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How Relationships Make Schools Safer, Dr. Beth J Sanborn

Category: Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #businessmentorship, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal

Dr. Beth J. Sanborn is a nationally recognized school safety expert, former police officer, and School Resource Officer. She serves as President of the Pennsylvania Association of School Resource Officers, is a NASRO instructor, TEDx speaker, and author of two best-selling books, The Missing Piece and Piecing It Together. Her work centers on relationships, prevention, and student-centered safety.
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Join us in Season #7 for an interview with Beth on our YouTube Channel Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real and if your on the move here is the podcast on Spotify

Leadership Self Talk, Brian P Swift JD

Category: Author, Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

I am known as the QuadFather. I am a testament to living my life with no excuses. I was born walking on two feet and at age 17, it was taken away due to a tragic accident. Through trial and error, pain and joy, I walk differently. I walk with confidence, grit, compassion, and the understanding that life has a more powerful path for me. I am a 3 time best-selling author of 10 books, run a 501 C 3 nonprofit and host of a podcast, but most importantly I am a coach and the facilitator of excellence no matter your situation or circumstance. My superpower is driving human performance by inspiring. Connect with Brain here…

Ms. Renetta Cheston

Category: Author, Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Products, Services, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #businessmentorship, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal

Renetta Cheston is a transformational speaker, Spiritual Strategist, and NY Times Best-Selling Author. A U.S. Veteran and founder of Life Success Results and Refuge Women’s Transition Center, she empowers people to break generational patterns, reclaim their identity, and rise into purpose with clarity and confidence. As Seen on: NBC, ABC, CBS, and other media sites through EIN Presswire for her contributions to NY Times Best-Selling Books. Connect with Renetta here...

Founder CEO Medical Ai Academy, Hassan Bencheqroun MD MBA

Category: Author, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #medicalAI, #shareyourtoriesonline

I am a physician who learned as much from being a patient as from medical training. Growing up in Morocco and later practicing critical care in the U.S. taught me that healing begins with being heard. My work spans bedside medicine, medical education, clinical research, and artificial intelligence, all guided by one question: does this help the person on the other side feel safer, seen, and understood? Connect with Hassan here…

Join us in Season #7 for an interview with Dr B. on our YouTube Channel Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real and if your on the move here is the podcast on Spotify.

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Trauma-Informed Coach – Shirley Gaudon

Category: Author, Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Services, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

Shirley Gaudon is a Speaker, Consultant/Trauma Informed Life Coach, Published Author (CancerHeroes), mother and creator of Trauma-Smart Leadership™ training and Power Within – Rooted to Rise. As a Speaker, Shirley is passionate about educating on how generational trauma keeps us from living our best life. She brings 20+ years’ experience in HR and recruiting to bring support and centeredness to high-performing, human-centered teams. She is certified in Trauma Informed Relationship Coaching (ICF) and Trauma Informed Group Coaching (ICF). Connect with Shirley here…

Join us in Season #7 for an interview with Shirley on our YouTube Channel Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real and if your on the move here is the podcast on iHeart Radio.

Maximizing Your Potential – Dennis Dowdell

Category: Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #businessmentorship, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

Dennis Dowdell is an international speaker with more than 45 years helping individuals unlock their potential and build confidence. As a school bus driver with no business background, he built a global organization of over 250,000 people. Guided by a philosophy of “build people, and people build the business,” Dennis teaches practical, principle-driven strategies that, creates transformative personal growth. He is the author of Maximizing You – Stand on the Shoulders of Giants. Connect with Dennis here…

Join us in Season #7 for an interview with Dennis on our YouTube Channel Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real and if your on the move here is the podcast on ITunes.

Confidence Isn’t the Problem, Susan Houston

Category: Author, Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitrea, #shareyourstoriesonline

Susan Houston helps leaders and teams dismantle the invisible judgments that quietly sabotage confidence and performance. She challenges the myth that confidence alone creates change and reveals what actually keeps people stuck. Host of Done Pretending and TEDx speaker (March 2026), Susan delivers bold insights that spark lasting shifts in mindset and culture. Connect with Susan here…

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Aligned peak performance coach and speaker – Lucy J Dutton

Category: Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

Lucy is a certified Peak Performance Coach, international bestselling author, and empowering speaker with over 30 years of experience helping entrepreneurs elevate productivity, mindset, and confidence. She specializes in supporting female entrepreneurs and small business owners to overcome limiting beliefs, align with their purpose, and achieve success with greater ease and fulfillment. A former professional dancer, Lucy takes a holistic approach that blends mindset, health, and high-performance habits. Connect with Lucy here…

Reclaiming Agency Under Systemic Pressure, Hoozie Chapman.

Category: Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Products, Services, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #businessmentorship, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

Hoozie is the Founding Director & Principal Practitioner at RneuD®, the Kimberley Western Australia’s first neuroscience-informed leadership framework, designed to restore human and operational agency, within high-stakes systems. Working across some of the region’s most complex environments, she partners with leaders to strengthen decision clarity, resilience under pressure, and disciplined execution. Having rebuilt her own agency under systemic strain, she now architects cognitive frameworks that prevent others from losing theirs.
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Join us in Season #7 for an interview with Hoozie on our YouTube Channel Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real and if your on the move here is the podcast on iHeart Radio.

From Harpist to Life Coach: Embracing the Whole Self with Katrine Horn

Category: Coach/Consultant, Mentor
Tags: #businessmentorship, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

International Life Coach and TEDx Speaker, Katrine Horn helps ambitious women step out of autopilot and into lives and leadership that feel fully aligned. She shows up with courage and curiosity whether having tea with a friend or on a TEDx stage, guiding clients to make decisions from confidence, not fear, and live on the edge of what’s possible. Connect with Katrine here…

Join us in Season #7 for an interview with Katrine on our YouTube Channel Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real and if your on the move here is the podcast on IHeart Radio.

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How to Use Your Story to Sell Online, Naowshaba Ferdous

Category: Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #businessmentorship, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

Naowshaba Ferdous is a business strategist who helps ambitious women turn what they know, love, and are good at into real money online through social media marketing. Her work centers on identity, personal responsibility, and the psychology behind success. She teaches clear thinking, powerful storytelling, and simple, no-nonsense marketing and sales systems. She has helped women in over 27 countries generate more than $10 million collectively and built a global audience of over 40,000 by helping women stop being their industry’s best kept secret.
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Social Selling Wing Woman, Marilyn August

Category: Coach/Consultant, Entrepreneur, Services, Speaker
Tags: #breakingbarriers, #collaborationovercompetition, #investinyourself, #keepinitreal, #shareyourstoriesonline

As a business consultant for the SBA’s Small Business Development Center, I’ve helped countless small and mid-sized businesses identify what’s working, fix what’s not, and build measurable, repeatable sales systems that drive consistent results. Every engagement starts with dumping the “head trash” roadblocks standing between where you are and what you want. Before launching my consulting practice, I spent over a decade as a corporate trainer with global organizations, including American Honda Corporation and AAA–The Chicago Motor Club.
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