Raise Your Connection Podcast with Marcus Thompson

🎙️ Episode 15: Real Connection... What Does It Mean? (Season One Finale) This episode brings together standout moments, reflections, and voices from Episodes 1–14, highlighting the themes that defined our first season. Inside this episode, you’ll hear: – powerful insights on connection, community, and authenticity – moments that made us pause, laugh, and reflect – the shared values that kept showi...

🎙️ Episode 14: Nancy O’Hara: A Real Estate Star In A Pink CadillacIn this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Nancy O’Hara  @nancyoharahomes  . Nancy is a Luxury Real Estate expert in the Camas & Washougal area. Don’t let that stop you from contacting her because she enjoys helping anyone reach their real estate goals. She also talks about her time...

🎙️ Episode 13: Jeff Mays: Success 4 LifeIn this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Jeff Mays, founder of Success 4 Life, where he consults, coaches and mentors business owners. Embedded within the services Jeff provides is an AI assistant coach that is more help than you can imagine. Timestamps:00:00:00 - Mentor Highlight 00:01:23 - Intro00:02:55 - St...

🎙️ Episode 12: April Salsbury: No Obstacle Is InsurmountableIn this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with April Salsbury, founder and CEO of Salsbury & CO, a consultant agency where they provide small businesses with exceptional quality in CEO level analysis, hands-on implementation and training, and all-inclusive business services to help ease the c...

🎙️ Episode 11: Gloria Coleman: Government Contracts & GlitterIn this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Gloria Coleman , founder of Exit Bliss, where she transforms organizational potential through strategic planning, operational excellence, and sustainable growth solutions. Gloria shares her journey from corporate employee of 12 years to taking a...

In this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Jonathan Kaylor , founder of Underpin Consulting. His consulting service is a resource for small business owners to create structure that leads to success. They talk about Jonathan’s early aspirations of acting, banking, podcasts and his 4A principle. He drops some nuggets for this one, so get your notepad ou...

… and everything in between… In this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Lila Swanberg, a Clinical Herbalist, Functional Nutrition Counselor, and Ayurvedic Practitioner. Lila opens up about her journey from being a patient struggling with chronic fatigue, pain, anxiety, and burnout, to becoming a practitioner who helps others break free from the same k...

In this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Nicole Aspenson -  a money guru and passionate educator who believes in the power of financial literacy and is dedicated to making her clients’ lives easier. Nicole also shares the inspiration behind her incredible journey into the world of finance and what drives her mission today. 📺 Follow Nicole's adv...

What if the life you’re meant to live… is actually hidden in the strengths you already have? In this episode of Raise Your Connection, our host Marcus Thompson sits down with Jim Heis - a physician, leadership coach, and the founder of Repurposement Life & Leadership Coaching. Jim helps people navigate some of life’s biggest transitions: career shifts, empty nests, new chapters, and that quiet...

Marcus has a long-awaited conversation with Intuitive Healing Facilitator, CranioSacral Therapist, Energy Healer and Licensed Massage Therapist - Cindy Carlton. She gracefully describes her expertise and gifts by taking the complex concepts involved and explaining them in an interestingly fun and simple manner. Cindy takes us on the journey of how she came to be a facilitator of healing in ways th...

In this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down in the beautiful backyard of local community-builder John Costigane, a man who brews his own beer, grows his own food, and brings people together with heart and generosity. From growing herbs, fruits & veggies in his backyard to hosting some of the most legendary house parties in town, John shares his passion...

🎙️ Episode 4: Dominika Thompson -  10 Years in America, 2 Passports, and a Million Dreams… In this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Raise Your Media’s CEO, and his wife, Dominika Thompson to reflect on her 10-year journey in America and the path to U.S. citizenship. From stepping off the plane in Texas to leading a marketing agency that now serves c...

🎙️ Episode 3: Ashley Flapper: Grit, Grace, and Doing What It Takes In this episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, host Marcus Thompson sits down with Ashley Flapper, a resilient real estate agent, dedicated fitness trainer, and former truck driver with a story that redefines perseverance. From training for the Junior Olympics in swimming to lifting weights with her bodybuilder dad at age si...

🎙️ Episode 2: Dr. Barbara Dennis: Ancient Medicine for Modern Souls In this heartfelt episode of the Raise Your Connection Podcast, our host Marcus Thompson sits down with the one and only Dr. Barbara Dennis, a licensed acupuncturist and founder of Natural Paths Acupuncture, for a soul-nourishing conversation that flows from ancient healing to modern disconnection, and how to bridge that gap. Barb...

🎙️ Episode 1: The Godfather of Our Podcast: Austin Slagle In our premiere episode of Raise Your Connection Podcast, our Director of Sales Marcus Thompson finally steps up to the mic ...and there’s no better first guest than the person who pushed him to make it happen: Austin Slagle! Austin, co-owner of the beloved local coffee chain Dev’s Coffee Bar, joins Marcus for a laid-back but powerful conve...