Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

The CEO of Executive Essentials, Michelle Tillis Lederman (a.k.a. "Lou Diamond's Connecting Sister from Another Mister") is back on a special "Catch Up" episode of Thrive LOUD. It's Michelle's book "The Connector's Advantage" BOOKIVERSARY - and Michelle has a special offer for Thrive LOUD listeners.   ** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Deke Copenhaver currently serves as Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, LLC, a niche consulting firm in Augusta, Georgia serving the needs of businesses, nonprofits and local governments. In May of 2019 he published his first book “The Changemaker: the Art of Building Better Leaders” with Advantage|Forbesbooks. Deke served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia from 2005 through 2014. Since leaving office Deke has served as the host of “There it is With Deke Copenhaver”, a daily call-in radio show on WGAC New Talk Radio, as well as Managing Consultant for the Augusta Economic Development Authority. Deke became the first American mayor to complete all three legs of a sanctioned Ironman event and has subsequently completed four more Ironman 70.3’s. Enjoy this conversation between Deke and Lou Diamond pulled from Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive podcast. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND - www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD -  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

A quick thought piece from Lou Diamond as he shares an experience he recently encountered that falls under the category of "what not to do" when trying to connect with others. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Kim Sakwa is the best selling author of the time travel romances THE PROPHECY and NEVER SAY GOODBYE.  Hoping on occasion to fall through time herself, she settled on creating these stories instead. When not writing, you can find her with coffee in hand, walking the hills of Michigan subdivision, listening to the soundtracks that she creates for her novels.  Hopeless romantic hooked on happily ever after. Enjoy listening to KIM SAKWA in a special episode puled from Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast    

Passionate about personal development, Laurie Gerber has been coaching individuals and groups for over 15 years. She specializes in relationship and marriage coaching and is the #1 marriage and relationship coach based in NYC.  She spreads her message of empowerment through public speaking events, such as the 2019 TedX Brooklyn, live international events, one-on-one coaching, virtual coaching courses, and on radio and in TV appearances such as MTV’s True Life Special: I’m Getting a Second Chance, A&E’s The Marriage Test, the Dr. Phil Show and the TODAY show. Laurie also hosts monthly dating and relationship webinars on Match and JDate providing dating, sex, and relationship advice to an average of 350 listeners per month.   Laurie considers herself “an angel recruiter” because she is busy looking for other people who share her mission to instill more joy and peace in the world. She feels blessed to spend her days doing work that makes her proud and she is inspired by Handel clients for having th

Jennifer Yan is the founder and online marketer at SEO Symbiosis, LLC. Fueled by her experience in technology and work in marketing research for organizations such as Youtube, Facebook, Linkedin, and Google, she developed a foundation in consumer psychology and how to market products and services in a manner that resonates with a specific audience. She helps business owners struggling with lead generation to use media and influencers to rank higher in search engines to reach billions of potential leads worldwide. According to Forbes, 90% of the buyer’s journey starts online and making sure your business has high search engine rankings, is more important than ever. Not only does she help drive traffic to websites to bring awareness to her client’s businesses but she also focuses on communicating value -- Now that they have gotten the attention, how do you convince your services/products are important to your clients? She uses creative problem solving and strategic marketing to curate relationships with influen

Melanie Deziel is a keynote speaker, award-winning branded content creator, lifelong storyteller, and now the author of “CONTENT FUEL FRAMEWORK”. She is on a mission to share the power of compelling and credible content with others.  She is the founder of StoryFuel, teaching marketers, publishers, creators and companies of all sizes how to tell better brand stories. Her new book The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas. Comes out FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - EVERYWHERE! Thrive LOUD listeners will enjoy reconnecting with Melanie Deziel on this "Catch Up" episode. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVELOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Paul Michaelenko is the CEO at the Listen App a company that can be best described if you imagine voice-chat and podcasts had a baby. Paul believes the future will be voice-centered. Audio interfaces will replace screens and we will prefer listening over reading where Airpods are the new iPhone. You’re truly going to appreciate what you’re going HEAR as you listen to one of more intriguing entrepreneurs in this engaging episode between Paul and Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Entrepreneur, global speaker, best selling author and king of the SMART HUSTLE NATION -- Ramon Ray is featured in a Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond Minisode. Plucked from their ORIGINAL INTERVIEW, Ramon shares with Lou how small business is where his heart is and where huge opportunities exist. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVELOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Jeanne Blasberg is an award-winning, bestselling author of Eden and The Nine. She has won the the Beverly Hills Book Awards for Women’s Fiction and has been a finalist for both the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction.   She is the founder of the Westerly Memoir Project as well as a board member of the Boston Book Festival. She is a student and board member of Grub Street, one of the country’s pre-eminent creative writing centers, where she wrote and revised The Nine and is currently developing her next novel.Awards for Literary Fiction and Regional Fiction. Pulled from the Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive podcast, listen in as Lou connects with Jeanne. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVELOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Brian Wallace is the founder and president of NowSourcing, an industry leading infographic design agency based in Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH which works with companies that range from startups to Fortune 500s.  He also runs #LinkedInLocal events nationwide, and hosts the Next Action Podcast.  He has been named a Google Small Business Advisor and joined the SXSW Advisory Board in 2019. Brian Wallace connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Christine Kloser has trained more than 70,000 entrepreneurs, leaders and authors to write their books through her inside out approach. She has written and co-authored twenty books and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, FOX News, Forbes.com, Huffington Post and Entrepreneur.com, and is a regular columnist for the award-winning PUBLISHED Magazine. She coined the term “transformational author” and debuted it at her first Transformational Author Experience in 2011. The concept came about when she experienced a major setback in her business when she was straddling two different industries and found herself lost in the chasm between them. Grateful to have found an authentic and aligned way to blend the best of these two worlds and serve her community bigger and better than ever, her first class of TAE students numbered over 10,000, and she hasn’t looked back. Christine shares her story on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE

Dominican born / Dallas Texas raised - Jaye Watts was born with a drive to succeed.  She’s followed her passion to New York City to sign a record deal under Motown Records (as "Letta J") and become a GRAMMY Award nominated singer songwriter having written songs for and performed internationally with living legends. Searching to merge her creative  love of music and her Stanford engineering background - she co-founded a video gaming startup providing inclusive gaming experiences with a community based focused called COEXIST GAMING. Thrive LOUD listeners get your game on as we connect with Jaye Watts!  ** You'll also get a chance to hear some of Letta J's amazing new music!   *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Andrea Woolf is a dynamic coach, inspirational author, and highly sought after trainer and motivational speaker. Andrea is the Founder of Women of Impact, a community and movement of amazing women who are ready to change the world and, in the process, take their business, career and life to a whole new level. She is also the author of  "THE ONLY THING BE TWEEN YOU AND YOUR DREAM IS YOU." Andrea has helped me expertly craft a vision for my life and skillfully execute on it. Situations in the past that used to send me into a tail spin, are now easily handled with the set of tools that I have honed with her help. I am now able to navigate difficult situations with grace and ease. Her insightful, engaging and witty approach has served as the catalyst for positive change for thousands of business owners and executives. With her heartfelt style, she helps women clarify and simplify their vision, then achieve extraordinary results while bringing purpose and meaning to every aspect of their lives. Enjoy this int

David Crow spent his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico.  Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he managed to escape his abusive childhood, graduate from college, and build a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Today, David is a sought-after speaker, giving talks to various businesses and trade organizations around the world. Throughout the years, he has mentored over 200 college interns, performed pro bono service for the charitable organization Save the Children, and participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. An advocate for women, he is donating a percentage of his royalties from The Pale-Faced Lie to Barrett House, a homeless shelter for women in Albuquerque. David and his wife, Patty, live in the suburbs of DC. Pulled from David and Lou's original interview Bedside Reading's AUTHORS THAT THRIVE.

A story-teller by profession, an animal lover to the core and a conservationist/activist in the making - Shannon Elizabeth is the founder of Animal Avengers (now called The Shannon Elizabeth Foundation) --  which is focused on helping combat the poaching crisis and save our wildlife and wild places.  Based both in South Africa and the United States, the Foundation uses a collaborative approach. They believe that to protect animals and their environment you must uplift and include the local communities surrounding them. The hope and goal is that no animal must go through life as an orphan ever again. You know her from her movies and possibly her poker playing - but in this episode you’ll get a chance to learn how she’s Thriving LOUD every day to help make our world a more amazing place. Enjoy this truly engaging episode between Shannon and Lou Diamond. *** To learn more about or to make a contribution to Shannon's amazing organization - head on over to shannonelizabeth.org OR click on her foundations

Karen Solomon’s academic and experiential background in education combined with decades of personal development, image consulting, her successful marriage and subsequent amicable divorce have prepared her to be the speaker, image consultant, seminar leader and coach she is today. A two time breast cancer survivor, Karen advocates for women going through similar journeys. Her signature seminar Men, Sex & Money®, as well as her coaching practice, focus on the connection between communication, sensuality, sexuality, financial clarity and pleasure - particularly when starting over. Her recent book: Sexy, Sassy & Starting Over: Recipes for a Sweet & Savory Life after Divorce is everywhere and is going to make for a fun conversation. Listen to how Karen Thrive LOUD each and every day. ** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Lisa Collum is the CEO, author, and founder of Top Score Writing. She is an educator with over 13 years of professional experience in teaching and specializes in writing. Lisa has worked as a classroom teacher, reading coach and a writing specialist for various institutions. During her time working in a Title I school with students who struggled with basic writing skills, she felt the need to create a structured writing curriculum that had daily lessons that are built in such a way that each day has its own progressive sections. Knowing the common trials and errors by students, she developed lessons that were easy to follow and understandable to students. Each school year in Florida, and other states with a focus on writing, students who use Top Score Writing’s curriculum show a significant improvement in their writing skills. Lisa has also trained thousands of teachers on the curriculum and consulted with schools nationwide to improve students’ writing. As she knows writing is a lifelong skill, Lisa takes pr

On Sunday Jan 26th, former Los Angeles Laker and NBA great Kobe Bryant, his 13 year old daughter and 7 others died in a horrific helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA. The city of Los Angeles, the NBA, basketball fans across the US, Europe and Asia, even those that are not sports fans across the entire globe have been affected by this awful tragedy. Lou Diamond invited on amazing keynote speaker, leadership expert, sports fan and good friend Tony Chatman talk about Kobe, his affect on us and why the passing of famous athletes, musicians, performers and celebrities seems to connect with us so powerfully. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Sue Hitzmann is the creator of the MELT Method®, a simple self-treatment technique that helps people get out and stay out of chronic pain.  A nationally recognized educator, manual therapist, exercise physiologist, and founding member of the Fascia Research Society, Sue is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The MELT Method, which has been translated into eight languages and helped over 200,000 people lead a healthy, pain-free life. Thrive LOUD listeners get ready to melt as we bring Sue Hitzmann onto Thrive LOUD… *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast