Somewhere in the Middle with Michele Barard

Jason Zara, Owner of Blue Moon Estate Sales, Rancho Cucamonga, shares his journey to find success through his life purpose

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Jason Zara, Owner of Blue Moon Estate Sales, Rancho Cucamonga

Jason Zara owns and operates Blue Moon Estate Sales, providing professional quality estate sales throughout the Inland Empire. He has worked with Chambers of Commerce, as well as in marketing, journalism, and as the owner of a retail store. He has an MBA with a concentration in marketing and a passion for helping business owners to succeed. Jason lives in Fontana, California, with his wife, Kris. They have one daughter, Amber, as well as a koi pond and six chickens.

Connect with Jason Zara

Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/jason.zara.71 

Facebook (Business): https://www.facebook.com/BlueMoonRanchoCucamonga 

Instagram: @bluemoonestatesales_rc

Website: https://www.bluemoonestatesales.com/rancho-cucamonga/ 

Author and Educator Anne Arceneaux shares wisdom for young women transitioning to adulthood

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Anne Arceneaux, author of A Horse Named Tuni

Anne Arceneaux is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is an experienced educator who started her teaching career in the Chicagoland area and continued working in education in the Houston, Texas, area. Her span in the education field included but was not limited to teaching language arts and science in an integrated manner and working as a campus Science Instructional Coach. Although she thought she would never work in education again, Anne moved back to Louisiana after working in the oil and gas industry for six years. Upon her return, Anne instructed gifted students in fifth through eighth grades in St. Tammany public schools. She also worked as the STEM lab facilitator at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans. She is currently the Educational Television Technology Specialist at the PBS affiliate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Anne's mission in life is to empower young people to know themselves and to believe they can reach their highest potential. Along with Tuni, Anne is developing a series called Gifted Glenn. In addition to writing for children, Anne creates poetry and stories for adults.

Connect with Anne

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077570331405
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuntieSarreh
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maria_veronique3/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/analyticalanimation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-arceneaux-m-ed-author-8a27911b4/
Buy A Horse Named Tuni on Amazon: https://a.co/hXMFhQM
Buy A Horse Named Tuni BookBaby: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/a-horse-named-tuni

Isaac Peterson & Jessica Hammerman of Emerald Books share why it’s vital to share our stories

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Isaac Peterson & Jessica Hammerman of Emerald Books

Dr. Jessica Hammerman holds a Ph.D. in history and has two decades of experience editing for writers of all kinds—academic, non-fiction, fiction, and textbooks. She has worked as an editor for Penguin Putnam and W.W. Norton and has also served as a copyeditor for several national magazines, including Condé Nast Traveler, Time Out New York, and Playbill. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, Isaac, and her two children, where she teaches world history.

With twenty years of experience in digital design, art, and book layout, Isaac is the heart of Emerald Book design. He has designed books and built websites for fiction authors, memoirists, and professionals. He is an award-winning photographer, renowned painter, and illustrator, who has also authored a few books of his own. He brings an artistic eye to all of his book and web design projects. He is an excellent editor and coach and has a unique ability to bring out the most creative voice for writers and artists of all kinds.

Connect with Jessica and Isaac

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emeraldbooksllc
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/emeraldbooksllc
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/emerald.books.usa
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-hammerman-6954b0231/
Website: http://www.emerald-books.com
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Isaac-Peterson/e/B00JCUJ37A

Executive Coach Michael S. Seaver shares his journey from despair to helping others

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Executive Coach Michael S. Seaver 

Michael S. Seaver is an award-winning executive coach, leadership consultant, keynote speaker, and author. He’s on a mission to unlock human potential to help people uncover and live their purpose and live a more meaningful and authentic life. His unique methodology has revolutionized how leaders can live authentically and how organizations engage employees. He offers no-nonsense strategies to help people find confidence in their life’s narrative, commonalities across generations working today, and ways to communicate with emotional intelligence.

Michael’s newest book, I Know, A Practical Guide For Awakening To What’s Within And Finding Work-Life Integration, tells his story of excruciating emotional pain and contemplating suicide. Cleopatra, his cat, sensed his despair, kept him grounded and helped him rise from his life’s ashes. I Know is a how-to guide Michael uses with clients walking you through the three phases of personal transformation and nine processes you can complete alone or with trusted friends. The book tells Michael’s raw and authentic story, offers research-based psychological truths, and is full of real-world client examples. After reading I Know, you’ll transition from believing life’s answers come from outside yourself to knowing you can discover the answers already inside yourself.

For more than 25 years, Michael has led teams and has coached global leaders since 2011. He’s invested thousands of hours in the arena, managing personal and organizational change, guiding others to uncover their lives’ missions, and teaching leaders how to create psychological safety by inviting employee life experiences into the workplace.

Michael has been featured in numerous publications, including Forbes, Authority, Medium, Thrive Global, Arizona Republic, Business Journals, Accounting Today, Financial Executives International, and Best Companies USA. He is a frequent guest on international podcasts and has served on a variety of boards of directors. Michael graduated from the Thunderbird School of Global Management with an MBA and speaks a bit of Mandarin. He is certified by TTI Success Insights to administer the DISC, 12 Driving Forces, and Emotional Intelligence assessments.

Connect with Michael S. Seaver

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelScottSeaver

Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelsseaver

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelsseaver/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsseaver/ 

Website: https://michaelsseaver.com/ 

Book: I Know, A Practical Guide For Awakening To What’s Within And Finding Work-Life Integration

SEO Specialist Brandon Leibowitz shares secrets to winning at Google search

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes SEO Specialist Brandon Leibowitz

Brandon Leibowitz runs and operate SEO Optimizers since 2007. We are a digital marketing company that focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into leads, sales, and clients.

Connect with Bradon Leibowitz

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrandonLeibs

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandonleibs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leibowitzbrandon/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonleibowitz/

Website: https://seooptimizers.com/ 

Conflict Resolution Coach Jerry Fu shares his journey through career ups and down to find his true path

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Conflict Resolution Coach Jerry Fu

Jerry Fu is a conflict resolution coach who helps Asian-American leaders advance in their career and life journeys. Having taken on several pharmacy leadership roles, Jerry started coaching in 2017 to help other Asian-American professionals deal with the conflict they encounter at work, with their culture, and within themselves.
Prior to starting his coaching business, Jerry served as a pharmacist and began facilitating leadership workshops in 2012. Today, Jerry offers a range of coaching services, which include individual coaching, group workshops, and keynote presentations. 

Connect with Jerry Fu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-fu-pharmd-acc-53710187/

Website: https://www.adaptingleaders.com

Chris Burns, Men Mastermind Coach & Podcast Host, shares how men and women can come together with greater understanding

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Chris Burns, Men Mastermind Coach & Podcast Host

Christopher Burns dedicates his life to coaching men to activate their purpose, power, and prosperity. He has been coaching men, entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals for almost a decade and works with clients 1-on-1, in group coaching, home study courses, and hosts live events, retreats, and masterminds. Christopher’s company coaches and teaches men through the “Mastered Man Curriculum™,” where men create their Purpose Manifesto™, start to master the skill of Channeling Power™, download and receive their Prosperity Codes™, and implement the Transcendence Blueprint™ so they can leave their greatest legacy. He has interviewed 800 leaders, influencers, and experts, sharing powerful growth strategies, mindsets, and teachings to empower his audience to find the bigger answers to life, resulting in over 500,000 views and podcast downloads. Today, Christopher is the host of the Mastering The Man Within Podcast™ and the founder of the Men Mastermind™, a brotherhood dedicated to empowering men to become the ultimate creators of their reality, designing and living a life of success and fulfillment in every area of life that matters most to them! As Christopher says, “It’s time to LEVEL UP!”

Connect with Chris Burns

Facebook: http://Facebook.com/Th3Burns

Instagram: http://Instagram.com/iAmMillionaireChris

LinkedIn: http://LinkedIn.com/in/ChristopherCBurns

Website: http://MenMastermind.com

Sam Thiara, Founder & Chief Motivating Officer at Ignite the Dream shares why your life and your story matters

Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Sam Thiara, Founder & Chief Motivating Officer at Ignite the Dream Coaching and Consulting  

Sam Thiara is a professional who has created a personal journey as a coach, speaker, storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator, educator, and entrepreneur. His goal is to engage individuals in personal and professional development. He was recognized by the Governor-General of Canada with the Canadian Sovereign’s Volunteer Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. His work is reflected in the hundreds of individuals he has mentored and the thousands he has engaged. Added to this are the 45+ non-profits he has worked with over the years.

Sam is currently working on numerous projects. His area of expertise is engaging with post-secondary institutions, administrators, educators, students, and alumni to support the journey of all and the collaboration required to support each area. He is also called upon to help with organizational alignment and company improvements.

Presently, Sam is the Founder and Chief Motivating Officer at Ignite the Dream Coaching and Consulting, a platform that engages his audience to define their path. He is a lecturer at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Sam blends academic and professional experiences into a rich environment that captivates his audience. He also spent many years in administration, building a unique program focusing on activities outside the classroom. He saw a transformation of a student population from disengagement to active engagement.

Sam’s signature tagline is, “Everyone’s life is an autobiography. Make yours worth reading.”

Connect with Sam Thiara

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sam.thiara.site

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sam_Thiara

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samthiara

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sthiara

Website: http://sam-thiara.com

Optimal Health Strategist Gunther Mueller shares how we can live our best lives

Gunther Mueller discusses turning thoughts into things

Optimal (Physical & Mental) Health Strategist, Gunther Mueller, has spent the better part of the last decade working closely with over 300 medical professionals in a variety of specialties, assisting them in bringing life-changing therapies to their patients that help them Feel Young, Healthy, and Vibrant again.
Gunther enjoys living in Anthem, AZ, and loves to Ski (water and snow), kite surf, hike, bike, read, and experience the life he loves in the American Southwest.
Gunther delivers the education, insights, understandings, and sometimes complex information in a simple, easy-to-understand conversation that inspires people to act and take charge of their own life now.
Today, Gunther is extremely excited to be sharing the revolutionary Magnetic Mind Method that is taking the personal development movement by storm so that his clients can learn how to turn “Thoughts Into Things” and become Conscious Creators so that they also can live a life that they absolutely LOVE!
Having the “Entrepreneurial Spirit” for the past 30 years, Gunther has been involved in several different industries, created, bought & sold businesses, and earned millions of dollars in the process, which gives him a unique perspective and ability to see things differently and to coach his clients through sometimes daunting problems and life situations.
Gunther has been personally mentored by Chris Duncan, the creator of the Magnetic Mind Method, and is certified to assist others in learning how to manifest a life that they love in all aspects magically.

Connect with Gunther Mueller

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mueller.gunther/ 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunthermueller/ 
Website: https://DreamLifeMasters.com 

Author and TED speaker Nathaniel A. Turner shares how we can help our children become great global citizens

Author and TED speaker Nathaniel A. Turner discusses rearing children to excel

Author and TED speaker Nathaniel A. Turner, JD, MALS, is a self-described “Humanity Propulsion Engineer.” Nate is the author of several books, including the children’s book series “The Amazing World of STEM” and his history-making book “Raising Supaman.”

Turner’s appeared in many media outlets, including The Washington Post, Black Enterprise, Fatherly, iHeartRadio, The Good Men Project, Sirius XM, and U.S. News & World Report. Corporations, municipalities, and NGOs like Anthem, Inc., the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Education Association, U.S. Department of Education, the City of Indianapolis, and the National Society of Black Engineers invite Nate to share his practical message for living the life we’ve always imagined while also serving the greater good.

A modern-day Renaissance Man, as evidenced by the diversity of his education, including a bachelor’s in accounting, masters in history and theology, and doctorate of jurisprudence combined with a wide range of personal experiences and professions, are only part of what makes his wide-ranging presentations “can’t miss” events. What truly sets Nate apart from others is his unique often comical ability not only to see the world differently but to challenge his audiences in an edutaining way to live outside the box so that the world might be able to experience us at our very best.

As a zealous advocate that every person has an opportunity to maximize their human potential, Nate regularly shares through books, courses, workshops, and conferences a backward design life process initially created to help his unborn child become an intellectually ambitious, great global citizen who would meet the rigorous educational requirements of the top colleges and universities without means of wealth, privilege, legacy status, fraud, bribery, cheating or Adobe Photoshop.

Turner’s son not only met Harvard’s admission benchmarks (i.e., test scores in the top 1%, 33 college credits by his junior year, proficiency in four languages, left home after his junior year to play soccer in Brazil; and started a foundation to address teen homelessness); he eviscerated the profiled criterion by his sixteenth birthday. At present, Turner’s son is a fourth-year Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate at one of the world’s premier graduate engineering schools.

Today, those tools, techniques, and strategies initially created to help his Gen-Zer thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution are educational and life development staples for students and parents of all ages and organizations worldwide. Through his 501(c)(3), The League of Extraordinary Parents, he provides parents with a template to independently and tactically raise children from conception to college. Nate works to help more children use education to improve their lives, communities, and society at large. 

Connect with Nate

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaisingSupaman
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Supamans_Dad
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supamans_dad/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanielaturner/
• Website: https://www.nathanielaturner.com/
• Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B00IKUJ6MU