Make Life Less Difficult

Send us a message! My guest today is Crystaline Randazzo. Crystaline is a master storyteller, media creatrix, and a story guide.  She empowers women to catalyze change in their life through the power of storytelling.  She uses the science behind storytelling to help people connect with themselves, excavate their own truths, and craft new narratives that are aligned with their truest purpose.  She...

Send us a message! My guest today is Dave Warnock.   Dave lived the bulk of his life as a Charismatic Evangelical, serving as a pastor on three different church staffs. But, following several years of internal struggle, Dave came to the conclusion in 2011 that he no longer believed in a personal God.  In 2019 he was diagnosed with  ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) , a progressive neurodegenerative...

Send us a message! My guest today is Josefine Wanner. Josefine is the founder of the Empowered Entrepreneur Program , Former Corporate Executive turned Entrepreneur & Business Growth Strategist. She spent almost 20 years as a financial services consultant and global program manager before the impact of a heartbreaking wake-up call gave her the courage to take the risk and leave corporate to pu...

Send us a message! My guest today is Erin Jean Warde. Erin Jean Warde is a priest, spiritual director, recovery coach, writer, and speaker. She is the author of the book, Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol, which will be coming out April 2023.  Erin Jean and I connected through Arianne Rice, who has been a guest on the podcast twice (episodes 17 & 49).  Arianne...

Send us a message! My guest today is Anna-Marie Watson. Happiest outdoors, Anna-Marie is a certified Performance Coach and Coach Supervisor who loves to escape the confines of four walls and co-create conversations with nature. Former British Army Officer, she has worked in challenging environments from snowy Arctic tundra to hot and sandy deserts though currently resides within the rolling countr...

Send us a message! My guest today is Sunny Watts. Sunny is an educator, project manager, facilitator and curriculum developer who has had the honor to create, discover, nurture, play, teach, guide and support thousands of students and colleagues over the years. She is currently the Director of Curriculum for iLEAP, which nurtures the next generation of change makers. She lives with her family in n...

Send us a message! Lisa shares about discovering her superpower of sadness, what that means, and how this intriguing emotion can lead to closeness, connectedness, and hope. Books mentioned: Bittersweet by Susan Cain Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg Make Life Less Difficult Support the show Make Life Less Difficult ~    Support: buymeacoffee.com/lisatilstra

Send us a message! My guest today is Angela Melfi. Angela is co-founder and CEO of Threads Worldwide, a social enterprise that puts income and resources into the hands of impact-driven women in 9 countries including the United States. She oversees operations, marketing, and the sales field at Threads Worldwide. Angela has 10 years’ experience in the digital marketing and technology sales space and...

Send us a message! My guest today is Anna McMahon. Originally from Ireland, Anna spent many years working internationally in education.  She now is a Positive Psychologist and Coach, focusing on helping individuals and organizations determine what wellbeing is and how to achieve it. Anna founded the company, Enhanced Wellbeing, and facilitates clients in a process of deep self-learning to enhance...

Send us a message! My guest today is Mary Foerster. Mary is a real estate agent based in Massachusetts.  Being a real estate agent is just one of many careers she’s had, and in her early 70’s, she’s still planning out future careers and opportunities, which I love and find SO inspiring! I met Mary through my business partner for The REI Concierge, Tim Robinson.  Mary is Tim’s wife’s aunt and she’s...

Send us a message! My guest today is Tim Robinson. Tim is a real estate agent in the Washington DC and Maryland area.  He’s also my business partner for The REI Concierge , a real estate investing consulting company we started together two years ago. Tim and I met in the Netherlands and immediately connected over real estate investing.  We are both married to US diplomats and focus our business on...

Send us a message! My guest today is Aimee Gibson. For over 20 years, Aimee has been supporting and coaching people through times of change and transition in the Peace Corps, as adjunct faculty at American University, as a Principal of a management consulting company and as an executive coach. Aimee is active in both her professional and personal communities. Aimee serves as a Founding Member and...

Send us a message! My guest today is Camille Neyhouser. Camille is a Leadership Coach & Organizational Development Expert with a 14-year career in the international development sector (both UN agencies & big INGOs). She has lived, worked and travelled in over 35 countries on five continents.  Camille is passionate about leadership and how leaders can help transform their organizations thro...

Send us a message! My guest today is Chris Luth. Chris is from and lives in The Netherlands and his passion is how we think, especially through creative and (self)reflective processes. He lives his passion by coaching and facilitating workshops on vision, strategy, and organizational development – with local communities, world- class universities and Fortune 500 companies. Chris studied business a...

Send us a message! My guest today is Nicole Webb. Nicole is a journalist, writer, and speaker.  She has spent more than 20 years in Australian television as a reporter, producer and presenter.  She’s also a spouse who has moved abroad to support her partner in his career… sometimes known a trailing spouse, although I don’t love that term, being one myself! I first connected with Nicole through FB...

Send us a message! My guest today is Emily Cornell. Emily is a strategist + coach who helps women really show up authentically and unapologetically. Emily and I connected through the network of the Foreign Service, in which we are both spouses of US Diplomats.  Our paths also overlap at coaches and business owners finding creative ways to build our professional lives while moving around the world....

Send us a message! My guest today is Yun Rhee. Yun is a real estate agent and investor, and a Wealth and Success Coach.  Yun first came to the United States with her parents at age five from South Korea. Moving to a ‘free country’ was a concept she didn’t fully understand at the time, but she did see the struggle her parents faced and witnessed how hard they both worked to build a life for their f...

Send us a message! My guest today is Ellen Grealish. I was introduced to Ellen by Brenda Harrington, my guest from episode 7.  I know I say this more and more, but I am so appreciative of the connections made through this podcast! Ellen is one of the founders and partners of FlexProfessionals , a business that focuses of finding meaningful part-time employment for people who have been out of the w...

Send us a message! My guest today is Liz Doyle Harmer.   Liz helps women and leaders from other minority groups dominate both their inner mental game and outer corporate career.  She is a somatic leadership coach, certified with the International Coach Federation, an emotional intelligence practitioner, a Yoga and Mindfulness teacher and also has an MBA from McGill University. As a transformative...

Send us a message! My guest today is Adele Fedorak. I met Adele through Miranda Holder, a guest on episode 38, who I met through Brian Levenson, my guest on episode 27.  I love how the network and connections grow as we share our stories! Adele is a storyteller and works with her clients to help them increase their story intelligence.  If you aren’t sure what story intelligence is, keep listening...

Send us a message! My guest today is Arianne Rice.  Arianne is an Episcopal priest, Certified Daring Way Facilitator, and Leadership Coach.  She’s also a returning guest to the Make Life Less Difficult podcast! Our first conversation is captured on episode 17, so please listen there to hear more about Arianne and her journey. Since our first conversation, I’ve had it in mind to ask Arianne to come...

Send us a message! My guest today is Grace Aduroja Kolker.   I met Grace through Brian Levinson, my guest on episode 27.  Grace and I had a list of things we were looking forward to talking about and that was disrupted at the last minute.  In fact, we almost didn’t record a conversation at all, but then decided to go for it.  Here’s what happened: our scheduled call to record the podcast was the e...

Send us a message! My guest today is GG.   GG runs an American Bakery in Pokhara, Nepal, a beautiful town in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountain Range.  I recently had the amazing experience of visiting Nepal for the first time.  For years, John and I have heard about Pokhara from our paragliding friends and acquaintances, and we were finally able to check it out ourselves. I went for two week...

Send us a message! My guest today is Mike Meydenbauer.   Mike is an executive coach focusing on helping leaders and teams stay ahead in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times. He works with leaders to help them remember their innate capability to lead with passion, make bold decisions, and develop the mindset to achieve the impossible. Mike’s father’s untimely death from cancer thrust hi...

Send us a message! My guest today is Russ Watts. Russ is a repeat guest on the Make Life Less Difficult podcast and if you haven’t heard his previous episodes, please check out Episodes 4 and 26.  You don’t want to miss his stories! In today’s podcast Russ and I have a conversation about plant medicines and psychedelics.  These elements are becoming more popular and part of mainstream conversation...