The Intentional Soul

In this episode, your host, Tom Ross, discusses what lead to the creation of The

Intentional Soul Podcast.  In Season 1, Tom interviewed people who took the paths less travelled; he learned what was possible by investigating other people living intentionally.

Tom thanks all the people who helped him through this podcast journey and gives us a glimpse of what’s to come in Season 2 of The Intentional Soul:  faith and forgiveness.

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Griff Williams is an accredited meditation teacher and founder of MindEasy. He spent 12 years working as a London firefighter before changing paths to pursue building MindEasy. He received his diploma in meditation teaching from The British School of Meditation.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Griff Williams about meditation.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Griff discusses his time as a firefighter and how the grief from losing his father changed his life.

·      Griff and Tom talk about what exactly meditation is: try8ing to create a state of equanimity – non reaction.

·      Griff explains the importance of flexibility and willingness to pivot.

Connect with Griff:

Website: https://mindeasy.com/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6M3ekNF61lJg9EO8-_xYlQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindeasymeditation/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MindEasy-Meditation-379609422907356/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/MindEasy17/

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Brian graduated from Fort Lewis College with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He began his real estate career in 2006, buying and selling as an investor. In 2011, he expanded his business infrastructure and scope by building a team and integrating the traditional representation of buyers, sellers, and investors. In 2014, he acquired a small, local brokerage and created the vision for what is now, North&Co.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Brian North about suffering and balance.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Brian describes himself as a ‘student of getting better’ and describes his process of better himself one step at a time.

·      Brian discusses the issues men face when trying to get help and dealing with their feelings.

·      Brian explains that suffering is as valuable as joy.

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Jeanne Omlor is a Certified Business Strategist and Online Business Coach. As a natural-born motivator, encourager, and voracious researcher and strategist, she became an online business coach to help people reach success. She’s here to help her clients operate at their ultimate potential. She helps people to maximize profits while being the visionary they’re destined to be. She considers herself merely a catalyst. She infuses her ICF Accreditation from Intelligent Leadership into all of her trainings so that her clients prosper, while being leaders in their businesses and lives. Her clients have something in common: they’re smart go-getters who want to fulfil their ultimate potential.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Jeanne Omlor about mindset and strategy.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Jeanne discusses the difficulty and obstacles she had to overcome learning a new medium to recreate her business model.

·      Jeanne discusses how important working on your mindset is no matter what stage you are in life.

·      Jeanne discusses the marriage of mindset and strategy and how mindset manifestation works in her program.

Connect with Jeanne:

Website:

https://jeanneomlor.com/reviews/

Social media links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanneomlor

https://twitter.com/jeanneomlor

https://www.instagram.com/jeanneomlor/

https://www.facebook.com/jeanneomlor/

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Michele got her start at the Culinary Institute of America. Every student here is required to take a class on wine. She loved the way her professor, Michael Weiss, made wine sound like art: living poetry. She was the tutor for this class for over a year, while finishing her bachelor’s in business management. During the lock-down, Michele wrote her first book: Pairing Paws: Dog Breeds and Their Spirit Wines. Annihilation Archetypes, The Splattering of Silence, Unleashed, and How To Build a Wine List were released in 2023. Pairing Paws: Cat Breeds and Their Spirit Wines is anticipated by the summer 2023. She went on to be the Wine & Beverage Director at the Fearless Restaurant Group, where she oversaw 10 restaurants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is currently working at the Four Seasons Philadelphia in Jean Georges.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Michele Gargiulo about overcoming fear.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Michele discusses her struggles with PTSD from witnessing a partner’s suicide and how a good partnership helped her through and helped her build creativity.

·      Michele explains that fear is a part of living and that we need to be able to take risks and be fearless even when we’re terrified.

·      Michele talks about the books she wrote during the COVID lockdown and how she channeled her creativity during isolation.

Connect with Michele:

https://www.facebook.com/michele.gargiulo.568

https://www.michelegargiulo.com 

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Zanzibar Vermiglio is an executive business coach, corporate trainer and founder of Zanzibar Enterprises. After skipping college at age 18 to manage companies, he has since led training programs for over 20,000 people in hundreds of businesses. He has also doubled the size of over 100 companies. The three aspects of business he focuses on are value proposition design and execution, operation scalability (including management architectures), and sales planning.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Zanzibar Vermiglio about focusing on what matters.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Zanzibar explains ‘reverse engineering,’ how it works with conscious thought and starting with the end in mind.

·      Zanzibar and Tom discuss higher conscious thought and what that means and what exactly that is.

·      Zanzibar talks about the importance of empowering your own voice and how to do that.

Connect with Zanzibar:

Website zanzibarenterprises.com

Social Media: 

https://www.facebook.com/zanzibarenterprises

https://www.instagram.com/zanzibarvermiglio/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaPp1AWhgPfTsI9fl0ZTHvQ?view_as=subscriber

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Kimberly Parker is a licensed psychotherapist and Forensic Evaluator that specializes in trauma. Kimberly is also a forensic evaluator, and she volunteers to provide a psychological piece for those escaping inhumane treatment from various countries. Kimberly’s area of expertise is in PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Personality Disorders, Somatic Disorders, and eating disorders. Kimberly assists clients with healing their various parts of self with evidence-based treatment models such as EMDR & Brainspotting Therapy.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Kimberly about EMDR and healing.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Kimberly explains mind mapping – the blue print of what is going on in your mind.

·      Kimberly discusses how trauma alters the brain and how healing needs to happen at a cellular level.

·      Kimberly talks about how trauma affects our mental, spiritual, and physical health.

Connect with Kimberly:

Website:  Home – Healthy Mind Counseling & Nutrition, LLC in Hampton (healthymindcounselingandnutrition.com)

Publication: https://linktr.ee/healthy_mind_counseling

LinkedIn: (4) Kimberly Parker | LinkedIn

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Jennifer K. Hill is a seasoned professional speaker with over 20 years of experience. In 2019, Jennifer embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by co-founding MetaBizics – a dynamic venture that creates interactive online and live courses while also providing expert consulting services. But her thirst for innovation and impact didn’t stop there. In 2021, she co-founded OptiMatch – a cutting-edge tech company that utilizes its exclusive algorithm to revolutionize the way marketplaces and businesses connect coaches, consultants, therapists, and practitioners with their target audience.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Jennifer K. Hill about inner child work.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Jennifer describes the tools she uses for inner child work.

·      Jennifer explains to Tom how she used the pandemic to write a book about the tools she uses.

·      Jennifer talks about the ‘spiritual accounting’ she does daily and her daily gratitude log.

Connect with Jennifer:

www.youtube.com/@jenniferkhill

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODES CONTAINS CONTENT ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SUICIDE – MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL LISTENERST

Ron Blake is one of five siblings who grew up in suburban Chicago. He’s now living in Phoenix and is an artist who’s using an innovative means of creative therapy to overcome a near-deadly rape at the hands of three men who entered his home one evening. 

His medium is the human interaction he’s had each day for 2,737 days. Meeting 32,295 complete strangers one by one across the U.S. and Mexico. 

Those interactions are expressed as social practice artwork. Contributions by those strangers in 94 languages with 27 Sharpie marker colors are on 497 giant foam boards. 

A moment of laughter from a late-night comedy show stopped Blake from suicide on November 2, 2015. Starting his colorful journey. He was nominated for and gave a TEDx talk about this creative adventure and the significance of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in it all. 

Additionally, the artist has written over 200 short stories, Guest Commentaries, and Letters to the Editor for a multitude of publications. Many of those pieces have used Blake’s artistic recovery odyssey as a muse for entertaining, informing, and inspiring his readers. 

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Ron Blake about overcoming trauma.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Ron describes the trauma he dealt with after his rape. The betrayal he felt from the police department because he was not taken seriously as a homosexual man; and the fact that the assault was done by men he knew under the influence of alcohol.

·      Ron explains years later he was diagnosed with dissociative amnesia and what that is and how it protects your brain.

·      Ron describes the day he woke up and wanted to take his own life.

Connect with Ron:

https://www.instagram.com/blakelateshow/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-blake-b447ab10/

https://www.aptsda.org/aboutus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0LMlFDIbgQ

Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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Mirna is a 28 year old with a master’s of sociology from Zadar, Croatia. She is experienced in different work environments, like tourism, real estate, and government institutions (social care). Also, a lifetime of taking care of dogs. Hobbies include creative writing, reading, taking walks and consuming internet content.

Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Mirna Vuksan about focusing on the small wins

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

·      Mirna explains how she began and continues her struggle with depression

·      Mirna and Tom discuss how she used yoga to cope with her depression

·      Mirna talks to Tom about how she uses baby steps and small wins as her focus.

Connect with Mirna:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirna-vuksan-700934228

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Connect with Tom:

https://www.tomrosstalks.com

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