The Motivational Voice Podcast | Motivation, Resilience and Life Skills

If you are not one of the millions of people who experienced living in a foreign country, you are missing out! At first glance, immersing yourself into a foreign culture can be daunting, whether you do it for work, college, or high school. However, there are benefits to studying or living abroad.  For one, it could be one of the most rewarding experience of your life.  In this episode, I interview...

Are you attracting the wrong person when it comes to relationships? Is this stopping you from living in a healthy, committed relationship? Is it you or the other person? My guest Abi Awotesu shares advice and tips that can help you attract the love of your life and avoid sabotaging your relationship without realizing it and what you can do about it. 

Is your head in the right space? Are there beliefs, past experiences and habits that are preventing you from reaching your true potential?  My guest Fred Gatty tackles limiting beliefs, mindset and certain learned behaviors that hold us back and hinder our success.

What makes the transition into adulthood so different for millennials? How do you transition to adulthood successfully?  My guest Asha Tarry shares useful tips and insight on how to make the transition into adulthood.  Asha is an author, a community mental health advocate, a psychotherapist, and a certified life coach.

How do you ground yourself and find balance in uncertain times?  Shelley Paxton woke up one day and realized that her highly successful job was negatively affecting her well-being.  She spent 26 years as an advertising and marketing executive for Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald's, and AOL. But she left it all behind to do some soul searching.  The result was transformational and led her to a...

Practical steps to remain resilient and cope with the stress caused by the pandemic. If you are wondering how to cope with the worry and stress about the coronavirus, I cover some practical things you can do to reduce stress and effectively cope with the anxiety around Covid19. I offer words of encouragement and resilience tips to help you through these difficult times.

How do you start the new year right? If you decided to take back control of your life this coming year, I walk you through 5 simple questions to get your priorities straight and kick off the new year with a solid footing.  Discover this simple but powerful technique that may change the way you set goals forever.

It takes strength, discipline and unwavering motivation to live with PTSD and DID. In this insightful interview, JD Covert takes us into the mind of someone living with PTSD and multiple personalities. She also reveals how she managed to live productively with PTSD and shares techniques for turning negative thoughts in to positive thoughts.

Rachel Anderson is the co-founder of Sigma's Bookshelf, a nonprofit book publishing company exclusively for teenage authors.  In this episode, my guest Rachel along with two young authors Ellie Kshirsagar and Aashna Abood talk about the inspiration behind Sigma's bookshelf and the process through which books are published for young authors.

How do you grief a loss?  How do you deal with the wave of emotions that come up when you lose someone you love? In this motivational podcast episode, my guest Roni Lambrecht shares her own story of grief and loss and what she did to deal with her son's passing.  We also discuss how to find the "light" in these dark moments of sorrow.  I hope the tips and information shared will hel...

Artist Joe T Burns went back to school to become a full-time realistic painter.  In this episode, Joe talks about the journey he took to become the artist he is today and some of the challenges he faced.  His project, Facing America, is a 22-life size portrait exhibition that portrays immigrants in their workplaces and highlights their stories and why they decided to come to America. 

Dr. Glenn Livingston shares a powerful and unusual approach to stop overeating or Binge eating.  Based on some estimates, as many as 20 million women and 10 million men will face an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Glenn used this technique to create healthier eating habits.  This strategy is for anyone who is struggling with Binge eating disorder (BED) or overeating.   

The most successful people in the world have one thing in common: they scrupulously adhere to morning routines.  from listening to music, meditating, praying, jogging, etc.  In this episode, Megan Lyons shares tips and tricks on how to create a morning routine and make it part of your life.

Learn how to search for a job using online job search techniques.  Find out how to maximize your chances of finding and getting the right job, things to consider when looking for a job including, understand the differences between public sector and private sector jobs, how to figure out the job's salary range and more. Valuable job search tips that can come in handy on your next job search.

Learn how to search for a job using online job search techniques.  Find out how to maximize your chances of finding and getting the right job, things to consider when looking for a job including, understand the differences between public sector and private sector jobs, how to figure out the job's salary range and more. Valuable job search tips that can come in handy on your next search.

My guest is Judge Shaun Floerke, who has helped countless people find hope and rebuild their lives bck from the grips of addiction.  Whether you know someone who is struggling with alcohol use, drug abuse or other types of substance or behavioral addiction, this episode gives a unique glimpse into what it takes to overcome addiction and what happens in treatment court. This episode is also filled...

Creating a Success Mindset with Troy McClain.  In this interview, Troy gives valuable tips on how to create a success mindset.  There are many obstacles to success.  A negative mindset can be one of the hardest challenges to overcome.  Listen as Troy talks about his early beginnings, his journey as an entrepreneur, the struggles he overcame, his appearance on the Apprentice Season 1, his latest pr...

There are life lessons in almost everything we do.  However, some life lessons can only be learned through travel and they can change your perception on life for the better. In this episode, I talk to Siffy and Tor Torkildson, a remarkable, well-travelled couple, sharing the lessons they learned from travelling.

Three 3 steps to creating positive habits that stick.  This episode explores the reasons why bad habits are so difficult to stop.  I discuss 3 tips that detail how to create positive habits using a scientifically sound approach to creating positive habits.

How do you stop worrying about life in general and negative events that happen around us? These days it feels like the world is going downhill. We are surrounded by bad news, natural disasters coupled with our own personal struggles. In this session, I introduce a simple exercise that teaches you how to stop worrying and stay positive despite the doom and gloom.

14 tips on how to improve communication in your relationship.  I break down how to avoid fights in a relationship by addressing 14 areas of communication.  If you feel communication in your relationship could be improved, this episode will offer you advice and tips on how to do that.  Some of the biggest challenges in a relationship can be eliminated if you make communication a priority. 

How do you brand yourself or your company? In this episode, I interview Leonard Kim, brand strategist and marketing strategy expert.  Leonard shares tips on how to build your brand and provides useful information on the best way to approach your brand strategy.  Branding can be useful to anyone looking to present themselves in a professional manner and can be personal or professional in nature.  

This episode shares 6 tips for keeping your new year's resolution throughout the year using real examples and strategies for how to keep your new year's resolutions and do it efficiently.  The tips shared in this episode can also be applied to any short-term goals.

Ryan Avery, 2012 world champion of public speaking shares tips on effective communication skills.  Good communication skills are essential for creating and building lasting relationships.  Communication can be effective when the proper techniques are applied.  In this interview, Ryan talks about what motivated him to become a public speaker and shares insightful techniques for improving communicat...

Additional career change advice you should consider when making a career change.  Insightful and concrete tips to help you transition to a new career.  This episode is the conclusion of the career change episode started on episode 6 of the Motivational Voice podcast.