Purpose

In today’s episode of Purpose, I’m talking with real estate coach, podcaster, and entrepreneur, Mike Rohrig about how his professional journey led him into the real estate business and how personality assessments like DISC can help us understand ourselves and help us become successful. What I appreciate most about our conversation is Mike’s genuine desire to help people, by educating them in ways...

In today's episode, I’m talking with expert networker, toastmaster, and author Cleon Cox about how his professional journey contributed to him facilitating a job support group for over thirty years and writing the book, The 50 Most Asked Questions From The Newly Unemployed, to help job seekers. What I appreciate most about our conversation is Cleon’s ability to communicate stories that help o...

In today’s episode, I had the opportunity to speak with the author, speaker, and entrepreneur Jennifer Garrett about how watching the Chicago Bears play football with her parents as she grew up, helped her develop a framework for creating success in life, and how her book’s, Dominate The Game and Move The Ball, teach others how to implement the strategies she has used to be incredibly successful i...

In today’s episode, I have the opportunity to speak with the author, speaker, and former championship coach Jim Johnson about the personal leadership lessons he learned as a high school coach that went from losing 17 consecutive games and getting fired to taking his team to 8 straight finals and winning 6 championships. What I enjoyed most about our conversation is the story he shares about his ba...

In today’s episode, I have the opportunity to speak with author and business coach Chris Michel about his journey in growing up in a single-parent home, building a successful career in sales after playing collegiate sports, and the book he wrote in the process of recovering from his brother’s painful death. What I enjoyed most about our conversation is Chris’s advice on how we can develop the self...

In today’s episode of Purpose, I interview Will Eberhart, the founder of Perseverance Marketing Group, about his journey in becoming a supporter of Real Men Wear Pink, a cause dedicated to spreading awareness for breast cancer.  In our conversation, Will discusses an experience he had as a young man and the fear he dealt with as he shared with his mother that he had a painful lump in his underarm...

In today's episode, I talk about the transition of the RealTalk podcast to Purpose, how I found my purpose, and how I am helping individuals, athletes, and entrepreneurs find, build, and protect theirs. Feel free to reach out if you have ideas on who I should have on the show to discuss the topic of PURPOSE. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel as well if you'd...

In today’s episode, I talk with Dexter Moscow an entrepreneur and author of The Voyage Without My Father, a book about his journey of healing from losing his father when he was 10 years old. In our conversation, we discussed ways we can work through the grief and pain of losing a loved one. A lesson he learned after breaking down emotionally 35 years after the loss of his father. What I appreciate...

In today’s episode, I talk with entrepreneur and nonprofit founder Roland Salas about his journey of starting a nonprofit after a divorce inspired him to reflect on ways he needed to improve as a man. That reflection led him to start MyFather, a nonprofit that is focused on helping men become better men through events, conversations, and masterminds. What I appreciate about Roland is his transpare...

In today’s episode, I talk with entrepreneur DeAngelo Crawford about his journey from learning his kidney was failing and going through dialysis to being inspired to start a business so he could leave a legacy for his daughter. What I appreciate about DeAngelo is that his transplant didn’t stop with him. He has continued to share resources to help those in dialysis and is committed to helping othe...

In today's episode, I talk with entrepreneur and life coach Christina Callaway about her journey back from planning suicide after a painful divorce to building a confidence and mindset coaching practice that serves serve athletes, coaches, teams, and parents helping them to reach their athletic goals one mindset habit shift at a time. What I appreciate about Christina is while she did receive...

In today's episode, I am honored to talk with the wonderful wife, mother, and entrepreneur, LaTosha Wilson. LaTosha is a geek turned fitness instructor that loves to dance. She is the creator and owner of fitness brands such as Pardio Fitness®, Hip Hop HIITs®, and Fitness for Followers™.  Her passion is to encourage and empower people to take ownership of their health through dance fitness by...

In this episode, I talk with entrepreneur and business advisor Amanda Bedell about her journey of losing her father at a young age, building a bakery, and reconnecting with her purpose after selling her business. Amanda invested over 15 years in the marketing and public relations fields serving multi-million dollar nonprofits and corporations in the entertainment industry. In between, she launched...

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of having Imran Haider on the call to discuss his journey in being a first-generation child of immigrants from Pakistan that faced a challenging upbringing that entailed facing racism because of the color of his skin, religion, and heritage. Imran is a former athlete, small business advisor, and professor that has dedicated his life to building stronger...

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Jane Powers. Jane is an award-winning international speaker, trainer, and sought-after life & business strategist. After 30 + years as a professional speaker and sales trainer, Jane mastered the art and science of speaking to sell and selling to serve and has dedicated her career to helping sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and org...

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Talya Davidoff. Talya is a competitor & instructor with a Degree in Marine Biology from the University of Cape Town. She has a passion for marine apex predators as well as conserving the ocean and has worked on multiple projects like the SharkSafe Barrier alongside Michael Rutzen, and Coral Reef CPR with Dr. Andrew Bruckner. Talya st...

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ben Surratt. Ben Surratt is a father, friend, entrepreneur, small business advocate, podcaster, and mortgage advisor. He is originally from Racine Wisconsin and has been in the Pacific Northwest with his family since 2004.  After deciding not to go to college, Ben started working at McDonald’s where he focused on improving his mindset an...

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Maggie Augustyn. Dr. Augustyn is a practicing general dentist, practice owner, and author. She has had the distinguished honor of being voted "America's Best Dentist" and "America's Top Dentists" based on superior training, experience, continuing education, and commitment to excellence. She completed her...

In this episode of RealTalk, I talk with Jerry Acuff, a father, mentor, and globally renowned sales expert whose best-selling book, The Relationship Edge, influenced what I thought about relationships and creating a successful life. Jerry is the CEO and founder of Delta Point a business consulting firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a Graduate of The Virginia Military Institute. Delta Point wor...

In this episode of RealTalk, I talk with Vonn Webb, a father, mentor, and two-time state championship basketball coach that was the person that opened a door to sports that would ultimately, from my perspective, change my life. Raised by his grandmother from a young age, Vonn saw his grandmother make a difference by taking in and raising many other children in the community. This was the foundatio...

In this episode of RealTalk, I talk with Lani Grass, an entrepreneur, speaker, and coach that focuses her time working with professional women on identifying their authenticity, how they want to show up in the world, and then builds a path to self-actualizing. Being a natural-born introvert in a challenging childhood gifted Lani with the ability to read between the lines and deeply understand peop...

In this episode of RealTalk, I talked about Breakthrough Mentality, the co-authored book I am working on, and where I developed my "Breakthrough Mentality". Feel free to reach out if you have questions about the Breakthrough Mentality, including how you can participate as a supporter when it is released, or by being one of the co-authors. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast and the Yo...

In the first episode of RealTalk, I thought it would be appropriate to share my story with you so you have an understanding of where I'm from, where I'm going, and who I want to take with me.  Feel free to reach out if you have ideas on who I should have on the show. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel as well if you'd like to be the first to hear of new r...