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I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Pam Hersh - Connecting the Dots - A Seasoned Writer's Formula for Excellent Story-tellingMy guest today will be very familiar to my Princeton audience. Pam Hersh is Jersey through and through and has been a part of the fabric of this town for over 50 years. She probably is best known for her writing, both for the Princeton Packet and now for TAPinto Princeton. Her column, Loose Ends, is essential reading for anyone wanting to feel truly connected to this town! But of course, there is much more to Pam than what we’ve grown to appreciate through her writing or her penchant for walking everywhere, i.e., that she is colorful...
2026-02-0858 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Hiram L. Smith, PhD - Part II - African American English: History, evolution, use/misuseToday we are once again talking with Hiram L. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Bucknell University. My last podcast with Hiram felt like a cliffhanger…we barely scratched the surface of the language subject matter! Fortunately, Hiram was willing to come back for more. Before I get into the description however, I want to provide any potential listeners with a warning. We cover some aspects of language that some people may find triggering. In the latter part of our conversation, we are discussing Hiram’s upcoming book: an academic analysis of the history and usa...
2025-12-171h 14
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Hiram L. Smith, PhD - A Dichotomous Environment of Racism & Diversity: Surprisingly Fertile Ground for a Young Linguistic ScholarToday’s guest is Hiram L. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Bucknell University. I met Hiram in a most unusual way (you’ll have to listen to hear the story) but I am so glad I did!Our conversation covered Hiram’s childhood and youth as a black boy/young man in racist Oklahoma. Some of his tales are hair-raising. But coming from a loving family with an emphasis on learning, and his being a smart kid, the groundwork was laid for a bright future. Turns out, it was a hard-fought battle, w...
2025-07-281h 08
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Michelle Pirone Lambros - From International Entrepreneur to Princeton Council Member - Tales of a Type AWhen we first meet a person, or even after we have become familiar with them as they currently “are”, we usually have no idea what came before. How did they get to where they aretoday? What other experiences played a role in their current selves? That’s what is so fun for me in doing these podcasts; hearing the life experiences that build the people around us. Today’s guest is a good example of this. Everyone in Princeton certainly knows who Michelle Pirone Lambros “is”;she’s one of our Council Members. We know what she strives for: strong bu...
2025-07-0959 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Marc Uys - A Musician's "Noteworthy" Journey from South Africa to PrincetonI am very excited to share my latest conversation with all of you! Today’s guest is Marc Uys, Executive Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. To be honest, I am a music appreciator, but one with zero musical talent myself. So, talking with Marc was a bit intimidating! But we had a wonderful conversation, and I could have talked with him for hours! (I think perhaps I did…) I learned of Marc’s origins in South Africa and his passion for the violin from the age of three! My listeners will learn, as I did, of Marc’s fasci...
2025-03-261h 06
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Liz Lempert - "A Mayor's (Seemingly) Charmed (Perhaps Inevitable?) Path to Local Politics and Beyond!"Once again, my connections have come through with a wonderful guest! A previous guest, Carol Golden, and friend
Shelly Yedlin, both had a role in my meeting up with Liz Lempert. Of course, I already knew a bit about Liz because she had been the mayor of Princeton a few years back.
I discovered that, of course, there is so much more to Liz’s story than her stint (albeit great for Princeton!) as Mayor. Liz
shares with us her path from California, including Stanford, Oxford, the New York Times DC bureau, Cyc (early AI), NPR’s “Living on Ea...
2025-01-311h 03
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Jamie Kyte Sapoch - "A Conversation with a Nonprofit Junkie!"Today’s guest, Jamie Kyte Sapoch, is a self-described nonprofit junkie”! I was so grateful to have an opportunity to
learn from her, as my nonprofit experience over the last couple of years has been a bit baffling to me!
Jamie is truly an expert in the field of running a not for profit, from governance to capital campaigns, to just working well with teams of truly caring and smart people. Her experience started in DC during the 80’s working with Common Cause on arms control and campaign finance reform. So inspired by the work and the people, sh...
2024-12-1442 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Lance Liverman - Getting a Natural "High" From Giving BackI feel so lucky that my office was right across the street from the home of today’s guest, because with his wave and a smile, we became acquainted and later, I am happy to say, friends.
Lance Liverman is a true man of the community! He has worked passionately for the benefit of those in need. In fact, his community service has been so impactful, the mayor of Princeton has named a day after him; February 25, 2024, is officially Lance Liverman Day!
Like most of my guests who are involved in community service, Lance got an ear...
2024-08-0443 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Nathalie Nelson - "How a Passion for Caring for Others Led to Leadership at Womanspace"My connection to today’s guest is yet another example of how each person we meet exponentially broadens our network. I am getting less and less lonely and more and more inspired with each episode and conversation!
Join me as I talk with Nathalie Nelson, CEO of Womanspace who I met through Joan Bartl, who I met through…never mind, you get the picture! Womanspace is a wonderful organization, founded in 1977 by Barbara Boggs Sigmund, providing safe haven and resources to victims and families impacted by domestic violence here in Mercer County, NJ.
Nathalie shares the story...
2024-07-0838 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Karen Kowalski and Jen Orlick - "How a Life-Changing Hardship Inspired the Creation of a Whole New World"I’m particularly excited about this episode because it embodies the very reason I started this podcast: to create connections! The purpose of this episode, along with telling a wonderful story, is to help someone launch her own podcast. And I made a new friend in the process!
Karen Kowalski, one of today’s guests, is an Occupational Therapist. She reached out to me because her clients’
stories about not only overcoming disabilities, but actually using them to springboard into new opportunities were so inspirational, she felt moved to get them out into the world. Her chosen medium is a...
2024-06-2445 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Paula Flory - "How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired a Joy-Based Approach to Care"In this episode, I spoke with Paula Flory, an amazing woman who parlayed a huge shock…her Stage III breast cancer diagnosis…into a catalyst for creating a joy-focused method of care. Recognizing her own un-filled needs during treatment and recovery, Paula’s wheels (literally) started turning. This led to her creation of Move Over Breast Cancer, (MOBC) a fully mobile breast cancer support organization, complete with a beautiful van, fit out to provide breast cancer services in a spa-like setting. But that’s not all! We’ll hear about all the breadth of supportive programs Paula has created to help those...
2024-03-301h 00
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Joan Bartl - "A Fight Against Gender Stereotypes/A Sit-in for Women's Rights"In this episode, we welcome Joan Bartl, a woman who doesn’t sit back (although she does “sit-in”…you’ll get the reference when you listen) when she sees something wrong in the world…she
acts. Joan’s stories demonstrate what you can achieve when you have a clear sense of purpose and can inspire others to share that passion!
Joan’s story follows her path from growing up in Philly as a “normal kid”, to her first awareness of inexplicable gender role assignments, to her early adulthood in the 70’s when these stereotypes became ever more apparent.
It was...
2023-12-2742 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Landon Jones - "Books, Boomers, and the Perils of Celebrity"In today’s episode, we enter the world of books, history, journalism, and celebrity! My guest, Landon Jones, is a renowned author and journalist. He served as Managing Editor of both People and Money magazines, and has authored four critically
acclaimed books.
Lanny’s most recent book, Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers is a cautionary tale about our nation’s shift from hero worship to celebrity/influencer worship. Timely and telling!
Lanny shares with us how his early childhood hearing loss fed his love of reading. Libraries were his haven a...
2023-10-1948 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Carol Golden - From a Tradition of "Tikkun Olam" to a Life of "Hands-on" ActivismToday’s guest, Carol Golden, is yet another involved and engaged individual, constantly looking for ways to improve the world. You’ll want to hear her story about how she came up with the term “community activist” as a response to the question “what do you do?” It’s a fun one!
Carol explains how her sense of the importance of community goes back to her roots. Her parents, both “civil servants”, instilled the spirit of “tikkun olam” into their lives and hers. If you don’t know what that means, you’ll have to listen to find out! Suffice it to say...
2023-08-231h 00
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Chris Collier - "From Trombone to Cinema...A Path to Fostering Community"In this episode of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely”, our conversation returns to the world of art, but a very different medium from what we’ve previously covered. Today we’re talking about cinema…and specifically community cinema.
Our guest is Chris Collier, the Executive Director of Renew Theaters, a nonprofit management company that operates four member-supported theaters in the Greater Philadelphia Region, both in PA and NJ. Each of the theaters is a saved historic theater that now operates to share great films and events, educate the community about the film and media arts, engender a life...
2023-05-2641 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Claudia Toby - "Finding Purpose Through Service and Entrepreneurship"In this episode of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely”, my conversation is with Claudia Toby, tireless entrepreneur, community advocate and agent for change, addressing issues such as homelessness, mental illness, food insecurity and youth mentoring.
Join us to hear about how Claudia’s 20-year background in nursing led her to her ultimate calling to serve the community.
Even during times of adversity, Claudia heeded the call to serve others and find her purpose. As Claudia says, “it’s not about you”, it’s about caring for those in greater need.
Claudia tells us about programs she, alo...
2023-05-1845 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Ricardo Barros - "Create the Life You Want to Live: Art & Agency"In our latest episode, we return to the world of art, specifically photography…although in our guest’s view, the medium is just a conduit for life experience.
Our guest is Ricardo Barros, a renowned photographer, artist, writer, filmmaker, curator, and lecturer.
Having experienced the power of art as a teenager – Ricardo’s knees shook upon first exposure to Paul Strand’s photographs – he identified his passion early on. The clarity of his purpose notwithstanding, his path forward remained a mystery. This led him to change course in search of fulfillment several times over. From a military s...
2023-03-1444 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Earnest James - "Deal, Heal, Fulfill/Finding Your 'Why'/Forgiveness and CommunityIn this episode, I was delighted to speak with Earnest James, family man, minister, mentor, speaker, and author. He is also the host of the popular podcast “Deal to Heal with E. James Podcast”, the thrust of which is to help people heal by connecting them with experts in therapy, mentoring and guidance… from suicide to self-love to domestic violence… you name it, he’s covering it.
Earnest tells us how early failure taught him to always strive for achievement. (How many of us have been on the receiving end of that parental “I’m disappointed in you” look? Ouc...
2023-02-2358 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Valerie McKinney - "Live Each Day to the Fullest, Because...You Just Never Know"Welcome to the latest episode of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely…”.
In this episode, my guest, Valerie McKinney shares her story of how life as she knew it was completely upended two years ago! We hear about Val’s path through life…her love of manufacturing and assembly lines and how it parlayed into a pharma career, her wonderful family, and zest for living.
But Valerie bravely shares with us the horrible diagnosis she received during the pandemic and how she’s doggedly coping.
She tells of how quarantining during the pandemic was actually a help to her, a...
2023-01-2857 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Glenn Morton - "Prevailing Over Adversity/Seven Key Principles to Live By"Today’s episode is one helluva story! Glenn Morton, the founder of “Father to the Fatherless Generation” shares the colorful and heart-rending story of his own troubled, very difficult childhood and how a single act of kindness totally changed his life.
What was lacking in his “upbringing” inspired him to create his organization, dedicated to helping boys and young men develop into productive and fulfilled adults. “Where fathers lack, we pick up the pace, and we make the relationship personal.” Glenn’s program focuses on teaching these 7 key principles, which if you listen, you’ll learn about!
1. Be Resour...
2022-11-0259 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Leslie Maxie - "Becoming an Olympian/The Power of Having a Vision"In this episode of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely”, I welcome Leslie Maxie, a U.S. Olympian, keynote speaker and media professional. And she’s just an all-around cool person to boot! She even has a Wikipedia entry!
Leslie tells us the story of her background and how that led her to the Olympics. Having strong family support and great coaching didn’t hurt! We also talk about her subsequent media career and her current focus on public speaking (both doing and teaching) and her exciting newest project, “Not Your Mama’s 50” movement. It’s a great concept you’ll want to hear a...
2022-10-2151 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Samantha Spriggs - "From Anger to Joy - a Creative Journey"In this episode of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely”, I’m returning to the world of creative performance art; exploring how the creators were able to keep their juices flowing while in physical isolation. This week’s guest, Samantha Spriggs, a dancer, choreographer and dance educator, shares some unique insights into doing something so very physical while not physically present! Talk about creative work arounds!
Samantha shares how her choreography and teaching work emphasize the intersections between performing arts and social justice; and how dance and arts education cultivates strength, confidence, empathy and provides the tools necessary to be a good hu...
2022-09-0548 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Elyse Pivnick - "Parlaying a Love of 'Gritty Cities' into a Career of Community Service"As we continue Season 2 of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely”, I’m wondering if it’s time to change the title…I’ve had such great guests, I’m definitely not lonely anymore! Yet while COVID’s no longer engraved in our thoughts, the focus of our conversations hasn’t changed. We continue to share people’s stories about their passions, drivers, evolution, resilience and of course…connections.
Today we’re talking with Elyse Pivnick, who’s focused her expertise in city planning on a 30+ year career in community service. Her role as Senior Director of Environmental Health at Isles, Inc. a community dev...
2022-08-1841 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Sandy Stolzman- "Rekindling creativity/Lessons in Survival/Caring for our planet"After a bit of a break, here comes Season 2 of “I’m Frickin’ Lonely”. No…the pandemic isn't over…new variants abound! And while it’s become the new normal, it continues to have long term impact on most everyone’s lives.
This episode features a conversation with photographer Sandy Stolzman. After working her tail off for decades in providing products and resources to the design industry, Sandy was able to rekindle her creative fire by returning to her early love of photography. (As too often happens, artistic passions take a back seat to the need to make a living!)
2022-07-1137 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Carol Markowitz - "A Life Following Passions: Autism, WWII Stories, Empowering Kenyan Girls"This week’s guest, Carol Markowitz is yet another remarkable person to share her stories with me! (Wow…have I been lucky to meet all these great people!!) Carol tells how as a student she discovered a passion that lead to a decades-long career in autism services (Spoiler alert…she helped a 7 year old girl to learn to speak!)
We also learn how finding packets of old letters between her mother and soldiers in WWII led to her post-retirement fulfillment…. researching and writing a book of historical stories about the war. Her knowledge of the subject is astoundin...
2022-05-2752 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Merilee Meacock -"Building Community/Giving People a Voice/the Pandemic was like a Snow Day"This week we circle back to the world of architecture and welcome Merilee Meacock, Architect and Partner at KSS Architects. Merilee was one of (what it’s starting to look like) a lot of people who reacted well to the isolation created by the pandemic. She likened the quietude to a “snow day”! I loved that analogy!
There is a common thread throughout our conversation with Merilee, her passion for building communities. She does this through identifying common purpose and creating connections and giving people a voice. She describes designing for the human experience and the importance of conn...
2022-05-0847 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)"The Father Center of New Jersey/A Warm Blanket & Tools for Successful Fatherhood"This week I’m delighted to welcome three guests from The Father Center of New Jersey: Marc Warren, Director of Operations, Carter Patterson, Director of Programs and Randall Toby, Programs/Projects Coordinator. Our conversation with these mission driven public servants continues our exploration of the particular impact the pandemic has had on community service organizations. It's wonderful to learn how, through creative thinking and use of resources, organizations like this can not only continue to serve their participants, but also thrive.
Through the work of The Father Center, men (or anyone who identifies as a father figure) hav...
2022-04-3051 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Michael Roseborough - "The Aha! Moment/Serving Students at Risk/Tap Room Take-Overs"This week we continue our deep dive into how the community continued to be supported during the pandemic by the herculean efforts of caring individuals and organizations.
Michael Roseborough, Project Director at the Princeton YMCA and director of the ACE program, is one of those exceptional individuals. He tells a heart-rending story that led to his Aha! moment and his commitment to helping young people overcome adverse circumstances.
Mike shares insights into how the ACE program (Accept Compete Excel) is helping to reduce chronic absenteeism in the Princeton Public Schools and build connections and supports...
2022-04-1644 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Kate Bech - "Artist to Non-Profit Leader/Building Mutual Trust Through a Common Vision"This week my guest is Kate Bech, VP of Mission Advancement for the Greater Somerset County YMCA. Kate recounts her journey from artist to non-profit leader, and how her Midwest upbringing instilled a sense of duty, justice and fairness and a belief in public service that undoubtedly played a role in her following that path.
We also learn how navigating the “rules” created by the government’s response to the pandemic made leading the Y so challenging. Kate attributes much of her and the Y’s ability to continue to serve the community to her exemplary team of volun...
2022-03-3150 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Tawanda McCrae - "The Demands of Being an Alpha/Caring for All Creatures"This week we're talking with Tawanda McCrae, a multifaceted and socially pro-active person, veteran, Vegan and a Vegan business owner, founder of the charity Red Queen Foundation, animal activist, a cannabis advocate. and architectural designer and instructor. Tawanda is driven by the desire to help others through mentoring and charitable work. We talk about looking for those "light bulb moments" and how to perhaps ease into a vegan lifestyle to help our health and the environment. Hand made vegan chocolates might just do the trick! She advises to "let your body be a garden, not a graveyard".
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2022-03-2551 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Karl Reutter: Part II - "Love, Loss and Loneliness"This is the second session of a two-parter with Karl Reutter. He had so much to talk about it took two sessions! In this episode we circle back to learn more about Karl’s time in Japan and the promising relationship he developed there. But also how the pandemic-imposed long-distance nature of that relationship was more than could be endured. It’s a tale of heartbreak and mental illness, and facing life beyond that. It's got everything: romance, intrigue, loneliness and tragedy! Take a listen!
2022-02-2647 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Ira Stanley - "The Right Kind of Pandemic Blues"This week’s guest is Ira Stanley, accomplished rock and blues guitarist, musician, and song writer. Currently Ira is the lead guitarist for the bands Checker’d Past and Blues Power. I was eager to learn how Ira kept his music going through the pandemic. (Here Social Media once again features front and center…in this case in a positive way…)
As the owner of businesses that provided on call nursing and doctor’s services, Ira had an up-close vantage point of the demands on medical professionals created by the pandemic. And his own bout with pre-vaccine COVID made...
2022-02-2245 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Alan Maimon - Author, Investigator, Freedom FighterThis week’s guest is Alan Maimon, Pulitzer Prize finalist author of Twilight in Hazard – An Appalachian Reckoning and an investigator for Centurion, the nation’s oldest innocence organization. Alan shares with us the difficulties of pursuing freedom for wrongly incarcerated people, most of whom are on death row, even in the best of times…much less during a pandemic!
As an investigative reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, he also had a first-hand view of the environmental, identity and Oxycontin crises in the coal mining town of Hazard Kentucky, the subject of his book. He tells how when...
2022-02-0945 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Ed Klimek - From Architecture to Social Justice - Following a CallingThis week we’re talking with Ed Klimek, Architect and Partner at KSS Architects. Our conversation with Ed covers a lot of ground, including changes in workplace and the future of robotics! But we start with family, including the impact of COVID on non-COVID healthcare, and the wisdom of not buying your adult kids washing machines so they still have to come home to do their laundry!
We also learn of Ed’s inspiration in launching a new life path after Architecture, building on his dedication to social justice when working on Solidarity Lending and community outreach in G...
2022-02-0342 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Lauren Krause-Malave - "The Joys of a Blended Family & Don't Call Me "Sweetie", Ref!"This week’s conversation is with Lauren Krause-Malave who is blessed with a wonderfully tight knit multicultural family (African-American, German, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Japanese….! Oh and her dog comes from Harlem!) and she tells us how that finds its way into shared traditions, particularly cuisine! (Lauren throws in some Italian for good measure.) She shares with us their techniques for staying tight knit even during the pandemic.
Like many people, Lauren suffered the “pandemic postponement” of launching her new business but is excited to bring it to fruition this spring! So, if you need your home organized or a ref...
2022-01-2745 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Mel Gjombalaj - Animal Whisperer - Fox ProtectorThis week we’re talking with Mel Gjonbalaj. Mel tells us how she actually found comfort and an opportunity for introspection while isolating during the pandemic. (Escape from FOMO!)
Our conversation also (of course) covers the creation of the Princeton Fox Project, and how we “stalked” the suffering foxes on campus. We also learn how she patiently shares her point of view with those on “the other side”…an admirable skill many of us lack. (I am speaking for myself…).
Mel advises us to “slow down, “learn how to just be” and reflect…to be more like her dog Jeffy...
2022-01-2042 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Karl Reutter - Freelance Human - Escaping the Self Help Loop of HellThis is the first of a two-parter with Karl Reutter. He had so much to talk about it took two sessions! In this episode we talk about the confusion of being a front-line worker early in the pandemic. We also learn about his time in Japan, how he escaped the self-help loop of hell, how to avoid hustle culture, the importance of being true to yourself, and meditating through QiGong. We covered lots of ground, but more to come!
2022-01-1342 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Jeremy Lightcap - Navigating pandemic obstacles and creating new career opportunities.In this episode we'll hear about how the pandemic derailed some business plans, but how Jeremy's perseverance, diligence and ability to create opportunities led him to the career (and relationship) of his dreams.
2022-01-1038 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Blair Miller - Purveyor of Kindness and Mother of MagsToday our guest is Blair Miller. Blair tells us how she parlayed the onslaught of pandemic derailments into the founding of The Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Kindness Project, an organization serving local businesses and people in need in one fell swoop. We also discuss how COVID has been the test of fire for relationships, budgets and achieving a balanced life between self-care and external demands. For Blair, being grounded in the arts provides a haven for personal regeneration and inspiration.
Groups mentioned in the podcast that I hope you’ll check into include the following;
Mr. Rogers’ Ne...
2022-01-0641 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Julie Denny - Serial Careerist and cocktail artistIn this week's episode, we're talking with Julie Denny who describes herself as a serial careerist (actor, mediator, facilitator....the list is long!) The discussion ranges from how the pandemic has brought out people's adaptability, caused them to seek better work/life balance, or made them take up weird hobbies, all the way to methods of torture in Tarzan movies.
We also discuss Julie's involvement in very important civic/social work. Groups mentioned in the podcast that you may want to learn more about include the following;
Womanspace - website: womanspace.org This is a non pro...
2021-12-3039 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)Retiree - (Not the best time to have retired?)This episode is the kick off for the podcast, explaining my own trajectory during the two years of the pandemic and what inspired me to start the podcast in the first place. I am accompanied by my sometimes co-host, Jeremy Lightcap. Fun tales of of live music, rescuing foxes, home renovations, the 2020 election and more!
You'll also hear about the following:
An organization called the Father Center of New Jersey in Trenton. For information go to www.thefathercenter.org
My favorite radio station WXPN. Go to www.xpn.org to hear and support grea...
2021-12-1735 min
I'm Frickin' Lonely...Tell Me Your Story! (Staying Connected Through Conversation)I'm Frickin' Lonely...How About You? - TrailerThis episode is the trailer to my new podcast, I'm Frickin' Lonely...How about You? Staying Connected in the Time of Covid!
We've all been impacted by the pandemic in so many different ways. Listen as we talk to folks from a variety of age groups and walks of life about the impact the COVID years have had on their lives, plans, or sense of purpose. And how they've dealt with it...through relationships, activities, work, and community.
Some stories will be funny, some sad, some inspirational? Let's see what happens! And maybe we'll learn somet...
2021-12-1602 min