YES, BRAND with Hersh Rephun

Rachel Gaddis is a dedicated career transition coach who specializes in helping mid-career professionals navigate significant life and career changes. Using co-active coaching methodology, Rachel assists clients in aligning their professional paths with their core values and innate strengths. Her approach is profoundly influenced by her personal experience of a late ADHD diagnosis, overcoming breast cancer, embracing her 50s, and executing a major career shift. Rachel’s extensive background in career research, encompassing countless articles, books, and assessments, has enabled her to turn her personal journey into a powerful tool for guiding others. She offers empathetic and strategic coaching, helping mid-career professionals, especially women, to embrace change and craft careers that offer genuine fulfillment and purpose.

Gabriel de la Rosa is a Principal at Intelligent Relations. Across his 14+ years in Marketing and Communications, he has helped startups and Fortune 500 companies be featured in the best publications in the world.

Key Highlights of the Episode:

• Gabriel Delarosa, a principal at Intelligent Relations, shares his insights on the fundamentals of communication and exposure in 2024, emphasizing timeless principles first articulated by Aristotle.
• Delarosa discusses the importance of combining rational, emotional, and aesthetic elements in branding and how timing plays a crucial role in communication strategy.
• Delarosa recounts his personal journey from starting a theater production company in Venezuela to becoming a key player in the technology and venture capital space.
• The conversation explores how personal branding and emotional engagement can enhance business success, even in industries like tech where the product is not inherently relational.
• Real-world examples, such as the historical Kennedy-Nixon debate and infamous ad campaigns by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, illustrate the significance of perception and timing in branding.
• Delarosa emphasizes the importance of personal branding, advising individuals to invest in developing their personal stories and identities to advance their careers.

Hello! Meet Mike Adams, a serial networker (1,000+ events!) and introducer with 30 years of experience in sales and marketing at HP, Apple, Zoom, and many other tech companies.

He loves connecting people, especially in real life.

You’re gonna enjoy Hersh’s conversation with Mike on this special Season 7 episode of YES, BRAND!

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A good number of our Season 7 guests are artists: they’re also successful businesspeople who founded and have grown their companies, in some cases over decades. In addition to SC Pictures, Stewart Cohen’s dominion includes media licensing via SuperStock and its ever-expanding archives.

Frame life in its best light: Working your way through Stewart Cohen’s portfolio of commercials and stills for clients including American Airlines, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Four Seasons, and Frito-Lay, you are as likely to see heartfelt testimonials as Game Day humor, real people as celebs, with campaigns spanning fashion, kids, sports, wildly diverse storytelling and portraiture… He’s gone swimming with sharks in the Galapagos and come up for air to stage a tongue-in-cheek musical comedy starring the townspeople of Mansfield, TX. They sing about being too busy for tourism. The throughline is seizing the moment to celebrate the joy of life.

In addition to directing and shooting stills through his production company, SC Pictures, Stewart is an increasingly influential player in the licensing arena, beginning with his purchase of SuperStock in 2019. In 2023, SuperStock acquired All Canada Photos, the country’s premier Canada-focused stock images agency, offering a rich imagery and multimedia content collection. That was followed in 2024 by its acquisition of the coveted Classic Stock collection, along with UK architectural archive View Pictures and Seattle-based Danita Delimont Stock Photography, in 2025.

https://www.stewartcohen.com/

“Simon is one of the most genuinely humble leaders I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with,” says host Hersh Rephun of Simon Stillwell, who specializes in sales strategy and management, bringing extensive business experience from his work as both a board member and executive leader across multiple companies.

Simon has navigated acquisitions from both sides, guided organizations through sale readiness, and unified diverse teams post-transaction. With a strong track record of bringing international businesses into the U.S. market, Simon now advises companies looking to expand overseas, using his proprietary 4 P’s framework—People, Product, Process, Price—to drive sustainable revenue success.

Outside of his professional work, Simon and his wife love entertaining, and he’s been an avid sourdough baker for more than 15 years. He is also a passionate sailor, the owner of an 80-year-old wooden sailboat, and has logged thousands of miles at sea, including a full Atlantic crossing.

When I sat down with Morgan DeNicola, Executive Director of the DeNicola Family Foundation among other things, I knew I was talking to someone who doesn’t just talk about global issues—she goes out and gets her boots dirty. Morgan is the Vice Chairman of the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI), the organization that works with Congress, the State Department, the UN, embassies, and young people to spark real dialogue on the world’s toughest challenges.

Her work with congressional delegations has taken her from Beijing’s Taihe Global Civilization Forum to Malawi, where a visit to the Amitofo Care Centre lit a fire in her. What she saw there pushed her to launch Cosmo Cares Mobile Healthcare Van, now being donated to the ACC to reach remote villages in Lesotho—with a formal dedication set for November 17, 2022. More recently, she led a congressional delegation in Rwanda, because Morgan doesn’t do “slow.”

Back home, she’s part of the Steinberg DeNicola Humanitarian Awards, recognizing NFL players who step up for their communities, and she helps elevate global medical researchers through the CDC Scientific Scholarship. On top of that, she supports Ronald McDonald House, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and local holiday drives—all while serving on the board of the Elmwood Zoo, dedicated to inspiring real conservation action.

My conversation with Morgan reminded me why these interviews matter: she’s living her mission, not just reciting it—and that kind of truth sticks with you.

James Corwin is a young American wildlife artist and gallery owner with works that are sold nationwide. His gallery, Corwin Galleries, is situated in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley (an area recently popularized by the television series Yellowstone). James found success as an art entrepreneur, not just through his artistic talent, but by exploring innovative avenues of online marketing. He has built a multi-million-dollar brand and is defying the concept of “the starving artist.”

James found his creative passion painting wildlife, which expresses an obvious narrative that is uplifting, relatable, and has a touch of whimsy. He draws inspiration from his global travels. On the entrepreneurial side of James’ journey, there have been successes and setbacks, creative shifts and new goals. James is constantly testing and refining his business. He is excited to share an inside look into the life of an artist, what it takes to grow an art business, and how to invest in yourself.

Connect with James

https://www.facebook.com/jamescorwinfineart

https://instagram.com/jamescorwin

@jamescorwin.art

https://www.youtube.com/@JamesCorwinFineArt

A lifelong passion for environmental protection led Tim Etherington-Judge to co-found Avallen, the world’s most planet-positive spirits brand. But before that, two decades in hospitality — and a mental breakdown in 2016 — inspired him to launch Healthy Hospo, the first company dedicated to improving the health and happiness of hospitality workers.

Named to the Bar100 list of the most influential people in the global bar industry (2019–2022), Tim’s journey is one of resilience, purpose, and radical honesty. He even attempted 42 marathons in 42 days to raise awareness for mental health — and what he learned along the way might just change how you define success.

In this episode, Tim and I talk about sustainability, self-care, and why sometimes the bravest move you can make is slowing down.

🎧 Listen now and subscribe to YES, BRAND — stories of truth, purpose, and the people bold enough to live both.

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Jenn Greenhut is a stage IV breast cancer survivor, keynote speaker, and author of Everyone Needs a Larry. She is also the founder of Love, Zero Negative and The Zero Negative Foundation. Jenn’s mission is to ignite self-love, spread gratitude, and remind people that life is always working out for us—even when it doesn’t look like it. Through her signature Pinch Me method, she shows how our greatest challenges can be reframed as gifts from the universe. Pinched by stage IV cancer, Jenn chose to see it as a gift from God—one to be met with love, gratitude, and trust, the superpowers we all have within.

Instagram:
@lovezeronegative

@zeronegativeorg

Website:

Lovezeronegative.com

Zeronegativefoundation.org

Everyone Needs a Larry is on Amazon

Lastly, The Zero Negative Fpoundation annual fundraiser: For Love and Laughs at The Comedy Store November 9th … tickets are on sale https://www.showclix.com/event/lovelaughs2025

No two people – or personal brands – are exactly alike. And no one demonstrates that better than Doug Lynam: From Marine to Benedictine monk to financial expert, Doug’s unconventional journey reflects his unique perspective on wealth and purpose. After graduating top of his class from Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, Doug spent two decades as a monk while leading a prestigious school’s math department. Transitioning to finance in 2017, he became a partner at LongView Asset Management, overseeing $250 million in assets.

His bestselling book, “From Monk To Money Manager: A Former Monk’s Financial Guide To Becoming a Little Bit Wealthy—and Why That’s Okay,” revolutionized the conversation around spirituality and wealth, proving that financial success and ethical living go hand in hand—not just coexisting, but enhancing each other.

In his latest work, “Taming Your Money Monster: Nine Paths To Money Mastery With The Enneagram,” Doug combines the Enneagram with modern psychology to help individuals transform their financial behaviors. Today, he is a sought-after speaker and coach, helping clients align money with their deepest values and purpose.

Connect with Doug

https://www.douglynam.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-lynam/

https://www.instagram.com/douglynam/

https://www.youtube.com/@douglynam