222: Peeling The Layers of Personal Growth

What Will You Do With Your Own Awakening?

In the latest episode of Your Stories Don’t Define You, Sarah Elkins and Joel Morgan discuss the journey during personal growth and transformation and Joel’s story. During this special conversation, Joel and Sarah dive into peeling back the layers in finding satisfaction- to bring about change in YOUR  life. Listen to the latest episode today!

Highlights from this episode include: 

• Joel’s story.

• Personal growth and transformation.

• Navigating relationships.

Discovering Clarity One Bite at a Time course is now available!

“One of the things that I couldn’t figure out was, “Why can’t I ever just be happy?” Now when I’m discontent I can look at my strengths. What is going on? What can I work on? I can sort of be more content in the discontent.”

*podcast show notes contributed by Tracy Ackeret

About Joel: 

Born in the Midwest, Joel grew up feeding calves, milking cows, and working the land. After graduating high school, Joel made several decisions that sent his life into a tailspin. Since then, Joel has rebuilt his life, passions, and self. Joel has coached people of all ages and backgrounds and helped forge leadership culture in nonprofit and for-profit enterprises.

Joel is an Executive & Leadership Coach, Facilitator, Inspirational Speaker, and Author based in Richmond, VA. He is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and holds their Associate Certified Coach (ACC) designation. Joel is also a Courage & Renewal Facilitator prepared to use the Circles of Trust® approach (as described in Parker J. Palmer's book, A Hidden Wholeness) to enable people to reconnect who they are with what they do. (www.courage renewal.org) 

Joel likes to say that his superpower is perspective. Now, Joel uses all of his experience, training, and passion to help others design and live a life of purpose.

Visit Joel’s LinkedIn, Podcast, and Website.

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ABOUT SARAH:

"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."

In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.

My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and

speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.

The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!

Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.

220: What Will You Do When Your Future Calls You

Kendria Countee Knows Technology Implementation Is Best When It's About People

In today’s episode of Your Stories Don’t Define You, Sarah Elkins and Kendria Countee discuss Kendria’s past and work experience. As well as the moments and people that stood out throughout her career. Listen to the latest episode today!

Highlights from this episode include: 

• Kendria’s story.

• Prioritizing people.

Discovering Clarity One Bite at a Time course is now available and sign up for the No Longer Virtual 2022 Conference. 

"At that moment it sat with me that the work that I did mattered. And that the experience I gained up to that point, and the focus that I had put on prioritizing people and understanding the bigger picture of society/work I was doing had such an impact on me.”

*podcast show notes contributed by Tracy Ackeret

About Kendria: 

Coach, Consultant and Leader, Kendria Countee, harnesses the power of human connection to humanize technology, human resources, and the intersection between the two. She is the CEO of Abnormal Logic and has worked with organizations, ranging from 500 to 60,000 employees, facing challenges realizing the full value of Workday®, struggling to improve Human Capital management services, and struggling to drive adoption of new processes and ways of working. She started Abnormal Logic to have meaningful conversations with organizations about what areas of opportunity exist, what problem(s) they are trying to solve and how to drive change. 

When not working with humans, she spends time with her 3 fur babies, traveling (pre-pandemic) and listening to music.

Visit Kendria’s LinkedIn, Instagram, and the Abnormal Logic website and LinkedIn. 

ABOUT SARAH:

"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."

In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.

My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.

The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!

Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.

219: The Best Teachers Continue to Learn

Discovering Clarity One Bite at a Time course is now available. 

Kimberly Davis on Self-Reflection & Personal Growth

Tune in as Sarah Elkins and founder of the Brave Leadership University, Kimberly Davis, discuss the tools to grow as a teacher and person. Sarah and Kimberly dive into overcoming roadblocks and the journey of mindfulness in every situation to achieve clarity. Listen to the latest episode of Your Stories Don’t Define You today! 

Highlights from this episode include: 

• Kimberly’s story of finding clarity through self-reflection.

• Understanding mindfulness.

• Learning to count on yourself.

“I was my own biggest roadblock. Since then it has become so much better.”

*podcast show notes contributed by Tracy Ackeret

About Kimberly: 

Kimberly Davis is the founder of the Brave Leadership University through which she shares her inspirational message of leadership, personal power, responsibility and impact world-wide.

Kimberly teaches for SMU Cox School of Business' Executive Education Program and their Latino Leadership Initiative; as well as for the Bush Institute's WE Lead program (empowering female leaders from the middle east). Kimberly is a TEDx speaker and her award-winning book, Brave Leadership: Unleash Your Most Confident, Authentic, and Powerful Self to Get the Results You Need was named the #1 book to read on Inc. Magazine’s “The most impactful books to read in 2018.”

Visit Kimberly’s LinkedIn and the Brave Leadership University Website to learn more!

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ABOUT SARAH:

"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."

In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.

My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.

The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!

Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.

207: Want to Bring Out the Best In People? Listen to Them.

Listen, Ask Questions, Give Them An Answer

Have you ever had a job working for a difficult or mean boss? Or maybe you are a boss that struggles to connect with your employees? Thomas Jackson’s most memorable bosses are the ones who listened to his ideas and either implemented them or let them know why not.

Listen to Sarah Elkins and Thomas Jackson, as they discuss the difference between an encouraging leader and a negative one. In this episode, Sarah and Thomas dive into this topic and share the memorable moments, whether good or bad, from their work experiences and the long-term effects on workers. They also talk about the No Longer Virtual event, and how you can build your professional network face-to-face. 

Join in to see how your work environment can change based on the attitudes of the people around you. 

“The difference between a nice person showing up in different ways, versus a mean person showing up the same way.” 

*podcast show notes contributed by Tracy Ackeret

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About Thomas: 

Thomas Jackson is a UPS Driver Helper and Belt Splitter.

He enjoys writing articles for his LinkedIn profile and has over 2,000+ articles on the platform. 

Visit Thomas’ LinkedIn profile and don’t hesitate to dive into his collection of articles. 

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ABOUT SARAH:

"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."

In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.

My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.

The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!

Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.