Guests in studio this week:

Although Jo Ann Brookes never saw herself in sales or even remotely representing a cosmetics company, she has been an Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant for 8 years now and has loved every minute of it! Before Mary Kay Jo Ann was an executive secretary, elementary school teacher, potter, and soap maker, and one thing she’s really proud of is having hand-thrown all the bathroom sinks and accessories for the log home in Snoqualmie which she and her husband built and have lived in now for 21 years! Jo Ann has two beautiful grown children. She’s a sourdough bread baker, gardener, hiker, and backpacker, and loves foraging for wild edibles, especially mushrooms. Prior to Mary Kay she was a soap & water kind of girl and never wore makeup, but thought she’d give this a try! In this week’s episode, Jo Ann talks about why you should choose Mary Kay. Listen to Jo Ann’s segment.

Carolyn always said she wanted to become a nurse, even when she didn’t know what it meant. In high school, she went to a local college that offered a BS in Nursing and loved it. Having never been sick, nor did she know anyone who was sick, it brought to learn compassion and wanted all her patients to be well. After school, she went to work as a critical care nurse and loved it. And she was known to eagerly accept patients others hid from, which opened other opportunities, including advanced education leading to certification. Carolyn always sorts information on the causes of the illnesses of her patients, however, it was years later, a chance phone call that would lead to the answers she had long sought. An invitation to join a regional health study opened the door to a new life. In this week’s episode, Carolyn talks about chronic illness and how it can be reversed. Listen to Carolyn’s segment.

Christine Rose coaches owners of SMEs to grow leadership, effective teams, and profitable, high-value companies. A Certified Value Builder Advisor, Certified Psychological Safety Coach, Certified Core Values Coach, and member of Forbes Coaches Council, Christine’s insights are featured on Forbes.com, Public Interest Radio, National Business Radio, and many other sites globally. Tacoma’s 2018 Small Businessperson of the Year on Alignable.com, named Top Business Coach of 2019 by the IAOTP and listed in the 2020 Top 100 Registry of Business Leaders & Professionals. Christine serves on the Boards of ICF Washington State, Urban Business Support, and Educational Communities Worldwide. An internationally bestselling author, she speaks to groups on business and personal growth. In this week’s episode, Christine talks about the one number to focus on in your business. Listen to Christine’s segment.

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Get Priorities Straight partners with clients to create cash flow clarity, build intentional spending and savings habits and gain financial peace of mind. GPS was founded out of a passion for positively influencing individuals, couples, and business owners’
lives by helping them transform their relationships with their personal finances. Their comprehensive processes and tools give you clarity and insight into your financial situation so your funds support the priorities and values that drive you. You will gain control,
reduce stress, and enjoy more of what life has to offer. In this week’s episode, Doug talks about marriage and money made easy. Listen to Doug’s segment.

John Anderson is an author, composer, musician, speaker, lawyer, husband, and father of five. His kids are between 21 and 3, so he’ll be actively parenting minor children for 35 years! He spent the first ten years of his legal career in the courtroom litigating criminal defense, divorce, business, and probate matters before completely rethinking his practice and focusing on helping people avoid the crises and problems that got them into court in the first place. Now he specializes in estate planning, long-term care planning, and probate. His book, LAW: Lawyers Always Win: How Ignorance of the Law Is Costing You Everything! is coming out later this year. During the pandemic, he started composing piano music and has released five singles, with his first album coming out later this month. In this week’s episode, John talks about how to same time, money, and hassle with proper planning. Listen to John’s segment.

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Mathew Heggem is the President of Dashboard Enterprises. Born out of New York, founded by Carol Soman, Dashboard is an outsourced accounting department expanding into the Seattle area. With a team of CFOs, controllers, and bookkeepers, they help their clients to address the day-to-day accounting needs as they deliver data that informs decision-making and long-term success. With 15+ years of experience in the industry, Mathew’s career highlights include having been named as one CPA Practice Advisor’s “20 Under 40” Superstars and being featured as a speaker at conferences like QuickBooks Connect and XeroCon. He is also a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Alum and serves as a Member of the Sage Accounting Advisory Council and a Board Member for Womxn Talk Money. In this week’s episode, Mathew discusses tackling business financials. Listen to Mathew’s segment.

Kathleen is the founding board member of NWCC. She has been helping shelter dogs get adopted since 2013 when she began volunteering at Seattle Humane. She was the first volunteer to take a shelter dog through the six-week Reactive Rover class offered at Seattle Humane. That experience facilitated the dog Coco with being adopted at age 12 years and lived a very full life for another three years. Coco was the first of many “project dogs” Kathleen has worked with. Often the dogs were right out of bite quarantine but that only helped drive Kathleen’s desire to help the dogs less fortunate to have the same opportunities to be adopted. In this week’s episode, Kathleen talks about shining a light on dogs in need of a home. Listen to Kathleen’s segment.

Dawn Spiegelberg is a Certified Coherence Coach and Add Heart Facilitator. In her work over the last 20+ years, she found evidence of the positive effects of energy fields within and around the body, leading her to study coherence and foster intuitive skills. Heart coherence has surprising benefits, like improves cognitive function, increases persona resilience, and promotes teamwork. The innovative practices of Heart Coherence propelled her business which was named Best of Bothell 2018. In this week’s episode, Dawn talks about the negative effects of stress on your wealth strategy. Listen to Dawn’s segment.

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John Vuong is the owner of Local SEO Search. He started his business in 2013 with no knowledge of SEO! But he saw an opening in the market and wanted to help small businesses rank online. Today he has grown his boutique agency to be one of the best for small businesses in Canada. He helps his clients rank locally for keywords that their ideal customers are actually searching for and dominate their local market. In this week’s episode, John talks about the importance of SEO. Listen to John’s segment.

Bill Cohen is a caregiver support group leader and speaker, an Alzheimer’s Association volunteer, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)®, and the owner of Cohen Caregiving Support Consultants. His loving and talented mother, Sheila, lost her home to Hurricane Katrina. Then, she lost her health, ability to create beautiful art and her life due to Alzheimer’s. For 10 years, Bill was her primary caregiver and advocate. Bill shares his story and journey with his late mom, answers specific questions and concerns about caregiving. Bill has completed multiple caregiving and aging courses through the Alzheimer’s Association and the Society for Certified Senior Advisors™, has a financial services and government background, and earned business degrees from Boston and Portland State Universities. In this week’s episode, Bill talks about managing dementia care, behaviors, and practicing self-care. Listen to Bill’s segment.

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After 20 years in-house as a Chief Marketing Officer for various AMLaw 200 law firms, Cynthia Kaiser founded Kaiser Advisors LLC to share her passion by helping others to communicate more effectively. It is all about saving time and money for her clients. Cynthia utilizes attachment and conflict styles as a lens to understanding communication behavior. Her work is explored in her manuscript “Understanding Attachment Styles in Communication Behavior”. Click here to review: https://books2read.com/u/mgGnBR. In addition, Cynthia holds the Marketing Chair leadership role for the Greater Seattle Chapter of SCORE as well as a certified mentor in the area of marketing and communications. In this week’s episode, Cynthia talks about effective communication. Listen to Cynthia’s segment.

Dean Van Dyke is a Certified Business Coach and Consultant, sought-after Speaker and Trainer and a contributing author to The Six-Figure Coach Magazine. For more than 25 years, Dean has been inspiring, motivating, and equipping others to live out their dreams. A person of strong faith, Dean has devoted himself to developing and strengthening the personal and professional growth of others through business coaching, training, speaking engagements, and, most importantly, by serving others. Since 1989, Dean has been happily married to Maria. They around proud parents to three amazing boys: Michael, Jonathan, and Zachary. Dean loves the outdoors and is an avid shooting sports enthusiast. In this week’s episode, Dean tells us how any small business owner can make $100k in 45 minutes. Listen to Dean’s segment.

Guests in studio this week:

Over the last 20 years, Doug Peterson has helped people align their goals and visions both personally and professionally. He founded Get Priorities Straight in 2018 to provide a program to help individuals maximize their personal income and improve their ability to invest. Having founded and run eight businesses in his career, Doug has perfected a system that works regardless of industry, marital status, or income. He is currently working with Amazon managers, wealth managers, real estate professionals, attorneys, and technology professionals. Doug also managed the band “Before Dawn” who did backup vocals on Heart’s first album “Dreamboat Annie.”  In this week’s episode, Doug talks about life, energy, and personal finances.  Listen to Doug’s segment.

Staci has a CHT in hypnotherapy, Certified Divorce Mediator, Certified Strategic Intervention Coach, Graduate of energy and intuitive science, Lifelong study of psychology, Human Sexuality, and universal principles. Speaker and workshop facilitator for medical and mental health professionals, as well as contributes to two wellness programs for fortune 500 companies. In this week’s episode, Staci talks about the true meaning behind a lasting connection. Listen to Staci’s segment.

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Cherry O’Neill, the oldest daughter of entertainer, Pat Boone, grew up singing with her 3 sisters on TV and on stage nationally and internationally. She recorded several albums with her sisters and wrote some of the songs featured on them, including a song that appeared on her sister, Debby Boone’s album containing the hit song, You Light Up My Life. Cherry had a serious ten-year battle with anorexia and bulimia, as a teen and young adult before eating disorders were well-known and was able to recover with therapy. She wrote about her recovery in the New York Times Best Seller, Starving for Attention, and was able to offer help and hope to its multitude of readers. She is mother to five adult children, grandmother to three, and wife of Dan O’Neill, founder of Mercy Corps for 45 years. In this week’s episode, Cherry talks about personal coaching in the pursuit of purpose, passion, and potential.  Listen to Cherry’s segment.

Vanessa is a CPA and financial coach and it’s her mission to help individuals and business owners live a life they love without financial stress or overwhelm. Vanessa works with women to provide clarity and confidence to make wise decisions that align with their most important goals and priorities. Vanessa has worked in corporate accounting for over 10 years and received her CPA in 2016. She loves working with numbers and understanding the story they tell but even more so loves helping others find power in those numbers as well. Vanessa started Mindfully Smart Finance to encourage other women to take control of their finances. She’s created a community for women to have a safe space to discuss and ask questions about money free of judgement. In this week’s episode, Vanessa talks about the importance of a financial coach.  Listen to Vanessa’s segment.

Guests in studio this week:

Mary Maas is Vice President, an agency principal for, and on the Leadership Council of Dynamic Scrip, Club President for CEO Space International, and an Executive Leader with C-Suite Network, and on their Social Impact Council. Mary had a successful career in B2B sales in the tech industry as well as a very successful career as a real estate investor. She has been a volunteer and often on the board of various nonprofits for the last 16 years, including organizations ranging from Kiwanis community service focused on kids, to the Hoff Foundation serving women coming out of sex trafficking and addiction, to the chamber of commerce. Mary fell in love with Dynamic Scrip when she realized she could combine her expertise in B2B with her love of serving others through nonprofits. She can live a rewarding life doing well by doing good, with unlimited opportunity for both with Dynamic. Mary lives on Whidbey Island, WA with her husband, David, of 31 years. She has 2 grandsons ages 7 and 12, and a great-niece who just became a teenager! In this week’s episode, Mary talks about who doesn’t win.  Listen to Mary’s segment.

Robert brings to his work as a Business Consultant a long and successful career as a Marketing Manager, Senior Account Executive, trainer and speaker, General Manager, and small business owner. His experience spans the restaurant/hospitality industry, natural foods, wholesale distribution, retail, financial services (including mortgages and insurance), assisted living and senior services, and product fundraising. He has been a Director Consultant for BNI and served as a board member with Weavers Way Food Co-op and the Pennsylvania Association of Mortgage Brokers. In his spare time, he speaks to groups about networking for business, customer service, successful fundraising, and the importance of good credit. In this week’s episode, Robert discusses what 95% of business owners don’t know.  Listen to Robert’s segment.

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Chandler Hueckel is a CBI designated business broker with Gig Harbor-based Private Practice Transitions. The CBI – or Certified Business Intermediary – designation comes from the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA). The CBI is a widely recognized and prestigious designation that identifies an experienced and dedicated business broker. Chandler brings more than 15 years of experience from the banking and finance industry to the firm. His has dedicated his career on having a deep understanding of complex deal structures and creative financing. This knowledge gives the firm’s clients an edge in business finance and acquisition transactions. Chandler grew up in Olympia and now makes his home in Gig Harbor. In this week’s episode, Chandler talks about when the best time is to sell your private practice.  Listen to Chandler’s segment.

John Trahms is a licensed financial professional, based in Seattle. He works with clients around the country, helping them build wealth and customized retirement strategies using products from the Insurance world. His broad range of life experiences gives him a unique empathy for clients’ financial situations. He has traveled to 11 countries and even worked in China for several years. He has been married to his beautiful wife for 8 years and loves traveling with her to as she photographs destination weddings. In this week’s episode, John talks about setting up your own pension.  Listen to John’s segment.

Guests in studio this week:

Over the last 20 years, Doug Peterson has helped people align their goals and visions both personally and professionally. He founded Get Priorities Straight in 2018 to provide a program to help individuals maximize their personal income and improve their ability to invest. Having founded and run eight businesses in his career, Doug has perfected a system that works regardless of industry, marital status, or income. He is currently working with Amazon managers, wealth managers, real estate professionals, attorneys, and technology professionals. Doug also managed the band “Before Dawn” who did back up vocals on Heart’s first album “Dreamboat Annie.”  In this week’s episode, Doug talks about what should really be important at any stage in your life.  Listen to Doug’s segment.

Originally from Minnesota, Dan Gelhaye has lived and worked in the Puget Sound community for over 20 years, and currently resides in East King County with his spouse & two children. Dan is in his 11th year working as an Independent Insurance Agent, and he brings over 25 years’ experience in finance and risk management knowledge and expertise to his clients. Dan’s straightforward and friendly approach helps to demystify a sometimes confusing and intimidating product. He works with families of all sizes and complexities to ensure they are properly protecting their assets in a coordinated and cost-effective manner. In this week’s episode, Dan discusses homeowners insurance.  Listen to Dan’s segment.