October 17, 2023

Barron Ryan

Composer Barron Ryan was recognized by Smithsonian Magazine as a Top 10 Innovator for his capacity to take inspiration from a narrative, discover its melody, and communicate a story through music.

 

Honey, If It Wasn’t For You is the true story of a song written by Barron Ryan and Don Feagin. Don, a professional songwriter, wrote the words and Barron wrote the music. But this wasn’t your average collaboration. That’s because Don died in 1981—six years before Barron was even born.

 

Barron releases his original work without copyright. He gives it as an offering, with the hope that it will make the world a better place. When the work of writing or recording is finished, he prefers the results be enjoyed by any who might be edified by them. He made this ‘videobook’ of Honey, If It Wasn’t for You in that spirit: https://youtu.be/bEkL7ctysHI?si=rN4GRwswPF3J_Td_

 

Interview Barron Ryan on:

The transcendent power of music to connect people 3 reasons to give your ideas away (his unique philosophy of art, beauty and authorship and why he releases work without copyright) The process of putting music to a love song that was written for a wife by a husband who could no longer sing it How the story of Don and Linda Feagin’s marriage inspired Barron beyond his expectations Why beauty matters in everyday life How to not starve as an artist … eventually The songwriting process: from big ideas to little choices How to defy categories as an artist How a pianist transitioned to also being a writer

More information on Barron and the book can be found here. A digital review copy, audio file of the song, and downloadable press materials can be found here. If you’d prefer a print review copy, please let me know. 

 

Thank you for talking to Barron about innovation, the creative process, and the love story he was chosen to tell. 

 

Jill Maxick

PR by the Book

jill@prbythebook.com

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Arts, Performing Arts, Literature, Visual Arts, Entertainment, Love & Relationships, Music, Inspirational, Pop Culture

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The son of two musicians, Barron Ryan grew up in a house filled with the sounds of artists ranging from Mozart to Motown. In his own work, he combines those disparate influences into a musical adventure that’s vintage yet fresh, historical yet hip, classic yet cool.

Barron seemed destined for a career in music. He began piano lessons at age four with his father, then excelled in performing throughout middle and high schools and as a piano performance major at The University of Oklahoma. But it was only after an international concert tour—the result of winning a piano competition—that Barron found his artistic voice. He discovered the joy of jazz and ragtime-inspired concert music and endeavored to fill the void of funk, pop, and country-inspired classical music. Following his unique muse, Barron has released four albums. 

In 2021, Barron wrote a commissioned piece for piano trio entitled My Soul Is Full of Troubles to commemorate the 1921 massacre in Tulsa, OK. Smithsonian Magazine took note and named him one of Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021.

As was the practice of his favorite composers, Barron publishes his original works in the public domain—offering his work as a gift to the world, and as a chance to collaborate with artists from around the globe. Honey, If It Wasn’t For You is his first book. 

October 17, 2023

Heather C. Markham

If, in your 30s, you learned that you had a progressive disease that was soon going to take away your ability to walk (and to do most things without assistance)—how would you respond? 

 

Interview Heather C. Markham, author of Rough Waters: From Surviving to Thriving with a Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, to learn how her response shows all of us:

How to change priorities and personal goals—and open new opportunities in the process Why you need to find your team—those people who’ll be there to help you navigate times of change and adversity and challenge you to do more with your life How to overcome limits, which Heather believes are only in your mind

Heather can also speak about:

The difficult challenges of traveling with a disability—but why it’s amazingly worth it Different types of adapted driving systems and adaptive technologies The importance of advocating for yourself and trusting your own voice The limitations of the ADA, in practice What everyday life on a power wheelchair really looks like 

Press materials and a digital review copy is available here. Print review copies are available by request. 

 

Let me know when we can connect you with Heather - her insight and attitude makes for a phenomenal interview. 

 

Jill Maxick

PR by the Book

jill@prbythebook.com

Design, Health & Lifestyle, Love & Relationships, Medicine, Politics & Government, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Inspirational, Travel & Leisure

US

Heather C. Markham is an engineer, assistive technology professional, public speaker, competitive Para Surfer, educator, ADA architectural barriers specialist, golfer, and award-winning international photographer. 

 

Her company, Making Waves for Good, launched in 2018 as an umbrella for a variety of ventures including publishing and photographic projects and to help companies solve disability access problems they didn't know they had—not just staying within ADA code but looking beyond it to make the world more accessible and usable for all.

 

Heather currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her super snuggly Maine coon cat.

October 17, 2023

Chris Grosso and Preston Fassel

Did you know that horror movies can be healing? (What?) It turns out that horror—a genre concerned with death—teaches us a lot about being alive.

 

Necessary Death: What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience (HCI, October 31, 2023, yes, Halloween)—by horror aficionados and acclaimed writers Chris Grosso and Preston Fassel—looks at your favorite horror franchises through the lens of self-help and empowerment. 

 

Interview Chris and Preston on:

Why we love horror and what that tells us about ourselves How horror movies can help us with issues we face in our everyday lives  The intersection of pop culture and self help Facing the monsters within and learning to fight external dark forces What fear of dying can teach us about living

More information about the authors and book can be found here. Find a digital review copy of the book here or read a sampler of the book here. Print review copies are available by request. 

 

Both accomplished authors, Chris works in counseling while Preston is well-known in the horror genre community. Their combined expertise provides a unique perspective and many valuable and practical takeaways. 

 

Thank you for considering both or either them as guests!

 

Jill Maxick

PR by the Book

jill@prbythebook.com

512-501-4399 x711

Visual Arts, Entertainment, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help, Pop Culture, TV & Film

US

CHRIS GROSSO is an artist, counselor, writer, and film producer with Fourth Media. He is the author of Indie Spiritualist, Everything Mind, Dead Set On Living, and the children’s book, I Love Drums (co-written with Mark O’Connell of Taking Back Sunday). You can usually find him in San Diego up to some kind of spirited mischief.

 

PRESTON FASSEL is an award-winning novelist and journalist whose work has appeared in Fangoria, Rue Morgue, and Screem Magazine. The author of Our Lady of the Inferno, winner of the 2019 Independent Publishers’ Award for Horror, and Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street, nominated for the 2022 Rondo Hatton Award for Book of the Year, he has a BS in psychology from Sam Houston State University. 

October 17, 2023

Emmanuel Laroche

In Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door, food and beverage industry executive and creator and host of the podcast “Flavors Unknown,” Emmanuel Laroche, speaks with some of the nation’s top chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists. He finds the common threads among these culinary masters and shares their take on food culture, heritage, leadership, and creativity. 

 

Interview Emmanuel Laroche on:

Tradition vs Innovation: How to balance cultural heritage with food creativity How his process of turning podcast stories into a written book fueled a journey of self-discovery and a renewed passion for culinary experimentation The challenge of balancing creativity, technique, and productivity in the kitchen How to incorporate international flavors into home cooking, merging them seamlessly into your everyday dishes 7 simple practices that demystify the process of weaving multicultural flavors into your cooking

I hope you’ll consider sharing the insights from Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door with your audience. More information about Emmanuel Laroche and his book, including talking points and sample questions, can be found here. Find a digital review copy of the book here; print review copies are available by request. 

Please let me know when we can schedule Emmanuel!

 

Jill Maxick

Senior Publicist

PR by the Book

jill@prbythebook.com

512-501-4399 x711

Food, Careers, Marketing, Nutrition, Personal Development, Inspirational, Motivational, Pop Culture, Tourism

United States

EMMANUEL LAROCHE is VP of Marketing with Symrise North America, a global manufacturer of flavors for the food and beverage industry. There, he developed an exclusive partnership with StarChefs and began moderating panel discussions with successful culinary professionals. 

He hosts the popular podcast “Flavors Unknown”, featuring a series of conversations with acclaimed and award-winning chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from around the United States. 

Born and raised in France, Emmanuel lives in New Jersey and travels around the country conducting tastings and giving lectures and presentations on food, flavors, ingredients and consumer trends.

October 16, 2023

Jeanne Collins

Design, Health & Lifestyle, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help, Inspirational, Motivational

United States

Jeanne Collins is an award-winning interior designer who left the corporate world behind to find her true self through design and internal reflection. Her firm, JerMar Designs, works with executives and entrepreneurs, focusing on projects that combine sophistication and balance with inner and outer wellness. Winner of the 2022 Luxe Magazine Red Award, she was also recently nominated as an HGTV Designer of the Year. She chronicles her journey and the approach that changed her life and work in her memoir, Two Feet In: Lessons from an All-In Life. Learn more at JerMarDesigns.com.

October 15, 2023

Brandon Leibowitz

I have been involved with digital marketing since 2007.

I want to share my knowledge about SEO, Social Media Marketing, and Google Ads with your audience.

You can listen to previous podcasts I did at https://seooptimizers.com/podcast

I will share the podcast recording with my social media following (100k) and email subscriber list (25k)

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Business, Marketing, Management

United States

Brandon Leibowitz runs and operate SEO Optimizers since 2007. We are a digital marketing company that focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into clients, sales, leads, etc.

October 2, 2023

Jeff Meshel

Business Exec Jeffrey Meshel brings awareness to the double-edged sword of trust!

“This book can empower the reader to ensure that he or she doesn’t fall prey to untrustworthy people, companies, or institutions,” says Meshel. “The breadth of trust is fundamental to everything in life – and we need to find ways to insulate against being a victim of trust-abusing authorities. We also must instill trust in others of us in order for them to do business with us, befriend us, and collaborate with us.”

 

 

There are two reasons we don’t trust people: We don’t know them. We know them.

 

Just ask Jeffrey Meshel.

 

At the age of four, he was kidnapped. The next year, his parents divorced and he was raised by his alcoholic mom. As an adult, his marriage fell apart and his kids were turned against him by his ex-wife. Later, he was badly burned by a business partner that he labels a psychopath. He certainly has reasons not to trust others, especially when those closest to him violated his trust. But there is hope.

 

Meshel took to heart the role trust plays in every aspect of our lives and penned a new book, Trust Is A Double-Edged Sword: Trust Me.

 

 

“This book can empower the reader to ensure that he or she doesn’t fall prey to untrustworthy people, companies, or institutions,” says Meshel. “The breadth of trust is fundamental to everything in life – and we need to find ways to insulate against being a victim of trust-abusing authorities. We also must instill trust in others of us in order for them to do business with us, befriend us, and collaborate with us.”

 

Meshel’s book examines the role of trust, from whom consumers buy from, to which news media to follow, to which politician to support, and to which people closest to us are worthy of trust.

 

“The world is not running on trust these days,” asserts Meshel. “It is divided and falling apart as a result. In fact, distrust, and apathy are at all-time highs. We may not think about trust daily – but we should. The core of what we do always involves trust -- always”

 

Please let me know if you would like to have Jeff on your program.

 Thanks

 (Andi)

 

Meshel offers to share the following in an interview:

·       How to know if someone is lying to you.

·       How to recover from having your trust violated.

·       The 10 commandments of trust.

·       How we can hold ourselves accountable to be trustworthy to others.

·       Trust-lessons learned in financial services, real estate, and the luxury car industry.

·       Why, even after getting burned, many of us repeat our mistakes.

·       Why we may not trust ourselves.

·       The role of ego in trust.

·       How one’s looks and attractiveness affects our trust antenna.

 

“Trust impacts our dating, consumer, professional, investing, political, parenting, and spiritual lives,” says Meshel. “We should not always buy what we’re sold. We have to be aware – even amongst those closest to us – that we may not be getting the whole truth.”

 

 

“The breadth of trust is, in fact, the pillar of all the elements of ourselves,” says Meshel. “We need to be much more aware and accountable to ourselves.

 

“Self-awareness is a responsibility to ourselves and a discipline that requires work. If you are self-aware, you can grow, improve, learn, and get better. If you are not self-aware, you will probably plateau and end up stuck.”

 

Business, News, Investing and Finance, Management, Relationship Counseling, Local News, Personal Development, Motivational, Society and Culture

US

Jeffrey Meshel

    Biography

 

                                                   

 

Jeffrey Meshel has owned and run numerous business ventures, including three real estate companies that are each over 35 years old. He is also a business book author who has been featured on The Today Show.

He is co-founder / managing partner of Candor Capital Partners. He is also is a partner with, and co-founder of, LUX Miami. 

 

Candor Capital is a real estate acquisition platform that also originates short-term bridge loans secured against commercial/residential properties. Its current portfolio consists of commercial properties rented by medical companies, industrial properties and residential multifamily. 

 

LUX Miami is a high -end luxury car dealership and rental business based out of Miami, Florida.
Formerly, Meshel was the founder and CEO of Paradigm Capital and Paradigm properties, chairman and founder of DIVORCEFORCE, a web-based community that empowered people affected by divorce. 

 

Meshel served on the Board of Directors of Signature Bank for 15 years. Mr. Meshel is on the board of the CPR Foundation (Community Police Relations). He is also the founder and chairman of the Strategic Forum, a high-level networking organization. 

 

He is the author of One Phone Call Away....Secrets of a Master Networker, The Opportunity Magnet, and Trust Is A Double-Edged Sword…Trust Me. 

 

Meshel splits his time between South Beach and New York City.

 

September 26, 2023

Scott Hoffman

History, Genealogy, Local News, Near Death Experiences, Philosophy, National, Personal Development, Theory & Conspiracy, Variety

NY

Scott M. Hoffman was a witness to historical events concerning major mob
families. He learned the inner workings from his dad, who loyally served The Outfit for over 55
years – never spending a day in prison. Now 74, he is a native of Chicago. He is a graduate of
Long Island University-Brooklyn with a B.A. in Journalism. For 35 years he worked for the City
of Chicago in the Departments of Purchasing and Finance.

September 25, 2023

Giana` Chilcott

Medicine, Psychology, Mental Health

United States

Marisha Chilcott is a Board Certified Family Physician who earned her MD at UC Davis School of Medicine and completed her residency at the Contra Costa Family Medicine program in Martinez, CA.  Before medical school, she worked as a consultant in the electric utility industry, focused on demand-side management program evaluations and software development.  She has a BA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley.  

Dr. Chilcott has worked as an emergency room physician, a primary care doctor, a geriatrician, and as an aesthetic medical provider.  It is with this breadth of experience that she comes to Be the Change in Mental Health (BTC) committed to creating a clinical treatment center that will improve society with the multiplicative effect of one-human-at-a time wellness that cannot help but influence families and friends.