How Are You Helping?

Amber Barbach is the founder and director of the Glioblastoma Research Organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization raising awareness and funds for new global, cutting-edge research to find a cure for glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is an aggressive and treatment-resistant form of brain cancer that accounts for 48 percent of all primary malignant brain tumors. 

Amber is originally from Miami. She has extensive expertise in community development and brand management after nearly a decade of working in branding partnerships and event marketing for global brands such as VanDutch, David Stark, V2 Jets, and Ultra Music Festival. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications and business administration from Florida International University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in nutrition education from American University.

In this episode, Amber explains the reason she was compelled to start this nonprofit, the importance of clinical trials and new research for brain cancer, tools and tips for nonprofit leaders who are early in their careers, and what some of her first encounters were like with major cancer centers that her nonprofit has provided funding for like the Cleveland Clinic, Lenox Hill Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Amber shares many lessons she has gathered first-hand which help nonprofit leaders be more effective at helping others, and she shares her personal why, habits, rituals and routines.

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Music by Robby Palmer, Megan Wofford, David Celeste, Ever So Blue, Airae, Frank Jonsson and Ran the Man

Dr. Paul E Kotz is the author of the CIPA Award Winning book, Profiles in Kindness: Stories of Inspiration and Everyday Leadership. He has also written Something Happened Today, published in 2018, a book which discusses stories of mentorship which also received a CIPA award, and most recently, he just released Start Late, Finish Happy: Random Encounters - Unexpected Joy, his latest book which contains stories and anecdotes about inspiration, making mistakes, and finding happiness.

Dr. Kotz has volunteered at Minnesota Veterans House for the past 8 years assisting veterans, he is a father, and he has devoted some of his own time and resources to help rebuild Mayfield, Kentucky following the devastating tornado outbreak that swept through several states just over a month ago. On the night of December 10, 2021, and continuing into Dec. 11th, a deadly outbreak of powerful tornados swept through several states including Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois. Dozens of lives were lost, and there was catastrophic damage and wreckage in numerous towns, wiping out homes and livelihoods.

Dr. Kotz is a Professor at Saint Mary’s University - Doctorate in Leadership Program. He teaches a wide variety of subjects including, Ethics, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategies for Adult Learning Theory, and Statistical Research Methods.

In this episode, Dr. Kotz shares his motivations behind serving others, lessons he has learned from his childhood, how to mentor and lead graduate students, business professionals and adolescents. Dr. Kotz shares the challenges that he deals with, and some of his lessons learned on mentorship and being an all-around good person. He also shares what veterans have taught him, and his views on family, his Catholic upbringing and how his views on religion have shifted, leadership, self-care, social justice and caring for others.

Order Dr. Kotz's latest book Start Late, Finish Happy: Random Encounters - Unexpected Joy here.

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Intro/Outro music by Robby Palmer. Additional music by Airae, Rand Aldo, Megan Wofford, Francis Wells, Roots and Recognition, Headlund, and Victor Lundberg.

Hudson Liao is the Founder and Executive Director of Asians Are Strong, a movement pending non-profit status which aims to empower and protect the Asian American Community in the wake of senseless attacks, scapegoating and hate incidents. Asians Are Strong believes that Anti-Asian Hate is a complex issue and aims to challenge the model minority myth and empower the Asian community from the inside out. Asians Are Strong is a rally and a group which offers free self-defense classes and martial arts lessons for anyone afraid to leave their household due to the uptick in anti-Asian hate crimes. 

According to Stop AAPI Hate, 9000+ hate incidents have been reported against Asian Americans between March 2020 and June 2021. The number of violent asian hate crimes in large metropolitan areas has grown by 149% from 2019 to 2020. 

Hudson Liao sits down with Host, Sean Riley and discusses the movement he created with Asians Are Strong. He explains his personal why behind helping, and how Asians Are Strong helps the community feel mentally and physically empowered to create real change. Hudson and a colleague from Asians Are Strong helped stop two car robberies in two weeks in the SF area.

In addition to his work with Asians Are Strong, Hudson is also an Associate Board member of Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) San Francisco, a non profit organization which empowers youth with disabilities through exercise, recreation and fitness opportunities.

This interview discusses intervention techniques, model minority myth, the mindset of an ally or bystander, and Hudson's personal story, from his early career as a firefighter, to his work in start up organizations, to his mindsets, upbringing and beliefs that makes him the compassionate leader and martial arts expert he is.

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Dozie Oheri is the Founder and CEO of Choose To DO, Inc., a Houston, Texas based 501 (c)3 non profit organization that that helps youth with underutilized potential, empowers them and gives them the skills they need to succeed. Through programs like "Breaking the Cycle," Choose To DO, Inc. teaches inner city youth important skills like self-love and empowerment, leadership development and respect for their community in order to improve their outcomes. It is a mental health and wellness organization for youth aged 9-19. Millions of teens across the country experience low self esteem and nearly 20% experience depression before they reach adulthood. 

Dozie Oheri has a passion for service and years of experience in child development. Over the past few years, she has frequently volunteered her time to organizations for causes like Breast Cancer Awareness events, Relay for Life (a rally for the American Cancer Society), the Women’s Shelter, the Make A Wish program and Dress for Success Worldwide. Dozie created this non profit just over 5 years ago to help youth successfully navigate life.

In this episode, Dozie explains her why behind helping others, her journey from being bullied and having depression at a young age to her years of therapy, personal development and education and what currently motivates her and drives her service for helping youth in such a big way.

This February, the State of Texas was pushed into crisis when a severe winter storm and electrical power outage resulted in mass shortages of food, water and heat. 

You can help Choose To DO, Inc. Support youth in Houston, TX by clicking here

"I love helping others because it's who I am." -Dozie Oheri

Check out Choose To DO's website here

Today is January 18th, 2021, the 35th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday. In 1994, congress established the MLK federal holiday to be a national day of service to continue Dr. King’s dream of communities rooted in freedom, justice, equality, and peace.

As we honor and remember the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, pastor and social justice campaigner and his wife, Coretta Scott King, the author, activist and civil rights leader, host Sean Riley explores his words as useful leadership lessons that every non-profit, impact-driven leader, corporate professional or anyone in a leadership position can use to move towards peace and justice for all.

Originally by the philosopher and theologian Josiah Royce, Dr. King popularized the term "Beloved Community." The Beloved Community is a global vision in which people can share in the wealth of the earth.  "In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it." - TheKingCenter.org.

This episode contains clips from Dr. King's last Christmas sermon "A Christmas Sermon On Peace," originally delivered on December 24, 1967 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia which prophetically presents his long-term vision of nonviolence as a path toward world peace. 

In this episode, Host Sean Riley outlines the "Six Steps of Nonviolent Social Change" from The King Center, part of Dr. King's work to emphasize love in action and to help get us closer to that Beloved Community that Dr. King revered. 

Mark Monchek is the Founder of The Opportunity Lab, a strategy consulting firm which empowers leaders focused on conscious and sustainable growth.

Mark is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Culture of Opportunity: How to Grow Your Business in an Age of Disruption, and he has worked with leaders from Google, Apple, Columbia University, Warby Parker, the United Nations, General Electric, NBC, The NYTimes, and others.

Mark has also been featured in Real Leaders Magazine, The LifeTime Network, Conscious Talk Radio, NewsDay, The San Francisco Chronicle and various other media publications and interviews.

How do we create great companies that make a difference? How do companies take an expanded view of their stakeholders and define mission statements that succeed in today’s shifting economy? What does it take for an organization to succeed and be sustainable over time? And how does one find opportunity amidst major life disruptions, like the pandemic, which has taken a major toll on the economy and small businesses?

In this episode, Mark Monchek shares how he went through a spiritual awakening at the time of the Great Recession, and experienced theft from his company which led to a depression resulting in him getting treatment and feeling a deep sense of gratitude and opportunity. As he recounts in his Amazon bestselling book, doing this reflection led him to notice what companies that succeeded during this time were doing differently. His strategic consulting firm offers a variety of tools to help businesses cope with disruption, adapt to changes, and succeed in any economy. 

Mark has spent a large part of his life supporting others, specifically companies that rebuilt after 9/11, university students and social enterprises.

Mark Monchek and Host Sean Riley discuss ShareLab, The Opportunity Community, his book Culture of Opportunity, SuccessDNA, and dive into the deeper layers behind his compassion, and generosity by discussing his personal side, adversity, upbringing and rapid fire questions.

Order Mark Monchek's Culture of Opportunity: How To Grow Your Business in an Age of Disruption

Find out more about ShareLab at Opplab.com

Music by Robby Palmer, Lagua Vesa, and Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

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"We often say at our facility, 'the opposite of addiction is connection.' Because with connection, that's how we help each other. We were put on this planet as tribal communities to help each other. We were not put here to be in isolation." -Rachel Graham

Rachel Graham is the CEO and Co-Founder of Healing Springs Ranch, a world class residential treatment facility located on an 80 acre serene lakefront property in Dallas, Texas, offering a personalized approach to healing addiction, trauma and underlying mental health conditions. HSR's mission is to provide more integrated treatment by offering innovative and cutting-edge therapeutic modalities.

Rachel is known for her TEDx Talk "Why Addiction is Everyone's Disease" and Evolve and Transform, her leadership coaching platform and she is the co-founder of Life Works Wellness. She is an active and contributing member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and she is a board member of the Travis Frederick's Blocking Out Hunger Foundation and Executive Board for the Corey Kluber Family Foundation, among other philanthropic organizations.

In this episode, Rachel Graham discusses her personal journey, overcoming hardships and how supporting a loved one allowed her to create Healing Springs Ranch. She shares the tools and strategies she uses to help develop leaders as well as the practical tips to help those who are suffering from addiction, mental health conditions and trauma. 

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In this episode, Virginie Drouot (pronounced Droo-oh), social entrepreneur and Founder of EcoMind Set Inc explains the situation facing Hollywood as production begins reopening under a new set of safety provisions due to COVID-19.

Her start up, EcoMind Set, which she founded in 2018, establishes both a COVID-19-compliant production environment and green, innovative and affordable supplies and services such as recyclable trash bags and paper towels and compostable cups, lids, utensils, straws and bowls to minimize waste in the film and commercial business for a wide range of high profile clients.

With a background of 20 years in production, having worked on production for major films and with a producing history of her own, she provides her own life lessons, advice and findings on how to improve and sustain energy, tools and tips for budding social entrepreneurs and the importance of protecting the natural wonders of the planet.

This episode includes: 

- New COVID-19 guidelines for production companies (1:24-)

-Reducing waste and creating EcoMind Set, Inc, an environmentally conscious company (5:43-)

-Upcyclea and a circular economy (10:11-)

-Stellar Co. and the importance of a team to scale (14:10-)

-Working on feature films and commercials (16:28-)

-The Torrey Project Bootcamp and social entrepreneurship (19:47-)

Useful links:

EcoMind Set website: https://www.ecomind-set.com/

Business IG Page: @ecomindsetinc 

Personal IG: @drouotvirginie

Email:  [email protected]

The Torrey Project: https://www.torreyproject.org/

A Stellar Co. (Conscious Capitalism): https://www.astellar.co/

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Music by Robby Palmer, David Celeste, and From Now On. Edited and Produced by Sean Riley.

“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.” - Malcolm X.

The tragic death of George Floyd led to Black Lives Matter protests across the world. Police departments have been re-examining the nature of policing. Corporations have responded with public Diversity, Equity and Inclusion statements. People have been out marching, having conversations, donating to racial justice organizations and registering to vote like never before. Where do we go from here? Is this a real inflection point in the fight to end racial injustice? 

In today's episode of How Are You Helping?, the former director of the Diversity & Inclusion office at Portland State University's School of Business, Eunice Makinde, and a social justice activist and founder of the blog "Of Hope & Hunger", Janna Allen from Austin, TX, join Host, Sean Riley, for a special episode on how to be anti-racist, being an effective ally, how to find joy in times of grief, pain, and unrest, how we overturn systemic oppression in day to day life and much, much more. 

You can follow them on IG: @Eun_Mak and @Janna_Allen.

Music by Robby Palmer and Jerry McCoy.

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Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day!

In honor of today, host Sean Riley discusses the environment, climate change and their interrelatedness with the coronavirus in the time of COVID-19. This is not the time to become complacent. We must demand more from our governments and from ourselves in order to stop the existential threat facing our planet.

Consider funding a carbon offsetting project at www.carbonfootprint.com.

This episode includes: 

-A Call to Action to Government Leaders to Stop Toxic Pollution and the Illegal Commercial Wildlife Trade (6:26-)

-7 Actionable Ways to Reduce your Carbon Footprint today. (8:40-)

-An interview with Ulrich Floresca, Co-Founder and CEO of Zer0Debris, an ocean clean-up non-profit based in Santa Monica, California. (14:32-)

Music by Robby Palmer and In Dawn.

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