Catherine Lopez Dolan

Listen to "Catherine Lopez Dolan Releases Not So Sexy Truth" on Spreaker. Author Catherine Dolan Takes on the Truth About Women and Men in the Workplace with Debut Book Motivational Press releases Dolan’s debut book about sexual harassment in the pharmaceutical industry this September 2018 CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14, 2018 – Catherine Dolan is gutsy and bold; charming, respectful and polite. All these qualities secured her professional success in the pharmaceutical industry. With over fifteen years in pharmaceutical sales, Dolan is a nationally-recognized sales leader in her field, celebrated for delivering consistently high-level and quality results. And yet, with all that success, there have been aspects of the coveted professional position in big pharma that she wasn’t expecting. We’re talking both blatant and subtle, always awkward and uncomfortable sexual harassment and sexual advances made both privately and publicly. Which leads us to one of Dolan’s greatest qualities – her candor and authenticity. She’s not afraid to be right- between-the-eyes honest about it all. In The Not So Sexy Truth About Women and Men in the Workplace (Motivational Press, September 12, 2018, paperback, $19.95), Dolan shares her personal and professional story managing sexual harassment in the workplace. She shares it all not as gossip, but as objective, public information as well as timely and easy- to-implement advice to deal with it. She encourages men and women to educate themselves, and, in turn, feel empowered to make in-the-moment decisions that allow them to stand up for themselves – and keep thriving in their respective careers. She willingly takes on the modern crisis of sexual harassment in the workplace all while giving empowering perspective on how to identify if you’re in that situation – and how to rise above it powerfully. Dolan is real, admitting she didn’t always play it strategically-right with several men she discusses candidly in the book; but, if anything, she learned timeless, important lessons about men, women, and herself that she now shares with the world. Available for pre-order next month, The Not So Sexy Truth About Women and Men in the Workplace is an important read for today’s professional who is hungry for success – and not willing to let anything get in his or her way, especially someone else’s sexual advances or harassment.

Picking Up Breadcrumbs

Listen to "Picking Up Bread Crumbs" on Spreaker. Those moments. We all hold them. The attempt to toss them to the side is always present. Then one day you arrive in the very place you once stood. What did you learn? How can it be taught? Carefully placed in the center of your adventure are everyday seeds. Rather than ask questions about the shape of a present storm, we do all we can to get out of the rain. On this podcast I go back over two years into my daily writing to fall witness to a growing season. The budding moments. Not in the name of victory but rather the furthering of study. Being a daily writer is truly nothing more than dropping itty bitty chunks of bread onto an invisible path of hope. Too often we think a timid squirrel has come along and taken away what we require in order to find our way back. Writing gives me the blessed opportunity to move forward to locate your past. An oxymoron? How do you move forward to your past? Mindfully I live in the present. The now. Now is all we truly own. How we arrived serves as a reminder to remain whole. Grateful doesn't just happen. Being transparent with others is a beautiful place to walk. But are you being just as truthful to the self you're carrying forward? It doesn't take too much to convince the selves we are to step a little to the left. Eventually the invisible path looks nothing like you envisioned. Moving forward to your past.

From Focal To Vocal

Listen to "From Focal To Vocal" on Spreaker. Growing up in Montana meant we got to plant a lot of seeds in the ground. I was always fascinated with the potato. It didn't come from seeds. It was a continuation of once being. We'd let a bag of those oddly shaped monsters sit in the garage and things would grow from their sides. Dad would take out his knife and cut out what he called the eye. Then we'd put it in the soil. Through careful gardening we'd come back at the end of summer and there'd be 5 to 15 potatoes in very place my father put that eye. He went from focal to vocal. He envisioned a successful harvest and made sure it was a success. We had bags of potatoes that would last through the Montana winter. Focal to vocal. Your career, friendships, religion and or just you being you. Placed in your garden everyday are new ideas and thoughts. How many seeds make it to the soil? I wrote this morning in my daily journals about trust. We think we've got it mastered. Then I asked, "But how do we get to it?" Not trusting others but trusting yourself to plant those seeds and nurture that soil. Not for a week or whenever you're in the mood but daily. Focal to vocal has a tremendous payoff. The investment of time and energy is why so many run away. On this podcast I openly talk about my transition or transformation to take my spiritual walk from focal to vocal. I begin by asking why I didn't have a paper and pen after taking my first fall while trying to walk. First love, new job, questions about new challenges. The opportunity to hold the seeds are there but it's going to require an activation from the heart to realize how the eye of a potato can grow into 5 to 15 in a matter of months. It's time to move your adventure from focal to vocal.

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 123

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 123" on Spreaker. I sat writing in the forest. On this particular day there seemed to be less birds. It looked as if the sun was dimmer then usual. I wasn't moved but rather bothered. It was the center of summer and the forest usually doesn't locate calm until the leaves begin to fall. Then it occurred to me. This must be what peaceful sounds like. In this age of so many sights and sounds we've lost our way. We assume peaceful is on a digital device or it's making sure we're always busy at work or throwing down a serious weekend party with the neighbors. Peaceful can actually be a moment of complete nothingness. On this podcast I talk about the struggles of not only locating peaceful arrivals and departures but my heart takes note of jotted down thoughts from today's daily writing. I speak of the sun and how it likes to skate across the sky. Then my writing instrument wrote this next thought: The sun doesn't move. The planets do. God doesn't move. People do. Peaceful is always in the same place.

Tom Papa

Listen to "Tom Papa From Food Network's Baked" on Spreaker. When carb-loving comedian Tom Papa isn’t doing stand-up, he is probably eating, thinking about or making bread (his specialty is sourdough), and he takes his passion for baked goods to the next level in his new series Baked. In his mission to find the country’s best breads and pastries, Tom hits cities from coast to coast to shine a light on how local bakeries make life a little sweeter. He kicks the series off in New York City, where he devours glazed donuts covered in everything bagel topping, takes a master class in old world baking and discovers the bready, eggy, cheesy dish khachapuri. Tom then heads to Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Orleans, New Jersey and Cleveland in subsequent episodes. With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country finding success in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well as on the live stage. Tom is the new Head Writer and regular performer on the nationally syndicated radio show, Live From Here, the newest incarnation of the legendary radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. Tom is featured on the show in his own regular segment, Out. In. America. With Tom Papa, heard by the 2.6 million fans of the weekly radio show. In 2019, Tom will be seen in Rob Zombie’s film, 3 From Hell, the sequel to The Devil’s Rejects.

Michele Weaver and Will Catlett

Listen to "Michele Weaver and Will Catlett From Love Is On OWN" on Spreaker. Love Is__ is a one hour new and original scripted romantic drama. It is inspired by the real-life love story of executive producers Mara Brock Akil (Being Mary Jane, Girlfriends) and Salim Akil (Black Lightning). Love Is__ revives the classic 1990’s romantic comedy, complete with a sweet nostalgia for the decade including the iconic fashion, music, and stars like Kadeem Hardison and Loretta Devine. The series follows Nuri (Weaver) and Yasir (Catlett), a couple from seemingly opposite worlds, as they chase their dreams and learn to follow their hearts. Told from the perspective of the couple’s present-day selves. Love Is__ is presented as one big, epic story with the pacing of a feature film. On the big screen, Weaver most recently shot the thriller Nighthawks, with Chace Crawford. She also starred in Illicit, with Vivica A. Fox; Sister Code, with Amber Rose, Drew Sidora, and Eva Marcille; and Syfy’s 2 Lava 2 Lantula! Her other television credits include ABC Family’s Switched at Birth and FOX’s Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, among many others. Most recently, Catlett appeared as a recurring guest star on Black Lightning for The CW Network. Prior to that, Catlett also appeared in CBS’s The Mentalist, HBO’s Insecure and Brothers in Atlanta. Catlett gained popularity in lead roles on the streaming YouTube series First, and That Guy. Behind the camera, he has lent his talents to Giants for Issa Rae Presents, the feature film Griffin, the brilliant short film Stages in which he also stars, and the television series Garden Hills.

The Narrator

Listen to "The Narrator" on Spreaker. The majority of us struggle with sleepless nights. It seems too easy to pop a pill and it's an automatic six to eight hours. It's not falling a sleep that I have a problem with. It's staying a sleep. Not an adult problem. A lifelong issue. I got into radio because of the enormous amount of hours I spent slowly scanning that AM radio dial searching for out of town towers in huge cities across the nation. I was inspired by the Pied Pipers of late night broadcasting. Now I'm tired of wanting to be awake at night. Mainly because it's colliding with my real passion which is waking up at 4:30 am to get the day started. Over the past six months I've put a lot of love and attention into Yoga Nidra. It's the art of releasing energy without going all out crazy. It's a method of relaxation that requires you or someone next to you to peacefully speak the journey of letting go. Now go a little deeper. Relax. Honestly, it's been a brilliant tool! Until recently when I took note of the number of times I was still waking up. The sleep or rest is beyond explanation but it doesn't last long. The narrator has become judgmental "Oh this isn't a good vision or dream. Time to leave." It has the strength to invite me into moments of rest as well as pull me out. In doing research I've located nothing about how to get control of the narrators at night. It's not necessarily the typical voices we hear in our heads but a trusting narrator that thinks its got your back. Getting by the narrator has been a struggle in that you don't want to brush away something that's been working. Learning to be aware of what is your narrator and asking in peace that it leave your present place of resting does calm down the judgement. Yes, Yoga Nidra dreams or visions are very powerful. The narrator does act like a rope to pull you free from something that feels so real. It shouldn't control the atmosphere of rest. It's the little things like this the big books of Yoga never put focus on. Learning as you grow should always be your purpose of progress. Mindfully we are grateful of the moment.