Supergivers Podcast With Jesse Johnson

Linda Kohanov is an author and equine-facilitated learning facilitator whose message about non-predatory power - derived from years of studying and relating to horses in their natural social communities - could be a life-changing resource for humanity.

Andrea Leda has been called "the Life Coach Guru" and "a force to be reckoned with who truly makes this world go round." As a sought-after master coach, teacher, and mentor, she is dedicated to helping people understand that no matter where your life takes you, you are worth being brave with your life. Jena Coray is an intuitive energy worker who helps stressed-out creatives find more balance, ease and freedom from the inside out. She offers distance energy healing sessions and a one-on-one coaching program to help people learn how to harness the power of their intuition to guide them in everyday, busy life.

Andrea Leda has been called "the Life Coach Guru" and "a force to be reckoned with who truly makes this world go round." As a sought-after master coach, teacher, and mentor, she is dedicated to helping people understand that no matter where your life takes you, you are worth being brave with your life. Jena Coray is an intuitive energy worker who helps stressed-out creatives find more balance, ease and freedom from the inside out. She offers distance energy healing sessions and a one-on-one coaching program to help people learn how to harness the power of their intuition to guide them in everyday, busy life.

Chad Brown is an accomplished documentary style portrait and adventure photographer, creative director, conservationist, and founder/president of a non-profit organization. He has a strong vein when it comes to outdoor adventure travel and documenting threatened wild spaces, as well as connecting the public to endangered areas by capturing and showing the true spirit of the people of these lands. He also produces intense, raw images of stylized dramatic documentary portraits by creatively using a bold approach, unique angles, and dramatic lighting. He is deeply interested in capturing moments of passion and the human spirit. Through his striking documentary portraits and photographic exhibitions, he showcases and advocates for social and environmental justice. He studied communication design and photography at American Intercontinental University. He then attended Pratt Institute in NYC, where he earned Masters of Science in Communication Design. He has managed interdisciplinary teams as a creative direct

Nanci Luna Jiménez is recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally for her highly effective and insightful training, inclusive facilitation, and dynamic speaking with groups of diverse ages, industries, and cultural backgrounds. She founded Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation (LJIST) in 1994 to design and deliver programs to encourage individuals in their process of personal transformation, releasing individual initiative to create a more just and equitable workplace and world. Nanci’s signature approach to social justice and healing continues the legacy of work that Dr. Erica Sherover-Marcuse, who coined the term “unlearning racism,” began and Lillian Roybal Rose, M.Ed., recognized Cross-Cultural Communication specialist, continued. This process empowers participants to take pride in their own heritage as a means of building alliances with others. Nanci expertly combines these teachings with methodologies developed by the Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA), an international organizat

Marpessa Allen is a community leader, birth worker, and advocate for disadvantaged populations in the greater Denver area. In this conversation, we discuss leadership through the lens of oppression, and what it means to find your voice.

Kate Neligan is an equine-partnered life/career coach, writer, and speaker who is devoted to the human-animal bond. She bridges leadership strategy with spiritual psychology in her work with corporate teams and organizations to help create healthier cultures that thrive. Kate pairs her intuitive gifts with those of horses to build stronger teams and leaders through mindfulness and communication skills. She is a TEDx speaker, best-selling author, Founder of Synergy TV, and left her VP marketing role in corporate entertainment to pursue her calling in personal and professional development.

Dr. Leticia Nieto’s book Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone, helps analyze the psychological dynamics of privilege and oppression, and describes ways to develop skills to promote social justice. Leticia has been working for over three decades as a counselor and educator. She is a Professor in the Master of Arts in Counseling Program at Saint Martin’s University and Artistic Director of Pasajer@s Playback Theatre. She speaks and trains on topics of diversity and anti-oppression in the Northwest, nationally, and internationally. She is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a certified Trainer, Educator, and Practitioner (TEP) in psychodrama, an Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer (APTT), and has the Approved Supervisor Designation from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

Adam is an executive leadership coach specializing in working with the Smartest People in the Room. A former software developer and attorney, Adam’s learned the hard way about the costs that come from keeping your heart safe and chasing after external rewards to feel whole and complete. From love, Adam is connection, passion, presence, wit and brilliance. From fear, he is awkward, robotic, apathetic, irrelevant and arrogant. He’s learned to embrace all these parts of himself, and works with others to do the same in their own lives. Living with his beautiful wife and their two dogs (one of which is a cat) in Victoria, B.C., He is a man on a mission to bring the world to a more inspired and fully-expressed place.

Evan is a creative & social leader focused on building new solutions. He believes in collaboration & collective impact, with community-based art non-profit, I Paint My Mind at the center. In this episode, we discuss the power of art, yes, but also the power of trusting yourself and the guidance you might get from that one key person in life.

Lucy bought Alchemy of Movement (AOM) in 2010, a dance studio in Boulder, CO, after receiving her master’s degree in Psychology from Naropa University. Her Psychological background led to the birth of Dance To Be Free (DTBF) due to the therapeutic and cathartic quality of her teaching style. In March of 2015, Lucy founded DTBF along with her Board of Directors. Dance To Be Free’s mission is to share the healing power of dance with women in prison nationwide. The cathartic choreography and passionate music leads to physical, spiritual and emotional healing without the burden of talking! Their program launched at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility in July of 2015 and has grown into weekly classes and a teacher-training program. Since their inception, DTBF has expanded to 8 states (NE, WA, HI, MS, FL, VA, TN and AR) with our Teacher-Training program, certifying over 400 prisoners as dance teachers.

Anya Hankin is a facilitator, leadership mentor, and creative catalyst. Anya is the creator of the Catalyst Leadership Immersion — an in-person cohort supporting emerging and evolving leaders as they hone their facilitation skills, uplift their unique leadership style, and build their signature offer. Over the last twenty years, Anya has experienced first-hand the abundant potential that happens when we gather — for healing, for belonging, for radical accountability, for truth-telling, for hope-filled possibility — and she knows that together we can redefine what it means to rise.

Lefford Fate is a retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant who is now an author, Ted speaker, and life coach. He currently runs the Support Services for the city of Sumter, South Carolina, where he seeks to revolutionize the way we look at our prison system, our mental health system, and our approach to mind set.

Dorice Horenstein is a Jewish educator, turned speaker and author of Moments of The Heart: Four Relationships Everyone Should Have to Live Wholeheartedly. Horenstein was born and raised in Israel and moved to Portland after serving as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and after meeting her soon-to-be husband while volunteering on a kibbutz. She worked in education for more than 30 years, teaching more than 1,000 students in private and class settings. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature, and certificates in Linguistics and Project Management from Portland State University. Today, the world is her classroom as she uses her unique communicative style and her knowledge in helping others foster the four relationships everyone should experience to live wholeheartedly! She speaks to all groups who wish to live a better, more focused and enjoyable life! A life with a purpose. She enjoys Israeli folk dancing and spending time with family and friends. Her work has been praised by Rab

A true social entrepreneur, Lou Radja continues to work tirelessly to help individuals and teams thrive at the intersection of success & significance. A recognized and award winning Motivational Speaker and founder of Lou Radja Enterprises, Mr. Radja’s trainings on leadership, personal growth, diversity and service inspire and equip audiences around the world, to Be More and Give More. As Founder and Executive Director of EduCongo, a U.S. based nonprofit organization; Lou’s energy is also devoted to generating awareness and support to provide quality education for over 2,000 underprivileged children in the Congo. A graduate of Portland State University where he studied International Affairs with a focus on development challenges and opportunities in today’s globalized world. Lou is a member and Past President of the Portland Pearl Rotary Club and serves on various nonprofit boards in the community. Lou and his wife Stacy are proud parents of two boys, Yenga and Senda!

Rukaiyah Adams is the Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Memorial Trust, one of the largest charitable foundations in the Pacific Northwest. She is responsible for leading all investment activities to ensure the long-term financial strength of the organization. Throughout her tenure as CIO, Ms. Adams has delivered top quartile performance; and beginning in 2017, her team hit its stride delivering an 18.6% annual return, which placed her in top 5% of foundation and endowment CIOs. Under the leadership of Ms. Adams, Meyer increased assets managed by diverse managers by more than 3x, to 40% of all assets under management, and women managers by 10x, to 25% of AUM, proving that hiring diverse managers is not a concessionary practice. Before joining Meyer, Ms. Adams ran the $6.5 billion capital markets fund at The Standard, a publicly traded company. At the Standard, she oversaw six trading desks that included several bond strategies, preferred equities, derivatives and other risk mitigation strategies. Ms. Adams

Philip Folsom is an anthropologist, culture development expert, veteran, and CEO of Wolf Tribe a division of Philip Folsom Programs. He is also the founder of Human Kind—a holistic consulting agency, as well as SPARTA, a critically acclaimed PTSD and suicide prevention program for warriors. Philip is known for his unique Tribe workshop that focuses on the primary culture components of building healthy and high performing teams. His work regularly includes innovative adventure programming such as vision quests, caving, high ropes challenge courses, Zen archery, and workshops with real horses and wolves. Philip Folsom’s reputation in the team development world is legendary. His in person events and seminars have dramatically improved the lives of over 500,000 people. His current clients include Microsoft, Apple, Snapchat, Fox Pictures, and Space X. Philip has sat on numerous boards including Red Bull’s High Performance Department. His work is regularly featured on television and podcasts. Philip works regular

Kerry David is the documentary filmmaker at the helm of a ground-breaking anti-poaching film, Breaking Their Silence, which illuminates several women-lead anti-poaching organizations and their brave missions.

Scott Fauble is a professional runner with Hoka One One NAZ Elite in Flagstaff, Arizona. He recently finished 7th at the Boston Marathon, claiming the 11th-fastest time for a US marathoner ever. In this interview, Scott and I dive into the existential layers of process over outcome, performance mindset in community, and the value of pro sports in today's humanity.

Elizabeth Nye is the Executive Director at Girls, Inc Pacific Northwest, an affiliate of Girls, Inc. This organization provides after-school leadership development for girls at a time when it couldn't be more critical. This episode details Elizabeth's personal journey to leadership for the next generation of powerful women, as well as insight that might surprise you about why this mission is so important.