Episode 85: Nancy Alspaugh-Jackson - Special Spirit Inc.

April 20, 2022 | Episode  85

Shawn & Brian are visited by Nancy Alspaugh-Jackson who shares her story of inspiration & triumph over challenge & her mission to serve others.

Nancy Alspaugh-Jackson is a former Emmy award winning television executive and producer who pioneered the magazine show format with the syndicated show PM Magazine and served as the Executive Producer on the long running talk show, Leeza. In those capacities, Alspaugh-Jackson helped foster the careers of many people who run the television industry today. Alspaugh-Jackson is the co-author of 2 books, Not Your Mother’s Midlife: A Ten Step Guide to Fearless Aging, and Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits with Marilyn Kentz. Alspaugh-Jackson and Kentz have done extensive motivational speaking about fearless aging as well as performed nationally in the two women show, Boomer Babes. The 2 women are currently teaching an online course, Fearless Aging Together. From 2005 until October of 2019, she served as Executive Director of Autism Care Today, a role she was led to after dedicating herself to finding ways to help her own son, Wyatt, diagnosed with autism at the age of three. She quickly realized there was little awareness and few resources for families affected by this developmental disorder and threw herself into changing that. Under her leadership, Autism Care Today has distributed close to 2.5 million dollars in grants to families around the country. Alspaugh-Jackson serves as co-host of Let’s Talk Autism with Shannon and Nancy on Autism Live (https://autism-live.com/), an interactive webcast providing support, resources, information, entertainment and inspiration to parents and practitioners working with those on the Autism Spectrum. Currently, Alspaugh Jackson is the director of Recovery at The Ranch at Special Spirit, Inc.,( https://www.specialspirit.org/), an animal and equine assisted program for those in recovery for addiction issues. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancyalspaughjackson

10 Steps to EmPOWERment: https://youtu.be/3s7FxZeqf6M

Mentioned:

  https://friendlyhousela.org/

  https://www.centerforautism.com/

  https://www.act-today.org/

  https://tacanow.org/

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