Values Based Life

Michele Wong is a seasoned leader in fitness and wellness partnership management , with over 25 years of experience operating diverse business models across the health and wellness industry. She is known for building high-performing teams that deliver exceptional client and member experience. Michele's mission is to foster healthier communities by integrating fitness, wellness, nutrition, and heal...

Mike Harbour is the President of Harbour Resources , which he founded with the mission to help build great leaders. With 12 years of experience in the U.S. Army and a career in corporate America, he has coached, interviewed, and mentored tens of thousands of leaders since 1999. Mike has worked alongside leadership experts including John Maxwell and Quint Studer, and is an accomplished speaker, aut...

In this episode of Values Based Life , Kevin Bokelman , Vice President of Device Development at Aspen Neuroscience , shares his engineering and leadership journey, highlighting how culture, values, and people-centered leadership shape his professional experience. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and previously spent 12 years at Hewlett-Packard, starting as a...

In this episode of Values Based Life, Robert speaks with Justin Langhill — a golf performance coach based in Raleigh, NC, specializing in integrating golf instruction with fitness training to help golfers unlock their best game. Originally from Worcester, MA, he has been coaching and training golfers of all levels since 2016, focusing on improving how the body moves to generate more power, consist...

Greg Mansur is the CEO of EHE Health , the nation's leading provider of adult preventive care serving self-insured employers.   With over 30 years of health and welfare benefits industry experience, Greg has a proven track record of delivering high performing health care program and advisory services to large, national employers.   Prior to his current role at EHE Health, Greg served in national l...

Claudia Cordova Rucker is a Business Growth Navigator, speaker, and former seven-figure spa owner who helps service-based entrepreneurs move from burnout, bottlenecks, and unpredictable income to sustainable success and profitability. As the founder of Beyond Ordinary Business and creator of the Mindful Scale™ methodology, she combines creative growth strategy, practical business practices, and mi...

Cori Rizman is Vice President of DEA Compliance at Ascent Pharmaceuticals , where she leads enterprise-wide compliance programs to safeguard controlled substances and strengthen regulatory trust. A former DEA Diversion Group Supervisor and Subject Matter Expert, she brings more than 20 years of experience in investigations, risk management, and oversight. Prior to joining Ascent in 2024, she direc...

John Mesenbring is a seasoned engineering, manufacturing and operations executive in the medical device industry know for work launching new products, quality, lean manufacturing and cost reduction. He is currently VP of Manufacturing Operations & Product Quality at Noah Medical. Prior to that he worked in various roles at Intuitive Surgical including VP of Manufacturing and Fellow. John holds a B...

Howard Martin brings more than thirty years of experience in business and personal development to the position of Executive Vice President, Strategic Development. Howard's responsibilities include global alliances, marketing, and program and product development.  Howard has been instrumental in assisting Doc Childre in the development and teaching of HeartMath's programs since its inception. He sp...

Faith Best is a licensed clinical social worker and mental health leader with nearly fifteen years of experience connecting at-risk individuals to life-saving care. As Director of Clinical Operations at NeuroFlow, a leading behavioral health technology company, she oversees teams dedicated to identifying vulnerable populations and bridging critical gaps in mental health services. Faith brings clin...

Tune in for a chat with  Susan Leahy , MA, CSP — a dynamic and values-driven speaker, trainer, and coach who believes the meeting room is one of the most powerful spaces to shape culture and impact lives.   As the founder of Robert's Rules Made Simple, since 2004 she has trained more than 10,000 boards and meeting chairs across North America to run meetings that are not just productive, but health...

Clarence Hairston is the Director of Content Operations at Tempo , leading Fitness Operations and Content Production. A U.S. Air Force veteran with a background in performance and leadership, he's helped shape Tempo's on-camera experience and grow its world-class coaching team. His global travels and passion for building community through movement continue to inspire the innovative, human-centered...

Host of Wisdom Talk Radio, International Executive Mentor and Certified Master Trainer, Laurie Seymour, M.A., is the founder and CEO of The Baca Institute. She is the author of Unconditional Remembrance: Your Connection to Source .    Over twenty-five years ago, Laurie was honored to receive the stewardship of a special energetic technology, Turaya Touch© and Turaya Meditation©, that activates you...

Kirk Monson sets the vision and strategic direction for Beta Bionics ' brand, product positioning, messaging, and growth strategy. He brings over 16 years of leadership experience in diabetes medical devices, with deep expertise in product marketing, commercial strategy, and market development. Prior to joining Beta Bionics, he held multiple senior leadership roles at Medtronic Diabetes across mar...

Lisa's journey began in 2006, when she was experiencing anxiety, that was preventing her from moving forward in her life. In that moment, she knew she wanted to find holistic ways to manage stress and anxiety — leading her to explore spiritual and energy-based practices that transformed her life. Lisa has been aligning people with their spiritual, emotional, and physical wellness for over 15 years...

Miranda Holder is a career and leadership coach who helps professionals navigate career and leadership transitions. She helps people go from stuck and unsure of what's next to clear and confident in their next steps so that they can do deeply satisfying and fulfilling work without compromising their time, energy, or resources. As a coach, she had an expansive range of skills, supporting people thr...

Kathy Sparrow is an award-winning author, ghostwriter, screenwriter, and publishing consultant known as the "Literary Midwife" for her two decades of mentoring aspiring writers in nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Many of her clients have become bestselling authors, secured agents, and achieved traditional publication thanks to her expert book coaching. Named one of LA Weekly's "Top 15 Book Coaches...

Barry Kleiman  is a social entrepreneur focused on rebuilding the cultural infrastructure of connection. As founder of The Playground Principles™ Movement and author of  The Playground Principles: Do Yours Still Matter? , he helps leaders and organizations reclaim the foundational rules — merit, accountability, fairness, trust, and shared success — that made us civil. Drawing on decades as an exec...

Eva M. Kennedy is a life coach, speaker, and author who empowers women — particularly mature Millennials and young Boomers — to reconnect with their core values, navigate life's transitions with confidence, and take bold, intentional steps toward the life they truly desire. She is the founder of the 1 Million Women, 1 Million Steps movement and creator of multiple workshops, including U Have the P...

Dr. Miriam Sekandi  is a seasoned educator, keynote speaker, and international best-selling author of It Takes a Village to Wreck a Child.   She is on a mission to interrupt generational trauma and cultural conditioning patterns through her signature S.A.C.R.E.D Communication Method - a healing centered framework designed to stop emotional pain from being passed down like hand-me-downs in families...

Alison Pena is a NYC-based widow, grief resilience coach, featured guest expert on 100 podcasts and co-hosts the GRIEF BeLIEF podcast. Bestselling author of The Bad Widow Guide to Life After Loss: Moving Through Grief to Live and Love Again, her article about being a caregiver for her 101-year-old MIL was published in Business Insider in September 2024. Links: https://badwidow.com  for your free G...

Tenea Watson Nelson, PhD, is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategist, scientist, and CEO of Watson Nelson Consulting. With nearly two decades of experience, she partners with leaders to create human-centered, data-informed strategies that foster authentic inclusion and drive transformative change. Her journey bridges science and social impact, beginning as a toxicologist at Gilead Sciences and...

Hayden Lee is a Master Certified Coach, Executive Life and Leadership Coach, and Founder of Hayden Lee Coaching International and Co-Founder of Master Mind Institute. An Enneagram teacher, mentor coach, writer, facilitator, and trusted advisor, he has been chosen as one of the "Top 20 Best Life Coaches in Los Angeles" for eight years in a row (2018–2025). He works with high achieving executives, l...

As the founder of Agency Authority, a project management and operations consultancy for agency owners, Melissa uses her 10 years of agency experience to help business owners maximize their team, increase productivity, and grow profits. Firmly committed to breaking the 'long hours and bad pay' stigma that plagues the agency world, Melissa and her team help business owners and their teams do the wor...

Eduardo Aliskevich is the founder of Novāscend, a consulting practice dedicated to help individuals and organizations build cultures of accountability. With over 20 years of experience in organizational development, his expertise includes leadership development and coaching, working with high-performing teams and individuals navigating change. As a Transformational Leadership and Accountability ex...