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Episode 118

Join Adrian Starks on this special episode as he reflects on the last 3 guests, Carmen Micsa, Don Colliver and Michelle Starr and what he learned from each guest.

Each month I will have a reflection episode that will be based upon the takeaways and lessons that I learned from the guests of that month. When we have knowledge, it is just knowledge but when we can deeply reflect on the knowledge we have attained and use it purposefully in our lives to create constructive change, it then becomes power.

I had special moments with Carmen, Don and Michelle that connected with me in different ways. On this episode I will share that with you.

Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday February 11th:
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Show Notes and Key takeaways  on this episode:

• Why I chose to have reflection episodes
• What I learned from episode 115 with guest Carmen Micsa
• What I learned from episode 116 with guest Don Colliver 
• What I learned from episode 117 with guest Michelle Starr
• Summary of all three guest and final takeaway 

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Episode: 117

Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is author, speaker, trainer and diversity equity and inclusion expert for women of color, Michelle Starr.


Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Michelle Starr, who shares her journey and why she decided it was necessary to build BE BROWN BRAVE platform for both workplace culture and outside of it.

Michelle experienced many things in her work fields but you would never believe what happened to her when a top leader treated her a certain way.


Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday January 28th:  https://youtube.com/@adrianstarks

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Show Notes and Key takeaways on this episode:

• Michelle's view on the current problem with the employment system in America
• How she came up with BE BROWN BRAVE
• The mission of Michelle's platform
• The defining moment when she decided that "enough was enough"
• How business leaders can benefit from her teachings
• Ways to show inclusion for women of color
• Who can BE BROWN BRAVE
• Why Michelle chose this as her PURPOSE

Bio:

Michelle is an experienced corporate professional with 25 years' experience. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology. She is a certified executive coach, author, speaker, and diversity business trainer helping Chief Functional Officers build cohesive teams, lower attrition, and build revenue by interweaving inclusion in their organizations.

Resources

Guest: Michelle Starr


Website: https://www.bebrownbrave.com

Social Media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-s-48287018/
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLIhdJrJ24

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Episode: 116

Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is Former Blue Man and Professional Clown turned Communication Trainer and Pro Speaker, Don Colliver.

Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Don Colliver who shares his journey of becoming a blue man and professional clown and then reshaping his purpose to now being a communication trainer and pro speaker helping companies such as Google. 

Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday January 21st:  https://youtube.com/@adrianstarks

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Show Notes and Key takeaways on this episode:

• Don's journey from former blue man and professional clown 
• Life turning moment for Don that reshaped his purpose. 
• Challenges he faced in the profession of being a clown 
• How the clown presence relates to public speaking
• Don's take on WHY people have such a fear for public speaking and HOW to change that fear 
• Recommendations for nervous speakers
• How to add a little humor to better engage the audience 
• Practicing presentations: how much is enough? 

Bio:

Don Colliver teaches popular public speaking courses internally at Google and around the world; leads improv, clown, and sketch comedy classes for the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre; and speaks professionally for Fortune 500 companies including Adobe, Cisco, and Medtronic. Don has performed with the Blue Man Group, toured internationally as a theatrical Clown for contemporary circus Spiegelworld, and is listed in the Cirque du Soleil performer database.

Don’s mission is to help every communicator profoundly impact their audience through the power of authenticity, listening, and play: the Secrets of Clown!

He recently released a #1 Bestselling Amazon book entitled "Wink: Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence" to help anxious speakers and organizational teams everywhere connect more deeply when they communicate.

Resources

Guest: Don Colliver

Guest reference: Prattfall effect study done in 1966 by social psychologist Elliot Aronson

Free exercise/gift from Don: https://www.doncolliver.com/engage

Website: https://www.doncolliver.com/wink-public-speaking

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doncolliver/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doncolliver
Twitter: https://twitter.com/doncolliver
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4t8G0t4sxcoXQ2dM0pQbRw

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Episode: 115

Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is creative writer, poet, avid marathon runner, Renaissance Woman, and CEO/Broker of Dynamic Real Estate, Carmen Micsa.

Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Carmen Micsa who is known by many as the Renaissance Woman. Carmen shares her journey and why she lives up to this name. Growing up in Romania was not an easy journey as she learned firsthand from her father during the Communism movement an important lesson that helped her see her world and opportunities much differently that everyone else.

Carmen reframed her purpose and reinvented herself in the process leading to new experiences.

Side note: Carmen and I share something in common and we had a deep conversation about this shared specialty.

Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday January 7th:  https://youtube.com/@adrianstarks


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Show Notes and Key takeaways on this episode:

• Carmem's childhood and growing up in Communism (lessons learned)
• What lead into her being called the Renaissance Woman
• The purpose of her book, "Change Your Grip On Life Through Tennis"
• Why is it important to not have a fixed mindset and to reinvent ourselves 
• Ways to reinvent ourselves
• What it means to live a serendipitous life (Carmen talks Lao Tsu)
• Marathon running and her next venture in March and why this is a "special one"
• Carmen's life's purpose

Bio:

Carmen Micsa is a creative writer, poet, avid marathon runner, Renaissance Woman, and CEO/Broker of Dynamic Real Estate.  She is also the host of Seeds of Sunshine Podcast. 

Resources

Guest: Carmen Micsa


Website: https://dynamicsacramentohomes.com/

https://carmenmicsabooks.com


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Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cmicsa
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMicsa

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Episode 114

Join Adrian Starks on this special episode as he reflects on the last 3 episodes from the 2022 season and what he learned from each guest.

Each month I will have a reflection episode that will be based upon the takeaways and lessons that I learned from the guests of that month. When we have knowledge, it is just knowledge but when we can deeply reflect on the knowledge we have attained and use it purposefully in our lives to create constructive change, it then becomes power.

I had special moments with Cathy, Lesley and Kevin that connected with me in different ways. On this episode I will share that with you.

Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday December 31st:
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Show Notes and Key takeaways  on this episode:

• Why KNOWLEDGE is just KNOWLEDGE until we.....
• What I learned from episode 111 with guest Cathy Nesbit
• What I learned from episode 112 with guest Lesley Logan 
• What I learned from episode 113 with guest Kevin McShan
• A lesson learned from my trip to Italy and why it connects to Kevin's episode 
• Summary of all three guest and what to expect for 2023 season

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Episode: 113

Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is multimedia journalist, motivational speaker and advocate and inclusion expert for people with disabilities, Kevin McShan.

Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Kevin McShan who has spastic quadriplegia and shares his journey. Both he and his twin had it but Kevin unlike his twin was not able to grow out of it. Instead Kevin learned to grow forward with it  and that didn’t stop him from championing for the disabled and moving the needle of progress for inclusion.


"WE MUST MOVE THE NEEDLE OF PROUGRESS FORWARD"- Kevin McShan

Side note: Kevin and I chatted about some football favorites towards the end of our conversation, and it was full of laughs!

Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday December 17th:
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Show Notes and Key takeaways  on this episode:

• Kevin's childhood and how he dealt with his disability, spastic quadriplegia
• How he was able to thrive while living with his disability
• Barriers and how Kevin did not let them define his limitations
•  Achieving Equity and Equality for individuals with disabilities in the workplace. Where do we start? 
• The benefits that are being missed by overlooking the disabled in workplace culture 
• Kevin’s favorite football team 
• Kevin’s meaning of living a purposeful life 

Bio:

Kevin is a disability and inclusion expert, sports Reporter and has plenty of lived experiences which anyone would find compelling. He was born with spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy; however, he has refused to allow that disability to define his limitations and how he lives his life. He currently hosts Let's Have This Conversation. 

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Guest: Kevin McShan


Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8O46hFoibuN-doUrAfOvnw


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Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mcshan81509/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.mcshan1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mcshan-1586028a/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/McShan819

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Episode: 112

Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is certified Pilates teacher, breathwork, habits and mindset coach Lesley Logan.


Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Lesley Logan going back to her humble and what she calls "boring" beginnings in Lodi California to creating her purpose through the discovery of Pilates taking her to LA and across the world.

Lesley holds nothing back and shares the problems she has faced and seen her clients face through the mask of perfectionism. She simply says, "Perfectionism is boring and that she believes it keeps us away from our purpose". Lesley provides not only a super enticing and fun conversation, she also provides tips on how to ditch perfectionism and how to use Pilates in our lives to improve our mental wellbeing.

"PILATES IS FOR ANYONE BECAUSE IT CAN MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE"- Lesley Logan

Side note: Lesley and I had an immediate connection as we wore nearly the same exact colored hoody to the interview.

Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday December10th:
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Show Notes and Key takeaways  on this episode:

• Lesley's journey from Lodi California to LA (She did not fit in and wondered why)
• How she discovered Pilates and her first rejections to its importance
• She shares the difference between Pilates and Yoga
• Fitness 101: What happens when we are too imbalanced with strength training and stretching
• The benefits of Pilates
• Self-Care isnt Selfish 
• What happens when we honor our time and energy 
• Some of Lesley's favorite places she has visited while teaching Pilates
• Lesley's take on living a Purposeful Life 

Bio:

Lesley Logan, a certified Pilates teacher, habits and mindset coach, is the founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com, Profitable Pilates and host of Be It Till You See It podcast. Teaching Pilates since 2008, she has run multiple studios, trained hundreds of people to become teachers themselves and has taught thousands of students around the world. When not teaching, coaching teachers or recording she is leading retreats around the world. 

Resources

Guest: Lesley Logan


Website: https://lesleylogan.co/

FREE PILATES ONLINE WORKOUT: https://offers.onlinepilatesclasses.com/lp-free-class

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Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/lesley.logan/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq08HES7xLMvVa3Fy5DR8-g/featured

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Episode: 111

Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is laughter and health wellness expert, worm advocate, ecopreneur and speaker, Cathy Nesbitt. 


Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Cathy Nesbitt as she brings the importance and power of laughter to the show and how to create a habit of getting our daily D.O.S.E. She also brought some crawly composters along who didn't mind waiting in the green room to show us why having worms in our compost will help to resolve some of the mess we are making with too much overflow of trash in our landfills and oceans. There is something floating in our oceans that will gross you out and also piss you off! It's a messy situation. 


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Show Notes and Key takeaways  on this episode:

• Is laughter really the "best medicine"
• History of laughter
• What is daily D.O.S.E
• What can we do to bring more laughter in our lives 
• Mental health state of the world
• Power and Benefits of earth worms for composting
• The 4 types of earth worms for composting 
• How to help minimize our waste and over polluting our landfills 

Bio: 

Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate. Cathy is the Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy’s Sprouters and Cathy’s Laughter Club. She is a multi award-winning environmental innovator who uses workshops and inspirational speaking to motivate people to live a more sustainable life. Cathy is an avid cyclist and gardener.


Resources

Guest: Cathy Nesbitt

Tedx Talk:  The Wonderful World of Worms
https://www.cathyscomposters.com/video/TedX13.htm

Website: https://www.cathyscomposters.com/

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LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CathysCrawlyComposters
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathyscomposters/

• Movie/Documentary Cathy mentioned in interview: You Are What You Act by Albert Nerenberg 

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(New season) Season 2: Episode 110

Welcome to the new Season of my newly rebranded podcast, Your Purposeful Life. On this episode I will answer listener questions, talk about the changes, updates and new guests that are coming on for this new season and growing YPL community,  that will help you shape your purpose, your way!

Mission: Helping you shape your purpose, your way!

Show Notes on this epiosde:

•  Why did I decide to rebrand this podcast
• The mission and purpose of this new energy and direction
• What caused the delay in releasing the new season 
• Why did I keep the previous episodes up
• Is this still an entrepreneur/business podcast
• What new guests to expect 
• What is happening with the YPL community

 
Guest coming out for next week teaser: She is a laughter/ wellness specialist, worm advocate and Tedx speaker. 

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Episode 109:

Today's guest on The Purposeful Life Show with Adrian Starks is world class speaker, leadership development expert, singer/songwriter and musician, Rick Lozano.


Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Rick Lozano as he brings an innovative approach to creating a more engaging and creative workplace culture. He even brings his guitar and a comedic song about performance evaluations to the conversation. I couldn't stop laughing!


Show Notes and Key takeaways  on this episode:

• [02:23] Why Rick started bringing a freakin guitar to work
• [ 04:47] What's getting mixed up with leadership and management 
• [10:43] How we can reignite passion and potential at work
• [14:52] Ways to create a corporate culture that rocks!
• [18:03] The RIFF model
• [23:26] Rick's purpose 
• [ 26:50] Rick also leaves us with a comedic song on performance reviews

Bio: 

Rick Lozano helps people unlock potential and amplify their talent, and he does it all with his unique blend of energy, expertise, and a musician’s soul.

With twenty years of experience in award-winning talent and leadership development programs, Rick brings his unique approach to audiences across the globe, combining his skills as a world-class speaker with his talents as a singer/songwriter and musician.

He is the author of Acoustic Leadership – Develop A Leadership Culture That Resonates, and the owner of Unlock & Amplify. He has built a reputation for his refreshing delivery that leaves audiences raving and - more importantly - with action items they can immediately implement to produce change.

Resources

Guest: Rick Lozano

Free video:  https://ricklozano.com/riff on Leadership and how to bring the RIFF Model to life to help you unlock that next great thing.

Music: https://ricklozano.com/ https://amzn.to/3urVRt3


Website: https://ricklozano.com/
Email: [email protected]

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-lozano/
Twitter:   https://twitter.com/rick_lozano

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