Ignite your heart and soul with Sara Troy and her guest Deborah St.Hilaire, on air from June 22nd
Women have been gathering in circles since the beginning of time. The world has changed. We’re confused about our future, the future of our children, the well-being of our friends and family…we feel alone and isolated, lacking the time and energy to form new bonds. We can’t go out, we are unable to host a get-together, in-person…This is why My Body Mind Spirit was founded; we all need to feel safe, heard, and appreciated. With those basic needs met, we are free to work on ourselves and our relationships. This is the place, the opportunity, and the tool for your expansion, your personal cocoon. Enjoy your metamorphosis.
International best selling author and award winning speaker, and founder of My Body Mind Spirit, Coach Deborah St.Hilaire, is dedicated to uniting and empowering women of all ages. She accomplishes this through her group and personal coaching with “Strength From Within Training”, workshops, live events and writing. Deb is the author of “Divalution, the Evolution and Revolution of The Diva”. Deb is also the founder of The Divalution Project, a philanthropic sorority, the does good deeds locally, wherever you are. She is the host of My Body Mind Spirit Live, formerly The Divalution Show. Deb’s mission and purpose is : “to unite women with one voice, that we discover our individual purpose and passion, achieve balanced happy lives, that we know unconditional love and that we collectively practice judgement free acceptance, that we work, together, for equal pay and global human rights.
Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Marc Berkman and Ed Peisner
Organization for Social Media Safety was born out of tragedy. Today, we fight every day to protect families from the dangers linked to social media.
In 2016, then 14-year-old Jordan Peisner was standing with friends outside a local fast food restaurant when he was suddenly and viciously assaulted by another teen he did not know. During the attack and while Jordan lay helpless on the ground, witnesses and friends of the perpetrator stood and filmed the assault on their phones and then quickly uploaded their videos to social media. Now, this horrifying footage lives forever on social media already having been viewed by hundreds of thousands.
While Jordan slowly recovered from his severe, ultimately lifelong, injuries, his father Ed Peisner resolved to make sure that no other child or family had to endure such an ordeal. So, Ed began meeting with local legislators to explore solutions and eventually partnered with Marc Berkman, a senior staffer with the California State Assembly.
JORDAN’S LAW
Together, they learned that what we now call social media-motivated violence, attacks committed for the purpose of being filmed and distributed on social media to gain internet notoriety were doubling every year since the birth of major social media in 2006. To stop this sickening trend, Marc ultimately drafted Jordan’s Law, the nation’s first state law to deter social media-motivated violence. And, with Ed’s fierce advocacy, Jordan’s Law was signed into law in California within only a year of its introduction.
ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY IS BORN
Ed and Marc saw a very urgent need for an organization that had the vision, capacity, and capability to fight back against these dangers, an organization that recognized that while social media may be here to stay, it could actually become safe with the right interventions. That is why they founded the Organization for Social Media Safety.
Marc Berkman serves as the CEO of the Organization for Social Media Safety (OFSMS) where he has grown OFSMS into a prominent national consumer protection organization that has taught social media safety skills to thousands of students, parents, and educators across the country and developed essential social media safety legislation like Jordan’s Law, the nation’s first law to deter social media-motivated violence. Previously, Marc served for over a decade as a senior advisor to members of Congress and the California State Assembly. During his time as a legislative aide, he developed and helped pass into law numerous legislative initiatives to protect vulnerable children and families. Marc received his JD from Columbia Law School and his BA from UC Berkeley. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles, CA.
After a long career in business, Ed Peisner founded the Organization for Social Media Safety in 2016 after his teenage son Jordan was viciously assaulted in West Hills, CA. The attack was filmed and uploaded to social media by an associate of the attacker. The video went viral, viewed by millions, and Jordan was left with serious and life-long injuries from the assault. Ed decided to dedicate himself to the goal of ensuring that no other family had to endure such a terrible ordeal. Now, Ed travels the country as the National Education Director for the Organization for Social Media Safety teaching thousands of students, parents, and educators how to stay safe on social media.
The Organization for Social Media Safety is the first nonprofit (501c3) consumer protection organization focused exclusively on social media. Through advocacy, education, and technology development, OFSMS protects against all social media-related dangers including cyberbullying, hate speech, sexual harassment, and human trafficking.
Building your business with Sara Troy and her guest Bobby Albert, on air from June 21st
My name is Bobby Albert and I’ve spent the last 40+ years of my life, in business, around business, surviving business, and thriving in business.
A number of years ago, I had one of those light bulb, “aha” moments when I realized what I was truly all about.
I was sitting in a meeting with business leaders and entrepreneurs and we were talking about the tension between always being driven by bottom-line financial results and the desire to create a work culture where people enjoyed working and were able to grow to their fullest potential.
It was then I realized that “I want to be a Values-Driven company that achieves results; not a Results-Driven company that has values”.
You see, it had taken me years to figure out what my own values were and then figure out how to create a work place where everyone’s values were aligned with themselves, each other, and the overall values of the business.
As we implemented changes in our company and focused more on people and less on profits, an amazing thing happened: our profits increased.
Unexpectedly, we had business growth and success during some really rough times when others similar to us were struggling. As we looked at why we were doing well when others weren’t as fortunate, we realized that even though we had a great product, the difference came because we had invested in people.
We came up with principles, strategies, and implementation tools to intentionally create a culture that focused on our people and their skills and gifts. We invested in people, and they responded with work satisfaction, personal self-worth, and a willingness to “go the extra mile” for our company when it needed them most.
The experience, and the results were pretty extraordinary. But could this transformation be replicated in other organizations?
The good news is the answer is a resounding YES! In fact, the principles are universal. It’s how we applied them that created a culture where values made the difference.
And although I have a business degree, a lot of what I learned came directly from the “school of hard knocks” (an effective but costly teacher!).
Building your business with Sara Troy and her guest Gary A DePaul, on air from June 15th
Leadership is one of those concepts that is difficult to define but know it when they see it. During the past two decades, though, the way experts think about leadership has radically changed from the traditional view. Gary DePaul helps professionals demystify the leadership concept and learn how they can more effectively unify teams to achieve the extraordinary!
Gary is a leadership consultant, author, podcast host, and Researcher. He partners with HR and talent-development executives to strengthen the health of their organizations, teams, and themselves.
He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) where he teaches graduate students about leadership and management. Gary Completed his Ph.D. and Ed.M. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned a Bachelor of Art in History and Philosophy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) designated Gary as a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT).
Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Susan Landers MD, on air form June 15th
Neonatologist Susan Landers, MD, author of the new memoir So Many Babies: My Life Balancing a Busy Medical Career & Motherhood, will discuss the traumatic life and death choices many parents face when their sick or premature baby needs the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). In the United States nearly half a million babies are born preterm (before 37-weeks of pregnancy), have an illness, low birth weight (under 5.5 pounds), a multiple (twin/triplet), a major congenital malformation, or other critical care scenarios when admitted to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Many of these children receive care and recover with the help of neonatologists and other specialists, and eventually leave the unit as healthy, thriving babies. However, for other babies who are extremely premature or those with an inoperable birth defect, there are traumatic and stressful times for parents – especially the moms – who are confronted with life and death choices for their babies.
In So Many Babies, Neonatologist Susan Landers, MD, shares the stories of the close relationships that NICU staff and parents develop during some of the most distressing times of their sick child(ren)’s lives. In addition, Dr. Landers’ memoir describes how the practice of neonatology shaped and influenced her life experience (So Many Babies: My Life Balancing A Busy Medical Career & Motherhood; publication date: May 4, 2021.
As a neonatologist for over thirty-five years and a mother to three of her own children, Dr. Landers describes how the full-time practice of neonatology influenced her experience as a mother. As a neonatologist, she survived and thrived during a lengthy NICU practice, and she relates her experiences of finding resilience and endurance, managing to postpone burnout until late in her career. The book describes many technological changes that she witnessed over decades in neonatal medicine and high-risk obstetrics, such as infertility treatments and multiple births. Also, her experience in the NICU is illustrated by many poignant life-and-death scenarios, including stories about complex, critically ill patients, and their worried parents, each one touching her life.
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