Motivation Episodes

Send us a text Shawn Walchef is the founder of Cali bbq media, Restaurateur, and Podcast Host who specializes in Teaching other restaurant and small business owners digital media marketing through his weekly podcast so that they can own their mobile first website content and thrive in the new digital world. Cali bbq media is Open for Delivery & Online Take Out Orders of BBQ & To-Go Cocktails only during COVID19. Cali bbq media has participated in several bbq festivals over the years and ddThey h...

Send us a text My name is Joseph Holmes. I am an experienced guest and as a result of hearing my story people are often moved to tears and become aware of their own angels and experience a new sense of hope, meaning, significance and joy in their lives. I am a survivor of childhood sexual trauma and a disabled (PTSD) combat veteran who, in 1991, went through a complete nervous breakdown resulting in the loss of my career and livelihood. I survived through the grace of God and my angels. I have...

Send us a text recording artist, John Blangero, has made for himself. One listen to his soulful album, “Delta Tales” by alter-ego Sun King Rising will make the oddness of that pairing seem almost normal. Neither his music nor his work as a renowned genetic scientist are strange at all, it turns out. Call it “The Genetics of Soul.” Blangero quickly displayed prodigious musical gifts when he started taking piano lessons at age five in his hometown of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Five years later, he ...

Send us a text Tim Tortora has countless stories from the road. Living and working all over the world - basically on the road for 13 years of his career. Running Oprah Winfrey's film and long-form TV unit, the Benji franchise, producing at Mandalay Sports Entertainment, working on Jackass: The Movie, The Burton Movie and countless TV & film projects. Tim stopped traveling and working in the trenches of film production when he knew he wanted a family -- and not just in name. Tim continue to work...

Send us a text Giancarlo is an author of speculative fiction, host of The Story King Podcast, and homeschooling dad. His writing has been featured in anthologies and Writer's Digest. He has written four books in total: Darrin DeLuza and the Devil, Cain's Confession, Massimo's Mirror and Other Stories, and How to Launch Your Podcast Like a Pro. Giancarlo host The Story King Podcast, a show featuring inspiring conversations about the art and business of storytelling and living life. Giancarlo also...

Send us a text Charles Holey Inspirational Speaker & Author Charles L Holley (SpeakerHolley is an award-winning Toastmasters International Speaker, Author of several Inspirational books, and 20+ year Technology Business Professional who specializes in Engagement, Inspiration, and Communication. He was born the 17th child of poor farmers in North Alabama during the height of the civil rights movement but overcame many obstacles to become the first family member to graduate from college. His w...

Send us a text Charmaine Hammond, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) is a highly sought-after business keynote and workshop speaker, entrepreneur, author and educator who teaches and advocates the importance of developing trust, healthy relationships and collaboration in the workplace. She has helped clients in many industries build resilient and engaged workplaces, develop high trust/high accountability relationships, and solve workplace issues and conflict that gets in the way of success an...

Send us a text Ed Roman is an Award-winning singer/songwriter, performer and multi-instrumentalist froEd’s uniquely crafted songs have received regular rotation on more than 100 terrestrial radio stations across North America and more than 600 stations, worldwide. Ed was featured as an “Emerging Artist” in Billboard Magazine, December 2018. The animated music video for the Top 20 iTunes charting song, “Red Omen” has been shown at numerous film festivals around the globe, earning accolades and ra...

Send us a text My name is AJ Churchill and I'm a composer and sound designer, co-founder of The Lunar Company (a fiction podcast startup), and co-creator of Earth Eclipsed (Tribeca Festival 2021 official selection, 5-time Lovie award-winner, NYFestivals Radio Awards Gold). Earth Eclipsed is an 8-episode sci-fi space epic with immersive sound design and an original score. I led the fully-remote audio team and we produced all the sound, including writing hours of music for the show. The show will...

Send us a text Tom Tikka picked up the guitar at the tender age of six after hearing Paul Anka’s “Lonely Boy” in his father’s old Chevrolet. Soon afterwards, he began writing songs. Tom’s infatuation with music only deepened after his aunt’s husband Timo "Oippa" Oinonen introduced him to the concept of lead guitar and even more importantly to the music of such legendary groups as The Beatles and The Doors. Tikka formed almost as many groups as he disbanded in his late teens and early twenties. ...

Send us a text Cory M Coons is a professional independent performer, musician and award winning & nominated songwriter. With 30 years of performing and working in music, he has been passionate about music since his early teens as a guitar player/bassist & vocalist in High School. He began recording his own unique melodies and musical ideas while travelling and performing in a variety of very popular cover bands throughout the mid-to-late 90's in both Ontario and the United States, with st...

Send us a text Dreadrock is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, businessman, and record producer. Born and raised on the westside of Chicago, Dreadrock first started his musical career in 2011 recording himself off the iPhone, as an outlet to voice his emotions, overcoming emotional trauma from the streets. You can check out all of dreadrocks music along with his artists at www.swervnation.com

Send us a text Ken Brandt is the author of the adventure and humor filled memoir “Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight”. He has led a fun and adventurous life and had a successful business career despite (or perhaps in part because of!) his bad eyes. Poor eyesight never impacted Ken’s vision of what life could be. Whether galloping across the Montana range, exploring claustrophobic (and fiery!) caverns, chasing a thief through the streets of 1980s New York, or...

Send us a text Jewels is a woman who has lived two lives in one lifetime. The first part was a life of childhood abuse and trauma which grew into the full-blown disease of alcoholism. Jewels life was out of control and she was circling the drain. The second part is life today and how Jewels urgently worked through her past and now have a wonderful life as a result. But her story is not your average girl gets sober story. She didn’t just get sober. She created a life of truth and authenticity. He...

Send us a text Ani Rich enjoys Sharing life lessons and tips to help people transform t every area of their lives. Ani discusses how she managed to travel and live in a van for 8 months with my husband and our 3-year-old. She shows people why balancing alone time and community time is vital for being content In her coaching cessions she helps her clients discover why Healing inner child wounds can take a long time and how to support ourselves through the journey Ani also specializes in teachin...

Send us a text Author, Speaker, Filmmaker : Erin helps people IDENTIFY what's holding them back, RECOGNIZE the root cause, and OVERCOME it. Hi, I’m Erin Wiley Sands, and I am the author of The Dunes, an inspirational faith-based book for personal growth. I am the creator of the online program and community: Live More, Carry Less. Live More, Carry Less is a space to release the fears and limited thinking that have been holding you back, as you step into the gifted, loving, formidable, fully capab...

Send us a text John Giordano Addiction, Trauma and Recovery Expert - MAC, DHL, CAP, Certified Hypnotherapist, Author, Entrepreneur It was by no accident that John Giordano chose addiction treatment as his life’s work. Growing up the son of a heroin dealer and trying to cope with the trauma of being molested as a young boy, he fell hard into drugs and alcohol. Over thirty-five years ago, at the urging of his family, John entered rehab. He emerged a changed man - committed to helping others affli...

Send us a text Hey I'm Jay, affectionately known in Texas as "The Credit Cowboy", the Founder of G5Financial.com and also the author of the Amazon title: "The Money Book: A Brief Guide to Building Personal and Business Credit in Any Economy". Over the last four years our team has helped several hundred people with credit issues qualify for mortgages and in turn save tens of thousands of dollars in interest! G5Financial.com assists members with strategically building out credit profiles that are ...

Send us a text Michael Stein is an entrepreneur, actor, writer, director, producer, stand-up comedian, and personal development expert. Michael is the founder and CEO of Abadak Inc. A company that he started with zero money and has since made 100+ million dollars. Michael started his entrepreneurial career when he was 19 years old, becoming the #1 young nightclub promoter in Los Angeles. Michael has acted and worked with multiple Academy Award-winning actors, filmmakers, producers, and fortune...

Send us a text As frontman and chief songwriter for 80s/90s seminal Pittsburgh rock band, Little Wretches, Robert Wagner rode a wave of local notoriety that led the band to the forefront of the underground music scene. The Little Wretches were founded as a folk/punk band by Robert (guitar) and his brother, Chuckie (violin). The “classic” Mach 2 era of Little Wretches included Ed Heidel (bass), Chris Bruckhoff (percussion, wind instruments, backing vocals) and Bob Goetz (guitar), rounded out by D...

Send us a text Louise Cappi is an internationally acclaimed New Orleans-based singer/songwriter, recording artist and entertainer. She is the daughter of the late great New York jazz guitarist, Al Cappi. Louise and her band pack the house on Friday and Saturday nights at her weekly residency at Mahogany Jazz Hall, in New Orleans. She has also been a regular performer on the NYC music scene. Cappi has received global rave reviews of her music. Powerful, explosive, humorous & soul-stirring is the ...

Send us a text Coach Chris is recognized as the #1 Travel GURU who delivers a unique, relevant, humorous, motivational message that empowers everyone. When Christopher Klesh aka COACH CHRIS left his successful 31-marketing executive career with AT&T behind, he became a master of traveling in luxury for pennies on the dollar. Chris took advantage of his entrepreneurial nature and extensive travel experience to launch, Lifetime Leisure Experiences. Since 2002, as a professional speaker, coach, con...

Send us a text In this episode I am joined by Kye Harris. Kye is a Financial Adviser, Business Owner and Host of ‘It’s More than Money’ Podcast. Kye is real, honest and passionate about helping to understand that a humans worth is not what they have in the bank or the possessions they own, but what is inside of them. When people know what they value most, Kye believes that creating a plan for financial success becomes a much simpler and more effective process. With money having such an emotion...

Send us a text From her start as a Playboy Centerfold and Covergirl to her life as a Screen Actors' Guild member and then Top Rated Insurance professional, Deborah Driggs has had to clear many hurdles in life to make these things happen. And while it may seem like Deborah's success came easy to her, nothing could be further from the truth. Rather, she has overcome a number of challenges in her life to get where she is today but what IS true and part of her character, is her willingness to take r...