The Dots Podcast

The Dots. A podcast about connecting. The Dots is a series of intimate and honest conversations hosted by digital strategist, speaker and entrepreneur Kathleen Buczko. Kathleen interviews artists, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and change makers who talk about how they connect the dots and bring things together for their communities, companies and themselves for a better life.

Danielle Branch Keeps Faith By Her Side 06/24/2025

Danielle Branch Keeps Faith By Her Side Danielle Branch, author of the book "From The Other Side of The Bed", discusses her journey as a double cancer survivor, widow, and her metamorphosis through life's painful blows. Her loss of a husband, a friend, and her journey to keep her health in high spirits, taught her how to endure to the light on the other side of the challenge. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37129430

Kim Ades Coaches the Leaders of the Future 06/24/2025

Kim Ades Coaches the Leaders of the Future Kim Ades, the president and founder of "Frame Of Mind" coaching, she has fifteen years of experience coaching many of North America's most respected leaders. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37129205

Rich Horwath Strategizes Tactically 06/24/2025

Rich Horwath Strategizes Tactically Rich Horwath was inspired to start the Strategic Thinking Institute after a manager asked him a single question, "How can you be more strategic?" Since then, he created a roadmap for managers to develop strategic thinking skills and teaches them to managers across the nation. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37129070

Rae Du Soleil Paves a path for young creatives 06/24/2025

Rae Du Soleil Paves a path for young creatives Rae Du Soleil is an artist who, like many, wishes for change, connection, and empathy through creativity. Rae breaks the mould, however, having made music and selling tickets for concerts since her start at a young age /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37128860

Ashra Bennet Mentors Growth in a Young World 06/24/2025

Ashra Bennet Mentors Growth in a Young World Ashra Bennet has sixteen years of experience as the founder of the Youth Unity Foundation. Born in Australia, she traveled around the world growing up, inspiring her to be a great risk taker since turning sixteen, discussing how a journey is a checklist and not a long single journey. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37128590

Mike Cameron Teaches Real Strength 06/23/2025

Mike Cameron Teaches Real Strength Mike Cameron is a philanthropist from humble means who worked to found, build, and run a multimillion-dollar company. He uses his wealth to teach men how to be more emotionally intelligent and to find the real strength within them. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37127685

Raven Sinclair takes seven steps, one at a time 06/23/2025

Raven Sinclair takes seven steps, one at a time Raven Sinclair has done what most dream to do, break the patterns of her own financial crisis and depression, doing so by using the hermetic principles as a day-to-day philosophy. This led her to reach her new creative process, the "Seven Steps To Mastery", a mix of the hermetic principles and her own philosophical beliefs. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37127305

Shawna Pelton enlightens the creativity within 06/23/2025

Shawna Pelton enlightens the creativity within Shawna Pelton, author of "Quantum Shift", joins us with her background in creative and intelligence coaching to help spiritual seekers, changemakers, and conscious leaders overcome personal conflict. This problem-solving has those she works with become the best leaders they can be. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37125960

Clearing the Board with Jill Valdez 06/23/2025

Clearing the Board with Jill Valdez Jill Valdez is today's guest on The Dots, here to discuss how she helps people navigate business communication and eliminate obstacles that arise while making decisions. The passion that drives her to solve these problems is what she has brought to share with listeners today and bring businesses to the next level. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37123745

Lois Stark Tells the Universal Tale 06/23/2025

Lois Stark Tells the Universal Tale Lois Stark, an award-winning documentarian and author, takes us through what she has learned over a rich career of travel and cultural study about humanity and its history. From coming-of-age celebrations in Liberia to military parades in Monrovia, Lois Stark talks about what was regarded as cohabitation for the majority of human civilization, the places in the world who have lost sight of its roots, and what changes had to happen for such a cultural shift to become beneficial once again in the modern world. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37119245

Paul Smith tells a Leader's Story 06/23/2025

Paul Smith tells a Leader's Story Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Paul Smith joins The Dots in discussion regarding how the best leaders are usually the greatest storytellers. Join us as Paul talks about how his corporate career sparked his journey of becoming a great storyteller and, in turn, a great leader. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/37118520

Raegan Payne Puts in Perspective 04/30/2020

Raegan Payne Puts in Perspective Raegan Payne is an award winning playwright currently working on a new play for The Scripps Ranch Theatre’s New Works Studio. Her plays have been produced and performed around the world– from Lagos, Nigeria to LosAngeles, CA, to London, UK. Raegan is also an activist and an actor who grew up in the hills of Kentucky. Her blog TheGoodMuse.com has been featured in numerous magazines including Readers Digest, Ladies Home Journal and American Way as well as newspapers, podcasts, and other blogs. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13969748

Marc Yaffee Drives Funny 04/23/2020

Living a conscious life with Harry Sherwood 04/16/2020

Living a conscious life with Harry Sherwood Harry Sherwood aspires to help people transform their lives by choosing a conscious lifestyle. Harry’s journey into holistic living took a true leap of faith when he left behind the only world he knew in 2010 and went “off to see the wizard.” In today's world, Harry's advice may provide new insight into a new life. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13969592

Peter Shankman is Faster Than Normal 04/13/2020

Peter Shankman is Faster Than Normal Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure and make it work to your advantage. An author, entrepreneur and corporate keynote speaker, this “worldwide connector” is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about customer service, social media, PR, marketing, advertising, and ADHD. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13969547

The Resurrection of Rocky Detwiler 03/05/2020

The Resurrection of Rocky Detwiler Rocky and Cheryl Detwiler talk about reinvention, transformation and overcoming financial and emotional devastation. Rocky’s inspirational story will motivate you to never give up! /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13428017

Emily Ann Peterson is Barely Naked Brave 02/27/2020

Emily Ann Peterson is Barely Naked Brave Emily Ann Peterson overhauled her career through bravery. Emily is a singer/songwriter, speaker, author, host of top-rated Apple podcast Bare Naked Bravery, and creative consultant who uses constraints like a machete and fear like a lawn mower. In 2013 she was diagnosed with an Essential Tremor in her right hand which forever altered her livelihood as a cellist/cello teacher. This degenerative neurological disease opened her life’s love of expression beyond the cello and into the world. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13186823

Dr. Kathy Gruver Changes the Outcome 02/20/2020

Dr. Kathy Gruver Changes the Outcome With Dr. Kathy Gruver's background in theatre and bad fast food, she overcame her addiction to caffeine, artificial sweetener and meals that were eaten in the car. Now, decades after her mother died of cancer and 15 years since her last drink of soda, Kathy, with her ‘Go for it’ attitude, makes it a point to help others navigate the sometimes-confusing world of nutrition, stress reduction, natural health and mind/body medicine. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13186565

Barry Shore is The Ambassador of Joy 02/17/2020

Barry Shore is The Ambassador of Joy Barry is the man who was completely paralyzed and became a quadriplegic overnight from a rare neurological disease Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS…aka French polio). His journey to regain partial mobility lasted several years and caused him to, as he eloquently puts it, “GO MAD,” his acronym for Go Make a Difference! /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13186376

Sleep With Drew Ackerman 02/06/2020

Sleep With Drew Ackerman Drew Ackerman is the creator and host of Sleep With Me, the one-of-a-kind bedtime story podcast. Born out of Drew's childhood insomnia, Sleep With Me was inspired by late-night comedy radio, which was the only thing that helped him fall asleep. Drew's stories on the show are inspired by his childhood as the oldest of six children and past jobs as a fuzzy dice and iron-on patch salesperson, fruit fly monitor for the State of California, and librarian for one of the largest jails in the country. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/13005851

Empath Lauren Polly says: Lean Into Your Gift 01/30/2020

Empath Lauren Polly says: Lean Into Your Gift Lauren Polly is many things, a Certified Speech Language Pathologist who runs a hospital department; a Coach who empowers college students, individuals and businesspeople; a gifted speaker and author. Chiefly what she is, is an inspiration: someone who stirs people to be more proactive, find their way, and make the proverbial lemonade out of what we’re handed. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12952436

Double-Down with Tommy Breedlove 01/23/2020

Double-Down with Tommy Breedlove Tommy Breedlove is an Atlanta-based business, relationship, and mindset coach who is a regularly featured keynote speaker at global events. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12857399

Level Up with Nayla Mitha 01/16/2020

Level Up with Nayla Mitha Nayla Mitha is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and a Certified Life Coach with the Martha Beck Institute. Prior to this, Nayla was a Chartered Mediator. She held various positions in the private and public sectors for over 15 years where she helped people collaborate more effectively and find win-win solutions. Today she’s helping people grow into more comfortable, natural-feeling versions of themselves so they can move forward with more inner peace and self-confidence /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12769517

Insight Coaching with Sara Joy Madsen 01/09/2020

Insight Coaching with Sara Joy Madsen Jara Joy Madsen helps hard-working women and men unleash their own power to create more time, more money and more love in their demanding lives. Her clients are busy achievers. They are often overworked and undervalued. Maybe at work. Maybe at home. Maybe in their own businesses. Maybe a little, maybe a lot... /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12670283

Gael McCool: Problems to Purpose 01/02/2020

Gael McCool: Problems to Purpose Gael McCool helps people turn their problems into a powerful source of purpose. She is an inspirational teacher, guide, and developer of tools for personal transformation. For over 35 years she has taught individuals, executives, and companies to engage the life-changing powers of self-awareness, accountability, and conscious choice to make a difference in themselves and in the world around them. She is the founder, President, and Chief Creative Coach at FEEL Inc. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12595469

The Unstoppable Lindsay Preston 12/26/2019

The Unstoppable Lindsay Preston Lindsay Preston is a multi-certified life coach who specializes in helping goal-getter, fear-facing women. She teaches her clients the neuroscience-backed process for life-long change. Lindsay overcame a horrible divorce in her late 20s where she discovered her husband’s “work trips” were a cover-up to living a double life. She suddenly became a heartbroken, jobless single mother. She had her pain fuel her fire for change, and she sought out to learn how to create exactly what SHE wanted out of li /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12535439

Marc Yaffee Drives Funny 12/19/2019

Marc Yaffee Drives Funny Funny, not filthy, Marc Yaffee’s relevant and relatable humor skewers sacred cows, dissects societal stupidities and confronts common frustrations, all with humanity and humor. His diverse comedy career has landed him in 43 states and 11 countries. Additionally, Marc may be the only comedian with the distinction of air, land and sea comedic credits. He’s entertained Alaska Airlines passengers at 30,000 feet, performed for U.S. Marines in Iraq, and done comedy for cruise ship passengers on the high s /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12468710

Jen Rozenbaum; Much More Connected. 12/12/2019

Jen Rozenbaum; Much More Connected. Jen Rozenbaum embraces her femininity while allowing women to embrace their own. By daring her clients to shed their clothes, they begin to shed their inhibitions. In the last nine years, Jen has found a burgeoning audience in the intimate photography market and is now sharing her shamelessly feminine movement with women worldwide. She proves that you can own your world if you live fearlessly, think audaciously and act spontaneously. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12371642

TRUth + BEauty + LOve = Doug Cooper 12/05/2019

TRUth + BEauty + LOve = Doug Cooper Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels Outside In and The Investment Club and his new 2019 thriller Focus Lost. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12281516

Cindy Watson Negotiates 11/28/2019

Cindy Watson Negotiates Cindy Watson is the founder of Women On Purpose, and also the founder and managing partner of Watson Labour Lawyers. She is a sought-after trainer and speaker in the corporate arena, helping to build bridges between men and women in order to aid in productivity, communication and heal gender bias. Cindy is dedicated to breaking down barriers, secure pay equity and to end discrimination. Cindy has a proven track record empowering, advocating, and motivating people to become the best version of themselves. /episode/index/show/thedots/id/12213221

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