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Zack S. Rutledge is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, an ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist, and a Certified Brain Health Trainer through the Functional Aging Institute. He has a black belt in karate and has practiced yoga for almost a decade. He holds an MA from American University in Washington, D.C., and had recently been accepted to a second grad school to become a licensed therapist.  He has also written a book called “The Official Depression Relief Playbook.”

Amazon Link for Zack’s Book, “The Official Depression Relief Playbook” https://amzn.to/3xUVGY1

Since her first National Keynote at age 14, Ashley Rhodes-Courter has shared her story with thousands in the United States and in over 7 countries.

Ashley Rhodes-Courter, MSW, is the quintessential American success story.  Born in 1985 to a single teen mother, by the age of 3 she was in Florida’s foster care system where she spent almost ten years being shuttled between 14 homes—some quite abusive—before being adopted from a Children’s Home at the age of twelve.

Despite her ordeal, she excelled in school because she believed that, “my education was the one thing nobody could take from me.”  Early in her life she felt compelled to advocate for herself and the other children she lived with, particularly in the abusive foster homes.

Her efforts and academic achievements landed her Eckerd College’s Trustee Scholarship where she graduated with honors and ahead of schedule earning a double major in Communications and Theater and a double minor in Political Science and Psychology.  Ashley then went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California.

During her undergraduate studies, she was one of 20 college students selected for the USA Today All-USA Academic Team and was named one of GLAMOUR Magazine’s Top Ten College Women.  She was also selected as one of the four Golden BR!CK Award winners for outstanding advocacy for community change by DoSomething!. As part of their campaign, she was featured on 25 million bags of Cool Ranch Doritos.

By the age of 22, Ashley had become a New York Times Bestselling Author. Her first book, “Three Little Words” is now an International Bestseller and has been published in at least 4 countries. Her second book, “Three More Words” debuted at #1 on Amazon Bestseller’s List. Both books are used in classrooms across the country in various community and First Year Experience Collegiate programs.

Ashley has received State, local, and National awards for her speaking, advocacy, and philanthropy. She has spoken on Capitol Hill and has been invited to the White House twice. “Three Little Words” is now being made into a major motion picture.

Beth is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care nurse with a rich experience in caring for patients at the end of their life. She hope to demystify death and dying so that more people will walk toward this powerful life event rather than run away from it. She want everyone to exit this world knowing their wishes will be respected, they will be taken care of, and they will be comfortable in the final stage of their beautiful life. 

She wrote a book called "Some Light at the End" to help patients and caregivers an end of life guidebook. You can check out her website https://www.bethcavenaugh.com for more information. 

Erin McCullough is a thought leader, an in-demand speaker and an international teacher that helps people create IMPENETRABLE JOY so that they can be calm, have peace of mind and meaning in their life, NOW!  Erin had an Anxiety Disorder that had her holed up in her home for nearly a year.  Through that experience she learned how and why that happened and developed strategies to overcoming and preventing it, which is what she now teaches. Erin vowed that when she found solutions to overcoming and preventing anxiety, she would do whatever she could to make sure that no one had that experience, so that has been her mission.  Erin spent a decade studying the Mind/Body connection, Visualization and ways to still the mind.  Over the decade she has created simple strategies to Overcoming and Preventing Anxiety, Stress, Worry and Overwhelm so that all her clients live a life intentionally in Joy.  She has been an entrepreneur for 21 years and consulting businesses and business leaders for 16 years.  If you question who you are and what you are meant to be doing in this life, let Erin help you discover your own path to joy.

https://www.erin-mac.com/bookings-checkout/step-1-to-joy-call/book

Best-selling author and top female motivational Speaker Meridith Alexander is the only mindset specialist who utilizes an innovative, 3-step GRIT Mindset System for high level professionals, women’s empowerment groups and entrepreneurs around the world who want to live more boldly and use their hidden purpose, passion and potential to thrive in an era of massive change, great challenges and unpredictability. 

She passionately challenges leaders and teams to explore the boundaries of endless possibilities, positive expectation and creative focus. Meridith’s extraordinary story of thriving in the midst of “impossible circumstances” when her daughter was crushed by a boulder inspires her audiences to emerge playing at their highest level, tapping into their most visionary self and appreciating their own greatness and the greatness of their team. 

Episode 100! We cannot believe we are here. Because we stayed consistent, we are able to be here and share our 100th episode. Thank you everyone who has supported us and continues to support us through this journey. Remember to check out our course that is up on our website. Head on over to sprinkledwithhope.com and go under "Training Courses" to access it! 

Jane Wenning is the CEO and Founder of 4-Pillars Health. After being bullied and body shamed during her younger years, Wenning suffered from depression, an eating order among several other things, Jane knew it was time to make the switch taking to her pain and making it into her passion.

Using her knowledge as a Certified Medical Technologist and an Athletic Trainer, she created a wellness program transforming her body and coming to love herself. Jane Wenning is about self-love, body positivity and that learning yourself is the key to being happy.

Mat and Savanna’s uplifting song choices and harmonies have inspired people the world over. They have a passion for using music for good – often supporting charities, good causes, and providing inspiration with their performances. Their goal is to share hope and spread joy through music.

Merrick Rosenberg is a keynote speaker and thought leader on personality styles and team development. He co-founded Team Builders Plus in 1991 and Take Flight Learning in 2012. He is the author The Chameleon and co-author of Taking Flight!.

Merrick has taught more than 100,000 people how to incorporate the personality styles in their work and lives. The DISC training program that Merrick designed, Taking Flight with DISC was recognized as the Best Personality Styles Training Program in the United States by Corporate Vision Magazine.

As CEO of Take Flight Learning, he led his organization to be selected by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the Fastest Growing Companies and Best Places to Work in the Philadelphia area. Under his leadership, his company was selected as the New Jersey Business of the Year by NJ Biz magazine. He received his MBA specializing in Organizational Development from Drexel University who selected him as the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year.

You can read more about him and his work at takeflightlearning.com

Welcome back to Sprinkled with Hope. We're glad you could join us, Jason and Shane, as we discuss FEAR.