The MisFitNation

Welcome to The MisFitNation Show, hosted by Rich LaMonica—a US Army Veteran who, alongside a fellow US Army Veteran and a Business Leader. Our mission is simple: inspire and empower you to be a better human being. We highlight the powerful stories of Veterans and First Responders, sharing their journeys of resilience and strength. Through captivating interviews, we also bring you guests from all walks of life—authors, entrepreneurs, coaches, motivational speakers, and health & fitness professionals.

Each episode features individuals who have overcome challenges and achieved success, offering valuable insights, life lessons, and actionable advice. Whether it's stories of grit from our Veterans and First Responders or expertise from thought leaders, The MisFitNation is a community dedicated to personal growth and collective well-being.

Join us for one episode or become a regular listener. If you believe your story can inspire others, reach out to us to be a guest on the show!

Recognized as the 2021 Best Society and Culture Podcast at the Veteran Podcast Awards and named in Podcast Magazine's 2022 Top 40 Over 40, The MisFitNation Show is your go-to platform for inspiration, motivation, and transformation.


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Kevin Boyle - US Army Veteran, Marathoner, Auth...
<p>Kevin Boyle has been teaching in the Justice, Law, and Criminology Department since 2016. Mr. Boyle is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. During his 26 year career he served in positions of increased responsibility, including serving as the Chief of Staff for the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia (The Department of Defense's ABA-accredited law school); serving as the Chief instructor of all Army prosecutors throughout the world; as well as serving as the principal legal advisor for both all U.S. Army forces stationed on the border between North and South Korea and all U.S. Army forces stationed in Europe. &nbsp;</p> <p>Going the Distance</p> <p>https://tinyurl.com/m4h72up3</p> <p>https://youtu.be/_Cdl6iWdzmE</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
39 min
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Jenn Ashlyn - Author, Survivor Advocate
<p>Jenna Ashlyn is a volunteer for Southern Ohio’s Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, providing support and services to victims of abuse. She's a lover of animals of most types and spends her extra time being a mom and cuddling with her cocker spaniel. She studied creative writing at two universities and worked for a campus literary magazine. Jenna’s writing has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Night Roses, The Atwood Review, and Poet’s Choice. In 2015, she won the overall writing award in the StarJewel Nationals and Talent Showcase arts contest, and in 2019, she was nominated for a Maier Award, which celebrates the best writing of University students. In 2020, Jenna released her debut novel, Within the Gray. Her second novel, Sheila's Men is set to be released in early January 2022.</p> <p>https://tinyurl.com/y88vrdca</p> <p>https://youtu.be/Rt44moIGq0w</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
31 min
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Stanley McChrystal - Founder and CEO McChrystal...
<p>The son and grandson of Army officers, McChrystal graduated from West Point in 1976 as an infantry officer, completed Ranger Training, and later, Special Forces Training. Over the course of his career, he held leadership and staff positions in the Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, 82nd Airborne Division, the XVIII Army Airborne Corp, and the Joint Staff. He is a graduate of the US Naval War College, and he completed fellowships at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997 and at the Council on Foreign Relations in 2000. From 2003 to 2008, McChrystal commanded JSOC - responsible for leading the nation's deployed military counterterrorism efforts around the globe. His leadership of JSOC is credited with the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the 2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. In June 2009, McChrystal received his fourth star and assumed command of all international forces in Afghanistan.&nbsp;</p> <p>Since retiring from the military, McChrystal has served on several corporate boards of directors, that include Deutsche Bank America, JetBlue Airways, Navistar, Siemens Government Technologies, Fiscal Note, and Accent Technologies. A passionate advocate for national service, McChrystal is the Chair of the Board of Service Year Alliance, which envisions a future in which a service year is a cultural expectation and common opportunity for every young American. He is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches a course on leadership. Additionally, he is the author of the bestselling leadership books, My Share of the Task: A Memoir, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, Leaders: Myth and Reality, and Risk: A User’s Guide.&nbsp;</p> <p>General McChrystal founded the McChrystal Group in January 2011. Recognizing that companies today are experiencing parallels to what he faced in the war theater, McChrystal established this advisory services firm to help businesses challenge the hierarchical, “command and control” approach to organizational management.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com</p> <p>&nbsp;https://www.linkedin.com/feed/?trk=guest_homepage-basic_nav-header-signin</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://youtu.be/kuoJbrwheJs</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
32 min
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Teresa Xu - Author, Beyond The Surface
<p>Teresa Xu is the author of Beyond the Surface: Empathy, Identity, and Storytelling (published this August 2021), a memoir about understanding ourselves and others through storytelling and trying to understand justice and equity. I am currently a third-year undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN (USA), but I was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. I am studying Sociology, English, and an interdisciplinary major called Medicine, Health &amp; Society.</p> <p><br></p> <p>www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-xu/</p> <p>teresayxu.com</p> <p>https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Surface-Empathy-Identity-Storytelling-ebook/dp/B09DN3VCMS/</p> <p>https://youtu.be/hiYQQnQnSsg</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
27 min
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Mark Herschberg - Author, University Instructor...
<p>Mark Herschberg is the author of <a href="https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/"><em>The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You</em></a>. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering &amp; computer science, and an M.Eng. in electrical engineering &amp; computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. He also works with many non-profits, including Techie Youth and Plant A Million Corals. He was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country and now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party, as well as his diverse cufflink collection.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/</p> <p>https://youtu.be/SiDRJ2eKQpo</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
30 min
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Gail Rudolph - author of Power Up Power Down, H...
<p>Gail Rudolph is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Power Up Power Down, How to Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win/Win. She helps readers discover how to harness their personal power and understand power dynamics present in all situations.</p> <p>Gail is credentialed to teach the six universal Principles of Persuasion based on the research of the “Godfather of Influence,” Dr. Robert Cialdini. She is one of 13 people globally, one of two women, and the only woman in the United States to hold this distinction.</p> <p>Gail holds a Leadership Certification from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, is a Value-Based Leadership Expert, and has trademarked proprietary leadership training and assessments. She is an Executive Director and former President’s Advisory Council member on the John Maxwell Team, the world’s #1 Leadership expert.</p> <p>CEO and founder of Gail Rudolph Collaborative, Gail is an international expert on mindset, interpersonal power, mindset, and diversity and inclusion.</p> <p><br></p> <p>GailRudolph.com</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/GailRudolphAuthor</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/gailrudolphauthor/</p> <p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-rudolph/</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
27 min
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Lyla McCarty and Heather McCarty - A 10 year ol...
<p>Lyla (9 at the time but now 10)was diagnosed with CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) also known as the “suicide disease” in March of 2021 unexpectedly. There is no cure for this disease. It causes excruciating pain. And even the simple touch of a hand can lead her to scream. Her foot is cool to the touch and is often purple or red. She can't walk on it any longer and can no longer engage in sports and activities. She got to the point of begging to go to a hospital and even wishing she was dead. After initial treatments stopped working it was suggested she should be in an intensive in-patient program. There are none local for kids her age. Eventually, her story caught the attention of a national movement. Lyla rarely is able to go a full week or day at school anymore. She is strong though and finds baking helps take her mind off of the pain. &nbsp;You can help her by trying her amazing cookies @lylasdreambakery</p> <p>https://lylasdreambakery.com</p> <p>https://youtu.be/4HfldPlqjXk</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
24 min
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Bob DePasquale - Purpose Driven Impactmaker
<p>Bob DePasquale is a purpose driven Impactmaker. &nbsp;He believes that everyone has the ability to make a positive impact in our world. &nbsp;When Bob was 18, he moved to NY for college. &nbsp;While in football training camp, and just 5 days before September 11th 2001, he was diagnosed with cancer. &nbsp;In a very short period of time, his young, healthy life was turned upside down. &nbsp;He was forced to shift his focus to treating an extremely aggressive form of a terrible disease and coping with the effects of the recent terrorist attacks. &nbsp;Miraculously, he was physically healed in just 4 months. &nbsp;But mentally, it took years. &nbsp;It wasn't until Bob identified his purpose that he realized the value of his battle with cancer and his family's losses on 9/11/01 &nbsp;Bob's mission is to make the world a better place by encouraging people to find the blessings in tragedy and use their gifts to help others.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.bobdepasquale.com/</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://youtu.be/udgpSLauTyE</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
32 min
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Jeni Raitsin - Mindful Productivity coach & Men...
<p>Jeni is a Tel-Aviv-based, former architect turned entrepreneur, speaker &amp; coach. She helps entrepreneurs and leaders work smarter, not harder, so they can stress less, accomplish more &amp; feel better through Mindful Productivity. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;https://leisurehacker.com/</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://youtu.be/64PznK4l_zQ</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
34 min
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Betsey Kulakowski - Author, The Veritas Codex S...
<p>Author Betsey Kulakowski has been writing and telling stories since she was&nbsp;a young child. Perhaps it was inevitable that&nbsp;grappling with words and language became a calling—and she is loving every moment. Betsey's first writing gig was with KEBC Radio in Oklahoma City where she conducted interviews and wrote reviews for Country Music's rising stars. She went on to write in professional safety and health journals and trade magazines. All the while, she was honing her craft, writing several genres of&nbsp;fiction, and eventually going on to pen numerous manuscripts. The Veritas Codex Series is currently&nbsp;taking the paranormal thriller genre by storm. Betsey feels privileged to share her work with a large and welcoming audience.</p> <p><br></p> <p>www.authorbetseykulakowski.com</p> <p>https://youtu.be/9Fffvm1xEuI</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
37 min
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Stephanie Olson - CEO, The Set Me Free Project
<p>Stephanie Olson is a speaker, an author, and the Chief Executive Officer of The Set Me Free Project, a prevention education organization on human trafficking, social media safety, and healthy relationships. Stephanie has a mission to share that each person has an intrinsic value that can not be changed. Her work on teaching resilience in life and leadership has inspired people across the United States. In her conversational and humorous style, Stephanie will inspire and empower. Living with years of parent abandonment, eating disorders, alcoholism, and domestic and sexual violence, she overcame through determination, faith, and resilience. She turned her trauma into triumph. Now, a sought-after speaker, Stephanie runs a successful nonprofit organization and loves to speak to audiences of all kinds (faith-based and non) inspiring, encouraging, and bringing hope everywhere she speaks. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Stephanie Olson Speaking&nbsp;</p> <p>stephanie@stephanieolson.com&nbsp;</p> <p>https://www.stephanieolson.com/&nbsp;</p> <p>Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/stephanieolsonspeaker/&nbsp;</p> <p>Insta - https://www.instagram.com/stephanieolsonspeaking/&nbsp;</p> <p>Twitter - https://twitter.com/stephanieospeak&nbsp;</p> <p>YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCsKIF4pRUn1uJwKq94s16g&nbsp;</p> <p>Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-olson-ba959173/&nbsp;</p> <p>The Set Me Free Project stephanie@setmefreeproject.net https://www.setmefreeproject.net/&nbsp;</p> <p>Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/setmefreeproject&nbsp;</p> <p>Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-olson-ba959173/ Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/setmefreeproject/&nbsp;</p> <p>Twitter -https://twitter.com/TheSMFProject</p> <p>https://youtu.be/JNxt8M9qdSI</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
33 min
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Steve Edwards - CEO Premier Virtual, US Army Ve...
<p>Growing up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Steve knew he wanted to join the Army after he graduated from high school. “I wanted to jump out of airplanes, so I was in the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg.” he says. After serving 4 years in the Army and 2 in the Florida National Guard, he decided to move on. “I realized the military was great, but financially, it just wasn’t what I was looking for in life.”</p> <p>In 1999, he and some buddies from the 82nd Airborne headed down to Boca Raton to attend Florida Atlantic University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology.</p> <p>After stints in the mortgage industry and B2B sales, he got into the job fair industry, traveling across the Southeast and Southwest to conduct events. Within a few years, though, Edwards noticed a slowdown in business. “Everybody was working, they couldn’t come to job fairs and turnout was low.” He recalls, or they were opting to apply for jobs online instead. “It was affecting my pocketbook”.</p> <p>Looking for a better way to connect employers to job candidates, Edwards seized on the concept of virtual job fairs. “People don’t have to travel,” I said, “This is going to be the future,” he recalls.</p> <p>Steve bootstrapped Premier Virtual with personal savings to launch the business. Once he got the business off the ground he knew he had an idea he could monetize. He was in several mentoring programs along the way as he knew he had a great idea and could sell it but didn’t know everything. He was involved with the VMT, FAU Tech Runway and the FAU Veterans Entrepreneurship Program which is sponsored by Veterans Florida. At the end of the program they conduct a pitch competition for the Entrepreneurs and their business ideas and the winner from each school goes on the represent their school at the State competition. Steve represented FAU and then won the Statewide competition as well. This program, and the early pitch competitions he won, although not significant amounts, were still welcomed since he was self-funding the business.</p> <p>In 2019, his startup began building a software platform for virtual job fairs. It launched last March, just as COVID-19 arrived – a bit of serendipity that catapulted Premier Virtual to almost instant success. “We went from nobody knowing who we were to being ranked as one of the top virtual platforms out there,” says Steve.</p> <p>During its first 10 months, the Premier Virtual platform has powered over 2,500 virtual hiring events which has helped more than 25,000 companies connect with over 250,000 job seekers. The company has grown from 3 employees to more than 20 and earned prestigious awards including 2021 Best Companies to Work for in Florida. Approximately 200 workforce development boards across the country, including CareerSource Florida, which oversees 24 regional partners statewide, have chosen their platform for virtual hiring events. Premier Virtual also has licensing agreements with The Air Force, Army, and several National Guard units.</p> <p>Steve says individual companies, colleges, and other organizations are quickly coming on board and that they would have never participated in job fairs if it weren’t for virtual, and he’s bullish on the company’s future. “Covid-19 got our name out there, but now people have embraced the technology and how much more efficient it is. We’ve just begun to scratch the surface of what virtual hiring events will do for employers and job-seekers alike.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://premiervirtual.com/</p> <p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenedwards23/</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/premiervirtual/</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/premiervirtual/</p> <p>https://twitter.com/premiervirtual9</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>https://youtu.be/WhYvM5n9YMk</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
39 min
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Mike Duffy - Author, The Happiness Book
<p>Mike Duffy is a philanthropist and an author of five books on happiness including The Happiness Book: A Positive Guide To Happiness!, The Happiness Book For Men, and The Happiness Book For Kids Volumes I &amp; II. He has interviewed the top thought leaders, athletes, rock stars, CEO's and celebrities in the world on happiness, work/life balance, resilience, and success for his books. He was an MC at Woodstock '94. He gave a TEDx talk at TEDx Berkeley. He loves to speak about how you can gain greater happiness and joy in your precious life.</p> <p>Mike Duffy is the CEO of Happiness Wealth Management in San Carlos, CA. He has over 27 years of experience in finance. He was an SVP at Merrill Lynch. He has worked with some of the wealthiest people in Silicon Valley. Mike also speaks about crucial, fundamental money management techniques and philanthropic giving. His audiences include corporations, organizations, and universities including Stanford University where he guest lectures and has a scholarship award.</p> <p>Mike started The Happiness Hall Of Fame to recognize, encourage and celebrate people and organizations that make other people happy. Members of The Happiness Hall Of Fame include Muhammad Ali, Dolly Parton, Jerry Rice, Serena Williams, The Golden State Warriors, The San Francisco Giants, The Wounded Warrior Project, and The Make-A-Wish foundation. Mike also founded the Happiness Hall of Fame Homeless Outreach which provides money, food, counseling, and hope to the hopeless. The Happiness Hall Of Fame website is: www.happinesshalloffame.com</p> <p>www.mikeduffyspeaks.com</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://youtu.be/TjtEKnzCA-o</p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
31 min
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Doug Stebleton - Producer, Author
<p>Doug Stebleton has been working in the entertainment business since 1987. Born and raised in Glasgow, Montana, he came to Hollywood at age 19 and has lived and worked in southern California since then. His expertise is music publishing for film and television. His company owns a catalog of songs that are licensed to film and television studios and to independent productions. Some of the company’s credits include Blood Diamond, Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, Zoolander, Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Sopranos, Ugly Betty, CSI, Scrubs and ER. &nbsp;Doug is also a film producer. His first film was a documentary titled Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud. His next film, I Want Your Money, was released in over 500 theaters across the nation in 2010. In 2014, Doug produced and directed Reagan at Normandy, a short film for the Airborne Museum in Normandy, France, and in 2017, he produced Heroes of WWII: The European Campaign. Other projects he is producing include a cable TV show on film and TV cars called Kars &amp; Stars and a feature film, Big Life. Doug has a love for history and hopes to keep making films and documentaries that are inspiring, informative, and educational. His passion for Hollywood films and time travel inspired him to create The Hollywood Time Travel Series. It’s a Wonderful Time is his debut novel, which he coauthored with Reinhard Denke. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>www.hollywoodtimetravel.com</p> <p>https://youtu.be/vouToXSOw6E</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
29 min
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George Siegal - Director, Producer, Podcast Host
<p>George is the owner of Move the World Films and directed and produced The Last House Standing and License to Parent. He also created the Move the World Podcast. George began his career in front of the camera as a weathercaster, newscaster, and sportscaster. He worked in markets from Los Angeles and San Francisco, to Seattle, Detroit, and San Antonio Texas.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>George, his wife Nancy and their children live in Tampa, Florida.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;https://www.movetheworldfilms.org&nbsp;</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/movetheworldfilms</p> <p>https://youtu.be/jg-MswzqsaY</p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
36 min
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Paul Huszar - CEO & President of VetCor and Tea...
<p>LTC(R) Paul Huszar, CFE, P.E. is the CEO of VetCor, a restoration company focused on creating meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities for veterans, and Team VetCor, a holding company composed of several companies focused on creating business ownership opportunities for veterans and their immediate family members through franchising VetCor. Paul served 23 years on active duty including four combat tours in Iraq, service as the Dean of the U.S. Army Engineer School, and commanding Joint Task Force Eagle in 09-10, a 1,000+ Soldier and Airmen joint task force, operating throughout northern and western Iraq. Paul earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from West Point and graduate certificates in Administration and Management, and Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics, along with an M.S.C.E from the University of Washington. Paul is a Certified Franchise Executive and also a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Missouri.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://vetcorservices.com/</p> <p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhuszar/</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/paul.huszar.71</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
32 min
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Dan Spencer - Music Coach
<p>Dan passes his passion and love for music to his students. Customizing each lesson for each individual student while at the same time implementing the flexible Best Music Coach curriculum creates growth in a no-pressure lesson environment. Dan has over 10 years of music coaching experience and is the author of the Best Guitar Book for Beginners series, The Best Music Theory Book for Beginners Series, and other books in The Best Book for Beginners family. He can be seen talking about music as a "music expert" on NBC, CBS, and FOX. His studio experience includes playing on and producing charting songs in various genres with releases on UMG and indie labels. Dan’s live performance experience includes performances in most modern genres including, CCM, blues, funk, fusion, rock, and more. Dan is currently coaching students, recording, producing songs, talking about music on The Best Music Podcast and Sirius XM Radio, and writing more books.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://bestmusiccoach.com/</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
30 min
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Dr. Debi Silber - Post Betrayal Transformation
<p>Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation Institute and is a holistic psychologist, health, mindset, and personal development expert, the author of the #1 bestselling book: The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind, and Life After a Life Crisis and her newest book: Trust Again: Overcoming Betrayal and Regaining Health, Confidence, and Happiness. Her recent Ph.D. study on how we experience betrayal made 3 groundbreaking discoveries that changes how long it takes to heal. In addition to being on FOX, CBS, The Dr. Oz Show, TEDx (twice), and more, she’s an award-winning speaker, coach, and author dedicated to helping people move past their betrayals as well as any other blocks preventing them from the health, work, relationships, confidence and happiness they want most.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://thepbtinstitute.com</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
32 min
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Scott DeLuzio - Author- Surviving Son, Host Dri...
<p>Scott DeLuzio is an Army veteran, having served six years with the Army National Guard, including a deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. Scott’s brother, Steven, was also deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Unfortunately, Steven was killed in action on August 22, 2010. After returning home, Scott struggled with coping with the stresses of combat, the loss of his younger brother, and adjusting back to civilian life. In the years following Scott’s deployment, he noticed other veterans dealing with their struggles in unhealthy ways. Scott started his podcast, Drive On Podcast, to connect with current and prior service members. He interviews veterans and civilians to discuss personal triumphs, life experiences, and emotional hardships to give hope and strength to the military community. &nbsp;Scott lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife, Vicki DeLuzio, and their three children.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://survivingsonbook.com&nbsp;</p> <p>https://driveonpodcast.com</p> <p>https://youtu.be/VMuXu56ZtVo</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
49 min
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Alexis Haselberger - Do more, Stress Less
<p>Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach who helps people do more and stress less through coaching, workshops and online courses.&nbsp; Her pragmatic, yet fun, approach helps people easily integrate practical, realistic strategies into their lives so that they can do more of what they want and less of what they don't.&nbsp; Alexis has taught thousands of individuals to take control of their time and her clients include Google, Lyft, Workday, Capital One, Upwork, and more.</p> <p>Free download; Distraction Action Plan: https://www.alexishaselberger.com/subscribe</p> <p>- Website:&nbsp;https://www.alexishaselberger.com/</p> <p>- Youtube:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh9iAkCALqr3FsKfYOqjb3Q</p> <p>- Insta:&nbsp;@do.more.stress.less</p> <p>- FB:&nbsp;@domorestressless</p> <p>- FB Group:&nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/groups/domorestressless/</p> <p>- Online courses:&nbsp;https://www.alexishaselberger.com/online-courses</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
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Victoria Wieck - Author, Podcast Host and more
<p>Victoria grew up in a sleepy coastal village in South Korea, surrounded by abundant natural beauty. One of her favorite activities was to watch the stunning sunset from her home, wondering what lay beyond the horizon. She would ask her mother endless questions about the world outside of her small town. Her mother read her stories and taught her how to read, but her curiosity knew no bounds. In school, she excelled in reading, writing, and art.</p> <p>After graduate school, she was offered several jobs in New York but took a marketing job at a jewelry manufacturing company in Los Angeles to stay closer to her family. Much to her surprise, she ended up using her artistic talents a lot more than she ever imagined. Believing that there was a market for high-quality, stylish jewelry at affordable prices, she formed her own company in 1989 on a shoestring budget. Over the next three decades, her jewelry career allowed her to travel to many places she’d only read about ever since she was a young girl. Victoria’s jewelry designs are inspired by her extensive travels, soaking in history, cultures, and architecture. Today, she is a successful jewelry designer with her own TV show on Shop HQ, connecting with millions of viewers regularly.</p> <p>When she’s not on TV with her latest collections, she’s either writing or reading. Just a few weeks ago, she completed her first novel,&nbsp;<em>Shattered Sky</em>,<em> </em>a 94,000-word, Science Fiction/Young Adult Thriller. It’s a gripping thriller about a young girl who sets out on a mission to save her kidnapped sister and experiences sacrifice, betrayal, and love in a post-WWIII world where survival necessities are scarce.</p> <p>Additionally, Victoria began writing a “how-to” book,&nbsp;<em>Living the American Dream Your Way:</em> <em>How to Turn Your American Dream into Reality </em>(working title).<em> </em>This book will serve up a healthy dose of inspiration based on her unique journey, as well as proven methods of starting a business without taking unnecessary risks. With both books, a portion of the proceeds will be set aside for various charities to help others.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://victoriawieck.com/</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
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Kimberly Spencer - Crown Yourself
<p>Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling co-author, international motivational speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, stand out authentically, build their empire and achieve their full potential. &nbsp;&nbsp;From her entrepreneurial beginnings at five selling bags of glitter-water to my neighbors, to becoming an award-winning screenwriter, certified Pilates instructor, Miss Congeniality, and six-time WEGO Health Activist Award nominee, she is proof that it's better to make your own mold than to conform to someone else's. She is also the former executive of a national e-commerce startup and was the owner of the private Pilates studio, Fitness with Kim in Los Angeles, CA. Her 10-year track record in sales and entrepreneurship was featured in the Amazon Best Selling Book, "The Start: Journey to Entrepreneurship." &nbsp;&nbsp;Her work has been featured on The CW, ESPN, Netflix, and NPR, and in Thrive Global, CNBC, and Forbes.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://crownyourself.com/</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
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Jordan Skopp - Foul Ball Safety Now
<p><strong>Foul Ball Safety Now!</strong> is a campaign started by Jordan Skopp, a Brooklyn realtor, lifelong baseball fan, and author of a forthcoming book about the wildly overlooked scandal in the professional baseball industry – the all-too-frequent incidence of fans being maimed by dangerous foul balls due to the lack of extended protective netting, and related failures to educate fans about their assumed risk at the ballgame.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.foulballsafetynow.com/</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
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Tony Howard - Author, Why Not You
<p>Tony Howard, founder and CEO of Redefine Works, and author of "The Next Step: A Guide to Help You Keep Going, No Matter What," "Redefine Works," and "Why Not You?" writes from his wide range of experiences in education, business, and the US Navy. He studied business at the University of Phoenix and holds two master's degrees from Argosy and Brandman Universities. Tony calls California home and can often be found walking the beach, refurbishing classic cars, or exploring local zoos and museums.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://tinyurl.com/y9uby7mb</p> <p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-howard-mba</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
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Ioannis Gratsinopoulos (Yani)- Leadership Consu...
<p>Ioannis has well over 10,000 hours of consulting, training, and coaching to churches, businesses, and ministries. &nbsp;He has been successfully assisting organizational and leadership transformations for over 20 years. &nbsp;He is an ordained pastor and holds a degree in church leadership with a minor in psychology. &nbsp;Ioannis' coaching style, much like his leadership style, is very relational; and it leans heavily on his faith and extensive experience. &nbsp;He has led/co-led 7 organizations, which include 2 churches, an evangelistic ministry, and 4 businesses.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;His leadership roles have spanned from start-ups and small churches up to larger churches and the Fortune 200; and include the titles of President, Senior Pastor, Director of Operations, State Training Coordinator, Performance Coach, Senior Associate Pastor, and many more. Ioannis was an award winning corporate trainer and coach with-in that Fortune 200 company. Ioannis started early in his career travelling the country as an evangelist and keynote speaker through the 501(c)3 that he started and ran. &nbsp;Ioannis is married with one child, and lives in the Boise, Idaho Metropolitan Area. He spends most of his free time with his family, and as much time outdoors as he can. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.gratsllc.com</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support</a>
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