Podcasts

The Irish Hulk

“The Irish Hulk”, Mark Getty, will join Mercy Russell today on The Remarkable Relationships Show on overcoming fear and developing the mental strength to succeed. When Mark was 16 his mum was diagnosed with cancer and given very little time to live. It was one of the worst times of his young life and was filled with a deep sense of frustration and injustice at the world. Being 16, he didn’t know what to do with this anger and ended up getting into all sorts of trouble as my hormones and inability to make sense of the world, raged inside of me. His mum, being the wise woman that she was, asked his cousin to take me to the gym to train, perhaps realizing that all this frustration he was holding inside, needed release. When he stepped into the gym, it was like entering another world. Over twenty years ago, gyms were not filled with pretty boys brandishing smart phones.

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My Relationships with Dolphins: Learning to Love and Lead Myself

Today’s guest is Joy Smith, Executive Coach and Author. Joy Smith is an executive coach and author, who has worked at some of the top companies in the world, including Amazon, AT&T, British Telecom-BT Group, Reliance Communications (India) and Verizon. Throughout her career she has been part of a man’s world where the focus has been on engineering and building massive telecommunications networks taking her on a journey to 28 countries.

Joy’s coaching clients are often entrepreneurs and business leaders who are committed to transforming themselves while at the same time leading by example, to ultimately have an impact on their business. In her practice, she engages with her clients to work through a process of self-actualization that allows them to connect with the understanding and realization that “It was ME all along”, which definitively has led them to their current results. The realization that it is their mental models, judgments, behaviors, attitudes etc. that created their current state can be life changing.

Joy knows this reality very well as her remarkable life trek has been filled with life changing tests and risks along the way. There have been many moments that have been extremely uncomfortable and unreasonable. At times, she has found herself on her knees wondering what to do next. Right on time when she needed it the most her greatest teachers and guides showed up in her life to provide guidance and discovery into her spiritual, human and corporate world… These guides are a pod of wild spinner dolphins who live off the coast of Hawaii near her family home.

Joy’s books are available on Amazon in Kindle, Paperback, and Audible versions and are written in her birth name Virginia C Smith –
“The Dolphin Lady, the story of a Unique Relationship”
“It was ME all Along, the Path to Freedom”

You can reach Joy through her email: graceconsulting@outlook.com or access her monthly BLOG on her website www.itwasmeallalong.com .. I know she’d love to hear from you.

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I Had to Go to Grow: A Leader’s Journey of Adaptation and Spirituality

My guest, Leslye Kornegay. I met Leslye when we were both students in a doctoral program at the University of Vermont. At the time, she was Director of Custodial Services with 300 employees. Over the years we have become not only colleagues but close friends.
In this episode of Remarkable Relationships with Mercy, Dr. Kornegay shares her journey as a women of color in various leadership roles.

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