The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast

In this episode I speak with Linda Kiefer who is the project leader for The Horse Project in Santa Barbara. Linda shares her personal story about how she left the business world after her retirement to rescue and rehabilitate abused horses. What I love most about that is she did it at the age of 62 and is living proof that it is never too late to do anything!

Listen to this episode and get inspired by Linda's passion for horses...

In this episode I speak with Jenn Frederick who is a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma and thought that her life was about to come to an end.  You won't believe how she found out she had melanoma, how it didn't look how you might think, and all the incredible challenges she faced during her battle with cancer.

Sometimes life throws us huge curveballs and if we are open to it, the silver lin...

In this episode I introduce you to The Unity Shoppe which is an organization in Santa Barbara that helps those in need. I interview Angela Miller Beven who is the CEO of the organization about exactly what it is they do, how we can help them, and why she was inspired to leave advertising to do non-profit work.

If you are local to SB and have been thinking about volunteering or getting involved, listen to this episode so we can inspi...

There are times in life where we are thrown a curveball that takes us off track that challenges are mental, emotional, and physical well-being. This is all part of the human experience and definitely going to cause us some degree of suffering. How we deal with those distractions is where optional suffering comes into play.

Optional suffering is when we resist what is happening to us, we start making up all kinds of stories in our he...

You know how you have been doing something you love for a long time and then realize that it's time for a change? That's what is happening to me!

That's why I am taking a break from The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast to figure out what the next chapter is going to look like for me in regard to my podcast, my community work, and how I spend my time on a daily basis.

Change is coming, and I am ready for i...

In this episode I speak with Pete Muller who is  a creative artist, an accomplished musician, a successful business man, AND the creator of the crossword puzzles for the Washington Post.

Yes it does sound like Pete gets to enjoy a great life and have a lot of fun, but he also works hard and deals with his own fair share of Brain BS. In fact, we talk about imposter syndrome, the pitfalls of external validation, the importance of self...

In this episode, I speak with Master Certified Coach and published author 
Karen C. L. Anderson. Karen primarily focuses her work on the complexities and challenges of the mother/daughter relationship.

Listen, I think we an all agree that not all of us have a great relationship with our moms or with our adult daughters. What you might not realize though, is that it goes way further back and way deeper than you might realize.

List...

In this episode I talk about some of the questions coming up for me lately due to prolonged activity restrictions from a torn meniscus in my R knee.  Nothing like boredom and the lack of endorphins to get you contemplating and reflecting on what matters most in life.

One of the primary questions popping up for me is do I have to have a business or be a professional to collaborate? I used to think collaborations were for professional...

In this episode I speak with my friend Karena Akhavein who is a podcaster, published author, and successful writing coach. We discuss her creative approach of using an alter ego in her writing career and what motivated her to do that. We chat about some of the Brain BS that comes up with choosing a career that relies on external validation and the vulnerability that comes with potential rejection. We also talk about the risk of bur...

In this episode I share a personal story about my own healthcare journey to demonstrate how approaching it with leadership energy is so important. I begin by sharing a negative experience I had with my primary doctor around cholesterol medicine that led me to lose faith in him and trigger me into worrying about strokes, heart attacks and cancer. It also led me to lose trust in the healthcare system in general.

Then I share how my la...

In this episode I speak with breath work coach, Reiki practitioner, and energy healer Brandy Keenan. Brandy is super passionate and exuberant in how she approaches her work which is infectious and inspiring.

Listen and learn all the different ways you can modify breath work to accommodate your own individual needs and how beneficial it can be to your emotional, mental and physical health.

I also want to add that the world kind of fee...

This week on the podcast I speak with independent artist Mitra Cline who is also the founder of Foreverbird Studio in Santa Barbara. I know the title of the episode is a mouthful, but I really want to highlight this concept of reciprocal relationships between artists and  community members.

I wanted to record this conversation with Mitra to support her and her  upcoming show in Lompoc, because she also values collaboration and commu...

In this episode I speak with community builder Avi Becker. Avi is a realtor with the Santa Barbara Group and they started the Support Santa Barbara Biz Online Facebook Group when Covid kept people from getting together. We talk about how the group is still going strong and what a great resource it is for the community. 

We also discuss the importance of listening to our intuition even when it is proposing ideas that scare the crap o...

In this episode I speak with Sam Mefford who volunteered to participate in my first interview ever with a Trump supporter (I'm not one:) Sam was raised in California, but now lives in Utah and I actually think that comes across in the thoughtful and holistic way he contemplates everything.  I wanted to do an episode with him to demonstrate that some of the people who voted for President Trump are actually good people who want ...

In this episode, I speak with coach Hallie Avolio. Hallie believes it's time for us to live our F yes life and she knows how to help us achieve that. 

In our conversation we talk about the downfalls of people-pleasing and hiding who we actually are, because it keeps us from creating and manifesting the life we truly desire.

Hallie and I also talk about the need to take action and move through the discomfort that comes with prior...

In this episode I am going to explain to you why you want to schedule that colonoscopy, share important considerations around the timing of the procedure, and give you clear and specific tips that will reduce needless suffering when you finally start to do the prep that you have been dreading.

Anybody who knows me knows I believe that mind management and leadership energy is essential for success in every area of life...and that mea...

In this episode I speak with LMFT, certified Taropist, and EFT practitioner Cecily Longo. I met Cecily when I was speaking at the annual Women SCORE event last fall immediately after entering the room. She told me what she does and I said how would you like to do a little tapping on me now to help me calm my nerves before speaking. She took me up on that and I ended up feeling pretty calm and self-assured during my speech.

In this i...

In this episode I speak with a friend of mine, Kirsten Ellis, about her personal and painful experience fleeing the Pacific Palisades fire (PPF). Kirsten has spent her entire life in the  beautiful community of the Palisades and is now trying to come to terms with that fact that it was completely decimated and no longer exists as she knew it.

We also explore the mindset of native Californian's like Kirsten who have been facing ...

In this episode I speak with former corporate consultant turned Human Design Coach, Alexandra Cole. We talk about how Human Design has improved our daily lives and the quality of our relationships with others in a comprehensive and compelling way. So if you are feeling challenged and overwhelmed with your right life now, this may be just what you need to move forward. That being said though, you don't have to be in a bad state...