The Best Ever You Show

Todd Stottlemyre - The Observer

Todd Stottlemyre, author and speaker, has a passion for coaching how to win at the highest levels in business and personal life. Todd's process demonstrates how lofty ambitions are achievable when you follow the sequential steps in his proven success system.
Todd is a former major league baseball pitcher where he played for 15 seasons and participated in three World Championships. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, St Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Todd received the prestigious Branch Ricky Award and the Lou Gehrig Award. After his baseball career, Todd had a career in finance building an asset management business at a high-profile Wall Street firm.
His latest book is The Observer: A Modern Fable on Mastering Your Thoughts & Emotions. Imparted with truth and wisdom, The Observer is a classic for discovering the peak performer within yourself. This timeless story of success principles is more important today than it has ever been before as uncertainty lurks right around the corner.
Todd lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Erica and their five beautiful children.
The Observer: https://www.amazon.com/Observer-Modern-Mastering-Thoughts-Emotions/dp/1641465344
Todd's website: ToddOfficial.com
 

Episode 531: Fiona Joy Hawkins

Fiona Joy Hawkins is a mainstream Composer/Pianist/Vocalist with an international following, whom she greets weekly with pandemic-inspired, live-streamed concerts. The event’s growing success might be attributable to a combination of her musical talent, a love for her fans, and her disarming Aussie humour. Her latest album is Moving Through Worlds, produced by Will Ackerman (founder, Windham Hill Records) and Tom Eaton, for her own label, Little Hartley Music. A prolific composer, she has always been The world has rewarded the music with over 100 awards and nominations. Her song ‘Grace’ was on a GRAMMY® winning album in 2014. In 2016, she won two categories of the Independent Music Awards at Lincoln Centre in New York; since 2008’s Blue Dream, several albums have won Best Piano Album by global radio chart, The ZMR Awards in creating music that evokes images, emotions and tells stories. When she is not touring around the world at venues like NYC’s Carnegie Hall/Weill Hall, the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Sydney Opera House (MusicOz Awards), and China’s most stunning concert halls, she escapes to her home in a small village of 1027 people in NSW Australia. Her most memorable events include playing live on Echoes/PRI Radio, accompanying Deepak Chopra in NYC, giving a concert for the Mason and Hamlin Piano Festival in LA, Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival, and playing with FLOW at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
Websites: fionajoy.com and flowthegroup.com

Episode 530: Pinky Doodle Bug by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Kris Fuller

Authors Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Kris Fuller help people of all ages by encouraging them to “Let Your Dreams Fly!” Wanting to inspire children, they created Pinky Doodle to show how following your heart, collaborating with friends, and believing in yourself matters.
Join Pinky and her friends on a fun adventure! Pinky loves drawing doodles! With the help of her friends, her drawings come to life. By working together, they make something magical! This book encourages children to be creative and follow their dreams. It teaches that your friends will always be there for you to help with all your adventures. Just remember that anything is possible if you just believe.
PinkyDoodleBug.com
Children's Book Review: https://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/2020/10/pinky-doodle-bug-dedicated-review

Episode 529: Coach Celano - Reaching Within to Become Your Best

We always welcome Coach Chris Celano, Head Coach of The University of New Haven Baseball to our radio show!  Our Best Ever You Community agrees that any chance we have to obtain real life advice and thoughts from one of the best baseball coaches in the country, is a moment we are going take-in and pass along.  We have a moment to access wisdom from a person who sees and experiences many vantage points. Coach Celano joins us to chat about reaching in versus reaching out and how we must fundamentally reach within to become our best.
As coach says, "Everybody's lives are leaking a bit right now. It's important to contain, patch up and learn from the leaks, continue to find inner strength and finish the year strong."
We'll also chat about the importance of being well-rounded, student-athletes and coaches. For more info about Coach Celano and the Chargers, please visit: https://newhavenchargers.com/index.aspx?path=baseball 

Episode 528: Author Deb Landry - Independence

Deb Landry is an author, certified parenting coach, professional operational consultant, podcast host, and activist for children's rights. She has authored three children's books, Yankee Go Home, The Snapdragon Princess co-authored with Kim Parrish and the bestselling award-winning Sticks Stones and Stumped. Her new book INDEPENDENCE was released in August 2020 and a new children's book, Summer's Shadow, will be released in late 2020. Deb other works include several interactive children's awareness plays on character education and bullying prevention.
A humanitarian and philanthropist, Landry specializes in bullying and harassment prevention and safe school climate planning. She has lobbied for legislation in the state of Maine and throughout the U.S., serving on ad hoc committees and works as an advocate for children, youth and teens who are affected by bullying, harassment or discrimination.
Deb knows first-hand how childhood trauma can psychologically affect the growth of youth and has spent over twenty years as the co-founder and Executive Director of Crossroads, a youth character education nonprofit with a focus on developmental education to raise resilient and respectful youth. ​ Deb lives on the coast of Maine with her husband Darrin.
www.BrysonTaylor.com
https://about.me/landrydeb

Episode 527: Dr. Greg Hammer - Gain Without Pain

Greg Hammer, MD is a pediatric intensive care physician, pediatric anesthesiologist, and professor at Stanford University Medical Center. A member of the Stanford WellMD initiative and the Wellness Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Dr Hammer is currently the Chair of the Physician Wellness Task Force for the California Society of Anesthesiologists. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer on wellness at institutions worldwide and teaches GAIN to medical students, residents and fellows at Stanford.
Dr. Hammer’s clinical focus is in pediatric cardiac anesthesia and pediatric critical care medicine. His research is in developmental pharmacology and immunology, and he has an active laboratory with multiple ongoing studies in these areas. He has published widely on topics related to pharmacology and perioperative care of children undergoing cardiac and thoracic procedures as well as organ transplantation. Dr. Hammer is a health enthusiast and meditator, utilizing a non-duality and mindfulness-based approach, including the GAIN method. Dr. Hammer is the author of GAIN without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals, which was released May 15, 2020.

Episode 526: 36 Husbands - Robyn Rosenkrantz & Michael Glover

Bright Blue Gorilla is Robyn Rosenkrantz and Michael Glover, world-traveling musicians & filmmakers from Los Angeles.  Bright Blue Gorilla was born in 1990, when Robyn & Michael quit their L.A. jobs, sold everything they had (except their guitars), and bought one-way tickets to Amsterdam. (It was the cheapest ticket - $199 one-way!) BBG played in streets, cafes, concert halls, and worked their way up the artistic ladder. They began recording & distributing CDs, and touring worldwide. In 2005 they began writing-directing-producing feature films. How does all this add up? BBG has made 7 feature films, 14 CDs and over 4000 live performances!  Bright Blue Gorilla is now celebrating 30 years together as artist - AND the worldwide-release of their new motion picture: 36 Husbands! They started the shoot in Australia, continued in Europe, ending Principle Photography in Los Angeles. 36 Husbands is a Mystical-Musical-Romantic-Kung-Fu-Spy-Comedy, starring 3 powerful women - and a bunch of husbands! Watch now on Amazon Prime and Apple TV! http://www.brightbluegorilla.com

Episode 525: Marsha Wietecha - Born to Talk Radio Show

Marsha Wietecha, is the host of the Born To Talk Radio Show Podcast. She was born, raised and continues to live in Westchester, a wonderful close-knit community within the large city of Los Angeles. She and husband Butch raised two kids who have gone on to their own successful marriages and careers.
Sadly, her world changed in a heartbeat, when Butch, her husband of 38 years, died unexpectedly in 2009. Now what?
In April of 2015 Marsha began her weekly internet radio hosting career. Broadcasting in a little studio near her home. When that door closed, another one opened. In March of 2018, she began her weekly Born To Talk Radio Show Podcast.
Marsha’s formula is easy: Conversations + Connections = Community. What’s Your Story? Making the world a better place. One story at a time. Let’s talk. www.borntotalkradioshow.com

Episode 524: A Little Spark - Children's Book Author Chris Parsons

Two years ago, Chris Parsons left the high-tech business world behind to focus on his true passion and life mission of creating meaningful experiences for children. As a father of two, he felt strongly that by utilizing engaging stories, reading and music, children can be encouraged to “Be That Spark” and do amazing things with their little lives. At a time when it’s more important than ever before for books to motivate children, Parsons was driven to start a movement and thus his debut children’s book, A Little Spark [Zuroam Media, October 1, 2020], was born.
Featuring the protagonist Spark, the brave young mouse, a fireless fire-breathing dragon Daniel, a freezing world, and an enemy to conquer, action, fantasy and humor are weaved throughout the story. With displays of kindness, comradery, bravery, forgiveness and even some evil to allow for valuable takeaways, A Little Spark is destined to be a perennial favorite amongst parents and teachers for crucial teachable moments for children primarily ages 7-10 years old. It makes a great family read aloud too. 
The Children’s Book Review says: “From danger to bravery to equality for all, A Little Spark offers just the right amount of magic and adventure to captivate readers and encourage them to venture out into the world with a spark of their own.” A combination of text, illustrations and music creates a unique experience for parents and children alike as they meet enchanting creatures that individually offer new insights.
Visit: bethatspark.com

Episode 523: Jeff Ettinger - The Hormel Foundation

Please welcome Jeff Ettinger, Chairman of The Board of Directors for The Hormel Foundation.
The Hormel Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1941 by Hormel Foods Corporation founder George A. Hormel and his son, Jay C. Hormel. Contributions from The Hormel Foundation directly benefit the Austin, MN area. The Hormel Foundation ranks fourth in annual giving among Minnesota’s largest community/public foundations and public charity grant makers. The Hormel Foundation supports the community through organizations that provide food, shelter and clothing, advance quality healthcare, education and research and enhance the quality of life. In 2020, the Foundation donated $9.7 million in grants to the community.
Ettinger is the former President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Hormel Foods, retiring as CEO in 2016. He began his career with Hormel in1989, fulfilling roles such as senior corporate attorney, treasurer and president of Jennie-O. Ettinger, born in Pasadena, CA, earned his Bachelor of Arts and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Visit: http://www.thehormelfoundation.com/