People of Purpose

Shout out to PODCORN for sponsoring today's episode of People of Purpose! Wendy May is a purpose guide, conscious-business coach, Enneagram teacher, and human-experience designer. She started on her purpose path in 2015 after leaving a 15-year career in corporate leadership and organizational consulting. Wendy is the founder of a purpose-business that uses biodegradable glitter as a vehicle for ec...

Jim Thebaut is a Los Angeles based documentary filmmaker and the president of The Chronicles Group. Jim has applied his distinctive storytelling and visual style over a multitude of topics including history and true crime, but the last two decades of environmental upheaval have demanded he focus on the growing threat and unforeseen impacts of climate change. Since the creation of his non-profit me...

Gabrielle Glancy has been an entrepreneur since the age of four when she sold stickballs for ten cents less than cost back to the boys who had hit them onto her grandfather's roof in Sea Gate, Coney Island, where she grew up. Just before founding New Vision Learning, at the height of the dot com boom, Ms. Glancy invented Facebook (before there was such a thing) and called it Townsquare.com. The fo...

Bowen Dwelle was born in 1970 and raised and lived most of his life in San Francisco. He now lives outside the machine, #homefree, and mobile in his van, spending much of his time in the high mountains of the American West. He did not discover his purpose until recently. He fell into a first career in software at an early age because they had computers around the house and finds it very fascinatin...

Caleigh Hernandez is the founder of RoHo, a brand committed to social change. She's not just about pretty shoes though. She worked in the humanitarian and development world in East Africa, focusing on economic empowerment, child labor, and refugee programming.  While walking through a craft market in Uganda, she was struck by the beauty of a pair of beaded leather sandals. At that moment she knew,...

Jesse Gould, Founder of Heroic Hearts Project, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and grew up in New Smyrna Beach, FL.  In 2009, he graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Economics. After working in investment banking for a short time he enlisted in the Army and became an Airborne Ranger for four years and three combat deployments. Most recently, he worked in finance in Tampa, FL.  After...

Scott Allan writes books that focus on changing old routines,  overcoming self-defeating behavior and the best strategies on dealing with rejection. He believes that successful living is a series of small actions taken consistently on a daily basis in order to build an empowering and freedom-based lifestyle. Scott resides in western Japan where he spends most of his time travelling, writing and co...

Two years into creating and hosting People of Purpose, I sustained the podcast through challenges such as an intensive one year master's degree and teaching Residency program, the startup of a three state, three partner real estate investing business, and making the decision to get engaged, married, and move back to Thailand. And now People of Purpose has a team of five! Listen in this interview a...

This was Greg's second time being on the podcast, and we were so glad to have him back! He brings so much wisdom and faith to the table! He often offers a new perspective and thought process that makes us want more! He has such a positive influence on us and we hope you enjoy this interview just as much as we did!  After more than 30 years in business, owning as many as 14 businesses at one time w...

Mimi writes on health, faith and book publishing and is the author of various books including, 'Live Your Best Life by Writing Your Own Legacy.' After decades of working in the corporate and medical field, Mimi's life and health crumbled and fell into a big heap due to burnout.  It took various medical emergencies before she started paying attention to the nudging of her Guardian Angel. His prompt...

Dona Speir is CEO of Recovery Coaching Experts, and a Nationally Certified Recovery Coach I, II and Interventionist. Dona was born and raised in Newport Beach in a middle class neighborhood with 5 other siblings. She is an expert with regard addiction recovery and child sexual predators and 'groomers' as detailed in her recently released book 'Naked Truth: the Fall and Rise of Dona Speir'. Dona's...

"Artistic expression is vividly imaginative and ingenious when created and shared.  The self-expression of the creative and genuine artist resonates with the collective consciousness. Art is a reflection of society.  The artistic and creative representation of society is vital in the process of society moving forward, developing, and progressing."  "And, ultimately, art is a vehicle for social cha...

After more than 30 years in business, owning as many as 14 businesses at one time with hundreds of employees, Greg Yates found himself under the influence of Head Trash when the Real Estate market crashed. In denial, Greg made decisions that ultimately cost him tens of millions in capital and a year in prison. Going from massive success to the brokenness of failure, Greg came face to face with the...

Matthew Simpson humbly serves as the self-appointed civilian ambassador to our nation's veteran suicide tragedy and epidemic. He brings very diverse experiences to the table: leadership in corporate America, free spirit world travels, extensive healing with psychedelics, and plant medicines. He generously shares his transformation and awakening to spiritual principles in hopes of inspiring others...

Debra Silverman is part Astrologer, part psychologist, part comedian and ALL REAL. She helps people turn on their own inner observer, to see the things they say and do in a totally objective way. Debra has been in private practice for over 40 years. She uses astrology and her own system called the The 4 Elements (or 4E for short) as tools to help people step into their power. Debra's mothering app...

During Julie's time as business-to-business marketer, she devoutly believed if you over-worked, put in the long hours, followed someone else's agenda, and consistently over delivered on everything… well, then people would notice, the fulfillment would flourish, and success would eventually come. The false hope was so real it was intoxicating. But she felt like a big-time imposter and failure in he...

Michal is on a mission to support individuals who feel helpless to expand beyond their limits so they can regain the control over their lives. In 2012, Michal read the book titled "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson and started to turn his life around. In the next six years he lost weight, broke over 200 personal fitness records, developed dozens of daily habits, overcame shyness, doubled his income,...

Gabi Jubran is the Founder/Executive Director of a non-profit called HAPPI (Helping Awesome Parents Parent Intentionally) and Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Digital Wellness Warriors. Born and raised in the Bay Area, he has always been saturated by technology and is now on a mission to align tech's incentives with people's well-being. His inspiration came from watching his 2 year old...

Dr. Joel Vos is a psychologist and philosopher. He does research, teaches and offers psychological therapy to help individuals live a meaningful and satisfying life even in life's most challenging moments. He leads the professional doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy and Counseling at the London New School of Psychotherapy and Counseling. The research group that he chairs at the Metanoia Instit...

Eric Morris has been teaching his unique acting system in Los Angeles, New York, and around the world for fifty-three years. His approach to acting is to teach actors "how not to act" but to become " professional experiencers".   While his techniques are solidly rooted in the method, he has gone far beyond the original precepts of the Stanislavski system. Eric has created over three hundred exerci...

Keith Warta is currently serving as the CEO of Bartlett & West, Inc. a Midwest employee-owned engineering and technology solutions company.  The company's focus is to improve communities by positively affecting every organization and every person that comes within their footprint. Bartlett & West delivers unique value to clients throughout the country and was named one of the 175 largest design co...

Whitney Chaffin was b orn in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, but currently lives in Florida. She works with about 55 non profit organizations, sits on the board of a non profit and invests in real estate for both profit and purpose, to give people a second chance at life. Back in Whitney's hometown in Ohio, substance abuse is a prominent problem. Addiction and alcoholism runs  in her family, and...

Dr. Ian Connole is committed to the pursuit of excellence as he seeks to connect, contribute, and create in small ways that can make the world a better place. He joined Dartmouth College as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Peak Performance in August 2018. In this role, Dr. Connole oversees the development and implementation of programs and services designed to position student-athletes a...

From a young age, Katy Osborn has had a keen interest in human behavior and creativity. For the last 13 years, Katy has merged these interests as a brand and marketing strategist, copywriter, and project manager. She started in corporate advertising before launching her own boutique creative agency, Amelia Street Studio, with her two sisters. Three years ago, Katy found true purpose for her two pa...

Bryan Falchuk was a guest of People of Purpose on episode 015. He came into my life by serendipity on his 80 something podcast interview. His story of losing more than 100 pounds and overcoming the pain of his wife's battle with cancer is inspirational. Today he runs marathons and inspires people to live a better life every day through his book, Ted Talks, and now his podcast Do a Day. He asked me...