Join host Greg Stephens for A Shot of Inspiration Podcast with guest Kathy Miller! Learn how she transformed her leadership skills and became a successful business person. Kathy shares her journey of leading change, being accessible to her team, and the importance of sustainability in the process. Kathy also shares about her daughter, Claire, who has faced many challenges in her life but navigates through them with grace. Kathy believes in high-quality connections. She encourages listeners to bring positive energy and goodwill into the world.

About Kathy

Kathy Miller is a Certified Leadership Coach and Business Transformation Advisor. With extensive senior leadership experience at top corporations, she helps individuals, teams, and companies improve performance through manufacturing processes, leadership principles, and human flourishing. She holds multiple degrees, including a Master’s in Positive Psychology and is a Shingo Prize recipient and Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame inductee. Co-author of “Steel Toes and Stilettos“.  A True Story of Women Manufacturing and Lean Transformation Success (Dec 2021, Taylor & Francis)

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Kisha grew up in the Bronx and was determined to be something more than what was expected of her. She learned to be bold with love, respect, and grit, and through her journey she found her way to the driver’s seat of her career path. Kisha outlines the steps she took to get to where she is today–and how you can also adapt the “Driver’s Seat Mindset” to take control of your life and do what makes you happy.

About Kisha

Kisha is an innovative, results-driven strategic leader with an accomplished, award-winning, multi-industry background. She’s a collaborative professional with extensive experience in improving performance through the strategic design and deployment of learning initiatives to enhance employee and organizational objectives. Kisha delivers optimal results by utilizing data analytics and effective leadership to elicit employee engagement and drive business performance.

Are you looking to become a strong leader for your children? Do you want to create a culture within your family that will sustain during the difficult times? Join host Greg Stephens and guest Clinton McRae, inspirational figure, retired Navy man, and master in organizational leadership, as he shares his  unique “Parent Leadership Framework” that has helped parents around the world.

On this episode of A Shot of Inspiration, Clinton will outline how you can use the principles of connectivity, showing (not telling) love, and maintaining consistency to become a better leader for your children. He will also share his personal experiences with the challenges of parenting and how he helps others address the same. Tune in and become a better CEO of your own home!

About Clinton

Clinton McRae is a pastor, retired Navy man, and graduate of Regent University with a masters in Organizational Leadership (MOL). As a published author, he has written several books: Blessed to be Broken, Standing with the Dead, Parent Leadership for Today, Parent Leadership: The Workbook, and Sheroes of the Faith.

Other accomplishments include: guest speaking for the Parent Leadership for Christian Broadcast Network (CBN), talking on local radio stations WKQA 1110 AM “Breakfast with Bacon” and Norfolk State University’s WNSB 91.1 FM (“Hot 91”), as well as speaking in elementary schools in Norfolk, the Teachers Association of Hampton Roads, the Holy Convocation for the BibleWay Church Worldwide, and the Tidewater Peninsula Baptist Association

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If you’re a solo entrepreneur or small business owner, you know how difficult it can be to make the money you deserve with your unique knowledge and skill set. After witnessing the way her mother struggled to get simple PTO from a long-term employer toward the end of her life, Kathleen Celmins took a leap of faith that changed the course of her life–and the lives of those she works with.

Join her and host Greg Stephens on this episode of A Shot of Inspiration to hear why, after two decades in digital marketing, Kathleen pivoted to coaching and mentorship, helping ambitious entrepreneurs bridge the gap between their dreams and reality while inspiring others to overcome their fears and make money with their expertise. Your value is irreplaceable! Use it to gain financial abundance today.

About Kathleen

As an experienced professional with two decades of work in leadership, sales, lead generation, and marketing (both digital and offline), but most importantly, being a whole person outside her identity as an entrepreneur, Kathleen has learned the importance of lifestyle design, intentional business building, and unsubscribing from the hustle while building a life she doesn’t  want to retire from.

She’s passionate about spreading her mission that anyone who wants to can create a robust, fulfilling business online.

She specializes in showing entrepreneurs, digital product creators, and anyone making a living selling their thoughts, ideas, and expertise the skills they need to shift the entire scope of their lives by making new decisions and creating the outcomes they truly deserve for their lives and businesses.

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A former overthinker turned-coach and inspiring speaker, Brad Finkeldei helps others break free from their overactive thoughts, empowering them to take action and live a life without regret–all through the ironic message of a rubber chicken.

Tune in to this episode of A Shot of Inspiration to hear Brad’s journey to find the true key to happiness. Discover how Brad helps people like him understand that setting intention and becoming aware of our thoughts can help us make the changes in our lives we desire. Follow your passion and create something meaningful, starting with today.

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When it comes to achieving success, it’s all too easy to get caught up in trying to chase after a specific vision for your future. But, as Sam Liebowitz has discovered, embracing authenticity and vulnerability can be the key to unlocking a world of opportunities.

Today on A Shot of Inspiration, host Greg Stephens invites Sam to share his story as a self-made entrepreneur and executive producer of an internet radio station that streams live and then records the shows for podcasting. With his soothing voice and inspiring story, Sam has become a two-time bestselling author and was a featured speaker at TEDx Upper West Side. Join them today and learn how being authentic and vulnerable can lead YOU to immense success.

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The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
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Guest Melanie Gao sits down alongside host Greg Stephens to talk about her journey from long-time employee to quitting and living in a tiny house in the woods for a year without a clear picture of her future–and how she was all the better for it. Her willingness to give herself a break helped heal her as a single mother and soon-to-be empty-nester, all while surviving the pandemic with a dangerously hypervigilant headspace.

Open your eyes to the opportunity that’s out there for you and get yourself into the right mindset, one that lets things fall into place without forcing your agenda. You can still make and achieve future goals while loosening your grip on the steering wheel! Melanie also shares how she surrendered control and used new exercises to heal from childhood trauma–and you can, too–on this episode of A Shot of Inspiration.

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Justin Hale, a master trainer with Crucial Learning, sits down with host Greg Stephens in the hopes of helping listeners see how to be better equipped to manage their time  and be more productive without an imbalance of stress. He shares his inspiring story of starting as a rookie with no experience, eventually working his way up to become a go-to person for getting things done at work–all while visiting his wife and premature child who stayed in the hospital for over 80 days and while taking care of his other children in the role of a single parent.

Combine his story with a background in social psychology to apply the science of human behavior to improve your life with time management methods, good mentors, and practicing deliberate practice today on A Shot of Inspiration.

About Justin 

Justin is a dynamic keynote speaker and trainer who has presented to more than 400 audiences from small team meetings to large keynote events. His research and writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including Harvard Business Review, CNBC.com, Fox Business, Bloomberg, and Fast Company. Justin’s coaching and advice are published regularly in the Crucial Skills newsletter, which now has more than 300,000 subscribers. In both his writing and speaking, Justin focuses on topics such as personal productivity, habit change, crucial conversations, team accountability, change management, and bridging generational gaps in the workplace.

Justin’s most recent work focuses on individual and team productivity, and he’s partnered with some of the world’s leading experts on productivity and habits to design and deliver powerful learning experiences on those topics. He frequently shares tips and best practices on his YouTube and social media channel, One Productive Minute.

VitalSmarts is a Top 20 Leadership Training Company that enables the world’s leading organizations to achieve new levels of performance by changing employee behavior. VitalSmarts has worked with 300 of the Fortune 500.

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Wanda Howard helps parents to raise emotionally healthy and confident kids, but she herself had to find her way out of a suicidal past and learn how to parent her own kids differently–she has struggled her whole life with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Wanda shares her passion for helping parents know how to raise their kids in a way that will enable them to succeed in all areas of life based on the way their brain operates.

Join her alongside host Greg Stephens for this episode of A Shot of Inspiration to learn to identify what makes your child truly happy. Recognize the behavioral cues that indicate depression and get instruction on how to address a child who suffers from depression in a way that is helpful to them. Discover the importance of founding your life on truth and letting it transform and heal your life.

About Wanda 

Wanda believes that parenting is the single most important job in the world, and if she can help moms know how to lead their kids confidently forward through big changes, they’ll use that influence to create homes where every kid feels belonging and where everyone loves to return home. That’s the “why” that led her to create Traditions of Truth and acquire techniques that align with your values and teach you to  parent in a way that fulfills you.

How much mental energy would you conserve if you knew EXACTLY what to do for your kids now to create the family life you dream of?

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Reta Clyde is a master trainer with Crucial Learning who has a passion for helping others overcome obstacles and reach their full potential. Reta was born with a birth defect that caused physical limitations on her entire left side of her body. Despite these challenges, Reta has never let her limitations stop her from achieving her goals. She has always approached obstacles with the mindset of “figure it out,” a lesson that began early in her youth. This has led to a lifetime of overcoming challenges and inspiring others to do the same.

She shares her story today on A Shot of Inspiration to help you learn to identify YOUR why and willingly share it with others. Get rid of your fear of failure and use it as a tool to push past your boundaries and foster personal growth. Make the shift in how you look at the obstacles in your life and become better equipped to help talented people come to understanding by teaching on a personal level.

About Reta 

Reta is passionate about learning and understands different learning styles. For more than 10 years she has worked in training and development, and managed leadership development programs for a Fortune 100 company. She’s a brilliant storyteller, trainer, and coach, and brings enthusiasm to everything she does.

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