Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

Donna Griffit has worked globally for 2 decades in over 30 countries with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and investors in a wide variety of industries, helping them create, edit, and deliver powerful presentations, pitches, and messages. She magically spins raw data into compelling stories that captivate audiences and drive results. Through her guidance, clients have raised over $1.5 Billion. Her latest book - Sticking to My Story: The Alchemy of Storytelling for Startups is the book EVERY company leader must read! Listen in as Kristen spreads her positivity on to this Thrive LouD episode. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Cait Donovan, the Burnout specialist, speaker, author and podcast host returns to Thrive LouD. Since her initial appearance on the program, Cait’s show Fried, the Burnout Podcast continues to grow its listener base and is THE #1 PODCAST ABOUT BURNOUT. Listen in as Lou catches up with Cait as she continues to spread awareness about burnout and shares how she’s helping companies deal with it within the workplace. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Kristen Butler is an entrepreneur, leader, writer and visionary in personal development with a huge heart and captivating authenticity. Her mission is to uplift the planet! She is the founder and CEO of Power of Positivity. Started in 2009, today, her brands have a collective global audience of over 50 million and an amazingly talented team behind the scenes. She passionately started Power of Positivity after completely transforming her life from rock bottom using the power of positive thinking. She was so astonished by the results of her research and mindset implementation that she felt her life's purpose was (and still is) to help others improve their lives. Kristen not only contributes her transformation to a positive mindset but her relationship with God and an active, plant-based lifestyle. Kristen has a new book coming out on April 18th - The Comfort Zone: Create a Life You Really Love with Less Stress and More Flow. Listen in as Kristen spreads her positivity on to this Thrive LouD episode. ***

Jeff Corle is a unique combination of a seasoned country songwriter and farmer.  After growing up on the farm, he spent his formative years in Nashville, plying his trade as an Outlaw Country style singer-songwriter.  After experiencing "Nashville burn-out" he went back to his roots, returning home to run his family's dairy farm in rural western-Pennsylvania.  But when economic factors beyond his control forced him to shut down the dairy and sell his beloved Guernsey cows, he was left heartbroken and despondent.  In the midst of his heartache and pain he turned to an old friend for comfort - his guitar.  In the aftermath of having to say goodbye to the cows, Corle penned what would become his first viral hit, Empty Barn.  With the success of Empty Barn and the support of legions of new fans Corle kept writing and travelled back to Nashville to record his debut album "Farm Animal".  Life experiences- good and bad, have given him a strong and courageous voice.  He's a man

Kevin Sorbo received international stardom when he booked the lead role in “Hercules, the Legendary Journeys”, which became the most watched TV show in the world. Following that success, Sorbo had the lead role as “Captain Dylan Hunt” in “Gene Roddenberry’s, Andromeda”. The independent film “What If” was nominated for Best Family Movie of the Year by the Movie Guide Awards. Sorbo also received the Movie Guide Award for Most Inspirational Performance of the Year. Sorbo also starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt in “Soul Surfer”, And the faith-based movie, “God’s Not Dead”. The $2 million-dollar budgeted movie became the most successful independent faith-based movie ever with over $140 million in theatrical, streaming and DVD sales. “Let There Be Light” was a movie he directed/acted/produced and this faith/ family movie ranked number 4 out of the top 10 family movies of 2018. “Miracle in East Texas”, a Comedy based on a true story set in 1930 was another movie Sorbo directed/acted in. Movie release is s

Travis Steffen is a serial entrepreneur with 8 successful exits to date across a variety of industries. He's gotten companies onto the Inc 500, is a published business author, and has either written for or been written about in the top business publications on earth. He is also a doctoral candidate in marketing, and serves as a growth mentor for Silicon Valley's top accelerators. Prior to entrepreneurship, Travis was a collegiate and professional athlete and a professional online poker player. His next venture, GrowthTeam.ai, will be coming out real soon Travis shares with Lou his unique way of thinking and how he is always looking for the next new thing. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Tess Waresmith is an entrepreneurial, empathetic leader, comfortable with turning ambiguity into opportunity. With leadership roles in marketing, communications, and operations under her belt, she gets curious about challenges and draws from her experience to find innovative solutions. Lived and worked in Singapore, launching strategic partner marketing programs for global clients. Tess runs a financial education business and community that helps professional women learn how to invest in the stock market with confidence, strategically leverage tax advantaged accounts to keep more of their money, negotiate salaries, and ditch the fear and anxiety around personal finance. Lou taps into understanding more about “Wealth With Tess” with Tess on Thrive LouD. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Paula Faris is the founder and leader of CARRY Media™, an organization that champions, advocates, and celebrates working mothers through content, resources, and storytelling. She is an Emmy Award–winning journalist, speaker, bestselling author of “Called Out,” and host of The Paula Faris Podcast. With over two decades in broadcast television, Paula started her career with TV affiliates in Chicago, Cincinnati, and Dayton. She then worked almost a decade at ABC News, where she co-anchored Good Morning America Weekend, co-hosted The View, and launched the podcast Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris. She has reported on everything from politics, news, and entertainment to sports and faith, interviewing the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Tiger Woods, Kellyanne Conway, and now-president Joe Biden. Paula runs CARRY Media from South Carolina where she resides with her husband, John, and their three children Paula connects with Lou and shares how she is championing working mom’s in America and how her new needed to navi

Tony Martignetti is a trusted advisor, coach, experience creator, author, podcast host, and speaker. He brings together over 25 years of business and management experience, formal training, andextreme curiosity to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He loves guiding people to find clarity in their lives so they are energized, fully present, and unstoppable. When leaders unlock their potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, they impact and inspire everyone around them. He has dedicated himself to helping people live inspired lives. Before becoming the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Coaching, he was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and the author of "Climbing the Right Mountain: Naviga

Darcy Luoma, author of Thoughtfully Fit®, is a Master Certified Coach, dynamic facilitator, and inspiring motivational speaker. She has worked as director for a U.S. Senator, deputy transition director for a governor, and on the national advance team for two U.S. presidential campaigns. As the owner and CEO of Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting, she’s worked in forty-eight industries with more than five hundred organizations to create high-performing people and teams. The media has named Darcy the region’s favorite executive-and-life coach four times. Darcy balances her thriving business with raising her two energetic teenage daughters, adventure travel, and competing in triathlons.  Darcy connects with Lou and shares how she herself needed to navigate through her own life using the Thoughtfully Fit® mindset to help her thrive within her life and business. And take the Thoughtfully Fit quiz to reveal your biggest hurdle and learn if your mind is fit for success. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRI

Travis King helps people achieve their dream of financial freedom with land Investing! Together, his wife he has personally completed hundreds of land flips.  Their coaching and educational services for land investing have helped many others create their own highly profitable land investing ventures.  ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Mark Hunter, CSP is recognized as one of the top 50 most influential sales and marketing leaders in the world. He is author of three books, “High-Profit Prospecting” and “High-Profit Selling” and “A Mind for Sales.”  Mark can also be heard on two podcasts, The Sales Hunter Podcast and Sales Logic. His integrity centered sales strategies are used daily by companies such as American Express, Chubb Insurance, Lenovo and hundreds more.  These same strategies are found in The Sales Hunter University on-line program which in 2020, and 2021, was ranked as one of the top 10 sales learning programs. Mark has spoken in more than 30 countries on 5 continents helping salespeople find and retain better clients.  He doesn’t view what he does as a job, he views it as a lifestyle focused on influencing and impacting others. Mark connects with Lou in this very fun, “breaking the speed limit” episode of Thrive LouD. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Scott Love believes that business is a game and connects game theory and success in sales.  Scott is a popular speaker at business meetings and is the author of "Why They Follow", and co-author of "Rainmaker Confidential".  He is the producer of The Rainmaking Podcast and has been quoted in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Huffington Post, Selling Power Magazine, and dozens of business publications around the globe. Scott is a successful entrepreneur in the recruiting industry, is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and is a former Surface Warfare Officer in the U. S. Navy. If the stakes are high, Scott is your guy. Listen into this engaging conversation as Lou connects with a true “renaissance rainmaker.” ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Jordan Mederich (Jordo as he’s known) is the founder of one of the fastest-growing marketing platforms online, DropFunnels. Garnering attention from top entrepreneurs and marketers online, DropFunnels is the world's first only tech-free platform to easily build your entire website, sales funnels, SEO-powered blog, courses, and more… built on the world's most powerful and fast infrastructure, WordPress. Jordan is passionate about innovative and disruptive advertising tools and strategies, building company cultures, and investing and innovating on the future of marketing. He Always Brings Humor, insight, and tremendous value to every interview and speaking opportunity. He’s also an award-winning filmmaker with his content seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, NBC, CBS, ABC, and many more. When Jordo isn't busy changing the landscape of online marketing, he enjoys spending time with his wife and sons and fishing the beautiful lakes in Wisconsin. Jordo “Dropfunnels” some knowledge on Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond. ***CO

Dr. Christine Coughlin is the designer, author, visionary, and “heart” of Thrive Dental and Orthodontics and multiple fastest-growing seven-figure dental practices in the Dallas, Fort Worth area. With a passion for empowering the next generation of servant leaders, she faithfully leads her Thrive Team to transform smiles and lives. With a heart of service, Dr. Christine is an advocate and global ambassador with Compassion International for children living in extreme poverty. Dedicated to service-centered leadership, she is a member of world-class entrepreneurship mastermind groups, where she regularly speaks on business, mindset, faith, and philanthropy. Christine shares with Lou a traumatic experience she encountered within her life, how it changed her and how it’s enabled her to thrive each and every day. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Bart-Jan Leyts founded Loreca, an innovative start-up which created an algorithm to maximize hotel revenue by optimizing visibility on online travel agencies. Bart-Jan shares with Lou the problem he sought out to fix and the inspiring growth Loreca has had in a very short time. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

As founder and CEO of The Speaker Lab, Grant Baldwin has helped thousands of people build successful and sustainable speaking businesses. Over the last 15 years, Grant has become a sought-after speaker, podcaster, author, and accomplished entrepreneur. Featured on the Inc. 5000 list, Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur, and The Huffington Post, he has committed his expertise and insight to equip others to share their meaningful message with the masses. His leadership and dedication to creating a one-of-a-kind organizational culture are evidenced by the impact of the team he leads. Lou and Grant talk shop in this fun “speaker focused” episode of Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

From an extensive and successful career in the Wireless Industry, to founding an upstart Event Marketing company, to being a versatile and successful consultant…Cody Adent is the results-oriented leader that has the ability to bring a team together to achieve incredible results. His new book – Winning the Moment: A Blueprint for a New Mindset and Focus just launched at the top of this year and should be on your reading list. Cody shares with Lou his accountable methods that enable you to ‘win the moment.’ ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Eric Starr has been an entrepreneur for the better part of 30 years, living at the nexus of data, technology and humanity. He has been a pioneer and innovator as a quant hedge fund founder at Starr Capital Management and as a partner at CapX Partners, a middle-market lending company. After a successful exit to Accord Financial (ACD:TSX), a public company and acquirer of CapX, he remained as the executive leader responsible for operations and risk with a focus on strategy and digital transformation. His latest venture, UltraPass, is one you all need to hear about as he shares with Lou all about it in this ‘verifying’ episode of Thrive LouD. ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

An entrepreneur from a young age, Stephanie Cartin walked away from her corporate career in 2012 to launch Socialfly, a leading social-first digital and influencer marketing agency based in New York City. Within eight years, Socialfly has been named to Inc. 5000's fastest growing private companies for two years in a row and has worked with over 200 brands including the Girl Scouts, WE tv, Conair , Nest Fragrances, 20th Century Fox and Univision.  Stephanie is the Co-Author of "Like, Love, Follow: The Entreprenista's Guide to Using Social Media To Grow Your Business,”  and the Co-Host of the Entreprenista Podcast. She has appeared and been featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, Refinery29, and CheddarTV. Stephanie is also a recent recipient of the SmartCEO Brava award, which recognizes the top female CEOs in New York and a Stevie Award for Women Run Workplace of the Year. Stephanie and Lou connect and chat about all of the amazing ENTREPRENISTA things she is up to. ***CO