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Is Rep. Buck’s anti-Trump plot even more devious than it first appears? We break it down with Ashe in America. Plus grassroots warrior Rep. Scott Bottoms of Colorado Springs on radical Dem plans to destroy charter schools and the Second Amendment.
The Sports Doctor, Dr. Bob Weil joins The Money Doctor, Frances Rahaim, Ph.D., to talk about all things sports and financial. Whether you or your child has a pro future or not, just funding the athletic related expenses through high school and managing NIL laws in college can be daunting. Tune in and find out things you need to know as a parent or athlete student.
Eric Wubbena, President of Baseball Bluebook returns. Then Paul Hammond, Co- Founder of I Am Fine, Seniors at home communications help organization joins me.Then, it’s 'The Sport Doctor Is In' with some Bob Gajda wisdom and your questions and emails!
We Heard from the Chief, now let's hear from the Commissioner - CHARLES H. RAMSEY!Commissioner Ramsey is well-known for his ability to refocus police departments when it comes to crime-fighting and crime prevention. I will discuss with our former police chief what changes he believes need to be made in order to fight against the stem of violent crime plaguing the District of Columbia. Tune in and listen to this interesting and provocative discussion where the commissioner shares his important perspective and the wisdom of his years of experience.
What is this a representation of? It could be anything. Is it random generated or a specific representation of what?
Here's the thing. It's not about chocolate, bunnies or eggs. And it's not about crucifixes and suffering. Most folks have totally missed the point: the resurrection was to show we don't die.
Global 'Ascent' currents are surging spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and financially with global economic reset. Ascension times are going online. See how!
Heart speaks no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil. Consciousness allows and waits.
A few years ago, I saw the Dalai Lama speak. A politician asked him a question. It was during an election year and they wondered how, after running against the others, they would be able to go back to working together when the winner was in office.
Sarah Elkhaldy offers Higher dimensional guidance through spiritual awakenings. Sarah is here to assist humanity’s evolution.
My guest Sarah Elkhaldy is a mystic and spiritual teacher. Sarah is highly claircognizant. Her intuitive abilities, and deep insights into the nature of reality create energetic transmissions that activate the audience on a soul level. She is widely known as a leader in the field of Spirituality and the Esoteric Arts. She uses her intuitive abilities as well as her extensive background in esoteric knowledge to help humanity gracefully tap into our evolutionary potential. With an online community consisting of hundreds of thousands of awakening souls, it is her highest honor to assist humanity’s evolution.
A sought after speaker & business consultant, Christopher is a premier national leader in business development, economic & workforce development, diversity and inclusion and entrepreneurship. As a retired US Air Force Officer, he brings complex problems to creative solutions from experiences serving as an executive in the for-profit, non-profit, academia and government sectors of America's economy.
Today Christopher C. Herring is President and CEO of River Walk Publishing, LLC, Past Chairman of the Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce (TAAACC) and Past President/CEO of the Alamo City Chamber of Commerce. He is a certified Workforce Diversity Trainer through the Society of Human Resource Management. He is an Honorary Board of Director of Global Ties Iowa as Chris helped shape the organization's recruitment campaign of diverse candidates to serve in the Heartland of America.
As the past Chairman of TAAACC, he advocated for over 250,000 businesses and 23 chambers of commerce in the nation's second largest economy with the goal to increase revenues and sales. Between 2011 and 2019, Christopher served three mayors as the Mayor of San Antonio's appointee to the Small Business Advocacy Committee (SBAC) overseeing and Chairing the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Program subcontracting goals. He was elected as the Chairman of the SBAC's 5-Yr Contracting Diversity Plan Accountability Subcommittee which is a law of the city of San Antonio.
Chris' story was captured by StoryCorps and their recorded conversation was entered into the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and in a special collection at National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC in 2016.
CEO of PHASE and Educator
Rick Binder is the CEO of PHASE and has held 13 certifications from NAEMT, FEMA, and NFPA. He began his career as an EMT-I and a few years later joined his father in bringing the Binder Lift to market. After spending 10 years helping thousands of emergency care departments avoid personnel injury while improving patient care, Rick authored an accredited Safe Patient Handling Course that helps emergency care providers have longer, healthier careers.
Activist, Former Director at the Department of Defense
Colonel (Ret.) John Mills is a national security professional with service in five eras: Cold War, Peace Dividend, War on Terror, World in Chaos – and now, Great Power Showdown and the fight to save our Republic.
He is the former Director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs at the Department of Defense. John is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy
Founder & CEO - UK Health Radio Network
Johann Ilgenfritz attained his Master in Photography in Germany, working successfully as a Fashion Photographer for almost 20 years in Hamburg and London. His life changed drastically in 2011 when he had a heart attack and six month later was diagnosed with cancer.
After unsuccessful Radio Therapy he was left to find other survival options which he did. During his search for a cure he turned to the internet, soon realising that there was no one central point where you could turn to for heath information, regardless of what your health issue are. He decided on creating just such a platform and six weeks later, launched the beta version of UK Health Radio, still fighting cancer at the time.
Through Nutritional and Lifestyle changes he finally beat cancer and since then has been named “The Curator of Health Expertise” by the press. His mantra is “Good health is a choice”! He went from believing that cancer was the cause of his illness to realising that cancer was only a symptom of an already sick body. He knew if he could change the cause he would change the effect.
Through his vision, UK Health Radio (www.ukhealthradio.com) has attained a very clear purpose, this is to inform and animate people to take responsibility for their own health. This does not mean taking your health into your own hands, but to be part of the process of attaining and/or keeping your health freedom. It is all about being informed, being empowered and being healthy!
UK Health Radio has the most in-depth information on the widest range of health and wellness topics - available anywhere today. All aspects of health and wellness, fitness, diet and nutrition, illness prevention and environment issues, but with the main focus on prevention rather than cure.
UK Health Radio presents it's information through 41 shows, that air 24/7, with 1.3M and growing, very dedicated listeners. There is a Listen on Demand section, the enormously popular digital monthly health & wellness magazine called Health Triangle Magazine. UK Health Radio is now also available on 15 podcast platforms across the world with a possible reach of almost 700M listeners. Podcast platforms that include Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHear, JioSaavn…
Johann won the 'Inspiration - Holistic Therapist Business Awards' 2017 and 2019 he won the 'The Best You Awards' - in the category Best Up-And-Coming Inspirational Influencer.
President at Vestibular Training Services & provider of Figure Skating Spin Training Tools & Seminars Worldwide
Sheila Thelen has been a coach at the Figure Skating Club of Bloomington in Minnesota for the past 32 years. However, teaching skating is just part of her busy life dedicated to improving skaters’ training.
Thelen created several products skaters use on and off ice to help their skating techniques. She also hosts numerous seminars and is part of an online coaching staff.
“I’m thrilled to have met Trevor Laak, the founder of iCoachSkating.com, before he founded it,” Thelen said.
After meeting at Grassroots to Champions seminars, Thelen joined his company as a consultant and helps with their online marketing.
“iCoachSkating is truly a revolution in how coaches all over can improve their knowledge and improve their skaters,” Thelen said. “Every problem a coach has ever had, Trevor has a video to fix that problem. It’s fun to see skaters and coaches learning new techniques and skills on iCoachSkating, and it’s fantastic that skaters and coaches can join the website.”
iCoach, however, is just the beginning. She’s also a very successful entrepreneur, creating several products skaters use to improve various elements.
“My first big product I created was the ‘Jump Ease Skating Harness,’” Thelen said. “I learned a lot about business and how to make a company fun.”
Her second product, Champion Cords, taught her to embrace something new at the time: a business website.
“I really learned how to create a website, and to work with patents (USA Patent: 7,214,171), skate shops, seminars, packaging, staff and manufacturing,” Thelen said. “Champion Cords are fantastic for teaching a skater to feel alignment position, muscle memory awareness and technique.”
Thelen since added the Champion Skating Harness and Champion Electric Spinner.
“Both of these products help the skater learn vestibular balance and air position,” Thelen said. “Truly how you train modern day rotation. It’s actually fun to see people installing this gear in their homes. They are also great for seminars. We haul in a harness, install it and train coaches how to use it.”
Her Champion Developmental Seminars keep this busy coach traveling to clubs with many top coaches.
“Each seminar can be custom designed to feature a guest coach,” Thelen said. “We bring in tons of gear and help the coaches develop skaters at all levels. We are absolutely honored to have an amazing staff of coaches to help.”
Thelen even created a fun jewelry piece with her Champion Achievement Charm bracelet. The charms include all the jumps and spins, a perfect and fun way for skaters to keep track of their progression.
“As your skater progresses through the sport, add a charm to the bracelet,” Thelen said.
Thelen will host a booth featuring all her products at the upcoming May PSA and CFSA conferences in Chicago and Moncton NB, Canada. A two day seminar with World Coach Ravi Walia is scheduled for June at the Bloomington FSC.
Her skating harness and electric spinner also recently became part of physical therapy research and development work with autistic children, something Thelen is extremely proud of.
“This work is so important to me,” Thelen said. “Improving children’s, skaters and families’ lives.”
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota. (1991 Graduate) Double Major: Communications/Marketing and Anthropology *Research Emphasis: Public Speaking/Osteology (Human Bone Research). *Senior Residential Advisor. *Twin Cities Business Women’s Scholarship Recipient. *Speaker at Hamline 1990 & 1991 Leadership Conference. *Academic Policies Committee and Sub-Committee. * Self PAID 100% of Education. * Dean’s List.
Experience: Owner/Designer/President of Vestibular Training Services LLC (2019-Present) *Applying Figure Skating Harness training – to helping physical therapists in the fields of: Autism & Post Concussion/TBI. Patent Pending. We are going to change the world.
Owner/Designer/President of Champion Cords/Seminars/Harnesses/Spinners (2012-Present) *Providing seminar for coaches worldwide alongside World & Olympic Coaches. Specializing in figure skating technology, harnesses & developing all levels of figure skaters. *Creating leadership in coaching and mentoring. Number one in figure skating harnesses & coaches training. *Known worldwide for coaching excellence. Research and development for multiple skating training tools
Grassroots To Champion Seminars (2008-2016) Executive Director. *Coordinate 19 National/World/Olympic Coaches in 30+ National and Internationals seminars per year. Coordinate all: schedules, travel, hotel, ground, product, pre and post seminar. *Marketing. *Negotiate contracts with 10 Corporate Sponsors & National Organizations. *Manage week long International Seminar Dorms/Food/40+Coaches/100+ skaters from around the world. *Dartfish Specialist *Recruited by World & Olympic Coach – Audrey Weisiger. *Number 1 in Figure Skating Seminars in North America. *Sales increased 348%, since position was created. Agent/Representative for 8 Olympic/World Coaches. Created a 501c3 for Young Artists Showcase.
Sheila Thelen, Inc., (2003-Present) Owner-President. *Inventor and design engineer of athletic training aids *National & International Guest Speaker. *Product Design. *Contract Negotiations. *Patent Writing. *Patent Number: 7,214,171. *Created all product marketing and information. *Product is used by World & Olympic Skaters and Coaches. *Endorsed by the Professional Skaters Association International. *Presenter at Fall Regional & International Seminars. *Presenter ON ICE: at PSA International Conference, Canada Figure Skating National Conference, ISI International Conference, England/UK NISA Conference, Iceland FSA. *Endorsed by National/World/Olympic Skaters and Coaches. *Monthly article in PSA Magazine. *Featured Specialist on: iCoachSkating.com *Named TOP FIVE Coaches by iCoachSkating.
Professional Figure Skating Coach. City Facilities, MN (1987-Present) Self Employed. *Teaching beginners through senior competition levels. *Head Professional. *Senior Synchronized Skating Line. *Consultant – Israeli Figure Skating Association. *Teaching ages: 2-30. *Master Rated Coach by the Professional Skaters Association International. *Strong USFSA/ISI Coaching Experience. *Specialty in Dartfish Computer Software (for computer jump analysis). Consultant to coaches & skating schools.
St. Croix Valley Recreation Center. Stillwater, MN (1998-2008) Skating Director. *Manage and oversee MAJOR Skating School & Entire Figure Skating Program. *Manage all private lessons. *Supervise all self employed skating coaches. *Hosted ISI & PSA Fall Regional Seminars. *Payroll. *Database. *Assign Skaters to Coaches. *Director of Winter Exhibitions. *Director of Spring Ice Shows. *Advertising Manager. *Silent Auction Manager. *Created registration program enabling 500+ in person registrations in 1 ½ hours. *Manage arena staff. *Power Skating Coach with Junior Gold Teams & High School players. *Coach multiple high profile clients & The Herb Brooks Foundation.
Jump Ease, Inc. Lino Lakes, MN (1997-2004) Owner/President. *Inventor and design engineer of multi-use harness systems. *National Guest Speaker and Trainer. *Coordinated staff & engineering department. *Contract negotiations including the New Boston Gardens/Boston Bruins & the Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville Predators). *Endorsed by the Professional Skaters Association International. *Managing Partner.
Arad Archaeological Center, Arad, ISRAEL In conjunction with the Israeli Antiquities Authority. (July 1991-1992) *Director of Recruiting. *Site Supervisor. *Lecture Series. *Create all marketing materials. *United States Group Coordinator. *Only American on Staff. *Semi Bilingual. *Primary Archaeological site: Tel Keroith. *Trained guide: Masada. *Burial Excavations Manager: Tel Arad.
Paisley Park Recording Studios. Chanhassen, MN (Spring 1990-Spring 1991) Internship. *Assistant to Mr. Dressel, Head of Studio. *Assist in daily management of a major recording studio and stage. *Handle records on past clients and assisted with new clients. *Studio Assistant. *Tours. *First Intern ever at Paisley Park.
Awards: *Top 1,000 Employees in the State of Minnesota, by the Quality Council of Minnesota (1993). *1998 Who’s Who of International Entrepreneurs. *2008 & 2010 Top FIVE Coaches by iCoachSkating.com *2010 United States Figure Skating Association – Sports Science Award Nominee
Democratic Strategist
Heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning,” Joe Trippi pioneered bringing politics into the digital age and brings an added digital component to The Lincoln Project arsenal. Joe joined the Lincoln Project because “we have to stop seeing this as Democrat vs. Republican. Right vs. left. This has to be all of us coming together in a pro-democracy coalition to defeat an authoritarian movement that is using every means to seize power.”
For decades Trippi and the Lincoln Project co-founders worked against each other in partisan fights. He has worked for Democrats at every level for more than four decades – from Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale and managing Howard Dean’s groundbreaking presidential campaign in 2004. Joe has been a media and campaign strategist for dozens of Senate and Gubernatorial campaigns including Jerry Brown’s 2010 comeback campaign for Governor of California and Doug Jones’ historic Senate victory in Alabama, where Jones became the first Democratic US Senator in Alabama in 25 years.
Trippi has served as an on-air political analyst for MSNBC/NBC, CBS Evening News, FOX News and CNN. His weekly podcast is “That Trippi Show.”
Spiritual Entrepreneur Mentor, Bestselling Author, Speaker and Psychic Medium
Sunny Dawn Johnston is an acclaimed psychic medium, transformational thought leader, and spiritual biz mentor. She is the author of twenty-one books, including bestsellers, Invoking the Archangels and The Love Never Ends. Sunny is also the creator of the ELEV8 Your Life membership site a virtual community focused on designing a high-vibrational life of abundance, self-love, and joy. SDJ Productions is Sunny’s writing, speaking engagements, publishing books, CD’s, and her latest project is The Multi-Dimensional Oracle Card Deck. In her spare time, Sunny helps as a psychic investigator for the international organization FIND ME, collaborating to support law enforcement and families of missing persons and homicide victims.
