Today we’re talking about your thoughts. How they influence, and even control, your emotions, actions and results - and how to use them to your advantage.  

Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:

Heather helps entrepreneurs structure their ideas, clarify their message and hone their speaking skills so they can deliver magnetic live presentations, videos and workshops that grow their authority.  Before starting her company, she was an executive at a top management firm in healthcare. Heather lives in Portland, OR with her husband and two young sons (who definitely test her communication chops daily).

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Today we’re talking about cultivating generosity, adopting an abundance mindset in every area of life. Sometimes it’s hard. It can feel contradictory. But this is how we are meant to live - and how I WANT to live.  How about you? 

Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:

Lindsey Hardegree is the Executive Director of the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia.  She is responsible for leadership and management of the organization, including annual and planned giving campaigns, board and volunteer management, grant administration,  communications, and operations. Lindsey served as the first Development Director for the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership and as Special Events & Boar...

Today we’re talking about how to embrace the positivity of confidence, which is the second piece of the tenet Optimistic.

Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:

Iggy has spent a lot of time outside entreating fifth graders to jump out of trees while hooked to ropes or scaring the crap out of them by hiking in woods at night under the guise of environmental education.  After ratcheting up the intensity she progressed to instructing personal growth oriented canoe/backpacking and dogsled/ski expeditions in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.  Doing this work with teens and adults made ...

Today we’re talking about how to live with Purpose. It’s not as difficult as you might think. Purpose is the first piece of the tenet of Intentional.

Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:

Valerie Zaric is a futuristic career strategist who helps her listeners and clients handle career uncertainty. She has over a decade of experience in corporate operations specializing in leadership, data analysis, relationship building, and the customer experience. With an undergraduate degree in Art and master’s degree in Library and Information Science, she was inspired to combine her corporate experience with her creative backgr...

Today we’re talking about how seeking and cultivating understanding builds unity and fosters community.  Understanding is the first part of the tenet of Wisdom.   

Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:

Morgan Emo is a stay-at-home mom and small business owner of Child Life Coffee. The first year of her son’s life was full of tremendous emotional and spiritual tribulation, yet amazing spiritual and emotional growth. She and her husband started Child Life Coffee, realizing a dream to provide support to child life programs through the sale of fresh roasted coffee. Their mission and goal is to ensure that other hospitalized families ...

Today we’re talking about what it means to be an Industrious, the first part of the Tenet of Energetic. Hard-working, diligent, conscientious, persevering through new experiences and ideas… applies to us as leaders in our families and our communities.? Having an industrious bent allows us to provide for ourselves, our families and others, in ways that empower.? ?

Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:

After 25 years in a male dominated service component in the Air Force, Kamille Thomas wanted to pick a new career that would fulfill her desire to mentor and teach. She had been teaching in Air Force Leadership schools, annual training, and in individual organizations and senior leaders summits.  She is a Certified Master Resilience Trainer, and a certified John Maxwell Team Speaker, Trainer and Coach.  She now shares her wisdom an...

Today we’re talking about what it means to be an Unconventional Leader.  Built loosely around Prov. 31 Woman - a strong woman who just so happens to be a great Leader.  

Unconventional Leaders LEAD At EVERY level, in ANY area, using their UNIQUE gifts but there are certain characteristics that highlight an Intentionally Optimistic and Unconventional Leader. 

The Sailboat of Intentional Optimism:

International best-selling author and Soul Nutrition ROKU TV & Amazon FireStick show host, The Soul Nutritionist Reina Rose shares her unique experience and expertise on the importance of nourishing the soul. Digging deep into the question of what truly satisfies our inner life, Reina distills ancient wisdom into practical tools useful for today's modern audiences. As a former fitness professional and lifelong student of hu...

Today we’re talking about Grown Up Wonder.  
Wonder is one of the three aspects of Tenet #2 of Intentional Optimism, being Present.

Intentional Optimism using The Sailboat Analogy:

Kathe Morrison leads a group of women working the Cinderella Project of the Shenandoah Valley.  This project was founded in 2003 as a Christian mission project dedicated to helping young men and women with financial need for semi-formal and formal attire for their school events at no cost.  This promotes self-esteem and the encouragement of all to believe and achieve their dreams.  Kathe volunteers her time, effort and money while ...

Are you ready to live with Intention in 2021? Today’s episode examines the sixth Tenet of Intentional Optimism: Intentional.

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Living with Intention includes three key steps:
1. Know your Purpose. [4:12]
2. Make a Plan. [7:10]
3. You need to Grow [12:09]

Intentional Optimism using The Sailboat Analogy:

In today’s episode we look at what it is to “see through the lens of HOPE”.  This is one of the three aspects of Intentional Optimism Tenet 1: Being Optimistic.

Intentional Optimism - a refresher [.57]

Jennifer McCune is a Midwestern girl at heart who moved to Virginia over 20 years ago to attend graduate school. Although she loved her past professional years in education and fundraising, her three children motivated her to start her own business over 8 years ago, which she loves. Mompreneurship has given her the time and flexibility to focus on other passions including travel, philanthropy, and public speaking, and empowering an...