🥳 Jeff’s surprise for Kim. 02:26

🤩 The spirit of generosity, inclusion, and belonging are the most important things in Jeff’s work and life. 4:22

🎯 There are little things that each one of us can do in our own little corner of the sky, to make a difference in the lives of others. 5:53

🎂 Candles for Kids is a nonprofit organization that organizes birthdays for less fortunate families. 6:51

💉 Jeff’s pricked story: Champion your challenges and make them positive. 10:03

🦄 Fitting everyone in a vanilla box vs. Celebrating each and everyone’s gifts. 12:03

😇 Jeff’s life purpose. 18:21

🫂 Making people feel important in this lifetime is Jeff’s legacy. 20:16

🌟 The negative is accentuated more than the positive, so let people around you know how much you appreciate them. 2949

📲 Spread the love: Pick up the phone and call someone right now. 32:56

⚡ Kim’s legacy 40:07

💎When you change yourself, you change the world around you. 44:31

🌸 Introduce people to each other always and watch your friends flourish and succeed 4651

Connect with Jeff:

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article232897902.html

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-edwards-6860b860/

https://candlesforkids.sellmytees.com/

Connect with Kim:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

💉 Jake’s pricked story: “Math is not for you, college is not for you” 03:04

🖥️ Google it--and use those resources wisely. 08:08

🤔 Re-differentiating what political and financial success looks like in the United States. 11:42

🏛️ His thoughts on Trump’s presidency. 19:48

💡 Gather your information, as a leader make a judgment call. 27:29

😇 On networks: Jake got his first job without a job interview. 31:15

🎤 Being on a debate team is a double-edged sword. 35:15

🎯 On the idea of fake news, facts, influencers, crazy information, and social media. 38:25

🚢 Are we on the Titanic? 45:15

🤩 Own what is yours. 47:12

⚡ Thoughts on events in the Capitol: The President should be presidential. 53:58

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-viales-21864186/

🤯 I think I need help. 00:51

😇 Strong desire related to social justice led him to “marry” social work and mental health services. 03:22

💸 General split is always among income and resources, regardless of ethnic or racial background. 05:14

🥀 Trauma-informed care: The biggest challenge in the field is to prevent retriggering, and reactivating people’s trauma. 09:30

💲 Binded with a dollar: Getting enough mental health providers and medical staff is a big challenge. 13:58

📊 The influence of non-profit organizations on the allocation of pandemic relief funds.18:01

⚡ The government should support infrastructure in their local communities for health and wellness, and it shouldn't be a politicized thing. 20:03

💊 What is Basic Health Care?--Is it a human right or privilege and what kind of infrastructure do we need for it? 23:38

🙏 Examples of programs that can help in the prevention of wellness and mental health issues. 30:45

💰 On insurance: The reimbursement model vs. dollars for prevention model. 32:46

👛 Preventative maintenance of health and expensive medications in the US. 37:43

🚨 We need a shift from a healthcare system driven by profit. 39:30

🎫 Think globally, act locally: we need to be mentally healthy and well--it will translate into your community too. 48:30

💉 Rob’s pricked story: Hope, despite the difficulties. 51:04

💪 It's all about perseverance: Keep your center. 54:58

Connect with Rob’s non-profit agency: www.mentis.napa.org

Connect with Kim:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

🥂 Onwusa Nwaka became Vice President and Chief Curator of the Rock-and-roll Hall of Fame. 00:51

😇 Onwusa’s roots and intermingled influence of scripture, spirituality, faith, and music. 05:10

🎯 Follow that inner voice and do not waste your time questioning it. 09:07

🥶 Girl from Cali was surprised by the Cleveland weather. 13:41

🤩 Her work in the Grammy Museum and for the White House.17:41

🤓 Meeting and working with many celebrities taught Nawaka so many important things. 25:10

🤯 Picking only three favorite songs is not possible for Nwaka. 33:26

🎶 Her favorite band is Earth Wind and Fire and huge influences are Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Fela Kuti, John Coltrane. 34:40

⚡ Music is power: Eric Dolphy, West Montgomery, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Aretha Franklin. 37:39

🙃 Funny situations Nwaka had because of her name. 49:14

🔥 ‘Child greater than money’ and ‘Moon shines all over the world’. 51:09

💽 It is important for kids to know that music is not coming from phones--we had vinyls, tapes, CD’s. 57:48

🍸 Kevin is good at making cocktails and improvising on recipes. 1:07:59

😍 get real with yourself, reclaim your time.

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

https://www.instagram.com/nwaka.onwusa/

https://bornthatwaythemovie.com/about/

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/nwaka-onwusa-rock-hall-future-25-1179542/

🎙️ Pricked story. 00:51

🤦‍♀️ Shittiest boss Gigi ever worked with. 03:45

🤯 “Our board chair won't even consider a female CEO”. 6:41

😩 Gigi is thinking of changing her name on her resume into initials only. 12:08

🤣 Why don’t we get a housekeeper? 20:15

👏 Why does Gigi refuse the pay gap between genders? 26:00

😲 If you are a woman and you are questioning, you must be threatening. 31:01

💉 Gigi’s pricked stories. 35:55

✅ Trust has to be built from the administrative team and it starts with dialog, transparency, and even over-communication.. 39:40

🌱 We have to educate, train and develop leaders to be professional and let others shine. 48:45

🥧 Suzy is a pie maker. She's not a business owner. 50:27

📏 What is The ‘Inch’ problem? 56:16

📦 What is the Management Box? 59:59

🏥 One of the most underutilized resources in hospitals is the Employee Assistance Program. 1:07:53

👩‍🏫 Leadership and integrity are experiences. You have to model it, you can’t teach it. 1:13:34

🦄 Consideration expresses itself differently. 1:17:11

🚌 Let’s get the right people on the bus! 1:23:00

🚪 Why am I not able to get through the front door? 1:27:40

🛑 Women are being discriminated against in the business world, especially in leadership.1:38:11

Books mentioned:

The Hidden Habits of Genius by Craig M. Wright

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street

E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company

by Michael E. Gerber

Connect with Gigi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigi-fergus-mba-rn-7090a23/

https://www.memorablecare.com/about

https://about.me/gigifergus

https://www.facebook.com/gigi.fergus

https://www.facebook.com/Memorable-Care-193787190637186/

Connect with Kim:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

🎙️ Pricked Story 00:51

🎹 Christopher is an amazing pianist. 03:04

🎶 His album Journeys was released in 2001 and "Reflection of Time" was released in January of 2021. 03:54

🎼 Christopher wrote Reflection of Time to heal himself from within. 07:08

📻 Healed vs. cured mindset and what music can do for us. 12:04

💉 Christopher was pricked with his Mom’s diagnosis.15:54

🔥 Mental health awareness and song “A Flame Within” 19:08

🌺 Power of music in healing mental health issues and Christopher’s work with Invictus Foundation. 23:56

☯️ Seven Weeks Focus is meditation music that Christopher created. 28:44

🦹‍♂️ Jim Brickman is Christopher’s hero for piano music. 33:14

🕺 Dancing in the kitchen with his daughter to music from Bruno Mars, Michael Jackson, and Elton John. 36:50

🧠 Music activates both sides of the brain. 38:00

📸 Fame was not the side of music Christopher liked as much as creating, teaching, and sharing his music with others. 41:12

⚡ What are his Why’s? 43:30

⚠️ Signs we can ‘catch’ to prevent someone from suicide or self-harm because not everyone can say, “I'm not doing well”. 48:22

🤩 Do something for yourself today, have compassion for yourself. 51:18

Connect with Christopher:

https://www.youtube.com/byChristopher

Instagram: @awakenmusicproductions

Twitter: @byChristopher1

Connect with Kim:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

😳 Only 3% of women entered the executive development program in healthcare. 00:51

🙋‍♀️ Ashley, welcome to the show! 03:36

🚴‍♀️ Peloton nicknames and favorite instructors. 05:30

🌞 Molding or accepting your kids and coworkers for who they really are? 09:55

💉 Ashley was pricked about equality issues in healthcare leadership in 2012 and then her journey started. 11:41

🌸 Women In Healthcare was created to make a community of women and promote the professional development of each member. 15:56

💊 Healthcare has to evolve because it is on shaky ground. 19:04

🩺 Changes in organizations are essential and Women in Healthcare have tools and resources to help overcome internal barriers. 23:09

🧐 Being afraid of policy changes that could actually create a difference. 27:18

🤷‍♀️ Why do boards not hear women’s advice, ideas, and why are women talked over? 30:04

🎯 A man's world: the highest rated traits in a leader are the direct attributes and values that women have. 34:48

🗣️ ‘You will do what I say’ leadership in the healthcare mentality. 38:25

🇮🇹 What Ashley realized in Italy about the American way of life. 46:02

😇 Ashley is an over-truster. 51:56

😊 Understanding perspective when trust is broken can lead to self-improvement 53:58

😷 Now you don’t have to see someone working, pandemic taught us to have outcome-driven policies. 59:49

⚡ The essential need for evolving and re-evaluation. 1:03:17

🫂 We have pushed so far away from the community but we need a community. 1:06:12

Connect with Ashley

https://www.womeninhealthcare.org/

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

Connect with Kim:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

🏥 The journey from a nurse to high-tech publishing and back to healthcare within an executive management role. 03:35

😇 Oxytocin is produced in the brain when we trust someone. 07:39

🌞 Trust equals credibility, reliability, and intimacy over low self-orientation. 11:17

🧐 Elements that make up trust. 13:34

⚠️ Clicking mentality and fake hits of dopamine. 16:51

🧠 Eight tips for management based on how neuroscience affects the brain 20:34 18:16

😓 Stress, cortisol, trust, and oxytocin in our workplace. 20:31

🗣️ Is saying ‘You did a great job’ really recognizing excellence in your team? 27:45

🌸 Being mindful that trusting someone is a sacred relationship we should care about. 32:26

😳 Horrible Bosses and good bosses and how to approach a bad boss. 36:15

🤓 Self-introspection and some work are needed to get relationships on a higher level of trust. 44:18

🤷‍♀️ Most people don't think they're good enough. 44:57

💗 “Campaign One at a time” is a humanitarian organization Terri is involved with that helps children never feel alone while fighting life-threatening illnesses. 51:20

⚡ Let the oxytocin flow. 57:31

Connect with Terri:

https://hamiltonexeccoaching.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-hamilton-acc-fache-executive-coach-32a63368/

Connect with Kim:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

Instagram: @kimbrownsims_