The Red Chair Life

EP 22 - My Mom's perspective of the George Floyd protest and riots

My Mom is an 89 year old woman that went through America's period of segregation.  .She has told me many stories of what she had to endure being a black woman from the time she was born in 1931 to witnessing racial tension in today's world. What has changed? Listen to the most important person in my life discuss her view point of the social upheaval that is happening world wide.

EP21 - "You are responsible for your own health and always look at the good of things"

Have you noticed in western modern medicine, health conditions are generally treated as separately?  For example, chronic pain, mental illness and chemical imbalance in a person are generally treated individually.  There is fascinating study and treatment process called applied kinesiology that combines a holistic and scientific approach to treating people with physical, chemical and mental conditions on the premise that everything is inter-connected.  My next guest. Lester Ponce has spent most his life studying this connection between the body and mind and sports science.  He details his struggles growing up in Cuba and now being a successful applied kinesiology practitioner in helping people treating the body as a system where everything is inter-connected. He espouses the belief that "you are responsible for your own health".  Join me in this fascinating interview.

EP20 - "There's no way you can be happy unless you have a low point in your life....we have been given the gift of emotions"

My next guest, Irene Jalenti, is a phenomenal jazz musician. She has performed and recorded with the award-winning Capella jazz ensemble Afro Blue, as well as with stars which incidentally are all my favorites such as Esperanza Spalding, Patti Austin, the Count Basie Jazz Orchestra. She has even shared the stage with great Cassandra Wilson and performed at the White House. She has also done background vocal work for Yolanda Adams, Chance the Rapper, Common, Kelly Clarkson, and Marc Anthony. Join me as Irene Jalenti  details her journey into becoming an incredible and respected Jazz musician and how music formed her life.

EP19 - Covid Perspective from a mortgage lender: “They are selling you fear!”

It sounds counter intuitive but the residential mortgage industry is doing well under the current covid environment. This is all due to the low interest rates. Matthew Ferrell, a mortgage lender, discusses his concern of the larger commercial real estate market due  to how main stream media is perpetuating fear and his perspective of the situation.

EP18 - It's OK to fail!

Have you wondered how some people are able to be highly successful and always achieving their goals and dreams? It's pretty simple, they accept failure as part of their journey to achieve success. My guest, Victor Hart, is a successful entrepreneur that has traveled the world pursuing his entrepreneurial aspirations.  He details his journey and talks about  business lessons he has learned and applied to the current Covid business environment.