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Jan. 26, 2022

Coffee Break - Stop Procrastinating Now!

This Coffee Break is on the subject of procrastination. In his best selling book "Eat That Frog", Brian Tracey gives 21 suggestions for how to stop procrastinating and achieve your goals. In this podcast, I will focus on th...

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Jan. 20, 2022

Coffee Break - Goals

This is a new segment of Pivot Point, Success is a Journey called "Coffee Break". In the time it takes to make a cup of coffee, you can learn about a topic to help support your career growth. Every week …

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Oct. 15, 2021

S2: Episode 1 Helping Families and Coming Full Circle

Sometimes when you start down a career path, it is hard to tell where it will lead. However, if you embrace who you are and use all your life experiences, you'll be prepared when opportunity knocks. This sums up the …

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Oct. 12, 2021

Season 2 Who Moved My Cheese?

Tailored for Success, Inc. is. nonprofit organization that empowers job seekers to become economically self-sufficient by providing resources, skills training and supportive reinforcement. Since 2000, we have been empowering ...

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July 6, 2021

Episode 16: Career Spotlight - Audio Book Narrator

In this episode, I sit down with Sara Scheckles of Sara Sounds to discuss her career as an audio book narrator. We discuss not only her career but the nuances in the audio book industry. Sara details how she got …

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April 28, 2021

Episode 15 - Women Empowering Women in Transition

This episode is a replay of the Women's Empowerment Workshop which was held in March during Women's History Month. The discussion focused on how women should use all the resources available to them to shorten their job searc...

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March 8, 2021

Episode 14 - Workplace Bullying: Fired for Speaking Up

In Episode 14, I have the privilege of interviewing Cecilia Akuffo the author of a blog entitled " Workplace Fairness & Dignity ". As you will hear, Cecilia is an articulate woman who has a passion for shedding light on …

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Jan. 1, 2021

Episode 13 - Three Circles of Influence - Headshot, Networking and Co…

Networking in these challenging times of COVID-19 has become real. In order to move your career forward you have to understand the value of networking and how to make the most of your network. Over the past several months, ...

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Nov. 28, 2020

Episode 12 - Conversation with Navy Veteran Mary-dith Tuitt

In 2015, Tailored for Success was given a grant to start a program to assist women veterans called - Boots2Suits, A Program for Women Veterans. Since the program began, we have been working to increase awareness around the i...

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Oct. 27, 2020

Episode 11 - A Conversation About Domestic Violence Part 2

In this episode, I pick. up my conversation with Lovern Gordon, President of Love Life Now (www.lovelifenow.org). The episode begins with a listing of the different types of abuse: coercion and threats, intimidation, emotiona...

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Oct. 13, 2020

Episode 10 - A Conversation About Domestic Violence - Part 1

Sometimes success is getting out of an abusive relationship and reclaiming your identity. In this episode, I interview Lovern Gordon, President and Founder of Love Life Now Foundation (www.lovelifenow.org). Lovern is passio...

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Sept. 26, 2020

Episode 9 - Taking 100% Responsibility

A quick podcast on taking responsibility for your success in life. Once you start looking inward as to why you are not achieving the results you want, circumstances in your life will change. The podcast is a departure from m...

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Aug. 24, 2020

Episode 8 - Cookies Made of Hustle & Grit

Black & Golds – Green Dynastea – The Flood These are just some of the cookie flavors of Top Shelf Cookies. In 2014, Heather Yunger started Top Shelf Cookies after several job changes that resulted in being told she’d never …

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Aug. 15, 2020

Episode 7 - Helping Women Feel Safe and Secure

In this episode, I talk with Nicole Lawrence O'Brien, the Founder of Ruth's Way for Women. Ruth's Way for Women is located in Lynn, MA and started as a recovery house for women. After a few years, the organization pivoted …

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July 13, 2020

Episode 6 - Limiting Beliefs

This podcast episode goes into detail about the limiting beliefs we all have at times. Limiting beliefs which are really excuses, bad habits and rationalizations for not achieving our goals. The book Once Upon a Cow by Dr....

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June 12, 2020

Episode 5 - Kisoboka Uganda

Kisoboka means "it is possible" in the Uganda language. Kisoboka Uganda is a Lexington, MA based nonprofit that has had a significant impact on a village in Uganda called Bakka since 2008. Hear from the co-Director of Kisob...

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June 9, 2020

Episode 4 - Pivoting to Advocacy - Part 2

This is part 2 of a discussion of how David Hart came to be an advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Part 2 details how his brother, Christopher, was given a seat in the Melrose public school ...

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June 4, 2020

Episode 3 - Pivoting to Advocacy, Part 1

This podcast chronicles the beginning of a parent's advocacy organization that was incorporated in 1974 as the Concerned Citizens for the Mentally Retarded; now known as "CCMR". CCMR was founded by Charles Hart and a group o...

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May 25, 2020

Episode 2 - Excuse or Opportunity?

In this podcast, I explore the difference between luck and opportunity. Sometimes, we all make excuses for why things are not working out, it's only natural to get discouraged. When you are feeling like this, I recommend th...

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May 17, 2020

Episode 1 - The Quarantine Pivot

In this first episode of Pivot Point, I talk about how COVID-19 has forced many people including myself to pivot.

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