Katharine Giovanni – Forgive & Flourish
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Katharine Giovanni. Katharine Giovanni is a three-time award-winning best-selling author, dynamic speaker, advisor, and forgiveness coach. She is recognized as one of the original founders of the independent concierge industry. With over a dozen published books to her name, including her popular title 'The Ultimate Path to Forgiveness: Unlocking Your Power,' Katharine delves deep into the transformative art of forgiveness. Unlike conventional wisdom that simply urges you to forgive, Katharine provides a groundbreaking...
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Mark Connor – It’s About Time
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with fellow author, Mark Connor. Mark Connor is a Boxing Trainer and a Writer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It’s About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad), is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. Through an autobiography reading like a novel, he weaves together a story of love, family, and life with twenty poems running through it, sharing his growth in the Catholic faith, the influence of Irish heritage in his hometown’s American identity, his exploration of Lakota tradition within...
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Mike Brennan – Release Creativity
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Mike Brennan. I first met Mike back in 2019 at the Growth Now Movement Live Summit hosted by my friend, Justin Schenck in our old hometown of Reading, Pennsyvania. We reconnected in November of 2024 when we were both speaking at The Thing in Orlando, Florida, which was hosted by Terry Weaver. Mike Brennan, author of Make Fun a Habit: The Creative PLAYbook for Making Life and Work Fun Again, is not just a Creative Consultant and Communicator; he's a passionate advocate for reigniting the lost art of fun and...
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Joe Engler – Baseball, Books, and Music
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Joe Engler. Joe played for our organization back in 2003. He was on our Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) team between his sophomore and junior seasons at Minot State University in North Dakota. I refer to him as one of my old players, but he never actually played a game for me, he just played in our organization. He was one of the players who I really connected with while he was with us. Joe and I talk about the life lessons that the game of baseball taught him and how he is using them today in...
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Paul Zolman – Role of Love
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Paul Zolman. Paul has created a new way to demonstrate the principles of the love languages. It's a profound way to learn all five love languages to give them away. By giving them away, your vision will improve to the point that you can see them coming your way and respond appropriately. The system is so easy that even young children can be trained in this love giving system. Spoiler alert: it's a game where everyone wins. Paul is also the international bestselling author of the Role of Love,...
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Matthew Lesko – Finding Money
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Matthew Lesko. Matthew is an energetic, passionate advocate with over 40 years of experience helping Americans access billions in government funding. Known for his colorful suits and infectious enthusiasm, he has made it his mission to reveal hidden pathways to financial support for everyday people. With a background that includes over 100 television appearances on Oprah, Larry King Live, and Good Morning America, as well as more than 4 million books sold, Matthew is a captivating storyteller who connects with audiences...
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Matt Taylor – Finding a Stronger You
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Matt Taylor. Matt is the owner and founder of StrongerYou Personal Training as well as a powerlifting competitor at the world level. He has been competing since 2012 and has taken best lifter at AAU Worlds as a Sub-Junior athlete as well as being nationally qualified as a Men’s Open Athlete in the CPU. He holds competition PRs of 212.5kg in the squat, 145kg in the bench press, and 250kg in the deadlift. Matt has been training professionally since 2014 and has extensive continuing education in strength training, rehab,...
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Larry Schechter – The History of Fantasy Sports
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Larry Schechter. Larry is the author of the 2014 Amazon bestseller “Winning Fantasy Baseball.” He has been called one of the best fantasy baseball players in the world. Larry was a two-time winner of the CDM Sports national salary cap contest, defeating 7,500 teams in 2002 and 6,000 teams in 2005. He has competed in the two most prestigious expert’s leagues, winning the USA Today-sponsored LABR league three times and the Tout Wars experts league six times. One of his keys to success in fantasy baseball is attention...
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Christy Forsyth – Listen to Your Soul
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Christy Forsyth. Christy is a Soul Therapist, Spiritual Guide, and Energy Queen. She uses her intuitive abilities to help people shine brighter, live with intention, discover their inner magic, and reach their highest potential. On the other side of her own spiritual awakening and reconnecting with her intuitive gifts, she let it guide her to get out of her head and into living the life her soul was calling for! Now she uses the same powerful techniques to help others find their magical life. Christy brings over 20 years...
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Jan & Gary Crosby – The Last Frontier
The Journey of My Mother's Son
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with two more of our full-time friends, Jan and Gary Crosby. Jan and Gary were another one of the couples that we traveled throughout Canada and Alaska with this past summer. It was great to have them on the show and reminisce about what an incredible trip we had. The people, the places, but most of all, the company we shared was such a blessing. We originally met Jennie and Eric on a volunteer project through A Year to Volunteer back in February of 2022 at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles,...
info_outlineIn this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, I talk about our Soul Family.
There’s a chapter in my book, The Journey of My Mother’s Son titled, “Connection.” It’s about the need for human connection. If you’d like to read it, you can check it out here.
Sandy and I are very blessed to have a wonderful blood family. We are doubly blessed to have an incredible soul family throughout the country. I say it all the time that sightseeing and exploring national parks is an awesome component of this journey, but by far, the greatest blessing that we get from the road is the ability to meet and connect with strangers who end up becoming family.
As I’m sure you know by now, from my recent emails and social media posts, I’m honored to be an associate producer on a project by my friend and a member of our soul family, Aliza Hava. I’ve had Aliza on my podcast twice, and we just immediately connected. We became part of each other’s soul family instantly. Her and her husband, Avi drove over two hours to meet Sandy and I for dinner after one of my book signings in Brookings, Oregon. Like Aliza, we connected immediately with Avi as well. There are just some people in the world who you know are part of your tribe the minute you meet them. It seems like you’ve known them for years.
One of the songs on her new album is titled, “Soul Family.” The moment I heard the song, I had goosebumps and the hair on my arms and neck stood up. It resonated with me in a special way. Mainly because we have blessed with such a large soul family.
I wasn’t planning on releasing another monologue this week, but the song was so powerful that I wanted to talk about it to my listeners and Aliza is such an amazing human, that she gave me permission to play the song at the end of the show. This is only the second time that this song has been heard by the masses. The world premiere of the song was played on KZUM FM 89.3 out of Omaha, Nebraska on September 15, 2024 at the end of an interview with Aliza.
I’ve also included Aliza’s story behind the song that she shared during the KZUM interview. That too, is a pretty powerful set-up for the song.
I hope that all of my listeners enjoy the song and the story behind, but most of all, I hope that you all find magic in your own soul families just as Sandy and I have.
Additional show notes:
The rights to the song, Soul Family are fully owned by Aliza Hava. The song was used by permission in the show.
To hear the full interview from September 15, 2024 with Aliza on KZUM FM, Click Here.
To find out more about the Into the Light Album project, go to:
www.intothelightmusic.com
To listen to the previous podcasts that I did with Aliza, please click the appropriate links below: