Calm the Chaos

 You are listening to Episode 112 of Calm the Chaos! In this episode, I am sharing an interview where I was the invited guest with  Nicole Christina from the Zestful Aging podcast !   It was a lot of fun!  Nicole has been a psychotherapist for over 30 years and has her own podcast: The Zestful Aging Podcast.  In her interview with me on Calm the Chaos, we talked about what is Zestful Aging, why ar...

Daniel Mangena is an International Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Broadcaster, and Coach. He is best known for his highly successful Micro2Millions program, being the author of Stepping Beyond Intention and his Do it With Dan and Beyond Success podcasts. He is completely self-made and has spent decades perfecting his world-class coaching methodology. His mission statement: "To spearhead an evolutio...

A descendant of Afghan nobles, Tareq Azim's family was forced to flee their homeland in 1979. He assimilated in the United States through his love of sports, excelling in wrestling, boxing, and football. In 2004, Azim decided to visit his home country, and upon arriving, he discovered countless children living on the streets, waiting for the inevitable recruitment into terrorist networks and anti-...

Juggling life for years led Daniela Sulek to hit a wall. Her entire way of life and being changed when what she now calls "humaning" led to her developing serious illnesses while pregnant with her third child, and almost cost her her life. With her "play your way through life" philosophy, she now helps renowned yet unfulfilled leaders move into a permanent state of ease, joy, and passion. By trans...

Jackie Parsons was born and raised in England. SheI studied languages from an early age and developed a passion for Latin cultures. She speaks French, Spanish, and fluent Italian. Jackie has led tours in Europe since 1992, specializing in walking tours in Italy since 2007 Her first degree in Spanish took her to the mountains of Mexico and to the South American Andes, where she took part in a Ralei...

Judi Jacobs is a former plaintiff's tort trial lawyer.  She began her journey into teaching and learning about technology in the early part of my legal career. Like many of us,  she did not grow up with a computer and is not a computer engineer. She is not  a so-called "digital native." (i.e., I am not under 35!) Her first experiences with computers came through work in my law firm as she had to s...

Welcome back to Calm the Chaos! You are listening to Episode 106 and today my guest is ME!  Yes, that's right today I'll be doing all the talking!  And….  it's a big day as today marks the 2nd year anniversary of producing the podcast Calm the Chaos!   I decided to do this episode solo because for most of you listening you may just see me as a podcast interviewer of other subject matter experts! B...

Lisbeth "Lis" McKinley, is a Certified Professional Organizer, move manager, public speaker, and owner of LET'S MAKE ROOM, LLC based in Oakland, California, now in its 12th year of operation. Lis, along with her team at LET'S MAKE ROOM, helps clients achieve their unique vision of the organization, before or after moving, remodeling, or refreshing and unclutter their living, work, and storage area...

Theresa Levine lives in Davidsonville, Maryland with her husband Jeff and their four boys. As an entrepreneur with a background in psychology, nutrition, and fitness, she has been helping women work on various aspects of their mental and physical health for over 25 years. Her struggles with ADHD, trauma, and the chaos and overwhelm of being a mompreneur with big goals and responsibilities led her...

Sheena  Nancy Sarles is a lifelong student of well-being in body, mind, and spirit. She is a certified Yoga instructor, a Holistic Life Coach, a Reiki practitioner., and has been called, a serial entrepreneur! From her life experiences, she has followed an organic path. As she became aware of her own aging, she created Growing Younger Gracefully™ workshops, classes, and newsletters to address how...

For more than four years, Pam Lamp has explored one new thing every single day!  On her website, Who I met today, she writes about these discoveries and the wonderful people she's met along the way.  Pam loves a good book, the beach, and is an animal person.  Pam lives in Nashville with her husband.   Pam shares that her journey began back when her kids were grown and she and her husband moved fro...

Rachel Arbuckle is a Navy Veteran, wife, mom, and founder of 2000 Paces Photo Organizing. After a series of fires forced her family to evacuate and leave behind photo memories that were scattered throughout their home, Rachel was motivated to help others spend less time worrying about organizing and protecting their memories and more time making them. In 2014, a series of fierce fires roared throu...

Samantha Coffin is a wellness and mindset coach focused on helping women go from a life full of symptoms to a life full of living. As a child, Samantha personally struggles with health and wellness.  She reminds us that if you don't prioritize your wellness now then you'll be forced to prioritize your illness later!  Samantha's website is called the Wellness Rewind where she offers 1:1 Wellness su...

  Jennifer and I discuss her book, Why Bother! Discover the Desire for What's Next.  Since it's the end of the year, it's the perfect time to stop, notice and celebrate the arising of the desire within yourself!  This desire is what gives us the juice, courage, and inspiration to get over the fears that we often feel when we come to this place in our lives.  Let's take the time today to flip that...

Katharine Chestnut is the founder and CCO of Alkaloid Networks, a coworking space she founded in 2015.  Over the past two decades, Katharine has navigated the realm of self-care, studying multiple wellness disciplines to support her own personal growth.  Her new book, Inner Affirmations, is a testament to her practice of personal self-care and the kind of growth that comes from a mindful journalin...

Melissa Houston is a CPA and Financial strategist for CEO's. Melissa helps successful business owners increase their profit margins so they can keep more money in their pocket and increase their net worth!  Melissa is a columnist at Forbes.com and the host of The Business Society Podcast Melissa started her journey as a social worker and worked in that sector for five years and realized that long-...

Fran Braga Mininger is a writer, author, content provider, and creator of The Years Beyond Youth.com. She writes about an era in a woman's life that can be exciting, engaging, and vibrant despite or perhaps because of, what comes with age. Her work has been featured on Sixty and Me, Ruminate Magazine, KQED Radio, She Rose Revolution, Changing Aging, and other online and printed publications.   Fra...

Danielle Collins is THE Face Yoga Expert!  With over 17 years of experience teaching to millions worldwide!  Danielle believes in combining traditional techniques that have been used for thousands of years with modern scientifically proven research.  Believe it or not, Face Yoga has been proven to make you look three years younger in 20 weeks as these results were conducted by dermatologists at No...

This podcast episode is the journey of my client Sky who recently completed her 8-week coaching program with me to gain the clarity and confidence she needed regarding her next career move! Sky came to me recently unemployed and feeling confused about what to do next.  She wasn't sure if staying in her early childhood education was the best move for her and she was needing some guidance to help ma...

Cindy Burnett is the host of the Thoughts from a Page Podcast where she interviews authors about their latest works. An avid reader and book reviewer, Cindy loves to talk about books everywhere she can. In addition to hosting her podcast, she actively promotes books she loves on social media including Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Cindy writes two book columns for The Buzz...

Terry Tucker has been an NCAA Division I college basketball player, a Citadel cadet, a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, an undercover narcotics investigator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, a motivational speaker, an author, and most recently, a cancer warrior. He is the author of, Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles To Living Your...

Jean Atman is a Consciousness Coach and Quantum Healer. Her greatest joy is to spark awakening and facilitate deep level healing in the collective. She has been called to reach beyond her beloved practice and is on a mission to assist in the ascension process at a grander scale.  Jean is passionate about sharing her wisdom, tips, and tools that have proven to be the most effective in influencing h...

Dyna Vink is a certified health and nutrition coach who refused to give in after her doctor, dietician, and trainer gave ineffective advice on how to navigate perimenopause.  She now coaches women through her site Holistic Nutrition Lifestyle   Dyna started her journey as a director of marketing with several high-tech companies over the years.  She had what some may consider a dream job.  But in h...

Lesleigh Tolin is an advanced Grief Recovery Specialist.  She has twelve years of professional hospice experience and it has been a dream to help others with end-of-life challenges having experienced an inordinate amount of loss on her own.  It's now her personal mission to work with adults internationally who have been impacted by emotional loss either current or past to transform their pain into...

Today be prepared to be inspired! My conversation this week is with my client: Julia Schmidt who this year completed her eight-week coaching experience.   Julia came to me needing some help in a career search but what she gained were a new career, increased self-confidence, and a completely new mindset!  In our interview, she shares with the listeners  Where she was at in the beginning of her care...