From Embers To Excellence™

Michelle is the Founder of Elevate Life Coaching and a Clinical Pharmacist at Keck Medical Center of USC who graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy from St. John's University. She is an International Motivational Speaker, a Visibility Confidence Coach, a Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher, an Associate Certified Coach, a Certified Professional Coach, a Certified Energy Leadership Index Master Pract...

Lisa Wilson is a Leadership Vision Coach and Human Resources Cultural Consultant. Her passion is teaching leaders to effectively lead their teams by creating exceptional workplace cultures. Witnessing the impact of both poor and great leadership she now devotes herself to coaching leaders so their teams can experience the excellence they deserve. Lisa believes that leadership is not only about the...

Geoff Speyrer is a veteran of the war in Iraq and the founder of the S.E.T. 22 endurance challenge that raises money to help veterans with PTSD. Shortly after Geoff returned home from the middle east he began struggling with the symptoms of PTSD. During our conversation he gives an honest account of how he struggled with addiction, became a fugitive from the law, spent time incarcerated, and time...

Corey Poirier is a multiple-time TEDx, MoMondays, and PMx Speaker and International Bestselling Author. He is also the host of the top rated ‘Get Paid To Speak’ Show, founder of The Speaking Program, Author of the For The Love of Speaking Book, founder of bLU Talks, and he has been featured in multiple television specials. A columnist with Entrepreneur and Forbes magazine, he has been featured in/...

Emily is a provisional licensed professional counselor in New Orleans, LA. She specializes in trauma and PTSD and has worked primarily with veterans and first responders. Emily got her master’s in counseling from TCU and her master’s in clinical psychology from UCF, where she trained under one of the country’s leading experts in PTSD treatment, Dr. Deborah Beidel. Emily was born and raised in Colu...

Steve Williams started working EMS and Fire in April of 1996, working for an ambulance company and as a volunteer firefighter, ground ambulance, air ambulance flight crew. In the fire arena he was always drawn to wildland firefighting, structure fire and rescue was challenging but, never felt at home like during wildland fire season. Steve went to the academy for the California Department of Corre...

Drew Neisser is the founder of Renegade, the award-winning strategic boutique for business to business (B2B) innovators and CMO Huddles, the fastest-growing, most engaged community of B2B CMOs on the planet. Considered among the top B2B influencers by Adobe/Marketo, Gartner, IBM and Pega Systems, Drew has been a featured marketing expert on ABC News, CNBC, CBS Radio and Tony Robbins’ podcast among...

Steven Anthony Michel, “SteveO” is the son of Haitian immigrants. He grew up in the inner city of Orlando, overcame adversity with the help of some incredible mentors and football. After graduating from Jones High School, SteveO went to Colorado State University where he earned a Bachelors degree in social work and played Division 1 football as an outside linebacker. After college he decided to be...

Nate is a fitness and nutrition expert, coach, speaker, and writer who believes that being in incredible shape gives a massive advantage in business, focus, and relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of “The Million Dollar Body Method” and “Passport Fitness.” Nate helps business owners and entrepreneurs improve their physique, finances, and family time using fitness and nutrition as force...

Lathan is an international bestselling author and host of the podcast The Other Side of the Church. On his podcast, he presents stories of church hurt and hope from familiar voices like author Bob Goff and recording artists Blanca and Matthew West. Lathan is also the founder of Made for Purpose, a coaching and consulting firm dedicated to helping people push past corporate molds to uncover what th...

Chancellor was born in Fulton County, Georgia and grew up in Smyrna, Georgia. He attended Stetson University. He played football at the high school and collegiate level for nine years. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media Studies, Chancellor lived abroad in China from 2018-2019. He began writing after his traumatic experience of being arrested and detained in Beijin...

After teetering on the edge of burnout, she looked towards building her resilience. On her journey, Jodi became a 'Success Principles' certified trainer, health and life coach and neuro-linguistic programming practitioner. She has since paired those skills with her corporate knowledge and understanding of leadership. This paved the way for her to help others overcome their resilience challenges an...

Dr. Denise Moore Revel is a CEO, founder, an award-nominated, best-selling author, speaker, and personal development coach. For over 25 years, she has literally helped people find their voices. As a speech-language pathologist (therapist), her job has been helping her clients discover their voice. Dr. Denise founded The Own Your Amazing Movement as an extension of the message of finding your own v...

Darrell brings extensive experience as a master certified life coach and a member of the Federal Coaching Network. He is an inspirational speaker and certified facilitator who provides clients with expertise in the realm of leadership, relationships, and purpose. His leadership background includes 30 years of federal service highlighted by his induction into the White House Communications Agency H...

Jeremy Sherman, PhD is a cradle-to-grave science researcher and writer studying the unbroken chain from the origins of life from chemistry to humankind's grave situation today. He's the author of the Columbia University Press book “Neither Ghost Nor Machine: The emergence and nature of selves.” He has written 1000+ articles with 9 million readers for Psychology Today. For 25 years, he has been a c...

Jeremy Sherman, PhD is a cradle-to-grave science researcher and writer studying the unbroken chain from the origins of life from chemistry to humankind's grave situation today. He's the author of the Columbia University Press book “Neither Ghost Nor Machine: The emergence and nature of selves.” He has written 1000+ articles with 9 million readers for Psychology Today. For 25 years, he has been a c...

John Lee is a software product manager and a small-business owner. He is the founder of custommobile.app which is an app designed for podcasts and networks. Additionally, John likes to discuss religion and philosophy. After corresponding, we decided to record this episode to discuss theism and atheism, the requirements for happiness, the relationship between free will and rationality, the relation...

Minerva is a dynamic and visionary multicultural leader and storyteller with over fifteen years of multimedia and international relations experience working in the US and Latin America. She helps bridge cultural gaps and language barriers for local and foreign businesses that want to expand in U.S. markets for opportunities to increase brand awareness. She has worked as an independent producer and...

Lucas Caneda is global team leader at Uniqorn Incubator and a professional rugby player in Sarlat Rugby. Lucas grew up as a die-hard rugby player starting at the age of 5. Even though he suffered what many thought would be a career-ending knee injury, he moved to France and became a professional rugby player. After a few years in France, he joined the Sarlat Rugby Team, where Lucas met Dom Einhorn...

Eric is a self-leadership coach, black-belt hand-washer, speaker, and author with deep knowledge in the science of building courageous and emotionally intelligent mindsets. His know-how is a result of over 20 years of international corporate life, two master’s degrees in human behavior change, and over 12 years helping leaders and their teams become their best selves to meet workplace challenges e...

Kyle Sullivan is the founder of Unleash the Champ. With over 10 years of organizational leadership & team development within ministry leading thousands of people plus a growing desire to learn it all, he strives to inspire people everywhere to unlock the cages they are in to unleash the champ within. Kyle tells me about his organization and how he is able to help shape cultures. He tells me th...

Trina L. Martin is a technologist, author, speaker, leadership coach, and podcaster. An accomplished IT professional and retired U.S. Naval Officer with 30 years of service, she has broken barriers and made strides in her career that many said weren’t possible. Throughout Trina’s career, the common denominator has been her ability to set goals and not only achieve but surpass them. Self-motivation...

With 30 years of experience, Christian de la Huerta is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerou...

Robert Raymond Riopel is an international Best-Selling author, App Designer, Entrepreneur and Trainer who has spent the past 18+ years travelling around the world sharing his passion. He has also shared the stage with and trained many of the top trainers and thought leaders in the world today. Robert and I discuss his book and he tells me what he means when he says, “Doubt the Doubt.” Robert talks...

Allan J. "Alonzo" Wind is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and author of “ANDEAN ADVENTURES: An Unexpected Search for Meaning, Purpose and Discovery Across Three Countries.” He has worked on and off with the USAID primarily overseas on diplomatic assignments from 1990 to 1992 and 1999 to 2019 in the Peru, Nicaragua, Angola, Nigeria...