The Decision Hour

We have a special guest for you in this episode.  Kate Kimbley is a single mother of four, a High School Art Teacher and a Fitness/Strength Coach. Kate Kimbley is #CommunityHero and an inspiration to many. She shares her story about how she became a teacher and how she got started in helping women achieve their fitness goals. If you think you need a gym and a bunch of machines, or you think you need to make fitness the Number #1 priority in order to be “fit”… You’re wrong! Follow Kate on Instagram and see what she is doing to stay fit. She also is doing a class on ZOOM Every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. (AZ time, during this coronavirus) for more information on contact Undisputed South (https://undisputedsouth.com)

“I mean, that's always been a part of my life lifting weights, fitness, all those things. As I became older, it just became, you know, honestly, mental health wise, the necessity just to have that in my life, especially just there was a lot of stress and things like that with the lifestyle that we had and raising four kids and all these things. So it was a necessity it was definitely a necessity for mental health wise as well. And then, as I, got more into it, I just started talking to more women, it just seems it occurred to me that not everybody understands how beneficial it can be. And a lot of people operate under the misconception that if you're going to be in shape, if you're going to be into fitness, it has to be your life. And I remember I was listening to this one trainer say something to the effect of, um, you know, if you if you don't make it, your number one priority, fitness is not your number one priority and your number one thing, then you're not going to ever reach your goals. And I thought to myself, that's not true. That's Bs!” ~Kate Kimbley

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My guest for this week’s show is a Emotional Sobriety Educator, a Doctor of Chiropractic, Life & Relationship Coach and Strength & Rehabilitation Expert and is the CEO of Levelheaded Doc LLC, Dr. Andrea Vitz. 

When asked what is “Emotional Sobriety” she said… “when we think of sobriety we usually think about somebody who's not addicted to drugs or alcohol; and sobriety actually has a lot of different meanings that have nothing to do with drugs or alcohol like level being level headed and clear and mindful and well respectable and all these things that we really don't even consider as a part of sobriety. So, emotional sobriety is essentially a training that I've developed to help people overcome their emotional addiction which makes them clear which makes them dysfunctional, which makes them not level headed in their life. So I call that emotional in sobriety or emotional belligerence. It's the same as being drunk on alcohol, or drugs. You also can become drunk on your emotions and I'm sure you've experienced this as a human being, and I'm sure everybody listening has experience feeling a lack of self-control, when under the influence of emotion. That is my, my duty, really is to help people individually and as a community rid themselves of the things that have control over them because if something can control how you feel it can control you.”

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In this episode, I talk with Ed Fisher, Col, (Ret) and Founder of LEEK Hunting and Mountain Preserve. (https://www.leekpreserve.org/) Their mission: 

Provide a friendly handicap-accessible camp environment and therapeutic outdoor activities like hunting and fishing, LEEK believes in encouraging our wounded heroes to focus on their abilities, without compromising their current physical limitations.

They work with roughly 60-70 veterans a year and looking to expand that. When asked how it all got started Ed said he was reading an article in Field and Stream about an organization that taught Vietnam Veterans how to fly fish…

“I read that article and I just said, you know what, I can do something like this. My wife and I just recently purchased a piece of land up in Potter County. So, I wrote the business plan up and figured out what we'd had to do to make this happened. And my wife and I committed to it and here we are, 12 years later, just strong as ever, providing hunts and outdoor recreation opportunities for wounded injured veterans” ~Ed Fisher

We discuss more about LEEK and the open house it holds each year, companies that get involved and what some of the new things they have coming over the next few years.  If you would like to volunteer or get involved you can contact them from their website (Click Here)

We wrap up the show with Ed sharing his “down that cliff” Decision Hour he had to make in a faraway land many years ago. 

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If you like bacon…. You are gonna want to listen to this! In this episode I sit down with Mike Oraschewsky. Mike is the “Chief Executive Boar” from TBJ Gourmet.  (https://tbjgourmet.com)

We talk BACON JAM! Yes, you read that right… Bacon Jam, you literally can put it on anything!  Listen in as Mike shares how he got involved with TBJ Gourmet and helping spread this deliciousness all over the country.

"Uh, you know, I had made the decision to be an entrepreneur early in life when I didn't have a lot on the line, right? I was, you know, it was either get a real job or start a business with my friend. So that wasn't really a decision. But there was a point where we had this, product is beacon jam and sold really well online. And it was sort of like, Oh, I got this restaurant, and things are going on. Right. I wasn't really in a great place at the time. I was drinking a lot at a failed relationship that, you know, sort of, you know, as close as you get to having a divorce without being divorced. So I'm in a bad place and the decision was Do I keep getting some passive income selling bacon jam online or like figure out is this a real business so we scraped I scraped up everything that I had my business partner we scraped up, you know, together. And we we've rented this very expensive at the time space at a Christmas market in Philly, the Philadelphia Christmas Village as basically like is this going to work? And is it a real product that people want, is it going to be real a real company, and if we're going to fail, let's fail fast. So it's like pulling the trigger on like, putting out all your eggs in one basket and diving in to see if, if it was gonna, work and it turned out that it did. And here I am. You know, through fairly dark time I like but also having a fairly successful business that I'm very proud of."

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How many people like to fish or just be in the great outdoors?  In this week’s episode I sit down and talk with my friends and the founders of Warriors on the Water Limited, Jim and Gina!  I met Jim and Gina last year the Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, PA and we hit it off.  You will hear a little bit about their backgrounds, Jim is a Marine and Gina’s grandfather a WWII veteran.  Their vision for Warriors on the Water Limited, to provide programs that will help in adding peace and stress free for bonding with family, friends & others.  To participate in outdoor therapeutic activities such as, fishing, boating, canoeing & kayaking. To HONOR our Warriors.  Great group of people and programs they have put together!  Check out their website for events coming up this year.   https://warriorsonthewaterltd.com

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I had a great time talking with Aubree Nichols in this episode! Aubree is a self love advocate who enjoys sharing her story about spending a lifetime filling her insides with the outsides, only to feel lost and unfulfilled.   

We talk about, ENOUGH, the name of her first memoir.  The book will inspire women to reclaim their power and cultivate a loving relationship with themselves. Aubree is dedicated to sharing the message that you are powerful beyond measure and everything you need is inside you right now. 

She has a knack for Collaboration, working with others and community is her specialty. She’s been called a dot connector, a truth teller, and a champion of creativity.  She shares some of that creativity with you on this episode. 

This won’t be the last time we have Aubree Nichols being on the show! Make sure you follow her no filter Instagram, @aubree.nichols (you’ll be glad you did).   Take a listen and share this episode! 

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I met Kevin a few years ago at a veteran’s event in Connecticut, and have been lucky enough to stay in touch with him over the years.  Kevin is now the President/CEO of the United States Veterans Chamber of Commerce (USVCC) https://usvcc.org

Kevin and I discuss the Warrior Games and how USVCC is playing a role with our nations heroes. We also talk about the 2020 Invictus games which will be held in The Netherlands this year, and how the USVCC is playing a key role at getting team USA ready.  

We wrap up the show with Kevin’s ‘Decision Hour’ one that is combat related, eye opening and a lesson that everyone can use on a daily basis. “In life, sometimes you need to take a mental moment” ~ Kevin Brown, Col. US Army (Ret) 

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This week’s show Host Adam Bird Sits down with fellow Army Veteran, Podcaster, and friend Mr. Pete A. Turner. 

Pete is a former U.S. Army spy, with over 1,000 combat patrols.  We discuss what his time was like while in the military and what he experienced during transition.  

There is something NEW that Pete is working on, it is going to be a limited series, about 8 episodes long called ‘The Prison Chronicles’. Where Pete goes, and talks with a number of murders and others with significant crimes… Listen to what this series is going to be about, you will be surprised.

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In this episode, Host Adam Bird sits down with his good friend and the new Executive Director of HillVets, Betty Rhoads.

Betty is a lawyer by education but realized the traditional practice of law wasn’t really her thing. She found herself having a calling to serve and quickly found herself on a path that lead her to the Federal Government and into the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  She worked in the VA, mostly in housing, helping with the VA home loan programs.  From their Betty found herself in the Non-Profit world working with Jared Allen’s’ Home 4 Wounded Warriors.  Today, Betty finds herself as the NEW Executive Director for HillVets (www.hillvets.org).  We discuss what HillVets is all about, how it got started and talk about their big gala coming up March 25th, 2020, HillVets 100!  We close the show with Betty sharing a very powerful and inspirational Decision Hour.

 HillVets is a non-profit organization and a community of bipartisan Veterans, Servicemembers and supports interested in governance, international affairs, policy and politics.   

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Great episode as I interview a powerhouse couple and the Founders of ReEngage, Adam Zaffuto & Alexandra (Pursglove) Zaffuto.  

We jump in and get to know each of them.  Adam, U.S. Army Veteran with 2 combat tours and Alex who is a certified Executive Coach, Culture Consultant and the CEO of Pace Success Coaching. 

So, what’s ReEngage?  ReEngage is a one-day conference to foster face-to-face connections by bringing together civilians and veterans who have selflessly served the country and bring great value from their experiences to our local communities. 

 This event is special, take a listen as they share how ReEngage came to life and what it means to each of them.  You will get a sneak peak of the amazing speakers and breakout sessions they have lined up for you! To know more about this event, go to their website www.reengagepgh.com and be sure to follow them on Facebook

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