The Patricia Raskin Show

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Mike Milligan - Wealth Isn't Just What You Have 02/02/2026

Mike Milligan - Wealth Isn't Just What You Have GUEST DESCRIPTION: Mike Milligan, CFP®, founder of 1 OAK Financial is a financial educator, speaker, and legacy builder with over 27 years in the industry. After decades of seeing one-size-fits-all advice fall short, he’s made it his mission to redefine financial planning as something deeply personal which focused not just on numbers, but on legacy, purpose, and impact. Known for blending practical strategy with heart, Mike brings clarity and inspiration to every audience he serves. Whether delivering a keynote, leading a workshop, or joining a panel discussion, his talks spark mindset shifts, encourage intentional living, and remind people that true wealth is measured by what you build and what you leave behind. Mike will discuss outdated narratives around wealth, retirement, and legacy with strategies that spark change. He will share tools that empower people to plan boldly and live intentionally. GUEST BIO: With over 27 years in the financial industry, Mike has seen it all: the portfolios, the products, the one-size-fits-all advice that often leaves real people feeling unseen. But what sets him apart isn’t just experience—it’s intention. Mike believes that financial planning should be personal, not prescriptive. He’s on a mission to shift the culture from chasing numbers to building legacy—where wealth is measured not only by what you have, but by what you leave behind. Mike’s speaking style is equal parts strategy and soul. Whether he's on a national stage, leading a workshop, or sitting across from someone at a kitchen table, he shows up with heart, humor, and the deep belief that everyone deserves a plan that fits who they are. His talks spark mindset shifts. His stories stick with you. And his message is simple: if you can be anything in this world—be one of a kind. From keynote addresses on redefining retirement to panels on purpose-driven entrepreneurship, Mike brings clarity, inspiration, and action to every room he enters. He’s not here to impress—he’s here to impact. GUEST WEBSITE: /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/39782760

Sheila Glazov - What Color Is Your Brain?® 01/26/2026

Sheila Glazov - What Color Is Your Brain?® DESCRIPTION: The What Color Is Your Brain?® book is the Revised Updated Edition of Sheila’s a best-selling book, which has sold over 41,000 books worldwide. This new book helps readers decode their personality and discover what makes them and others tick to improve their communications and relationships! Readers discover their Yellow, Blue, Green, and Orange Brain Colors to improve their personal, professional, and romantic attributes and abilities. They also discover how to deal with change and bully behavior. This fun and fascinating approach is never boring, always thought-provoking, and simplifies the complex nature of individuals’ complex nature. GUEST BIO: Sheila N. Glazov is a Best-Selling Author, Internationally Known Professional Speaker, Award-Winning Personality Expert, and a Passionate Educator and Brain Color Coach. Adults and children immediately benefit from Sheila's engaging and educational programs,which are never dull or boring. Sheila’s Brain Color methodology simplifies the complex nature of the four Brain Color Personalities. Sheila has appeared on, and been interviewed by, CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX, LIFETIME, and WGN TV and other national and international TV and radio stations, podcasts, magazines, and newspapers. Today’s Chicago Woman newspaper selected Sheila as one of “100 Women Making a Difference.” Her innovative style has won Sheila praise for her What Color Is Your Brain?® concepts and books in conference rooms and classrooms in the U.S. and around the world. Encouraging adults and children to recognize and respect the best in themselves and others is the essence of her workshops and books! Discovering your own Brain Colors and learning to adapt to other’s personalities is bound to be a no-brainer. Website: Facebook: Sheila Newman Glazov and Sheila Glazov, Author Linkedin: Instagram: Youtube: /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/39338725

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Larry Zuckerman - To Save A Life 12/29/2025

Larry Zuckerman - To Save A Life DESCRIPTION: Larry Zuckerman, author of To Save A Life, speaks to current issues of immigration and cultural identity. Through his novel, he highlights the inherent tension that generations of immigrants have felt between assimilating into American culture and honoring homeland traditions. He will speak about how that conflict divided Jewish immigrant families, and why 15 million immigrants came seeking freedom and dignity in the early 1900s--and were widely misunderstood as grifters and freeloaders. As many as one-third of Americans today trace their ancestry to immigrants who came between 1900 and 1914--and Larry Zuckerman's grandparents were among them. Inspired by their story and his research into the lives of immigrants on the Lower East Side, he presents a gripping historical novel filled with authentic details from tenements and sweatshops to the Orchard Street bazaar, from the Yiddish theater and Tin Pan Alley to a Tammany Hall backroom. Zuckerman paints an intimate portrait of hope, danger, dignity, and the quest for freedom. He discusses the realities of early twentieth-century immigration, the forces that pushed millions to America, the cultural conflicts that shaped Jewish immigrant families, and the roles and restrictions faced by women of the era. He also explores how popular music, pre-radio, reflected everyday life and influenced a rapidly changing culture. GUEST BIO: Larry Zuckerman is the descendant of courageous Jews who came to America from Eastern Europe. His grandparents spoke Yiddish around him whenever they wished to protect their privacy—and their impassioned, expressive tone made him want to know what he was missing. In paying homage to their generation and mother tongue, To Save a Life expresses his love for other times and places. Larry’s previous novel, Lonely Are the Brave (2023), portrays a World War I hero turned at-home father in a Washington State logging town. Larry’s nonfiction includes The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World, which was excerpted in The New York Times, and The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I, which reflects his fascination with that tragic era. He has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition and delivered a keynote address at the 2009 World Potato Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand. He lives in Seattle. /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/39072540

Dr. Peter Hartmann - The Mind Doctor 12/22/2025

Paula Marshall - Finding the Soul of Big Business 12/15/2025

Paula Marshall - Finding the Soul of Big Business DESCRIPTION: Paula Marshall, Author of Finding the Soul of Big Business, is the CEO of the Bama Companies, Inc, which manufactures oven-ready products for customers in the quick-service and casual restaurant industry and private label products for retail in more than 17 countries. In her book, she speaks about the lessons and distinctions she has learned and applied to her intentions as a CEO. With recognition of each employee, vendor and customer's own journeys and the collective steps to become the journey of Bama Companies, Inc. Paula is the founder of Paula Marshall Foundation, which builds schools in Ghana for children to provides education that offers an opportunity for a new life. In this episode, Paula talks about food safety week that is global, dealing with fear of uncertainty at work and home, the schools her foundation has built in Ghana to provide education for children and adolescents, and how entrepreneurs and executives need similar skills to success. GUEST BIO As Bama’s Chief Executive Officer, Paula provides strategic leadership and direction to the entire organization. Her vision stands as a beacon for Bama team members, inspiring the organization to achieve the Bama mission – “People Helping People Be Successful”. Paula assumed responsibility as CEO of the Bama Companies in 1984, which now includes Bama Pie, Bama Foods, Bama Frozen Dough, Beijing Bama and Bama Europa. Under her leadership, Bama has expanded to provide a wide variety of frozen desserts and baked goods to fast food chains and casual and family dining restaurants. Paula received her Bachelor of Science in business from Oklahoma City University (OCU) in 1982, and her PhD in commercial science, also from OCU, in 1993. Paula is the author of four books and believes all business people must embrace both entrepreneurship and management to succeed. /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/39071880

Kristin MacRae - Living an Organized Energized Life Book & Complementing Workbook 12/08/2025

Kristin MacRae - Living an Organized Energized Life Book & Complementing Workbook DESCRIPTION: Kristin MacRae, author of Living an Organized Energized Life!, provides virtual organizing and productivity coaching by helping others organize their lives, manage time and tasks, streamline workflows, and create structure so days flow more smoothly and efficiently. Along with her book, is a complementing workbork; a no-nonsense guide to turning chaos into clarity. It is straightforward and step-by-step here to help individuals get organized, reduce stress, save time, money, and create organized systems that actually work for different lifestyles. It’s packed with real-life examples, practical strategies, and tips that can put into action right away. Whether you’re tackling clutter, feeling stuck in procrastination, or just trying to find more efficiency in your daily routine, this book gives you everything you need to create lasting results. Kristin MacRae will speak about her book, workbook, and the "Organized Energized Insider program" that she created. She has shifted her business to all virtual, helping busy professionals, streamline their processes, workflows and working on time management, productivity and virtual assisting. GUEST BIO: Kristin MacRae is a productivity expert who’s been helping busy professionals, solopreneurs, and companies cut through chaos since 2012. Kristin creates systems that save time, money, and stress—because when it comes to organization, she’s all about productive vibes only. She’s worked with more than 800 clients, led over 200 presentations, and helped people from age 8 to 99 get organized, energized, and back in control. Kristin’s mission is simple: to help people feel motivated, organized, and energized—so they can take control of their time and their life. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090791774573 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-m-macrae-064ba447/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organized_energized_living/ Youtube: /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/39063215

Dr. Bradley Nelson - Energy Healing 12/01/2025

Dr. Bradley Nelson - Energy Healing DESCRIPTION: Dr. Bradley Nelson, author of the bestselling books The Emotion Code, The Body Code, and The Heart Code (available Dec. 2, 2025), speaks about how your emotions affect your health, happiness and success, and your ability to love. From his 17 years of private practice and more than a decade training thousands of energy healing practitioners worldwide, Dr. Bradley concluded that most of the discomfort and illness we experience is rooted in trapped emotions, which are unresolved negative emotions people carry from difficult and traumatic experiences. He shares keys for identifying and releasing trapped emotions, and introduces readers to simple, effective ways to tap into the body’s innate ability to heal. In his upcoming book, “The Heart Code,” Dr. Brad focuses on what many consider the most important discovery in energy healing today: the Heart-Wall. This subtle energetic barrier affects everything from our health and relationships to our ability to experience success, love, and purpose. Based on decades of clinical experience and thousands of case studies, “The Heart Code” is being described as the book that can help heal the world — starting with the heart. Together, The Emotion Code, The Body Code, and The Heart Code offer a powerful trilogy of healing that helps transform the way we understand our bodies and our lives as well as represent a growing movement of heart-based healing that is transforming lives around the world. GUEST BIO: Dr. Bradley Nelson is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, author, and holistic chiropractic physician. As a child, he suffered two life-threatening illnesses — both of which were healed, not by conventional medicine, but by separate alternative approaches. These early experiences opened his eyes to the power of natural healing and set the course for his life’s work. Drawing from ancient healing principles, quantum physics, and personal revelation, he began to see that unresolved emotional energy — what he would later call “trapped emotions” — was often at the root of physical and emotional symptoms. Facebook: Dr Bradley Nelson Instagram: @officialdrbradleynelson Twitter: @drbradleynelson YouTube: Dr Bradley Nelson Linkedin: Dr Bradley Nelson /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/39063155

Paula Marshall - Finding the Soul of Big Business 11/24/2025

Jeffrey Weiss - Racing Against Time 11/17/2025

Jeffrey Weiss - Racing Against Time DESCRIPTION: Jeffrey Weiss, author of Racing Against Time: On Ironman, Ultramarathons and the Quest for Transformation in Mid-Life, was forty-eight years old, out of shape and searching for new purpose when he took on his first 10K, sparking the personal evolution and life-altering change which inspired his book, which is his new fitness memoir that tells how he pushed through perceived limits to became an Ironman and ultramarathoner, proving that age is no barrier to strength and ambition while exploring the emotional renewal that comes with chasing bold goals. Racing Against Time tells of Jeff’s mid-life adventures in extreme sports, including finishes at Ironman Arizona (twice) and the 72-mile ultramarathon Midnight Express between the ages of 57 and 61. Jeff’s story demonstrates the possibility of radical, life-altering change even during late middle age. He is a living example of the possibility of increasing “health span". Jeff strives to encourage others to see fitness as an accessible tool for changing how they age, so that they can continue to live actively and vigorously for years longer than they ever thought possible. GUEST BIO: Jeffrey Weiss is the author of Racing Against Time: On Ironman, Ultramarathons and the Quest forTransformation in Mid-Life, I Am My Brother's Keeper, and Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force. He is also an accomplished entrepreneur, having served as a C- suite executive in a start-up that recently sold for $3 billion. In addition to undergraduate and law degrees, Jeff has master’s degrees in international law and in biotechnology. Jeffrey lives in Tel Aviv, where in 2024 he founded Stickers of Meaning, a project that preserves and educates about the memorial stickers that have appeared throughout Israel since October 7, 2023—honoring the fallen and inspiring the living with messages of love, purpose, daring, and joy. /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/38744325

Susanne Biro - This Could Be Everything 11/10/2025

Susanne Biro - This Could Be Everything DESCRIPTION: Susanne Biro, author of This Could Be Everything, contains 24+ years of global experience coaching over 200 CEOs and thousands of senior leaders, and specializes in emotional intelligence, leadership effectiveness, and whole-life success. She understands that leadership at the highest levels is demanding, exhausting, and often lonely. Through her signature approach, Inner Life Leadership, she helps leaders harness the power of self-awareness, because what happens inside always shapes what happens out there. Susannae strives to help her clients obtain greater self-knowledge and advanced self-mastery, which translates into greater leadership effectiveness and concrete business results. In her book she provides insight on breaking free from thought patterns that are limiting you and stifling your joy, unlocking clarity, confidence, and creativity when it matters most, building deeper, more meaningful connections with others and ahieving results that reflect your highest aspirations. She transforms the hidden anxieties into a catalyst for authentic leadership through her signature Inner Life Leadership approach. Susanne also enlightens others on topics such as the power of conscious dreaming, self-acceptance, authenticity, and leading with humanity. GUEST BIO: Susanne is the author of “I Want You To Win! Coaching Skills for Creative Leadership”, a program she most notably delivered at Sir Richard Branson’s private home in June 2017. She is also the co-author of the book Unleashed! Leader as Coach and the corresponding Leader as Coach workshop, a program adopted by countless organizations like General Electric, American Express, and the Mayo Clinic. She is a Forbes contributor and the strategic engagement and corporate initiatives director for Vegan Leaders in Corporate Management. Susanne is also a wife, a mother of two, and a student of yoga, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from UBC, a Master’s Degree in Coaching and Consulting/Applied Behavioral Science from the Leadership Institute of Seattle at Bastyr University, and a Diploma in Technology from BCIT. Website: Podcast: App: LinkedIn: Email: /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/38743685

Miriam Udel - Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature 11/03/2025

Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski - Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous 10/27/2025

Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski - Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous DESCRIPTION: Long-time married couple and PhD psychologists, Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski, bestselling authors of eight books, including Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous, provide their readers 33 life-changing facts and processes that can move you from unconscious imprisonment to liberated, self-directed success in all aspects of life. Most people live lives of frustration, disappointment, and inexplicable holdbacks otherwise known as procrastination, depression, anxiety, and other lifestyle limitations that often show up in the workplace because they are living with unconscious “holdbacks”. This couple has more than 70 years combined experience helping people break through their personal barriers to liberation and success in various areas of life including professional success as well as love and real romance. Judith and Jim will share how professionals at every level—from entrepreneurs to executives—can overcome invisible barriers and live with greater authenticity, success, and joy. GUEST BIO: Best-selling authors of 8 books, married psychology team Judith & Jim, (Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski, PhD) have been an executive coaching team for a variety of tech leaders at companies around the world including LinkedIn, Unity Technologies, Blackbird Interactive and a variety of other companies which includes a variety of start-ups and individuals. They are also the hosts of their popular corporate 4-hour Learning & Development audio program “Being Fabulous In Business.” But prior to their extraordinary success, each of them made their living as professional actors earlier in their lives. More than their extensive professional background, Judith and Jim bring profound personal experience and knowledge to their work, having had to overcome "The Fear of Being Fabulous" themrselves. Married since 1988, they've triumphed in their success together. /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/38341260

Camille Miller - Conscious Reinvention and the Rise of the Soul Professional 10/20/2025

Tony Jones - Broadcasting Wellness: Media, Mindset & Music 10/13/2025

Karen Richter - Uncover Your Light 10/06/2025

Karen Richter - Uncover Your Light DESCRIPTION: Karen Richter is a retreat leader, Forest Therapy Guide, women’s mentor, the founder of Confident by Nature, and author of Uncover Your Light: Empowering Stories of Hope and Resilience. She explores the struggles so many face: exhaustion from constant productivity, living by everyone else’s expectations, and feeling like life is racing past. Karen will share how break free of those struggles with intentional connection with nature,combined with holistic practices like qigong and Yoga Nidra, offers a powerful reset—helping us release stress, quiet self-doubt, and reconnect with who we truly are. Listeners will walk away with simple “rewilding” tools to ease stress, step off autopilot, and return to a life that feels authentic, joyful, and fully alive. Taking this journey of self-discovery will allow you to reconnect with the beauty and power that lies within: Get to know, love, and celebrate yourself. Your radiant light is waiting to shine brightly, and to inspire those around you to do the same. GUEST BIO: Karen Richter is a retreat leader, Forest Therapy Guide, women’s mentor, the founder of Confident by Nature, and author of Uncover Your Light: Empowering Stories of Hope and Resilience. She is a retreat leader, and women’s mentor. Karen spent years pouring herself into every role—mother, wife, daughter, friend, business owner—pushing harder and harder to prove her value, until she felt depleted and lost. Mindful time in nature helped her slow down and rediscover who she was beneath all the roles. Now she helps midlife women do the same—releasing stress, reclaiming joy, and reconnecting with both themselves and the Earth. Facebook: Karen S. Richter - Cohesive Outcomes (https://www.facebook.com/CohesiveOutcomes) Linkedin: Karen S. Richter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karensrichter/) Instagram: Cohesive Outcomes (www.instagram.com/cohesiveoutcomes) Youtube: Confident by Nature (https://www.youtube.com/@ConfidentByNature ) /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/38395060

Leigh F. Callahan - Public Health Approaches to Managing Osteoarthritis 09/29/2025

Karen Salmansohn - Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret ... Before Your Time Runs Out 09/22/2025

Karen Salmansohn - Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret ... Before Your Time Runs Out DESCRIPTION: Karen Salmansohn, author of Your To-Die-For Life How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret ... Before Your Time Runs Out, and behavioral change expert invites her audience to stop avoiding the one truth about the inevitability of our limited time, and encourages to start using it to live more fully, boldly, and unapologetically. After going through her own “I’m going to die” journey, Salmansohn discovered how mortality awareness can transform your life, helping people stop wasting time and start aligning with what truly matters. Backed by science and filled with practical tools, this book offers a fresh and cheeky approach to living with purpose. You’ll learn how to write your own eulogy to reverse-engineer your goals, build a “to die for” list to focus on what brings you alive, and do a life audit to release what drains your energy. With inspiring philosophy, research-based insights, and Salmansohn’s humor, Your To-Die-For Life will help you face your fears and use them as fuel for a life that’s deeply meaningful. GUEST BIO: Karen Salmansohn is a bestselling author with over 2 million books and courses sold, a leading behavioral change expert, and columnist for Oprah and Psychology Today. She is the founder of NotSalmon.com, a popular personal development site with a vibrant community of 1.5 million followers. In 1999, Karen first wrote with How to Be Happy, Dammit. Since then, she’s written numerous bestsellers including The Bounce Back Book and Think Happy. With a background in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, Karen is passionate about helping people live with courage, clarity, and joy. In Your To-Die-For Life, she pioneers the mortality awareness movement, reminding us that embracing death might just be the secret to truly living. /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/37710155

Dessy Levinson - From Overwhelm To Flow 09/15/2025

Douglas Lynam - Using the Enneagram to Blend Spiritual Wisdom and Money Mastery 09/08/2025

Holiday Special Rebroadcast - Jim Murphy: Inner Excellence 09/01/2025

Holiday Special Rebroadcast - Jim Murphy: Inner Excellence DESCRIPTION: Jim Murphy, author of Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind For Extraordinary Performance and The Best Possible Life, has been a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization. Jim Murphy’s sense of worth revolved around his performance. He was focused on achievement but also afraid of failure. When he started coaching professional and Olympic athletes, he often encountered the same mindset. He became obsessed with learning how the best in the world performed with poise under pressure. Inner Excellence is the life guide that has empowered athletes and developed world champions, and most importantly, transformed their hearts and minds. This step-by-step training manual from one of the world's top mental skills coaches will teach you how to train your mind like the very best. After years of research, interviews, and writing, Jim will share how to develop self-mastery and let go of what you can’t control, explain how to overcome anxiety and build powerful mental habit, give tips for removing mental blocks and share how to release limiting beliefs. About Jim Murphy: #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Murphy is a Performance Coach to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world. He began his career as a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization. After experiencing vision issues that ended his playing career, Murphy coached with the Texas Rangers as well as the South African Olympic baseball team. He has worked with some of the world’s best golfers, including world champions, FedEx Cup champions, and world #1’s. The majority of Murphy’s clients have the best year of their careers in their first year working with him. In addition tocoaching professional athletes and executives, Murphy leads Inner Excellence off site retreats around the globe. He is the president of the Inner Excellence Freedom Project whose mission is to build communities to alleviate spiritual and physical poverty around the world. https://innerexcellence.com/ https://www.instagram.com/innerexcellencejimmurphy/ /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/37709690

Andre Norman - Ambassador of Hope: Turning Poverty and Prison into a Purpose-Driven Life 08/25/2025

Daniel Miller - THE WAY OF THE WAVE: Nature's Model for Navigating Life's Currents 08/18/2025

Michelle Blood - Manifestation Through The Power Of Mysticism 08/11/2025

Paula Marshall - Finding the Soul of Big Business 08/04/2025

Diana McLain Smith: Working Together for a Better Future 07/28/2025

Diana McLain Smith: Working Together for a Better Future EPISODE DESCRIPTION:Diana McLain Smith is the author of the new book, Remaking the Space Between Us: How Citizens Can Work Together to Build a Better Future for All. She has spent the past 35+ years as a renowned thought leader and systems change expert helping organizations transform conflict into a constructive force for change. Every day, the news delivers the same story: as a nation, we are so divided, we spend more time picking fights than solving our most urgent problems. It's exhausting and exasperating. In Remaking the Space Between Us, Smith invites us to see what lies behind this story: a growing trend in which more and more of us are seeking refuge in like-minded groups while distancing from groups different from our own. Although it's a natural response to the uncertainty and adversity of the past fifty years, this trend is fraying our social fabric, negatively affecting our politics, and weakening the moral foundation upon which our future together rests. Despite all we are up against, Smith shows why we need not—and why we must not—give up on each other or give into forces so overwhelming they make us feel powerless. Through emotionally affecting stories, Smith recounts how tens of thousands of citizens across the U.S. are working together under the radar to bridge divides, heal our nation, and rebuild our democracy. Diana will discuss tools and insights to help people better relate to those on the opposite side of their political spectrum and to work together to find solutions to our most pressing challenges and work alongside each other to create a future that is better for all. DIANA MCLAIN SMITH has spent the past 35+ years helping organizations transform intergroup conflict into a powerful force for change. She has led change initiatives in a wide range of contexts – from Fortune 500 companies to cutting edge nonprofits – and her groundbreaking Leading Through Relationships (LTR) approach has been used by thousands of teams and organizations around the world to break free of intractable conflict and co-create powerful change. She is a former Partner at Monitor Group Consulting, former Chair of Monitor University, and former Chief Executive Partner at New Profit, and the author of , , the co-author of with Chris Argyris and Robert Putnam. She has served as an advisor to the Harvard Negotiation Project and the Rebuild Congress Initiative. She holds Masters and Doctorate degrees from Harvard University. ()() ) Website: /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/34959060

Shawn Quirk: From Filmmaker to Festival Director 07/21/2025

Shawn Quirk: From Filmmaker to Festival Director Rhode Island International Film Festival Shawn Quirk, executive director of the 2025 Rhode Island International Film Festival, joins us to discuss missions of the festival, as well as what the festival has to offer. Now in its 28th year, the FLICKERS' RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL celebrates the independent spirit in film and has become a haven for independent filmmakers from throughout the world. In 2024, the Festival presented 350 films representing works that were shot and produced in 106 countries. There were 94 World Premieres and US/North American Premieres. Expanding the Festival to its pre-covid presence was the goal of the 2024 event, which maximized its in-person screening offerings, expanded its industry panel events, and hosted numerous receptions, galas, and industry mixers throughout the week. This, along with expanded outdoor screening options (both on the coast and within Providence) allowed the festival to raise the bar yet again in its industry presence and ever growing audience following both home and abroad. FLICKERS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization that supports and promotes the film arts in Rhode Island and throughout New England. Over the past two decades, its production, the Rhode Island International Film Festival, has screened 6,720 independent films and videos out of 87,532 entries, presented 1,621 World/North American premieres, featured over 1,350 entries that were locally produced, and hosted 4,582 filmmakers and crew. Since its inception, over 595,000 film lovers, in-person and online, have enjoyed the Rhode Island International Film Festival and its programming, not including those in New England watching its weekly broadcast and cable programming series, doubleFEATURE, now in its ninth season. ABOUT SHAWN QUIRK Shawn Quirk is the executive director of the Rhode Island International Film Festival. He previously worked as the lead programmer, where he scheduled events and organized different areas of the festival. Before taking these positions, Shawn was an independent filmmaker, artist, and scholar who has directed a number of short films and short documentaries. His film “Ouroboros” won the Audience Choice Award at the Spokane International Film Festival in 2008 and his film “The Coast” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Film Production from Boston University, he worked for two years as an English assistant in France for l’Éducation nationale. During his time abroad he became involved with a number of film productions in both Belgium and France, which included camera work for the two-time Palme d'or winning Dardennes Brothers on their film “Le gamin au vélo” (The Kid with the Bike). https://www.instagram.com/flickers.riiff/ /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/35224375

Jim Murphy: Inner Excellence 07/14/2025

Jim Murphy: Inner Excellence DESCRIPTION: Jim Murphy, author of Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind For Extraordinary Performance and The Best Possible Life, has been a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization. Jim Murphy’s sense of worth revolved around his performance. He was focused on achievement but also afraid of failure. When he started coaching professional and Olympic athletes, he often encountered the same mindset. He became obsessed with learning how the best in the world performed with poise under pressure. Inner Excellence is the life guide that has empowered athletes and developed world champions, and most importantly, transformed their hearts and minds. This step-by-step training manual from one of the world's top mental skills coaches will teach you how to train your mind like the very best. After years of research, interviews, and writing, Jim will share how to develop self-mastery and let go of what you can’t control, explain how to overcome anxiety and build powerful mental habit, give tips for removing mental blocks and share how to release limiting beliefs. About Jim Murphy: #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Murphy is a Performance Coach to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world. He began his career as a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization. After experiencing vision issues that ended his playing career, Murphy coached with the Texas Rangers as well as the South African Olympic baseball team. He has worked with some of the world’s best golfers, including world champions, FedEx Cup champions, and world #1’s. The majority of Murphy’s clients have the best year of their careers in their first year working with him. In addition tocoaching professional athletes and executives, Murphy leads Inner Excellence off site retreats around the globe. He is the president of the Inner Excellence Freedom Project whose mission is to build communities to alleviate spiritual and physical poverty around the world. https://innerexcellence.com/ https://www.instagram.com/innerexcellencejimmurphy/ /episode/index/show/31738a17-8652-45a9-83f2-9bbf39c9761d/id/36852805

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