No Labels, No Limits podcast

Today's guest, Cory M. Coons, is a perfect example of a person with a passion for music, family and performance. He is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario. Listen in to follow his story from his first job at a golf course, to the tragic loss of his parents and his ability to embrace music that has changed him throughout the years.  "I think you have to be relatable as...

Listen in on our 40th episode as we interview our guest, Dr. Virginia LeBlanc. She is an amazing woman of many talents: an author, a speaker, a singer, a coach, consultant, and educator who has mastered the ability to traverse diverse industries through her divergent thinking.   "Heart health is so important in all that we do because if our heart is not right, again, working toward that self love...

Pax Tandon is a mindfulness thought leader with a degree from the world-renowned Masters of Applied Positive Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Through her coaching, consulting, writing, filmmaking and media appearances she has helped everyone from newbies and skeptics to seasoned meditation practitioners commit to an elevation of spirit and to flourish. She now brings these too...

Sally Saint, today's No Labels No Limits guest, has an amazing story teaching others how to be conscious parents. Sally hails from the UK where she is a therapist specializing in Reiki, an energy worker, artist and writer. A woman of many talents who uses them to better the world around her.  "You could have an experience that may seem minor, but blow up massively. It could be the straw that break...

We welcome today's guest, Jess Pettitt, with open arms. She's an author, a standup comedian, Social Responsibility/Social Justice, Diversity and Change Management speaker and consultant. This episode is full of great advice and truthful insights into being "Good Enough Now".  "Then I realized, I was onto something and I got excited about it. What's interesting about burnout or compassionate exhaus...

Have you crossed paths in life with someone with ADHD? Or perhaps there is someone in your family or circle of friends challenged by it? Our guest today, Melissa (Missy) Hood, gives us great insights on dealing with the disorder, tips to succeed and ways to understand others who struggle with the disorder. Her book, "Memoirs of an ADHD Mind", explores her diagnosis of ADHD and Dyslexia and how she...

We truly enjoyed interviewing today's guest, Dr. Froswa' Booker-Drew, who specializes in relationship building and connecting others. Her company, Soulstice, helps others define and improve their narrative. She is also an Author, Speaker and Trainer and has led groups on very interesting journeys, including a Silence Retreat to a convent and gathering a group of diverse women to teach how to build...

Our guest today, Tifane Falvey, shares a very personal story of raising a family, with her last son born severely brain damaged due to a virus she contracted during pregnancy. Through raising children to managing a divorce and finding her true calling.  "After I had my son, North, he allowed me to see the path not only for myself but also for those that came into my realm. I was able to help them...

We interview Cortina (Tina) Jackson in today's episode #33. Tina is a fiction thriller writer, holds two Master's Degrees and is a super mom to two young adults sons. She also shares a very personal experience with an abusive relationship. Starting by discussing an earlier job as a correctional officer in the prison system, she said, "I had to use my personality, we call it "verbal judo", where yo...

Our guest, Rachel Thompson, gives us a glimpse into her life story and how she started out on a path that was supposed to bring happiness and fulfillment, by proxy. She succeeded, but the truth was, after a 4.0 Master's degree, securing a high-paying job, buying a home, she felt neither. Thus began her first step into entrepreneurship.  "I want to give listeners a realistic view of what it's like...

Our guest today is Josiah Bruny, a Southern Californian, with a lifelong dream of sharing music and art (and the business side) with underprivileged and at-risk children around the world. He started a non-profit called Music Changing Lives in 1998 and it has grown into a phenomenal after school program impacting the lives of many thousands of children. When asked about his success, Josiah says, "T...

During this month, our podcast (www.nolabelsnolimitspodcast.com) has highlighted women in the music industry and the strides they have made as the scene changed with the introduction of new technology and social media. This is a special episode, a compilation of sorts, featuring the best clips of those interviews. Women are such a source of inspiration and it's even more evident when looking at th...

Women play such a vital role in music, not only in the past, but today as well. In this episode, we interview lead singer and multi-instrumental musician Jackie Auguste and bass player Andy Ramjattan of the Pop Rock band, Across The Board. They come together to share their unique story and give us practical business advice on managing all aspects of a music career. In a few short years, they've ex...

We are continuing our spotlight on women in music and this week's guest doesn't disappoint! Mella Barnes is a current Project Manager, Songwriter, Session Singer and Voiceover Artist living in Nashville, TN. As a side note, she's an animal lover with three dogs, an angora rabbit and a variety of fosters at home. We dug deep with a few questions on what got her started and kept her going in the mus...

We are celebrating influential women in music, you should too! Today we interview Madelyn Victoria, a talented vocalist and songwriter from Deep South Texas, who has made a career in the Country Music industry, charting a #1 hit single on AM/FM boards. When asked what she most enjoys about her career, she says, "My vision is just being out on the road and enjoying the good parts of touring - takin...

Today's guest is quite inspirational - she has a goal of building community, a world that works for everyone, while maintaining the highest integrity, ethics, authenticity and respect for all. Deborah Loesch Griffin is the Founder and Owner of Turning Point, where she brings her expertise from many years of counseling, nonprofit management, youth development and cross-cultural project work. Her in...

This week we interview Ed Tate, an award-winning international Keynote speaker, trainer, and author. Worldwide he is known as “The Speaker Who Energizes, Educates, and Entertains.” He won the “American Idol of Public Speaking” and became the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking. Ed also earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association. In this e...

During this interview, Otakara Klettke speaks with us about her experiences as an international bestselling author of Hear Your Body Whisper; How to Unlock Your Self-Healing Mechanism, and children’s book series Detective Bella Unleashed. She is passionate about anything from nature, whether it’s a human, animal, or the whole universe, and often talks about these subjects as a guest on podcasts or...

Social work has been at the base of Melissa Krall's calling since 1992. Through her experience, in both the private non-profit and hospital medical settings, she has worked with families with children with special needs providing in home respite care, managing a child abuse prevention education program, providing long-term case management to homeless families and supervising a mobile outreach prog...

Hold your own feet to the fire with this very unique episode, as Sarah Boxx interviews herself, asking some very timely and thought-provoking questions and providing insights that might help you along your journey. She leaves us with some key pieces of advice on life, the one suggestion she would have made to her teenage self, and ideas for dealing with those more difficult people in our lives. In...

“So the point is to step into every opportunity that you see, every opportunity that you get. Don't worry about whether or not it might not turn out well. What's wrong with it not turning out well?” What do King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have to do with a taxi driver in New York and young man with a dream of being a doctor? How does someone give up practicing law and later become a...

Oftentimes, we find ourselves stretched thin, over-extended in everyday life. True to our human nature, we naturally try to find ways to be more efficient, sometimes taking shortcuts. Today, Summer and I discuss the positive and negative effects of taking the easy way around and how important it is to actually do the work when it's necessary, rather than delaying the inevitable.  Summer encourages...

Nowadays, we are more health-conscious than ever before. We are intentionally eating foods that are greener, drinking more water, getting more exercise. Today's guest, Paige Foote, is a Registered Dietician who offers a different way of looking at healthy eating. She is known to say that you don't have to live off of kale smoothies to eat well. During this episode, Paige takes us through her journ...

Serial dating is something our next guest mastered on his way to finding his perfect match. Malcolm and Simone share their story of how they met and became a great duo, helping each other develop their character sheet and beginning the process of transformation together. From there, they created a non-profit, wrote an amazing book (originally written for their future children), and helped many oth...

Sharing her love of music and the blues, Vanessa Collier doesn't let much hold her back. She is known as a master musician and multi-talented blues performer. She plays all the saxophones, the flute, clarinet, funk piano, guitar, and she's been dabbling with bass and drums. Listen in as we analyze her progression from childhood to her current 27 year old self. "Being an introvert, I feel that I do...