The Prospector's Pickaxe - Mining Human Potential

Junior Isabelle Yakel discusses how COVID19 has impacted her as a student, her family, and her life as well as how staying positive and becoming comfortable her in own skin has led her to a greater sense of happiness and well-being.

I have the honor of being joined by Chilly of ArizonaVarsity.com , the go to guy in high school football for the state of Arizona.   Chilly talks about how he is getting through these times of social distancing, reconnecting, and how he has been able to overcome adversity.   Chilly was one of my students when I taught at ASU and I am so proud of who he has become and the work that he does. Enjoy!

Brady Williams joins us for this episode.   A senior at Apache Junction High School, Brady has applied to both the US Naval Academy and Westpoint.  Brady is the highest ranking cadet in our NJROTC program, is a state qualifying swimmer, and an outstanding student.   We discuss adversity and acceptance.   Listen to this young man, he inspired me! 

Claire Williamson is a first year teacher who works with our student council and teaches Social Studies at Apache Junction High School here in Arizona.    Claire is a rock-star and the recent winner of the WKNIX Teacher of the Month.   Claire shares her strategies for staying positive and upbeat, for continued personal growth, and how she overcame having to leave college at the end of her sophomore year due to loan money running out, only to graduate from ASU and become a teacher!   Enjoy, and please be well and care for yourselves and each other.

In this episode I talk with my friend, Jimmy Gary, Jr.   Jimmy was a football player at WVU and played in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks.   Once his football career ended due to injury, Jimmy followed his dream to become an actor.   Jimmy has been in All My Children, Law and Order, Orange is the New Black (Sgt Rickerson), and the Michael J. Fox Show.   Additionally, this past Fall he was in the HBO series, When They See Us.   Jimmy  shares his journey of courage, perseverance, and grit as he takes us through his journey from homeless to award winning actor.   Stay strong, stay kind, be well.

The idea of this podcast is to share positivity and inspiration while staying connected as The Prospector Nation.    I would love to hear from you about how you are staying positive, staying engaged, and growing as individuals.   I want to share our stories and stay connected as we go through the challenge of the Corona Virus, we are stronger together than as individuals.   Email me your thoughts if you want to be a guest on my podcast, together we will prevail.   I cannot do this without your help, parents, students, teachers, staff all of you are invited to engage and share.

Why does it so often take potential tragedy to live in gratitude and realize the blessings in our lives.   This episode focuses on Steve's experience of 7 minutes of sheer terror and how those seven minutes changed him, and as a result of hearing about his experience, changed me.   I hope this episode is meaningful to you.  Please share your comments, experiences, and suggestions.   If you would like to be a guest on my podcast, please email me at [email protected] .

A conversation with Roman Rozell, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, an IED explosion survivor, former Green Beret, father of 6, and the oldest college wrestler in NCAA history.   We discuss his journey, resilience, faith, and family.   A fascinating story of grit, determination, love, faith, and service.