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C4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved. We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER. We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other. Please check out c4leaders.org to support our important work.

Season 6 Episode #13 Russell Van Brocklen is coming from West Sand Lake, NY (inform, inspire, & transform)

You can find Russell via his website https://dyslexiaclasses.com

Dyslexia touches as many as 15–20 % of all learners, yet most families still hear “wait and see.” Russell flips that script. As the Dyslexia Professor, he translates structured-literacy methods proven most effective for struggling readers into bite-size actions parents can use right now. Russell’s clients know exactly why multisensory routines beat generic worksheets and with Russell’s expertise, start seeing progress before the next report card.

Russell has over 10 years of experience in teaching students with Dyslexia techniques to overcome their current struggles and recognize the superpower they’ve been given. Russell is a frequent speaker at various reading and writing conferences and has helped thousands of students reach for and achieve their dreams.

Thanks for sharing your many gifts with people all over the world and thanks for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients…welcome to the show.

TOTD – “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” Maya Angelou

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In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

Best part of growing up with Dyslexia?

Most exciting part of helping individuals with dyslexia…

What was special education like when you grew up and educators didn’t have the knowledge they have now…

Helping individuals find their secret sauce…

Best thing a parent can do to help their child?

Writing to Read…is a process you created…

PRACTICE….

Developing trust in one’s self to know they can do it…

Books you recommend?

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C4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved. We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER. We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other. Please check out c4leaders.org to support our important work.

Season 6 Episode #12 Jason Lyle is coming from North Georgia (inform, inspire, & transform)

You can find Jason via his website thesacredgrit.com and https://www.skool.com/sacred-grit-6182/about

About Jason’s work: Jason Lyle is a wilderness guide, retreat leader, and spiritual coach with a passion for helping men reclaim their inner strength and truth. After 13 years as a pastor and over a decade working in Uganda on sustainable development, Jason founded Adventures in Recovery, a nonprofit using nature, movement, and mindfulness to support men’s mental health. He also leads Sacred Grit, a coaching and retreat platform built on the belief that healing begins when we stop running from our pain and start facing it with courage. Jason’s work is raw, grounded, and deeply human—just like the men he serves.

Thanks for helping, healing, and guiding men to reclaim their true identity and purpose in life. Thanks for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients…welcome to the show!

TOTD – “resolve to live as a grown-up who is making progress, and make whatever you think best a law that you never set aside. And whenever you encounter anything that is difficult or pleasurable, or highly or lowly regarded, remember that the contest is now: you are at the Olympic Games, you cannot wait any longer.” Epictetus (Manual 51)

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In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

Nervous System Regulation

The Power of Reflection

Self – Love…the most loving thing you can do…

Mind, Body, Soul…

Mindful Masculinity – three core pillars: Tools, Stillness, Authentic Masculinity

Feeling Whole…

Self- Awareness

The ability to separate from everyday life….

Creating Capacity to hold DISCOMFORT

Yoga..

Identifying TRIGGERS… then Dealing with Anger…regulate..

Perspective

Road Map

Do the hard work…

Meaningful planting ritual for growth and intention

Cold Plunging

Releasing the pressure to FIX oneself vs. learning how to love who you currently are…

The Sacred Grit Podcast…

Purpose, Guilt, Forgiveness, Books you recommend?

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C4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved. We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER. We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other. Please check out c4leaders.org to support our important work.

Season 6 Episode #11 Victoria Pelletier is coming from Miami Beach, Florida (inform, inspire, & transform)

You can find Victoria via her website victoria-pelletier.com

About Victoria’s work: Victoria is a 20+ year Corporate Executive, Board Director, #1 selling author and Professional Public Speaker. Nicknamed the “Turn Around Queen” and the “CEO Whisperer” by former colleagues and employers, Victoria inspires and empowers her team and clients to change mindsets and drive growth in business, leadership and culture.

As someone who does not subscribe to the status quo, she is always ready for new challenges becoming one of the youngest Chief Operating Officers at the age of 24, president by 35 and a CEO at age 41.

As a prolific motivational and inspirational speaker, Victoria has delivered keynotes discussing the significance of Whole Human Leadership - being an empathetic and authentic leader, as well as the importance of personal branding and its impact on professional growth; the power of DEI on corporate cultures and building a life of resilience.

Victoria, thanks for sharing your many gifts, thanks for empowering the people you serve to develop their best selves, and thanks for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients…welcome to the show.

TOTD – “It’s hard to know whether to laugh or to cry at the human predicament. Here we are with so much wisdom and tenderness, and - without even knowing it – we cover it over to protect ourselves from insecurity. Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego.”

The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron

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In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

Harmony in you doing you, raising children, empowering staff, building culture, writing books, …how do and did you do it…

What is Leadership and how is it changing? Affect of AI? Skills needed now and in the future…

The Power of Reflection

Self – Love…the most loving thing you can do…

Healthy Resilience…Congrats on your tedx talk…1.8 million views…

Your adoptive mother was an inspiration…

Begins with anchoring yourself to a goal…

Self- Reflection leads to Self- Awareness

Permission to Fail…give yourself time to grieve and then

Books – The Power of Whole Human Leadership: Managing Modern Workers Toward Purpose and Profit, Influence Unleashed, Unstoppable, The Leadership Transition Guide…

The Power of Empathy….

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