Soraya -Be Convinced! Sharing Lifechanging Stories of Hope

Rand Selig has been a very successful entrepreneur who established and managed a prominent investment banking firm.  With an MBA from Stanford, he has not only been an accomplished professional, but has also been married for 43 years, has 2 children and 3 grandchildren, and has volunteered relentlessly.  With his breadth of personal and professional experience, he decided to write a book titled Thriving: How to Create a Healthier, Happier and More Prosperous Life. He shares how each of us can be the author of our own story and design our own life.  

His book’s goal is to help us sort through life’s many complexities and discover how we can thrive. Can we age well, manage our life’s transitions successfully and have new beginnings? Rand answers that question with a resounding YES!

Please stay tuned as he shares with us how we can choose to be positive, have hope, learn from our mistakes, and thrive each and every day.  

Book:  Thriving: How to Create a Healthier, Happier and More Prosperous Life

Website: https://www.randselig.com/

LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/rand-selig-43525a6/

Dr. Brad Miller likes to be known as “The Adversity Doctor” linking comedy with cancer therapy.  He is not a medical doctor but had a career of over 43 years as a pastor and obtained his doctoral degree in ministry.  After retiring, he was diagnosed with cancer.  He said that he laughed to keep from crying after he heard the diagnosis. Dr. Miller has since brought his extensive experience in ministry and his doctoral degree in personal transformation and linked those with his love for comedy to create the Cancer and Comedy Podcast.  He shares with us the 3 Hs – healing with hope and humor – that can be effectively used as therapy for all health challenges.

Website:  https://www.drbradmiller.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cancerandcomedy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertbradleymiller/

My guest Matt O’Neill is on a mission to spread the knowledge of the importance of good moods.  Yes – that’s correct!  Do you know how impactful a good mood can be to your life? Matt faced many challenges when he was growing up, from a father’s absence to limited financial resources.  He is a husband and father of four who has established and managed multiple businesses.  And he knows and understands the demands of life as well as how to survive when a business is facing financial struggles.  More importantly, he is a walking testament to the power of choosing good moods no matter what adversities he has faced. After two decades of studying about good moods, Matt shares how you can choose peace and happiness amidst all of life’s adversities. His soon to be released book is titled Good Mood Revolution.

Book:  Good Mood Revolution (To be released late 2024)

Website:   https://www.goodmoodshow.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/goodmoodmatt/

Ilene Marcus is a leadership coach, author, and keynote speaker.  Ilene has over 30 years of leadership experience in diverse industries.  She especially enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs to start and scale businesses. She also enjoys working with teams.  The title of her book is How to Manage Annoying People – 7 Proven Tactics to Maximize Team Performance. As Ilene likes to advise, managing people begins most importantly with self-management and the understanding that your actions carry weight and significance.

Book: How to Manage Annoying People – 7 Proven Tactics to Maximize Team Performance

Website: https://alignedworkplace.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/managingannoyingpeople/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkism13/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilenemarcus/

My guest Hannah Lynn is a certified coach who is passionate  about helping women prevent or overcome burnout, design a  career they love, and show up as their best selves.  Hannah knows about burnout all too well as she has suffered it twice in her life.  She is a wife, mother, and career professional who turned burnout into a blessing, as she stepped back, reassessed her life, and prioritized. She brings her personal experiences, knowledge, and training to provide the assistance and direction that women need.  Her Serene Success program can be used as a roadmap for living your life to the fullest potential.  For my listeners, Hannah offers a free cheat sheet that gives principles to help you cut your working hours by 20%. Simply go to her website serenesuccess.net/pod. Listen as Hannah shares her story of hope that will help you get recharged and lead you to designing a career and life that you love.

Website: https://serenesuccess.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hannahlynnlove

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serene_success

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/serene-success/

Free cheat sheet: www.serenesuccess.net/pod

My guest Zachary Parker Harris is a very successful businessman who is making a tremendous impact on entrepreneurs through his organization Junto Global.  At a young age, Zachary was in to partying, taking drugs, and excessive drinking.   When he was 20 years old, he almost died in a car accident.  He then made the pivotal choice to leave toxic friendships behind. After landing a dream job at a Fortune 100 tech company, he sought out mentors because he knew how important personal development was and wanted to surround himself with people who were achievers.  He eventually established a mastermind group named Junto Global, connecting thousands of entrepreneurs with like-minded peers to help build their businesses and relationships and improve their health – seeking wholistic success.  Zachary stresses the importance of continually learning and growing along with the 3 Cs - Community, Clarity, and Collaboration - among the participants.

Website:  https://junto.global/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/zacharyparkerharris

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/zacharyparkerharris/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkerharris/

My guest is Tracy Herbert who is a type 1 diabetic and has  dyslexia.  Despite her health challenges, Tracy is a certified weight loss specialist, a certified personal trainer and wellness coach, an ACE senior fitness specialist, and a lead trainer in longevity codes.  Her pursuit of fitness and health took her on a successful 3,527-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to New York when she was in her mid-50s.  On top of all that, she is a best-selling author who has written three books. Tracy is passionate about helping others live a longer, healthier, happier, and more active life.

Book: Diabetes Tragedy to Triumph (Lessons from 40 Years of Beating the Odds); Ride for Hope: One Woman's Solo 3,527 Mile Bicycle Ride that Inspired the Nation; Longevity Codes: Live Longer - Stay Healthy - Remain Independent

Website:  

https://tracyherbert.com/

Facebook:  

https://www.facebook.com/tracyherbertwellness

Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/tracyherbertwellness/

LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-herbert

Steph Katzovi is an author, wife, and the mother of two school-aged boys.  She always profoundly believed that she would be an author one day, but her path was very circuitous to reach her goal.  She obtained a college degree and then a law degree.  She even studied and passed bar exams in two states, but she never actually practiced law.  She also worked for many years as a professional speech writer.  But Steph knew what her dream and passions were and truly believed in herself.  She has written two books for children 11-12 years old.  The first is Hurricamp, which is about building friendships at a sleep away camp during a hurricane. Her second book is Miscommunicamp, which involves friendships and disagreements.  As Steph says, she hopes that her words and sense of humor elicit a positive emotional experience – one in which readers see themselves in the characters that she has created.  Her goal is to promote within children confidence, positivity, and kindness.

Book:  Hurricamp; Miscommunicamp

Website:  https://stephkatzovi.com/

Facebook:  https://facebook.com/StephKatzoviLit

Instagram:  https://instagram.com/StephKatzovi

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-katzovicz-b7686750/

Meet my guest Joe Martin, who likes to call himself the director of awesome-relentless positivity.  Joe openly shares how he went from being 50 pounds overweight to being voted his city’s healthiest trainer.  He went from being a below-average student to a best-selling author; from being a youthful offender on probation to being a positive force in his community and working with children; from being very shy to a sought-after speaker; and from being on the verge of suicide, to finding blessings every day wherever possible.  He is passionate about helping women become their best selves through exercise and healthy eating and established Relentless Positivity Fitness for Women.  Even his mom – who is in her 70s – regularly attends his physical fitness classes.  His best-selling book is titled Relentless Positivity. 

Book: Relentless Positivity: Inspiration and Strategies to Lose Weight, Tone Up, and Have More Energy Than You Have Had in Years

Website: https://fitandpositive.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntsvilleBootCamp/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/relentlesspositivityfitness/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsvbootcamp/

Steve Gamlin is known as “The Motivational Firewood Guy”.  He is the creator of the Vision Board Mastery program as well as an author, coach, and keynote speaker.  By the age of 35, Steve had to change careers, went through a divorce, and suffered from financial loss. He was successfully able to turn his life around!  Steve is passionate about teaching the importance of SEEing your desired outcomes, understanding the WHY, and then building action plans to achieve them.  His visualization coaching, using his Vision Board Mastery program, is key to helping you set goals, build habits, and maintain momentum toward your success. By the way, did you wonder where he got the nickname “The Motivational Firewood Guy”?  Listen and you will find out!

Book:  OH YEAH (Another Quote Book)!- 55 Powerful Steps to a More Successful Life from a Regular Guy Named Steve- and a Dog Named Super Teddy

20 to Life (In a Good Way)- 20 Simple Actions to Break Away from the Negativity Around You 

Bust Out of Your Crate (Super Teddy’s Top 20 Tips for People to be as Happy as Dogs)! (to be re-released)

Website: https://stevegamlin.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveGamlin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevegamlin/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegamlin/