CedTalks Podcast

Deliverance preacher, author, educator, life-coach, and Supervisor of Equity of Calvert County Public Schools Margo Gross joins me on Episode 122 of the CedTalks Podcast. She talks about her love of the Lord, her calling as an educator, her passion for learning, learning how to heal in life through trust and dependence on God, and her purpose in life. She also touches on the teachers who inspired...

On Episode 121 of the CedTalks Podcast, my colleague Tina Maslow sits down and joins the show to have a great conversation with me on a variety of topics. We discuss mental health, the importance of balance, establishing a healthy balance of work and self care, and passion for teaching. She also discusses her love of books, theater, and the legacy she desires to leave behind as an educator.

On this edition of the CedTalks Podcast, educator, author, entrepreneur, leader, speaker, and President and CEO of “To Everything There is a Season,” Dr. Tasheka L. Green joins me for an incredible discussion. She touches on her faith and relationship with God, how God transforms and ordains her steps in her every day life, overcoming her challenges, and how she leads her life. She also expands on...

On this edition of the CedTalks Podcast, I speak to a group of local high schoolers and middle schoolers and encourage them on their journeys to discovering their purpose and career paths.

On the first 2023 edition of the CedTalks Podcast, I welcome my good friend Zane Carey onto the show for an incredible conversation. We touch on the topics of mental health, the concept of perfection, letting go of the things out of our control, how to evolve your mental health each day, the power of meditation, yoga, the challenges that revolves around the final year of college, and ways to stay...

Dr. Andraè Townsel sits down with me for an incredible conversation on Episode 117 of the CedTalks Podcast. He touches on his new role as Calvert County‘s brand new superintendent, his intents on making the county grow, his reasoning for pursuing the field of education, and the importance of perseverance. Dr. Townsel also touches on mental health, how he prioritizes his mental health, how others c...

On this edition of the CedTalks Podcast, I sit down with Amanda Kirby for an incredible conversation. She touches on her children, her son, Tyler, his passing, mental health, the importance of raising awareness for mental health, never being afraid to ask for help, and awareness for suicide. She also touches on the documentary she made for Tyler, how she has evolved as a person, her perspective on...

On this edition of the CedTalks Podcast, I sit down with Amanda Kirby for an incredible conversation. She touches on her children, her son, Tyler, his passing, mental health, the importance of raising awareness for mental health, never being afraid to ask for help, and awareness for suicide. She also touches on the documentary she made for Tyler, how she has evolved as a person, her perspective on...

On this edition of the CedTalks Podcast, I sit down with Calvert County’s candidate for State Attorney Rick Piereck. We touch on religion, the importance of working hard, ways to achieve your goals, and the importance of moving forward in the midst of adversity. He also touches on his life growing up in Florida, importance lessons he learned from his father, his reasoning for joining the army, his...

My good friend Zane Carey returns to the CedTalks Podcast for an incredible conversation. He touches on his recent ACL and MCL surgery, how a positive mindset has helped him stay encouraged, mental health, the importance of being present, how to not let the past hinder your growth, manifestation, writing down your goals, and ways to remain encouraged in times of struggle.

YouTuber Pierre Amichia, aka “GloPierre,” joins me on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast for a great conversation. He touches on mental health, the activities he partakes in to improve his mental health, his self improvement journey, his reasoning for creating his YouTube channel, how he balances college along with YouTube, and tips on how to improve your mental health. He also expands on the im...

High school English teacher Nathan Orlandi joins me on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast for a great conversation. He touches on how the pandemic initially effected him when it began in 2020, the hobbies that continues to keep him encouraged during the pandemic, and the lessons that he has learned in the past two years. He expands on his love for teaching, his reasoning for going into the field...

Devin Garner joins me for a great conversation on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast. Garner touches on his love for the education field, his reasoning for wanting to become a teacher, the influence that his past teachers made on his life, the joy he gets from working with children, how he finds the balance between his academics and work life, and what he hopes to achieve when he becomes an educ...

Clemson student-athlete and nurse Harleigh White joins me once again on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast for a great conversation. She touches on being a nurse while being in the pandemic, her early life growing up in Calvert County, MD, the lessons her parents taught her, her love of sports, her reasoning for choosing Clemson as her university, and how track and field have changed her life. S...

Clemson student-athletes and nurse Harleigh White joins me on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast for a great conversation on mental health. She touches on the importance of implementing self-care into your routine, how she prioritizes her mental health, the importance of time management skills, and how she balances her schedule while juggling her academics, practicing and running for track, and...

Dr. Edward Newsome Jr. joins me for an incredible conversation on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast. He touches on his 45 year career as an educator, establishing his organization “Flight to Excellence Educational Consultants,” his book titled “Flight to Excellence,” his reasoning for becoming an educator, his experience as a superintendent and principal, and the work he does as a professor. He...

My good friend Jordan Green returns for one more round on the first 2022 edition of the CedTalks Podcast. He touches on how he manifested his current apartment and dream car, how he has evolved in the past year, the importance of trusting your intuition, his reasoning for taking breaks from his YouTube channel, and how he found his passion for filming content again. He also expands on his new book...

On this edition of the CedTalks Podcast, I am joined by Saint Mary’s Alum DJ Walker where we have a great conversation. He touches on his college experience, how COVID-19 effected his semester academically and athletically in 2020, mental health, college athletes and their struggle with mental health, and how he improves his mental health.

My good friend Alissa Lambert joins me on this edition of the CedTalks Podcast for a great conversation. She touches on her summer cross country trip, how the experience changed her life, manifestation, the Law of Attraction, taking chances and risks to grow as an individual. We also touch on mental health, how she prioritizes her mental health, and how you can prioritize your mental health to tak...

This week on the CedTalks Podcast, I am joined by Gautam Ajai and Zane Carey where we discuss the importance of valuing yourself, holding yourself accountable for your mistakes, ways we can be content with our lives, the top things they improved in their life to better their mental health, and how they have grown as men from when they were teenagers to the present day.

This week on the CedTalks Podcast, Amanda “Mandi” Ridgeway joins me, where she discuss the ways we can be content with our lives, confidence, manifestation, the importance of positive self-talk, her childhood memories, her decision to join the Air Force, and how she remains at ease and calm with her life.

Brandon and Bryan Easton join me for an incredible conversation on Episode 101 of the CedTalks Podcast. The boys touch on how the pandemic affected them both, their love of basketball, the importance of time management skills, how they balanced their time between academics and basketball, their decision to join the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and the lessons that they learned...

My Uncle Sean Hawkins joins me for an incredible conversation on the 100th Episode of the CedTalks Podcast. We touch on the pandemic and the new lifted restrictions, adjusting to uncomfortable situations in life, staying consistent with a healthy diet, mental health, the importance of talking to people, and self care.

University of North Carolina Wilmington student Madison Lopez joins me for an incredible conversation on the 99th Episode of the CedTalks Podcast. She touches on her mental health, how the pandemic effected her in March of 2020, the benefits of communicating with others and therapy, and how she works on improving her mental health. She also touches on her decision to be a nurse, school life her in...