The Intentional Soul

In this episode, your host, Tom Ross, discusses what lead to the creation of The Intentional Soul Podcast.  In Season 1, Tom interviewed people who took the paths less travelled; he learned what was possible by investigating other people living intentionally.   Tom thanks all the people who helped him through this podcast journey and gives us a glimpse of what’s to come in Season 2 of The Intentional Soul:  faith and forgiveness.   Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griff Williams is an accredited meditation teacher and founder of MindEasy. He spent 12 years working as a London firefighter before changing paths to pursue building MindEasy. He received his diploma in meditation teaching from The British School of Meditation. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Griff Williams about meditation.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Griff discusses his time as a firefighter and how the grief from losing his father changed his life. ·      Griff and Tom talk about what exactly meditation is: try8ing to create a state of equanimity – non reaction. ·      Griff explains the importance of flexibility and willingness to pivot.     Connect with Griff: Website: https://mindeasy.com/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6M3ekNF61lJg9EO8-_xYlQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindeasymeditation/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MindEasy-Meditation-379609422907356/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/MindEasy17/     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian graduated from Fort Lewis College with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He began his real estate career in 2006, buying and selling as an investor. In 2011, he expanded his business infrastructure and scope by building a team and integrating the traditional representation of buyers, sellers, and investors. In 2014, he acquired a small, local brokerage and created the vision for what is now, North&Co. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Brian North about suffering and balance.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Brian describes himself as a ‘student of getting better’ and describes his process of better himself one step at a time. ·      Brian discusses the issues men face when trying to get help and dealing with their feelings. ·      Brian explains that suffering is as valuable as joy.     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne Omlor is a Certified Business Strategist and Online Business Coach. As a natural-born motivator, encourager, and voracious researcher and strategist, she became an online business coach to help people reach success. She's here to help her clients operate at their ultimate potential. She helps people to maximize profits while being the visionary they're destined to be. She considers herself merely a catalyst. She infuses her ICF Accreditation from Intelligent Leadership into all of her trainings so that her clients prosper, while being leaders in their businesses and lives. Her clients have something in common: they're smart go-getters who want to fulfil their ultimate potential. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Jeanne Omlor about mindset and strategy.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Jeanne discusses the difficulty and obstacles she had to overcome learning a new medium to recreate her business model. ·      Jeanne discusses how important working on your mindset is no matter what stage you are in life. ·      Jeanne discusses the marriage of mindset and strategy and how mindset manifestation works in her program.   Connect with Jeanne: Website: https://jeanneomlor.com/reviews/   Social media links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanneomlor https://twitter.com/jeanneomlor https://www.instagram.com/jeanneomlor/ https://www.facebook.com/jeanneomlor/     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michele got her start at the Culinary Institute of America. Every student here is required to take a class on wine. She loved the way her professor, Michael Weiss, made wine sound like art: living poetry. She was the tutor for this class for over a year, while finishing her bachelor’s in business management. During the lock-down, Michele wrote her first book: Pairing Paws: Dog Breeds and Their Spirit Wines. Annihilation Archetypes, The Splattering of Silence, Unleashed, and How To Build a Wine List were released in 2023. Pairing Paws: Cat Breeds and Their Spirit Wines is anticipated by the summer 2023. She went on to be the Wine & Beverage Director at the Fearless Restaurant Group, where she oversaw 10 restaurants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is currently working at the Four Seasons Philadelphia in Jean Georges. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Michele Gargiulo about overcoming fear.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Michele discusses her struggles with PTSD from witnessing a partner’s suicide and how a good partnership helped her through and helped her build creativity. ·      Michele explains that fear is a part of living and that we need to be able to take risks and be fearless even when we’re terrified. ·      Michele talks about the books she wrote during the COVID lockdown and how she channeled her creativity during isolation.   Connect with Michele: https://www.facebook.com/michele.gargiulo.568 https://www.michelegargiulo.com    Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zanzibar Vermiglio is an executive business coach, corporate trainer and founder of Zanzibar Enterprises. After skipping college at age 18 to manage companies, he has since led training programs for over 20,000 people in hundreds of businesses. He has also doubled the size of over 100 companies. The three aspects of business he focuses on are value proposition design and execution, operation scalability (including management architectures), and sales planning. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Zanzibar Vermiglio about focusing on what matters.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Zanzibar explains ‘reverse engineering,’ how it works with conscious thought and starting with the end in mind. ·      Zanzibar and Tom discuss higher conscious thought and what that means and what exactly that is. ·      Zanzibar talks about the importance of empowering your own voice and how to do that.     Connect with Zanzibar: Website zanzibarenterprises.com   Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/zanzibarenterprises https://www.instagram.com/zanzibarvermiglio/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaPp1AWhgPfTsI9fl0ZTHvQ?view_as=subscriber     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberly Parker is a licensed psychotherapist and Forensic Evaluator that specializes in trauma. Kimberly is also a forensic evaluator, and she volunteers to provide a psychological piece for those escaping inhumane treatment from various countries. Kimberly’s area of expertise is in PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Personality Disorders, Somatic Disorders, and eating disorders. Kimberly assists clients with healing their various parts of self with evidence-based treatment models such as EMDR & Brainspotting Therapy. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Kimberly about EMDR and healing.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Kimberly explains mind mapping – the blue print of what is going on in your mind. ·      Kimberly discusses how trauma alters the brain and how healing needs to happen at a cellular level. ·      Kimberly talks about how trauma affects our mental, spiritual, and physical health.     Connect with Kimberly: Website:  Home - Healthy Mind Counseling & Nutrition, LLC in Hampton (healthymindcounselingandnutrition.com) Publication: https://linktr.ee/healthy_mind_counseling LinkedIn: (4) Kimberly Parker | LinkedIn     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer K. Hill is a seasoned professional speaker with over 20 years of experience. In 2019, Jennifer embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by co-founding MetaBizics - a dynamic venture that creates interactive online and live courses while also providing expert consulting services. But her thirst for innovation and impact didn't stop there. In 2021, she co-founded OptiMatch - a cutting-edge tech company that utilizes its exclusive algorithm to revolutionize the way marketplaces and businesses connect coaches, consultants, therapists, and practitioners with their target audience. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Jennifer K. Hill about inner child work.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Jennifer describes the tools she uses for inner child work. ·      Jennifer explains to Tom how she used the pandemic to write a book about the tools she uses. ·      Jennifer talks about the ‘spiritual accounting’ she does daily and her daily gratitude log.   Connect with Jennifer: www.youtube.com/@jenniferkhill     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODES CONTAINS CONTENT ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SUICIDE – MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL LISTENERST Ron Blake is one of five siblings who grew up in suburban Chicago. He’s now living in Phoenix and is an artist who’s using an innovative means of creative therapy to overcome a near-deadly rape at the hands of three men who entered his home one evening.  His medium is the human interaction he’s had each day for 2,737 days. Meeting 32,295 complete strangers one by one across the U.S. and Mexico.  Those interactions are expressed as social practice artwork. Contributions by those strangers in 94 languages with 27 Sharpie marker colors are on 497 giant foam boards.  A moment of laughter from a late-night comedy show stopped Blake from suicide on November 2, 2015. Starting his colorful journey. He was nominated for and gave a TEDx talk about this creative adventure and the significance of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in it all.  Additionally, the artist has written over 200 short stories, Guest Commentaries, and Letters to the Editor for a multitude of publications. Many of those pieces have used Blake’s artistic recovery odyssey as a muse for entertaining, informing, and inspiring his readers.  Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Ron Blake about overcoming trauma.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Ron describes the trauma he dealt with after his rape. The betrayal he felt from the police department because he was not taken seriously as a homosexual man; and the fact that the assault was done by men he knew under the influence of alcohol. ·      Ron explains years later he was diagnosed with dissociative amnesia and what that is and how it protects your brain. ·      Ron describes the day he woke up and wanted to take his own life.     Connect with Ron: https://www.instagram.com/blakelateshow/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-blake-b447ab10/ https://www.aptsda.org/aboutus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0LMlFDIbgQ     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mirna is a 28 year old with a master’s of sociology from Zadar, Croatia. She is experienced in different work environments, like tourism, real estate, and government institutions (social care). Also, a lifetime of taking care of dogs. Hobbies include creative writing, reading, taking walks and consuming internet content. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Mirna Vuksan about focusing on the small wins   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Mirna explains how she began and continues her struggle with depression ·      Mirna and Tom discuss how she used yoga to cope with her depression ·      Mirna talks to Tom about how she uses baby steps and small wins as her focus.     Connect with Mirna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirna-vuksan-700934228 flexipcb.com   Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-esteem expert and author Renee Cermak is a woman on a mission. Her mission is for people to like themselves, be proud of themselves and respect themselves. Her mission is for people to give priority to their self-esteem, to think about it more than anything else and before anything else. For the last 19 years, Renee has been focused on personal growth—her own and thousands of other people’s lives. She is committed to leading by example through her coaching, speaking, facilitating, writing, and, most importantly, actually doing the hard work to improve her own self-esteem and her own results. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Renee Cermak about self-esteem.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Renee explains that we are often are own worst enemy and biggest interference. ·      Renee gives some personal growth life hacks. ·      Renee discusses her 90-day program. The purpose is to take you out of your comfort zone and prove that there is nothing bigger than you.     Connect with Renee: https://www.facebook.com/ReneeCermakAuthor https://twitter.com/Renee_Cermak https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-cermak-8533976/ Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cuthberto Ramos is a ‘reformed’ loan officer. He is a real estate investor and financier. He is no stranger to change and personal transformation in business and in his personal life. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Cuthberto Ramos about courage.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Cuthberto explains just because you want to change something doesn’t mean what you have is bad. ·      Cuthberto and Tom discuss objections and how they come up when you are committed to a plan. ·      Cuthberto talks about courage and how that changes at different points in life.     Connect with Cuthberto: cuthbertoramos@gmail.com https://instagram.com/wealth_health_innerself?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==   Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marina is a health coach certified through the institute of integrative nutrition and use sound therapy devices to relax the human body and mind. She is passionate about showcasing the science of sound with others through www.soundtherapywellness.com and helping the community at large. Marina is currently pursuing her doctorate in natural medicine and working full time in tech.    Listen to this informative episode of The Intentional Soul with Marina Elisa Penate about the science of sound.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Marina explains the science of sound and how certain frequencies are used. ·      Marina discusses how ancient civilizations dedicated buildings to sound healing. ·      Marina talks about creating reality with your mind. ·      Tom and Marina discuss psilocybin and the medical research behind it.     Connect with Marina: www.soundtherapywellness.com   Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carolyn Wallace, LICSW, is a psychotherapist, Spiritual Director and Archetypal Consultant with almost 20 years of experience guiding people through the process of transformation. While she’s worked with various modalities, archetypal consulting is the most powerful and transformative so far. Through archetypal consulting sessions, speaking, and writing, she helps spiritual women transform their relationship to fear so they can stand in their own authority with unapologetic, radiant confidence. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Carolyn Wallace about archetypes.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Carolyn discusses the four survival archetypes and how they are developed to survive childhood. ·      Carolyn explains the three levels of consciousness. ·      Carolyn talks about the disciplines of Kripalu yoga and breathing through and allowing discomfort.       Connect with Carolyn: radiantlifedirection.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087328568287     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda Haro is a life coach for moms, teaching women the tools to liberate themselves off the back burner through her company F*ck It Mothering. On top of working with clients, she also produces a podcast where moms get mind blowing truth bombs, inspiration, and encouragement. She is a single mom to 4 girls, lives in sunny Wisconsin, and spends her free time reading, going on walks with her dog, Chewbacca, and laughing way too loud. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Amanda Haro about mothering and decision making.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Amanda explains how she didn’t feel like a person outside of being a mother. ·      Amanda discusses how she made a minimum base line and made a goal to take a shower and do her hair every day. ·      Amanda explains to Tom how decisions she made in shame produced more shame and you don’t need to live with these decisions…..you can always make a new decision.       Connect with Amanda Haro: https://linktr.ee/fckitmothering     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Todd Mei is a philosophical consultant and former Associate Professor. He is founder of the consultation firm Philosophy2u, which is the premier public resource on meaningful work. Todd has over 20 years of experience and research in the philosophy of work and economics, as well as specializations in ethics, existentialism, and hermeneutics. He is also one of the main researchers for 1.2 Labs, which is a blockchain start-up consultancy. His main passions outside of work include windsurfing and surfing.   Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Todd Mei about meaningful work.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Todd discusses identifying the core capabilities you use in every day and finding what capabilities matter most to you. ·      Todd explains that the work that you do should make you more capable. ·      Todd talks about moral imagination and the capacity to imagine; this is important because this is what helps us relate to other people and cultures       Connect with Todd: https://www.philosophy2u.com Twitter: @ToddMei1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-mei/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063793245588     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Chandler is a Transformation Life Coach, Body Love Coach, and Spiritual Energy Healer. She provides intuitive guidance to women all over the world, allowing them to forever end karmic and deeply embedded cycles of suffering and lack, to instead flourish in every possible way. She currently runs both an online 12-Week Body Love program, as well as in-person Body Love events, that support women in ending the emotional stress eating cycle. After completing the 1:1 coaching program, women finally feel beautiful and confident in their bodies. She holds both a B.A. in Psychology from University of California, Davis and an M.A. in Counseling from Santa Clara University, CA.  Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Laura Chandler about meditation and spiritual awakening.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ·      Laura discusses how a traumatic break-up led to her spiritual awakening. ·      Laura explains how meditation can rewire your brain. ·      Laura talks to Tom about stress eating, and how and why she began eating to numb herself.       Connect with Laura: Web link to #1 Body Love Program: https://laurachandlercoaching.lpages.co/breakthebingeeating/ Social Media/FB Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/613302689580078 Personal FB page: https://www.facebook.com/LifeplusLaura/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-chandler-19601569/     Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandra is an international multi-award winning entrepreneur, international speaker, bestselling co-author, comedian, and the happiness accelerator. Sandra grew up going through adversity; bullying, humiliation, heartache, depression. To find her own inner happiness, Sandra took a journey of transformation and self-development and discovered what makes her happy and fount her purpose in life. Sandra inspires, guides, and helps women grab their ‘sh*t’ and turn it around, so they can accept it, laugh at it, and let go of the control it had over them. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Sandra Ammerlaan about the power of laughter.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Sandra explains that everyone goes through adversity – if you don’t, you won’t grow, learn, or become a better person. ·      Sandra discusses neuro linguistic programming (NLP) and how it can change your beliefs. ·      Sandra and Tom talk about being flexible and getting out of your comfort zone.     Connect with Sandra: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.ammerlaan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandraammerlaanoffical/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-ammerlaan-00b64b19/       Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amira Martin, LCSW-R, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience in mental health. She obtained her MSW from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in 2002 and specializes in treating children and adults. Amira is also an author of diverse children's books that focus on promoting positive mental health for kids. Amira is also the founder of Amira for Her, a large group private practice, and an adjunct lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Amira Martin about therapy and victimization.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:   ·      Amira discusses the importance of breaking generational curses. ·      Amira explains victimization and understanding why it happened. ·      Amira talks about how the darkest point in her life birthed her drive. ·      Amira discusses her business ‘Amira for Her’ and why she makes sure all voices are heard in therapy.     Connect with Amira: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealingNYC/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authoramiramartin/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-martin-95577318/   Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon T. Adams is a 2X Emmy® Award-Winning Producer, TV Host, Media Expert, Investor and Advisor. He is the founder of Accelerant Media Group which produces Commercials, Social Media Content, and TV Shows. Brandon is best known for his work as the host and Executive Producer of the Emmy Award Winning Show, “Success in Your City” which is a show on a mission to redefine the meaning of success. Listen to this inspiring episode of The Intentional Soul with Brandon Adams about keeping your mind in a positive state   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: Brandon discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people. Brandon tells Tom about the values his father instilled in him; creating a community and having personal relationships with your clients. Brandon explains that when you think negative in a bad situation, it makes the situation worse; when you think positive and force yourself into a positive space, you see positive results.   Connect with Brandon: Website: https://brandontadams.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.adams.73 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandontadams/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandontadams1/   Connect with Tom: https://www.tomrosstalks.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices