The Elisha Show: Purpose Driven Life & Mastery

On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Corey Baum, a social confidence coach, about overcoming social anxiety, developing communication skills, and building meaningful relationships. Corey shares lessons from his own transformation and explains how small, consistent steps can help people become more confident and connected.

In this episode:

✅ What social confidence means in everyday life

✅ How to overcome fear and build confidence through practice

✅ What to do when your mind goes blank during a conversation

✅ How to work through limiting beliefs and fear of rejection

✅ Why adults struggle to make friends and build deeper connections

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Wanda Wallace, leadership expert, consultant, and author of Taking Charge of Your Career. Wanda shares practical insights on navigating career transitions, developing leadership skills, articulating your ambitions, and building a personal brand through consistent actions.

In this episode:

✅ Common mistakes people make when managing their careers

✅ How to define your career ambitions beyond titles and salary

✅ Why leadership requires more than technical expertise

✅ How to identify and communicate your personal brand

✅ How to change the way others perceive you through behavior

✅ How to recognize when it may be time to leave a job

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Alan Bodnar, author of The Self-Driving You, about neuroscience, mindfulness, and human potential. Alan explains how automatic responses shape our behavior and how applying knowledge and directing our attention can help us build better habits.

In this episode:

✅ How automatic brain patterns influence our decisions

✅ Why we struggle to change unwanted habits

✅ The difference between automatic responses and conscious choices

✅ How deliberate attention helps shape the brain

✅ Why repeated actions can rewire our behavioral patterns

✅ How to stop defining yourself by habits you want to change

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Josh Washington, entrepreneur and business coach, about goal setting, personal growth, and building the life you envision. Josh shares how his journey from professional dancer to entrepreneur taught him the power of written goals, focused effort, and consistent action.

In this episode:

✅ Why writing down your goals matters

✅ How to use the 12-week year approach to achieve goals faster

✅ Creating a vision when you don't know what you want

✅ How to start becoming your future self today

✅ Using setbacks as opportunities for growth

✅ Practical steps to turn your dreams into reality

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Mike Murphy about his journey from addiction and personal struggles to healing, purpose, entrepreneurship, and helping others. Mike shares how difficult experiences, including the loss of his wife to breast cancer, transformed the way he understood life, love, grief, and service.

Mike explains how self awareness and self love influenced his choices, why he believes grief must be experienced rather than avoided, and how his wife's legacy inspired his work with others. He also discusses his books, the Creation Frequency, and his perspective on overcoming fear and creating a better life.

✅ Mike’s journey from addiction to transformation

✅ How a difficult childhood shaped his early life

✅ Turning personal pain into purpose and service

✅ The role of self awareness and self love in personal growth

✅ What losing his wife taught him about love and life

✅ Understanding grief and allowing yourself to feel it

✅ How grief can develop compassion and resilience

✅ The story behind Living in Color

✅ Mike’s upcoming book Resting in the Light

✅ The Creation Frequency and long term personal transformation

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Michael Lauria, a therapist and author, about unconscious patterns, people pleasing, and the struggle to live authentically. Michael explains how childhood experiences shape our behavior and why understanding a pattern doesn't necessarily mean we can break it.

In this episode:

✅ Why we repeat patterns even when we know they hurt us

✅ How childhood experiences shape adult behavior

✅ Why people pleasing can lead to self-betrayal

✅ The connection between belonging, love, and approval

✅ How everyday choices shape the lives we create

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Junna Liao, founder and CEO of MMDC Alchemy, about career reinvention, midlife transformation, and personal fulfillment.

Junna shares how her health crisis changed her perspective on success and explains how transformational coaching helps people overcome barriers and turn seemingly impossible goals into reality.

In this episode:

✅ Why success doesn't always bring fulfillment

✅ How a health crisis can change your priorities

✅ Why pausing helps you discover what's missing

✅ How to overcome personal barriers and create change

✅ Understanding Junna's Miracle Alchemy approach

✅ Reinventing your career and life in midlife

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Gurmeet Judge, an entrepreneur and business technology leader, about using AI to improve business performance, scaling companies, and leading through uncertainty.

Drawing on his corporate experience and entrepreneurial journey, Gurmeet explains why businesses must fix their processes before investing heavily in new technology.

He also shares why leaders must retain responsibility for decisions, how measurable goals can strengthen accountability, and why personal growth is essential to building a successful business.

In this episode:

✅ Why AI can be a growth engine or expose weaknesses in a business

✅ Why business processes should come before AI implementation

✅ How CEOs can use AI without surrendering human judgment

✅ Making decisions and moving forward despite uncertainty

✅ Why process improvement matters more than technology alone

✅ Aligning technology investments with revenue and productivity

✅ Building accountability through measurement and clear plans

✅ How personal development can contribute to business growth

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Isabella Choi and Camille Song, founder and vice president of the National Substance Prevention Network (NSPN), a student-led nonprofit working to make substance misuse prevention more accessible and research-informed for young people.Isabella shares how a student’s death from an overdose inspired her to help protect other young people. Together, Isabella and Camille explain how college mentors support high school leaders through educational resources, case studies, and peer discussions that encourage informed decisions and help young people navigate peer pressure.

In this episode:

✅ What the National Substance Prevention Network does

✅ How a personal tragedy inspired Isabella to take action

✅ Why NSPN believes knowledge is central to prevention

✅ How college students mentor high school chapter leaders

✅ Helping young people navigate peer pressure and refuse substances

✅ Why prevention conversations should be accurate and approachable

✅ What building NSPN has taught Isabella and Camille about leadership

✅ Advice for young people who want to make a difference

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On this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha continues his storytelling series about God’s Kingdom and humanity’s identity as royal dispatchers sent to fulfill God’s purposes on earth.

He explores how worldly values can distort human purpose, how sin fractured humanity’s relationship with God, and why human transformation requires more than knowledge, resources, or better systems. He then turns to Jesus Christ, the Son sent by the King to reveal the Father’s character, call people to repentance, and bring the Kingdom of God near.

✅ How worldly values can distract people from their God-given assignment

✅ The subtle ways greed, pride, and the pursuit of success can distort purpose

✅ Why renewing the mind matters in living according to God’s ways

✅ The Garden of Eden, humanity’s rebellion, and the consequences of sin

✅ Why human transformation requires reconciliation and restoration

✅ How Jesus revealed the character and Kingdom of the Father

✅ The significance of Jesus’ message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”

✅ Remembering your identity and assignment as a royal dispatcher

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