The Dharma Project 🦋

This week on The Dharma Project, Stephanie picked the brains of don Jose Ruiz, best-selling author, modern-day Shaman, and Toltec Master of Transformation.

Listen as don Jose talks about the ancient Toltec culture and how he came up with his best-selling book "The Fifth Agreement" along with his father. don Jose's journey is not as easy as it seems. He became blind years ago and how this experience has allowed him to really see who he is. don Jose has shared so much love, light and wisdom in this episode.

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Natural Healing Leads to Successful YouTube Business with Levi Lascsak

This week, Stephanie interviewed one of her friends and clients, Levi Lascsak.  Levi is an Iraq Combat Veteran and previously worked as a pharmaceutical salesman.  After surviving ulcerative colitis, he has transitioned his career to the real estate industry.  Today, he runs a consulting company and multiple YouTube channels creating valuable content about the real estate business and coaching aspiring real estate agents.

In this episode, Levi shares his journey of healing from ulcerative colitis through a change of lifestyle and natural medicine.  He also shares his experiences of working in the corporate world, owning a business, and shifting careers after getting “sacked” by his partner.  He now runs a thriving business of his own where he is able to execute his passions while serving others.  Levi also gives his advice to entrepreneurs on how social media, especially YouTube, helps businesses to grow when utilized correctly.

This inspirational episode will leave you in awe, and will motivate you to improve both your business and your life.

Near-death Experiences and Afterlife with Dr. Raymond Moody

This week, Stephanie had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Raymond Moody - a world-renowned scholar, a medical doctor, lecturer, and researcher. He is the bestselling author of many books, including Life After Life where he coined the term NDE or near-death experiences. The New York Times calls him "the father of the near-death experience." Dr. Moody’s work and research is all about understanding death, dying, grief, and afterlife. 

In this episode, Dr. Moody shares how he had come to know God through his research from thousands of people who've had near-death experiences and his life-long journey from getting a PhD in philosophy to becoming a medical doctor. He also talks about his new book God is Bigger Than The Bible that's about how to have a genuine spiritual quest to God even if you don't know anything about the Bible. This episode will surely open your eyes about the fascinating frontiers of life and death.

Learning How To Survive Cancer The "Write" Way For You! with Marisa Sullivan

This week on The Dharma Project Stephanie is talking with Alison Kingston, owner of Exit 16 Boutiques.

Alison opened her first store 18 years ago as a Merle Norman Cosmetic studio and has grown Exit 16 to a full-service fashion boutique with three locations. She shares how she started by working the store during the day and as a nurse at night, all while taking care of a baby girl! After hurricane Katrina, Alison's husband pushed her to take a leap of faith and go "all in" on Exit 16, and today they have three successful locations!

Stephanie and Alison also discuss:

• How to balance being a business owner, mother and wife
• The ability to change in order to grow your business
• The key to finding and keeping great staff
• And so much more!
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Having just completed my last round of weekly chemo treatments, so it was time to check-in and see how things are going and how my body is responding to treatment.

I'm so excited to share the report was excellent! In the words of my surgeon, I'm "a total outlier to have this much of a response this quick," which is exactly what I wanted to hear. Not only was this news a huge relief, but it was also so encouraging to see that all the things I've been doing to take care of myself and give my body what it needs to fight and heal are working. 

So what does that mean? And what's next in my fight against cancer?

An update from my journey through cancer: Today was a bad day.

Not feeling well, pain, a trip to the ER, about three meltdowns, and being really scared.

Some days, this is the reality of battling cancer.

Friends showing up to drive me to the ER. My meal train group delivering lasagna. My mom showing up to sit with me at the hospital. My team making sure my mortgage company, podcast, and YouTube channel all continue to run smoothly. Group chats that make me laugh my butt off. And so many messages of love, encouragement, kindness, and support.

These are also the reality of battling cancer.

So thanks to my amazing family and friends, I made it through my bad day.

And, through it all, I looked for the lessons this experience is trying to teach me and am sharing them here with all of you.

This week on The Dharma Project Stephanie is talking with Scott DuPre, known as ScottieD from Youtube's ScottieDTV.

Scott launched ScottieDTV on YouTube in May of 2010 talking about hot rods and food. Since then he has grown his channel to over 206K subscribers with over 120 million views!

Listen as Stephanie and ScottieD discuss:

• How he started his channel
• The importance of putting in the work to do what you love
• Following your passion
• Finding ways to give back/help others
• AND more!

PLUS Scott is making an announcement about a new initiative he has started for his fans who are fighting cancer!

This week on the Dharma Project Stephanie is taking with Author and Leadership Coach, Indy Nebeker!

Indy has been a Leadership and Empowerment Coach for the last 16 years and recently released his book "Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life" where he took his years of coaching experience and put it in a book to help people. There are 52 chapters for 52 weeks of your life, and it's meant to meet you where you're at and build you up! From leadership skills to interpersonal communication to learning about your personality, the book is about teaching you to get out of your own way, and say yes to things so you can start seeing extraordinary results in your life!

In their conversation Stephanie and Indy discuss:

• How if you want to give yourself a gift, write things down in a journal and date it (It's even what started the process of  Indy writing his book!)
• What it means to get out of your head and into your life
• The benefits of coaching and how successful people often have many coaches
• Why it's important to recognize what you're saying  yes to (hint: because saying yes to something, means you're saying no to something else!)
• Advice for starting 2021 after a year like 2020
• And more!
  

In this episode, Stephanie is talking with Taylor Alfonso, a wife, mother of two, and owner of Stella & Grace boutique in Slidell, Louisiana.

Listen as Taylor shares how before her son turned two (with a daughter who was only 9 months old), he was diagnosed with autism. And how over the last four years, her son has had more therapy and treatments than she knew existed, including experimental stem cell treatments at Duke University.

While she says this is the hardest thing she's ever had to go through, she also credits it with making her stronger and more trusting in herself than she ever knew possible—and even the push she needed to start her own business!

The Dharma Project is back with season 2 and to kick things off Stephanie is talking with Jen Baudier, owner of Bella Style Salon—named one of the top 200 salons in the country the last four years running by Salon Today.

Listen as Jen shares her story from opening her first salon in 2009 to today where she is retired from the chair and working to run a seven-figure salon with a growing team, as well as coaching other salon owners who want to grow and scale their business using the"Profit First" philosophies!

In this episode Stephanie and Jen discuss:

• How in the face of COVID Bella Style Salon was flexible resulting in a 10% growth in 2020 DESPITE a two month shut down
• Tips for time management and staying communication with your team
• Owning things you once were embarrassed by because they helped make you who you are today
• How determination, obsession with numbers, and a belief that failure is not an option have been keys to Jen's success
• And so much more!

This week on the last of our Dharma Project Best of 2020 series we have Stephanie's interview with author, speaker, and humanitarian Jim Stovall.

Jim is the author of 48 titles, most notably his bestselling novel The Ultimate Gift—which is just one of his books that has also been made into a movie!

Jim is completely blind, having lost his sight to an illness in his twenties. In this episode, he shares how he views his blindness as an advantage! You will also hear his thoughts on productivity versus activity, where you can find good ideas, and so much more!

As an end to 2020, we’re re-releasing three of Stephanie’s favorite episodes as our Best of 2020!

This week we have Stephanie’s interview with Brian Scott a self-proclaimed “information junkie”, entrepreneur, podcast host, and best-selling author of The Reality Revolution. 

A lifelong lover of learning and avid speed reader, Brian shares how he had accumulated a vast amount of knowledge, yet he found himself at a place where he felt trapped in a terrible reality with no hope. Through mediation and connecting with his higher self, he was able to transform his life. It was then after a near-death experience he made it his mission to share the knowledge he had in the hopes it could help others.

In this conversation they discuss Brian’s book The Reality Revolution where he explores the idea of parallel realities, revolutionizing how we understand reality and the power to shape it with our minds. There is also a new bonus intro where Stephanie shares why this was one of her favorite interviews this year!

As an end to 2020, we’re re-releasing three of Stephanie’s favorite episodes as our Best of 2020!

To start things off we have Stephanie’s interview with YouTube star Samuel Brown, known as RBT online. From starting a channel to growing a massive following across platforms, Sam shares how he put in the work to follow his dream and achieve success!

This episode includes a new bonus intro where Stephanie shares why this was one of her favorite interviews this year!

This week on the Dharma Project Stephanie is talking with Best Selling Author and Entrepreneur John David Mann.

John’s books have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, including the bestselling classic “The Go-Giver” with Bob Burg. He is scheduled to release his first novel in August 2021.

In this episode Stephanie and John discuss learning from mistakes,  why working with a team is important to success,  how being open to critique doesn’t mean it’s easy to hear, the importance of being open to receiving as well as giving, how he has been able to write over thirty books in ten years, and so much more!

This week Stephanie is speaking with guest Michelle Hope founder of Social Butterflies and Flames of Hope non-profit.

In this episode Michelle shares the story of her house getting hit by lightning and catching fire one Saturday night nearly 3  years ago and how this has led her to start a non-profit, Flames of Hope, to help others who have been affected by fire.

Listen as Stephanie and Michelle discuss ways you can be prepared in case your home catches fire, how you can easily document all your belongings twice a year (and why you should!), ways the community helped in the aftermath of tragedy, and so much more!

This week on the Dharma Project Stephanie is speaking with Steve Nobel. Steve is an author, spiritual coach, and entrepreneur.  Spiritual Coach, Author, Entrepreneur

Tune in as Steve relates his story of transition from working as an unfulfilled corporate banker to spiritual coach and entrepreneur, including how the death of his father sparked change and led him to pursue the interests and passion in life that he had set aside as a teenager.

Listen as Stephanie and Steve discuss leading a non-profit spiritual organization, discovering synchronicity, how martial arts introduced him to meditation, what starseeds are, the ability to reach an immense audience with his YouTube channel and podcast, and so much more!

This week is the final of our special episodes for breast cancer awareness month, and Stephanie is speaking with Integrated Wellness Coach and third generation breast cancer survivor, Paula Heard.

From never getting to meet her grandmother to growing up with a mother who lived in fear of it, Paula shares how this disease touched her life and led her to pursue a career around wellness and functional medicine.  She also shares the story of her own fight against breast cancer nearly twenty years ago.

Listen as Paula and Stephanie discuss making the decision to not live in fear,  the advancements in functional medicine, the gifts and life-long friends that have come from this journey, and the advice she would give to someone who was recently diagnosed.

Today Stephanie is speaking with Certified Mastectomy Fitter, Susan McMahon for the third of our special October episodes highlighting stories around breast cancer.

Susan is the owner of Donna Bella Lingerie and shares how she found herself as a Certified Mastectomy Fitter, helping to fit with women with post-surgical bras, breast prosthesis, and other needed garments along their breast cancer journey.

Listen to hear Stephanie and Susan’s conversation about the benefits of going to a certified facility and certified fitter, how she helps patients understand and maximize their insurance benefits, why it’s important to talk about non-surgical options, the rewarding side of helping women feel whole again, and so much more!

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, throughout October Stephanie is bringing you special episodes of The Dharma Project with guests sharing their stories of how breast cancer has touched their lives.

This week Stephanie is talking with Survivor Sara Delancy about her story of being diagnosed with Breast Cancer and her journey through treatment over the last year.

Listen and Stephanie and Sara discuss treatment not going as planned, chemo dates and quality time with loved ones during treatment, being open to and even asking for help, documenting her journey, and communicating with loved ones through an online journey at CaringBridge, and so much more!

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, throughout October Stephanie is bringing you special episodes of The Dharma Project with  guests sharing their stories of how breast cancer has touched their lives.

To start things off this week Stephanie is talking with Leah Stancil. Leah is the Head Swimming and Diving Coach at Tulane University and mother of three. In this episode she shares the story of being diagnosed with breast cancer and her journey through treatment.

Listen as Stephanie and Leah discuss listening to your intuition, making time for treatment when you’re already a busy working mom, navigating the confusing world of medical bills, tips for feeling better when you’re going through chemo and radiation, and so much more!

This week Stephanie talks with Luxury Travel Advisor and Entrepreneur Philip James.

Philip shares how he transitioned from working as the director of global corporate sales for one of the largest hotels in New Orleans to starting his own agency, Philip James Travel where he helps busy professionals, families, and adventure seekers see and experience the world through travel.

Listen as Stephanie and Philip discuss the impacts of a global pandemic on the travel industry, making the decision to start a travel agency, why travel is so important,  and how to balance running his business with making time for family.

This week on The Dharma Project Stephanie talks with guest, Katie Santangelo. Katie is the director of The Spa at Stonecreek, a wife, and mother of four.

Listen as Stephanie and Katie discuss following your career to unexpected places, juggling life as a business person, wife, and mother of four, the importance of intentionally building a tribe of like-minded people, and more!

This week on the Dharma Project Stephanie talks with Author, Speaker, and Humanitarian Jim Stovall.

Jim is the author of 48 titles and is best known for his bestselling novel The Ultimate Gift, which is just one of his books that has also been made into a movie.

An illness caused Jim to lose his sight in his twenties, and in this episode listen as he shares how he views his blindness as an advantage, his thoughts on productivity versus activity, and where you can find good ideas, and so much more!

In this week’s episode of The Dharma Project Stephanie talks with Lindsay Hainlin, a freelance entrepreneur and yoga instructor.

Lindsay shares what pushed her to pursue her passion of teaching yoga was finding herself at a place in life where she was so unhappy she was making the people around her unhappy and she wasn’t present even when she was with her kids.

She talks about how her big “why” moment was realizing she had to find her own happiness so she could be an example for her children of what she wanted for them in life: to be full and happy!

In this episode, Stephanie and Lindsay discuss the different types of yoga and the benefits those offer different people, the spiritual side of yoga, how it can become a form of movement meditation, the importance of refilling in ourselves what we give away to others, being present in our lives for the people we love, pursuing happiness in life, and so much more!

In this episode Stephanie talks with Time Management and Business Strategists Amanda Warfield about simplified living and how it reduces anxiety and contributes to success.

Amanda started her business just over two years ago after adopting the principles of minimalism, or simplified living, in her own life. She used to battle anxiety and found when she embraced minimalism and adopted its principles she was able to not only conquer her anxiety, but thrive in life!

Now as a strategist she works with entrepreneurs and soloprenuers to improve their time management and simplify their business to achieve success without being chained to their business.

In this episode Amanda and Stephanie discuss simplified living, the “new normal” post-covid, being an entrepreneur, time management, and so much more!

In this episode, Stephanie talks with Caroline Patrickis, the Digital Multimita Journalist with ABC7 News in Washington DC about having a dream and working hard to make it a reality.

While touring a news studio in college, Caroline knew that she wanted to be a journalist. She decided then and there to make it her goal and follow through to make her dream a reality.

Six years ago took a leap of faith and moved across the country to South Dakota with two-weeks notice for her first job in journalism. Now she is in Washington DC getting ready to go to The Oscars for the second year in a row working a dream job for ABC7.

Listen to Stephanie and Caroline discuss what it takes to follow your dreams, getting outside your comfort zone, telling inspirational stories that change peoples’ lives, and more!

Today Stephanie talks with Brian Scott, a self-proclaimed “information junkie”, entrepreneur, podcast host, and best-selling author of The Reality Revolution.

A lifelong lover of learning and avid speed reader, Brian shares how he had accumulated a vast amount of knowledge, yet he found himself at a place where he felt trapped in a terrible reality with no hope. Through mediation and connecting with his higher self, he was able to transform his life. It was then after a near-death experience he made it his mission to share the knowledge he had in the hopes it could help others.

In this conversation they discuss Brian’s book The Reality Revolution where he explores the idea of parallel realities, revolutionizing how we understand reality and the power to shape it with our minds.

In today’s episode Stephanie talks with Ingrid Rinck of Sensible Meals and Rinck Packaging about having the courage to do what you’re passionate about, balancing family and owning a business, and how to be fluid and adapt to what life throws at you can lead to unexpected opportunities!

Ingrid is the founder of Sensible Meals which is now the largest weight-loss meal prep service in the country and during the Covid-19 shut down has started another company, Rinck Packaging.

Listen to this episode to hear what has her new customers asking, “Why are you helping us like this?” And why she answers, “Why wouldn’t I?”

You can connect with Ingrid on social media @IngridRinck

In this episode Stephanie welcomes Lillian Savoie of Awaken Change. Stephanie and Lilian chat about how to turn rejections in life into positive experiences. They also chat about finding one's true self and how to become more self-aware and live in the present moment.

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