Warrior vs Zombie Podcast

Brigitta Hoeferle – Is an amazing Warrior! She’s a teacher, trainer, founder, CEO, author and speaker. Her warrior journey started in Germany and in 2004 she moved to the U.S. with her two teenage daughters, and her husband, the renowned Culture Guy. She founded the German Language School and the Montessori School of Cleveland, then became the CEO & owner of the NLP Institute of Atlanta and #1 Lead Trainer of Codebreaker Technology.

Her success is driven by her unique communication skills, tenacity and her never-ending pursuit of impact. Now combining her creativity, humanity and passion with her degrees in marketing, communication, social pedagogy and education she is a sought-after mentor and leader of warriors.

Jason Powell – Is an incredible Warrior! He’s writer, director, coach, comedian, speaker and podcaster. His warrior journey began at age 9 in an all female house. The year his mother remarried he was diagnosed with dyslexia. He lost his grandmother and great-grandmother before the age of 13. His Mom and stepdad (with whom he never got along) worked long hours, moved around a lot and left him to fend for himself, unsupervised and exposed to bad influences! Because of this part of his journey he co-founded a group called H.O.P.E. (helping others with prevention education) and he won the governor’s cup for writing and directing a prevention commercial. He studied education in college in order to coach football and was blessed to find his way to Texas where a friend gave him an opportunity to coach gymnastics that led to him becoming a team coach. He then moved to Minnesota as a head coach of a large gymnastics gym, got married and then bought the gym. Then Zombies showed up big time leading to divorce and 2 mental crises. On the road to recovery he started a comedy career doing stand-up. After getting remarried with 2 young children he returned to coaching and is now helping those struggling with the Zombie of depression through speaking on coaching, mentoring and overcoming depression and his recently launched podcast “The Broken Joker”

Nancy Daley – Is an amazing Warrior! She’s an author, musician, composer, teacher and counselor. Born in Skokie Illinois, Nancy began her 60-year journey as a creative Warrior at the age of 9! After enduring early challenges she started singing in college, wrote a musical review and toured with the belles of Indiana! After a stint teaching high school, she jumped back into her passion of writing with a musical revue Daddy Still Thinks I’m a Virgin. After that she met her husband, and for 14 years performed and lived on Broadway! On her journey she has written and acted in musicals like the Hot Mamas and Wonderful. She wrote the young adult book, Fatty McPherson which was then made into a musical. Nancy has played the piano and sung all over the country in places like the Waldorf Astoria, the Mirage in a room created just for her! At the age of 50 she became a counselor and at 60 she went back to running! Today, She stars in musical murder mysteries all over Los Angeles. And finally, she’s an award-winning counselor in the Los Angeles area and author of the book Live in Your Happy Place.

Tracy Repchuk – Is a Warrior’s warrior! She’s a World-Class Coach, internet marketer, social media expert, speaker, bestselling author, TV host and philanthropist. Tracy began her Warrior Journey over 35 years ago at the age of 19 when she started her software company. Since 1985 she has become a 9 Time International Bestselling Author of books like “31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles” she is a world-renowned speaker in over 37 countries. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, writer and has received awards from the Senate, Assembly, the White House and President Obama. Tracy is an internet pioneer developing brands, websites, SEO and now social media since 1994. Currently she is an invited member of the Forbes Coaching Council, Amazon Influencer, and a Linkedin Advisor. She is a featured expert and trusted resource for technology, internet and social media in over 22 National and Local TV markets on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, has appeared in Forbes over 25 times and is featured in 3 motivational movies!

Keren Shamay – Is a true Warrior! She’s a speaker, teacher, coach, consultant, facilitator, author, and energy practitioner. Born in Israel, Keren moved to the United States when she was in elementary school. Experiences in her youth gave her broad understanding of human dynamics and interpersonal communications that she still uses today to coach her clients. Keren began her Warrior Journey over 20 years ago after discovering energy practices, and the massive impact they can have on your life. As an author she is internationally published with 2 books that have sold on 4 continents. She is also recognized for her knowledge of Corporate Culture, Energy Psychology, Crisis Intervention, and Human Resources which allow her to coach C-Suite Executives and business owners in human and business performance. Keren specializes in coaching Executives through their personal energy journey enabling them to increase their impact and skyrocket their company's success.

Barbara Cole Salmeron – Is a true Warrior on many levels! She’s a speaker, teacher, coach, consultant, facilitator, stress-relief specialist, meditation mentor, gong master, author, recording artist, certified infinite possibilities trainer and reiki master and company … Founder of Empowered Relationships. Her 20 - year journey has found her impacting and speaking to thousands as well as living in the US, Mexico, Virgin Islands, Guinea, and Thailand. Her passion is ending the battle of the sexes and changing the world through harmonious and effective relationships.

Kennon Grose – Is a true Warrior on many levels! He’s a warrior for Christ, his family and every endeavor he undertakes! For over 30 years his business journey has required him to wear many hats. Before co-founding AssetBuilder with Scott Burns in 2006, Kennon was a leader for a number of well-known companies like Microsoft, American Airlines, Sybase, and EDS. As a Warrior and entrepreneur, he then moved on to a number of other successful leadership positions, serving as General Partner for Gold Creek Capital, President & COO of GolfPort, Inc., President & CEO of VertaPort, Inc., and President of Optima Asset Management where in August of 2006, he found his true passion… Developing a LONG OVERDUE … investment advisory business for smaller investors. His partnership with Scott and his vision was based upon a commonsense philosophy that resonated widely among investors… which led to His current company … AssetBuilder.

Carl Flowers – Is a true Warrior! His journey of entertaining and educating audiences has spanned the last 40+ years. After graduating from the University of Illinois / Chicago, where he majored in Speech and Mass Communications it wasn’t long before he ended up in the Dallas area where he was instrumental in helping BeautiControl Cosmetics become one of the largest direct selling companies in the U.S. in the 80’s and 90’s.
In 2004 he began conducting management seminars and since that time has conducted over 1400 one-day management seminars for a variety of businesses and organizations in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom, including the FBI, the U.S. Senate, Exxon-Mobil, BP, Frito Lay/Pepsico, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Marines, the GSA, and numerous universities and colleges.
While his business topics include Communications, Productivity, Supervision, and Finance. His avocation includes amateur historian and golf!

Kevin T – Is an amazing Warrior on many levels! He’s a business owner, an entrepreneur, servant leader and awesome Father! He started his 20-year Warrior journey in Arkansas in a college Christian Ministry. This ultimately led him to a 11-year stint in India where he built an organization of over 100 missionaries in 10 major Indian cities. During this time he began a side hustle selling Indian-made fountain pens. After some major Zombie encounters in India surrounding his family and missionary organization he ended up moving to Dallas where plans to start a Dallas ministry fell apart along with his marriage. However, in spite of everything his fountain pen “side hustle” had grown substantially and he’s now the founder and owner of Fountain Pen Revolution which became his full-time business in 2017!

Rick Rawson – Is an amazing Warrior! He’s a CEO, a marketer, networker and servant leader! He started his 38-year journey in Wisconsin and made it to Texas in 1980 as a young up and coming Chef. He had a 16-year career as an Executive Chef for different Hotels and Country Clubs. He then owned a Restaurant in Allen, TX called The Texas Grill for 3 years. That experience introduced him to entrepreneurism and helped him learn about the Zombies entrepreneurs encounter.
Then he was in management of large Auto Dealerships for about 15 years where he learned marketing through Internet sales and advertising. Five years ago, after refining his marketing skills, Rick transitioned into founder and CEO of his own business, Expanse, which is a Multi-Platform Marketing company collaborating with other marketing companies to offer a full array of marketing services.