Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Jordan Lahy, owner of Inside Out Cleaning LLC.  Six years ago Jordan's life was very different and on a very different path, he was finishing out a 9 year prison sentence in the Virginia State Prison System.  Leah and Paul go into great detail with Lahy learning how he was able to completely transform his life through a positive mindset.  Lahy explains that he learned his janitorial skills in prison through a program offering work to inmates who exemplify good behavior.  While incarcerated Jordan read many books on self improvement and mindset and he began to incorporate what he was learning into his life.  He made a vision board, he did affirmations, and believed in the power of positive thinking.  When Jordan was released he jumped into the unknown of starting a janitorial business with the positive mindset skills and cleaning skills he had honed while behind bars.    Fast forward 6 years later, and now Jordan has a thriving janitorial business with multiple major corporate contracts.  He has followed his goal of becoming a motivational speaker at multiple churches and soon to be online.  And he is engaged to the love of his life and has a beautiful new baby boy.  Jordan has completely transformed his life in to more than he could ever imagine, all through the power of a positive mindset.Listen to today's episode to get inspired to transform your life today!If you are interested in booking Jordan Lahy for a speaking event, motivational speaking he can be reached though his Facebook Page Jordan Lahy (where you'll see a picture of the car he manifested through his vision board while incarcerated).  He can also be reached through the Inside Out Cleaning LLC Facebook page He also can be found on Instagram @boxchevy_j86Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

  In today's episode Paul and Leah have a chat with Chad Gono, the CEO of Regal Plastics and he explains to us how "Work Doesn't Have to Suck."  This is not only his LinkedIn tagline, but it is what he genuinely believes and uses as his leadership compass.     Growing up Chad was not looking to work at his family's business because he wasn't interested in plastics and he had an entrepreneurial spirit and wanted to foster it.  But after some time he decided to join the business from the bottom up.  He found that it was just a job for most employees and he felt people should really enjoy what they are spending most of their days doing.  So Gono was on a mission to create a work environment that employees loved, and a place where people wanted to go.  Fast forward to today's culture at Regal Plastics and you will find a place where employees are friends and are choosing to hang out with each other outside of the workplace.   Gono talks about how their mission  went from a price tag and the bottom line to creating 500 stories in 10 years of how their company is helping to create a better world.  In this conversation I truly grasped the fact that changing the world to be a better place can be done anywhere and with any company/business.  Regal Plastics is using the sale of plastics as their vehicle to bring more good to this world.   We discuss the idea of using work culture to win the war on talent in a time where it is hard to find good employees.  They use the idea of not focusing on the work stuff and profits and spending more time focusing on the life stuff to get people to want to work at their company.   Chad Gono is continuing to spread his word of how work doesn't have to suck on his social media platforms.  His posts are inspirational and are spreading words of kindness.  Be sure to follow him on LinkedIn at Chad Gonoand on TikTok at ChadgonoSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

Today Paul and Leah talk with Health and Performance coach, Jorden Pagel.  As our listeners know, we are very into the topic of health and fitness, so we bombarded Jorden with a ton of fitness related questions, ranging from diets, to workouts, sleep, to sustainability.  If you are interested in the health field, or are looking to start your journey of health and fitness then you are going to love this episode.We asked Jorden what he thought the 3 most important things people should do to try and get more healthy.  And he did not disappoint with his in-depth knowledge on his 3 answers:  Hydration (a fan fave on this podcast!), meal portions, and the importance of sleep.  And as Jorden says it, if you're interested in starting your health and fitness journey or are looking to take it more seriously; the time is now!  He has also offered to give our listeners a free downloadable resource to help with meals, meal portions, and how to incorporate healthy meals into your life.  For your free copy email Jorden at jorden@sustainhealthperformance.comIf you are interested in working with Jorden Pagel to help meet your health goals you can contact him though Instagram @Jordenpagel or on LinkedIn at Jorden Pagel or through his website www.JordenPagelFitness.comHe is 100% online so he can work with anyone anywhere, reach out today and tell him we sent ya!Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode Paul and Leah chat with Mikey Henninger, a fantasy football enthusiast who found a way to make his hobby a full time business.  This episode is high energy and full of laughs as they discuss Mikey's path from corporate sales and marketing to deciding to go all in on his fantasy football research hobby he had started on the side.  They talk about the vital roll Mikey's wife played in pushing him to make the final decision and how she has continued to support and motivate him as a solopreneur.Henninger had started a fantasy football player research  spreadsheet he had called the heat map as a fun side project.  He was uploading it weekly to Reddit and gathered quite the following.  As readers found the information useful they voluntarily started donating to Henninger to motivate him to continue his small passion project.  After a feeling of burnout in his corporate marketing job, he thought since people liked his heat map enough to donate money for it, maybe they would pay for it.  And in that became the makings of Henninger's fantasy football business called Basement Brewed Fantasy Football.  And now, eleven months later he has expanded to offer much more than just the heat map, including the white glove treatment of helping to choose players.  Henninger has aspirations to scale his business in sports betting assistance as well as other sports.This episode is both entertaining and inspiring.   If you have a passion or hobby you have been thinking about turning into a business, you will truly be inspired to see that it is fully possible and rewarding! For more information on Basement Brewed Fantasy Football and to purchase the Heat Map as well as Season Passes go to www.basementbrewedff.com You can follow Mikey Henninger on most social media platforms including Twitter @BBFFMikey , Instagram @Mikeyhenninger , and most frequently on LinkedIn Mikey Henninger Basement Brewed Fantasy FootballBe sure to catch his Podcast on Apple Podcasts and his Youtube channel Basement Brewed FFSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

Today Paul and Leah chat with Alan Shoebridge, The Associate Vice President of National Communication at Providence, a multi-state comprehensive Health Care Organization based out of Portland, Oregon.  Shoebridge discusses how their health care organization has continued to be proactive and progressive throughout the stresses of the Pandemic.We were very impressed with Shoebridge's abilities as a leader in such an ever-changing, stressful industry to continually try to put his employee's lives first.  He tells us that as a leader in an industry that is so hands on and currently understaffed and over worked he tries to eliminate any unneeded work by asking, "Am I making this harder than it needs to be without any added value, what can we eliminate?"The Health Care Industry has been a whirlwind of fast paced changes since the onset of Covid, with policies constantly changing and adapting to the current situations. Shoebridge explains that one of their leadership strategies is to start with a plan and be prepared to adapt with the ebbs and flows of the industry.Shoebridge has many great ideas to help be a progressive leader.   He can be found on  Linked In Alan Shoebridge and on Twitter @alanshoebridge.  And be sure to check out his informative blog on his website at www.alanshoebridge.com   Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

Today Leah and Paul are talking with Sarah Armstrong, Google's Vice President of Global Marketing Operations and author of The mom's Guide To A Good Divorce:  What To Think Through When Children Are Involved.   Her book on how to have a "good divorce" was created from her own life experience, in an effort to help other mother's in the same situation.  Sarah explains that 13 years ago she and her ex husband went through a divorce, when their child, Grace was seven years old.  She and her ex husband were determined to make sure that their divorce had the least amount of impact on their daughter as possible.  In doing so the two of them worked very hard at making sure the process was amicable and little strain on Grace's life style.  After successfully pulling off a "Good Divorce" and years of lending advice to her friends who were going through divorce with children, she choose to write this book to help other mother's who are where she was.Sarah had so many great tips to assist in the process.  Tips that we should all be implementing in our lives, whether you are going through divorce or not.  There are discussions around how to set boundaries and share them aloud, how to plan out family calendars, and how to make dedicated time for your kid and for yourself.Visit Sarah Armstrong on her website www.momsguidetogooddivorce.com/ or on LinkedIn.  Her book, The Mom's Guide To a Good Divorce: What To Think Through When Children Are Involved can be purchased in hardback through Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Ibooks, and Book Depository; or listen to it on Audible.Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

Today we talk with Marcia Moran, a stroke survivor who fought to live a productive life post stroke.  Hearing Marcia's long battle to recovery is a true inspiration!  She shares with us how she continued to fight for her ability to walk and talk again even after the insurance companies had discontinued her coverage.Marcia walks us through her entire experience and the thoughts and mindset she adapted to persevere through until she was fully recovered and able to live the life she wanted.  We discuss the numerous treatments she sought out and paid for herself to help her speak and walk again.A year after the stroke Marcia began writing about her experience, and then decided she was going to use those experiences to help other stroke survivors in her situation by writing a book called Stroke Forward: How To Become Your Own Healthcare Advocate...One Step At A Time.  We learned that Marcia not only had to learn how to walk and talk again, but she also had to learn how to read and spell again while she was in the process of writing her book.  Moran not only became a successful author, but has become a life and health coach for other stroke and brain injury survivors.  As well as a podcaster, and was featured in another book called Just Say "Yes" To Life!: Stories Of Thriving After Stroke  written by Stroke Awareness Oregon.Marcia Moran's Book Stroke Forward: How To Become Your Own Healthcare Advocate...One Step At A Time can be found on Amazonor by visiting her website www.strokeforward.comMarcia Moran can be found on LinkedIn----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance   And thank you for you loyalty, we appreciate you all! A big thank you to our unofficial Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode we talk with Ohio's 7th District Congressional Candidate Matthew Diemer.   Previous to running for office Diemer was and is an author of an educational book on Crypto, a  small business owner of a Podcast Media company, as well as a Podcast Host.  We discuss the changes, adjustments, and temporary sacrifices he had to choose to make in order to make this race the top priority in his life.  The conversations are very much like a lot of other conversations we have with our guests on subjects such as communication skills, intentional thinking, and mindset.  However, Matthew has a great spin he puts on our concept of putting life first.  He does a great job of explaining that "life" is what you choose it to be, the priorities you choose to put first.  We discuss the concept of prioritizing and intentional thinking about certain things in your life order to hyper focus on what matters most to you at that set time.Matthew explains to us how his platform was formed by seeing things he wanted changed in his home town and deciding to be that change.  He believes strongly in communicating with all sides to make sure everyone is represented for what they truly believe and want.  We also discuss the concept of going all in on something but to also give yourself some grace.  That as humans, not every day is going to be our best day, and not every interview is going to be our best interview.  We genuinely appreciate Matthew's chatting with us and offering us his honest and insightful statements.You can follow Matthew Diemer's campaign trail at diemerforcongress.com Twitter Matthew Diemer For CongressFacebook Matthew Diemer For Congress----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance   And thank you for you loyalty, we appreciate you all! A big thank you to our unofficial Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

  In today's episode we speak with Bennett Maxwell, the owner of Dirty Dough Cookie Company.  Bennett bought Dirty Dough from a previous business and has successfully turned it into a thriving franchise in just 18 short months.  Dirty Dough believes in being proactive with mental health.  They started a program where all of their employees have access to life coaches, therapists, yoga instructors, and meditation courses for free.  They also chose to start franchises to bring in more income to fund their goal of building Wellness Centers in Schools K-12 across America.  They are using their cookie sales to help combat the mental health epidemic and make the world a better place.Bennett also shares with us the stressful past few months they have had due to a unfair lawsuit filed against them from Crumbl cookie company.  We are #TeamDirtyDoughFollow the posts and updates at #utahcookiewars Bennett Maxwell and Dirty Dough can be found at www.Bennettmaxwell.comLinkedIn Bennett MaxwellInstagram BennettMaxell35and Facebook Bennett Maxwell----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance   And thank you for you loyalty, we appreciate you all! A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @ CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com Leah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

Today Leah and Paul talk with Mikayla Ockey, a co-founder of Centsei Financial, a company who helps empower couples to take control of their finances.  Mikayla and her husband created Centsei to help other couples navigate financial freedom and debt free lifestyles after they themselves had learned the bumps in the road of paying off $20,000 of their own debt while in college.  They started Centsei as a side hustle in 2019 and by 2022 they both were with Centsei full time and have had over 1000 clients.In this episode they dive into topics on the emotional and psychological side of money and spending, the importance of abundance mindset and realistic  spending, ways to save money and stick to it, as well as ways to bring in more income.  Mikayla discusses 3 steps to help reach a debt free life as a couple.  Starting by sitting down together and communicating what  you each value spending your money on.  Then to figure out where all your money is currently going, and lastly what are your combined financial goals.  She also talks with us about the importance of having a "his and hers fund" for each individual to have their own spending money.Mikayla Ockey and Centsei Financial  can be found on Linked In at Kay Ockey Instagram at CentseifinancialAnd be sure to take their FREE BUDGETING CLASS at www.centseifinancial.com----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance   And thBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode Paul and Leah chat with Lydia Wilmsen, an entrepreneur mindset coach and mentor.  She shares with us a lot of incite on how to create an abundance mindset and how to change our inner conversations to align with abundance.  She explains that most of the work she does to help entrepreneurs is more from working on inner work than it is about strategies.  We learn about Lydia's passion on decentralized Finance trading and passive income.  We talk about the importance of having multiple streams of income and having the right mindset around investing.  She is a wealth of knowledge and was able to talk about many of our favorite topics here at the Life Work Balance Nation.   Lydia has a Podcast called Beyond The Hustle, The Happy Wealthy and Free Entrepreneur.  Go subscribe to it!!!  Lydia can also be found on LinkedIn at Lydia Sophia Wilmsen  Follow her on Instagram @lydiaWilmsen to learn more about her and her program, as well as her website lydiawilmsen.com----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page.  And thank you for you loyalty, we appreciate you all! A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @ CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to hBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

Today Leah talks with Paul Conley and his new bride (Leah's sister) Jenna Starkey Conley about how to continue to focus on putting your life first while planning a wedding *or any major event).  The newlyweds talk with us about the daunting process of wedding planning and how time consuming and at times stressful it can be, but also how they shifted their mindsets to be sure to enjoy the process.  They also share with us some of their tips in the wedding planning process that they really enjoyed or in hind sight wished they had done.Jenna and Paul tell us things they did that helped to keep their stress levels lowered such as  spending time together as a couple when things got a little too hectic.  They also share with us the importance of constant open communication throughout the process and setting up a plan.  Paul explains that the process of wedding planning as a couple became a great relationship builder and binding experience for them.  We learn that a lot of the things they did to help keep their mindsets on track and lower their stress are things that we all try to implement in our busy schedules to help put our life first.A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor (and wedding dessert sponsor) the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on instagram at CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice is currently accepting clients.  Reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com for more informationWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comorLeah Starkey Lkstarkey@gmail.comBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In this episode Leah and Paul talk with their show sponsor, The Cleveland Cookie Guy, also known as Steve Zielaskiewicz.  Not only do they discuss the makings of "the best cookie in the world", but they also discuss the importance of pivoting your business goals to fit into your current life.Steve Z shares with us that he and his wife recently had a new baby and how his business goals and timelines were altered to fit into their new life.  We discuss the importance of meeting yourself where you and to grow your business at the rate that fits your life.There is also a great debate on which Cleveland Ice Cream company is the best.  As well as a conversation of Leah and Paul's brainstorming to create some new cookie flavor ideas.To order "The World's Best Cookie" DM The Cleveland Cookie Guy on Instagram at CleCookieGuy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page.  And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all! For more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com We are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comorLeah Starkey Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Dustin DeVries, the owner of Caffeine Interactive, a   full service digital agency.  Dustin talks shares with us how he left the corporate world to start web development company with his wife.  Two children later and a thriving company DeVries has been working on ways to optimize his life and juggle it all.Dustin discusses many techniques he uses to keep life balanced and to be present.  He discusses how he has implemented journaling into his every day, and to take it a step further, he has been analyzing and tracking his journaling.  He also uses a bucket system.  He has 6 "buckets" representing physical, occupational, social, spiritual, intellectual, and emotional and he keeps track of how much energy he is pouring into each bucket.  And when he is feeling imbalanced, he evaluates his buckets to see which bucket needs his attention.This episode is plenty full of other little nuggets throughout.  We can all learn a lot from Dustin's constant work at putting his Life first .Follow Dustin and Caffeine Interactive on Social Media on Facebook on  LinkedIn or www.caffeineinteractive.comWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first.  If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page.  And thank you for you loyalty, we appreciate you all! A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on Instagram at CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com We are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comorLeah StaSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In todays episode Leah and Paul talk with Tim Perreira, the founder of Per Wellness.  A company that helps unfulfilled men build healthy life habits to regain self confidence and become more happy.  Today Tim talks us through 3 steps to go from stuck to unstuck in life.Perreira talks us through some of the struggles he dealt with in his past when he was feeling unfulfilled and was on a journey to live a happier healthier life.  We discuss the importance of listening to our gut and silencing our mind to find what really drives us.  And in doing that, the importance of stepping away from some of the self medicated devices we use to quiet the nagging feelings within, such as alcohol.Tim touches on a broad array of topics that we here at The Life Work Balance Nation believe in such as getting a good nights sleep, moving your body with some kind of exercise, and fueling your body and mind with a healthy diet.  This episode is full of little nuggets to help anyone live more fulfilled.  It is a motivating conversation that reminds us to go back to the basics and practice self care to produce self love.Follow Tim on Social Media for daily motivational messages:  Instagram at Per.wellness or LinkedIn Tim Perreira A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on instagram at CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice is currently accepting clients.  Reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com for more informationWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comorLeah Starkey Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's conversation Leah and Paul talk with Transformation Coach and Podcaster Matt Doan.  Matt shares with us his story of how he left his tech consulting job of long hours to how he became a full time coach.Matt lived his life the way many of us have been conditioned to believe we should be living our lives.  Following the societal structure we've been told to follow.  Go to school, work hard,  find the right job, and pour our heart and soul into that job.  And in the process he lost some of his most treasured items, his relationship with his wife and kids.  After the experience he was able to do some inner reflecting and get to the root of the problem.  And now Matt is coaching others to not live in the cage of the corporate world.  Matt teaches others how they can find themselves where they are and regain control of their life.As Matt transitioned out of the corporate world and into entrepreneurship, he documented his emotional rollercoaster in the form of a podcast.  That podcast is called Uncage Yourself.  And it can be found on Uncageyourself.fmFollow Matt and get his link to The Uncage Yourself Podcast on linked in at Matt DoanA big thank you to the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on instagram at CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice is currently accepting clients.  Reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com for more informationWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comorLeah Starkey Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Lauren Lefkowitz, Executive Leadership Coach and CEO of Lauren Lefkowitz Coaching about how to break the "Work, Sleep, and Repeat" schedule.  She explains to them how saying you're "fine" is actually a trap.  That just being "fine" is not good enough, and we all deserve to be "great", and truly happy and fulfilled.   She shares with us her life experience that brought her to become a leadership coach and how she realized she thought she was happy because she was "fine" but not truly happy.  She talks about how being busy and good at your job can trick our minds into thinking we enjoy our jobs because of the affirmations received and the feeing of accomplishment.  She is striving to help people see that "fine is a trap" and that everyone deserves true happiness.  She has a survey to find out if you are living life just "fine" or are you living truly happily.   You can find it on her website www.laurenlefkowitzcoach.comFollow Lauren on LinkedIn where you'll find inspirational posts about how to not just live "fine"and Instagram at relaunchyourcareerA big thank you to the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on instagram at CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice is currently accepting clients.  Reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com for more informationWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comorLeah Starkey Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Nicole Bonfiglio, wife of Brian Bonfiglio our guest from episode  39.  In Brian's episode he spoke about his diagnoses of PTSD.  Both Brian and Nicole felt it may be helpful to others in their situation to hear their story and how they are managing it.  Nicole candidly shares with us some of her experiences with both Brian and her brother, who also has PTSD.We discuss how being able to hear other's stories who are in similar situations is helpful to not feel alone in the process.  We did see that there is a peer support group through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and National Center for PTSD, attached is the link https://www.ptsd.va.gov/gethelp/peer_support.aspAs well as a list in this link to some other PTSD Support groups https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/ptsd-online-support-groupWe highly encourage anyone feeling overwhelmed while living with a loved one with PTSD they seek out a support group or counselor to help in the process.A big thank you to the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy.  His cookies can be purchased on instagram at CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice is currently accepting clients.  Reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.com for more informationWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast.  Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul or emailPaul Conley Pmconley34@gmail.comor Leah Starkey Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In this episode Paul and Leah talk with Zac McCarthy, a guy who "had it all"  the multi million dollar businesses, the wife, the kids, the house, and then lost it all by over working and not being present.  Zac shares with us his story of how working so hard "to support his family" caused him to lose everything.  He was working so much with his long hours and work trips to bring home the money, that he lost sight of why he was bringing home the money in the first place.  He was at work most of the time, and when he was home he wasn't present causing him not to see the crumble of his everything happening around him, until it was too late.He shares with us the steps he took in the aftermath to find out who he truly is from the inside out and what is really important to him.  He is now happily remarried and spends present time with his kids, and is working for a company Gravy who takes pride in their company culture and their employees' emotional well-being.  Zac's story is tragic but his ability to overcome it and become a better version of himself is inspiring, we hope you enjoy it!Cleveland Cookie Guy Cookies can be purchased on Instagram at CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice is currently accepting clients.  Contact Paul on LinkedIn or by email.We are always accepting guest speaker and episode topic requests.  Please contact us on Facebook at  Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor EmailPaul:  PmConley34@gmail.comLeah: Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com

In today's episode Leah and Paul talk with Brian Bonfiglio, a former Marine.  Bonfiglio has been working as contracted private security to support the Dept of State and Dept of Defense for the past 20 years.  In this time he has been involved in numerous attacks and shootings, and loss of friends due to battle.  In this episode Brian shares with us his stories of being shot at and bombed while protecting our country,  as well as how he has tried to manage it on a mental health stand point.  Brian is very open and honest with us in this episode and discusses the struggle of dealing with PTSD and re-adjusting to "normal life" while back at home with his family.  He shares with us his attempts to cope with the the trauma through alcohol.We discuss with him the management of Life Work Balance and how his passion for his work has caused a sacrifice in his family.  His story is far too common amongst many Military families, and we feel that his story may help others in similar situations.  We hold our military at the highest regards and our hope is that through this story and others like it that there may be a way for our men and women of the military and their families to be able to find some balance of Life and Work. As always, Cleveland Cookie Guy cookies can be purchased through Instagram at #CleCookieGuyPaul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Performance Coaching is currently accepting clients.  Paul can be reached on LinkedIn or by email Pmconley34@gmail.comWe welcome episode topic ideas as well as Guests.  We can be contacted on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paul Paul:  Pmconley34@gmail.comor Leah: Lkstarkey@gmail.comSupport the showWe continue to try our best to bring you all worthy content to help you put your life first. If you like the content we are creating and are interested in helping to support the show, please consider visiting our Buy Me A Coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeworkbalance And thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate you all!A big thank you to our unofficial sponsor the creator of "The World's Best Cookie". The Cleveland Cookie Guy. His cookies can be purchased on Instagram @CleCookieGuyFor more information on Paul Conley's Life Work Balance Business and Success Coaching Practice reach out to him on LinkedIn or email Pmconley34@gmail.comLeah Starkey can be found on Instagram @l_k_starks, Facebook, or by email Lkstarkey@gmail.comWe are always accepting new speaker and topic ideas for the podcast. Message us on Facebook at Life Work Balance Podcast with Leah and Paulor emailLifeWorkBalancePodcast@yahoo.comor at Pmconley34@gmail.com