Sue Hawkes is the CEO of Yess! Sue helps CEOs and their leadership teams succeed. As a bestselling author, award-winning leader, Certified EOS Implementer, Certified Business Coach, Women’s Presidents Organization Chapter Chair, and globally recognized award-winning seminar leader, Sue brings a wealth of knowledge and over twenty-five years of business experience to her clients.

Sue has received numerous awards including the Dream Keeper award recognized by the Governor’s Council for her leadership program, the Regional US Small Business Administration Women in Business Champion of the Year award, the Exemplary Woman of the Community Award, Women Venture’s Unsung Hero Award, Women Who Lead from Minnesota Business, NAWBO Minnesota’s Achieve! Vision Award and named a 2018 Enterprising Woman of the Year. Sue’s passion is helping people design and live successful, fulfilling lives through powerful leadership, effective communication, no-nonsense coaching, and healthy teamwork.

Jennifer Espinosa-Goswami is the founder of Weightless LLC.

As a private health coach and motivational speaker, she helps women filter through misleading or ludicrous weight loss claims to add their own flavor to a weight loss plan that fits into their busy schedules. She enjoys analyzing complex information and translating it into focused and actionable steps that others can easily implement.

She is a member of the National Weight Loss Control Registry and has been featured in national US publications. Jen is also a volunteer speaker for the American Heart Association.

Jen and I discuss how she helps other women to achieve improved health and elevated self-esteem, how she works to integrate her business and personal life, and her own personal journey to heightened well-being. Enjoy!

Jeannette Grace is the CEO and founder of Expressive! Communication Consulting and Training. She helps organizations and their people exceed expectations. As a training and development expert since 1995, Jeannette develops and delivers actionable training focused on improving skills needed in every business, in every industry, and at every level in every company. Her aim is to produce results by customizing training centered on your company or project goals. To help in your success, she uses her knowledge in communication consulting, adult learning styles, interpersonal communication, and leading with positive influence to create dynamic, engaging, and valuable training. Jeannette is also the author of G Factor: 8 Secrets to Increasing Your Gravitational Pull at work. Jeannette and I discuss her journey to starting and running her company, the secrets laid out in her book, and how she works to foster her own personal well-being in her everyday life. Enjoy!

Dr. Berger is the CEO of Sciadonics. Sciadonics distributes Sciadonic acid, which is a unique, anti-inflammatory, eco-friendly, fatty acid derived from conifer species of plants, consumed by indigenous populations and in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It was removed from Western diets during industrialization. Dr. Berger has spent the last 30 years studying SCI. Over the course of 22 studies in various rodent- and animal cell models of oral- and topical inflammation, SCI decreased inflammation more than fish oil when compared, with a novel mechanism of action.

He is also the co-founder of KetoMCT and Lifesense Products. This company manufactures domestically-manufactured C8 medium chain triglycerides and other ketogenic products for weight management, energy, focus, and performance.

Dr. Berger is also the president of Dr. SOS Nutrition Consulting where he helps companies scientifically vet their supplements and nutritional claims.

Dr. Berger and I discuss his businesses and how they are helping others to live healthier lives, the routine he follows on a daily basis to maintain his personal health, and his journey as an entrepreneur. Enjoy!

On today’s show, my guest is Lorie Marsh.

Lorie has 25 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, indie filmmaker, and story developer. She has worked as a creative producer, writer, developmental editor, director, and script consultant on all kinds of content: narrative films, documentary films, screenplays, novels, plays, websites, educational programs, and multi-platform storyworlds (you can find out more about that on Lorie’s website).

Lorie has expertise in intuiting stories and patterns from disparate piece-parts and guiding multidisciplinary artists, creatives, and entrepreneurial leaders to excavate and express their authentic voices with clarity and purpose.

Lorie describes herself as compulsively creative, mentally restless, and distractible. And she openly discusses depression and anxiety’s occasional visits to her psyche. Thus, she is fascinated by brain science, mindfulness, authentic soul expression, and holistic wellness.

Presently, in her work as a multidisciplinary artist and public speaker, she explores and examines the overlaps among creativity, mindfulness, and storytelling. She prods, guides, and inspires audiences to mine their own life stories for access to their inner wisdom and refreshing, transforming perspective adjustments.

Lorie says “Change your story, transform your life! You have a superpower, and it is Choice.”

In perhaps my favorite episode yet, Lorie and I discuss her business and projects, her personal wellness journey, and her advice for entrepreneurs and even for me. Enjoy!

On today’s show, I am joined by Hilary Patzer and Sophia Bouwens of JADA Studios.

Hilary is driven by empowerment through, growth, health and movement. Her number one goal is to support athletes in achieving their highest level of competition. Hilary is a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in Minnesota. Her tools of the trade also include being a Level lll Fascial Stretch Specialist and certified in Cranial Sacral Therapy and Neurokinetic Therapy. She is currently working towards her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in order to deepen her comprehension and mastery for her patients benefit.

Hilary was a two-time NCAA Division 1 All American Nordic Ski Racer. She raced with the U.S. Ski Team for 3 years. As a competitive skier, Hilary overtrained and acupuncture was the one thing that brought her back to a whole, healthy person and athlete. She continues to train and compete in ski races, marathons, and triathlons. She competed in the Ironman World Championship and the Boston Marathon. Her competitive experience provides her with unique understanding of what pushing the body to its limit means and how acupuncture can aid the athlete’s body.

Please help us welcome JADA Studios newest team member! Sophia is a licensed acupuncturist in Minnesota, with a background in neuroscience, hormonal balance and fertility. With a focus on the nervous system, Sophia is motivated by exploring and strengthening the relationship between an individual’s conscious experience of their body and the body’s deeper operative systems. She seeks to work with patients to discover how to harness this relationship for control and precision in athletic pursuits and everyday life.

In the past, Sophia competed in swimming, diving and dance. However, her appreciation and passion for acupuncture came from personal tragedy. Acupuncture was crucial to her full recovery from a snowboarding accident and a life-threatening car accident from which she had to relearn how to walk, swallow and dress. She is now dedicated to helping others experience the same profound impact of acupuncture.

Hilary, Sophia, and I discuss how they help others enhance their overall well-being, their personal journeys to well-being, and their advice for other entrepreneurs. Enjoy!

Terry Danielson joins as my guest on today’s show.

Terry is the CEO and founder of Simmer Down Tea. Terry also works as a legal investigator and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas where he teaches a course entitled “Frugal Innovation Developing Products for the Developing World.”

Terry travels the world and partners directly with farmers to bring his customers not only the freshest of teas but also to promote sustainable agricultural practices by using frugal innovation practices in countries in need of economic growth. Terry has partnered with Edgerton University biochemists in Kenya under the Kenyan Tea Research Institute to bring us a new innovation to tea, the purple tea leaf.

On today’s show, Terry and I discuss the health benefits of purple tea, Terry’s journey as an entrepreneur, and the practices he implements into his everyday life to promote his own well-being. Enjoy!

On today’s show I interview Lucy Stange, Founder of My Social Drive.

Lucy is a brand and social media photographer in the Twin Cities and surrounding area.

My Social Drive helps tell others’ brand story through photography services and content. Lucy helps other to engage with on a deeper level with your brand.

My Social Drive recently opened a new location in Northeast Minneapolis and I had the pleasure of recording this podcast in their new studio!

Lucy and I discuss how to reflect transparency through your brand, her journey as an entrepreneur, and how she finds time to implement her own wellness practices while balancing her business and family life.

Cathy’s vision is to connect precision medicine, life style behaviors, and technology to improve outcomes for cancer patients.

The Thrivors™ platform addresses secondary side effects of cancer treatment where they impact patients the most and where they can go unrecognized - beyond the clinical setting to improve adherence, outcomes, and healing.

Common complications during and following cancer treatment include pain, fatigue, lymphedema, neuropathy, osteoporosis, and psycho-social distress. These side effects, or social determinants of health, can dramatically diminish a patient’s quality of life.

There is an opportunity to combine the clinical power of genomics with the power of patient engagement via the Thrivors™ digital health platform to enrich precision medicine to include social determinants of health and quality of life indicators.

Cathy and I discuss the impact THIRVORS is making on cancer patients, her entrepreneurial journey, and how she maintains her own personal wellness when she continues to give so much to others.