PoolePRoof Wisdom

Do you ever watch the news or read newspapers ((which not many people do) and wonder about how the stories being told today seem so much different than they used to?  Do you wonder how we’ve gone from Walter Cronkite being the trusted figure he was to journalists being perceived as untrustworthy and anything but objective and fair?  I sure have. My guest for this episode, Jonathan Clarke, is a wri...

I remember when I was a kid that we'd sometime encounter people who just seemed to go off for no reason, and my mama would lean in an tell us, "That one woke up with hell in 'em this morning!" These many years later, I think of what she said because it seems a whole lot of people are waking up that way. The social graces we once took for granted in terms of how we treat other hav...

In a world where the constant pursuit of the "grind" is celebrated as the best way to define one's worth, Keith Levy, a wildly successful, now semi-retired executive whose portfolio of professional achievements can be considered gold standard, begs to differ.  Levy has worked hard and reaped the rewards that arose from those efforts, but doesn't define himself by his work, but by...

It's May, and the start of Mental Health Awareness Month!  While every month is important to our mental health, taking special notice of its importance is a very good thing, and here at the podcast we always do what we can to help everyone think differently about mental wellness. Today, my guest is not only helping others become aware of protecting mental health, but fighting stigma and access...

Remember the old idea that a person chooses a profession and then does that thing for the rest of their lives?  It’s how the world thought everyone would be happiest back then, but time and experience hasproven that the bold, the inspired, the creative among us can do multiple things, often at the same time. Vonda Paige is doing multiple things, all very successfully, and never limits herself to a...

Charles continues the tradition of looking at the year that was and seeking to understand what it has taught us as we look to the year ahead. In a year as topsy-turvy as 2023 has been, the perspective in this reflection is practical, but very, very hopeful.

While career professionals from all walks of life may have generated their sense of accomplishment from trading handshakes after closing a business deal, or being recognized for being the best at what they do, many people are finding that they want more. They want to fuel their passion by making a different kind of difference in the world. Jane Langa Miller, Founder of Purpose-Driven Transitions,...

I am grateful to be able to discuss faith and personal development in these episodes, and from time to time I find I'm able to do that along with many other topics that interest me. Today, it's real estate. Everything you want to know about it, but through the lens of a realtor whose approach to being a broker, agent, and investor is built on the foundation of her faith. It's a conversation punctu...

In this episode, Charles reflects on his recent vacation and how Beyonce's Renaissance Tour and some essential personal reflection on life and living made a difference in his personal vibe, and may do the same for you.

Many dream of changing their lives but few do more than that. But Darin, a successful media executive, had reached a point where his life -- and career -- had become less about joy and more about frustration, uncertainty, and not believing he had a purpose. In this episode, we discuss how he reached that point, then found the courage to leave everything behind and start fresh. . .in Mexico. There,...

In this episode I speak with Matthew, an attorney who has helped free a number of wrongly convicted people, and I was impressed by his reasons for taking on this work and his appreciation of why freedom is so important, such as when he said, "I think we take for granted a lot of things that happen in life. Freedom is one of them." Listen as we discuss what brought him to the law, misconc...

Charles speaks with new author Giarrante, who wrote Desire Unleashed: The Starting Point to Achieving Your Wildest Dreams. Giarrante describes the book as "designed to guide, inspire, and empower individuals seeking to attain success, wealth, and happiness." Sharing how his own experiences led him to write the book, Giarrante provides insights that are bound to unleash the desire in anyo...

Join Charles for a candid, inspiring, and thought-provoking conversation with award-winning broadcaster, author, and community leader Carol Daniel, who in a mere weeks from now will be closing one chapter of her life after 28 years with KMOX radio and a 40-year career as a journalist. We discuss everything from the profession, to the faithful journey Carol took to reach her decision to retire from...

Charles has been away for four months since the last episode, picking up life and moving from the West Coast back to the Midwest. But this wasn't just another move. In doing in, he has unlocked some additional understanding about life, purpose, and meaning that he thoughtfully shares in hopes that you appreciate how even upheaval can lead us to the place we're supposed to be.

It's the end of the year, and Charles has some thoughts and reflections on what that means.  The end of any year typically finds people ready to leap into the next with all kinds of resolutions, or carrying worries about the life they are leading with them.  But Charles discourages that.  In this episode, he offers hope for the year or just the day ahead, and shares his perspective on how our live...

In this episode, Charles provides a stream of consciousness read on a school shooting that left two dead and several wounded in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and ties it into the kind of behavior that Kayne West is engaging in that diminishes us as a people whose great commonality is that we make up the human race.  He encourages accountability across the board, and unity in accepting...

In this episode, Charles talks about how something we all have in common, trauma, influences who we are and what we do.  He also discourages judging people based on how trauma influences people to behave, but to learn what role trauma played in their lives before summarily determining someone is a horrible person.  First among these, he says, is ourselves.  Listen and hear how he ma...

When the weight of the world makes trust difficult, Charles has suggestions and insights to help you find your way again.  Listen and get some PooleProof Wisdom.

Away for a month, Charles is back with plenty of reflections on what's been on his mind, and some thoughtful recommendations for making the most of our lives.

The Creative Entrepreneur - Building a Business Without Losing Your Vision In this episode, I speak with Jane Davis, a director-producer and owner Of HypeGirl Creative, an Atlanta-based full-service production house that produces video content. We discuss her journey to finding what has become her life's work, the challenges and opportunities involved in the industry for a woman who describes hers...

A lot of people have a lot of opinions about people who pursue any kind of therapy to address emotional and other mental health challenges.  There are all kinds of reasons: some believe therapy discloses problems we should protect from outsiders.  Others think therapy is for people who are weak, weird, or just can't get their shit together.  And even individuals themselves may be co...

I titled this episode “Ain’t I A Woman?”: Women in the C-Suite and Trailblazing for DEI, because Zing is truly a worthy inheritor of the message and meaning behind Sojourner Truth’s iconic  1851 speech to the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. In particular, this:  “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together oug...

Featuring: Learning and Organization Development Executive Ruth-Ann Clurman and Organization Change Management Executive Angela Bilkey Chesmore. We're at the start of a new year and the first thing we need to leave in the past is the sense that we're not good enough when it comes to our work, our relationships, and our goals and aspirations.  The idea that we're phonies and only getting by on...

One Mom's Journey to Health Advocacy It's our podcastversary! On the podcast's one-year anniversary, I speak with Brooke Abbott, a health advocate and mom who is living with inflammatory bowel disease and fighting for other moms -- and anyone -- living with IBD or any chronic illness.  She explains that while doing so can can be isolating, frightening, and sometimes hopeless, it doesn't have to be...

In this episode, Charles recounts his personal battle with COVID, from which is recovering.  What he learned is a life lesson worth thinking about, and a testament to the power of faith in all circumstances we face.