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Life will often take us off course, that's to be expected. Our goal is to stay in alignment with promises of God. Today's guest, Ross Harrop helps us examine the topic of lining up with our purpose. Ross Harrop is Area Director for the C-12 Executive Roundtable. Prior to C12, he served in planning, development, and operational leadership positions in the non-profit sector for more than three decades.  His first career was as an executive with the Boy Scouts of America for 33 years.  With CEO experiences from coast-to-coast, as well as a role on the BSAs National Staff, Harrop recognized his call to ministry in each leadership assignment within the character building movement that impacted his youth as he became an Eagle Scout.

5 Compelling Strategies for Business Success with LaFern Batie   Have you wondered why your business idea is stuck on paper? Or, maybe you are moving forward but you simply can’t level up your outcomes.  On today’s episode, LeFern Batie enlightens us on the compelling strategies used by entrepreneurs and organizational leaders to soar like eagles to improve clarity and productivity. As CEO of The Batie Group, LaFern is committed to creating practical, high-impact organizational solutions that help leaders maximize performance and profits.  She is a business strategist, leadership consultant, corporate trainer, keynote speaker and author of Marketing Brand YOU®: Moving from Chaos to Clarity.   Each year, Fern hosts and facilitates The Annual Unveiling Retreat which serves leaders ready to take action to achieve the opportunities before them. Attendees learn to make themselves a priority while achieving their professional goals. To learn more visit: www.TBGUnveilingRetreat.com

No matter what we are doing, it's important to give it our best effort.  By structuring our day and goals, we are more likely to reach success but more importantly we can achieve our goals with a sense of peace and fulfillment.  Routines that respond to our personality, temperate and style help us achieve more with less anxiety. This eposide discusses the value of regular routines.

Purpose selects you.  There's no need to ask, "What's my purpose?" We always know what makes us tick and what feels like service from the heart. To understand purpose, we have to overcome the challenge of not making time to observe and listen for the clues life provides. The feeling that something is missing or that we should be doing something different goes away as we become more of the authentic person we were purposed to be.

Every year Father's Day, comes after Mother's Day and some dads feel the day is just an after that.  That's not so! We love and celebrate our dads and husbands.  This episode is dedicated to the great men in our lives and those we hold fond memories of. 

In today's market place, we are bombarded with brands in our retail, corporate and digital marketing spaces.  Brian Butler, CEO of Vistra Communication, Inc. discusses how we can stand out in the crowded spectrum of noisy messages.  Personal branding for yourself, your product or your niche is a form of marketing creates a consistent public image that demonstrates your values and overall reputation. Personal branding offers a successful marketing strategy that can take your brand to the next level.   

For years, Lisa battled with her weight.  Her ethnic background gave her a diverse palate and her midwest upbringing instilled an active lifestyle of competitive sports.  But healthy eating and active living did not produce the change she desired.  It was not until she discovered the Ideal Protein Protocol that she was able to achieve real results.    Today she operates two wildly successful clinics and impacts the health profile of 1000s.                          In today's episode, Lisa shares the tips you need to get your weight under control and your life moving in the direction you want.

This episode ask the question of do you value yourself, the gifts and talents you possess and encourages you to share them with the world.

Dr. Haynes reminds us, you can’t ignore God’s economy, which includes debt and spending principles and keep your peace. When money is out of control – fear, anger and stress follow. Dr. Chonta Haynes has an exciting, inviting, encouraging,fire cracker personality in Biblical teaching. Uncompromising when it comes to the word of God, she is passionate to help believers live an abundant life. From youth to money and everything in between she pours her heart into God’s word seeking treasures to share with others. Dr. Haynes is a compassionate relationship builder and communicator as well as the author of “Family Worship: Reaching All Who Attend”, "Financial Wisdom For Financial Freedom", and "Not Just Paper". .

Happy Mother's Day! This episode celebrates our mothers and the women we've become through their love and guidance.  

Monica D. Reed, relationship coach and three time International Best Selling Author and Speaker, works with women and married couples to understand who they are individually and together.  After working with Monica, her clients discover and ignite the passion within their marriage and themselves.    Monica believes that all relationships can be successful when individuals and couples embrace the core values they bring to the relationship, embrace a positive mindset and do the work necessary to see themselves and their partner through realistic lens. Monica teaches couples to release the fantasies in their minds and realize the fantasies in their everyday lives. Her Removing Everything Negative Everyone Wins Within (R.E.N.E.W.W.) YOU movement allows women all over the world to rediscover, redefine and redesign themselves as the woman they were born to be.  ​For Monica, removing your masking and living your authentic self, is the authentic path to self-discovery and happiness. Her latest empowerment movement "L

Dr. Sandra Braham was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Coast JFCS in March 2016. Dr. Braham oversees Gulf Coast JFCS’s more than 500 staff members and implementation of the agency’s programs which support families in more than 35 Florida counties. She is a strategic visionary leader with broad experience in organizational development, diversity and staff engagement. Dr. Braham shares insights from her personal journey, the passion which led her to a career in human services and higher education. She understands the struggle is real for so many families but by following the call on her life, see has been able to serve so may and gives tips on to work with the families and people God places in our path. Sandra brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in the not-for-profit sector, but demonstrates what can be accomplished when we are obedient to God's call.

Naomi Sodomin is an International Speaker, Trainer, Coach, and the author of the International Best-Selling book Embrace the Mirror. She’s also a former Registered Nurse with extensive experience in transition. Naomi is the founder and CEO of Embrace The Mirror, a training company designed to give women executives and women in corporate America a step-by-step system they can use to leverage their gifts and talents to create a profitable business that they are passionate about.

Profit coach, Susie Carder, is truly a self-made millionaire. She started with one salon and health spa and built it into one of the most successful businesses in the country. She then founded and sold three profitable companies, the last of which sold for eight figures to Cengage. Susie is passionate about helping other business owners achieve what came naturally to her – growth and sustainability. Susie’s calling is clear and permenates her work and service: Bring this level of freedom to others.  In her popular program, thePredictable Success Method™, Susie has guided hundreds of companies to develop personalized operation systems in finance, sales, and marketing.  Susie is currently consultant of Lisa Nichols’ Motivating the Masses, a global transformation and training company, and author of nine books and multiple training programs. Her Best-Selling book, Living Proof(co-authored with Lisa Nichols) and Bootstrap to Big Time: Entrepreneurs Guide to Having it All and Loving it All, is available today.  Joi

Discovering your life's purpose can be life long pursuit, but recognizing the gift you born to bring to the world is freedom.

Celeste Roberts is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Skill Center and has focused her career and gifts on teaching youth life and academic skills necessary to succeed in life.  This episode explores the roles leaders, communities and families investing our youth.

A best friend is the person who knows both your weaknesses and strengths and loves you in spite of them.  They keep you motivated when your journey seems toughest.  In tough times, you may find your BFF is closer than you think. Dr. Swagger offers a new outlook on defining BFF.

Life deals us all sorts of circumstances and conditions. We have the choice of suffering under them in a broken state or deciding to make the best of each situation by creating what we need, want and desire in for ourselves.    

Join Dr. Swag and Kim Sikorski, Fitness and Nutrition Expert, as they discuss creating healthy habits that give you the strength and clarity to design the life you want. Understanding how physical exercise, nutritional habits, and play make a healthy lifestyle.