Jim Mayer is a renowned bass player who has been touring, writing, and recording in Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band since 1989. He has performed live with James Taylor, Ringo Starr, Don Henley, and Joni Mitchell, and, in addition to Jimmy Buffett, has recorded with Little Feat, JD Souther, and Mac McAnally. Mayer is a children’s advocate, songwriter, and author.

He has had two Number 1 hits on Sirius/XM Kids radio, won multiple awards for children’s songwriting, and has presented his IM4U Teaching Program at national educational conferences. Mayer has performed live shows and presented workshops for children and educators in the US and Europe.

As a public speaker, he has co-presented a panel discussion and workshop at the Harvard University Museum Studies Department on art and play as agents to transform communities. He is based in Boston, MA (USA).

I loved our conversation about real transformation, jazz music and how to listen for and live by the musical notes of joy, service and connection.

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Chef Palak explains how combining great food with good people is her personal recipe for living a good life. Best part? She says it’s best to keep it simple!

Catch up with one of the food industry’s newest and sassiest rising stars. Palak gained critical acclaim from her victories in famed shows like Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay on the Food Network.

Her new restaurant Dash and Chutney opens in Atlanta later this summer.

Tune in as we dish about the power of food to heal not only our bodies but our communities, and maybe even the human spirit.

MORE ABOUT PALEK 

Website: https://www.chefpalakpatel.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefpalak

Palak Patel is a classically trained, renowned chef, TV personality, TEDx speaker, creator of the first Curry Cube for BOU, and chef at the Institute of Culinary Education. She’s one of the food industry’s newest and sassiest rising stars, gaining critical acclaim from victories in famed shows like Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay on Food Network. Most recently she was top four on season 14 of Food Network Star.

She is currently opening her first restaurant Dash and Chutney in Atlanta late summer of 2021.

Evan La Ruffa is an urban kid who grew up in a multicultural home in Chicago. Surrounded by family and laughter he lives and breathes a joyful enthusiasm for life as an art form.

We talk about his mission to make great art available for everyone, how that heals communities from the inside out and how each of our own unique experiences lead us right where we need to be. He acknowledges the impact that seeing through the lens of what’s possible has had on his ability to do extraordinary and innovative things in the nonprofit space and world at large. 

Laugh along with this light hearted lighting strike of a human. Evan La Ruffa.

ABOUT EVAN LA RUFFA 

Evan La Ruffa lives and works at the intersection of the following:

Art + Entrepreneurship + Activism + Nonprofit Sustainability + Creative Future

He is an artist and the founder of I Paint My Mind, an organization that transforms people and spaces by connecting artists, businesses, and communities through art.

He currently serves as the Executive Director and Leader Curator where they have amassed an incredible collection of over 1100 pieces of original art, which they have exhibited in over 65 businesses and communities. 

Evan grew up in a multicultural home in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood - one of the most diverse communities in the entire United States. He went to bilingual immersion public school that focused on art + activism. 

He says “I was going to play soccer in college, got hurt, focused on activism, which led to my big question: how we can sustainably fund community work? And my big answer is: value + connection.” He’s been working to create both while making art more accessible to everyone ever since.

You can browse their collection at IPaintMyMind.org.

In this episode, I welcome James Victore, author of Feck Perfuction, designer, mentor, artist and founder of Creative Warrior, an online community for those seeking to unleash their creative freedom.

You’re going to love this fun filled, no holds barred conversation about being brave enough to be you in the world and how to bring your biggest, boldest and most dangerous ideas to light.

About James Victore

James Victore is an author, artist, mentor and designer to brave clients.

As a creative thought leader James is a sought after speaker known for his timely wisdom and impassioned views about creativity and it’s place in the world.

He teaches how to illuminate your individual gifts in order to find clarity and purpose.

His work is represented in the permanent collections of museums worldwide.

Professional organizer, speaker, coach and author, Cris Sgrott specializes in helping clients with brain-based challenges. In 2007 she founded Organizing Maniacs and also happens to be my accountability partner and dear friend.

Together we explore navigating change and she offers some practical solutions for managing overwhelm. Cris shares one of her favorite tools for creating more fun in her life and we tackle how letting go means first, being confronted with your “stuff”. 

GIFT FROM CRIS

https://organizingmaniacs.com/online-diy/free-training-fridays/

During the pandemic, I got bored and did some well-attended pieces of training from home, here is access to recording to those pieces of training. We talked about tools and apps to work from home and be more productive, ways to be more organized, ways to honor your family memorabilia. In total there are 7 free pieces of training.

MORE ABOUT CRIS

Professional organizer, speaker, and author, Cris Sgrott, CPO®, CPO-CD®, SMM-C came to the organizing and productivity profession by accident when she was downsized by the economy ten years ago. Searching for an outlet to foster her intuitive nature, embrace her desire to help people, and her natural ability to help clients with brain-based challenges, she founded Organizing Maniacs in 2007.

In addition, Cris co-hosts the Productivity Lovers Podcast with Deb Lee.

Catherine Just is an artist, photographer and activist living in Los Angeles. Her work has been published on the cover of National Geographic, inside O magazine and shown in galleries internationally.

Her work investigates what lives in-between the words and underneath the surface of all forms of relationship. She considers her art process a sacred practice of listening to energy.

Catherine got sober from a meth addiction at 18 years old on August 18th, 1987. She went to art school and studied conceptual art, apprenticed with Miguel Ruiz, the Toltec teacher and author of the Four Agreements and believes creative expression is a portal to spiritual connection. Catherine offers limited edition prints of her artwork and travels internationally for her photo sessions using large format film cameras.

She leads artist retreats in France and teaches courses online using art as a tool for transformation. Catherine mentors artists and entrepreneurs globally.

She’s the proud mama of her 12 year old son, Max Harrison, who happens to have Down syndrome. She’s currently developing the Max Harrison Foundation. The first program will teach kids with Down syndrome how to use cameras for self expression.

If you ever feel like you are juggling too much and still want to make more of an impact this episode is for you! I dig deep with these wildly successful entrepreneurs, podcast hosts and proud parents of six children into how they get it all done, keep faith and family first and serve others so well in the process.

Gino & Julia are deeply faithful, serial entrepreneurs who started by opening an Italian restaurant in suburban New York.

Gino is the co-founder of Jake & Gino, a real estate education company that teaches individuals to become multifamily entrepreneurs.

He is the best selling author of two books, Family, Food and the Friars and Wheelbarrow Profits. Julia homeschools the children while also being a sought after life and marriage coach and co-host with Gino of their podcast The Multifamily Zone on the Jake & Gino Channel.

GIFT FROM GINO AND JULIA

The Honey Bee Book

MORE ABOUT GINO AND JULIA

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Gino & Julia are the proud parents of six children ranging in the ages of 6 to 21 years old.

Gino is the co-founder of Jake & Gino, a real estate education company that teaches individuals to become multifamily entrepreneurs.

Julia is a stay-at-home mother who homeschools the children. They host a podcast called The Multifamily Zone on the Jake & Gino Channel, which focuses on spousal relationships and creating a happy and healthy home for the family.

Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the concept of self-care with her 1992 bestselling debut book The Woman’s Comfort Book.

She is the author of six additional books, including The Woman’s Retreat Book, The Life Organizer, and her newest release, Why Bother?

She appeared on a number of television and radio shows and podcasts—including The Oprah Winfrey Show. As an entrepreneur and educator, Jennifer has offered women’s retreats for over 25 years.

She lives in Boulder County, Colorado.

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My first guest is Martial Arts legend An-shu Stephen Hayes. Black Belt Magazine calls him "One of the 10 most influential living martial artists in the world."

He is peerless in his ability to share real and honest ninja combat secrets supported by unparalleled insights from the Himalayan meditative mind sciences. Spiritual teacher, author and former bodyguard to the Dalai Lama.

Enjoy this very real and unexpected glimpse into the man behind the legend, as we explore his rich life, ninja secrets and what he thinks of the blenders..ha!

Stephen is also the Co-Founder of the Blue Lotus Assembly spiritual community along with his wife Rumiko. http://www.stephenkhayes.com

http://www.bluelotusassembly.org

A leadership expert, author, speaker, and consultant. Betsy Myers served as COO to Obama’s 2008 campaign, served as President Clinton’s senior adviser on women’s issues and was the Executive Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where she created a focus around authentic inner leadership. In this conversation, Betsy and I talk about:

• Authentic inner leadership How to create a culture of leaders who keep humanity at the center
• Why so many people feel disengaged at work
• The shifting landscape of corporate culture
• Paving a path for women to lead.