The Someone To Tell It To Podcast

It was her first podcast, and Dr. Lia Belanger is a natural! A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, she has spent her career in small animal family practice. She enjoys being able to play a part in helping people to enjoy meaningful relationships with animals. She and her team, which includes her husband, practice with sensitivity and compassion, and are attuned to the humans’ emotional needs as they nurture and love their pets.

Orly Israel created The Listening Table, aiming to empower people to be better listeners, because better listeners develop more relationship resilience which directly combats the loneliness epidemic that is facing our more-connected-than-ever world today. He writes: “We've unintentionally traded the quality of our relationships for our quantity of them, but more is not always better.” Orly is the real deal when it comes to addressing the loneliness epidemic. We know that you’ll enjoy this conversation. We certainly did!

An engaging international keynote speaker and best-selling author, Todd Cohen is the leading voice on sales culture. Todd’s messages focus on the mindset and behavior of selling and successfully and humorously teaches the non-sales professional how everything they do impacts the decision -making process. In this episode, Todd demonstrates how every conversation is a “selling moment” and how everyone can contribute to the growth and profitability of any organization and mission of which they are a part. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Dr. Neha Sangwan, an internal medicine physician, is a thought leader and international spokeswoman bridging people in positions of power to humanity and helping humanity discover their power. She focuses on empowering individuals, organizational leaders, and their teams with the tools for clear, effective communication. She addresses the root cause of stress, miscommunication, and interpersonal conflict, often healing chronic conditions such as headaches, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Stephanie Sarazin understands the unique challenges of grieving the loss of a loved one who is still alive. Through trials and tears, she’s traveled around the United States and Central America in search of understanding this grief and healing her heart. Along the way, she has met so many others who were also grieving a loss not from physical death and found that this kind of grief is largely overlooked and almost always misunderstood. Now her mission is to ensure that no one navigating ambiguous grief suffers alone or forever. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

We are proud to share this as our 100th episode of the Someone To Tell It To Podcast. This very special episode was first aired in July 2020. Dr, Mary Frances Berry was our guest. Dr. Berry is a civil rights icon. In our conversation with her we heard stories of her experiences with visionaries and prophets such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther and Loretta Scott King, world leaders such as Nelson and Winnie Mandela, and sports superstars such as Arthur Ashe, all icons in their own rights, like Dr, Berry. She is a historian, writer, lawyer, activist, professor, and was a university provost and chancellor. She also served with distinction in the United States government under five presidents - Jimmy Carter through George W. Bush - including as the chairperson of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. We felt incredibly privileged to have had this illuminating conversation with her. Dr. Berry spoke of serious and timely issues, especially about the rights and experiences of people who were historically marginalized in society. She also spoke with humor and passion. We loved this conversation and will always be grateful to her for gracing our platform with her presence, values, and vision for a better world. This is an episode of which we are deeply proud. So, during this Black History Month, we want to offer it to our audience again. Dr. Berry’s words and life are a testament to all those who have dedicated their lives to bringing about a world in which everyone is valued, everyone is equal in their humanity, and everyone is given the same opportunities to live a meaningful and good life.

Annie Rappeport, Ph.D., describes herself as an academic, an artist, and an advocate. In her role as an academic, her primary field is international peace studies. She is a bridge builder, a researcher and a teacher. As an artist, she is a formally trained theater artist, musician and graphic designer. She has incorporated her love of the arts into her research, teaching, and advocacy work. As an advocate, she brings passion to everything she does, having held elected and appointed roles that have helped her serve her communities, especially within the University of Maryland system. She also serves on the Semester at Sea Alumni Council, which advocates for the enriching power of international and experiential education and the board of the International Listening Association, which advocates for listening skills in fields such as education and healthcare. Annie lives in the Charlottesville, Virginia area with her husband and twin daughters. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Join us for a special short holiday episode of the Someone To Tell It To Podcast!

Marc Kline retired his law license to go to Rabbinical school. Over his career, Marc has served in three previous communities rebuilding congregations, and been active in Justice and Interfaith work locally, regionally, and globally. He feels blessed to bring the legacy gifts his teachers have shared with him into his work and community consulting. Marc’s primary focus as a Rabbi roots in a several thousand-year-old precept found in Pirke Avot (amongst the earliest of Rabbinic writings): “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what good am I? If not now, when?” As he sees it, community building is Torah’s primary goal. He believes that working in faith must take care of everyone, not just those in our circle. He works to bridge the chasms that alienate people from each other. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Sean Harvey is actively involved and contributing to men’s work communities around the globe and is passionate about helping men heal their wounds at a soul level to begin to love the truth of who they are. His book, Warrior Compassion, Unleashing the Healing Power of Men, was released in September 2023. Warrior Compassion offers a roadmap for men's soul healing as a catalyst for systems change. In this conversation we discuss men's mental health and raising awareness about the mental health challenges faced by men. As Sean suggests, we can’t heal unless we first reveal, and we can’t heal in isolation. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

What does it take to thrive? Dr. Rob Newson (PhD) is a leadership consultant and advisor focused on teams, leadership, and culture. Recently, he was the VP of Strategy and Vision at the Philadelphia 76ers. Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Director of the White House Military Office, responsible for all military support to the President of the United States, including Air Force One, Marine One, Camp David, the White House Mess / Presidential Food Service, White House Communication Service, and the White House Medical Office. Rob served nearly 30 years in the United States Navy. He served 14 years as a strategist. He has led many diverse teams and task forces – coalitions of people who were willing to learn how to thrive. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Our guest today is Janet Donovan, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, located in the capital region of the state, Harrisburg. Janet is also a retired United States Navy Two Star Rear Admiral and former Deputy Commander in the Office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Navy with more than 20 years of executive experience. In this dialogue we discuss the need to stay true to our values as individuals and as organizations. We talk about women in the military, in leadership, in coaching, and of course how listening intersects with all three. And we also learn about a bit of the history and the powerful symbolism behind Girl Scout cookies! SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Our guest today is Janet Donovan, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, located in the capital region of the state, Harrisburg. Janet is also a retired United States Navy Two Star Rear Admiral and former Deputy Commander in the Office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Navy with more than 20 years of executive experience. In this dialogue we discuss the need to stay true to our values as individuals and as organizations. We talk about women in the military, in leadership, in coaching, and of course how listening intersects with all three. And we also learn about a bit of the history and the powerful symbolism behind Girl Scout cookies! SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

Rob Volpe is a thought leader in the role of empathy in marketing and the workplace. Frustrated with the steep drop in empathy skills and the lack of solutions to help people reverse the decline, Rob set out to understand what people need to do in the moment of engagement in order to reach empathy. The result of his work is The 5 Steps to Empathy, which he brought to life in the “thoughtful, funny and informative” new book Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time. Join us as we talk with Rob about this crisis and how he believes it can be reversed. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook!

“Heart Leader” Geoffrey Roche has a conversation with us about empathetic leadership that focuses on others first. He fosters this leadership by building meaningful relationships and human-centered connections, always daring to think and go big while fostering prosperous environments for change, and a proven track record of building ecosystem partnerships to drive new solutions and results. His thinking and action is helping to bring about good change and systemic solutions toward better cultures and service in healthcare. Join us and learn from him. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook! Support the show

In this rebroadcast of a delightful 2022 episode, Jeannie Zappe asks this question: “What if I can set a goal - big or small, conquer a challenge, or make a change?” And then she answers: “It means saying ‘yes’, and living your best life.” On September 6, 2021, at the age of 55, Jeannie completed a solo crossing of the English Channel from Dover, England to Wissant, France in 14:55 hours. She loves sharing her story of her journey to the Channel and how she landed on the shores of France in “mid-life”. Most importantly, she enjoys sharing the lessons learned along the way while she inspires others to live their very best life.

Ken Mossman partners with men to grow their presence, sharpen their focus, and up-level their leadership. He works on relationships, because as he says - “No man with any concern about his world goes it alone. He needs to develop his awareness of himself and others, his empathy, and his capacity to see and take responsibility for his vision, his values, and the impact he has. We get down in the trenches and work on emotional literacy, fluency, and flexibility. We explore the light, the shadow, and everything in between.” We explore together with Ken in this episode. And we do it again, twice, on Ken’s podcast - “Mojo for the Modern Man”, later this autumn. It was a privilege to have three incredible and vulnerable conversations with Ken. He makes it so easy! SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook! Support the show

Sonny Singh has over two decades of experience facilitating workshops and giving talks on anti-oppression, racial equity, and social justice issues. His approach centers reflection, honest dialogue, and critical systemic analysis. He is also a member of the training teams at the Center for Racial Justice in Education and Race Forward. Sonny is also a musician and original member of Brooklyn, New York-based bhangra brass band Red Baraat. In 2022, he released his first solo album entitled Chardi Kala, the Sikh concept of revolutionary eternal optimism. Musically, the project embodies the many spiritual, political, and aesthetic elements that have shaped him. Simultaneously spiritual and rebellious, Sonny Singh’s music is a reminder that hope, love, and devotion are crucial to our struggles and our collective survival. This episode also features one of Sonny’s original songs. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook! Support the show

In a profoundly powerful conversation to close out our fifth season, Professor Avi Kluger, of Jerusalem, Israel, talks with us about his parents surviving Nazis and the Holocaust. His stories remind us of the effects of trauma passed on through the generations and how he finds redemption and ongoing healing in his work today - as an expert on the transformative power of listening and connection in a fractured and disconnected world. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Avi's Conversation with Shani Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook! Support the show Support the show

Dr. Stephen S. Tang is a highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning chief executive officer, entrepreneur, and civic leader dedicated to the growth of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the world. He was the chief executive officer of OraSure Technologies, Inc. from 2018 to 2022. In the face of the coronavirus crisis, Steve's focus on cultivating a compassionate workplace allowed his team to both stay safe and achieve tremendous success, resulting in impressive growth for the company. His philosophy to “embrace the suck” in life is intriguing and one that’s valuable to hear. SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO Our Books | Our Blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Stephen Tang A Test for Our Time: Crisis Leadership in the Next Normal Our Sponsors/Affiliates: Wonders Found is a thrift store ministry. We sell quality, gently-used items donated by the community to support mission projects. Learn more about us by visiting us on Facebook! Support the show Support the show