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In this episode, Dr. LaMarr D. Shields is joined by LaMonika Hill, the author of Liv & Gabby. LaMonika shares her personal challenges with mental illness and decided to write a book entitled  Liv and Gabby: Brighter Days Ahead to help children understand the effects and causes of mental illness, and to learn the importance of being supportive and never losing sight of brighter days, no matter how dark things may seem.

LaMonika's advocacy work is centered on increasing awareness to end the stigma surrounding mental illness. She emphasizes that seeking help for mental illness is a sign of strength, not weakness. Her experience and understanding of mental illness have profoundly affected others, allowing them to see that they are not alone in their struggles.

www.thehelpingheal.com

Research shows that there is real power in play. Through play, children develop the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills they need to thrive both now and into their futures. 

In this episode, Dr. Shields is joined by Drew Vernon, Founder, and CEO of tonies. Drew Vernon is the marketing director for tonies, a dad, podcaster, and childhood advocate, who understands that their is purpose in play.

The Toniebox is an imagination-building, screen-free digital listening experience that plays stories, songs, and more.

Designed for little listeners ages 3+, it’s the perfect storytime companion for tiny hands and active imaginations.

On this episode of SoundBalming, Intentional Leader Karan Ferrell- Rhodes explains that leadership is a verb.  Not unlike a high-performing athlete that mitigates injury and reaches performance goals by being intentional in every move they make, if we lead our teams with intentionality we can achieve better and more predictable outcomes.  

Karan Rhodes is a leadership speaker who shares how to grow from being a high potential leader to one who “leads at the top of their game” .

www.shockinglydifferent.com/leadership-speaker

Troy Hadeed was worn on the island of Trinidad & Tobago, and teaches, practices, and lives yoga to the best of his ability on his home island.

In this episode, Troy gives practical tools to aid the listeners  on their journey of self-realization and empowerment through breath, alignment, and funny.  Troy believes, " that our practice on the mat is a direct representation of our daily lives in every way."

Whether a simple beginners practice, foundations, or intense advanced transitions, this interview aims to offer an avenue to connect with mindfulness, your body, the GOD of your own understanding, & LOVE.

Identifying and escaping domestic abuse is only a first step for survivors of abuse, especially when your husband is living a secret double life. An FBI investigation. $94 million stolen and hidden abuse and control. A story made for the movies. That's the story of today's guest, Kimberly Blackburn, author of Dirty Love.

At the age of 33, author Doris Whitaker founder her father. She revealed an emotional story about how she met her father for the first time on SoundBalming.

In this episode of SoundBalming, I interview Walker Brandt and discuss her life and how she has found a way to connect with nature to discover herself.  In addition, she shares her long and difficult journey to her current inner peace and self-discovery.

Walker Brandt is a professional actor, model, spokesperson, and new author, she has worked internationally in the entertainment industry for over 25 years on blockbuster films, TV shows, and over 2000 advertising campaigns and commercials for global brands. What most didn’t know about her until March 2020 when Walker's first book AWAKEN - Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence was released, was what she overcame while on her path to success and how in her personal time she has been dedicated to helping youth who've also been through struggles thrive.

We all have a negative voice that lives inside our heads, and it’s very challenging to perform at our best when we’re not kind and supportive of ourselves. 

So I decided to reach out to Kristin Taylor,  one of the leading experts on self-compassion, to discuss the nature of self-compassion, including why it’s such an essential skill for personal growth.

As a Life and Executive Coach, Kristin helps entrepreneurs and executives successfully manage anxiety, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome so that they can more confidently achieve the success they desire.

www.kristintaylorconsulting.com

If you’re feeling stuck, stressed, or stagnant, you’re not alone. Large numbers of people feel burned out or feel a loss of control in their professional and personal lives. But now is a perfect time to take stock—closing one chapter and opening another. Nira Lull shares strategies to help you get unstuck and set your course to begin moving forward.

www.niralall.com

A global pandemic, Depression-level unemployment, civil and political unrest – from Minnesota to Venezuela to China, it feels as if the world as we know it is faltering. Economies are unwinding; jobs are disappearing. Through it all, our spirit is being tested. Now more than ever, it's imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion.

Adam Baruh, Chief Executive Officer at SuiteCentric, has studied and talked about the importance of compassion in leadership for years. Even more important, he is on a mission to educate the CEOs and leaders of global organizations on implementing compassionate leadership. 

As host of "The Change," Adam shares stories from business leaders and individuals making positive work/life changes.  He is also interested in de-stigmatizing m's wellbeing.

For too long, women have been told to confine themselves—physically, socially, and emotionally. So on this episode, Dr. Shields sits down with Eliza VanCort, author of A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space, to discuss the inequalities and systems of oppression that take shape in private, professional, and public spaces.

Eliza identifies the five critical behaviors of all "Space Claiming Queens": use your voice and posture to project confidence and power, end self-sabotage, forge connections, neutralize unsafe spaces, and unite across differences. Through personal narrative, research, and actionable strategies, VanCort provides how-tos on combatting challenges like antimentors and microaggressions and advises on building up your "old girls" club, asking for what you're worth, and owning your Space without apology.

Eliza VanCort is a teacher, consultant, and speaker who provides the necessary tools for women to rewrite the rules and create the stories of their choice safely and without apology.

www.elizavancort.com

In today's special Mother's Day episode,  I speak with Natalie Estelle, Co-Founder and CEO of Preemie Moms Rock. This non-profit organization served Moms of premature babies about the recent launch of 52 Self-Care Tips for NICU Moms from a NICU Mom. 

Natalie Estelle shares candidly with Dr.  Shields about the years that have led up to where she is today: the heartbreak and loss, the learning to trust her own voice as a patient, and the healing and hope shines through her six-year-old daughter Andrea.

www.mrsnatalieestelle.com

With every passing year, it seems that our collective awareness of educational inequity is growing.

In this episode, that’s what we’re going to learn about.

I’m talking with Dr. Tessa R. Sutton. Dr. Sutton is the Assistant Superintendent of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion at the South Bend School Corporation.  She has served as a teacher and building and district level administrator.  Tessa leads the Thought Leadership Conference, bringing business, education, and community leaders to one place to build a connected culture. She is also president of Intercultural Relations Group and a Certified Diversity Executive. 

Tessa serves on the City of Elkhart's municipal international Sister Cities Association Board.  She holds a Master of Science degree in education from Indiana University and a Master of Arts degree in Intercultural Relations from the University of the Pacific,  in conjunction with Intercultural Communications Institute.  She received her Ph.D. in educational leadership from Indiana State University. 

Whether you have questions about your love life, need help making a big life decision, or want to know what your future looks like (don't we all!), Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields and Medium Barbi Dahl have teamed up to offer live, free readings to the SoundBalming community.

These online readings may be able to give you the clarity you need to move forward with confidence.

Still a bit cynical? Maybe, that's because you're picturing a veiled fortune teller clutching a crystal ball in a dark-lit room, promising the imminent arrival of someone tall, dark, and handsome. Throw that image away.

Barbi is a genuinely gifted individual who uses extrasensory perception to reveal hidden truths about your life, shed light on issues that are holding you back, and help you make changes if they sense trouble is lurking ahead.

So, if you're ready for an eye-opening one-on-one Medium reading experience, send us an email to
soundbalming.nicoleklimpacher@gmail.com, and maybe you will be selected to be on the show.

While the idea of connecting with the supernatural realm might conjure images of gypsies and crystal balls, those stereotypes don’t hold true to the modern psychic. Nor do the “reality” shows involving ghost-hunting clairvoyants or sobbing celebrities communicating with dead people. Although skeptics are quick to debunk psychic abilities as pseudoscience, firm believers may go so far as to replace their therapists with frequent (even daily) psychic readings. (Which neither Barbie nor I suggest.)

To get a glimpse of the reality of a working psychic, I spoke to Barbie Dahl, a California based “medium.”  While other kids his age were playing dress-up, seven-year-old Barbie was reading her friends.  She knew he was different than other children and so did her friends and family. 

One of the aspects that I found refreshing in Barbie’s unpretentious approach is her belief that everyone possesses psychic abilities but might not know how to harness them. “I’m a firm believer that everybody is ‘psychic’ and has a connection to the nonphysical realm,” she said. “It’s just like developing a muscle or validating it, trusting it, learning how to have that form of connection, and strengthening it.” 

Barbi's soul purpose is to bridge the gap between the living and the deceased. She is able to communicate with souls on the "other side" using her clairvoyance (seeing), clairaudience (hearing), clairsentience (feeling), and claircognizance (knowing). 

For more information about Barbie, visit her site at www.pathwaystogratitude.com.

Imagine you’ve just been invited to a high-level event, the room is filled with fascinating people, and you know you want to be in their orbit. The problem is, you have no idea how to get there. Instead, you find the nearest chair and stay put for the next two hours.

If you’re introverted, shy, or socially awkward, you are going to love this episode with Nick Shelton, author of An Introvert’s Guide to World Domination. He shares how he coaches shy, introverted, and socially awkward people and helps them become better communicators while making them more comfortable and confident. 

On this episode, I sit down with Mindset Expert, David Richards to talk about how we can alleviate some of the worry by being more mindful of our thoughts.David is a #1 international best-selling author, life coach, yoga instructor and self-development speaker. In his debut best-selling book, Whiskey & Yoga, David shares his wisdom on finding one’s purpose and living intentionally. His forthcoming novel to be released March 31st titled, The Lighthouse Keeper is a story around the power of mindfulness, and will explore the ways individuals can learn to shift their awareness to master their minds.

www.davidrichardsauthor.com

Most diets, detoxes, or pills promise overnight and effortless weight loss, but it never lasts, and 'yo-yo dieting' leads to greater and more demoralizing weight gain.  We typically follow the diet until something drives us to the refrigerator for comfort or stress relief.  Renée Jones shows you how to get free from the emotional eating that sabotages every diet.
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After 40 years on a diet, yo-yoing up and down the scale, Renée Jones had learned every diet – and every cheat – before finally stopping the comfort eating and self-sabotage to lose “those last 30 pounds” AGAIN in 2012 – but this time she maintained her goal weight.  Who knew that was truly possible?
 
With a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling and a Clinical Residency in Pastoral Care, she has an international counseling and coaching practice utilizing traditional and contemporary models as well as relaxation and horse-assisted methods to help others win at losing extra weight and other baggage they’ve dragged with them for decades.  

Her first book was "What’s Really Eating You: Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In this episode, I speak with author and engineer Norman McCombs, who's debut novel "A Reason To Be" Is out now. Norman is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which honored him with the EDISON Medal, their highest patent award. He has received numerous other awards for technical achievement, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Obama for developing the portable oxygen concentrator credited with saving and extending the lives of millions with lung diseases. He has over two hundred patents worldwide, primarily for air separation technology used for a myriad of oxygen applications around the world


For more on Norman and his book, go to: https://www.normanmccombs.com/

Micha Goebig is a life coach, blogger, and published author. She specializes in life story coaching and intercultural awareness. Originally from Germany, Micha received her master’s degree from the University of Munich and trained as a coach with one of Germany’s leading executive coaches, Monika Scheddin.  In this episode, Micha Goebig talks about strategies to overcome limiting beliefs in your growth journey and life. She also shares strategies to help women unlearn harmful behaviors, such as perfectionism.

www.michagoebig.com