That Gratitude Guy Podcast with David George Brooke: Gratitude Turns What You Have Into Enough

Steve has over thirty years of marketing, general management and consulting experience within large corporations and within privately held firms. Steve s experience has been in the consumer packaged goods and services industry, including beverages, pasta, frozen and refrigerated prepared foods, electronic information services, and distribution services.

Steve is active in consulting at the Executive Management level. He currently operates Advisory Boards for CEOs of firms from diverse industries, plus one group of key Executives from those CEO members. This is for Vistage Intl an International Organization for CEOs with more than 20,000 members worldwide. In addition, Steve has consulted with clients in the areas of Strategic Business Plans, Marketing Plans, Market Research, Business Plans for equity investors and executive coaching.

During the prior ten years, Steve has served as President of several privately held firms, owned by venture capital investors. These firms have included both turn-around and high growth opportunities (PackageNet a provider of UPS shipping services to consumers through supermarkets; Huxtable Foods a West coast producer of frozen refrigerated prepared meals; Utopia Spring Water a Texas based bottled water producer and U.S. Videotel - a developer of information systems.

Previously, Steve served in various brand management and general management positions within The Minute Maid Company, the $2 billion juice division of The Coca-Cola Company. His last position was as Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Division. Steve s accomplishments included the introduction and expansion of Minute Maid refrigerated orange juice, the launch of calcium fortified Minute Maid orange juices, the national expansion of Five Alive juice drinks, and the negotiation of the first licensing agreement and national expansion of Bacardi Frozen Tropical Fruit Mixers. Steve also served as President of two Minute Maid subsidiaries, Belmont Springs Water Company and Ronco Pasta.

Steve has a MBA from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree from University of Maryland. Steve is active in several community organizations, is married and has two grown children.

Susan McConnell is the Executive Director for Wesley Homes Foundation where she has served for almost two years.

Prior to joining Wesley Homes, Susan was President and CEO for Make-A-Wish of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, the largest chapter in the country where she served for 18 years.

Susan is originally from Seattle Washington and spent the first decade of her non-profit career working for PONCHO and Make-A-Wish of Washington State.

Susan s passions are her family, work, her dog Maizy, reading and working on the potter s wheel.

Noggin Branding is a one-stop-shop for all of your marketing needs. The Noggin team makes marketing fun and drive actual retail and online business sales. How do we know? Because our business has been offering a holistic approach to marketing for 10 years with happy customers in every state. We were nominated Entrepreneur of the year in Washington State due to our client's business results and their growth due to our powerful marketing strategies. Noggin provides a full foundation of ongoing support for any sized business. We build and manage websites, SEO everything, social media management and marketing services, and even packages for startups. We work with startups to large corporate clients, and we keep delivering huge results that are pandemic proof. We build, customize, and create to drive and convert traffic to all of your platforms. When Michael is not building businesses and marketing organizations he is out playing in his van and taking his cat out on adventures with his mountain bike, drone, and cameras. If he is not getting lost in the mountains or on a hike he is usually trying to get far enough away from civilization or where he can get away from a wifi signal.

We have heard it before. Gratitude is the path to happiness and success. How can that be if you are in a place in your life and business that you find difficult to be grateful for? We've invited That Gratitude Guy, David George Brook to shed some light on exactly how gratitude works in times of trouble and in times of joy. Davis is considered a leading authority on how living a life of gratitude can enhance and improve your life both personally and professionally.

Those who are walking the path of infertility and IVF know how hard this journey can be. You're often left with unanswered questions and uncertain how you are going to make it through. You're challenged in more ways than you can count and are aware how fertility challenges affect nearly every area of your life. There's a predominant feeling of having no control on this ride. Your joy feels stripped away, you feel as if you're losing yourself. I believe your fertility experience CAN BE DIFFERENT. It can be one of more JOY, greater Peace, more Ease. A new place of Empowerment. Focusing on what you CAN control. A sense of freedom where you keep living your life and don't put it on hold. YOU feel ALIGNED and in FLOW. I believe a holistic approach on one's path to parenthood is essential --mind+body+spirit. Soulful Alignment. This is what many are missing. There are some key steps to getting soulfully aligned. 1. Set your Intention. Get clear and grounded. Focus on what you DO want. You must have a specific starting point and this is foundation to getting soulfully aligned. 2. Examine your current narrative. What are you telling yourself about your fertility path? Does it have to be hard and painful? The way we view this process matters more than you know. Look at the thoughts you're thinking and decide to shift into a more positive vibration. Mindset is Everything. 3. Let it Go. Embrace the ride into the unknown. Stop trying to force it all a certain way, but rather trust it's all unfolding in the best way. By surrendering you allow the magic in. Less DO-ing, More BE-ing.

Dr. Kate Steiner Is a Burnout Recovery Expert, Coach, and Founder of LIFT Wellness Consulting. She supports professionals who are burdened by burnout to recovery through a guided reflection process. Holding A Master s of Counseling and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, her practice is grounded in the research-based Steiner Self-Reflective Sustainability and Wellness (SSRSW) model. She has been a researcher in wellness and burnout for over 15 years. Dr. Steiner is the author of the "Burnout: A Guide for Every Professional to Identify, Prepare, and Recover their Joy" and host of the From Burnout to Recovery Show with Dr. Kate. Her mission is to end the burnout cycle for professionals, so they are living happier, healthier lives.

Chibunna E. Nwaobia Ph.D., MSN, RN., is the Founder and Executive Director of NursesBond Inc, Dr. Nwaobia comes with a wealth of knowledge in healthcare leadership and management with over 15 years of experience. He believes in helping individuals in any capacity to gain their momentum to live their dreams and aspirations. Due to his passion for social change, he believes that the best way to effect changes is through education which has the power to make impact in the lives of individuals. As a healthcare leader, he has contributed immensely to not only saving lives but coaching and transforming other nurses and healthcare leaders to follow their passion and make the healthcare system better than they met it.
He obtained his doctoral degree in Health Services with special concentration in Healthcare Administration Management from Walden University, a master s degree in Counseling and Psychology from La Sierra University, Riverside CA, and another Master of science in nursing leadership and management from Western Governors University UT.
Dr. Chibunna Nwaobia is a lifelong learner, a faculty in the department of nursing and Master of Health Services Administration at California State University, San Bernardino.
Dr. Nwaobia served as a board member and chair, Inland Empire Program Council of HCE-SoCal for 3 years, He is also a member, Association of California nurse leaders (ACNL), American Nurses Association (ANA) and National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE).

Rich is currently CEO of Kalabra, putting all his years of running and growing companies to work helping business owners grow their companies much faster.

Over the past 30 years, Rich has worked as CEO, COO, and VP Marketing/Sales in large companies and entrepreneurial settings alike. He s founded for-profit and non-profit organizations, and as President, helped Coinstar grow from $80-$500 million in just over 5 years.

Rich and his wife Julie have two daughters and a fabulous dog (the daughters are pretty cool too!). He graduated from Babson College and has an MBA from Columbia University, where he was also an adjunct professor.

20-year sports broadcasting veteran, Jen currently serves as the Seattle Seahawks sideline radio reporter. She is also an Emmy-award winning producer and part of the Seattle Mariners television broadcast team on ROOT Sports

In addition to her work on the sidelines, Jen launched Talk Sporty to Me in 2009. She provides a unique twist on business communication based on her time in locker rooms and expertise in 1-on-1 conversations. Jen is the author of three books and graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2000 with degrees in Broadcasting Journalism and Public Policy.

PATRICK SNOW is an international best-selling author, professional keynote speaker, publishing, speaking and book marketing coach. He first discovered his gift for speaking at the age of 17 while giving the pre-game speeches to his high school football team. Since then, Patrick has electrified more than 3,500 audiences on four continents to achieve their individual and organizational destinies.
As a publishing coach, he has mentored more than 1,200 clients throughout the world to successfully publish their books. Many of these clients have also gone on to become speakers, coaches and consultants as well.
Patrick s DESTINY message has been widely recognized in the media including, The New York Times and Forbes Magazine. His book, story and family photo was also featured as a cover story in a 2002, issue of USA TODAY.
Patrick is the author of many books including the international bestseller, Creating Your Own Destiny, which has sold upwards of one million copies in five languages and 108 countries worldwide since 2001. This book and his second book, The Affluent Entrepreneur, have both been purchased by John Wiley Sons in New York and published under their imprint.
Originally from Michigan, Patrick graduated from the University of Montana in 1991. He lived in the Seattle area for more than 20 years until 2013, when he achieved his lifelong dream and moved to beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii.