"From Passion to Mission" Meet the master chef behind Raw Glory and Bounty Box NZ, and find out how shares her passion for and deeply held value about eating healthy organic produce and whole foods.

This podcast episode was aired last November 5, 2018.

"Second Chances" Meet members of Trade School Kitchen in Naenae an amazing local cafe advocating to decrease the stigma around women with a prison past by providing the necessary support and employment opportunities for them to get back to society!

This podcast episode was aired last September 24, 2018.

"Rock Star Mum" We explore our very special guest's rock star adventure as she proves to the world that it's never too late to follow a dream.

This podcast episode was aired last September 10, 2018.

"Nutrition Edition" Believe in the mind/body connection? Our guest shares her own path to conquering nutritional challenges and honoring her values to pursue her passion and find her purpose.

This podcast episode was aired last August 27, 2018.

From cheffing to fishmongering, Martin Bosley has realigned what he does to reflect not just his talent for cooking, but also his values. After a very public business failure, now his social conscience drives his professional choices. The reward? He's found happiness again.

This podcast episode was aired on November 26, 2018.

My Dad has a rather wild imagination. When I was a kid, he used to make up bedtime stories to tell me - about a “fairy god leg” that floated around granting wishes.

Memorable. I’ll grant you that.

Memorable is what you want when you want to get a message to “stick”. So, when I was preparing a speech to present at a recent conference, I just couldn’t help myself. The topic was something that’s been a recent theme in my own life: uncertainty. My Dad and I had been talking about “going with the flow” - and that’s when he mentioned a dream he’d had.

I should have known better than to ask.

He dreamed about a juicy, perfectly browned, succulent pot roast - you know the kind that just flakes apart? So tender, you don’t even need to cut? Only he was the pot roast. And he was floating down a stream.

Yup.

And in the dream, when he struggled against the current - fought where it was trying to take him - you...

When I was a young television anchor working in a small market in Northern Michigan, a well known New York talent agency offered me “representation”.  And no, this is not a humble-brag, so keep reading… (I’ll also explain the picture above at the very end.)

I was actually pretty surprised. What were they doing trolling around tiny towns’ tv stations? “Looking for talent we can grow into larger markets” was the answer.

The thing was, I wasn’t interested. Not then, at least. I knew I still had skills to hone and frankly loved living in the area (if you haven’t been to Traverse City, Michigan, you are missing out on some of the most beautiful real estate in the United States).

So, I asked the agent “Why would I want to give a cut of my salary to someone who really can’t help me right now?”.

He had a ready answer: when it came time to renew my contract, he could negotiate a better deal than I would have...