Changing the Rules

In these divided times, it really helps to jump back into what we cherish as Americans. That is our sense of creativity and fun. Margaret believes that if you travel and have that as your mantra, it will help us get through these divided times and come back into a more unified America.

Erika is currently employed at the Samaritan Center in Lancaster, PA.  She can be reached by email at esnitzer@samaritantlancaster.org.

What do you do when barriers get in the way of living your life to the fullest? According to Sarah Brown, executive coach and author of "The Book of You," you need a toolbox that lets you re-explore your uniqueness and helps you regain the three "C's," Clarity, Confidence, and Commitment. You will then be back on your way to rediscovering your purpose and using it to help others and rejuvenate you...

This week, Ray was joined by Staci Banta. Staci, a woman working in a man's world, often finds herself the only woman in the room, yet she not only copes but flourishes. Also, we explore how ballroom dancing had an amazing effect on her career and how she found COVID-19 to be her friend.

We avoid conversation these days. Especially if the topic is controversial. Often, we purposely avoid these specifically controversial topics to keep people from getting mad or walking out. Yet these topics are often about what's going on in the world. They are topics we should be discussing. So, how do we move forward in this seeming cache 22?

Ted has had a fascinating career, from attorney to prosecutor to judge to mediator. A career he absolutely loved. Mandatory retirement caused Ted to evaluate options that would allow him to use his skills and knowledge to continue to add value to people's lives. He discusses how he may have found it: an organization called Braver Angels, which helps people understand each other through a unique di...

The episode runs long but the story is too dramatic to break into pieces - 35 min Canisuius Book - "Unlimited"

There are many new tools available to help evaluate and better understand content. We took 12 of our podcasts from last year and asked NotebookLM to evaluate them for us. You'll find the results fascinating, and Google turned them into a podcast for us. Please take a listen.

Ray discusses the Positive Focus and the Gratitude Focus and how they help the Luckiest People in the World get back on track. These two tools help you get back on track when your not feeling lucky.

On a trip to Europe many years ago to attend a conference of musicians Jane discovered that language, initially a problem could be overcome by music and of all things puppets. From that point on, puppets became part of Jane's life, helping her communicate with people from the age of 2 through adulthood.

Even the "Luckiest People in the World" must continually refocus because things constantly change. Reviewing your unique strengths, re-evaluating what fascinates and motivates you, and evaluating your impact on your community can revitalize you. You can use your toolbox, especially the Community Profiler and the Battery Tracker. Perhaps even step into a new project.

Deborah began her career as a designer in New York City. She worked for iconic luxury brands including Ralph Lauren Fragrances and Parfum Givenchy. Her move back to Lancaster allowed her to use her expertise and talents to make positive change in her hometown through the creation of Fig—an enthusiast’s guide to living and loving local.

As Curator of the Division of Culture and the Arts at the National Museum of American History, Dwight hobnobbed with many of the world's, most famous, entertainment stars. Escorting the ruby slippers to London in their own first-class plane seat was just one of Dwight's dream job duties.

Derek and Julie are brother and sister. Hear how challenges in their lives, big challenges, have helped them discover true happiness and learn to spread it to others. Julie has Down's Syndrome, and Derek is paralyzed in half of his body, yet they travel the world to inspire others to "Live Simply and Love Wastefully."

Anna shares her journey from Boston to Sotheby's to Paris, healing to rebirthing to weddings to Maine, and writing.

In this episode, Ray talks with two of the Luckiest People in the World about politics, in a non-political way. There is a lot of noise in everything we hear today on the news. So we Don and Greg what the real issues they think are important to them, independent of what the candidates are addressing.

Between 1850 - 1923 two religious organizations, one Catholic, and one Protestant noted that many orphans in the big eastern cities had no homes. The two organizations arranged for homes in the mid-west on farms and farther west with parents seeking children. So the orphan trains moved children westward for better homes and maybe not for better homes. Judye Ruffo joins us. Her mother was one of th...

Personal banking relationships can be a resource to help you counteract fraud. To ensure your bank accounts are protected by FDIC insurance and yet still meet your estate plan goals. When you find a relationship hang on to it, even if you have to follow the relationship from bank to bank.

The Luckiest People in the World practice retirement. Rather than stop working cold turkey and restarting in their next phase of life, they tend to look ahead while working and test what they want to do later.

Sarah Brown created of the "Book of You" to help mid-level executives get a clear vision of what they want out of life. Her latest project, "Book and Ted" helps these same executives write a book that expresses what they do and where they are going. It then puts it into a Ted Talk to help clarify their mission.

Danie Harris one of The Luckiest People in the World, gets to produce movies for a living. Join us as we discuss the making of a movie, Silver Linings, and what it takes to make a documentary.

"The luckiest people in the world often find themselves involved in projects that have a lasting impact on society." Carol was at the right place at the right time. Carol MacAllister was a social worker in 1978 for the State of New Mexico Mental Health Bureau when a new law "The Sexual Crimes Prevention and Treatment Act" was passed. Carol was assigned as a project manager to implement parts of th...

Ray Loewe talks with Charles Napier with LegacyStories.org about the importance of saving your stories for future generations and how to easily do it.

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Dr. Terry Webb and Dr. Greg Carey feel democracy is deteriorating in the United States. There are things we can do about it. This appears to be an international problem, reflecting itself in Poland, Hungary, & Italy to name a few. It seems that this is a problem that manifests itself periodically in history, we experienced this problem at the end of WWII and we seemed to have survived it. Is this...