The Intentional Encourager Podcast

Episode 232 with Entrepreneur, Marine Corps Veteran and former West Virginia House of Delegates Member Jim Butler Part 1

Part 1 of this conversation with  Entrepreneur, Marine Corps Veteran and former West Virginia House of Delegates Member Jim Butler focuses on: 

• The sense of entitlement that causes service to slip.
• Talking down to people and the fallacy of doing it. 
• The overpromises of Politics. 
• Expecting his kids to explain their position when they disagree politically. 
• The importance of correct education. 
• The power of getting involved.

Connect with Jim on Facebook and his Political page on Facebook, Jim Butler for 18th District House of Delegates.

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/fjC--XN94HI

Episode 231 with Author, Speaker and Influencer Rachel Beck Part 2

Part 2 with Author, Speaker and Influencer Rachel Beck dives into her incredible story and among other things, Rachel talks about:

• Being adopted by a US family after her birth mother died shortly after her birth and the identity issues of adoptees.
• Suffering 2 miscarriages of her own. 
• Going through PTSD after a traumatic event. 
• Hating her birthday. 
• Not putting your future in someone else's hands. 
• Our dreams belonging to us.
• The power of one kind action.

Connect with Rachel on Linkedin or www.vlakshmiauthor.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/DpbRcbqzSPc

Episode 230 with Author, Speaker and Influencer Rachel Beck Part 1

Part 1 of this conversation with Author, Speaker and Influencer Rachel Beck goes deep and among other things, Rachel talks about:

• The responsibility of being an influencer. 
• The art of Content Creation.
• The rising toll of Mental health.
• The 3 biggest mistakes of Social Media and the 3 things she'd change about it.
• Knowing the failures of life and others and learning from them. 
• What message are you transmitting to the world?

Connect with Rachel on Linkedin or www.vlakshmiauthor.com 

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/KOpPbr0IiS4

Episode 229 with Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bucket List Life Coach Brad Norwood

Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bucket List Life Coach Brad Norwood returns to The Intentional Encourager Podcast for a 2-part conversation. In Part 2, Brad talks about:

• The first dream he had at 8 years old and who enabled that dream.
• Reverse Engineering your dream. 
• The only thing you'll have that lasts forever. 
• The man who preached his own funeral. 
• The true cost of dreams. 
• Will the dream be worth it?
• The best way to live your life. 

Connect with Brad on Facebook and Twitter @DreamITPro and www.dreamitpro.com 

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/9L5YShmYKaA

Episode 228 with Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bucket List Life Coach Brad Norwood

Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bucket List Life Coach Brad Norwood returns to The Intentional Encourager Podcast for a 2-part conversation. In Part 1, Brad talks about:

• The requirement of action.
• The Head trash of the Bucket List.
• What FEAR really means and the real distraction of the Bucket List. 
• Eliminating the Cant's of a Bucket List. 
• The 3 things needed for a great Bucket list. 
• ICE in your bucket. 
• Are you complaining or bragging?

Connect with Brad on Facebook and Linkedin @DreamITPro or www.dreamitpro.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/iwQzEThB3Kg

Episode 227 Part 2 with Podcaster, Life Coach for Women and Speaker Tricia Zody

Part 2 with Podcaster, Life Coach for Women and Speaker Tricia Zody, who joins this episode and, among other things, talks about:

• Never living in desperation before. 
• The year her husband begin having debilitating pain leading to five surgeries in five years. 
• Her husband falling into depression, losing himself and becoming hopeless. 
• Breaking the news to her adult children of her husband's suicide.
• The complicating grief of a suicide survivor. 
• Hope on the other side of tragedy. 

Connect with Tricia on Facebook and Instagram @TriciaZody and www.triciazody.com

Listen to the Another Beautiful Life Podcast wherever you get podcasts. 

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/ZS3pqoaq9Ow

Episode 226 Part 1 with Podcaster, Life Coach for Women and Speaker Tricia Zody

Podcaster, Life Coach for Women and Speaker Tricia Zody joins this Two-Part episode and in Part 1, talks about this and other things including:

• You don't know until you know. 
• One of the 5 Givens of Life. 
• Losing both parents and her Mother-in-Law in a 12-month period.
• Being prepared for her husband's death.
• Feeling others loss as it's her own.
• Not realizing what her idols really were. 
• How to really define life. 

Connect with Tricia on Facebook and Instagram @TriciaZody or at www.triciazody.com

Check out her Another Beautiful Life Podcast where you get podcasts. 

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/KSWpltZ2Bgo

Episode 225 Part 2 with the Founder of the Louisville Smile Project Michael Ray

The Founder of Smile Project Louisville Michael Ray joins this 2-Part Episode and in Part 2, among many things, talks about: 

• Not knowing he'd have a Down Syndrome child and the impact Maddie Moo has on her brother and sisters. 
• September 16, 2006, the day he will never forget.
• How losing a child ruined his marriage and his career falling apart. 
• Finding joy in the simple things.
• Understanding God's plan for his life through Maddie Moo.
• What he feels Maddie's biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement might be.
• The simplicity of Maddie's life. 

Connect with Michael on Linkedin or Smile Project on Facebook or go to www.smileprojectlouisville.com to donate. 

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/gVExFWeXEi8

Episode 224 with the Founder of Smile Project Louisville Michael Ray

The Founder of Smile Project Louisville Michael Ray joins this 2-Part Episode and in Part 1, among many things, talks about: 

• Knowing what Unconditional love looks like. 
• Loving strangers through difficult circumstances. 
• What makes people amazing. 
• Choosing to smile when things are hard.
• The giant "Pay it Forward" movement. 
• What Intentional Encouragement means to The Smile Project. 

Connect with Michael on Linkedin or Smile Project on Facebook or go to www.smileprojectlouisville.com to donate. 

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/ps1A8kOMlVQ

Episode 223 with Live Stream and Virtual Event Producer, Podcaster and Cancer Survivor Tim Sohn

Live Stream and Virtual Event Producer, Podcaster and Cancer Survivor Tim Sohn joins this episode and among many things, talk about:

• The challenges and rewards of business.
• Living with Leukemia for 15 years and finally beginning to share his story. 
• The two "C words" people don't like to talk about. 
• Thinking about legacy. 
• The story that impacted him most. 
• Continuing to encourage others. 

Connect with Tim on Linkedin or tim@sohnsocialmediasolutions.com 

Check out his show www.risewithlive.com/impact

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/PRGt9mLSGr8