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Episode 133: Author, Portia Louder | I learned true freedom while spending 4.5 years in federal prison.

In 2015 my next guest, author of the book ⁠Living Louder⁠ and speaker, Portia Louder, was sentenced to seven years in fedral prison for money laundering and mortage fraud. (⁠read story⁠)

After two years of blaming everyone for her incarceration she finally had the courage to own it all, took full responsibility and became a spiritually free woman while remaining behind bars and serving another three years of that seven year sentence. Sit back and enjoy this roller coaster ride from the pit of despair to a remarkably beautiful and full life of love, honesty and friendship in and out of the system.

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Episode 132: Thiefane Magré | Are we still talking about China?

Our guest today for episode 132 is Thiefane (pronounced TFN) Magré, COO of ⁠Prouduct⁠, a Global Sourcing company and a Product Creation Accelerator. 

We chat about how things have changed in the wake of Covid and crippling regulations in the business industry in China and how their company has pivoted to keep up with their clients demands. We talk about how the stories most of us hear in the media about China are only the tip of the iceberg and there is so much more to this amazing culture. Best of all is he shares with me his perspectives on life and humanity after visiting dozens of countries around the world and an immigrant himself. Wouldn’t you know it, he has an incredible love of America and we find out why.

He is also host of ⁠The Product Guy Podcast⁠ which can be heard on all podcast platforms. ⁠Instagram⁠

#China #ChineseCommunistParty #AmericaBeaconOfHope #AmericanOpportunity #ChineseManufacturing #AmericasOpportunities #PursuitOfHappiness #ILoveAmerica #GodBlessTheUSA #LandOfTheFree

Episode 131: Heidi Alldredge | StoryCorps Interview - Two Truths and a Lie.

My guest today is, again, Heidi Alldredge, host of Heidi's Lemonaid Stand podcast. However we're doing it a little different.

This interview was officially recorded via StoryCorps in September of 2022 in Salt Lake City. StoryCorps has a mobile studio which travels the country asking for people to come together and just have good old-fashioned conversations about life. We start by playing Two Truths and a Lie to get us started.

 

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Episode 130: NPR’s StoryCorp Interview | Chiereme ”The Gift” Fortune

Welcome back my raving fans. Thank you for your continued support of the show.

This interview was done about 18 months ago by a moderator at StoryCorps (One Small Step). The One Small Step program was created in an effort to remind the country of the humanity in all of us, even those with whom we disagree. Learn more about their initiative to bridge political divides, one conversation at a time.

My guest was Chiereme Fortune a young black Democrat from Bowie Maryland. I am very white, from Utah and at the time may or may not have been a screaming Republican. On the surface, the two of us may have avoided ever getting to know each other but in the end we realized we had much more in common than we didn’t.

I apologize up front as part way through the conversation she kept getting cut off so had to do the second half of the interview via cell phone.

Our moderator was Lea Zikmund, whom I have had as a guest on my show since then about a recent book she published.

Chieremie will be coming back on the show in the next month or so with an update on her life and the cool things she has been doing so stay tuned. Please enjoy the show and maybe think about someone who you have disagreed with in the past or currently that may be creating a divide and see how you can bridge that gap by simply being interested in their story and learning from them with no agenda other than love.

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Episode 129: Dr Chris Karrasch, former Cincinnati Bengals team surgeon | Stress to progress.

My next guest is orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Christopher Karrasch. Former team doctor for the Cincinnati Bengals and currently a practicing physician at Central Valley Medical Center in the small community of Nephi, Utah.

Chris joins me today to talk about how a conversation about power tools and construction careers with his grandpa motivated him to want to fix broken bodies. In fact, one of the bodies he fixed was mine after a mountain biking accident.

And the $64,000 question. Why would he leave what some would call the pinnacle of his career with the NFL to practice his craft in the sleepy little Utah town.

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Episode 128: Cameron Armstrong LCSW | Therapy. Turning crap to currency.

My next guest is Cameron Armstrong. Husband, father, writer, ice bather, drummer and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. We’re doing a deep dive into the human condition, mental health and knowing that every house has a story. And how we all can use therapy to turn our crap to currency.

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Episode 127: Arianna Worthen | Dating Mormons is like being a kid in a candy store.

My next guest is Arianna Worthen, a 33 year-old single woman and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She opens up about the joys and challenges of dating in the LDS community while living in the motherland of Utah. There may just be too many choices for one girl to make. It's like being a kid in a candy store.

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Episode 126: Saige Geertsen | No time for a shower? Take a sound bath.

My guest today is sound therapist, Saige Geertsen with Saige Frequencies, we talk about the ancient meditative healing experience called sound baths. Though this practice may seem like a “new age” concept, it is technically thousands of years old with deep roots in cultures across the world.

With this spiritual, cleansing music, those in attendance are “bathed” in sound waves produced by, singing bowls or Chakra bowls.

Get cozy, comfortable and relaxed while she gives us an indepth look at the how and why of this amazing relaxation therapy.

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