Sharing Passion and Purpose

Jennifer Moorman is a dreamer and a doer who is committed to chasing her joy! In addition to her full-time job, she has successfully self-published ten books over the past ten years in the Mystic Water Series. And, recently launched This Inspired Life Magazine, a digital publication with beautifully curated, inspirational articles. During our visit, Jennifer shares her secret for successfully creating a career and a life she loves! 

This nudge of encouragement offers a sneak peek into the pages of Alyssa Rosenheck's best-selling book, The New Southern Style. The book shares the messages behind the movement she created known as The New Southern. With over 30 creatives rooted in the pages of this beautifully curated book, Alyssa's mission with this project is to support the reader through life pivots, inspire creative courage, and encourage us all to be our own agents of change.  

Listening time: approx. 6 minutes

Alyssa Rosenheck is an author, a celebrated architectural photographer, and a cancer survivor. Nationally, Alyssa has been recognized as a business leader, one of the leading photographers in the country, and the voice of the new South in outlets like Forbes, The Washington Post, Architectural Digest, InStyle, and People magazine.. Alyssa is helping individuals tap into their creative power and community with her book, The New Southern Style. Readers get an all-access pass into the conversations and home tours of more than 30 creative entrepreneurs. With more than 47,000 words, Alyssa's mission with this project is to support the reader through life pivots, inspire creative courage, and encourage us all to be our own agents of change. Alyssa is amplifying the voices of the next generation of creatives and turning messages into movements. 

Annette King has always been drawn to helping animals. The beginning signs of what would eventually become her life’s passion started when she was a young child, caring for stray animals.  In 1996, she purchased a small farm in Rogers County and it wasn’t long before animals and friends with injured wildlife were finding their way to her home and Wild Heart Ranch was born. What started out small has grown into an organization that has helped over 75,000 animals over the past twenty-five years!

Margarita Vega is bright, beautiful and strong. Her breast cancer diagnosis, almost six years ago, is a thing of the past. Today, Margarita is cancer-free and truly happy, but it didn’t happen overnight. As a result of her own soul-searching journey, she shares the process of finding a career where has found true joy! As a certified Life Coach, she guides women towards reaching their own personal goals to become all they were meant to be.

Laura Tremaine is the host of one of my favorite podcasts, "Ten Things to Tell You," where she discusses timely and relevant topics along with prompts to engage listeners! She describes it as an “interactive” podcast and encourages listeners to take topics to a journal or a friend - it's about digging deeper and sharing our stuff. 

Her new book, “Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First: 10 Questions to Take Your Friendships to the Next Level" – is an extension of her podcast in written form. She is very open & vulnerable in discussing deeply personal topics and encourages readers to use the book as a resource to facilitate deeper thoughts and conversations to grow and strengthen connections. The end of each chapter includes prompts that can be penned in a journal or discussed with a friend - it's truly a workbook getting to know yourself on a deeper, more personal level which can be hard, but it doesn't have to be! She'll go first... 

Have you ever thought of running for office? Kara Joy McKee, known as “KJ,” is a fourth-generation Oklahoman who decided to take that leap! She was only a few months into the race for Tulsa City Council when she found out she was pregnant. She continued on and WON the race! As you'll hear in this episode, she fully embraced both roles - Mother & Tulsa City Councilor of District 4! Learn how she juggles her roles, what she encourages moms to consider and the importance she places on self-care.

What can two moms do who partner together? A LOT! April George and Kerry Maunus came up with Turkey on the Table® - a product that instills gratitude, promotes family traditions and gives back big time! During our visit, April shares insight into their product development and the good that has come about from one idea! 

This nudge of encouragement centers around Lisa Whittle's newest book - The Hard Good. This is a must-read for anyone struggling to overcome hard things in life - from loss of a loved one to jealousy and body image. Resisting those feelings is not the answer. In fact, Lisa acknowledges that being a "resistor" will hinder your progress towards healing! The topics covered in this book help readers create their own path of navigating those hard feelings and moving onto healing and feeling good! Listening time: about 5 minutes