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CHASEing Love

Today, I welcome back Chase O’Donnell. We will catch up on experiences in the dating scene. She is in her 30s and I who just dipped my toe into the 70s. Chase and I met on a spiritual retreat this summer. When I found out that she earns her living as a stand-up comedienne, I asked her to join me on the show. She eagerly agreed. As we talked about being single and dating, we began to compare the desires and challenges of a woman ready to start a family life with a post-reproductive woman. Naturally we compared the desires and challenges of men in our respective cohorts. Our surprising and mutual conclusions brought us full circle to our original connection as spiritual seekers. You know we will be laughing!

March 8, 2023

Vance Bynum and Princess: Health and Wellness Co-preneurs

Vance and Princess have created a popular motivational health and fitness business in Cary, North Carolina… Sweat Sweet! Today we will talk about their personal journeys toward both fitness and entrepreneurship as a couple. This journey included building on personal strengths, setbacks and resilience through COVID. Their message is simple and powerful. Making change can be tough. It takes a shift in mindset and a support network of accountability. You can do hard things and the benefit will flow over into the rest of your life.

February 22, 2023

Laurie McCants: A Life in the Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble: Be Open to Surprise, Part 2

In the second part of our interview Laurie will tells us how her community theater ensemble in a town of 10,000 expanded around the globe to Sub-Saharan Africa. Last week we opened with the story of the beginning of her lifelong career. She began by following a renowned acting coach, Alvina Krause, to her retirement home in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, with classmates from Northwestern’s MFA in Acting program. They stayed and created an ensemble theater from which Laurie recently retired as an emeritus member. Her story is one of the magical mix of vision and grit shared in the ensemble, local cultural and financial benefactors and fertile soil in a welcoming community. The innate passions and talents of the ensemble opened doors to profound exchanges with international and native cultures.
A link to an article that appeared in AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE about her retirement: https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/02/25/laurie-mccants-the-ensemble-ethic/

February 15, 2023

Leadership: Ed Reed, NFL Hall of Famer and Bethune-Cookman College with Dr. Daryl Green

Leadership: Ed Reed, NFL Hall of Famer and Bethune-Cookman College with Dr. Daryl Green, Part 2 My guest is Dr. Daryl Green. Dr. Green is the Dickinson Chair of Business professor at Oklahoma Baptist University in Oklahoma City. After a 27 year career as a Mechanical Engineer at the Department of Energy, he pivoted to a leadership role in higher education in business management. This morning we will talk about leadership. Last week we introduced the topic of football legend Ed Reed’s dismissal from Bethune-Cookman, a HBCU Christian college in Daytona Beach, Florida. This controversial decision by this Historically Black College’s Interim President has received nationwide attention. As a Professor of Leadership in a Christian College, Dr. Green brings a unique perspective to the challenges faced by both the institutional leaders and the informal role of leadership of a celebrity athlete with students and fans. I expect a lively discussion with Dr. Green, so let’s get started! Website: https://www.okbu.edu/directory/daryl-green.html

February 1, 2023

Pursuing Purpose in a Second Career: Creative Leadership

Pursuing Purpose in a Second Career: Creative Leadership
In today’s show, my guest is Dr. Daryl Green. Dr. Green is the Dickinson Chair of Business professor at Oklahoma Baptist University in Oklahoma City. After a 27 year career as a Mechanical Engineer at the Department of Energy, he pivoted to a leadership role in higher education in business management. This morning we will talk about his career path, Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and his passion for student learning in higher education. We also introduce a topic for next week’s show on the role of athletics in education highlighted by football legend Ed Reed’s dismissal from Bethune-Cookman, a HBCU college in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Website:
https://www.okbu.edu/directory/daryl-green.html

January 25, 2023

Sustaining Leadership

Today, Mercy has a second conversation with her colleague and friend Leslye Kornegay. In this show we talk about Dr. Kornegay’s leadership principles. We talk about her leadership practices and how they reflect her life values, experiences and aspirations.

Dr. Kornegay is a life long learner; she is a graduate of the College of Education Doctoral program at the University of Vermont. She holds a Masters of Administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration/minor in Organizational Development from the University of Mount Olive. Dr. Kornegay is an Executive Director with substantial in-house experience leading organizational change. High premium on providing exceptional support services for clientele. Focus on aligning organizational goals with institutional strategic goals, mission and values.

January 18, 2023

Seeking A Different Perspective

Part 2 Mercy’s guest today is John Miller. Today, John shares the evolution of his remarkable career shaped by mentors

January 11, 2023

Intro to Bowen Family Systems Theory

Bowen Family Systems Theory is the framework for understanding human behavior that I have used for over 30 years, in my clinical practice, my work in organizations and businesses and in my personal life with my family, friends and colleagues. It guides my curiosity and fascination with everyone and every mess I meet. I have done my best to make this way of thinking my own. The inspiration for this show is Dr. Ann Bunting. She was my first Bowen supervisor, teacher and mentor. She lived Bowen Theory embedded in a vibrant family and community while staying true to herself. I hope to share something today that may inspire a listener’s curiosity about their relationship system as Dr. Bunting inspired me. – Email: mercy@leadershipwithmercy.com – Books: “Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking about Human Interactions”, Robert Gilbert, M.D. & “Growing Yourself Up: How to bring your best to all of life’s relationships”, Jenny Brown

November 16, 2022

Reinvention of Self: Building Community in New Zealand

Today my guest is Emily Morrow, J.D. Emily is a dear friend who brings us her story of reinventing herself professionally and culturally. A highly successful estate attorney, Emily retired in 2004 at the age of 52. As she began a consulting practice, she and her physician husband decided to build a second home overseas. After a stint in Sydney, Australia, they moved to Auckland, New Zealand. We are going to talk about her experiences making this brave move, her talent for building community and her personal transformation. As a consultant to lawyers and law firms, Emily focuses on the core capabilities lawyers need to be successful; business development, strategic planning, self-presentation/ communication skills, practice management and succession planning. She designs and facilitates retreats, coaches (one-on-one and teams), provides tailored training and conducts bespoke research projects. Emily is a frequent contributor to LawTalk and LawNews and has been the keynote speaker at numerous professional conferences for NZLS, CLANZ, ADLS, ALPMA, AWLA, CWLA, Law Plus, Lawlink, Legalwise, AALA and others. She is a regular presenter at the NZLS Stepping Up programme on the topic of “The People Dimension”. Website: www.EmilyMorrow.com

November 2, 2022

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Remarkable Experiences with the Family

Join Mercy Russell for an encore of her debut show of The Remarkable Relationships Show and her guest Priscilla Friesen. In The fall of 2005, Ms. Friesen founded The Learning Space with Regina Carrick and Glennon Gordon. Ms. Friesen’s professional and personal interest has been in the interplay of the brain, physiology and relationships. Guided by the framework of Bowen theory, Ms. Friesen has interwoven self-regulation methodologies, including Biofeedback (a method to develop self-regulation through awareness of physiology, such as muscle tension, heart rate, and hand temperature, allowing one to see the impact of thought and emotion on physiology) and Neurofeedback (offering real-time information about central nervous system/brain wave functioning, affecting the way the brain organizes perception, emotion, and learning) into her work with individuals, couples, families, and organizations and in her teaching. Website(s): www.LeadershipWithMercy.com | https://thelearningspacedc.com/pages/staff/priscilla

October 19, 2022

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