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The Blueprint: Powered by K Marketing CoThe Power of Partnerships: Collaborating Your Way to Growth (with Jason Konopinski)This week on The Blueprint: Powered by K Marketing Co, Megan is joined by Jason Konpinski from Shumaker PDT to dive deeper into the importance of collaboration. While "community over competition" is the mindset we established last week, this week we’re talking about how building partnerships is the action that takes that idea a step further.In this conversation, Jason and Megan discuss how to approach networking with collaboration in mind and how to nurture those partnerships over time, rather than just at the beginning. They explore the early signs that a connection has partnership potential an...
2026-01-2744 min
Celsius Pod“I thought the rapture began” #Celsius 126 | Hurry Up Tomorrow ReviewThe weeknd is as bad as the devil.Click Here To Have A Life: https://www.youtube.com/@celsiuspodcast/videosSocialsSpotify: Celsius PodInstagram:@celsius_podTikTok:@celsiuspodTwitter:@celsiuspodcastWebsite: https://celsiuspodcast.weebly.comRecommendation & OutroChapter Titles:(00:00) Coming Up on The Celsius Pod (00:40) Describing The Celsius Pod (02:12) Weather (02:49) Nikola Ending High School (07:41) Yellowjackets (12:25) Companion (14:47) Bandersnatch Removal (17:57) House MD (28:01) The Hateful...
2025-05-261h 38
Second Sunday Readingsep. 11 23 Sonia Greenfield, Megan Freshley, and Jared Harél
Sonia Greenfield (she/they) is the author of two recent collections of poetry, All Possible Histories (Riot in Your Throat, December 2022) and Helen of Troy is High AF (Harbor Editions, January 2023). She is the author of Letdown (White Pine Press, 2020), American Parable (Autumn House, 2018) and Boy with a Halo at the Farmer's Market (Codhill Press, 2015). Her work has appeared in the 2018 and 2010 Best American Poetry, Southern Review, Willow Springs, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Minneapolis where she teaches at Normandale College, edits the Rise Up Review, and advocates for both neurodiversity and the decentering of cis/het white...
2023-12-0545 min
Tiny Ripples of Light podcastFinding Freedom Within OurselvesChatting with Podcaster/Explorer/Adventure-Seeker Megan Shumaker about finding freedom. We discuss how life can be a journey. And along our path we find our people, our joy, our place in the world for the moment, all while finding our voice. This is what freedom looks like. What does it look like to you?
2021-06-1149 min
Free: The PodcastHealing in the Akashic Records with Kat Barker.#013 - Enjoy this conversation with intuitive empath, story teller, shamanic healer, comedian, teacher, writer, and speaker as she shares her spiritual journey towards healing herself and others through inner work and spiritual modalities including the Akashic Records. In this episode we discuss:How an impromptu intuitive reading lead her from LA to the Chicago improv scene and how that work ultimately cultivated her ability to channel. How life's challenges often facilitate inner spiritual work and growth.Her experience with Shamanic Craniosacral Therapy and how she came to transitioning to working as a healer.The ch...
2021-06-031h 19Free: The PodcastBreaking through your own glass ceiling with Courtney Parks.#012 - Enjoy this conversation with the all-in-one business and career coach, mindset expert and spiritual advisor. Courtney Parks teaches us the real meaning of Success Without Exhaustion and how to recognize and break through internal barriers that may be holding us back from truly living into our highest potential. We openly share examples of moving through our own glass ceilings and Courtney shares a mini coaching process with me at the end of the episode to help me level up in my career.In this episode we discuss:Courtney shares her story of how she transitioned...
2021-05-131h 27
BookSmittenInterview with Author Paula YooMentioned in this episode:Author Paula Yoo:WebsiteInstagramYoutubeIMDBPaula’s Books:From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American MovementGood EnoughSixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee StoryShining Star: The Anna May Wong StoryAtlanta Spa ShootingsCharlotte’s Web by E. B. WhiteLee & Low New Voices Award: Paula was the 2003 WinnerAmerican Citizens for JusticeMegan Thee Stallion’s Donation to Asian Americans Advancing JusticeSouthe...
2021-04-2850 minFree: The PodcastKnow thyself and other lessons from a Highly Sensitive Person with Dr. Tracy Cooper.#011 - In this episode I talk with author, researcher, and educator Dr. Tracy Cooper who helps us understand what it means to have the personality trait of being a highly sensitive person. In this episode we discuss:How he stumbled upon the work of Dr. Elaine Aron in attempts to find a topic for his dissertation when introversion seemed to have been well studied already.What it means to be a highly sensitive person, or HSP, and how that differs from a sensory processing disorder.Some of the research and science behind HSPs and how they d...
2021-04-221h 02Free: The PodcastFinding empowerment in the outdoors with backpacking badass Allison of She Dreams of Alpine.#010 - This outdoor backpacking educator and empowerment coach shares her story about becoming confident, safe and self-sufficient in the outdoors and now she empowers other women to do the same regardless of their experience. In this episode we discuss:Allison's journey from feeling clueless in the outdoors to gaining full confidence in herself and her skills to be on her own as well as lead others.How her "year of yes" lead her to following her passion for the outdoors and eventually transitioning from her traditional 9 to 5 to going full-time in her o...
2021-03-311h 02Free: The PodcastGoing Solo: updates and messages.#009 Solo episode to check in, share updates and discuss messages from you, the listeners...plus, a couple announcements of things to come. Listen to Tiny Ripples of LightI love hearing from you! Please connect with me and let me know your insights from the episodes...Email Free: The Podcast at Info@InspiredLifeExpeditions.comConnect on Instagram Call and leave a message at 1 (216) 202-5050Music provided by “Farm” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2021-03-1823 minFree: The PodcastSelf compassion during times of transformation with Jessica Zuik.#008 Enjoy this conversation with Jessica Zuik of Connected Mother Coaching as she shares her tools for staying connected to self, following your inner guidance system and having more compassion for yourself during times of transformation. In this episode we discuss:finding and appreciating your personal superpowerstools for how to be more confident in your decisions by understanding where you fall on a continuum from chaos to connectionhow to create your own forcefield to filter out the noise, advice and opinions of othershow being selfish can actually also allow you to be selflesshow to talk to yourself with more...
2021-03-0357 minFree: The PodcastExploring identity and independence with Christine Reed, author of Alone In Wonderland.#007 Meet Christine Reed - hiking guide, backpacker, rock climber, trail runner, van lifer and author. Her new book, Alone in Wonderland, on the surface is a story about her solo thru-hike of the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier. In truth, it’s about so much more. In this episode we discuss:How discovering an Appalachian Trail forum led this unlikely outdoor enthusiast to long-distance backpacking in order to reinvent herself.Her challenges with asserting her independence while also searching for connection and a sense of community.The meaning of female independence and how her view became vastly different th...
2021-02-181h 00Free: The PodcastLeave your life: How a family of four took a year off of regular life to travel by investing in real estate.#006 An adventurous mother of two school-aged children shares her story of how she and her husband used real estate investing as a way to leave their full time jobs and travel North America in an RV trailer. In this episode we discuss:How they fell into real estate and built their own company one investment at a time which led to them being able to quit their full time jobs.How the simple reward of buying a trailer for their hard work, inspired them to leave their stationary lives and hit the road for over...
2021-02-041h 01Free: The PodcastHow one man's off-grid lifestyle may inspire you to be more conscious about the true meaning of sustainability.#005-During a visit to my ecocentric cousin's land, I learned how he was able to create an oasis for nature and himself through permaculture and sustainable living. In this episode we discuss:Ecological restoration and some of the historic and current threats that are transforming our natural spaces.How humaneur composting is easier than you think and could protect wildlife and provide a cleaner water supply.Grafting, growing your own food, and foraging can help you save money and connect you to the land and the food you consume.Some inspirations that I took away...
2021-01-211h 10Free: The PodcastHow to make Happiness Happen no matter what the conditions with Emily CapuriaJoin speaker, coach, and author of the book, Happiness Happens: A 10-week guide to reconnect with who you are, dream a new dream & make magic happen! Emily Capuria talks about how her journey with infertility lead her to starting her own practice as a holistic health coach and writing her book in order to share the steps she created to achieving happiness.In this episode you will learn:Why so many people feel like they're failing at self-help and how the path to transformation may be simpler than you think.How clutter in your space...
2021-01-1456 minFree: The PodcastFostering healthy development and wellness of kids by empowering them through nature-based play with Brenda Richards#003-Can an overemphasis on keeping kids safe actually be causing more harm than good? This episode highlights how much has changed in the level of freedom and childhood experiences over the years and the long term implications that may result. This is a conversation with Brenda Richards, an occupational therapist who offers a program called Timbernook. The program uses nature-based play experiences to foster mental, emotional and physical health to kids of all abilities. We discuss:Some of the challenges in the current environment of allowing kids more responsibility and freedom to roam.Whether crime...
2021-01-071h 04Free: The PodcastHow to recognize and work through limiting beliefs and fear with Melissa Monte#002 - Enjoy this conversation with Mindset Mentor, Melissa Monte and hear her story of how she found her purpose despite challenges and how it lead her to starting her own successful podcast Mind Love.In this episode you will learn:how to recognize if you have a limiting belief and how they're tied to our emotions how you can use the Law of Attraction and transform negative experiences into beneficial beliefshow to follow your own intuition toward your passionhow to hone your circle of influence in order to see what's possible for youa process for understanding...
2021-01-0755 minFree: The PodcastWelcome to Free: The Podcast! Learn how 'Starting with Why' can help you live in alignment with your purpose.#001 - Self proclaimed self-help addict Megan Shumaker shares her story of how she is on a mission to demonstrate how you can live more in line with your values and create your own personal freedom. In this episode we will discuss Simon Sinek's book Find Your Why, the importance of creating your own personal mission statement and why it's also important to gain input about how others perceive you using the methods described in the book.
2020-06-0159 min