We are already more than halfway through the first month of 2024. If you have lost momentum trying to stay consistent with your goals, this episode is for you as we explore opportunities for resetting ourselves due to the many obstacles, setbacks, and potential challenges that exist ahead. Breaking down the overwhelming items into easy, manageable tasks can make short work of the mundane standing in your way and regaining the positive momentum.

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

The concept of mentoring and coaching go back hundreds of years to times where it was necessary to share information from one other, especially with a specific set of trades or skills that were being passed from generation to generation. Being able to have this insight and knowledge allowed for advances not only in civilization, but it creates opportunities in our lives to interact with one another because of the unique knowledge, skills, and abilities that we bring to others. For our guest today, Cheryl Baker demonstrates the importance of being able to pass along this information, especially in the music education field that has seen troubles as a whole in recent decades. Being able to share this knowledge through instruction is one thing, but being able to pass it along to others can create a focus that is needed in our own lives to ensure that we are sharing tips and tricks of how to get through some of the difficult moments that we may experience.

Guest Bio

Cheryl Baker is a veteran teacher of elementary general music. She started her 39th year of teaching in 2023-24. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting/directing and music education and a Master of Music with an emphasis in Orff-Schulwerk. She is passionate about music in schools as well as appropriate new teacher education, and has begun giving webinars to new music teachers during the last 2 years. She owns the Noteworthy Publishing LLC which provides coaching and dynamic, interactive workshops and practical strategies for teaching elementary school music.

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LessonsFromtheMusicRoom

Website: http://lessonsfromthemusicroom.com

• Toastmasters International -Home (https://www.toastmasters.org) - Toastmasters is an international organization that has allowed many of my guests to be on the show through personal and professional connection, combining all kinds of different types of communication and leadership development. Learn more about this organization at the link provided, plus check out the "Find A Club" option where you can locate an in-person or virtual club closest to you and your likings!
• About Cheryl & Lessons From The Music Room Book (https://www.lessonsfromthemusicroom.com/about) - To learn more about Cheryl and to purchase her book, "Lessons From The Music Room" directly from her, check out this link.

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This episode focuses on what is really what we strive for the most: acceptance. Aristotle said it best in which he declared that all humans are political animals (political having a different connotation by today's standards). Moving past the contemporary decision of social acceptance, we can achieve more happy, fulfilling lives IF we listen to the signs that surround us in our lives.

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The ability for ourselves to grow as leaders takes a lot of persistence, commitment, and understanding a little about our own selves in order to create opportunities for self-reflection and development of our own communication and influence. Even though these aspects are important, we must find ways in our own ways to create relationships, confidence, and determination in the ways we lead others. Leadership consultant and author of positive thinking and personal/professional growth Dr. Hector Ortiz shares his unique perspectives not only on how what he shares with others about this subject, but how he has been able to create these important aspects in his own life. Being able to be a role model is only one piece of the overall sphere of influence we carry, let alone vision for our organization (both personally and professionally). We are able to grow if we are able to examine who we surround ourselves with, and nurture our own well-being.

Guest Bio

Dr. Hector Ortiz is the Program Manager for Diversity and Inclusion at Penn State Health System. Previously, Dr. Ortiz served as Senior Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships, Office of Advancement and Strategic Initiatives at Central Penn College. From 2015 to 2020, he served at Central Penn College as an Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies. Hector is a Leadership Harrisburg Area graduate, class of 2005. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, a master’s degree in diplomacy, and a doctorate degree in international relations and has obtained the Highest Toastmaster Educational Award, the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) recognition in 2018. He has written two books: The Creative Energy of Positive Thinking, and Six Assets To Grow Personally and Advance Professionally.

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hector.r.ortiz.33

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hectorrortiz1166/

Website: http://www.drhectorortiz.com/

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

This episode discusses the concept of sharing too much information when you should/should not be doing it. There are various schools of thought that are involved with this topic, and despite the political, social, cultural, and mental considerations involved, being willing to provide an avenue for sharing is important, but balancing the bigger picture required for self-development to occur.

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

With the start of a new year, it is always a good reminder to help yourself to become physically fit. Although it is an old cliche that has been a staple of American society, and potentially others across the world that are looking for a "fresh start" to a new year, progress takes time and a "quick fix" does not solve everything. It takes time and persistence to build, especially if there are enemies that stand in your way in achieving that success. Today's guest, owner of Valkyrie Fitness, Jennifer Hensel, will share why it is so important to stay with your goals, as having competition can help you stay determined with the right mindset and attitude to achieve anything, especially in the New Year!

Guest Bio

Jennifer is 41 years old and has owned her own personal training business called Valkyrie Fitness for over 5 years. She trains clients and also runs fun group bootcamps. She recently started as a real estate agent in an exciting career adventure!

Jennifer has 2 kids; a daughter who is 15 and a son who is almost 13. They live in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania with her boyfriend, Mike, which includes their 3 dogs, 2 rats, 2 ducks and 18 chickens.

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=9330949

@Missfit31 on Instagram

Website: https://www.yelp.com/biz/valkyrie-fitness-new-cumberland

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

This episode describes the future of the podcast, which includes a reflection of where 72 episodes have led to for the overall development of the show, the further development of Your Speaking Voice LLC, and a major update that will provide more options for listeners to develop personal and professional development as a whole.

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Imagine being diagnosed as a child with a host of different types of different issues, only to find out later on in life that they were all wrong. Today's guest, Adele Cole, shares her story of how Lyme Disease, a tick-borne illness, led to a world of healthcare that eventually led to coaching clients that experience similar issues. Learn through her story how these obstacles, despite how physically, emotionally, and socially draining that they have been, led to an ultimate success story in how a whole world of clients have been able to change their lifestyles, and how she has been able to be influenced positively by those stories.

WARNING: This episode discusses suicide and depression. Although these are very heavy subject matters that require great care and attention when discussing, these subjects are pivotal to the important understanding of our guest's way of navigating through any sort of unique challenge. Consult authorities, particularly when you know someone that is going through this, to seek out assistance and help with navigating through these very difficult conversations.

Guest Bio

Adele Cole is a registered nurse and founder of Wellness with Adele Cole, living in Central Pennsylvania with her husband, Cameron, and four children - 3 girls and 1 boy. Both her husband and Adele run separate businesses, but also homeschool and do a lot of "homesteading in suburbia", as they call it. She is also a Lyme warrior, offering holistic Lyme coaching and Zyto scanning services to help clients achieve and sustain healing goals. Adele's passion is helping others embrace and even ENJOY the healing journey, with the goal of saving time, energy, and money along the way. One main way she approaches this as a coach is by looking into how clients develop individual health resiliency to allow them to live the life of their dreams. Oftentimes, this is the life of freedom clients always wanted but thought was out of reach due to tick borne illnesses or difficult, ongoing health issues. She can help others meet those goals, one step at a time.

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YouTube Page: https://youtube.com/@adelecole8892

Website: http://www.adelecole.com

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

This reflection episode will look back at some of the common lessons explored in the almost 7 months since starting Speaking From The Heart, and share how we can apply them to the future as we enter the year 2024. We can learn so much from the guests, interesting ideas, and perspectives that we have been blessed to receive this year, and if you have not had the chance to listen to them all, we will showcase where these areas of personal and professional development are to create that best version of yourself yet!

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

Have you ever wondered what fame or recognition, alongside a ton of money, would feel like having? Maybe some of those ideas have come from watching television and movie series, or even following celebrities, sports figures, or other notable leaders that have received one of these types of accolades. What if these aspects do not matter, and that living in a life of various spectrums of success is fine to have and achieve in a different way? Today's guest, host of the podcast Movie Nights and Matinees, Bill Groves, shares his unique story in the "film industry" (loosely defined), but how it has generated a completely different passion for films and television series that he shares with his own audience. His experiences working on the movie set of Francis Ford Coppola, in addition to time he had at Warner Brothers, is a wide-opening opportunity to showcase that we can all have successes in a variety of different ways.

Guest Bio

Bill is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which he has a degree in theatre. He was a crew member on the production of Francis Ford Coppola's movie Rumble Fish, also filmed in Tulsa.

Since then, he has moved to Los Angeles, CA where he lived for over 25 years, and then moved to Houston, TX in 2012 where he current lives. He is also the creator/host of Movie Nights & Matinees podcast. In the mid-90s, he created the quarterly magazine Television Chronicles. Previous careers has included working in a video store, at Warner Brothers in the theatrical legal department, and then the Corporate Archive, radio, nightclub DJ, and managing a movie theatre.

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089815873851

Website: https://movienightsandmatinees.com/

• Rumble Fish Overview (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Fish) - This Wikipedia article provides more information about the premise of Rumble Fish and it's plot, characters, and other helpful information.

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs