What's Your Legacy?

Barbara Stange, owner of Work Goddess, thrives on helping business owners become more productive, effective and organized. She specializes in marketing and promotions, strategic planning, team-building, community organizing, social media, and website setup, design and maintenance.  

For several decades, she has worked with multiple entrepreneurial endeavors. Her experience runs the gamut from artistic production and marketing to construction project management as well as owning a health food store.

From the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California, Yvette has a discussion with Dr. Sheila Patel, Medical Director for the Mind Body Medical Group at the Chopra Center and a board-certified family physician. Dr. Patel is passionate about bringing holistic healing practices into the Western medical system with a specific focus in the ancient eastern wisdom of Ayurveda, which stresses the importance of integrating mind and body for promoting health and enhancing life. 

Originally released on May 2, 2019

Yvette's guest, Gina Rubel, is a public relations and crisis communications expert. Gina is also a public speaker, attorney and author. She educates audiences nationwide on how to implement communications planning and tactics to manage their reputation and drive business success. A differentiator for Gina is her expertise in the legal field. She is the CEO of Furia Rubel Communications which is ranked among the top three legal marketing agencies in the U.S. Gina is also recognized as a Global 100 Leading Consultant and Strategist to the legal profession by LawDragon. The second edition of her book, Everyday Public Relations for Lawyers, is available through AttorneyAtWork.com and Amazon.

Dr. Max Hilaire is a professor and chairperson of the Political Science Department at Morgan State University and a professor at the University of New York in Prague. He holds an M.A, M.Phil, and Ph.D degrees in International Relations from Columbia University in New York. His expertise includes public international law, international human rights, and international humanitarian law, United Nations Law, and U.S. foreign relations law. He is the author of four books.

Yvette chats with Dr. Hilaire in Prague after attending his most recent lecture at the US Embassy in Prague on How International Law and Human Rights inspired the Velvet Revolution - A Tribute to Vaclav Havel." Vaclav Havel was the first president of the new Czech Republic.

Dragan Pavlov and Melisa Begagic have perfected the art of social dining. Their love for each other and for feeding people led them to start their "Balkan Food Experience in Prague." They create meals together that not only satisfy their guests but opens up conversations that establish meaningful connections.

Sherry L. Baker shares the journey to her family therapy practice and  the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on her beliefs when she was 18 years old. She entered the University of Mississippi at the time of the entrance of James Meredith, civil rights activist and the first African American student to enter University of Mississippi.

Season 1 of What's Your Legacy has wrapped, and Season 2 begins on Thursday, September 12. Now's your chance to catch up on any of the 48 episodes you may have missed.

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Ingrid Cortez is a wedding coordinator with the luxurious “The Fives Beach Resort” in Playa De Carmen, Mexico. She makes sure every bride’s day is extraordinary and memorable not only for the bride and groom but also their family and guests.

David C. Hsiung is a history professor at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD and MA from the University of Michigan and his bachelor's degree from Yale University. He is currently a fellow at the David Library of the American Revolution working on his next book about the environment and the American Revolution.

Victoria Milne, MSEd is an educator and consultant in the fields of counseling, wellness, bereavement, world cultures and religion. Her distinguished background includes success in creating programs that help adults and children to find healing and wholeness. She is working on her first book of incredibly heartfelt short stories about her experiences as a hospice chaplain.