For Your Listening Pleasure

KC Chhipwadia has served our great country in two capacities. He spent 20 years as a senior human space flight engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center, supporting over 50 Space Shuttle missions, including the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation. If that wasn't impressive enough, KC has spent over 20+ years in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, including deployme...

In this episode, I revisit some of my favorite moments of 2022 and highlight some of my incredible guests and their work. Link to purchase: FYLPxWRDSMTH Merch Collaboration *suggestion is to size up Download this episode of  For Your Listening Pleasure  wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you follow us on Instagram @ foryourlisteningpleasure    Click  here ...

Andy Robledo owns Plants Delivered Chicago, an online plant shop, but in March 2020, Andy started "Feeding People Through Plants," a nonprofit that aims at helping those in need. At first, it started with helping with the fight against food insecurity and hunger that plagues Chicago communities. Since its creation, he has partnered with organizations like The Greater Chicago Food Depository and do...

Allison Heiliczer is a Singapore-based psychotherapist who specializes in working with adult individuals, couples, and professionals. She is the founder of "Rethink The Couch," which believes that conversations about mental health should be accessible to all and that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. Allison has also launched therapy groups, including one for ma...

Madeline Di Nonno is the President and CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the leading research-driven nonprofit working within the entertainment and media industries to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, create gender balance and reduce negative stereotyping in family entertainment media. Madeline leads the Institute’s strategic direction, fundraising, programs, r...

I am honored to welcome Peloton instructor Sam Yo. As a first-generation kid growing up in London, Sam was always interested in his Thai-Chinese heritage and saw Monks as figures to draw cultural knowledge from. This interest ultimately led him to step away from his career on the West End Stage and travel to Thailand to become a Buddhist Monk. That experience hel...

Erin Gallagher is the CEO and  Founder of Ella: an inclusive network appreciating women and their wealth through connection, consulting, and coaching. Erin has worked with some of the world’s biggest and best companies. With almost 20 years of experience leading global marketing, business development, and branding Erin is recognized as a change-maker who believes in the power of div...

Matt Friedman is a leading global expert on modern slavery and human trafficking with more than 35 years of experience. He is the founder and CEO of The Mekong Club, one of the first international not-for-profit organizations of its kind based in Asia to use a ‘business-to-business’ approach to fight slavery. He is bridging the gap between the public and private sectors by helping compan...

Some of you might know Kate Lemere through her various roles at Barry's Chicago, including Chief Instructor, Founding Chicago Trainer, and Marketing Director for the brand. Kate is genuinely such a breath of fresh air, as she helps people understand the basics of fitness and nutrition through her evidence-based online platform, The Four Percent. She uses her years of strength training an...

I am excited to welcome two-time Olympian Jason Brown who became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists after winning a Bronze Medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Jason achieved international stardom at a young age, known for his craftsmanship on the ice. But he says no program has meant more to him than the one he took to the 2022 Beijing Olympi...

Sally Mueller is the co-founder and CEO of Womaness, a brand determined to shift the menopause narrative through a high-performance collection of modern products created by women for women. Sally spent over two decades of her career working her way up at Target, from merchandising analyst to senior marketing executive. She then left to help other companies create strategic partnerships t...

Kevin Bethune is the founder and Chief Creative Office of dreams • design + life, a think tank that delivers design and innovation services using a human-centered approach. Kevin's background spans engineering, business, and design in equal proportion over his 20+ year career, allowing him to help brands deliver meaningful innovations to enhance people's lives. In this episode, we d...

Jen Marr is the Founder and CEO of Inspiring Comfort and the author of Showing Up: A Comprehensive Guide to Comfort and Connection.  Jen discusses how her firsthand experience with major trauma at the Boston Marathon Bombing, her work in crisis response at Sandy Hook Elementary, and her background in business development led her to create Inspiring Comfort. She also offers solutions to o...

Rob Volpe is the founder and CEO of Ignite 360, an insights and strategy firm helping Fortune 500 companies better connect and understand their consumers. One could say that Rob's superpower is empathy, displayed In his new book, "Tell Me More About That- Solving The Empathy Crisis One Conversation At A Time." He discusses his years of experience conducting thousands of in-home interviews wit...

Elaine Clayton is an artist, author, and illustrator of several books focusing on empathic-intuitive intelligence for children and adults. Elaine's newest book, " The Way of the Empath: How Compassion, Empathy, and Intuition Can Heal Your World ," explores empathy and what tools we can use to help support and cultivate our ability to stay open and compassionate in our live...

I am honored to welcome mindset coach and the founder of Hour of Champions, Steve Werner. The Hour Of Champions is the first hour of your day, where a powerful combination of Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Conditioning is consolidated into one high-performing hour to help set the tone for every day. Steve's unique experiences and skills he learned and developed along the...

Linda Colletta is an abstract artist who has been creating art in various mediums for over 25 years. Linda's art is known nationally as she explores textures, patterns, and layers mimicked in nature and urban landscapes while using color as her muse. Linda's art examines themes of compulsion, obsession, and addiction - through a lens of feminism, pop culture, and childhood sentiment. Her inability...

I am excited and honored to be welcoming Stephen G. Post back to the podcast. Stephen is a professor of preventive medicine, and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. He is recognized internationally for his work on the unselfish, compassionate love at the interface of science, ethics, religious thought, and behavioral medicine....

Khafre Jay is the founder of Hip Hop for Change, nonprofit empowering communities through the power of Hip Hop music and culture, focusing on social justice.  Khafre was influenced by Hip Hop artists early in his teen years, and after getting into trouble at a public high school, Khafre enrolled in the School of Arts in San Francisco. While enrolled, Khafre was able to find an outlet for all...

I am excited to welcome Alida Miranda-Wolff to the podcast. Alida is the CEO of Ethos and author of Cultures of Belonging. She is committed to teaching love, scaling empathy, and healing harm through diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategies. Alida is beyond impressive, and I enjoy our conversation talking about everything from her journey into the DEI space to the building of Et...

I am excited to welcome Bari Koral. Bari is a beloved children's recording artist and an internationally recognized yogi. After a ten-year battle with stress and anxiety, Bari has dedicated her life to educating others about the powerful tools she discovered. Bari has presented on the benefits of yoga and mindfulness to over 100,000 teachers and has been a keynote speaker...

Madison Hughes is a spirited singer/songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida. The 25-year-old, still discovering her sound, uses her naturally alluring, warm, hauntingly beautiful, and soothing voice to give her listeners a sweet escape. Make sure you check her out on TikTok or Spotify, trust me, you will not be disappointed.  Link to purchase: FYLPxWRDSMTH Merch Collaboration *suggestion i...

Mike Kelvington is a Professor of Military Science at The Ohio State University, where he's also a part of the University's ROTC program. Mike is an experienced Infantry Officer, and military professional armed with over a dozen combat deployments and a Master of Public Affairs focused on International Relations from Princeton University. I just want to thank Mike and his family for their ser...

Maia Szalavitz is a neuroscience journalist obsessed with addiction, love, evidence-based living, empathy, and everything related to the brain and behavior. She's the author or co-author of eight books, including Her New York Times bestseller, " Unbroken Brain,"  where she uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addiction to explore how reframing addiction as a developmental di...

Dr. Bruce Perry is one of the world’s leading experts on childhood trauma. His clinical research and practice focus on examining the long-term effects of trauma in children, adolescents, and adults. Over the last thirty years, his work on the impact of abuse, neglect, and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs, and policy worldwide.   Curre...