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Live Beyond DefaultEp.87 - Freedom in the Stillness w/ James ChengHome Run Episode as James Cheng & Dave discuss childhood influencers, WestPoint Training, guilt vs. shame, leadership responsibility, Covid Wedding, self reflection & responsibility, all while having fun in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. 2025-07-051h 00
James and Ashley Stay at HomeWriting towards your greatest fear with Melanie Cheng, author of 'The Burrow'Award-winning author Melanie Cheng joins James and Ashley to discuss her writing practice, her pet rabbit, and The Burrow, her 'most personal book' and its many parallels to her own life. She also shares her experience of writing toward her greatest fear, coming to terms with her cyclical writing process, and how teaching narrative to medical students can help increase communication between doctors and patients. Melanie Cheng is a writer and general practitioner. She was born in Adelaide, grew up in Hong Kong and now lives in Melbourne. Her debut collection of short stories, Australia Da...2025-06-1144 min
The RegenNarration PodcastThe Jefferson Street Sound: Preserving Nashville's Soul with Lorenzo WashingtonNashville's musical legacy extends far beyond the mainstream country narrative. Tucked away in North Nashville, the Jefferson Street Sound Museum stands as a testament to the rich cultural heritage of jazz, soul, and rhythm and blues that thrived from the 1940s to the 70s. Founded and curated by Lorenzo Washington, this museum isn't just a collection of artifacts – it's a living, breathing continuation of the African American music and community that shaped generations.We’re talking about artists like Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, James Brown, Little Richard, Peggy Gaines, Jimmy Church, Jackie Shane, Ike and Tina Turner and...2025-05-201h 06
Full of Words110. How Words & Mindset Shape Our Approach to Wellness with Tess ChengIn this episode of Full of Words, Sue leads the conversation solo as CJ is tied up in another meeting. She is joined by Tess Cheng, a health and wellness coach who specializes in helping busy professionals build sustainable, healthy habits that fit into their demanding lives.Tess shares valuable insights on navigating the overwhelming amount of health information available today, the impact of exercise on long-term wellness, and how simple habit tracking can reveal patterns that may be sabotaging your health. She discuss the pitfalls of restrictive diets, the role of mindset in making healthier choices...2025-03-2727 min
Love Local ChicagolandService, Faith & Leadership: The Inspiring Path of James ChengIn this enlightening episode of the Love Local Chicagoland podcast, Jason Stallard sits down with James Cheng, a distinguished leader from Schaumburg with a background spanning military service, international work, and missionary efforts. The conversation dives into James's formative years in the northwest suburbs, his educational experiences at West Point, his service in the US Army, and his eventual journey back to Illinois after having lived and worked abroad. This episode offers a compelling look at how one man's life experience can inform and shape his approach to leadership and community engagement.James Cheng's...2025-03-071h 10James and Ashley Stay at HomeBack to the 90s with Michelle See-Tho, author of 'Jade and Emerald''I always knew I wanted to write a novel, but I didn’t have any ideas that I thought could extend to a novel-length work.' In episode 110, Michelle See-Tho shares her journey from aspiring writer to winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize for her debut novel, Jade and Emerald. Though she started out writing short stories and video game reviews, she discusses how drawing on inspiration from her own life, including her passion for video games, helped her shape the world of her novel. Michelle See-Tho is a freelance writer and copywriter. She has had...2025-01-1441 min
The RegenNarration Podcast221. Restoring Dairy Farming with Family, Food & Festival: At Churchtown Dairy, with Judith Schwartz, Eric Vinson & Steffen SchneiderThe extraordinary Churchtown Dairy in New York is restoring dairy farming in a context where such farms are still closing around them. They are doing it with nature, family, food and festival at its heart. With organic and biodynamic methods, they are keeping cattle together in their families to amazing benefit, cultivating myriad farm products including medicinal plants, restoring a diverse landscape, designing beautiful buildings including a store onsite, and hosting an extensive set of gatherings at their spectacular barn venue. That’s where we’d attended an event the night before, with guest-of-honour and friend, the globally renowned auth...2024-09-1028 min
Private Equity Value Creation PodcastEp.41: Sunaina Sinha, Raymond James | How to Improve ROI with Capital Formation StrategiesShiv interviews Sunaina Sinha, Global Head, Private Capital Advisory at Raymond James. Shiv and Sunaina discuss how PE sponsors can look at overall capital formation for their funds and portcos in order to generate the highest ROI. Learn about what alternative liquidity options are available to LPs and GPs and when it makes sense to consider a continuation vehicle, as well as what to do when investors want liquidity but a continuation vehicle isn’t an option. The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.2024-08-2743 min
The RegenNarration Podcast210. Spirit Farm: Listening to Navajo Diné land with James & Joyce SkeetThe Navajo Diné Nation is the biggest First Nation in the US, crossing Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. There we connected with Diné elder James Skeet, and his brilliant wife Joyce - descendant of award-winning Mennonite farmers in Pennsylvania. Together, they founded Spirit Farm, and the educational non-profit Covenant Pathways.Spirit Farm is a demonstration and experiential farm focused on healing the high desert southwestern soil, and the communities living there. They do this by weaving insights from modern holistic management and regenerative agriculture, with the ancient wisdom of dryland farming and Native American cosmology. And they’ve c...2024-06-171h 17
Ordinary Teachers and StudentsEpisode 19 - Building and Breaking Habits (1-2-3-4 Teachers)In this episode, I talk about the building and breaking habits.In the episode, you hear me talk about 1 concept, 2 things you need to know about this concept, 3 practical implementation ideas (James Clear's 4 steps; habit stacking and temptation bundling) and 4 takeaways. The books / articles that I mentioned include (I am not being paid to endorse these):https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habitshttps://www.katymilkman.com/book/https://gretchenrubin.com/articles/my-new-book-about-habit-formation-as-distilled-in-21-sentences/If you're interested in becoming a guest on this podcast, feel free to contact me a...2024-05-2910 min
Wisdom to KnowUsing psychology to explain why it's harder to changeJames discusses and uses a psychological bias and idea to explain why it's harder to change and learn new things as you age.2024-03-3000 minWisdom to KnowHow to apply "die" to self from the BibleWhat does the Bible mean when it says that we should die to ourselves daily? James gives his opinion how to give a practical sense, and not the literal idea of dying.2024-03-3000 minWisdom to KnowApplying psychology to connecting with people in real lifeJames uses general psychological ideas as principles to explain the process to form relationships and have genuine authentic connections.2024-03-3001 minWisdom to KnowDifference in becoming a Christian vs maturingWhat does becoming a Christian mean for people's past self? Is it something that immediately goes away? James discusses the process after believing in Christ.2024-03-3000 minWisdom to KnowThe struggles of Pastor's kids and Missionary kidsWhat struggles do Pastor kids and Missionary kids face when growing up in the church?2024-03-3000 minWisdom to KnowThe dangers of growing up in churchAlthough not raised Christian himself, James discusses a danger in children who grow up in church, especially pastor and missionary children, if they are not taught how to be real and authentic.2024-03-3001 minWisdom to KnowThe Importance of Daily tending your heartJames discusses the false self vs the real self, and why it's important to "tend" your heart; he uses the Bible parable of the 4 Soils and relates it to heart issues. Just like gardening, every day one needs to remove weeds that grow, and keep the soil soft so seed can rest, die, and sprout. The heart is the similar that requires gardening.2024-03-3002 min
Geek To Me Radio401 - The Cast of Netflix’s ‘Warrior’In this episode, we talk to TEN different members of the cast of ‘Warrior’, which is a martial arts crime drama based on an original concept and treatment by Bruce Lee. Warrior is currently on Netflix.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80177331
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5743796/
0:00 SEG 1 Kieran Bew, Hoon Lee, and Tom Weston-Jones
12:56 SEG 2 Andrew Koji, Chen Tang, and Jason Tobin
29:04 SEG 3 Olivia Cheng and Perry Yung
40:27 SEG 4 Dianne Doan and Langley Kirkwood
2024-03-1055 minWisdom to KnowW2K: The Key Business Ingredient For Culture Formation and Effective TeamsJames gave a presentation to the local Schaumburg Business Association event, Coffee and Contacts, and spoke on the key business ingredient in culture and effective teams. Not only does he discuss Leadership, but developing a growth mindset, self awareness, EQ, and soft skills. 2024-03-0750 minWisdom to KnowHow to affect culture but not control peopleIn this short video clip, James talks how to best affect culture. By being an example, and being confident in your actions. You may not be the boss, but you still influence your peers, colleagues, and managers.
He also speaks on the reality that nobody can force anyone do to anything. But people can influence and inspire, which is the definition of leadership.2024-03-0600 minWisdom to KnowSoftskills and EQ in leadershipJames talks how EQ is just as important as IQ in leadership, and the five elements of EQ from the classic 1998 article Harvard Business Review to the hottest skill in 2024 by Linked in.2024-03-0601 min
Excited Utterance150 James MacleodEvidence Law's Blind Spots. Jamie Macleod from Brooklyn Law School argues, among other things, that evidence law needs to worry as much about what juries do in the absence of certain evidence as in the presence of it. He discusses new empirical work showing some troubling racial disparities when mock jurors are presented with so-called sanitized evidence, such as when the fact of prior convictions is revealed without specific details.2024-03-0400 minExcited Utterance150 James MacleodEvidence Law's Blind Spots. Jamie Macleod from Brooklyn Law School argues, among other things, that evidence law needs to worry as much about what juries do in the absence of certain evidence as in the presence of it. He discusses new empirical work showing some troubling racial disparities when mock jurors are presented with so-called sanitized evidence, such as when the fact of prior convictions is revealed without specific details.2024-03-0400 minWisdom to KnowWhat is love and how do you know if you have itJames describes Love from the 1 Corinthians 13 in the Bible through the lens of psychology.2024-02-0901 minWisdom to KnowWhat it means to be masculineHow have you been invalidated as a man? James talks about what men want.2024-02-0903 minWisdom to KnowConnecting with people through shameFamous Ted Talk by Brene Brown that discusses authentic connection through revealing shame. James discusses why it's so difficult to connect that way, especially men.2024-02-0901 minWisdom to KnowGreek words for Love: Agape and PhileoThere are different words for love in the Bible, and what is the differences between them? At the end of the book of John, why does Peter and Jesus use both to describe love?2024-02-0901 minWisdom to KnowHow do you know your true self?How do we differentiate between the false self and the true self, and how can we operate out of a true, authentic self?2024-02-0902 minWisdom to KnowWhat is the false self?What is the false self? We all have an image that we want everyone to perceive; however, you cannot genuinely connect with people with a false self.2024-02-0901 minWisdom to KnowW2K Sermon: James' life in Christ (中文翻译）2024 James was invited to a Chinese Church to share his testimony, and his growth in the Christian life.
English with Chinese translation2024-01-171h 30Excited Utterance145 James Steiner-DillonExpert Malpractice. James Steiner-Dillon from the University of Akron discusses what happens when clients sue their expert witnesses for malpractice, and why traditional rules of witness immunity should not apply.2023-12-0400 minExcited Utterance145 James Steiner-DillonExpert Malpractice. James Steiner-Dillon from the University of Akron discusses what happens when clients sue their expert witnesses for malpractice, and why traditional rules of witness immunity should not apply.2023-12-0400 minWisdom to KnowW2K: Steve Garrett of Garrett Consulting- Career change from technical to HR and business ownerSteve Garrett is the founder and sole owner of Garrett Consulting, a consulting group that offers personalized leadership development coaching, consulting & training in Chicago & nationwide. He joins James to talk career change, being a solopreneur/entreprenur, and his personal life of faith.
Those that was to reach out to Steve can contact him at:
steve.garrett@garrettconsulting
or check him out at
http://www.garrettconsulting.us2023-11-281h 10Wisdom to KnowHow are you experiencing God and spiritual maturitySomeone asked James how he is experiencing God. James answers by describing the maturing process of the Christian life, and the road is not easy. But if the assumption is God is good and he is in control, then what is He doing in a person's life when they don't "feel" Him anymore. 2023-11-1404 minWisdom to KnowThe mindset of most people and spiritual mattersWhat is the mindset of most people? Many are humanists and Gnostics, but do these things go with spiritual matters and the Bible?2023-11-1400 minWisdom to KnowWhat God desires and where parents failWhat does God desire? No matter how good a person's parent were/are, they will ultimately fail in an area. Where does God come in when parents cannot.2023-11-1400 minWisdom to KnowWhere the spiritual battle beginsWhere does the spiritual battle begin in a person? James discusses why thinking and speaking things are important in directing a persons path.2023-11-1400 minWisdom to KnowWhat is considered a Whole Person? How parents affect development.What is a person made of? James discusses the whole person is made of several parts: physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. He also talks on how his parents and parents in general affect development in children.2023-11-1401 minWisdom to KnowAre we sinners saved by Grace?A common saying in Christian circles is to say, "We are sinners saved by Grace." Is this saying correct, and should Christians be saying it? James gives his thoughts.2023-11-1402 min
The RegenNarration Podcast180. We're Very Close to a Tipping Point: Rachel Ward & Jade Miles, live in Margaret RiverRachel Ward is a famed actress, film-maker and now farmer. Jade Miles is the CEO of Sustainable Table, author of Futuresteading, and steward of the incredible Black Barn Farm. We shared this conversation with a live audience after a screening of Rachel’s brilliant documentary, Rachel’s Farm. It was a curtain raiser to the Regenerative Agriculture Conference in Margaret River WA, and the penultimate event of Rachel’s film tour of 30 or so locations around the country. That lent a certain perspective to this conversation – a kind of overview of the movement, and the country. And that met...2023-11-0748 min