Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

How to Break the Cycle of Relationship Addiction, Codependency and Toxic Partnerships   Sherry Gaba, LCSW is one of the world’s leading experts on this subject. Author of the bestselling book Love Smacked, you’ve seen her featured on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab, CNN, Inside Edition, Access Live, E! News, and in Cosmopolitan, Women’s World, the Los Angeles Times, Thrive Global, the New York Post and Psychology Today. A licensed psychotherapist, life coach and founder of Wakeup Recovery, Sherry marries her vast knowledge of the addiction recovery process with her expertise in relationship coaching and counseling.   But she has a very personal reason for specializing in this area. She WAS a romance and love addict for most of the first 40 years of her life! Married four times, she was driven by the need for reassurance, comfort, safety, validation and financial support that she perceived a relationship offered. Her compulsion stemmed from being a premature baby placed in an incubator for weeks after birth. Without that initial bonding and supporting parenting, she suffered the abandonment that drives most people who are love addicted. Sherry’s husbands included the abuser, the neglector and the alcoholic.   Listen to learn about her story and her tips of breaking the cycle!

In episode 654, you'll hear Keri talk about the show she's been doing for the last 7.5 years and how the show will be adjusting going forward with one episode a month.  Take a quick listen to learn more and don't forget to listen to all of our amazing previous episodes!

In episode 653 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our teen guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about his experience doing this show and this being his final one for the time being. My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe encourage you to have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

How to Harness Your Gifts, Fulfill Your Purpose, and Create a Life of Joy   Years ago, Dr. Karen went through her “Dark Night of the Soul”, succumbing to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disease, multiple chemical sensitivities...even suicidal depression. Her medical training wasn’t enough for her to get better, so she began exploring holistic healing and energy medicine. After healing herself, she began sharing the wisdom she learned with her clients and has now evolved her own healing methodology called The TOLPAKAN™ Healing Method.   Today, she teaches her Light Medicine healing method to people around the globe. Her mission is to help spiritually conscious people harness their Superpowers so they can thrive and vibrate their highest light so that they can anchor in a brand new reality of peace, love, joy, and harmony for all.   Listen as we chat about How to Harness Your Sensitivity as a Superpower, how she's done it and how she helps others do the same.

Secrets to go from Stuck To Unstoppable  In episode of 651 I chat with Genecia Alluora, a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner and Southeast Asia Woman of Excellence 2010, International Progressive Women 2019.  We chat about how she's built a business and a following through her hard work and mindset.  She is awarded by Noble Queen Most Prominent Women Empowerment in 2020. She is also a Business Coach and awarded as Mentor of the Year in Powerhouse Global Ltd., the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the ‘Soul F’ membership program. For the past 17 years, Genecia coached celebrities, CEOs and politicians to be seen as a leader on stage. Today, with the Soul Rich Woman Blueprint and SRW academy, she mentors thousands of women to bring their business and leadership brand online.

Creating More Control Over the Life You Want   In episode 650 I chat with Dr. Reza Abraham. Do you ever feel like you want more out of life but you can't seem to figure out how to make it happen? Listen as Dr. Reza Abraham talks about gaining more control on what you want plus his story of doing the same.  

In episode 649 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our kid guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about his thoughts on the changes he sees as a teen with gas prices and daylight savings time.  My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe encourage you to have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

Leading the Way in Preventing Child Sex Trafficking   In episode 648, learn more about this important topic.   Now more than ever children are at risk for online child exploitation and they do not even have to leave home for it to happen. Any mobile app with a chat feature can put a child at risk. Nor is this isolated to children in lower incomes. Any child can be targeted! There are many organizations that help recover children from forced slavery, there are fewer that are focused on the exploitation of children. Paving the Way Foundation has taken on this mission—in a big way!   Jan Edwards is the founder of Paving the Way Foundation which is committed to empowering communities to be a fierce disruption in the cycle of child trafficking and online exploitation through highly engaging and empowering educational programs.   Jan is spearheading a national information campaign with schools, parents, teens in middle and high schools, the media, and other critical organizations on how to spot, resist and report perpetrators.  Listen to learn more about why she started this and about how to stay alert to this important topic. 

In episode 647 I chat with Lauren Krasnodembski.  With the daily hustle of everyday, your thoughts and actions are on automatic pilot. We tend to program ourselves to do certain things in certain ways, but just like we can train the muscles in our body, we can also train our mind so that it becomes stronger, more resilient, and healthier, according to Lauren Krasnodembski, author of Reclaim Your Power.   Krasnodembski had her first “oh crap” moment when she was driving home from Costco one Sunday afternoon. Someone had asked her, “what are you passionate about?” and she froze. Despite these moments, she felt paralyzed to act because her mind kept hijacking her power, which kept her on the hamster wheel that we often call life. Yet, things shifted when she followed Warren Buffet’s infamous advice that, “the best investment you can make is in yourself.” Listen to her story and the advice she gives to others to start reclaiming their power.

Finding Forward After Paralysis   In episode 646, you'll hear an inspiring and motivating story.  At 49 years old, Air Force reservist, flight instructor, and scuba diver Jeffrey Morse found himself lying in a hospital bed, paralyzed from the neck down after suffering both an aneurism and a stroke. Doctors told him that he would likely never walk again, but Jeffrey wasn’t the type to give up. With incredible inner strength, determination, and faith, Morse defied all odds against him. He set a goal that he would walk out of the hospital in six weeks when he was set to be released. And to the astonishment of his medical team, he did just that!   He continues to live with disabilities but listen as he talks about how he continues to find ways to move forward and encourages positive thinking as well. Learn more about his story and how he encourages others to find the mindset to more forward.

In episode 645 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our teen guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about his thoughts on the Super Bowl and Black History Month. My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe encourage you to have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

Becoming an Author, Filmmaker & Inspiring Others   In episode 644 I chat with Mike Farragher who is an author of 6 books, 2 off-Broadway plays, and the producer of "McLean Avenue," and perhaps has written more than any other author so extensively about Irish Catholic guilt in such a wide variety of media. Listen as we chat about his passion for writing, how he started, his new book, "The Last Temptation of Mary," plus what writing has taught him and how he's helping others.

What Are You Truly Hungry For? Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss from the Inside Out with Dr. Adrienne Youdim   In episode 643, I chat with Adrienne Youdim, MD, FACP--an internist who specializes in medical weight loss and nutrition.   “Willpower only works for so long and then the thing we gave up-- like French fries--becomes more powerful in that moment,” says Dr. Youdim. “We need to reframe the conversation around mindset to really think about what is that we’re doing. With a mission to transform the weight loss narrative to one that is both empowering and compassionate, join us LIVE as she shares her knowledge and experience.   Dr. Youdim served as the Medical Director of the Cedars-Sinai Weight Loss Center, then brought her passion and expertise to her own private practice in Beverly Hills, California. She currently holds positions as Associate Professor of medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

WHAT IF YOU ALLOWED YOURSELF TO TRULY FEEL?   Whether it’s grief, despair, or anxiety, society will always find a way to label feelings as “messy.” But burying these reactions only leads to greater emotional turmoil.   Ashley Bernardi is an accomplished entrepreneur, journalist, publicist, and award-winning podcaster who continues the brave work of some of the world's greatest thought leaders by teaching you that your darkest hours are disguised opportunities to uncover and process, feel, heal, and grow.   Listen to hear her personal story and some of her framework for gaining your authentic power and giving yourself permission to feel.

In episode 641 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our kid guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about his thoughts on leadership. My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe encourage you to have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

How to Harmonize Art with Design & Bring a Brand to Life   For over 20+ years Phillip J. Clayton has been focused on building strategic relationships aimed at developing quality business solutions that impact brand design and development. As a practice and not as an off-the-shelf service.   Fine art was his foundation, design became his purpose. He's a hybrid consultant, with a focus centered around Art & Design, Brand Design & Development, Packaging Design, Business, Advertising & Marketing.   Listen as we chat about art, creativity, design and meaning.

How to Use Purpose to Build Brands & Teams with Siew Ting, CMO, Greater Asia, HP Inc. Did you ever wonder how to define or find your purpose? Or how to do the same for a team or a business? In episode 639 I chat with, Siew Ting who has worked for Unilever, Mars and now HP Inc. leading teams to build brands with purpose. Listen as she shares how she does this plus her advice to women to do the same in their careers.

In episode 638 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with another guest host, David.  Once a month he brings the male perspective on emotions with conversations he has with men.  In this episode he chats with Dave Craig. Listen as David Richman and Dave Craig as they discuss the male perspective on emotional transformation, and how to navigate a new reality of openness, authenticity, and willingness to be vulnerable. Dave Craig is a two-time cancer survivor, oncology researcher and patient experience champion. After 10 years of struggling to see his own cancer journey in the patient experience research he led for the pharmaceutical industry, he left to use his survivor heart and researcher brain to help other patients. In 2016, he co-founded GRYT (“grit”) Health, a patient-centered health company that puts people, rather than disease, at the heart of research and innovation to advance science. 

It's 2022 and that means a fresh start! Listen as Keri gives a suggestion on how to begin your new year as part of our work on me section.  Try our voice skill on Amazon Alexa here or Google Assistant here or by saying "Open Extraordinary Mindset."  Like our page and check out our LIVE video interviews here.

We're coming up on the end of 2021. Listen as Keri gives a suggestion on how to look back at 2021 as part of our work on me section.  Try our voice skill on Amazon Alexa here or Google Assistant here or by saying "Open Extraordinary Mindset."  Like our page and check out our LIVE video interviews here.

In episode 635, I chat with Greg and Beth Langson. Many students go to college not sure what to study, what they're excited about or who they really are.   Greg and Beth Langston have over 20 years of experience in the education field and executive leadership and have mentored hundreds of students and young professionals.   Listen as we chat about what young adults are needing these days to help them navigate university and adult life, what questions to ask young adults and tips on how to help students learn more about who they are and discover their life's purpose earlier than others may have.

In episode 634 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our kid guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about ending 2021 and going into 2022 and the value of dreamboards. My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

It's our show's 7 year anniversary!  Listen as Keri shares about her thoughts on the last 7 years and what she's learned.  And a thank you to all of you! Try our voice skill on Amazon Alexa here or Google Assistant here or by saying "Open Extraordinary Mindset."  Like our page and check out our LIVE video interviews here.

In episode 632, I chat with Kevin Cullen. Have you ever read something that fundamentally changed the way you looked at your life, your business, your situation, and those around you? Has someone ever said something to you that opened your eyes to a whole new possibility? Kevin Cullen is the President of Leadera Consulting Group and in this chat will share the different conversations that have taken place over the course of several decades and have fundamentally changed the quality of his life. Through his journey, Cullen has had the unique opportunity to spend time with some amazing people—Mother Teresa, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, gurus, philosophers, business leaders, celebrities, teachers, and leading-edge thinkers. Listen as we chat about concepts and thought provoking questions to help you create more breakthroughs in your life. Kevin has over thirty years of experience providing business consulting, training, and development to individuals and Fortune 500 companies.

In episode 631, I chat with Taly Matiteyahu. For the last few years dating has been a lot about swiping right or left. But what if there's a new way to find your next date and make a real connection? Taly Matiteyahu thinks she has figured out an answer. By night, Taly works to build Blink, an audio-only blind speed dating app inspired by a revelatory experience at a blackout restaurant. Making connections with strangers based on conversation alone, free of looks-driven assumptions, sparked the thought: would people date a wider variety of people if they were able to make an emotional connection before swiping left? By day, Taly works at an AI-powered legal tech company as a Product Manager, having previously worked as a lawyer at a NYC law firm and as a legal operations professional at Netflix and Datadog. Taly earned her Bachelor's degree from New York University in 2011 and her Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School in 2015. Listen to learn more about what she's learned about dating, connection and building a startup. 

In episode 630, I chat with Rodney Laney who shares that sometimes memories of trauma or difficult times can bog us down, but even as a comedian he believes that, through meditation and acceptance, it is possible to turn those thoughts away and become more proactive and successful in our lives.  Rodney Laney has completed pilots for Comedy Central, MTV, and A&E. He has been seen on HBO, FOX News Channel’s Red Eye, The Late Late Show on CBS, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, comedy.tv on the HD channel, and two appearances on Gotham Comedy Live AXSTV. He has appeared at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Montreal and LOL Lounge TBS Presents A Very Funny Festival: Just for Laughs Chicago.  His hope is that his stories will inspire others to take up meditation and release pent-up emotions.  Listen to learn more.  Try our voice skill on Amazon Alexa here or Google Assistant here or by saying "Open Extraordinary Mindset."  Like our page and check out our LIVE video interviews here.

In episode 629 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our kid guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about being a part of his high school's drum line and his thoughts on climate change as a young man and his local state's recent election. My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe have a conversation with a kid in your life.   

In episode 628 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, I am resharing a meditation/mantra I did awhile back that seemed to be helpful to others.  Take about 10 minutes and find some peace in your day.  This short Meditation Mantra is about finding your value.  Are you feeling a sense of imposter syndrome or maybe lacking confidence in a certain area of your life?  Or maybe you find you're so concerned about others you forget that you yourself have value?  Then this is the perfect audio for you.  You can play this any time for a just a few minutes and slowly begin to shift your mindset into a more positive loving space and be reminded that yes, you have value.   Written and Read by Keri Roberts.

In episode 627 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with another guest host, David.  Once a month he brings the male perspective on emotions with conversations he has with men.  In this episode he chats with Ted, a District Attorney, sex trafficking expert, author, philosopher, snowboarder, photographer, amateur athlete and, most importantly, a father to two amazing kids who have taught him more than all his other passions combined. He strives to continue growing and learning, while persevering through all the obstacles that life tosses in his way.  In this chat, David and Ted discuss Ted's experiences as a prosecutor of both child murder cases and a variety of sex trafficking related crimes. Importantly, they discuss the emotional aspects of his work, and especially about how his professional life has impacted his personal life, specifically as a soon-to-be-single parent of two children. We also discuss Ted's journey as a writer of fiction crime novels. Ted also explains to us the heartbreaking realities behind a genetic condition, Friedreich's Ataxia, that both of his children suffer from. We gain insights into the causes and the ways in which Ted deals with the emotional aspects of his life.

In episode 626, I chat with Desmond Dunham a youth sports expert with over two decades of coaching and teaching experience. His journey starts with a turbulent childhood and overcoming seemingly unsurmountable odds to emerging with one of the most prolific coaching careers in high school cross-country and track & field. Coach Dez is one of the most revered coaches in the country and boasts national All-Americans, national championships, and international titles from the short sprints up to the distance events, including cross-country. Listen and learn about his story about becoming one of the best coaches in America and becoming a better version of himself. Try our voice skill on Amazon Alexa here or Google Assistant here or by saying "Open Extraordinary Mindset."  Like our page and check out our LIVE video interviews here.