Shining Brightly

Episode Summary – NEVER YIELD! Episode 87 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled POST TRAUMATIC – GROWTH, meet my guest “the Rocketman” Martin Watts. We start the show about Healing Arts as Martin is an accomplished artist and it is his happy place and uses his expression with art to help trauma thrivers. He is 9th of 10 children in a Catholic family in Wisconsin. Our...

Episode Summary – OWNING YOUR OWN INNER AND OUTER BEAUTY! In Episode 86 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled, “MIND AND BODY HEALING IS SOUL MEDICINE” my guest is Eva Vennari, a Spiritual Alchemist who is the founder of The Elevate Institute.  Her ascension practice focuses on removing blocks to achieving longevity and healing chronic illness in prime-of-life pr...

Episode Summary – A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR GOOD AND POSITVE CHANGE! In Episode 85 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled COMPASSION IS IN FASHION, I welcome Ali Horriyat. He left the world of finance and hedge fund management in 2016 for a life of social impact, activism, influence and action to make the world and society a better place. His global movement is called CO...

Episode Summary – FEEL THE ADRENALINE RUSH ON THE NORTH WALL OF DENALI, THE ALGERIAN REVOLUTION, WAR IN LIBYA AND LESSONS OF A PEACE BUILDER! In the WOW Episode 84 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show, (links in the comments), titled QUEST – RISK, ADVENTURE AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING. Please me a true RENAISSANCE MAN, Mr. John Graham. During his world travels from the time, he was 16 he was seekin...

Episode Summary – SPECIAL FATHERS DAY EPISODE – JUNE IS NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORSHIP MONTH. In Episode 83 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled IRON DAD AND THE LIFE WE LIVE, my guest is Paul Weigel, an amazing dad, triathlete and stage IV colon cancer survivor - like me. Shout out to the Wolfpack at Man Up to Cancer. Paul tells of his diagnosis, treatment and surviv...

Episode Summary – WHAM AND A BLINK OF AN EYE – IMPAIRED DRIVING - CAR ACCIDENTS that alter your life! In Episode 82 of the Shining Brightly Podcast (links in the comments) titled “ONE MOMENT IN TIME”, come meet the resilient Joey Lewis. He shares some poor decision making growing up that led to two severe and life changing car accidents leaving him with brain surgery, epilepsy and seizures. Living...

Episode Summary – HONORING MEMORIAL DAY AND HOW WE DEAL WITH DEATH, GRIEF AND LOSS. In Episode 81 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), please meet Jason Harris, who is a Celebrant. What is that? He presides over funeral services and families that are grieving to bring warmth. blessings, laughter and joy to the support the family and honor the memory of the deceased. Come l...

Episode Summary – CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, HUMAN RESOLVE AND THE RAW POWER OF TRANSFORMATION, in Episode 80 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), my esteemed guest is Mia Doucet, her research into women that suffered childhood trauma and publication her book – STRONG feature 81 women who overcame adversity in childhood who became successful, powerful and inspiring people in the wo...

Episode Summary – FROM THE COURTROOM TO THE BOARDROOM TO THE BEDROOM – FAMILY AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE CHALLENGING TO US ALL, In Episode 79 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled “Be Conflict Free” meet my dear friend Amy Armstrong who is pioneer in the practice of Conflict Resolution for Families and a high profile Director of at the Center for Coaching Devel...

Episode Summary – FROM BROKE TO A MILLIONAIRE – IT CAN BE DONE! In Episode 78 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled “Wealth with a Purpose” my guest Rennie Gabriel shows how to GET BACK UP AGAIN AFTER BEING KNOCKED DOWN TIME AFTER TIME. True resilience and getting financially smart by paying himself first and applying three wealth fundamentals. By achieving financial...

GET UNSTUCK IN YOUR LIFE AND BUSINESS – FULFILL YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL! In Episode 77 on the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “Stop Procrastinating in 30 Days”, my amazing guest is Paty Johnson. She is an International Certified Leadership Coach, Trainer and Speaker. It’s been proven that procrastination is the biggest enemy of success and contrary to what it’s believed,...

Episode Summary – THE LESSONS THAT LOCKED IN SYNDROM (STROKE) AND A CANCER DIAGNOSIS TEACH YOU. In Episode 76 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled, “THE GRATEFUL GODDESS AND A STROKE OF LUCK” I am joined by the GRATEFUL GODDESS herself – Karen Pulver. We talked about her wanting to become a teacher and then life got interrupted first by a non-Hodgkin B cell Lymphoma...

Episode Summary – BOOM-BOOM FOR SUICIDE PREVENTIONS, AWARENESS AND EDUCATION! In Episode 75 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “HEART OF A CHAMPION – RISING ABOVE” with five-time world champion Randy Blake Jr. He takes us back to his childhood as a laid-back kid that got bullied and even spit on. His parents enrolled him in a karate class to build his confidence a...

Episode Summary – WE SALUTE YOU! In Episode 74 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, my guest Jeanette Deatherage joined the Airforce right out of high school in Wisconsin from living on a farm. She got the twinkle in her eye seeing her brother return from Vietnam in his dress uniform. She met her husband Master Seargeant Chief – Craig Dea...

A BROKEN UPBRINGING LEADS TO ART THERAPY, INTEGRATING AND HEALING INDIGEOUS PEOPLES. In Episode 73 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “HEAL THE PEOPLE & HEAL THE PLANET”, I am joined by the incredible CAREY MACCARTHY, MA, ATR, LPCC. On her own at age 15 and a single mom by 22, she was able to use education as her escape to create a better life. Her passion gre...

Episode Summary – HEARTCENTERED COMMUNITY OFFERS DAILY GRATITIUDE AND INSPIRATION! In Episode 72 of the Shining Brightly Podcast show (links in the comments), titled “ THE ART OF CONNECTION 365 DAYS OF GRATITUDE” with my amazing friend and collaborator Robert W. Jones (aka The Robert or “W”). Volume IV of The Art of Connection is available on Kindle and paperback. The bestselling and award-winning...

Episode Summary – FIND YOUR LOST LADY BUG AND SMILE! In Episode 71 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “THE DARKNESS OF CHILD ABUSE TO EMOTIONAL FREEDOM” I am joined by the courageous Regina LaFrance who speaks her long-hidden truth after suffering abuse and pedophile rape from a priest in her village. We walked with Shayla in that darkness for over four decades. I...

Episode Summary – WANT MORE HAPPY IN YOUR LIFE? YES! In Episode 70 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “STEP IN TO HAPPY”, my dear friend and fellow author joins me to share her ten-year process to finally publish her book that was inside her as an elementary school teacher. A simple ABC book for loving your life and focusing on what matters to you. Also, she is a...

Episode Summary –   You are not LEAVING A LEGACY TRY LIVING A LEGACY, In Episode 69 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show, (links in the comments) titled CREDIBITLITY, CLARITY AND YOU, my jedi master, friend and coach Mitchell Levy from Credibility Nation joins me as explore Customer Point of Possibilities (CPoP) as it relates to how YOU SHOW UP IN THE WORLD and WHAT PLAYGROUNDS YOU PLAY IN! M...

 YOU JUST NEED TO BREATH! In Episode 68 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show, (links in the comments), titled LEADING WITH COURAGEOUS KINDNESS, I welcome a dear friend, interfaith advocate and best-selling author of “Healing a Shattered Soul” – Mindy Corporon. Ten years ago, Mindy lost her father William Corporon MD, her oldest son Reat Underwood and a third victim Teresa LaManno (may there m...

Episode Summary – A BLINK OF AN EYE – a cancer diagnosis can stop you right in your tracks! In Episode 67 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), titled “TIK TOK CANCER ADVOCACY” please meet my dear friend and fellow colorectal cancer survivor, Allison Rosen. Diagnosed as young onset age 32 with Stage II colon cancer she took her own journey and resilience and has become a be...

In a solo show I reveal what it takes to “GET BACK UP AGAIN AND AGAIN”! In Episode 66 on Valentines Day 2024 on the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments) titled, “MY RESILIENCE CODE”. I state loud and proud that “WE ARE ALL WORKS IN PROGRESS”. Each new day we can choose to be an all-star dad, mom, brighter, sister, friend coworker and stranger. RESLIIENCE YOUR ABILITY AND CAPACITY...

FINDING YOUR PASSION! In Episode 65 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show titled, “LOVE WHAT YOU DO” (LINKS IN THE COMMNETS) please meet Lori Osbourne, chief solutions architect and web solutions helping clients with design and tool to help her customers and their brands get “KNOWN, LIKED and TRUSTED”! A brain tumor survivor who got back up again shares that her superpower is that she breaks comple...

BRING HEALING AND JOY TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS! In Episode 64 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show, titled “TranscenDANCE: A New Manifestation” please meet the magical and vibrant Avital Miller. She was a Microsoft Program Manager that overcame autoimmune diseases and got back up again via healing and movement. A four-time bestselling author speaks about Healing Happens. Real life was to self-improv...

– WHAT IS YOUR PODIUM? In Episode 63 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show, titled STOP GIVING UP, please meet Kevin “Remps” Rempel, best selling author, motivational speaker, corporate and life coach who had his FULL CIRCLE MOMENT at age 23 after an X Games motorcycle jump that left him paralyzed. Through sheer will and determination, he learned how to walk again and overcome the mental battle of...