WARNING: This episode contains mature subjects (sexual abuse, addiction). If those things trigger you into depression or other challenges, use caution if listening.

Life's university of adversity often serves up some pretty rough courses. We've all had them to varying degrees. Jane M Powers been through some horrific hardships, yet she has managed to find her way forward, rise above, and overcome.

Jane is one of the most resilient, beautiful people we've had the chance to interview. It was a thrill for me, Randy MCNEELY - The Kindness Giver and Elia Gourgouris Ph.D. - The Happiness Doctor to have the chance to interview this inspiring, humorous lady.

Jane is an author of "Revealing the Missing Peace" teaching readers how to find that missing piece in their life's puzzle in order to find the missing peace we all seek. She is a survivOR, as she likes to say. She is an international speaker and sales expert having created several multi-million dollar business. She has a wonderful sense of humor and contagious drive to lift and build others.

In 40 minutes you'll learn:

-Is it possible to pass through sexual abuse, have an alcoholic mother, and addictions, and come through it with the resilience that empowers you to thrive?

-What does it mean to be a survivOR?

-What can we do to find the missing peace in our lives?

-Why is focusing on the present so vital

-How can we turn our fight in to drive?

-What can we do to find the courage to speak up, speak out, and stand up for who we are?

Get the answers to these questions and many more.

Take a listen! You'll be glad you did.

About Jane:

Using her straightforward, big-hearted style, Jane M Powers guides thousands to Speak with Confidence and Sell with Authority. With decades of successful speaking, training, and coaching, and real-life experience founding and running three multi-million dollar businesses, Jane appreciates that success is truly about the power of your CORE message.

With over 30 years of sales success as a Corporate Executive and Entrepreneur, she brings you everything you need to ensure a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Jane has been changing the way people authentically sell and how to move people into action to expand great success, leave a legacy, and most of all - make a difference.

How to Connect with Jane:

Website:

https://janempowers.kartra.com/page/bDr52

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janempowers/

There are some people you meet for the first time and within minutes you feel comfortable with them, like you've known all your life. They elicit feelings of happiness, love, kindness, and connection.

Joy Abdullah is one of those people. His approach to business and coaching clients to brand likability through "seeing the human" is what differentiates him. He engineers the ability to work with people and grow people through kindness driven behaviors.

If that resonates with you, you won't want to miss this episode.

Here are just a few wisdom nuggets to whet your appetite:

- How does seeing the human help us in our relationships?
- How dos how we feel about ourselves affect our ability to impact others?
- Why is getting comfortable in our heart, soul, and body so important to how we feel about who we are?
- What are the nutrients in the tree of your life?
- How can we bring out our passion?

And so much more!

Take a listen! You'll be glad you did!

Connect with Joy here:

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/joyabdullah

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/joyabdullah_mktgstrategist/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/JoyAbdullah

Is it possible to find a kind pirate? I'll admit that putting pirate and kind in the same sentence seems like a bit of an oxymoron.

But, the fact of the matter is, you can find kind pirates in this world today and Russ Johns is the king of kind Pirates!

What a pleasure it was for me Randy MCNEELY - The Kindness Giver and Elia Gourgouris Ph.D. - The Happiness Doctor, to sit down with the amazing Russ Johns and be totally inspired by a plethora of wisdom bombs! The attached PDF is loaded with them, and there are even more!

In 35 minutes we discussed:

- How working to empower others to reach their goals empowers us to reach our goals
- How we can maintain a positive outlook even when our lives and days are not perfect
- How to avoid depression
- Why we can be grateful for wrinkles and scars
- How challenges can lead to joy
- How "NOW is temporary."
- How to inspire others
- We have a choice in how we respond to life

And so much more!

Take a listen. You will be glad you did.

Connect with Russ here:

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nextstepnext/

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/RussJohnsConnects

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/russell.johns

Website:

www.russjohns.com

What a thrill for me, Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver and Dr. Elia Gourgouris - The Happiness Doctor - to bring you an interview with an amazing, hard working, life living and loving, dream making, servant leader - Amadou Diallo.

I can promise you that thirty-five minutes of your time to listen to this podcast will be 35 minutes well spent.

In that time you will get answers to the following questions and much more:

How can we fire up the passion in our lives on a daily basis - personally and professionally?

Is it possible for someone to have 20 years work experience by the age of 25?

What role does curiosity play in the outcomes in our lives, both personally and professionally?

What doors can taking the initiative to learn a new language open up for you?

What is the best way to have a positive impact on people?

How can a trip to the home of your childhood help the younger generation learn valuable life lessons?

How can we say thank you over and over again to those who have helped us whether they are there to hear them or not?

What does it take to connect with people?

So many valuable nuggets to share!

Take a listen, you'll be glad you did.

Connect with and Follow Amadou:

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amadou-diallo-963975a/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1349812839

YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!

What a thrill to have Phil Pelucha on with myself, Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver and Elia Gourgouris Ph.D. - The Happiness Doctor! Phil is the Chief Influence Architect at Billionaires in Boxers - Helping people build global empires from his home where he rarely, as he says, puts pants on! Phil is the king of "PITCH SLAP" MARKETING - Yes that is the phrase - with a "P" "PITCH SLAP" Well what the heck is that? In a nutshell - It's your 30 second hook to reel your audience in at the beginning of a podcast and ensure they'll stay until the end! Never heard of it? Well listen to this episode with the "Pitch Slap" master - Phil Pelucha and you'll learn all about them and a whole lot more. In just over 30 minutes you'll learn: - How kindness and love in business can have a direct impact on your bottom line - How business is a team sport - What it really means to have a 4 day work week - The freedom that comes from scheduling your work around your priorities and not the other way around - How to create a "Pitch Slap" that will have your audience hungering for more - How strategic alliances can dramatically improve your wealth creation - How to grow your business by 7 or 8 additional figures - even if you have ZERO (yes that's right) listeners - AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

TAKE A LISTEN! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!

ABOUT PHIL

Hi, I am Phil Pelucha. - I build global empires from home and rarely put on pants. 👖 - Ranked as the number 1 Podcast Publicist for businesses. 🏆 - Often referred to as the ‘Sir Richard Branson’ of Podcasting & New Media. - TV Host & Producer. ⭐️ - Top 100 Podcaster. 🎤 - Reaching an audience of over HALF A MILLION listeners and over ONE MILLION Viewers. 🥇 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎... Become 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐗𝐄𝐑𝐒- to increase Sales & Authority using game-changing strategic alliances by leveraging podcasting & New media. Because MOST are… GREAT at what they do but are on a CASHFLOW ROLLERCOASTER as their industry’s best-kept secret. SO I help them to… Attract big partners, Win more quality business & reach BILLIONS. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 - You are GUARANTEED to win more clients, increase sales, boost your authority & grow your business, all WITHOUT spending a dollar on paid advertising. Working with NCPs (non-competitive partners), you access impactful referrals whilst reaching your perfect customers, with NO initial upfront cost, or ‘pay-to-play’ required.

CONNECT WITH PHIL

Website:

https://www.billionairesinboxers.com

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippelucha/

Okay people - get your notebooks and pens and be ready to right? Why? Because you are about to be completely WOWed with words of wisdom and words wonder from the amazing Barry Shore.

The Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is a change maker and life transformer whose profound message of JOY is being embraced globally. A successful serial entrepreneur with two multi-million dollar exits and 3 issued patents, Barry was afflicted suddenly with a crippling disease that left him completely paralyzed overnight. Barry’s decision to use this experience to better his life and the lives of others has opened a unique opportunity to find JOY in living regardless of circumstance.

We apologize now for anyone who gets a hand ache, which trust me, is a real possibility.

You will have a tough time keeping up with all of the mic dropping wisdom bombs that are dropped like candy that you'll scramble to grab and take in as quickly as possible!

And, as an added bonus, you'll have the privilege of experiencing first hand Barry's astounding #creativity in supplying golden nuggets of inspiration in the form of acronyms!

What is a H.U.G?

What is the real meaning of S.M.I.L.E?

How the heck can being willing to S.H.A.R.E. boost your energy?

Find out the real meaning of H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S.

What does it mean to go M.A.D.?

And so much more!

Trust me - YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!

How can you connect with Barry?

Website:

https://www.barryshore.com

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryshore/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/BarryShore

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/barryefryimshore

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/barryeshore/

This episode is dedicated to Dr. Mike Thomson and Tristan Roney - two men who blessed the lives of all who knew them. They both passed away the week before this was recorded.

Dr. Mike was going to be our guest. Raj Jana was kind enough to step up and step in to talk with us, even as both he and Elia Gourgouris Ph.D. were grieving Tristan's loss.

RAJ JANA - Is the CEO and founder of Stay Grounded Media, JavaPress Coffee, and several other businesses. He's a high impact investor on a mission to use capitalism and business as vehicle for doing good. He has a heart the size of TEXAS!

Because I and both Raj and Dr. Elia had been impacted by death in the same week, this episode took a different turn than expected.

We talked about death a good bit and how we can remain on FIRE (FILLED INTERNALLY WITH RESILIENT ENERGY).

If you've been impacted by the death of a loved one or friend in the last while, you won't want to miss this episode.

In just over 40 minutes we discuss:

- The importance of loving ourselves so we can more fully love others.
- How connection with others - being in the moment, helps our resilience
- How to get unstuck when we feel stuck in sadness due to loss
- How to honor those who've passed by allowing ourselves to feel a full range of emotions, both sadness and joy
- The power of living in alignment with who we are

And so, so, much more. This episode is filled with wisdom bombs throughout.

Take a listen. You'll be glad you did.

About Raj Jana

Raj Jana is an impact-driven investor, entrepreneur, and media host who’s passionate about using capitalism and business as a vehicle to make the world a brighter place.

After his mentor died of a heart attack just three months short of retirement, Raj felt compelled to step up and do something meaningful to challenge conventional ways of thinking. Inspired to break the paradigm, Raj founded the Stay Grounded Group® - a holding company that focuses on acquiring and scaling net-positive, impact-driven assets - with a mission to transform conscious capitalism into the default way of doing business.

Since launching in 2015, Raj’s first portfolio company JavaPresse®, a lifestyle brand in the coffee space, has helped over 350,000 individuals use coffee as a vehicle to achieve more daily fulfillment. Experiencing over 800% growth in the first few years through sound business and social focuses, Raj’s work has been endorsed by Daymond John of Shark Tank and featured in Forbes, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and various other news outlets. Driven by impact, JavaPresse® is an official partner of the Make-A-Wish Foundation - Central and South Texas and has donated over $50,000 to grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.

In addition to the Stay Grounded Group, Raj is also the founder of Stay Grounded Media®, a global podcast, education platform, and community focused on helping people realize and leverage the tools they already have to achieve more happiness, success, and fulfillment in daily life. This platform reaches thousands of people in 70+ countries every week and offers a blueprint that inspires people to create the extraordinary lives they want to live.

At age 27, Raj was 2019’s youngest recipient of the Houston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Award for his influence on local communities. He also writes about leadership, personal growth, and conscious capitalism in his own column for Inc Magazine, “Stay Grounded in Business.”

Connect with Raj

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-jana-9028a620/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/raj_jana/

Stay Grounded Media

https://www.rajjana.com/

If there was one word that could be used to describe Rachel Beck, it would be resilience. Why? Despite her personal desires, life has changed her plans multiple times.

Born to live a life of light inspired by her birth mother who gave her life when Rachel was born.

Indian by birth but raised in a Jewish household in the United States.

Survivor of many episodes of racism and extreme bias, multiple near death experiences, and many other tremendous challenges: YET SHE MOVES ON WITH FIERCE COURAGE!

You won't want to miss today's conversation.

In 30 Minutes you'll learn:

- How Rachel has stayed resilient while passing through the university of adversity and how you can too

- What it means to be a leader in these challenging times and how you can step up

- What you and I can do each day to light ourselves and others up

- How having a focused goal can empower you to impact and inspire others

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Take a listen - You'll be glad you did!

About Rachel

Rachel Beck is the author of Finding Your Way When Life Changes Your Plans: A Memoir of Adoption, Loss of Motherhood and Remembering Home. She lives near Delray Beach, Florida

Rachel just retired as a photographer, which she loved doing for the last 8+ years.

She now writes full time and is working on her second book.

Rachel has been a public speaker for the past 15 years.

Please feel free to follow Rachel on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlakshmiauthor/

You can find her book on Amazon.com here:

https://amzn.to/3jjLraA