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I’m so excited to introduce today’s guest, Barbara Rapaport. She’s the author of Reimagined, a memoir recounting her harrowing experience battling and surviving a rare form of cancer. She’s also a successful executive coach and consultant who has worked with Fortune 500 businesses, and she’s a former client of my PR firm, HAPPY PR. Barbara is […]

Episode 58: Personal Agency, Childhood Trauma & Life Reimagined, With Barbara Rapaport

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Hi friends! Today I was inspired to quickly record another Biz Pep Talk, but this one is really a biz/life pep talk.  I had a coffee meeting with a client who recently launched a sustainable clothing line and she was telling me about all of the challenges she’s facing with manufacturing issues and product delays.  […]

Episode 56: It Wasn’t Meant To Be Easy! Biz & Life Pep Talk

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Today I’m sharing the first video I published on my Entrepreneur column! This interview with Lewis Howes kicked off the first of many interviews with successful and inspiring entrepreneurs.   He is truly authentic and opens up about not only his massive success, but real, raw failures and his mental strategies for overcoming them. So many […]

Lewis Howes on Success, Failure & The School of Greatness

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This blog was originally written for gethappypr.com. To get in touch with my agency, head to our website.  Downtown Grand Rapids recently welcomed the first Tupelo Honey location in the Great Lakes region, and the HAPPY team couldn’t wait to plan our first grand opening event since the start of the pandemic.  Tupelo Honey, an […]

Today is an extra special episode. The previously scheduled interview has been moved to next week. Today I want to honor a special person, my cousin Ashley Rose. While she left the world far too soon, she made an incredible impact on the lives of many people- even complete strangers were inspired by her strength, […]

Episode 54: Trust the Process, In Memory of Ashley Rose

Amplify Podcast

This is the first of a new series, where I’ll share short, actionable lessons and stories to help you amplify your business. In today’s episode, I answer the question: What happens when you decide to write an email to your list of thousands of people who haven’t heard from you in years? I’ll tell you […]

Episode 53: Biz Pep Talk: Send the Dang Email!

Amplify Podcast

Today I’m bringing my friend and business mentor, Alex Charfen, back on the show.   Alex is someone I highly respect, personally and professionally. In business, he has built multiple Inc 500 businesses, helped turn around an entire industry in crisis, and has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs to grow scalable, impactful businesses.  Alex shares such an […]

A few years ago I shared about a trip I took to New York City to kick off the launch of my video series with Entrepreneur. Now I’m resharing the blog I wrote about the trip and my tips for leveraging opportunities.  These tips are for any entrepreneur interested in thought leadership. If you’re not […]

Leveraging Opportunities + My trip to NYC

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