Reach the Stars Podcast

Ep 38: "Switching Keys On The Fly" with Joseph Donohue III

Switching Keys On The Fly:

"Stealing your sibiling's CD collection"

In this week's episode I talk with musician Joseph Donohue III (aka Joseph Aloysius).

We talk about being an immunocompromised musician during a pandemic and our love for Tori Amos.

You can find Joe here:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jos...​
https://www.facebook.com/JosephAloysi...​
https://josephaloysius.bandcamp.com​


- Show Links -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ToriF...​
https://bloodthirstyvegans.bandcamp.com​

https://www.facebook.com/JosephAloysi...​

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​​​

Ep 37: "Your Next Firsts" with Ann Bernard

Your Next Firsts:
"Life is magical, you have to engage with it"

In this week's episode, I talk with author, serial entrepreneur, retired marine, and most notably: Master of First Times... Ann Bernard.

We talk about getting the most out of life by accumulating new experiences.

You can find Ann here:
-Websites-
https://365firstschallenge.com/
https://nextlevelfirsts.com/
https://ftsprompt.firsttimestorytelling.com

-App-
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/365firstschallenge/id1488954337
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FirstsChallenge.FirstsChallengeApp&hl=en_US&gl=US

-Social Media-
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annbernard/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ann.bernard1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann_bernard/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnBernard
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnBernard/

- Show Links -
https://www.tleavesbooks.com/book/9780553378207
https://www.nawbo.org
https://www.ureeka.biz
https://shiftco.global
https://bunkerlabs.org

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​​

Ep 36: "Creativeness your way" with Jennifer Etchegary

Creativeness your way:
”Focus on your strengths, outsource your weaknesses”

In this week's episode, I talk with AI & VR guru Jennifer Etchegary.

We discuss the struggles of the entrepreneurial journey.

You can find Jennifer here:
website: www.CHATC.ai
Linkedin (company): www.linkedin.com/company/chatc
Linkedin(personal): www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferetchegary
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheChatCGroup
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thechatcgroup

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​​

Ep 35: "Five Questions Medley: Part V"

Every episode i end by asking my quest the same five questions. 
This week we revisit those questions and answers from episodes 21 - 25.

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​

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Ep 34: "Five Questions Medley: Part IV"

Every episode i end by asking my quest the same five questions. 
This week we revisit those questions and answers from episodes 16 - 20.

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​

Ep 33: "Five Questions Medley: Part III"

Every episode i end by asking my quest the same five questions. 
This week we revisit those questions and answers from episodes 11 - 15.

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​

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Ep 32: "Five Questions Medley: Part II"

Every episode i end by asking my quest the same five questions. 
This week we revisit those questions and answers from episodes 6 - 10.

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​

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Ep 31: "Five Questions Medley: Part I"

Every episode i end by asking my quest the same five questions. 
This week we revisit those questions and answers from episodes 1 - 5.

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​​

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Ep 30: "A Daring Dreamer" with Samantina Zenon

A Daring Dreamer: 

”In my own skin i will always win”

In this week's episode, I continue my series on Generational Trauma by talking with Actress, Mental Health Advocate, and Founder of WildSamFierce Shop: Samantina Zenon.

We discuss the societal side of Generational Trauma and the importance of consent education. 

You can find Samantina here:

website: www.wildsamfierceshop.com

facebook: www.facebook.com/wildsamfierceshop

instagram: www.instagram.com/wildsamfierceshop

Brought to you by Papercraft Miracles: https://www.papercraftmiracles.com​

Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​

Icon credit: 
"wifi-signal-off" from CoreUI

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Ep 29: "Own Your Shadows" with George Hardwick

Own Your Shadows:
Finding Wealth In Our Wounds

In this week's episode, I continue my series on Generational Trauma by talking with Author, Poet, Inspirational Speaker, and Talent Coach: George Hardwick.

Our discussion includes dwindling rites of passage, the sharing of creative gifts, and some damn good poetry. 

You can find George here:

website: www.GeorgeHardwick.net

podcast: The Sovereign Human Show
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sovereign-human-show/id1483803336?uo=4

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com​

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In this week's episode, I continue my series on Generational Trauma by talking with Roberta Weber, an Ancestral Inheritance Coach.

Roberta is a mother, a wife, a healing practitioner, a scientist, an ex pat of the states, an entrepreneur, and much more! We dive into the history of treating generational trauma and how to stop it from continuing to be passed down.

You can find Roberta here:
website: https://www.robertaweber.co.uk/

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In this week's episode, I talk with Harriet Mc Guigan. Harriet has always been interested in 'helping people to help themselves.' She has a business degree, post graduate in Montessori Education and Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy. Harriet has worked for over 10 years empowering people to come into the fullness of themselves. 

Harriet invites you to a 30 minute  'Fear to Abundance' Call worth €200. First 3 entrepreneurs that get in touch can avail of this wonderful offer through mindfulpeeps@gmail.com or her Social Media.

You can find Harriet here:
website: https://www.harrietmcguigan.com/
Facebook: @HarrietMcGuiganMindset
Instagram: @HarrietMcGuiganMindset
Twitter: @HarrietMindset
LinkedIn: @HarrietMcGuiganMindset

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In this week's episode, I talk with Paul Wakefield. He is The CEO of FreedomPreneur global, listed Top500 global business leader of 2020 by Brainz Magazine, award winning business and life coach, UK Business influencer, author of four business books and international speaker. We talk about hitting rock bottom and climbing all the way back up to the top of the mountain, coming back to life after death and so much more!

You can find Paul here:
http://freedompreneur.global/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulWakefieldOfficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impaulwakefield/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/impaulwakefield

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com

On this week's episode, I talk with Kirsten "Dr. K" Shepard-Ahmed, owner of PainStopper Inc. an amazing whole-body health care CBD company. This was such an interesting conversation about life, overcoming injuries and the history of the cannabis industry.  She was inspired to become a chiropractor herself after a chiropractor finally helped her relieve her pain after a car accident. She got into the cannabis industry after her experience being a caretaker for her father while he was undergoing cancer treatment. When she saw how much it helped him, she began developing her own CBD products and her company took off from there.

You can find Dr. K here:
https://painstopinc.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePainStopper
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepainstopper/

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Theme music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com

On this week's episode, I talk with Z & Chad of Wonderspark Puppets in NYC. They are married, co-owners of the business as well as being parents to two young boys. We talk about their careers in puppeteering, how they successfully adapted their live-action puppet show business to thrive digitally in the pandemic and what life has been like for them during COVID in New York City.  My favorite quote from this episode is from Chad, "If you've been kicking the can down the road...the can has come home to roost."

Z Briggs got her professional start doing puppetry in 2004 and has worked for the Jim Henson Foundation for many years. She is the artist and builder behind all of their puppets and she is masterful at her craft.  In addition, she is currently fulfilling her lifelong dream of being involved with Sesame Street as the voice/puppeteer for Foley on the Sesame Street Podcast! You can listen to that podcast on Audible or click the link here: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Sesame-Street-Podcast-with-Foley-and-Friends-Podcast/B08L4ZN4KM

Chad Williams is the full-time puppeteer/writer/director for Wonderspark Puppets but he didn't originally start out in puppetry. He was deep in the film and media world when he and Z reconnected and decided to get married and join forces as Wonderspark Puppets! Throughout the pandemic, Chad has not only brought their company into this new era of online programming but he taught countless workshops to others to help them learn to stream their work online. In fact, he was instrumental in helping me to get this show off the ground, so if you love Reach the Stars Podcast, please go check out their website or social media and give Chad some love for helping to make this happen.

With less overhead, zero travel expenses, amazing support from friends / fans and a constant stream of interest for live virtual programming, their company did well in 2020. It was a mad dash to establish what they do and to continue to generate interest but they ended the year strong and are looking forward to continue streaming long after the pandemic is over.

You can find Wonderspark Puppets here:
Website: http://www.wondersparkpuppets.com
Podcast: http://www.puppetparentpodcast.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wondersparkpuppets
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wondersparkpuppets

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com

In this week's episode, I talk with professional storytelling copywriter, Stella Orange. We discuss parenting during the pandemic and ponder the possible silver linings of this tumultuous time in our history.

Also mentioned were Adrienne Marie Brown and her podcast she hosts with her sister, How to Survive the End of the World. Check that show out here: https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/

I also made reference to the song Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne. Here is a great video of it and the lyrics:
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understandI have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long?'
Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams
People go just where they will
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what you see
I hear their cries
Just say if it's too late for me
Doctor, my eyes
They cannot see the sky
Is this the prize
For having learned how not to cry?

Find Stella here:
www.lasperegrinas.org
https://stellaorange.com/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/stellawordsmith

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This week on the podcast, I got to talk with one of my great inspirations in life, papermaking guru, Helen Hiebert!! She is a master papermaker, paper crafting genius and general all-around capital-A Artist! If you've ever purchased a book on papermaking, there's a good chance that she wrote it...her book was my textbook in college!

Helen takes us through her journey into creating a paper business while moving around the country and raising a family. We also talk about pandemic life and how it has affected our businesses (for good and bad), and about how she got to make paper on Sesame Street!

You can check out Helen on Sesame Street here: https://youtu.be/pId8pKyt9rE

Also, she interviewed me on her podcast, Paper Talk, a few months ago and you can listen to the here: https://helenhiebertstudio.com/podcast/janna-willoughby-lohr/

Find Helen's work & connect with her here:
Website: https://helenhiebertstudio.com/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/helenhiebert
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelenHiebertPaperStudio

She also has a great blog here: https://helenhiebertstudio.com/blog/

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This week's guest, Ree Dolnick, got her start as a cancer researcher and started making energy bars for her friends and family. Everyone loved them so much that she ended up turning her side hustle into her 110% gig! Her company, JECA Energy Bar, has taken off! She was awarded a $25,000 Ignite Buffalo grant in 2018 and has been working on scaling her business ever since! 

Originally from Korea, Ree came to America as a little girl knowing no English and quickly became fluent upon going to school. We talk about her life and her business and more!

You can find JECA Energy Bars in WNY at Whole Foods, The Lexington Co-Op and many other local cafes and shops!

Not local? Buy JECA here: https://jecabar.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jecaenergybars
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jeca_vegan

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Music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com

In this week's episode, I talk with magician, hypnotist and coach, Rob Temple! He began doing magic tricks at age 5 and was already doing solo shows regularly by the time he was a pre-teen! Graduating to doing stage hypnosis shows as a teenager, Rob has toured relentlessly around the world entertaining the masses. About 10 years ago, he started getting interested in his ability to help people hypnotize themselves out of their own limiting beliefs and now he has a series of courses and programs to help people do just that! He also has a successful podcast called Success Unlocked which you can listen to on all major podcast platforms or right on his website (linked below).

Make sure you check out the video so you can see his fun bright red hair!

You can find Rob here:
Website: http://www.successunlocked.com
Free Tool Kit: http://www.successunlocked.com/reach
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/success.unlocked
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/roberttemplehypnotist

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Theme music provided by Birocratic: http://www.birocratic.bandcamp.com

In this week's episode, I talked to Meshell Baker--highly renowned speaker and business coach with quite the story to tell. After being incarcerated in her youth, Meshell was bound and determined to succeed in her life. She began to rise to the top of every job she ever held and eventually started her own company, Meshell Baker Enterprises, LLC.

We talked about hitting rock bottom, not giving up, serendipity, creativity, courage and changing your mindset...and more! This episode is a long one but it is so so worth the time to listen to the whole thing. Meshell has so much wisdom and we had such a great conversation because as she said, "This is what happens when you get people together who truly love what they do!" Enjoy the experience of our joyous conversation.

I mentioned a song by my band, BloodThirsty Vegans. The line I mentioned was, "Why they work so hard on tryin' to divide us? Could it be that they're afraid of what's inside us?"
It is called All Winners, written by Alex Mead aka My Rap Name is Alex. You can hear that song here: https://bloodthirstyvegans.bandcamp.com/track/all-winners

You can find Meshell here:
Website: https://meshellrbaker.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeshellRBaker
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/meshellrbaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meshellrbaker/

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