What's Your Legacy?

Yvette has a lively conversation with the dynamic Tina Packer, the co-founder of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, now in its 41st year. Tina has an extraordinary legacy of directing and playing in the works of Shakespeare, roles on BBC (David Copperfield and Doctor Who) and teaching throughout the United States.

This episode was first released on April 25, 2019.

Yvette's guests, Rev. Dr. Malan Nel and Marlese Nel, from Pretoria, South Africa, are addressing the critical need for quality preschool education for South Africa's preschool-age children. Partnering with Adopt a South African Preschool, a local non-profit of Nancy Schongalla-Bowman, they are raising money to educate preschool teachers and fund educational resources.

Yvette begins the new year by interviewing Priscilla Estes, a yoga instructor and the author of the "Best Day Hikes in New Jersey - Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails in the Garden State." All ages and all levels of fitness are encouraged to make hiking and yoga a part of their health and fitness for the new year. The added benefit of hiking: seeing up close the beauty of nature all around us.           

What's Your Legacy will be back on January 9, 2020. Until then, please enjoy previously released episodes, and feel free to reach out to us online: https://www.ythlaw.com/

Yvette talks with writer, musician and artist LisaBeth Weber about the importance of creativity. LisaBeth has a varied career in business writing, copywriting, marketing, publicity, public relations, public speaking, consulting, art, songwriting, performing, workshop facilitating, media training, film production, and more. She has served on several non-profit boards, including Playing For Change Foundation.

Yvette talks with Reggie Moore, author of "Rebuild From the Ground Up - From Blueberry Field to Boardroom." Reggie shares his humble beginnings, his experience with racism, his struggles with alcohol and drugs, and his triumphs over these obstacles to become CEO and President of Blue Cliff College in Louisiana. He is slated to attend a senior leadership course at Harvard Business School.

Yvette discusses the faith aspects of Gerald E. Rice's financial planning business. Gerald is the CEO of GBR Financial Services in Glenside, Pennsylvania. From a four-year-old violin prodigy to a life in service to God and a faith-directed financial business, Gerald reflects on his legacy to his family and his community.

Yvette talks with an extraordinary therapist/counselor with a passion for international social work. Nancy is now opening up her own private practice after retiring as the Director of Student Counseling at Princeton Theological Seminary. As a graduate of Stanford University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Council for Relationships in Philadelphia, Nancy has been licensed for marriage and family therapy and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. Her approach to counseling is experiential and often includes mindful attention to emotions and the body.

In Yvette's conversation with Gail Titus, they discuss Familial Hypercholesterolemia, a genetic condition which affects the way the body processes cholesterol. People with the condition have a higher risk of heart disease and a greater risk of early heart attack. Gail, a retired information technologist, is passionate about her advocacy work.

As part of celebrating 15 years of her law practice, Yvette talks with her VP of Operations, Marketing and Finance, Christine Barta.  Christine received her paralegal degree from Bucks County Community College and her Bachelor of Business Administration from Fox School of Business at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She and Yvette chat about their years of making a difference in the lives of their clients.