Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Jordan Lahy, owner of Inside Out Cleaning LLC.  Six years ago Jordan's life was very different and on a very different path, he was finishing out a 9 year prison sentence in the Virginia State Prison System.  Leah and Paul go into great detail with Lahy learning how he was able to completely transform his life through a positive mindset.   Lahy...

  In today's episode Paul and Leah have a chat with Chad Gono, the CEO of Regal Plastics and he explains to us how "Work Doesn't Have to Suck."  This is not only his LinkedIn tagline, but it is what he genuinely believes and uses as his leadership compass.      Growing up Chad was not looking to work at his family's business because he wasn't interested in plastics an...

Today Paul and Leah talk with Health and Performance coach, Jorden Pagel.  As our listeners know, we are very into the topic of health and fitness, so we bombarded Jorden with a ton of fitness related questions, ranging from diets, to workouts, sleep, to sustainability.  If you are interested in the health field, or are looking to start your journey of health and fitness then you are going to love...

In today's episode Paul and Leah chat with Mikey Henninger, a fantasy football enthusiast who found a way to make his hobby a full time business.  This episode is high energy and full of laughs as they discuss Mikey's path from corporate sales and marketing to deciding to go all in on his fantasy football research hobby he had started on the side.  They talk about the vital roll Mikey&ap...

Today Paul and Leah chat with Alan Shoebridge, The Associate Vice President of National Communication at Providence, a multi-state comprehensive Health Care Organization based out of Portland, Oregon.  Shoebridge discusses how their health care organization has continued to be proactive and progressive throughout the stresses of the Pandemic. We were very impressed with Shoebridge's abilities...

Today Leah and Paul are talking with Sarah Armstrong, Google's Vice President of Global Marketing Operations and author of The mom's Guide To A Good Divorce:  What To Think Through When Children Are Involved .    Her book on how to have a "good divorce" was created from her own life experience, in an effort to help other mother's in the same situation.   Sarah explains tha...

Today we talk with Marcia Moran, a stroke survivor who fought to live a productive life post stroke.  Hearing Marcia's long battle to recovery is a true inspiration!  She shares with us how she continued to fight for her ability to walk and talk again even after the insurance companies had discontinued her coverage. Marcia walks us through her entire experience and the thoughts and mindset sh...

In today's episode we talk with Ohio's 7th District Congressional Candidate Matthew Diemer.   Previous to running for office Diemer was and is an author of an educational book on Crypto, a  small business owner of a Podcast Media company, as well as a Podcast Host.  We discuss the changes, adjustments, and temporary sacrifices he had to choose to make in order to make this race the top p...

  In today's episode we speak with Bennett Maxwell, the owner of Dirty Dough Cookie Company.  Bennett bought Dirty Dough from a previous business and has successfully turned it into a thriving franchise in just 18 short months.  Dirty Dough believes in being proactive with mental health.  They started a program where all of their employees have access to life coaches, therapists, yoga instruc...

Today Leah and Paul talk with Mikayla Ockey, a co-founder of Centsei Financial, a company who helps empower couples to take control of their finances.  Mikayla and her husband created Centsei to help other couples navigate financial freedom and debt free lifestyles after they themselves had learned the bumps in the road of paying off $20,000 of their own debt while in college.  They started Centse...

In today's episode Paul and Leah chat with Lydia Wilmsen, an entrepreneur mindset coach and mentor.  She shares with us a lot of incite on how to create an abundance mindset and how to change our inner conversations to align with abundance.  She explains that most of the work she does to help entrepreneurs is more from working on inner work than it is about strategies.   We learn about Lydia&...

Today Leah talks with Paul Conley and his new bride (Leah's sister) Jenna Starkey Conley about how to continue to focus on putting your life first while planning a wedding *or any major event).  The newlyweds talk with us about the daunting process of wedding planning and how time consuming and at times stressful it can be, but also how they shifted their mindsets to be sure to enjoy the proc...

In this episode Leah and Paul talk with their show sponsor, The Cleveland Cookie Guy, also known as Steve Zielaskiewicz.  Not only do they discuss the makings of "the best cookie in the world", but they also discuss the importance of pivoting your business goals to fit into your current life. Steve Z shares with us that he and his wife recently had a new baby and how his business goals a...

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Dustin DeVries, the owner of Caffeine Interactive, a   full service digital agency.  Dustin talks shares with us how he left the corporate world to start web development company with his wife.  Two children later and a thriving company DeVries has been working on ways to optimize his life and juggle it all. Dustin discusses many techniques he uses to...

In todays episode Leah and Paul talk with Tim Perreira, the founder of Per Wellness.  A company that helps unfulfilled men build healthy life habits to regain self confidence and become more happy.  Today Tim talks us through 3 steps to go from stuck to unstuck in life. Perreira talks us through some of the struggles he dealt with in his past when he was feeling unfulfilled and was on a journey to...

In today's conversation Leah and Paul talk with Transformation Coach and Podcaster Matt Doan.  Matt shares with us his story of how he left his tech consulting job of long hours to how he became a full time coach. Matt lived his life the way many of us have been conditioned to believe we should be living our lives.  Following the societal structure we've been told to follow.  Go to schoo...

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Lauren Lefkowitz, Executive Leadership Coach and CEO of Lauren Lefkowitz Coaching about how to break the "Work, Sleep, and Repeat" schedule.  She explains to them how saying you're "fine" is actually a trap.  That just being "fine" is not good enough, and we all deserve to be "great", and truly happy and f...

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Nicole Bonfiglio, wife of Brian Bonfiglio our guest from episode  39.  In Brian's episode he spoke about his diagnoses of PTSD.  Both Brian and Nicole felt it may be helpful to others in their situation to hear their story and how they are managing it.  Nicole candidly shares with us some of her experiences with both Brian and her brother, who a...

In this episode Paul and Leah talk with Zac McCarthy, a guy who "had it all"  the multi million dollar businesses, the wife, the kids, the house, and then lost it all by over working and not being present.  Zac shares with us his story of how working so hard "to support his family" caused him to lose everything.  He was working so much with his long hours and work trips to brin...

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Brian Bonfiglio, a former Marine.  Bonfiglio has been working as contracted private security to support the Dept of State and Dept of Defense for the past 20 years.  In this time he has been involved in numerous attacks and shootings, and loss of friends due to battle.   In this episode Brian shares with us his stories of being shot at and bombed whi...

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk about how the phrase Life Work Balance was originated and it's importance in everyone's lives.  We learn that they quickly embraced the phrase and thought it should be their main focus for the podcast.  The concept has developed into more than they could have ever imagined and has become a true passion of theirs,  And it has become their mission...

In today's episode we chat with our new friend, Lauren Widrick.  She is an Entrepreneur Coach, a Podcaster, a Public Speaker, and a YouTuber.  She is very entertaining,  hilarious, and down to earth.  After listening to this episode you will most certainly want to follow her entertaining Podcast, Grab Life By The Goals (the name says it all, HILARIOUS!) Lauren Widrick shares with us her real...

In today's episode we speak with Best Selling Author, Co-Founder, CEO, and work place expert, Jody Thompson.  She is the co-founder and CEO of CultureRX and ROWE, which stands for Results Only Work Environment.  She has been changing the workplace since 2003 and getting the corporate world to see things with a new light.  Her innovated ways brings happiness and productivity to the work place,...

In this episode we switch things up a bit.  Paul interviews Leah to get an update on her journey through entrepreneurship.  When we started this Podcast we had a goal to share with everyone our journeys along the way.  And here we are, holding true to that! Leah shares with us where she currently is, but she also pulls back the curtains on where she was that aimed her in this direction.  She share...

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Jake Steger, a former COO of one of the largest YMCA's in the Country.  He made the courageous choice to leave his 22 year career, comfortable salary, and guaranteed benefits to follow his calling and create his business, Rec Business Solutions. Steger took the time during the pandemic to do some soul searching and find where his passion was gui...