Coffee and an Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Peña

Donovan is a coach who focuses on songwriting/structures, book writing, online course creation, talent development and growth, stage performance, time management, and personal development and growth. Donovan Campbell is a Jamaican born from the Caribbean but currently lives in Canada with his family. He is a: 1. Songwriter over 25 years. 2. Gospel Music artist. 3. Author of 3 books, 1 book I wrote...

In Episode 71, Aimee teaches us about the importance of health literacy and provides us with several tips to navigate the healthcare system successfully while focusing on our own improved health. Aimee Rossini is a physical therapist and a health and wellness coach. Her business is CAMP Health and Wellness where she offers a coaching program designed to help people with chronic diseases transform...

Join us for Episode 70 where Sophie Zollmann teaches us about using our intuition in our lives. She defines intuition and explains how to use it to enhance our personal and professional lives. Our conversations stem from her recently published chapter in Intuition: The Feminine Guide to Fearless Living, the second book in the Women Gone Wild book series. Sophie Zollmann is the owner and CEO of Sop...

In Episode 69, Francesca teaches us the power of children's stories as teaching tools and coping guidebooks. She shares her experiences in using children's stories to help with teaching, processing situations and emotions, and learning key strategies. We discuss her new project, "The Chocolate Forest," via which she writes personalized children's stories for parents and teachers to use for specifi...

In Episode 68, Dr. Esther Malm teaches us about burnout, from defining it to showing us how to identify signs of burnout. Through our conversation, she provides us with simple strategies to prevent burnout or pull out of a state of burnout. Learn these key strategies and start to create a better balance in your life as we navigate various life events and challenges that easily could push us into a...

In Episode 67, Ana Maria Soto teaches us about advocacy in education and the challenges with access to higher education for immigrant parents and their children. We discuss some of the tools for navigating the education system as well as tools for parenting in the United States, including tools for assisting with the generational and cultural divide. The conversation then transitions to entreprene...

In Episode 66, host Jacqueline Pena gets together with Jacquie Bird once again to talk about the lessons that led her to write her newest book - 28 Daily Thoughts and Mantras for Mindfulness: Keys for Stress Relief and Personal Growth. These lessons include: 1. We have to check in often with ourselves. 2. If you don't fill the well, you won't have anything to give. 3. We need to take time for cons...

In Episode 65, Bill Cohen returns to the show to discuss current trends in the prevalence of dementia in our society and factors that contribute to developing dementia, including environmental conditions, lifestyle choices, and genetics. With the increase of dementia cases each year and the new national attention on dementia from celebrities who are now being diagnosed, it is time that we have mor...

In Episode 64, Richard Capriola shares updates on the current trends and concerns with addiction among our youth post-pandemic. We discuss the signs of substance abuse as well as the signs of other more difficult-to-detect addictions such as food addiction and process addiction. We delve into the connection between mental health and substance abuse and the role that genetics play in substance abus...

In Episode 63, Suzanne Butler teaches us about the power of feng shui and manifestation in creating successful lives. First, we learn how to enhance the energies in our homes using feng shui and other interrelated strategies that create the new home and life that we want. Suzanne teaches us that our homes affect our success, and we can change or balance the energies in our homes to make the home s...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Health and Wellness Webinar. In this episode, Suz Carpenter dispels the myth that carbs make us fat and teaches us the true role of carbs in our daily diets. So many Americans are afraid to eat carbs and it's mostly because they don't understand them! When you understand them you are able to enjoy them without the worry that you'...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Health and Wellness Webinar. In this episode, Prajakta Apte teaches us how to end our struggle with digestive issues for vibrant energy and overall long healthy life. She walks us through the concept of microbes, imbalances, and how the power of nutrition can help us lead healthy lives. Prajakta is a Registered Dietitian and a Re...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Shelley Meche’tte teaches us five keys to unlocking life success for women. Learn these five critical keys to success while listening to Shelley’s story, which she weaves throughout her lessons. Your Purpose Success and Confidence Coach, Shelley Meche’tte is a Certified Life Purpose Co...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Tameeka Leon teaches us how to achieve our goals without getting overwhelmed. In this session, she teaches us about self-care and mindfulness and how we need to make both an intentional part of our goal plan. Then she reviews four different phases or cycles that impact energy and produ...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Jacquie Bird teaches us about how as women, we keep deferring ourselves, putting ourselves last, when instead we have to take care of ourselves first. Jacquie Bird is a Wellness Guide, helping people to connect to their deeper quieter, Witness Selves. She offers tools and tips to reduc...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Dr. Claudia Grigorescu teaches us about reflective questioning for purposeful and creative living. Dr. Claudia Grigorescu is a multi-passionate creative like Jacqueline Pena from Episode 56. Born Maya, Claudia has lived in different countries and has been in academia for about 25 years...

This episode is part of the Empowerment Through Education, LLC (ETE) Women’s Empowerment Summit. In this episode, Jacqueline Peña teaches us about the power of reflection in our lives and provides a framework to allow listeners to maximize the benefits of the four parts/episodes that follow this one. She shows us how we can’t determine our goals and how to get there until we figure out where we ca...

In this special episode (#55), Igor Rodrigues teaches us how to grow our small businesses by focusing on the organization’s team members, the people who work together to grow the business together with you. This podcast episode was part of the Small Business Summit by Empowerment Through Education, LLC and the JP Foundation for Empowerment Through Education, a 501(c)3. Igor is a Larger Enterprise...

In this special episode (#54), Lindsay Hanson teaches us how to use organic social media strategies to reach our target audience and grow our businesses online. This podcast episode was part of the Small Business Summit by Empowerment Through Education, LLC and the JP Foundation for Empowerment Through Education, a 501(c)3. Lindsay Hanson is an online business coach and social media manager at Lin...

In this special episode (#53), Rob Aquino teaches us a stress-free way of understanding our business financials and using that information to grow our businesses. Rob breaks down the sometimes stressful world of business finance in a manner that is easy for any new small business owner to understand and use for continued small business growth. This podcast episode was part of the Small Business Su...

In this special episode (#52), Jacqueline (our Coffee and an Interview host) teaches us how to build a foundation for business growth and long-term success. Then she teaches us how to use that foundation to establish a clear three-year strategic growth plan. This podcast episode was part of the Small Business Summit by Empowerment Through Education, LLC and the JP Foundation for Empowerment Throug...

In Episode #51, Jennifer Chapman, a stroke survivor turned professional coach, teaches us how to get unstuck in life and continue moving forward. In this episode, learn about healing your inner child, choosing a warrior mentality over a victim mentality, and celebrating the small wins each day. Jennifer Chapman is a stroke survivor turned Certified Mindset Coach through the Institute for Coaching...

In Episode #50, Lane Gardner teaches us about the power of collaborative healing through the arts, which gives us the ability to transform difficult experiences into something beautiful and healing for the individual engaging in the creative process and for others who get to experience the results of that process. Lane Gardner is a longtime trailblazer in the field of therapeutic arts. Lane’s work...

In Episode #49, Dr. Hailey Arnold teaches us about nutrition for children and how you can optimize your genetic potential through nutrition. Dr. Arnold is a chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner who specializes in nutritional therapies for children. When she is not directly taking care of patients, she can be found manufacturing supplements and creating genetic test panels through her...

In Episode 48, Cheri Timko teaches us three essential systems for a successful relationship. She is a Relationship Coach who helps women deepen their connection with their current partners so that they can have the relationship they long for. She has been happily married for 20 years. She is a veteran psychotherapist and homeschool mom to three teenage daughters. Cheri Timko is the Resentment Bust...