Values Based Life
This is the Values Based Life podcast, where people who are committed to living in alignment with what is most important to them gather to learn and connect with like minded people.
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Evan Marc Katz
05/01/2025
Evan Marc Katz
Evan Marc Katz became the world’s first dating coach in 2003, specializing in helping smart, successful women create lasting love. He is the author of four books, his Love U Podcast has over 3 million downloads, and he has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including Today, the New York Times, and the Wall St. Journal. Over two decades, Evan has watched the rise of dating apps and texting, seen thousands of influencers offering advice, and realized something powerful: busy women don’t need more information; they need more love. More attention. More confidence. More support. If you’re exhausted by taking care of your man, your kids, your clients, and your parents, Evan Marc Katz shows you how to choose a partner who takes care of YOU. Now happily married for 16 years, Evan believes you can find love, no matter where you live, how old you are, or how challenging your previous relationships—and he has the results to prove it. Over 13,000 women have graduated from Love U, Evan’s coaching program and community for women. By providing hands-on support, structure, and accountability, Evan teaches women to become the CEO of their love lives and attract high-value, commitment-oriented partners.
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Lisa Kalmin
05/01/2025
Lisa Kalmin
Lisa Kalmin is a transformational trainer, coach, and the author of The Problem is How You See the Problem. She grew up in Houston, Texas (and yes, she is a Houston Astros fan!) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Radio-TV-Film and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. After spending 12 years as an Investment Manager in the financial services industry, Lisa participated in life-defining transformational trainings at the age of 28. The experience was so powerful that she left her cozy job, high-rise condo, and MBA-track career to become a transformational leader and trainer. She has never looked back. In 2000, Lisa moved to Orange County, California to become the principal of WorldWorks, where for the next 16 years she was the driving force behind the trainings. During that time, graduates of WorldWorks raised over $2.4 million for charitable organizations in Southern California, with an equal amount of goods and services donated. For the last 38 years, Lisa has coached and trained over 50,000 people throughout the world in the principles and techniques to transform their lives. By realizing that the problem is how we see the problem, her students have created wealth, healed their bodies, found true love, and experienced joy and freedom. Lisa is also the co-founder—with business partner and BFF Lynne Sheridan—of Inspire Coaching and iNSPIRE BUSINESS SUCCESS. Together, they lead the Badass Women’s Leadership Summits, empowering women to own their voices, stand for their vision, and make the impact only they can make. They truly believe that the wisdom of the divine feminine is needed now more than ever. Lisa is the mother of 15-year-old twin boys, loves Hawaii and working out, and makes her home in Costa Mesa, California.
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Rachel Lang
05/01/2025
Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang is an astrologer, author, spiritual teacher, and community leader who blends intuition with activism, creativity with public service, and magic with grounded, real-world change. With a Libra Sun and Taurus Rising, Rachel walks between worlds — one foot in the mystical, the other in municipal leadership. As a public servant who holds an elected office in Ojai, California, she brings her spiritual insight and creative vision into every decision, believing that leadership should be both soul-centered and community-driven. Rachel is the author of Modern Day Magic: 8 Simple Rules to Realize Your Power and Shape Your Life (Hardie Grant) and As Above, So Below. She’s also a regular contributor to astrology columns and media platforms. She hosts The Rachel Lang Show, where conversations on astrology, intuition, magic, and collective healing meet real-world transformation. A sought-after speaker and teacher, Rachel leads workshops and retreats at the Omega Institute, The Shift Network, and spiritual centers around the country. Her teachings blend archetypal astrology, psychic mediumship, and ritual practices to help individuals access their innate power and co-create with the universe. Creativity infuses every part of Rachel’s life — from her painting, writing, and music-making to the way she imagines bold solutions for social equity, sustainability, housing, and community resilience. Whether she’s facilitating an astrology circle, working on a policy for unhoused residents, or writing under a New Moon, her work is guided by a deep belief that beauty, justice, and spirit all belong at the table. Rachel’s mission is to help others awaken their inner wisdom, align with cosmic rhythms, and take inspired action — in their lives, their communities, and the world. She received certification from the and is a member of the and the . She is the Marketing Director for , the National Council for Geocosmic Research. Rachel serves as a director for several agency and nonprofit boards, including the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County, Stonewall Democrats of Ventura County, and the Ventura County Transit. She is Vice Chair of the Gold Coast Transit District board and a Community Services Policy Committee member for the California League of Cities.
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Bobbi DePorter
04/24/2025
Bobbi DePorter
Bobbi DePorter is the cofounder of SuperCamp, a summer learning and life skills program for teens held on university campuses that, over the last 40 years, has graduated 85,000 students in programs held in the U.S. and in over twenty countries. With the program’s results, schools gained interest, and she cofounded Quantum Learning Education, focused on creating positive schoolwide cultures and effective teaching and learning that has impacted hundreds of thousands of students and educators in the U.S. and internationally. These programs were recently acquired by long-term staff, and the legacy and impact continue. Bobbi is the author of over a dozen books, including Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Quantum Success, and The 8 Keys of Excellence: Principles to Live By. Bobbi is currently focused on a nonprofit she founded with Stedman Graham—CAYS, Community Alliance for Youth Success—that engages communities and supports youth through live events and curriculum via its Discover Your Purpose programs. She is also active in the Transformational Leadership Council, currently serving as its president, and the Association of Transformational Leaders – SoCal, where she serves on the Advisory Council.
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George Kansas and Tracey Trottenberg
04/24/2025
George Kansas and Tracey Trottenberg
George and Tracey are partners in a big purpose: to Elevate Consciousness by Elevating Conversations™. With 60 years combined experience leading transformational work, they Hold the Holders™ - guiding heart-centered entrepreneurs, thought leaders, coaches, program and retreat leaders, and changemakers to Speak, Lead and Hold with Love™. They are each members of the Association of Transformational Leaders and their work bridges Conscious Communication, Integrated Leadership and Spiritual Embodiment. As Language and Leadership Alchemists, they help you find, own and express your authentic voice - without ego and without apology - so you’re free and fully expressed to make the impact you’re here to make. Tracey is an award-winning speaker, seasoned coach and host of the upcoming podcast The Deeper Conversation™. Her passion is guiding women to own and embody their true voice and purpose, and hold safe space for alchemy-based transformation. George, a two-time cancer survivor and author of nine books, former lawyer, public office holder and single dad, serves as a “presence advisor” who guides men to expand their capacity to hold safe space as leaders. Together, they support impact-driven couples to shift recurring patterns into greater intimacy and connection, helping them hold their relationship as a crucible for next-level leadership, connection and expression as Partners in Purpose™. Their work has been called the “Harvard MBA of Conscious Communications”. They are co-founded “Voices for Love,” a 501c3 not-for-profit supporting passion projects that create a more safe, kind and caring world for all living beings.
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Dana Earhart
03/06/2025
Dana Earhart
In this episode, Robert welcomes Dana Earhart, a seasoned business growth strategist who has spent decades helping service-based business owners scale to multi-6 and 7-figure success—without working longer hours. Together, they explore the meaning of “Wholistic” and why it’s essential for creating a business and life that align with purpose. Dana also breaks down the key differences between mentorship and coaching, and shares powerful insights from her book, Lead with Purpose: 52 Weeks to Ignite Growth. Tune in for a discussion filled with practical wisdom, strategic takeaways, and inspiration to help you grow your business while reclaiming time for joy and fulfillment. We are excited to be able to offer a free chapter of Dana's book to our listeners interested in elevating their leadership and business strategy. • Free book chapter: Connect with Dana: • LinkedIn: • Instagram: • Facebook:
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Janet Wiszowaty
03/06/2025
Janet Wiszowaty
In this episode, Robert sits down with Janet Wiszowaty — a retired Telecommunications Operator in the Operational Communications Centre for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) — whose three-decade career in law enforcement took her across Canada. Introduced through their mutual friend Jack Canfield, Robert and Janet discuss their shared values and the journey that brought them together for this conversation. Janet opens up about the health challenges she has faced, including her diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in 2003. Since the diagnosis, Janet has made it her mission to transcend the trauma through therapy and education. As a contributing author of a powerful compilation of narratives by first responders called Wounds to Wisdom, Janet has found that by sharing her story and facilitating workshops and group sessions, she not only continues to move forward but is able to share tools with those she works with so that they are able to support themselves. They also dive into Janet’s book, The Year the World Paused: Stories of Inspiration and Transformation, which captures experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic, and explore a powerful exercise she teaches — writing your own eulogy — to create clarity and purpose in life. Janet is the Chief Connector and Visionary of Worldly Connektions, a life coach/mentor, a certified Canfield Success Principles Trainer, a published author, and an international speaker who shared her story at the United Nations in 2017 which can be watched on YouTube. Don’t miss this insightful conversation filled with resilience, wisdom, and inspiration.
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Alissa Bickar
02/12/2025
Alissa Bickar
Robert is joined by Alissa Bickar, a Real Estate Investor & Business Coach with decades of professional experience. She helps bridge the gap between advisory and active business building with clients through personal development and tactical wealth building using the SIMPLE Method™ Alissa is a seasoned business consultant with over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, finance, and coaching. She partners with professionals and producers to build and grow their book of business through innovative strategies and personalized support. By combining practical business development initiatives with a whole-person approach, Alissa empowers her clients to rise above the noise of competition in the marketplace by amplifying their unique strengths to achieve their next-level goals and aspirations.
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Rhonda Williams
01/08/2025
Rhonda Williams
Joining Robert on this episode is Rhonda Y. Williams, an author, international speaker, consultant, executive coach, and organizational development strategist. Her past life includes executive roles as Chief Nursing Officer, Hospital CEO, and VP for Language of Caring and Planetree. As founder of LEADJITSUTM and Above the Grind, a global leadership development, training, and coaching organization, Rhonda helps leaders and organizations create modern magnetic cultures through the application of humanized leadership principles.
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Alexa Fischer
12/12/2024
Alexa Fischer
Alexa Fischer is a teacher, author, and entrepreneur whose work shares the common goal of helping people go after their biggest wishes, build their confidence, and break free from fear. With over 240K online students, her courses have helped people access their own light and shine from within. She’s also the creator of the goal-setting, wish-granting jewelry company Wishbeads and the author of the book Wishwork. Her company has a mission: to inspire millions of people to make exciting wishes, take action, put in the work, and make those wishes come true.
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Kris Miller
12/12/2024
Kris Miller
Robert is joined by legacy wealth strategist, Kris Miller, a leading expert in safe money strategies who has helped over 6,000 families and businesses avoid financial disasters by strategically planning for their futures. Kris was nominated for Woman of the Year by the Hemet Chamber of Commerce and is the #1 Bestselling author of "Ready for PREtirement: 3 Secrets for Safe Money and a Fabulous Future," - a guide to financial freedom, second chances, and how to create income you’ll never outlive.
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Nikita Sharma
12/12/2024
Nikita Sharma
Join Robert in this conversation with health coach and competitive body builder, Nikita Sharma, who is on a mission to empower and shake awake every woman she comes across. She does this by showing women the power and strength that lies within their bodies through strength training. She also shows them that peace, harmony and tranquility is possible through mindfulness and mindset training. Nikita helps women become leaders not just for themselves, but for the world around them.
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David Walsh
10/17/2024
David Walsh
Join Robert for this heartfelt, inspiring conversation with author, business consultant, International Gold Medallist and 16 times Irish National Champion in Taekwondo, David Walsh. David is passionate about helping business owners discover and live their purpose. After the agonizing passing of his beloved wife Lena to cancer in 2021, David’s world was devastated. But in the aftermath of that loss - rising from the ashes - David not only discovered his true purpose, but surprisingly the purpose of his late wife too. He then set out on a journey to not only live his purpose, but to also do so with his business. So now, David supports business owners and entrepreneurs to not only identify what their true purpose in life is, but to also make a lasting impact in the world, making it a better place through business.
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Kim Westlund
10/17/2024
Kim Westlund
Kim Westlund joins Robert to discuss the most critical elements of a powerful vision and what benefits we can expect to experience when that vision is clear. Kim is a dynamic speaker, Vision Coach, and host of the "Create Your Vision" podcast. With a deep passion for empowering people to turn their vision into action, Kim is helping leaders across the globe elevate their potential and impact. As the founder of VU (pronounced "view"), a global membership community, Kim leads masterclasses and cultivates a community focused on discovering and fulfilling their vision to create positive change in the world. Her own inspiring journey of overcoming immense personal and professional challenges forms the foundation of her message, motivating others to achieve greatness. With over 30 years of senior leadership experience across corporate and non-profit sectors, Kim brings a wealth of wisdom and insight to her keynotes, workshops, and presentations, guiding individuals, teams, and organizations to realize their unique calling and how to put it to work.
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Dr. Wendy Lyon
10/17/2024
Dr. Wendy Lyon
Robert is joined by Dr. Wendy Lyon, guiding individuals and couples to create lives they love, with the love of their lives! Tune into the conversation where Dr. Lyon reveals the biggest challenges people face when trying to find a great relationship and the role values clarity plays in seeking a life partner. As a Master Certified Relationship Coach and Psychologist, Dr. Wendy helps singles gain confidence, clarity and find love, and she helps couples connect, communicate, and rejuvenate relationships. A mentor for the Relationship Coaching Institute, she provides proven programs that have benefited thousands around the world. Dr. Wendy is a #1 international best-selling author, and her books include Roadmap to Success with Deepak Chopra and Ken Blanchard. Previously, Dr. Wendy was a college psychology professor, and she has led several transformational tropical retreats. Happily married since 2005, Dr. Wendy is committed to helping you create a life you love with the love of your life!
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Susan Crossman
09/02/2024
Susan Crossman
Join Robert and his guest Susan Crossman in this episode to learn how writing a book can catapult your visibility and credibility. Susan shares how the book publishing work has dramatically changed in recent years, what you need to do to get started on writing your book, who should write a book, what the real key is to writing a great book and even how NOT to write a book. If you're ready to more fully express yourself now that you have gotten clearer about what is most important in your life, listen in on how writing a book can help you do that. Susan Crossman is a book coach and editor who helps mission-focused coaches, consultants, and innovators write and publish compelling non-fiction books that make a difference in their businesses and their world. She believes a well-written book can be a powerful force for good in our world and she takes delight in assisting her clients to greater author-ity.
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Erik Johnson
09/02/2024
Erik Johnson
Listen to Robert stress out as he interviews a bona fide expert on podcasting on the podcast! Erik shares with us how podcasting can help us build our brand, increase our credibility, expand our network and monetize our expertise. He also shares how easy it is to start your own podcast if that’s something you ant to do. Robert and Erik discuss the advantages of both hosting and being a guest on podcasts as a way to more fully express our new, values clarity self. Erik K. Johnson is the premiere coach focused on the art of helping coaches attract their ideal clients with their podcast and build powerful, profitable relationships. He has been seen on stage at Podcast Movement, New Media Expo, Authority & Influencer Summit and more.
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Kathi Burns
09/02/2024
Kathi Burns
Listen in as Robert and Kathi Burns discuss how important it is to be organized if you want to fully express yourself and your work now that you have become clear about your highest values. What about people who don't think clutter bothers them? When does getting organized become an avoidance strategy? What are the four areas of our lives to be sure we have organized? What’s the best way to start getting organized? And you won’t believe how Kathi got started doing this work! All this and more in this episode of the Values Based Life Podcast. Kathi Burns CPO®, is an author, speaker & the founder of addSpace To Your Life! and Organized and Energized ~ Professional Organizing & Image Consultancies. Kathi’s mission is to help clients remove their exterior obstacles and unnecessary baggage so that they can create a life of purpose, ease, joy and success. Follow the link below for a free gift from Kathi: The "Ultimate Productivity Checklist"
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Anne Marie Nantais
07/23/2024
Anne Marie Nantais
Robert MacPhee is joined by Anne Marie Nantais — a certified ADHD coach (PCC and an ADDCA graduate) with a background in teaching that spans 19 years of classroom and Special Education experience. She started “ADHD and Beyond” to help adults and young adults go beyond the label of ADHD and into living their best lives – as they define it. With compassion and deep listening, she works with clients to help them find personalized and unique solutions to their ADHD stumbling blocks, using their strengths to create the energy and ease they crave in their lives. Through individual and group coaching, her specialty is helping her talented, creative clients with ADHD get clarity on their values, then supporting them to make small changes to their thinking patterns and daily activities so they can have MORE of what matters to them in their lives.
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Dr. Randy Poon
04/29/2024
Dr. Randy Poon
Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life sits down with Randy Poon to discuss his transformative work as a consultant and coach at the Purpose and Performance Project, and how the connection between values and purpose create impact. Dr. Randy Poon is the Chief Story Officer and Founder of the Purpose and Performance Project, a premier consulting, training, and executive coaching firm. Using an ontological and phenomenological approach to coaching, leadership and organizational development, Randy works with organizations to explore what they are truly capable of. His vision is to come alongside business and nonprofit leaders and further leverage the impact of their companies as a force for good in society. Randy holds a PhD in organizational leadership, focusing on serving purpose-driven leaders and companies. He has led at an executive level in both corporate and academic settings and is currently on the board of a number of organizations.
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Allie Beckmann
04/28/2024
Allie Beckmann
Values Based Life founder, Robert MacPhee, and financial planner Allie Beckmann come together in this episode to discuss her unique, holistic approach to financial planning and investing, and the underlying values that fuel her work. Allie Beckmann, RFA® helps mission-driven and social-impact warriors utilize money as a tool so that their dreams become a reality that reflects their values and vision. As a financial planner and performing artist, she specializes in working with creative and service-based female entrepreneurs to set them on the most efficient path to financial security and creative freedom. Allie’s holistic approach honors the inevitable relationship between the emotional and tactical aspects of money while creating a safe space for her clients to bring their full selves to the table. Allie currently holds her Series 6, 63, 65, and 7 licenses as well as her Health/Life/Annuity License. You can learn more about her on her or on . If you’d like to have a chat with Allie about the ways she can help you accomplish your goals and live your Ideal Life, you can set up a time to .
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Wade Chumney
04/27/2024
Wade Chumney
Wade Chumney joins Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life in this conversation exploring Wade’s work in academia as an Associate Professor and researcher of Business Ethics, differentiating ethics from values, and the benefits of people living ethically and in alignment with their values. Wade Chumney is an Associate Professor of Business Ethics and Law at California State University, Northridge. He joined the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics in August 2014. Prior to that he was employed at Georgia Tech as the Cecil B. Day Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and Law in the Scheller College of Business since 2009. He was previously an assistant professor at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Wade also spent five years in private practice before embarking on an academic career. The primary focus of Wade’s research and teaching is the practical application of business ethics. His intention in teaching is to present a practical understanding of how to apply the principles of ethics in order to benefit your own life. To that end, he has also created an interdisciplinary Business Ethics Minor within the Nazarian College of Business in order to teach experiential aspects of business ethics to students across the entire CSUN campus.
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Sam Bennett
04/26/2024
Sam Bennett
One of the promises of Living a Values Based Life is increased productivity, and on this episode we are joined by a bona-fide productivity expert, Sam Bennett, the author of the amazing new book The 15-Minute Method: The Surprisingly Simple Art of Getting It Done. Sam and Robert discuss all sorts of wonderful ways to increase your productivity now that you are clear about what is most important to you. Samantha Bennett is a writer, speaker, actor, teacher, and creativity-productivity specialist and author of the bestselling, “Get It Done: From Procrastination to Creative Genius in 15 Minutes a Day” (New World Library), which Seth Godin described as “An instant classic, essential reading for anyone who wants to make a ruckus.” This bestseller was followed by, “Start Right Where You Are: How Little Changes Can Make a Big Difference for Overwhelmed Procrastinators, Frustrated Overachievers and Recovering Perfectionists” (New World Library). Sam is the founder of TheRealSamBennett.com, a company committed to helping overwhelmed creatives and frustrated over-achievers get unstuck, so you can prioritize, focus and move forward on the goals that matter to you.
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Steve Farber
04/25/2024
Steve Farber
People love to work for and do business with companies who know their highest values and operate in alignment with them. In this episode Robert is joined by Steve Farber, an expert in love and business, for a compelling discussion about love as a value that helps businesses be more profitable and sustainable. Steve Farber is the president of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated, and the founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, organizations devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community, non-profits and education. His third book, Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson In Leadership, was a Wall Street Journal® and USA Today® bestseller. His second book, The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World, was hailed as “a playbook for harnessing the power of the human spirit.” And his first book, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership, is already considered a classic in the leadership field. It received Fast Company magazine’s Readers’ Choice Award and was recently named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time. Farber’s much-anticipated new book, Love Is Just Damn Good Business, was listed by Book Authority as one of the top Business Strategy books for 2020.
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Cynthia Ruiz
04/24/2024
Cynthia Ruiz
Join our host, Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life, in this conversation with Cynthia Ruiz as they discuss her extensive background in business, her personal and organizational values in various roles, and the connections between Native wisdom and values. Cynthia M. Ruiz is an Award-wining Professor, Best selling Author, Personal Development Speaker, Leadership expert and Transformational Leader. Receiving over 78 accolades and awards for her leadership and service to the community. Coming from blended cultures Latina and Native American (Mexican & Cherokee), she enjoys a passion for life and a profound appreciation for Mother Earth. Cynthia has decades of Executive level Experience, including the past Vice-President of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Board (LADWP), overseeing the largest municipal Utility in the U.S. with a 6-Billion-dollar budget. Previously she served for seven years as President for LACERS (Los Angeles City Employee Retirement System) overseeing a multibillion-dollar pension fund. Her career has placed her in many leadership roles including President of the Board of Public Works for the City of Los Angeles where she had direct oversight of 6,000 employees and just under a billion dollar per year budget. She has worked as an Executive at the Port of Los Angeles (number one container Port in the US) and successfully managed her own business for two decades. Cynthia holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Counseling from California State University Los Angeles and has completed a Leadership Course at Harvard University, John F Kennedy School of Government. She is the author of five books, including her most recent, "Sacred Ceremony & Ritual for Today's World; A how-to Guide." Plus, "Cherokee Wisdom- 12 Lessons for Becoming a Powerful Leader" (2 editions), "Finding Sane Relationships in a Crazy World" (English & Spanish), and "Yo Tambien- Stories of Healing & Hope" (English & Spanish). She is a registered Cherokee Nation and is a Council Chair Cherokee.
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