Shining Brightly

Episode Summary –  LIFE IS SIMPLE - BE KIND TO YOUR SELF AND OTHERS! In Episode 112 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled KEEP F’N GOING (KFG), I AM PODCASTING FROM MY HOSPITAL BED WHILE HI DOSE CHEMOTHRAPY IS ATTACKING MYELOID LEUKEMIA (not sure this has been done before but I need to focus on getting to a lifesaving donor-based stem cell transplant). This is m...

Episode Summary – HARD LESSONS IN LIFE – MAKE YOU STRONGER! In Episode 111 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show, (links in the comments) titled “CHOOSE YOURSELF”, I am joined by a dear friend and POWERHOUSE CREATIVE – the one and only Ty Paige. She is a 3-time bestselling author of FU Watch This, The Wrong Secret and With One Eye open. We open the show by discussing her dark past, making the wrong...

GET UNSTUCK IN BUSINESS, LIFE, HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS! In Episode 110 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled SET YOURSELF FREE, I am joined by a renowned international hypnotherapist and business mindset coach. She shines brightly each day with a mindful and radiant heart with authenticity and intentionality. Alicia breaks down how hypnotherapy can really help free...

WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN LIFE? In this VERY SPECIAL (slightly longer) Episode 109 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show, (links in the comments), titled CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN, I am joined by my daughter and miracle girl, Emily Brown from Missoula, Montana in a powerful show. She is a KPAX 8 TV news multimedia reporter, avid outdoors enthusiast, former U16 national champion soccer goalie and outs...

Episode Summary – WE ALL GET KNOCKED DOWN IN LIFE, BUSINESS, HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS! Let us help you get back up again to thrive and live authentically and intentionally in all that you do. In Episode 108 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled “FLOW + GROW”, I joined by mu incredible mentor, biz partner and empowerment master, Gail Kraft. She shares that she shines...

Episode Summary – CUT THE CRAP THAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK! Learn what the acronym means. In Episode 107 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled TRUE PERSERVERANCE, I welcome the incredible Christa Rose (our Rosebud). She is a Amazon's #1 Bestselling book “Skip the Pain, Experience the Pleasure: cut the crap that’s holding you back so you can live the life you love. Roseb...

Episode Summary – SURVIVORSHIP IS A TEAM SPORT! In Episode 106 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments) titled “RECLAIMING YOUR POWER”, my guest is an incredible COURAGEOUS WARRIOR and CANCER SURVIVOR - Ryn Sloane.  She was diagnosed at 38 so young with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, ER/PR+, HER2- breast cancer and fought through a double mastectomy, expanders, and implant rec...

Episode Summary –  LIFE IS PRESCIOUS – MAKE NO EXCUSES! In Episode 105 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments) titled, “DOING HARD THINGS” with François de Neuville, a former Belgian Army commander-paratrooper and adventure seeker. In Indonesia in 2018, he faced life or death in an earthquake / tsunami and used his training to save a 5-year-old girl and himself from a col...

Episode Summary –  The FAMOUS SONG – ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE! In Episode 104 on the Shining Brightly Podcast show titled “YOU ARE LOVED” (links in the comments) my special guest is Jacqueline Waller a self-made entrepreneur that saw a need come out of the Covid Pandemic in 2020. She created coaching workshops and products to help women find a balance for career, self-care and family. Jackye tell...

LEARN HOW TO SPEAK, INSPIRE AND PROSPER. In Episode 103 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show, titled “MUTE GIRL EMPOWERS MILLIONS” (links in the comments). Please meet my high energy, multi-lingual (4 languages) guest, Sharon Love M.ED who was bullied, excluded and had no voice as a teenager. With incredible resilience, research, education and work she transformed herself into a SEVEN-FIGURE SPEAK...

Episode Summary – HOW DO YOU FIND THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF? In Episode 102 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled “LIVE LIFE ON PURPOSE”, I am joined by a dynamic couple - Catherine Collins and Andrew Dewar. Life partners and business partners that share a path to happiness and fulfillment in their books, coaching programs and life. Your journey to becoming the ul...

Episode Summary –  WHO AM I? WHERE AM I GOING? HOW AM I GOING TO GET THERE? – In Episode 101 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled “FINDING YOUR MID-LIFE PURPOSE” I am joined by the incredible Art Blanchford, a senior executive Mid-life Transition Mastery Coach.  We first get vulnerable, and Art talks about growing up in a RELIGIOUS CULT and how he learned...

Episode Summary –  ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD LIFE? In MILESTONE Episode 100 titled “WINNING AT LIFE” – (so amazing to have reached 200,000 DOWNLOADS! (links in the comments) I offer up a solo show with a reflection of where I have been and experienced, what I have learned along the way and where am I going. We all get knocked down in life, business, health and relationships and we must get back u...

Episode Summary – HEALTHY NURSES HEALTHY NATION. I am grateful for my nurses during my two battles with stage IV cancer (I spent a lot of time with them in their care), trips to the ER, surgery centers and doctors’ offices. Episode 99 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments) is titled “GRATEFUL FOR OUR NURSES”. I am so pleased to have Dr. Katie Boston-Leary is the Vice Presiden...

Episode Summary – REBOOTING YOUR LIFE FROM TRAUMA – IT CAN BE DONE! In Episode 98 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “MY DRIVE TO SURVIVE”, I am joined by to heroic individuals Kelly Munford and Perise Perise all the way from Royal Oak near Auckland, New Zealand. Their stories are incredible journeys from pain to purpose. In 2011 at 21 years of age, Kelly fell asl...

Episode Summary –  COMMIT TO DO LESS AND GET MORE DONE! Episode 97 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show titled, “IMPACT DRIVEN LEADERS – BUILDERS” (links in the comments). I am joined by strategic advisor extraordinaire, Alex Snider. She is host of the BUILDERS PODCAST, and she has worked across 4 continents leading strategic planning and operational improvements for multinationals, corporate...

Episode Summary – GET YOUR RADIANT FACE AND BEAUTIFUL SMILE BACK! In Episode 96 of the Shining Brightly Podcast (links in the comments), titled “UNLOCK THE POWER OF YOUR SMILE”, I am joined from Frankfurt, Germany by the Queen of Holistic Facelifts – the amazing Renee Isermann. She is a former world-class European handball player that felt the wear and tear of being an elite athlete and the highs...

Episode Summary – MEET AN AUTHENTIC EXECUTIVE SERVANT LEADER! In Episode 95 of the Shining Brightly Show (links in the comments), titled “HUMMUS TIME”, I am joined by my dear and longtime friend and mentor Stephen Shaya, M.D. He reveals at one time he wanted to become a priest then he takes us through his family’s immigration story as Iraqi Christians (Chaldean) making their way to the United Stat...

Episode Summary – SHORT TERM SACRAFICE PROVIDES LONG TERM BENEFITS – START PLANNING YOUR THIRD ACT TODAY! In Episode ## of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “PURPOSEFUL RETIREMEN” – I am joined by Milan Schwarzkopf all the way from Prague. He is the # 1 Purposeful Retirement Expert, teaching and coaching how to best plan and live purpose driven retirement. We jump i...

Episode Summary – LIFE IS HARD BUT WE SHALL OVERCOME! In Episode 93 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “BETTER OR BITTER” – please me Corinne Keith. She is a woman who faced sexual abuse from her father growing up as a little girl she carried with her decades and had to bear witness to the death of her 22-year-old son and his fiancée killed by a drunk driver. So m...

Episode Summary – OUR SAGES, MASTERS AND MENTORS CAN HELP US GET UNSTUCK IN LIFE, BUSINESS AND RELATIONSHIPS TO REACH OUR HUMAN POTENTIAL. In Episode 92 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “LEDGENDARY SPARK– BOB PROCTOR’S PROTÉGÉ”. I am truly thrilled to be joined by Bob Proctors 27-year writing and collaborative partner – Diane Armitage. She speaks fondly of the c...

Episode Summary – CONCEIVE | BELIEVE | ACHIEVE – ANYTHING! In Episode 91 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled, “LEAD A LIMITLESS LIFE” with Life-Mastery & Peak-Performance Coach and 3-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Mark Fournier. We start by looking at all that Mark has overcome and how he used his experience to build his RESILIENCE and LEARN TO MASTER APPREC...

Episode Summary – DO YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO NETWORK AND BUILD MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS IN BUSINESS, LIFE AND REALTIONSHIPS? – In Episode 90 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled, ACTIVATE YOUR NETWORK, I have the amazing, high energy and articulate Alana Muller join me live in studio. We start by giving shout outs to @BabsonCollege, Mindy Corporan and Larry Ward. We ju...

Episode Summary – YOU CAN BECOME AN ARCHITECT OF HIGHER THINKING! In Episode 89 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled, “THE LIVING ENERGY FORMULA” my brilliant guest is Laura Brennan-Ballet, the bestselling author of The Science of Empowerment: Negative Positive Neutral Which one are YOU? Wait till you learn how to heal past patterns to create an empowered life. Learn...

Episode Summary – SMALL TOWN GIRL DOES NOT STOP BELIEVING! In Episode 88 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled, “AND THE EMMY GOES TO MIRACLE TWINS”, I am joined by Danette Kubanda a two-time daytime EMMY Award winning television producer turned media and publicity coach who helps authors, experts, entrepreneurs and companies share their message with the masses. She g...