The Compassionate Achiever Podcast

Dr. Michael Finkelstein, the founder and medical director of Sun Raven: The One of Slow Medicine, is our guest for this podcast episode. Dr. Finkelstein explains not only the role that compassion can and should play in medical treatment but also the importance of "slow medicine". We talk about how "the process" is more important than "the goals" in attaining a healthy life and why we should clearly understand the fact that "we are what we do". Dr. Finkelstein made a "house call" to our studio and you, the listener, get all the benefits (including his unending dose of compassionate wisdom) with no co-pay!

We know what happens when there are too many “cooks” in the kitchen but what happens when there is more than one “Kukk” on a podcast? Elly Kukk (Reiki Master Teacher, Parenting Educator, and Chris’ wife) joins the podcast to discuss the role of compassion in parenting and marriage.

Our guest for this episode, Jim Kennedy (CEO of The Network Support Company), has woven compassion with business and technology to become a successful entrepreneur. We discuss the differences between a workplace filled with “sharks" compared to one filled with “dolphins”as well as ideas for how to create a work environment where compassion drives success at all levels. Jim also offers insights into how compassion can be used as a synergistic source for business and local community engagement on issues ranging from religious diversity to healthcare.

Love146 (https://love146.org) brings the concept of a compassionate achiever to life on the organizational level. Steve Martin, Love146’s CEO, is our guest for this episode where we explore not only how the name of the organization is connected to its purpose of stopping child trafficking and exploitation but also how compassion plays a role in balancing personal anger and frustration. We discuss how anyone can make a positive difference in the world and how we all can try to avoid “compassion fade."

William Beattie is the featured compassionate achiever for this episode. We discuss how individual and community success can both grow through the combination of compassion and religion. We use the efforts of the nonprofit and non-governmental organization he founded called Jericho Partnership (http://jerichopartnership.org) to highlight compassion’s role in personal and communal development.

This episode features the compassionate achiever Scarlett Lewis. She started the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement (http://www.jesselewischooselove.org)—after losing her six year old son Jesse in the Sandy Hook tragedy—in the hope of bringing social-emotional learning (SEL) to every school. If you want to learn how compassion, resilience, and “choosing love” can turn an elementary school tragedy into an educational program that benefits every child, take time to listen to Scarlett.

Episode Two

Part II of the introduction to the Compassionate Achiever Podcast. A compassionate achiever is someone who attains success by helping others.

Part I of the introduction to the Compassionate Achiever Podcast. This episode provides an overview of “The Compassionate Achiever.” We discuss the link between compassion and success and the four steps to becoming a compassionate achiever: Listen, Understand, Connect, and Act (LUCA).

A short introduction to the Compassionate Achiever Podcast and the co-hosts: Dr. Christopher Kukk and Tracy Day. The podcast is based on the book called “The Compassionate Achiever” (http://compassionateachiever.com) and it’s about discovering how to “Unleash the compassionate achiever within you to unlock success."