Take the Elevator

Send us Fan Mail Take the Elevator is on the 50th Floor! Take a ride with us as we go into the new season of Spring and celebrate national days like Awkward Moments, Backyard Day, and best of all - Let's Laugh Day. We are all in need of light conversation and the benefits of laughter. Look up, let's laugh, and let's elevate!  Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest.com

Send us Fan Mail This elevator ride is with someone whose gift and life is about serving people where they are at right now.  Meet Sandy, our Elevator, for a very important episode. She talks about the importance of listening, teaching well, and empathy to create a safe place so people can find their way through. Sandy openly shares about the death of her child and how she uses that experience to...

Send us Fan Mail Today we honor the women who paved the way in music history while honoring the struggle set before them because of their gender. We take a ride on the elevator with women like  Mechell Ndegoeochello, Neon Vines, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, our mothers, and more. Today we are all about increasing the visibility of women creatives and forging women's empowerment. It is so necessa...

Send us Fan Mail One of our techniques for mindfulness and gratitude is to honor the period that is about to end and all that it gave you. We look back on February - express our appreciation - and move on to March Mayday Moments and the celebration of women. We introduce our line up of women elevators for March and discuss how being in the present; exercising mindfulness; holding gratitude to high...

Send us Fan Mail We are moving on to March and celebrating Women, Dr. Seuss, and Team Members.  We focus and challenge stretches by way of complimenting and wanting to see others happy. Our lives should be filled with things that make us happy and reaching out to build each other up... and elevate! Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest.com

Send us Fan Mail With a love for all of their passions, we close this month with a couple who are committed to "Team." Both Steve & Anna have a strong desire to see people grow and elevate to every level possible. Elevate as you hear the part 1 of their story.  Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest.com

Send us Fan Mail Black history can appear to be about the bars and chains. Let's take a ride where Kory clearly offers bars of gold on a history that was untold. Elevate with this treasure of an episode! Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest.com

Send us Fan Mail Take the Elevator welcomes Vanessa and Dave owner operators of Braemar Brewery in Ontario, California. As Inland Empire residents and avid supporters people's endeavors to being business owners, we are excited to learn about this new brewery in our community and the passion behind it. Look up and let's elevate as we learn community principles and wish Braemar a world of...

Send us Fan Mail The celebration of love and cupid has struck us. So how duped, jipped, and robbed is America after this one day? Lol. Have fun with us as we talk about all the days around us including pet love. Lastly but most importantly, we share more stories in honor of Black History Month. You will be inspired and elevated through the truth behind Mary Ellen Pleasant & Bridget "Biddy...

Send us Fan Mail Ben & Luanna are two people who have many passions in life including food, family, community, and one another. Hear about the most thoughtful and special proposal ever; and how they keep their marriage alive and flourishing. Take a ride on this elevator to listen to their heartwarming stories - look up, this is sure to elevate you! Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest...

Send us Fan Mail The photographs taken by Hugh Mangum in the late 1800's to early 1900's truly represented his inclusion and diversity during a time of Jim Crow laws. Years  later, another photographer by the name of Sarah Stacke would connect to his work in such a way. People use Mangum's playful photographs to show another side of the black community of that era. Take a ride and l...

Send us Fan Mail February begins a powerful theme of passion and truth seeking. We start off with a conversation between Kory and Gen the Builder to talk about individual passions and those they pursue as a couple. is it greedy to go for more or it resilience and the desire for high achievement? Let's talk about what moves people to do and what that looks like. Look up and let's elevate!...

Send us Fan Mail February 1st is the national day of freedom from slavery and we are about to take it to elevated levels in this episode. Pieces and nuggets are dropped as we hope to learn truth on this road to discovery in all walks of life. Look up and let's elevate.  Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest.com

Send us Fan Mail This episode will wake you up in more ways than one as you take this elevator ride. Janelle's passion and exuberance for life, family, profession, and people will ignite your soul and as she says, "set it on fire." She is quirky and quick as she tells her story while describing her purpose for the hustle. She is on fire and the heat will definitely inspire you. Jane...

Send us Fan Mail Take a ride on this elevator to go back to the good ol' days! Roller skating rinks, long phone calls, road trips, and more. It's purely nostalgic and such a good way to bring laughter and happiness to your lives. We all need that right about now. Where will your time machine take you?  Support the show https://www.fuzzyfurryforest.com

Send us Fan Mail Self-love should very much involve finding your center and being balanced but what does it all mean? How do you find those principles of living in a world that is chaotic and in a life that has its challenges. If you need some encouragement especially when it comes to a toxic habit, please take a ride with us or maybe you know someone that would benefit from this type of conversat...

Send us Fan Mail Today we see what happens when you love self; spread kindness; and give. We actually encourage doing "nothing" in this episode as a form of self-love and also give some fun facts about the man who lived with conviction and touched so many lives, MLK! The episode ends with a story that has to do with "accidents" and "coincidences" that are actually per...

Send us Fan Mail How many of us do a Gratitude List or have expressed thankfulness towards someone or something and it's always external facing? Today's episode is about being grateful for yourself; something that you have done; and talents that you possess. Join Gen the Builder and Kory as they share stories and thoughts about self-love, self-awareness, and self-appreciation. This episo...

Send us Fan Mail This Monday on Take the Elevator, we start off by celebrating the slow but sure road to healing and recovery from COVID-19.  In this episode, we touch on what is relevant news today and take it to fun with the most current national days.  Sometimes the most random, trivial information is just what we need to learn continuously and welcome creativity. Share your time with us and we...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year's and what a way to start 2021 with self-love! 2020 caused most of us to really reflect on what's important and lead us to the realization that the world is in need of healing.  Love is the greatest gift we can give each other but it has to start with loving ourselves. In this episode, we discuss what self-love is and why it's so important. You and I...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of Take the Elevator now includes a second episode called 'This Monday' - we are so happy to be able to start the work week with you. Today we have a fun trivial conversation about birds and then we fly into a very personal conversation about Kory's mother who is slowly winning her fight against Covid in the hospital. We discuss an article regarding triage...

Send us Fan Mail Scene:  12 months ago on a Wednesday morning. Sitting at my vanity getting ready for work while listening to my favorite podcasts.  Scene: 12 months later on a Wednesday morning. Laying in bed getting ready for work while listening to my own podcast - Take the Elevator! What?!? 2020 has pushed so many of us into doing the things we only talked about. Kory and I have had so much fu...

Send us Fan Mail Healing properties that include herbs, teas, oils, soy, crystals, and more are sure to promote health and well-being. But is there a difference when the recipes used are from generations before and that tradition is carried on to the new generation? All. Well. Lita. Herbals has taken their old family secrets and infused them with the intentional study of herbs to produce the right...

Send us Fan Mail Live music and a look into the world of singer-songwriters and musicians will definitely elevate you today. 'The Shameless Band' is exactly that - a gifted band creating music that they are proud of -  knowing full well that music is the universal language that speaks to so many. Join me as we learn about their upbringing and background and how this band preps and plans...

Send us Fan Mail Creative self-expression, social interaction, and optimism are the mighty triad in this episode. Our first guest Elevator, Chelsea, is back to take you on this elevator ride which is "upward and onward from here."  Since July, she has become a co- business owner/operator of Pink and Scribble with someone who knows her better than anyone else - her sister! She sets up her...