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"It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around." - Rose Kennedy In Episode 11 of Season 3, we hear from Anna Diab about the harsh reality Mrs. Kennedy articulated, years ago. Anna is a wife and mother of 3. After unexpectedly losing her oldest child at age 11, she is learning and working to be the parent she still wants to be for her boys, the partner she wants to be to her husband, the person she wants to be for herself, and finding ways to include her daughter along the way in this new path she never imagined she would walk. Thank you, Anna, for sharing your light, your pain, and your Carolina.

The daughter of an engineer and a pimp, Klee Wiggins’ comedy reflects both sides of that upbringing.  She’s an intellectual and a shit-talker in equal measure. From incisive crowd work to tales of growing up in the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, every set she does is a journey worth taking. She was featured in “Thugs the Musical” by Emmy winner Kevin Avery and has been a panelist & done stand-up at several Cons. These days you can mostly find her working as a writer on a number of projects, a competitor in the Movie Trivia Schmoedown, and as a prolific podcast guest.Social MediaTWITTER @kleewigginsINSTAGRAM @kleewigginssf Be sure to connect with Coach Orlando and the WeAlign community: https://wealign.alignp.com/share/Y0ShuLB2_eEAO7YP?utm_source=manualLearn more about our work with organizations, teams, and people like you.And, of course, we love connecting via social media on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok . 

In this episode, lawyer and author, Griselle Seijo shares how it took an 8 year journey to arrive at a place where she could grieve her beloved mother. Read Griselles's powerful essay on moving forward through grief in Conversations Over Coffee. (Proceeds benefit literacy efforts!) 

In this episode of UnstuckAF, Coach Orlando welcomes Arian White, who was one of the thousands of educators who helped our nation's children navigate the COVID pandemic, through lockdown(s) and personal loss. Arian shares how he taught and what he learned as a global pandemic hit close to home.Arian White is a third generation educator and Los Angeles Native.  Eager to see the best of what education had to offer around the globe, Arian spent the summer of 2009 at the Chinju National University of Education teaching English to elementary and middle school students in South Korea.  After becoming aware of the academic rigor and prestige of International schools, in 2013 he spent two years teaching elementary school at the prestigious Cap Cana Heritage School in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Cap Cana Heritage School is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 educational institutions in the country. While in the Dominican Republic, he was also a Professor of English at Universidad Iberoamericano.                  When Arian wasn’t spending his summers overseas, he worked at various Summer Camps, including working as a counselor at UCLA’s Summer Camp at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center.  In 2010, before STEM and STEAM were educational catchphrases, Arian worked at Destination Science helping students learn about science through play.  By the end of his time there, he was the site manager overseeing the daily operations, programs, and personnel for their Beverly Hills site.     Most recently, he teaches at a predominantly African American public school in Los Angeles where he hopes to help close The Achievement Gap and share some of the best practices he’s learned around the world with his community.  Because of his abilities as an effective instructor in his first year with the district, he was awarded the "2018 Los Angeles Unified School District Rookie of the Year Award" in a district of roughly 900 schools.  Currently, he also runs a Pan-African STEAM camp called Camp Sankofa. Arian earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Master’s degree from the University of Southern California.Are you ready to get UnstuckAF? Join us for our virtual conference, Wanna Be Startin Somethin: Visit WeAlign, our online community, and learn more about the Align Approach that leads the overwhelmed to overcome. Or find us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Tik TokAs mentioned: Johnathan Livingston Seagull a story by Richard Bach 

They say home is where the heart is. And Cherise Fisher's story, the loving manner in which she cared for and about her father and, eventually, herself is a glowing example of all that can mean. In this episode, Cherise shares how the timing of a trip of a lifetime provided an opportunity to contemplate and celebrate the journey of her lifetime.Cherise Fisher began her career in publishing more than 25 years ago, spending many years editing and publishing several national bestselling and award winning authors at Simon & Schuster and Plume (an imprint of Penguin Random House), where she was Editor-in-Chief.She works with novelists who have multiple compulsively readable yarns in their head (both historical and contemporary), memoirists who showcase the diversity of human experience, and non-fiction writers who seek to provoke, inspire, and educate. Her intention is that all the books she helps bring into the world are relevant, enduring, and help readers maximize their life.Be sure to check out The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson and Seven Days In June by Tia Williams!Join  WeAlign to gain access to video episodes of UnstuckAF and to learn more about how you can create the Aligned Success Strategy that will get you unstuck and living a life worthy of who you are.You can also  join the conversation on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. Wherever you connect with us, know that Align Performance is here to help you... do you... better. In other words, our dream is making your dreams come true.

 For this sixth episode of our third season,  the description comes from our guest, Linda McLachlan. Linda is a coach, a consultant, a podcaster, and one of the reasons UnstuckAF exists, as Coach Orlando shares in this conversation. These are Linda's thoughts on her podcasting journey:Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.~ T. RooseveltI started my podcasting journey (my first Akimbo workshop in 2020) with a knapsack full of ‘should’ and ‘needs’.I should know what I want to say, I should be ready to say it, I should already know a lot about podcasts and I need a microphone, I need a better laptop, I need more gear…Looking at that list now, I know this was a way of hiding behind my ‘lack’ and ‘not good enough’. That belief that something outside myself would give me the ability to do and share with the world what was/ is already inside of me. Curiosity, perseverance, life experiences uniquely my own and a deep desire to speak, listen and learn from others.Did those other things come along the way? The knowing how /what I want to say and to whom? The gear? yes, bit by bit. But not before a gradual acceptance of my ability to share myself through speaking aloud, into a recording device and hitting publish.Our right, our ability and self-belief that we have something of value to share.  Maybe it’s not always unique but it’s of this time.  It’s for the eyes, ears and hearts of those our work will reach. The light in the darkness, the laughter through sadness.Strike the match.Join Align Performance's online community: WeAlignAlso, connect with us on social media:InstagramLinkedInTikTokFacebook And to learn more about how we do what we do and how we do it, visit our site.

Monique Thomas is definitely an Align Performance success story. In this episode she shares the health and personal struggles she's faced and how the Align methodology helped her to lose 168 pounds and gain a life of giving she could barely imagine as she took her first steps.

In Episode 4 of Season 3, a "special episode" of UnstuckAF, Coach Orlando shares a storytelling piece: Life Is A Marathon. When we're being challenged, our mindset can make the difference between succeeding and succumbing. Distance running has provided Coach Orlando a potent framework for our approach to "running this race" called life. Be sure to visit WeAlign to join this ongoing conversation: How can we be our best selves, living our best lives? To learn more about how you, your team and/or your organization can partner with Align Performance LLC to reach The Point, visit the Align Performance LLC site.  And remember... We gon get unstuck. We gon be unstuck. We gon live unstuck. UNSTUCK AS F*CK! Now, let's Walk The Line.

Nadine Pierre Kelly, otherwise known as NPK is a retired medical doctor (pathologist), experienced registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, American Council of Exercise health coach, Akimbo workshops head coach (founded by Seth Godin), contributor to Medscape, first-degree Taekwondo black belt, and if you are ready to bring your whole self to your life, your health integration coach.Learn more.

Ready to hold irresponsible dog owners accountable? Sign and share the petition.Coach Orlando strives to make UnstuckAF the podcast that helps you do you... better. Listen to the stories of people who have chosen to live like EXCLAMATION POINTS, challenging the rest of us to stop living like question marks. If you want to enjoy the video version of episodes from Seasons 2 & 3, visit the Align Performance YouTube channel or visit WeAlign, our online community, to check out UnstuckAF and more of our original content. Come through! When WeAlign we have a good time. To check out Season 1 or to listen to the audio versions of any of our episodes, visit our site or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. #DeserveYourDog #IHaveADogInThisFight #AlignPerformance #dogs #phobia #dogphobia #DogAttack #Align #CoachOrlando #WeAlign #AlignP

It's been a long time... sorry we left you. But Episode 1 of Season 3 is worth the wait. I certainly think so and I waited over a decade for my chance to sit and talk to Seth Godin, a dude with a brilliant mind and a gift for communicating the brilliant insights it produces. To learn more about Seth, please visit Seth's Blog (https://seths.blog/about/) and while you're there, do yourself a favor and subscribe. I have for years and it's nice to know email will bring, at least, one good thing into my life each day. Bringing you "the podcast that's here to help you do you... better" is one of the most gratifying things about my life. So, yes, I hope you'll like, rate, share, follow, and subscribe. But I really hope you'll listen to this episode and the season that follows and hear something that moves you to get unstuck... be unstuck... live unstuck... You know the rest. Now, let's Walk The Line. 💚, Coach OrlandoAs mentioned:ADHD: A hunter in a Farmer's World

In her own words:One of my favorite life mantras is “tell the whole story!” The story did not start with Thalia Y. Bishop, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist…and it won’t end here either. But two things that have been present throughout the journey are resilience and an intense fear/avoidance of anger. As I enter this next stage of life, there is no way to move forward without looking back at anger and understanding how much it has guided and shaped my whole story!In my own words:It's almost as big an honor to present this story as it has been to have been a part of it.Love ya, sis. 💚 Website: https://www.phoenixwellnessllc.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Phoenix-Wellness-Services-LLC-102964565779613Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phoenixwellnessservices/

You know what time it is. It's time to Walk The Line. In fact, as Season 2 comes to an end -- Our final interview of the season, featuring Dr. Thalia Bishop, Coach Orlando's sister, is coming soon! -- we decided to compile each Walk The Line our guests have inspired, every Walk The Line Coach Orlando has shared with you. We don't talk about it. We be about it.Take a moment to listen and, maybe, revisit from time to time, to choose specific steps and strategies you can use as WeAlign to be our best selves... living our best lives... together.

JOHN POLLONO (Writer, Actor, Director) made his directing debut with the critically-acclaimed (Certified Fresh on RT) "Small Engine Repair" which was released theatrically in 2021 and is currently streaming on HULU. A Los-Angeles based actor, playwright and screenwriter from New Hampshire, Pollono saw his play “Small Engine Repair” sweep the L.A. theater scene, winning the L.A. Ovation and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) Awards for Best Play. Pollono also won the LADCC Award for Best Writing and the play went on to have a smash-hit run in New York City in 2013. In 2015Variety named Pollono one of its “10 Screenwriters to Watch” for his screenplay Stronger, which was No. 2 on the highly regarded Black List in 2016. Based on the true story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, the film was produced and debuted in 2017 with a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Stronger was directed by David Gordon Green and starred Jake Gyllenhaal. Currently, Pollono and co-writer Scott Silver are writing a Hulk Hogan biopic for Netflix, director Todd Phillips and actor Chris Hemsworth. Pollono is also developing projects for FX, Netflix, Warner Bros and Lionsgate. In 2015 Pollono’s play “Lost Girls” opened at New York’s MCC Theater for an extended, critically acclaimed run. His most recent play, “Rules of Seconds,” also enjoyed a critically acclaimed run in Los Angeles, followed by successful runs on stages across the nation. Also an actor, Pollono has appeared on television series such as “This Is Us,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Masters of Sex” and “Mob City,” among many others. He is a founding member of Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles.  TWITTER: @JohnPollonoINSTA: @johnnypollo

For privacy reasons, Kam has chosen not to share additional details with our audience.Seth Godin on making art.

In this episode, Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad, Expats, The Shrink Next Door), shares how bringing the funny when you don't "look the part" can be serious business. Visit us at WeAlign (wealign.alignp.com) to join the conversation about this episode, representation, and a whole lot more as we work together to be our best selves, living our best lives. And if you are looking for us on social media, here are some places you can find us:Twitter: @alignpIG: alignpFacebook: facebook.com/AlignPerformanceTik Tok: tiktok.com/@alignperformance 

LaToya Harris in her own words:Hello, My name is LaToya Harris. I am a wife and mother of two beautiful girls ages 15 1/2 and 12. I am the youngest of 6. I have been working in the medical field for 20 years and have a been a nurse for 10 years. I have started out as an LPN and now an RN. Mrs. LaToya L. Harris, RNAre you ready to become the best version of you, the version you barely dare to dream? Ready to go for that job? Ready to write that book? Ready to start that hobby? Ready to launch that business? Ready to take that trip? Well, join our online community, WeAlign, the community committed to being our best selves, living our best lives… together. Learn about  the Align Performance approach that people like you have used to do everything from losing weight to moving to the city of their dreams. Then, apply what you’ve learned to your life as you support others, doing the same.To learn more about our offerings, please visit our site.We can also link via social media: Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook 

A multi-faceted entertainer, Wilds became widely popular from his breakout roles as Micheal Lee on the critically acclaimed HBO series, The Wire and starring as Dixon Wilson on the hit remake 90210 on the CW. Wilds has since starred on notable television series such as FOX's Shots Fired and VH1's The Breaks and feature films such as George Lucas’ Red Tails and The Secret Life of Bees alongside heavy hitters Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning. Not to mention, appearing as the lead in Adele's music video for "Hello", which has garnered almost over 3 billion views, becoming one of the fastest music videos to reach a billion views.In 2014, Wilds released his critically acclaimed debut album, New York: A Love Story, executively produced by iconic producer Salaam Remi. The album went on to receive a GRAMMY nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album. For his follow-up album, AfterHours, Mack released the project via his label, The Ninety Five Percent and EMPIRE in 2017. The project housed hit singles, "Bonnie & Clyde" ft. Wale and "Explore."In more recent news, Wilds is currently co-starring in SWAGGER, one of the first original series on AppleTV+ produced by Kevin Durant. As well as made his Broadway debut alongside Luke James and Dyllón Burnside in the production of Thoughts of A Colored Man by Keenan Scott II and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III in October 2021. Additionally, Mack made his return to music with his first solo output in 4 years with the single, “Simple Things.”

Anne Roche is a former defense attorney for the indigent turned personal leadership coach. She is also the host of the podcast How I Live Through This. To learn more about Anne, her coaching practice and/or her podcast, click on through:https://annerochecoaching.com/https://howilivethroughthis.podbean.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-live-through-this/id1589609297https://open.spotify.com/show/0XOC3JY0e1y7XZ5FckivQz?si=4350000bd3364216

Andrea Varga is an Associate Professor of Theatre Design, a member of the Honors Faculty, and a Sustainability Faculty Fellow at SUNY New Paltz located in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York.  She holds an MFA in Costume Design from Florida State University, and undergraduate degrees in History and Theatre from Utah State University.  For over 25 years she has worked as a costume designer and assistant designer on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television and academia.  She previously taught at Montclair State and The Fashion Institute of Technology.  As an educator/artist Professor Varga works to incorporate sustainability education and practice into her craft, courses, lectures and leadership on campus and in her community.  She currently teaches sustainability courses in the Honors Program at New Paltz including Ethical Fashion and Intro to Sustainability, as well as adult continuing education classes for The Studios of Key West in Florida.  Her work is informed by years of working with textiles, doing laundry for theatre, working with and in the fashion industry, and growing up on a farm in a conservation-minded and activist household in Utah.  She firmly believes that change can be made by individuals, and that optimism is the way forward.Learn more about The Global Goals and for solutions visit Regeneration.Visit  andreavarga.com to connect to even more resources.