What's Your Legacy?

Yvette discusses with her mother, Doretta Jones Taylor, a legacy of teaching and a commitment to supporting and loving family.

Bucks County's Cathy Larrick is the creator and designer of Walkapocket, a "perfect pocket solution" designed to make going for a walk simple, comfortable and fun.

In this episode, Cathy and Yvette talk about the inspiration behind Walkapocket and Cathy's goal of boosting the health of her community by encouraging everyone to get walking in the great outdoors. 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Walkapocket
• America Walks

Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din's poetry tells the story of her remarkable journey from Maryland's Eastern Shore to destinations in Europe, Africa, and throughout the United States. Deborah works with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and is also at work on a book inspired by one of her poems. 

In this episode, Yvette talks with poet, educator and sister Deborah, who shares her poetry and perspectives on life.

Although Barbara Farber and her husband were both born in the United States, they've spent the greater part of their lives working and raising a family in Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. When it came time to leave Amsterdam behind, Barbara settled into a "huge white elephant of a house" in the town of Provence. Little did she know the house would become another member of her family!

In this episode recorded in Provence, Yvette talks with Barbara about her life's work, her beautiful home, and the legacy she has created for her family.

Learn more:

• Surviving Provence: Romance, Reality and Wild Boars

Yvette chats with author Becky Diamond, the author of The Thousand Dollar Dinner. This book tells the unique story of a 19th-century "Top Chef"-style competition between Philadelphia restaurateur James Parkinson and the Delmonico family of New York. She is also the author of Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America's First Cooking School.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Thousand Dollar Dinner
• Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America's First Cooking School
• Becky Diamond's website

Luke Titus holds the rank of 5th Degree Black Belt in the Golden Fist Martial Arts International Systems of Self Defense. He has studied under the Golden Fist Martial Arts System for over 22 years, starting in December 1991 under the instruction of Master Gregory Cothran.

Luke established the Golden Fist Academies of Gap and Holland, Pennsylvania, to have a family-oriented learning environment where students learn life skills. Luke believes that these teachings enable the student to build self-esteem, self-confidence and to understand the meaning of responsible citizenship and duty to one’s faith, family, organization, country and the world as a whole.

In this episode, Luke talks with Yvette about attaining the rank of 5th Degree Black Belt and why he founded the Golden Fist Academies.

Learn more:

• Golden Fist Martial Arts Academy

One of the greatest potential risks faced by America's elderly is the need for long-term care. Long-term care insurance transfers a portion of the risk of long-term care expenses to an insurance company helping to protect you and your family from potentially devastating expenses.

In this episode of What's Your Legacy, Yvette talks with Susan Allen and Laura Heflin about what led them to offer long-term care insurance and how this insurance product has changed over the years. 

Sponsored by Affordable Long Term Care Insurance

After a 30-year career as an interior designer, Joan Portman founded the Healing Environments program in 2008 at St. Mary Medical Center in Pennsylvania. This program enlisted the skills of over 350 off-site volunteers who created afghans, shawls and many other comfort items offered as gifts while visiting with patients.

In this episode, Joan talks with Yvette about this unique program and "Creating A Healing Place," a book she is writing about the program and staff. 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Healing Environments ("Crafting a Healing Environment," Newtown Patch, April 11, 2011)

Jamie Broderick has coached thousands of entrepreneurs on how to start or build a business. Through her entrepreneur network, The Success Connection, she's helped women get off unemployment, leave jobs they disliked, and build their businesses. In this episode, she discusses with Yvette her business, her passion for helping entrepreneurs, and how she maintains physical and mental energy.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Jamie Broderick

When Valerie passed the Bar exam in 1983, she had two goals: make money and get out of Brooklyn. Everything changed when she attended a 1995 retreat with monk, poet and activist Thich Nhat Hanh: after that, she left a twenty-year career as an attorney-lobbyist to pursue mindfulness, yoga and transformational leadership.

Valerie shares her global vision of a society that is interconnected through mindful awareness and compassionate action in her book on mindfulness, transformation, and travel, The Road that Teaches: Lessons in Transformation through Travel. Her essay on mindfulness and people of color appeared in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Together We Are One.

Valerie’s Lead Smart Coaching offers retreats; leadership coaching and consulting; mindfulness training and professional development; and conflict resolution and mediation.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Road that Teaches: Lessons in Transformation through Travel
• Lead Smart Coaching
• Thich Nhat Hanh