Bump In The Road

Zya ​B ​Built ​a ​successful ​corporate ​career ​in ​organizational ​change ​consulting, ​including ​starting ​her ​own ​company. She's ​traveled ​the ​globe ​solo, ​contributed ​to ​a ​best ​selling ​book ​on ​creativity, ​and ​now ​she ​has ​her ​own ​podcast, ​Your Hell Yes Life where ​she ​tells ​the ​stories ​of ​other ​fearless ​women. But fearlessness isn't the only component of living a "H...

This is a Side Trip, a super short podcast that lets me share some of my thoughts about writing, podcasting and whatever else comes to mind. This Side Trip, I share some of my thoughts about marketing on YouTube, click bait, and what might really matter. It's an Amazon best selling book! What they're saying: "This is a beautiful book about life, its imperfections, its challenges, and its joys. It...

Tonia ​Winchester ​is ​a ​treasure. ​She's ​a ​naturopathic ​doctor ​who ​helps ​people ​heal, ​but ​her ​interest ​in ​healing ​goes ​way ​beyond ​bodily ​health. ​She ​uses ​neurolinguistic ​programming, ​or ​NLP, ​to ​help ​people ​change ​their ​subconscious ​beliefs ​and ​their ​patterns ​of ​behavior ​to ​change ​their ​lives. ​Tonia ​talks ​about ​this ​in ​her ​book, ​Breakthrough ​the ​In...

Sheila Kamuda is a very independent woman. She worked while her husband took care of all the household and childcare details. But when he died, her life stopped. How does one cope with something like this? Sheila put one foot in front of the other, and reflected about her life ahead. And in doing do, she looked back and within for comfort and guidance. "Once you start to go back to who you are, wh...

Caring for a loved on is a rocky road both financially and emotionally. Add in a hired caregiver, who may or may not pass a background check, and you have a situation that can go haywire quickly. Jacklyn learned this the hard way. In her book, she shares stories about caregiving and reveals an industry that is sloppy in its hiring practices and rife with opportunities to financially take advantage...

This is a stunningly beautiful conversation with Tina Davidson, author of Let Your Heart Be Broken. Tina is an accomplished composer. Over her forty-five-year career, Tina has been commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra, OperaDelaware, Roanoke Symphony, VocalEssence, Kronos Quartet, Cassatt Quartet, and more. Contemplating her decades of achievement, Tina notes: "I am struck by music's li...

What is a risk to you? For most of us, it's anything outside our comfort zone. And Melissa Foote stepped right outside those boundaries when she left an 18 year teaching career behind to start her own business. Melissa's love of teaching had gotten bogged down in many of the group think and administrative aspects of the career. Her last decade of life had been consumed by family, work and school....

This podcast is a Side Trip, a super short podcast where I can share what's on my mind. And this week, with Christmas before us, I share some thoughts on creating that perfect gift. It's an Amazon best seller! And a perfect gift! Check out the reviews Follow Bump on: Twitter Facebook Substack Instagram YouTube

How does one navigate life? Donna Marks offers a great deal of insight and wisdom into this road trip called life. She's dealt with a difficult family life, addiction issues, divorce, parenting and more. And as a therapist, she helps others navigate their ups in the road. Donna is the author of Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Solution, Learn, Grow, Forgive: A Path to Spiritual Success...

John Suzuki is a Japanese American who stumbled upon the story of Japanese internment camps during World War II. It was a story that rattled him. The camps were created when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the United States Army to round up and detain anyone who was at least 1/16 of Japanese ancestry. The camps were primitive, without running water or insulation. Summe...

Kim Sorrelle went through a tough period in her life when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and shortly thereafter, her husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died not long after his diagnosis, leaving Kim questioning life. Her inquiry led her to love: What is it? And she spent a year investigating, searching and thinking about love. What emerged was her book, Love Is, available on Am...

Shaun Hayes is the cofounder and former CEO of Allegiant Bancorp, headquartered In St. Louis Missouri. Shaun bought his first bank at 29, and was CEO of a bank at 32. By age 35, Shaun was running a public company. At 44, he sold his company for half a billion dollars. Fast forward a few years and Shaun found himself in Federal prison for 37 months. He lost his friends, his family, his freedom and...

A Path to Integrative Medicine This is a story of loss, recovery and finding a new path forward. After years of education and work, Christina Kraft had established a successful dental practice. But her perfect plans for the perfect career were thwarted as nerve pain, bony structures and tissue inflammation meant that she could no longer continue in her beloved dentistry practice. This is what she...

An American Entrepreneur Goes to China At the age of 14 Mitch told his uncle that he wanted to go to China. This Brooklyn-born teenager's statement became his path to a business life that would challenge and change many Chinese business perceptions. After a stint with Anheuser-Busch, Inc. in China, Mitch became the founder of Super 8 Hotels and grew it to over 1,000 locations throughout the countr...

What is a Spiritual Warrior? Where do we find wisdom, to guide and teach us, as we navigate this road trip called life? This is the first of a series about wisdom. For this inaugural podcast, I've invited award winning, best selling author Gary Hensel and Deborah Toyias Kozich to discuss some of Gary's books. His books are a priceless compendium of wisdom. The sound quality isn't up to the usual s...

Monique Verpoort has written a wise and wonderful book Is This All There Is ? Living a Life Beyond Obligation. It's a book about the pursuit of self knowledge, authenticity and wisdom. Monique talks about the emerging field of energy psychology, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and how it can help you not just manage stress but transform you life. EFT is a form of acupressure that allows us to...

This podcast is a story of what's possible when we choose to turn within, to question our stories, and take the lifelong journey of finding our unique truth. For everyone on the path of personal growth and exploration, this is a must listen. Paul Hunneycutt grew up in a cult that, as a child, left him isolated and feeling as though the world could end at any moment. But as he got older and interac...

Parental Alienation: A Story of Parents, Kids and Re-Connecting Lynn Steinberg is a psychologist who specializes in parental alienation. She is an advocate for parents and an expert in the field. Her passion for this topic grew out of her own childhood experiences. What is parental alienation? It's when one parent actively works to discredit the other in the mind of a child. Discrediation is often...

A will. A power of attorney. A trust. Doesn't that mean your affairs are in order? Not at all, as Leonie Rosenstiel found much to her dismay. It all started when "I walked in one day to take my mother to lunch. And there was blood all over the kitchen." Her mother, a college professor and a capable woman who supervised 1,000 women in the Women's Air Corps during World War II, could no longer care...

This podcast is a Side Trip, a super short podcast where I can share what's on my mind. As host of Bump In The Road, my job is to listen. Here, I get to comment and reflect. Conversations are on my mind lately. Are we losing the art of connecting? We're all connected thanks to the web and social media. But are we connecting? Here are 3 ideas for better connection. The Book Is Here! Check it out on...

Judy Pearson is a storyteller. Her books range from World War II adventures (such as Wolf at the Door, a must read!) to her recent foray into health related stories. While writing her previous book From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement, Judy realized she has an even better story, that of Mary Lasker. Mary Lasker was a woman of the Roaring Twenties. She embraced soci...

Side Trips are a super short podcast that let me share some of my thoughts beyond the conversations with my guests. Today, I have the lost(?) art of conversation on my mind. Are you seeing-or should I say hearing- what I'm hearing? My Book Is Out! Check it out on Amazon! Learn more at BumpInTheRoad.us Follow Bump on: Twitter Facebook Substack Instagram

Many of you know Liz O'Riordan. At the age of just 40 she was forced to give up her breast cancer surgical practice due to the complications of two rounds of cancer treatments that left her unable to continue with the rigors of her job. The irony is that it was a breast cancer diagnosis that led to her medical retirement. Liz's impact on the cancer world has been significant. Her position as a sur...

What could possibly go wrong on a trip to visit your son, a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia? In 1988 parts of Zambia were remote, but a network of trucks and private planes provided access to where you needed to go. Marcia hired a small private plane to transport them across the vast uninhabited land. But over the jungle, the engine quit. The quick thinking pilot was able to land in a dry river be...

James Bond is an advertising guy and he thought he was quite good at it. Until he competed for an account to discourage kids from doing drugs. He realized he was missing the mark. The emotional mark. "I went from from left brain thinking, to right brain thinking, emotional thinking." And that changed everything. The Bump In The Road book is out! Bump In The Road: 15 Stories of Courage, Hope and Re...