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Stories Across the Table

Stories Across the Table

Written by: Steve Ramona & Bridget Cook-Burch
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Stories Across the Table Podcast

Inspired Journeys. Honest Conversations. Lasting Impact.

Stories Across the Table is a podcast where meaningful conversations unfold—one story at a time. Each episode brings guests from diverse backgrounds “across the table” to share the moments that shaped them: the challenges they faced, the lessons they learned, and the purpose that continues to guide their journey.

These are not scripted interviews. They are real, heartfelt discussions about life, business, leadership, faith, service, and the human experience. From entrepreneurs and leaders to everyday people doing extraordinary things, each guest offers insight that inspires growth, reflection, and connection.

Whether the conversation sparks courage, clarity, or compassion, Stories Across the Table reminds us that when we slow down, listen deeply, and learn from one another, transformation begins.

Pull up a chair. The table is set.

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Episodes
  • SCOTT DOGGETT: Companies that keep talent. You will be surprised how less is more.

    SCOTT DOGGETT: Companies that keep talent. You will be surprised how less is more.
    Nov 10 2026

    LINKS:
    Website: https://www.nationalald.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdoggett/
    X/Twitter: https://x.com/AcademyLD
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalald2025/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NationalALD2025
    Email: scott@nationalald.com


    Scott Doggett is a leadership trainer, author, and the founder of the Academy of Leadership Development, a movement built on one simple premise: every human being is priceless. His book, Priceless: See People Differently, Lead People Better, grew out of thirty years in hospitality, two unexpected layoffs, and one nonprofit organization that changed everything he thought he knew about what great leadership actually looks like in practice.

    Scott grew up watching his father, a middle school principal in a tiny K through 12 campus in Maine, lead his faculty the way a good neighbor shows up: with a paintbrush when someone needed their house painted, and in the middle of the night when there was an emergency. It never felt like his father was the boss. It felt like family. That image never left Scott. What followed was three decades in hotel and resort management, learning from the best and worst leaders he ever encountered, before a post-COVID layoff sent him into the nonprofit world and showed him something he had only ever taught about: an entire organization led by servant leaders, with 6% annual turnover and best-in-class results across every metric that mattered.

    Around the table, Scott talks about the labels we put on people and the damage they do, the third option in accountability that lives between punishment and avoidance, and the little moments that leave marks on people for twenty years. He shares the story of a young woman he failed, a woman he nearly overlooked, and a manager he named his entire academy after. ALD, he quietly reveals, are his late father's initials.

    This episode is for anyone who leads people and has ever felt the gap between who they want to be as a leader and who they actually showed up as that day. For anyone who has been labeled and believed it. For anyone ready to build something different.

    Pull up a chair and remember what priceless actually means.

    BIO:
    Scott Doggett is the Founder and Chief Servant Leader of the National Academy of Leadership Development and creator of the Priceless Leadership Movement, a national effort to rehumanize leadership and the workplace. He is also the author of Priceless! See People Differently. Lead People Better. With more than 30 years of leadership and learning experience, Scott has built his career helping leaders create cultures where people feel seen, valued, trusted, and connected. After navigating unexpected career transitions of his own, he discovered a deeper calling to remind organizations that, in an increasingly technology-driven world, how we see and treat people matters more than ever.

    • YouTube: @StoriesAcrossTheTable https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPeekMqKYjBAwO28gLSvRA
    • Bridget’s Free Community - Inspired Writers Clubhouse for Writers and Authors: https://www.inspiredwritersclubhouse.com
    • Bridget’s Free Newsletter: https://www.yourinspiredstory.com/newsletter
    • Steve’s Free Community: https://www.skool.com/steve-ramona-community-9836
    • Steve’s Free Newsletter: https://doing-business-with-a-servants-heart.kit.com/steveramona
    • Steve’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona/’
    • Bridget’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbridgetcookburch/
    • Steve’s X/Twitter: https://x.com/oppbroker
    • Bridget’s X/Twitter: @inspiritwriter
    • Steve’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizopportunitynow/
    • Bridget’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetcookburch/
    • Substack: https://p...
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    28 mins
  • AMY RECZEK: Are people listening to you? Ditch the cheerleaders and how to read the room.

    AMY RECZEK: Are people listening to you? Ditch the cheerleaders and how to read the room.
    Nov 3 2026

    LINKS:
    Website: www.amyreczek.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyreczek
    Sales and Presence Website: www.salesandpresence.com

    Amy Reczek is a sales and communication strategist, certified in nonverbal communication, with a psychology degree and seventeen years in sales. She is the founder of Sales and Presence, where she helps companies and individuals show up with confidence, clarity, and full authenticity.

    Amy grew up with a father who left quotes on sticky notes in her lunchbox and on the bathroom mirror, sparking a love for words that led her to vocal training, theater, and choir all the way through college. That same upbringing planted something deeper: a practice of presence, of paying close attention to what is happening right in front of you. Alongside that, Amy was born with a congenital heart defect, and has lived her entire life with the awareness that health is not a given. She has had three open heart surgeries, and there will be more. That reality has never stopped her. It has only sharpened how she moves through the world.

    Around the table, Amy talks about what it means to bring all of who you are into business without apology, including the neon heels, the goofy kitchen singer, and the overachiever who has learned, slowly, that her identity is not her title. She shares two pieces of practical wisdom for anyone wanting to level up: master your nonverbal communication, and build your personal board of directors. Not your cheerleaders. The people who will text you "not your best" and mean it with love.

    This episode is for anyone who has ever made themselves smaller to fit the room. For anyone wondering whether the real version of them is too much, or not quite enough, for the table they are trying to sit at.

    Pull up a chair and bring every bit of yourself with you.

    BIO:
    Amy Reczek (pronounced Ree-zack), the visionary founder of Sales & Presence, ignites power skills to drive optimal success for businesses worldwide. With an illustrious career spanning prominent organizations, she empowers sales teams to achieve goals while equipping non-sales-related teams with impactful communication techniques for lasting impact. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, extensive business and sales training, and certification in nonverbal communications. Amy shares practical wisdom in her book So, You’re in Sales, pushing readers beyond their comfort zones for a fresh sales perspective. As a captivating keynote speaker, Amy is known for her actionable approach and shifting mindsets.

    • YouTube: @StoriesAcrossTheTable https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPeekMqKYjBAwO28gLSvRA
    • Bridget’s Free Community - Inspired Writers Clubhouse for Writers and Authors: https://www.inspiredwritersclubhouse.com
    • Bridget’s Free Newsletter: https://www.yourinspiredstory.com/newsletter
    • Steve’s Free Community: https://www.skool.com/steve-ramona-community-9836
    • Steve’s Free Newsletter: https://doing-business-with-a-servants-heart.kit.com/steveramona
    • Steve’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona/’
    • Bridget’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbridgetcookburch/
    • Steve’s X/Twitter: https://x.com/oppbroker
    • Bridget’s X/Twitter: @inspiritwriter
    • Steve’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizopportunitynow/
    • Bridget’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetcookburch/
    • Substack: https://p...
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    33 mins
  • JULIE CLUFF: Two children died in an accident. Transforming unimaginable tragedy into hope.

    JULIE CLUFF: Two children died in an accident. Transforming unimaginable tragedy into hope.
    Oct 27 2026
    LINKS: Website: https://juliecluff.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JulieCluffCoachingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliecluffcoachingFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/julie.cluffJulie is a grief recovery specialist, spiritual guide, and medium whose life has been shaped by extraordinary loss and what she found waiting on the other side of it. She is the author of Miracles in the Darkness and works with clients around the world through her practice. On Mother's Day in 2007, Julie fell asleep at the wheel while traveling with her three youngest children. When the SUV rolled across two lanes of highway, her ten-year-old daughter Carrie and eight-year-old son David were thrown from the car. The last words Carrie spoke to her mother were "I love you, Mom. Happy Mother's Day." Both children died. Julie survived. And in the days and months that followed, so did something she never expected: a grace so profound it defied every category she had for it.In the immediate aftermath, while still on the roadside, Julie had a quiet encounter with what she describes as a profound divine presence. Five months later, in an ordinary drugstore, she heard a voice say, "They're right where they're supposed to be." That moment cracked something open. Through her healing journey, she discovered the gifts of angel communication and channeling and found that Carrie and David were not gone, only transformed. Carrie, she says, has become an evolved angel. David still plays on what Julie gently calls the spiritual playground.Around the table, Julie shares what grief has taught her about love, about the difference between loss and grief, about how we rehearse our pain as a form of protection and how we learn, eventually, to let it move through us. She speaks with warmth and precision about the invisible world her losses opened, and she closes the conversation by channeling a direct message from Carrie.This episode is for anyone who has lost someone they love and wondered if that love continues. For anyone who carries grief in silence, believing they should be over it by now. For anyone standing in the wreckage of their own life, trying to find a reason to believe there is something more.Pull up a chair and let the miracles in the darkness find you.BIO:Julie Cluff is a spiritual teacher, psychic medium, and grief specialist whose work is rooted in compassion, and lived experience. Her path was profoundly shaped by a spiritually transformative experience following a tragic car accident in 2007 in which her two youngest children, David (8) and Carrie (10), crossed from the physical world. That experience awakened an enduring awareness of spiritual presence and ongoing connection beyond death, which continues to guide her work today.Julie is known for her steady, heart-centered approach to supporting individuals navigating grief, spiritual awakening, and finding purpose. She bridges the mystical and the practical. She has founded grief-informed programs, trained coaches in trauma-aware practices, serves on the board of a nonprofit focused on spiritually transformative experiences, and hosts a podcast exploring spirituality and consciousness. Julie lives south of Nashville with her husband Ron and their puppy Coco and cherishes time with her children and grandchildren.YouTube: @StoriesAcrossTheTable https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPeekMqKYjBAwO28gLSvRABridget’s Free Community - Inspired Writers Clubhouse for Writers and Authors: https://www.inspiredwritersclubhouse.comBridget’s Free Newsletter: https://www.yourinspiredstory.com/newsletter Steve’s Free Community: https://www.skool.com/steve-ramona-community-9836Steve’s Free Newsletter: https://doing-business-with-a-servants-heart.kit.com/steveramonaSteve’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona/’Bridget’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbridgetcookburch/ Steve’s X/Twitter: https://x.com/oppbrokerBridget’s X/Twitter: @inspiritwriter Steve’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizopportunitynow/Bridget’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetcookburch/ Substack: https://p...
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    37 mins
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