Richard LaMonica

The MisFitNation

Society EN ↓ 666 episodes

The MisFitNation Show: Empowering Stories of Resilience and Growth Welcome to The MisFitNation Show , hosted by Rich LaMonica , a proud US Army Veteran. Alongside a fellow Veteran and a prominent business leader, our mission is clear: to inspire and empower you to become a better human being. We spotlight the remarkable stories of Veterans and First Responders , showcasing their journeys of resilience, strength, and triumph over adversity. Each episode features captivating interviews with guests from diverse backgrounds, including authors , entrepreneurs , coaches , motivational speakers , and...

Author

Richard LaMonica

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.themisfitnation.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Kevin Boyle - US Army Veteran, Marathoner, Author- Going the Distance 26.01.2022

Kevin Boyle has been teaching in the Justice, Law, and Criminology Department since 2016. Mr. Boyle is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. During his 26 year career he served in positions of increased responsibility, including serving as the Chief of Staff for the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia (The Department of Defen...

Jenn Ashlyn - Author, Survivor Advocate 25.01.2022

Jenna Ashlyn is a volunteer for Southern Ohio’s Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, providing support and services to victims of abuse. She's a lover of animals of most types and spends her extra time being a mom and cuddling with her cocker spaniel. She studied creative writing at two universities and worked for a campus literary magazine. Jenna’s writing has appeared in numerous literary magazin...

Stanley McChrystal - Founder and CEO McChrystal Group 21.01.2022

The son and grandson of Army officers, McChrystal graduated from West Point in 1976 as an infantry officer, completed Ranger Training, and later, Special Forces Training. Over the course of his career, he held leadership and staff positions in the Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, 82nd Airborne Division, the XVIII Army Airborne Corp, and the Joint Staff. He is a graduate of the US Naval War Colle...

Teresa Xu - Author, Beyond The Surface 20.01.2022

Teresa Xu is the author of Beyond the Surface: Empathy, Identity, and Storytelling (published this August 2021), a memoir about understanding ourselves and others through storytelling and trying to understand justice and equity. I am currently a third-year undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN (USA), but I was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. I am studying Sociology,...

Mark Herschberg - Author, University Instructor, Startup Executive 19.01.2022

Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dub...

Gail Rudolph - author of Power Up Power Down, How to Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win/Win 18.01.2022

Gail Rudolph is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Power Up Power Down, How to Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win/Win. She helps readers discover how to harness their personal power and understand power dynamics present in all situations. Gail is credentialed to teach the six universal Principles of Persuasion based on the research of the “Godfather of Influen...

Lyla McCarty and Heather McCarty - A 10 year old fighting CRPS like a champ 13.01.2022

Lyla (9 at the time but now 10)was diagnosed with CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) also known as the “suicide disease” in March of 2021 unexpectedly. There is no cure for this disease. It causes excruciating pain. And even the simple touch of a hand can lead her to scream. Her foot is cool to the touch and is often purple or red. She can't walk on it any longer and can no longer engage in spo...

Bob DePasquale - Purpose Driven Impactmaker 12.01.2022

Bob DePasquale is a purpose driven Impactmaker.  He believes that everyone has the ability to make a positive impact in our world.  When Bob was 18, he moved to NY for college.  While in football training camp, and just 5 days before September 11th 2001, he was diagnosed with cancer.  In a very short period of time, his young, healthy life was turned upside down.  He was forced to shift his focus...

Jeni Raitsin - Mindful Productivity coach & Mental Fitness trainer 11.01.2022

Jeni is a Tel-Aviv-based, former architect turned entrepreneur, speaker & coach. She helps entrepreneurs and leaders work smarter, not harder, so they can stress less, accomplish more & feel better through Mindful Productivity.    https://leisurehacker.com/ https://youtu.be/64PznK4l_zQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/r...

Betsey Kulakowski - Author, The Veritas Codex Series 06.01.2022

Author Betsey Kulakowski has been writing and telling stories since she was a young child. Perhaps it was inevitable that grappling with words and language became a calling—and she is loving every moment. Betsey's first writing gig was with KEBC Radio in Oklahoma City where she conducted interviews and wrote reviews for Country Music's rising stars. She went on to write in professional safety and...

Stephanie Olson - CEO, The Set Me Free Project 04.01.2022

Stephanie Olson is a speaker, an author, and the Chief Executive Officer of The Set Me Free Project, a prevention education organization on human trafficking, social media safety, and healthy relationships. Stephanie has a mission to share that each person has an intrinsic value that can not be changed. Her work on teaching resilience in life and leadership has inspired people across the United St...

Steve Edwards - CEO Premier Virtual, US Army Veteran 30.12.2021

Growing up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Steve knew he wanted to join the Army after he graduated from high school. “I wanted to jump out of airplanes, so I was in the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg.” he says. After serving 4 years in the Army and 2 in the Florida National Guard, he decided to move on. “I realized the military was great, but financially, it just wasn’t what I was looking for...

Mike Duffy - Author, The Happiness Book 29.12.2021

Mike Duffy is a philanthropist and an author of five books on happiness including The Happiness Book: A Positive Guide To Happiness!, The Happiness Book For Men, and The Happiness Book For Kids Volumes I & II. He has interviewed the top thought leaders, athletes, rock stars, CEO's and celebrities in the world on happiness, work/life balance, resilience, and success for his books. He was an MC at W...

Doug Stebleton - Producer, Author 28.12.2021

Doug Stebleton has been working in the entertainment business since 1987. Born and raised in Glasgow, Montana, he came to Hollywood at age 19 and has lived and worked in southern California since then. His expertise is music publishing for film and television. His company owns a catalog of songs that are licensed to film and television studios and to independent productions. Some of the company’s...

George Siegal - Director, Producer, Podcast Host 23.12.2021

George is the owner of Move the World Films and directed and produced The Last House Standing and License to Parent. He also created the Move the World Podcast. George began his career in front of the camera as a weathercaster, newscaster, and sportscaster. He worked in markets from Los Angeles and San Francisco, to Seattle, Detroit, and San Antonio Texas.  George, his wife Nancy and their childre...

Paul Huszar - CEO & President of VetCor and Team VetCor 22.12.2021

LTC(R) Paul Huszar, CFE, P.E. is the CEO of VetCor, a restoration company focused on creating meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities for veterans, and Team VetCor, a holding company composed of several companies focused on creating business ownership opportunities for veterans and their immediate family members through franchising VetCor. Paul served 23 years on active duty including...

Dan Spencer - Music Coach 21.12.2021

Dan passes his passion and love for music to his students. Customizing each lesson for each individual student while at the same time implementing the flexible Best Music Coach curriculum creates growth in a no-pressure lesson environment. Dan has over 10 years of music coaching experience and is the author of the Best Guitar Book for Beginners series, The Best Music Theory Book for Beginners Seri...

Dr. Debi Silber - Post Betrayal Transformation 16.12.2021

Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation Institute and is a holistic psychologist, health, mindset, and personal development expert, the author of the #1 bestselling book: The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind, and Life After a Life Crisis and her newest book: Trust Again: Overcoming Betrayal and Regaining Health, Confidence, and Happiness. Her recen...

Scott DeLuzio - Author- Surviving Son, Host DriveOn Podcast 15.12.2021

Scott DeLuzio is an Army veteran, having served six years with the Army National Guard, including a deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. Scott’s brother, Steven, was also deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Unfortunately, Steven was killed in action on August 22, 2010. After returning home, Scott struggled with coping with the stresses of combat, the loss of his younger brother, and adjusting back to c...

Alexis Haselberger - Do more, Stress Less 14.12.2021

Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach who helps people do more and stress less through coaching, workshops and online courses.  Her pragmatic, yet fun, approach helps people easily integrate practical, realistic strategies into their lives so that they can do more of what they want and less of what they don't.  Alexis has taught thousands of individuals to take control of...

Victoria Wieck - Author, Podcast Host and more 13.12.2021

Victoria grew up in a sleepy coastal village in South Korea, surrounded by abundant natural beauty. One of her favorite activities was to watch the stunning sunset from her home, wondering what lay beyond the horizon. She would ask her mother endless questions about the world outside of her small town. Her mother read her stories and taught her how to read, but her curiosity knew no bounds. In sch...

Kimberly Spencer - Crown Yourself 12.12.2021

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling co-author, international motivational speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, stand out authentically, build their empire and achieve their full potential.   From her entrepreneurial beginnings at five selling bags of...

Jordan Skopp - Foul Ball Safety Now 10.12.2021

Foul Ball Safety Now! is a campaign started by Jordan Skopp, a Brooklyn realtor, lifelong baseball fan, and author of a forthcoming book about the wildly overlooked scandal in the professional baseball industry – the all-too-frequent incidence of fans being maimed by dangerous foul balls due to the lack of extended protective netting, and related failures to educate fans about their assumed risk a...

Tony Howard - Author, Why Not You 10.12.2021

Tony Howard, founder and CEO of Redefine Works, and author of "The Next Step: A Guide to Help You Keep Going, No Matter What," "Redefine Works," and "Why Not You?" writes from his wide range of experiences in education, business, and the US Navy. He studied business at the University of Phoenix and holds two master's degrees from Argosy and Brandman Universities. Tony calls California home and can...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos (Yani)- Leadership Consultant, Ministry Coach 06.12.2021

Ioannis has well over 10,000 hours of consulting, training, and coaching to churches, businesses, and ministries.  He has been successfully assisting organizational and leadership transformations for over 20 years.  He is an ordained pastor and holds a degree in church leadership with a minor in psychology.  Ioannis' coaching style, much like his leadership style, is very relational; and it leans...

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