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The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast204 - Dr D-NiceDenise Hunter, MD, also known by her rapper name Dr. D-Nice Beaugelin (just kidding, but really), has been a medical doctor for over 18yrs and a youth leader for over 30 years. She is a Adolescent Wellness Specialist. She is the founder of Wisdomteethinger and creator of FOUNT.
2022-06-231h 04
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast203 - Cordan James Haveron: "The Comeback Kid"Some people called Cordan James a “crack baby,” a negative label he’s learned to reframe.
Cordan is a fighter. As the only black person in a rural community, he fought to belong. As a young man, he also fought to fit in… and sometimes to stand out. He spent his life in the Foster Care system.
He had beautiful relationships with adoptive family and friends, and he experienced boldfaced racial discrimination and stereotyping. But Cordan never stopped fighting to discover who he was.
He joined the US military, where he became a leader...2022-05-2453 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast202 Dr Allison FarringtonDr Allison Farrington is the Principal of the Research and Service High School. She believes that strong community-school relationships are essential to academic and civic achievement. She navigated her school through the pandemic, where she faced food shortages and unprecedented challenges.
Dr Farrington empowers students to excel both inside and outside of the classroom. Control, Optimism, Resilience, and Empowerment are her school’s CORE values.
And she’s no stranger to adversity… Discover Allison’s story of resilience.2022-04-0759 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast201 Laze Elliott - Homeless to Multi-PlatinumLaze Elliot is a pioneering icon in the Hip Hop and R&B worlds and on the international touring stage.
Laze e Laze, as he is known, has sold over 25 million records, collaborating with many giants in the recording industry. Not only is Laze a multi-platinum producer, but he’s also a media and marketing executive.
Laze recently founded Taylos Media which serves as a platform to advance children in the 21st century with new technology in Media Production, and he serves on the board of The Off School Grounds Coalition.2022-02-241h 10
Mormon Stories Podcast1549: The Good Life - Dave Biesinger’s THRIVE StoryJoin Margi, John, and Carah for our next episode of Thrive Stories this coming Tuesday at noon (MST). We will hear Dave Biesinger talk about meaning and purpose after a faith transition. Join us to hear Dave’s narrative and how he now feels he is enjoying The Good Life. Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John and Carah) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month. The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon fai...2022-02-231h 48
Mormon Stories - LDS1549: The Good Life - Dave Biesinger’s THRIVE StoryJoin Margi, John, and Carah for our next episode of Thrive Stories this coming Tuesday at noon (MST). We will hear Dave Biesinger talk about meaning and purpose after a faith transition. Join us to hear Dave’s narrative and how he now feels he is enjoying The Good Life. Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John and Carah) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month. The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon fai...2022-02-231h 48
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast28 John Harrell: From the HeartJohn Harrell manages a successful business, writes a blog, and regularly engages in public speaking. His audiences include corporations, trade associations, college students and incarcerated children-truly a "captive" audience. He encourages all to pursue their callings and not trade their potential for the security of a paycheck.
John is a fortunate survivor of childhood physical and emotional abuse. Because of his upbringing, Harrell is able to connect with struggling children, offering hope to kids, reminding them their futures are not limited by their circumstances. Everyone has the power within to break the generational malady of abuse and...2021-08-051h 01
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast027 Deneise McKesey - Financial LiteracyWith over fifteen years of experience in Retail and Investment Banking along with ten years as a Mortgage Underwriter and her astute acumen of how financial institutions evaluate applicants, Deneise is regarded as one of the best in her business. She graduated Summa Cum Laude at Iona College where she received her bachelor’s in Business Administration and MBA with a concentration in Financial Management.
Deneise McKesey is the CEO and founder of Focused Solutions Services, Inc and Pristine Score, a financial literacy and credit repair firm. She believes that financial literacy is an essential aspect everyone should possess and ev...2021-07-3153 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast026 Dennis McKesey: Off School GroundsDiscover the story behind on of the most influential movements in education.
Dennis McKesey has more than twenty five (25) years of experience in
working for private, public and charter schools in New York City. He's
a former principal, a graduate of Mercy College, with accreditations
in School Administration and Supervision. He's also a graduate of the
Columbia University in Business Leadership Development. Dennis is a
very passionate educator. He consults nationally with teachers and
administrators at schools and districts and has presented at school
leadership conferences.
...2021-06-2458 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast025 Magdalena Yesil: Turkish Immigrant to Silicon Valley Alpha GirlMagdalena Yesil is a founder, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. She's been active in Silicon Valley for three decades. She was the founding board member and first investor in Salesforce, and she has invested in over 30 companies.
Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet in its early days, helping it move out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms.
She's the author of the book Power Up, and was featured as one of Silicon Valley's "Alpha Girls."
She started her...2021-05-251h 17
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast024 Lighting the Fire WithinDedication, Communication, Results- with a genuine smile on her face, and her office adorned with her beauty pageant crown hanging beside her Navy uniform.
She's a doctor, an officer, and… the International Ms. 2020.
Dentistry and duty run in her blood. Her father, also a dentist, inspired her love of service and teeth, and she followed his footsteps becoming a Navy officer- a heritage that goes back to the Revolutionary War and earned her a Daughters of the American Revolution college scholarship.
While she continues her service as a Navy orthodontist based off-base, she ha...2021-04-3042 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast023 Principal Amen Rahh - Revolutionary School CultureAmen Mandela Rahh is the author of the book Revolutionary School Culture. He's known as the Revolutionary Principal for how he has built and founded University Pathways Public Service Academy, “The U,” an urban public school in South Central Los Angeles.
Principal Rahh distinguished himself in the classroom and as a school leader. As an middle school teacher in Watts, CA, he was selected as the turnaround teacher which ultimately helped him obtain his position as dean of students. As a principal, he founded one of the most highly-regarded schools in the area by students and parents.
2021-04-161h 00
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast022 Owen Cardwell - The Hero's JourneyOn Jan. 29, 1962, Cardwell, now a professor at the University of Lynchburg, and Lynda Woodruff became the first black students to attend Glass. At that time, Glass had been an all-white school, and black students had attended Dunbar High School. It had snowed all day long the day before that historic Monday, Cardwell recalled, but school had not been canceled.
That day, Cardwell said, the doors of Glass that had been closed to black students were opened, but only a crack.
“Don’t think for a moment, however, that the crack was easy to enter,” Cardwell said...2021-04-0357 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast021 Principal Akbar CookAkbar H. Cook Sr. was born and raised in Newark’s West Ward. He attended Essex Catholic High School, where he excelled as a student and basketball player. Mr. Cook attended college on two basketball scholarships, attending St. Catherine’s College in Kentucky before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Florida Atlantic University, a Division I university in Boca Raton, Florida. He went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Administration from St. Peters University in Jersey City in 2006. Mr. Cook’s love for children and basketball led him to Newark Vocational School in 2008, where he...2021-03-0556 min
The Resilience Breakthrough PodcastFinding Resilience in Rural KentuckyWhitley County is one of the most scenic areas in the United States. But the students there face a challenging dilemma. How do they value and hold to their identity and their roots, while sprouting their wings and letting their lives take flight? In this episode, we explore the heart wrenching story of three students. We explore the southern charm and deep challenges faced by this region... and many rural areas across the country. 2021-02-0532 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast019 Miranda Beard: How to Get Along With AnyoneMiranda Beard, past president of the National School Boards Association and news anchor discusses how to see past differences, get all the good ideas at the table, and move our country forward.2020-12-1855 minThe Resilience Breakthrough Podcast018 Damien Sweeney: Putting People FirstDr. Damien Sweeney serves as the Program Coordinator for Comprehensive School Counseling at the Kentucky Department of Education where he works alongside school counselors to equip them with best practices. Sweeney oversaw the publication of the Kentucky Framework of Best Practices for School Counselors. He also contributed to Guidance on How Districts Can Facilitate Conversations About Race-based Stress and Trauma for districts and schools in Kentucky and also recently had his first publication in the ASCA magazine titled Stand Up, Stand Together: Now is the time for school counselors to take a stand and fight for social justice and...2020-12-041h 03
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast017 Gail Gazelle: How to Heal the HealerDr. Gazelle is faculty at Harvard Medical School, a 25-year practicing physician, and one of the preeminent physician coaches in America. She utilizes evidence-based neuroscience, mindfulness, and physician leadership techniques to not only help combat burnout, but to help physicians develop leadership skills, broaden emotional intelligence, increase their healthcare resilience capacity, and reach maximum potential despite ever-increasing demands.
A longstanding mindfulness practitioner and certified mindfulness teacher, she helps clients become more present and able to meet the many demands they face. Dr. Gazelle helps physicians improve efficiency, manage conflict, and heighten team effectiveness, not only enhancing performance...2020-11-1356 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast016 Roberto Rivera: Pain to PropaneRoberto Rivera is an award winning artist, educator, and change agent who specializes in social emotional learning and youth empowerment. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he created his own major entitled “Social Change, Youth Culture and the Arts”. This major is now a learning community that brings spoken word artists and hiphop artists together from all over the world through a program at UW-Madison called First Wave.
Rivera, carries a masters degree in Youth Development with a focus on Social Justice, Urban Education, and has been a researcher and collaborator with CASEL...2020-10-091h 01
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast015 Erin Gruwell: Freedom WritersErin Gruwell is a teacher, an education activist, and the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation. By fostering an educational philosophy that values and promotes diversity, Erin transformed her students' lives. She encouraged them to re-think rigid beliefs about themselves and others, reconsider daily decisions, and ultimately re-chart their futures. Erin and her students captured their collective journey in The Freedom Writers Diary.
Erin founded the Freedom Writers Foundation where she currently teaches educators around the world how to implement her innovative lesson plans into their own classrooms. She created the Freedom Writers Methodology, a progressive teaching...2020-08-201h 04
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast014 Hotep: Pain to PowerWe can't control what happens to us, but we can choose how to respond. In this episode, Christian and Hotep discuss how to channel the pain of failure, discrimination, and setbacks into power.
Hotep is a Congressional Award-winning educator and social entrepreneur known for his book, The Hustler’s 10 Commandments.2020-07-2353 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast013 Kimberly Boyd, LPC-S: The Healing Power of Positive Self-TalkKimberly is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor. She has been a presenter at the Parents of Murdered Children National Conference and Lone Star College’s Academy for Lifelong Learning. She currently provides clinical supervision for students and LPC Interns at FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center, Inc. and is an active member of the Advisory Board for Sam Houston State University.
In this episode, Kimberly shares her personal story, including why she became a counselor and opened multiple practices and what motived her to keep fighting through daunting life challenges. She does a live th...2020-07-1655 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast012 Darrell Scott: Discovering our Inner PurposeDarrell discusses what it was like to lose his daughter in one of America's first school shootings. He shares the difference between pain and suffering, and forgiveness and pardon... and finding our inner purpose.
About Darrell Scott
In response to a school shooting that tragically claimed the life of his daughter, Darrell started Rachel's Challenge. He's on a mission to end school violence, bullying, and suicide by sparking a 'chain reaction' of hope.2020-07-101h 05
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast011 Gail Angus and Debbie Sacks: Listening CirclesIn this episode, Dr. Gail and Dr. Debbie discuss restorative practices, helping at-risk youth graduate, and their incredible "listening circles."
Dr. Angus has been a career public educator working as a teacher and administrator in both general and special education environments, along with her research in tiered supports. Currently as the Chief Operating Officer of Collaborative Learning Solutions, she works with school districts across the nation with creating conditions for learning.
Dr. Sacks is a career educator. Her work has included teaching high school, continuation high school, adult education, and college, as well as serving as a school principal and...2020-07-0253 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast010 Kemy Joseph: Servant LeadershipKemy Joseph, MS, EdS, MBE
As founder of F.E.A.R.S. Advantage™, Kemy trains people to Transcend Prejudice by flipping the script on their privilege to unite and serve others, regardless of their skin color.
Most people see Kemy’s bright smile, but wouldn’t imagine the hardships behind it. Being raised in Miami, FL as a first generation Haitian American, he lived in a single-parent household with nine siblings where poverty, violence and racial inequity traumatized him at an early age.
Growing up, he was socialized as a sexist, racist, homoph...2020-06-1156 min
The Resilience Breakthrough PodcastSpecial Episode: Protests Against Racial InjusticeIn this week's episode, we bring you the voices of Black people. From the civil rights movement, to Black Lives Matter and the modern protests against racial injustice and violence.2020-06-0409 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast009 Judge Teske: Dismantling the School to Prison PipelineJudge Teske watched black kids enter his court day in and day out. He saw them enter shackled, shuffling across the floor to be judged. One day, as a youth offender's grandmother approached him in tears, grateful for her grandson's release, he couldn't take it any more. Judge Teske realized the pain these shackles must create for people still traumatized by slavery.
So Judge Teske drafted an order banning the use of shackles or restraints unless it could be shown by evidence that having no restraints would place the safety of others at risk.
Judge...2020-05-281h 09
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast008 Early King: A Disciplined Mind in a Time of CrisisEarly King is a pioneer in blended learning and online engagement. He was an executive for the K-12 organization before returning to his roots as a principal in inner-city Chicago.
He's seen his share of tragedies and hard times. From dealing with lead poisoning, to witnessing multiple murders. What got him through it? The discipline he developed through martial arts and transcendental meditation.2020-05-2158 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast007 Hasan Davis: Harnessing the WindHasan Davis knows about hope. It's the only thing that kept him going through the loss of his cousin, as a soldier, and as the Commissioner of Juvenile Justice for the State of Kentucky.
Are you at risk? CALL 1-800-273-TALK2020-05-1452 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast006 Joe and Dardi Hendershot: Do You Feel Me?Some students are beyond "at-risk." They are wounded. They may feel hopeless. Often, we have no idea how to reach them or how to help them heal. In this episode, Joe and Dardi Hendershott explore the power of empathic connection to heal the wounded, and how educators can recover from compassion fatigue and burnout.
Are you at risk? CALL 1-800-273-TALK2020-05-0759 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast005 Hotep: The Power of MindsetWords have immense power. For better or worse, the stories we tell ourselves can shape our identities, careers, and sense of self-worth. By taking ownership of our story, we take control of our destiny. Hotep is a Congressional Award-winning educator and social entrepreneur known for his book, The Hustler’s 10 Commandments.2020-04-3054 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast004 Miranda Beard: A Voice So Powerful She Can Stop a TornadoMiranda Beard discusses equity, the power of words, entrepreneurship, and turning the pain of discrimination into fuel to achieve your dreams. As the former president of the National School Boards Association and anchor of a Washington DC area affiliate news show, Miranda has a powerful voice. But she didn't always see it that way. Discover her journey of finding her voice then using it to empower children across the country.2020-04-2347 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast003 Richard Kerry Thompson: A "Gut-Punch" Story of Rock-Bottom ResilienceRichard Kerry Thompson, the principal of an alternative middle school in Flint, Michigan, shares a jaw-dropping story of rock-bottom resilience.2020-04-0547 min
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast002 Where does resilience come from?How can you turn your problem into your best friend? How can you "flip the switch" and see a challenging situation in a different light? We discuss this, and more, in the second episode of the Resilience Breakthrough Podcast!2020-04-051h 07
The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast001 Introducing, the Resilience Breakthrough PodcastEpisode one. The podcast hosts introduce themselves and the core concepts of resilience.2020-04-0549 min