepreneurs, and business owners to help them transform their businesses online and themselves as individuals. His personal journey fuels his passion for helping entrepreneurs and business owners. Overcoming bone cancer taught Leigh the power of what his thoughts were creating in the outside world. Leigh is on a mission to guide and support fellow business owners and entrepreneurs globally in creating a compelling vision for a business and life they would love and taking purposeful action to make it their reality.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Suppressing feelings does not serve us. Leigh learned how to express these things.
• Leigh thinks that perfection isn't actually real and this flawed belief may be holding us back. 
• Perfection versus progress.
• Give that gift to somebody else and the space to make a mistake.
• Each one of us is capable of reprogramming our minds toward success.
• Leigh thinks that our thoughts create our feelings, our feelings create our actions, and our actions create our results. 

To connect with Leigh Woolard:

Leigh Woolard - Transformational Leader

Leigh Woolard (@leighwoolard) • Instagram photos and videos

(20) Leigh Woolard | LinkedIn

Leigh Woolard - 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]

Season 2, Episode 86

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Lizbeth Meredith how to use the power of stories to affect change. 

 Lizbeth Meredith is an award-winning author, speaker, and online teacher and coach living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a Lifetime television movie, Stolen By Their Father.

Lizbeth provides coaching for those grounded in grit, ready to turn their past challenges into their superpowers rather than merely “get through them.” She proudly served crime victims and offenders for 30 years in Alaska. In her off-time, she enjoys movies at the theater, talking with podcast guests at Persistence U with Lizbeth, and Facetime chats with her adult daughters and grand-pets.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Lizbeth used to live in Alaska for 50 years and she recently moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Lizbeth worked in the criminal justice system, as well as with trauma-informed care, and feels that life sort of chose her work. 
• And sometimes all patients need is someone to believe in them to help turn things around.  Working with survivors of trauma helped Lizbeth get continuing education. She became a trauma-informed care trainer.
• Lizbeth is a firm believer that sharing our stories when the situation and the time is right is critical to healing, which is why she writes and does her podcast. 
• In her new book Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers, Lizbeth talks about turning our challenges into superpowers.

 To connect with Lizbeth Meredith:

(1) Facebook

(9) Lizbeth Meredith | LinkedIn

Lizbeth Meredith - 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]

Season 2, Episode 85

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Lara Buelow how to plan your life with more clarity and more productivity. 

 As a certified coach and professional life designer, Lara Buelow is a catalyst for transformation. She specializes in guiding professional women through powerful career transitions, empowering them to become their most effective, fulfilled selves. Lara gets people unstuck, reignites their passions, and infuses her coaching with a contagious zest for life. A firm believer that joy and purpose should be integral to success, she advocates for having more fun, chasing your dreams, and rediscovering your sense of purpose.  

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• One of Buelow’s favorite books is 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, as it approaches modern life and productivity.
• She also highly recommends Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey.
• Buelow is a huge believer in getting a coach who can help redesign your life and then step into action. Clarity comes from taking action. It's not from overthinking or thinking about something all the time it's from taking that action and then gaining the confidence to move forward with the clarity that you're uncovering.

To receive Lara Buelow’s actionable seeds of sunshine and schedule a complimentary call, please go to https://larabuelow.com/#session

 To purchase Lara Buelow’s upcoming book:

Book | Lara Buelow

 To connect with Lara Buelow:

(1)    Facebook

(2) Coach LB | Lara Buelow (@larabuelow) • Instagram photos and videos

(3) Lara Buelow - YouTube

(4) (1) Lara Buelow, CPC | LinkedIn

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 84

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest David Bush how to plan your life and position for success. 

 DAVID BUSH Author, Speaker, and Extraordinary Results Coach Through his coaching and motivational speaking, David inspires entrepreneurial leaders to design and live extraordinary lives. His passion for developing exceptional leaders and high-performance teams translates into a high-energy and powerful message that empowers individuals to live their dreams and change their world. 

 David guides leaders on an inspiring ride and he challenges them to get out of their COMFORT CAVES and become extraordinary CLIFF CLIMBERS in everything they do. Top industry leaders from across the nation have called on David to coach them and their teams to extraordinary levels of success and significance.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Bush explains that it’s important to know what you want in life and that he learned that from an early age. 
• Everybody is in control of writing their own book.
• In his book, Live an Extraordinary Life: Six Commitments to Live Your Dreams & Change Your Life, David explains how to focus on what's above and beyond what's usual, regular, and customary, and begin to climb the mountain.
• Life is about getting out of a comfort zone and out of the stage of complacency. 
• Bush encourages everyone to become a Cliff Climber by finding something meaningful that gets us out of the cave.
• Zig Ziglar the famous motivational speaker used to say that "fear is false evidence appearing real."

 To purchase David Bush’s book, please go to:

Live An Extraordinary Life: Six Commitments to Live Your Dreams & Change Your World: Bush, David: 9781737989004: Amazon.com: Books

 To connect with David Bush:

Free Planner - Signup - The Extraordinary Life

David Bush (@davidbush65) • Instagram photos and videos

(6) Facebook

David Bush - YouTube

David Bush - Owner - Extraordinary Results Coaching | LinkedIn

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 83

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Constantin Morun how to deepen our relationship with ourselves by looking inwards. 

Constantin is a passionate advocate of personal growth, self-discovery, and professional development with over 15 years of experience. Through his journey from a fear-ridden man hiding his authentic self to embracing vulnerability and authenticity, Constantin demonstrates that self-discovery can unlock the keys to personal and professional success.

As a Holistic Life Empowerment Mentor & Coach, he inspires and empowers individuals on their unique journeys towards growth and self-discovery through both his professional and personal life, as well as his podcast, Unleash Thyself. Integrating his passion for technology, spirituality, and mentorship, Constantin helps individuals unlock their full potential, fostering a positive impact on the world around them.

On this Seeds of Sunshine: 

• Overcoming a fixed mindset that Constantin grew up with during communism just like myself, which is this idea that you don't necessarily learn from your mistakes. It's about hiding your mistakes, being punished for your mistakes, punishing yourself or others, and essentially putting people down if there are mistakes and something is not perfect. Now, Constantin adopts a growth mindset. 
• Constantin talks about the difference between being resilient on the outside vs. true inner resilience. 
• Working for Microsoft, Constantin found a way to merge technology with being present and mindful. 
• At the end of the episode, Constantin has three seeds of sunshine that if practiced correctly will help us feel happier and more content. Give them a try!

To connect with Constantin Morun:
https://unleashthyself.com/
Unleash Thyself - 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]

Season 2, Episode 82

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Mary Bush Shipko what it took to become the first woman Airline pilot for Hughes Air West in 1976.

Aviation Pioneer and author Mary Bush Shipko was one of the first women airline pilots in the country. She began her flying career in 1964 in South Florida. Mary plays second violin in CCO a community orchestra in Gloucester, Virginia. Today she speaks nationwide, inspiring young women to become airline pilots.

On this Seeds of Sunshine:

• Mary recounts the lessons she learned from her father, such as determination and never giving up. 
•  In the '60s, there were no women airline pilots, but Mary's father gave her flying lessons when she was 16. 
• Mary loved flying immediately because flying uses almost every aptitude a human being has, such as physical skill, emotional control, and three three-dimensional problem-solving. 
• Mary's memoir Aviatrix is her true life story, which she wrote to inspire others.  Her main flight used to go around the Caribbean Basin both into the Bahamas. Navigation aids were fairly primitive. 
• Mary believes that being an airline pilot is a fascinating and rewarding career. It is a unique combination of adventure and technical expertise. It has very high job satisfaction.

To buy Mary's books:
Aviatrix: First Woman Pilot for Hughes Airwest: Shipko, Mary Bush: 9798985950908: Amazon.com: Books
DARING MARY AVIATION PIONEER, a children's book
THE FIRST WOMEN PILOTS AND HOW THEY CHANGED THE AIRLINES, a STEM book.  

To connect with Mary Bush Shipko:
(20) Aviatrix (@mshipko) / 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 81

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn from our guest Venchele Saint Dic about writing, reflection, and cultural sensitivity. 

Venchele Saint Dic is the author of Journey to Redemption and Faith in the Amazon best-selling book Passport to Self-Discovery Volume 2, who is also pursuing a doctorate in Public Health Leadership. Venchele has demonstrated leadership and innovation in public health, health equity, communications, public outreach, social inclusion, and diversity, among many others. Her writing includes subjects on public health, resilience, communication skills, assertiveness, personal development, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, Travel, community health, mental health, relationships, culture, race, and health systems. Her past writing stories have been included in The Good Men Project, The National Medical Association, Harness Magazine, Black News, The Minority Business Finance Scoop, The Above Ground Railroad, and many more. 

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Venchele talks about her growing up in Haiti and speaking French. 
• She points out the importance of not being self-critical and building bridges of understanding. 
• As the co-author of the book Passport to Self-Discovery, Venchele believes that there are more benefits than risks when going back to school, as she is now studying behavioral health for her PhD. 
• As a writing coach, Venchele is a huge believer in the Pomodoro technique and in breaking a bigger task into a smaller one. 
• Another important skill for writers is the ability to reflect without being self-critical. 
• Cultural sensitivity is an important concept.
• Venchele believes that we can all find pearls of wisdom everywhere around us if we allow ourselves to be surprised and observant. 

 To buy Venchele Saint Dic’s book: 

pathwaycoachwriting.com

 To connect with Venchele Saint Dic:

(3) Facebook

https://www.linkedin.com/in/venchele-saint-dic-drph-candidate-mph-baph-70480811

(20) Venchele Saint Dic (@VencheleD) / 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 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)

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 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

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 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]