The Virtual Campfire's Podcast

If we want to be successful, we must start with developing ourselves. We have different skillsets and talents that we could nurture and offer to the world, no matter how weird they are. Hayden Lee joins Tony Martignetti for a conversation about how we have a specific weirdness and why it’s one of the best traits of being human. Hayden is an Executive Leadership Coach who helps high-potential individuals through self-awareness and goal finding for their personal and professional lives. He holds the title of Master Certified Coach, the highest credential possible in the coaching industry. He was awarded one of the Top 20 Best Life Coaches in Los Angeles for three consecutive years by Expertise.com. In this episode, he explains how different it was to be raised by an Asian family and why he chose not to meet their expectations. He discusses how he transitioned from educating teens to business professionals and their similarities and contrasts. Hayden also shares the powerful concept of being happy and how it all ties with success.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

The direction of our lives is not set in stone. We all have the power to make choices and write our own paths. On today’s show, Laurie Shiers joins Tony Martignetti to share her personal success story and the twists and turns she took to find her calling. Laurie is the Founder of BrainChild Coaching. Before that, she was an aspiring actress, a copywriter, and even had a thriving corporate career. Flashpoints in her life ignited her to start making choices that fueled her passion for creating and being of service to others and letting go of the stable success she already had. Get to know Laurie’s story and be inspired to start writing your path.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

Communication is always key, no matter what industry you’re in. But communication is not just about having the right bullet points; it’s about having empathy. Having that Feel aspect is vital to get your message across deeper. That is what today’s guest, Deirdre Breakenridge, expounds on together with host Tony Martignetti. Deirdre is CEO of Pure Performance Communications, a media trainer, LinkedIn instructor, author, and FEEL Coach. She discusses the FEEL Model and the importance of injecting emotion into how we communicate and even more so when facing resistance. Learn more about the Feel First Approach and the flashpoints in Dierdre’s life that led to its conception.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

People often forget that you don't have to start a business from the ground up. You can easily just buy one and grow it yourself. This is what language translation expert Wendy Pease did. Wendy is the Founder and President of Rapport International. They provide professional translation and interpreting services that serve global and local brands. Join your host Tony Martignetti and his guest Wendy Pease on how she found the language of business. Learn how she jumped all over the place from job to job before buying her own company. Discover her love for culture, language, and business growing in today's episode.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

    Susan Finn is a Digital Marketing Strategist with a focus on social media implementation and development. She is the owner of Rise Above Noise, a platform that guides entrepreneurs to manage their business’ online marketing. Being part of her program lets her clients have access to monthly e-newsletters as well as SEO services for every type of content, whether video or blog. Susan specializes in email list building, email marketing strategies, Google AdWords campaigns, and Contact Relationship Management.   Susan joins me today to discuss how you can improve your online presence through Rise Above Noise. She describes the different flashpoints in her life that led her to start a digital marketing company. She shares the story of how her mother’s condition paved the way for her to realize the benefits of networking and explains how you can focus on doing what you love without paying attention to the noise around you. Susan also shares tips on how an entrepreneur can make their content easier to share and the insights she’s gained from working with female entrepreneurs.   "If you're going to do something, be strategic and be intentional about what you're doing so you get the results you need or want." - Susan Finn       This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:       Our Favorite Quotes:       Resources Mentioned:       Connect with Susan Finn           Sharing Inspiring Stories Around The Virtual Campfire   Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of The Virtual Campfire with your host, Tony Martignetti - the Inspired Coach. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.   Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for more great content, powerful stories, and helpful insight, be sure to visit our website.      

    Dr. Mandy Lehto is a writer, coach, and corporate trainer. She helps clients find peace, purpose, and more authenticity in life as well as help them display power through quiet confidence and kindness. Before she went full-time as a coach, Mandy worked for an international investment bank in London. Much of her wisdom on finance and coaching hail from obtaining her PhD from Cambridge University and her skills as a corporate image advisor.   Mandy joins me today to share how overachieving helped her find success in life and how it eventually led to stress and unhealthy habits. She discusses the moment she became an overachiever and how she realized it was negatively impacting her health. She explains how society looks at overachieving as a good thing and why it should be viewed as an addiction. Mandy also describes the time when she decided to listen to her body and quit being an overachiever.   "The struggle with overachievers is that a lot of it is about creating a facade to the outside world." - Mandy Lehto       This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:       Our Favorite Quotes:       Resources Mentioned:       Connect with Mandy Lehto           Sharing Inspiring Stories Around The Virtual Campfire   Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of The Virtual Campfire with your host, Tony Martignetti - the Inspired Coach. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.   Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for more great content, powerful stories, and helpful insight, be sure to visit our website.    

    Lauren Celano is the Founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a firm that offers recruitment services in the life sciences sector. They help life sciences companies hire for their research, commercial, and clinical teams. More than a recruiting company, Lauren and her team also offer coaching services to help aspiring talents with their career search. Before she founded Propel Careers, Lauren had an extensive career in developing businesses in the novel therapeutics industry.   Lauren joins me today to discuss how a career in the life sciences industry has changed her mindset on healthcare. She shares how her family influenced her career trajectory and how college opened the door to opportunities she never considered. She explains the importance of hiring not just for talent, but also for team chemistry. Lauren also describes why many today don’t realize they’re leading unfulfilled lives until they’re too old or it’s too late to change directions.   "It's important to take time to carve out 'Are you aligned? Are you in the right place?' So then if you're not, you can make choices to help influence that direction." - Lauren Celano       This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:       Our Favorite Quotes:       Resources Mentioned:       Connect with Lauren Celano:           Sharing Inspiring Stories Around The Virtual Campfire   Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of The Virtual Campfire with your host, Tony Martignetti - the Inspired Coach. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.   Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for more great content, powerful stories, and helpful insight, be sure to visit our website.  

    Jeff Harmon is the Owner of Brilliance Within Coaching and Consulting, a training and coaching firm on a mission to equip industry leaders to become world-class servant-leaders. They help companies in the tech, pharma, biotech, and healthcare industries to develop their engineers and scientists into the leaders that can help run their organization better. Jeff has over 20 years of experience in coaching others to achieve their goals. As Principal Coach of their company, he specializes in coaching business leaders in the technology and life sciences.   Jeff joins me today to discuss how you can learn to accept reality without losing sight of your dreams. He shares the story of when he was laid off from work and how he transformed that negative point of his life into a positive experience. He describes the journey he took towards entrepreneurship, the challenges he encountered, and how his religious beliefs helped him along the way. Jeff also explains what true servant leadership is and how you can become who you were meant to be at any age.   "It's not what you do, but who you become and who you are being." - Jeff Harmon       This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:       Our Favorite Quotes:       Resources Mentioned:       Connect with Jeff Harmon:           Sharing Inspiring Stories Around The Virtual Campfire   Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of The Virtual Campfire with your host, Tony Martignetti - the Inspired Coach. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.   Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for more great content, powerful stories, and helpful insight, be sure to visit our website.

    Niiamah Ashong describes himself as a life coach and Sherpa for the socially conscious and impact-driven leaders. He built a community of trailblazers to help them understand themselves regardless of their similarities or differences with those around them. He cites being alone as his greatest fear, and caused him to always want to fit in no matter what, not wanting to be an outlier. Niiamah’s mindset changed when he realized there was a whole world of people who also felt the same way. He has since fully embraced what makes him unique, no longer fearing being alone because he knows a person is never truly alone.   Niiamah joins me to describe how he felt about being black in America and the different ways he tried to fit in. He shares how he coped with the idea of being the “token black guy” and the defense mechanism he used to cover his self-doubt. He discusses the moment he realized he wasn’t alone and when he accepted that it was okay to be different. Niiamah also shares how current events made him more vocal with regards to his opinion and his counterintuitive idea on how to unite everyone in the world.   "The sure-fire way to be different is to be yourself; to be you." - Niiamah Ashong       This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:       Our Favorite Quotes:       Resources Mentioned:       Connect with Niiamah Ashong:           Sharing Inspiring Stories Around The Virtual Campfire   Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of The Virtual Campfire with your host, Tony Martignetti - the Inspired Coach. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.   Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for more great content, powerful stories, and helpful insight, be sure to visit our website.        

You should know that you might've been raised on an ivory tower, more fortunate than most kids. You shouldn't see yourself as superior to them. You have to understand their situation and culture. Stop the labeling and just be at peace with yourself. Make sense of all the chaos around you so that you can understand your position in the world. Join your host, Tony Martignetti, and his guest, Kristin Van Busum, on how to find inner peace. Kristin is the Founder and CEO of Project Alianza, a social enterprise and NGO focused on providing quality education for children living in remote locations in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Learn why Kristin is interested in being different and why she started her social impact work. Know your position in the great unknown today.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire