Month: January 2023
True Healthcare is Self-Care: Building Your 2023 Mindset with Amen Iseghohi (Ep.36)

True Healthcare is Self-Care: Building Your 2023 Mindset with Amen Iseghohi (Ep.36)

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After two years of lockdowns and an even longer period of uncertainty, 2023 is a time to build up the right mindset for your health. 

In this episode, Brent Mekosh is joined by Amen Iseghohi, entrepreneur, public speaker, life coach, and published author. Together, they dive into the impact of the pandemic on children’s mental and physical well-being. Amen unpacks the techniques youth and adults need to know to have the correct mindset to re-engage with life and their goals.

Amen discusses:

  • How he entered the self-care and life coaching industry
  • His approach to working with children to improve their mental and physical health
  • The importance of a social media audit and how to leverage its feeds for personal and mental wellness
  • Strategies to set up the right mindset through past lessons
  • And more!

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Amen Iseghohi is a revolutionary entrepreneur and influencer. His unique story is an inspiration to business people, educators, health enthusiasts, athletes, and philanthropists. He embodies a powerful reminder that highlights the importance of facing your fears and embracing your strengths. Amen serves clients across Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Globally.

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Turning Business Owners Into Firefighters of Burnout with Becky Wolfe (Ep. 35)

Turning Business Owners Into Firefighters of Burnout with Becky Wolfe (Ep. 35)

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Over 65% of physicians have experienced burnout. The percentage for businesses, leaders, and their teams is likely higher.

In this episode, Brent Mekosh speaks with Becky Wolfe, the founder of BW Consulting Solutions. Becky unveils the impact of burnout within the workforce while revealing how the pandemic has changed the way we think about mental health and how burnout relates to the current turnover rate in businesses.

Becky discusses:

  • Why she changed careers to focus on mental health
  • Strategies for business leaders to identify burnout and provide support 
  • Reasons mental health has become so important and its impact on business planning
  • Proactive steps to addressing burnout and stopping it from growing
  • Burnout from a family and work-from-home perspective
  • And more!

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Becky Wolfe is a Leadership Development Specialist focusing on organizational change, specifically within teams experiencing burnout. She is a certified Coach/Consultant with GiANT Worldwide and has a background in healthcare.

Becky started her career as a Physician Assistant in 2006, initially working in the ER. She then transitioned to Cardiology, where she spent the bulk of her career. Becky started working with a health coaching company in 2020 and started her leadership development company later that year. Becky now is a full-time entrepreneur focusing on helping teams move forward from burnout.

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The Mindset Behind Successful Selling with Ian Mills (Ep. 34)

The Mindset Behind Successful Selling with Ian Mills (Ep. 34)

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At some point, we are all salespeople constantly looking to prove our ability to reinvent our wheel, depending on our industry. 

So, how to change our mindset to celebrate every win? 

In this episode, Brent Mekosh speaks with Ian Mills, the CEO and Founding Director of Transform Performance International. Ian unveils the psychology behind a successful salesperson, what you should know about influencing versus selling, and strategies to develop a successful mindset. 

Ian discusses:

  • The belief system that separates top performers from the rest
  • Why your starting point doesn’t matter in your development toward success
  • How introspection can increase self-esteem and increase the possibility of success
  • How to build a repertoire of coping mechanisms and techniques to overcome obstacles
  • And more!

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Ian Mills is the CEO and Founding Director of Transform Performance International, a global advisory firm offering solutions to our client’s business performance challenges. This means helping them achieve more, more quickly, and with more certainty. His clients have included world-renowned brands such as Virgin Media, HP, and American Express. 

Ian has also co-authored three books. ‘100 Big Ideas to Help You Succeed’ is designed to prompt readers to consider what to say, how to act, and challenge what they believe. ‘The Salesperson’s Secret Code’ has analyzed over 1,000 of the world’s top-performing salespeople to identify five core components that combine to form a belief system that distinguishes winners in sales and business. The most recent book is ‘The Leader’s Secret Code’ – based on global research, the findings share the belief systems that set top-performing leaders apart.

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The Nexus Between Immigration & National Security with Todd Bensman (Ep. 33)

The Nexus Between Immigration & National Security with Todd Bensman (Ep. 33)

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When Trump was in office, he introduced a policy that limited immigration to less than 10% of applicants. That policy will soon expire and allow many to enter the US by claiming asylum. 

In this episode, Brent Mekosh is joined by Todd Bensman, renowned author, journalist, and Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies. Todd details his expertise in immigration and national security while explaining the ins and outs of  Title 42 and how its expiration will change the way immigration works for those looking to enter the country.

Todd discusses:

  • Biden’s approach to the current immigration policy 
  • What lessening the policy further could mean for the number of immigrants, both legitimate and illegitimate
  • Ways immigration expansion impacts border patrol careers
  • And more!

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Todd Bensman is a full-time Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies, a D.C.-based policy institute examining immigration, and he is the author of the forthcoming book, “ Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History” (Post Hill Press/Bombardier Books coming February 2023) and “America’s Covert Border War” (Bombardier Books 2021).

He joined CIS following nine years in counterterrorism intelligence and, before that, a two-decade-long career as a journalist. He writes, speaks, and grants media interviews as an expert on immigration security and counterterrorism, about which he has testified before Congress. 

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