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Today’s podcast comes to you from California and Ohio.  Join Emily Jernigan (Regional Administrator, Southern Region for the California Department of Child Support Services) and Brandi Gallebo (Manager with the Franklin County, Ohio Child Support Enforcement Agency) as they co-host today.  They welcome Laura Van Buskirk (Director,
Placer County, California Department of Child Support Services) and Kim Newsom Bridges (Sr. Director, Child Support Solutions, Conduent; based in Ohio).  Laura and Kim talk about their journeys and their career paths.  They have a conversation about leadership, why it’s important to lead, and how to develop your leadership skills.  Listen as they share their leadership philosophies and perspectives.

On today's episode Vernoica Riley (Veronica Riley Training
& Consulting; California) talks to Tara Rolstad (Lake Oswego, Oregon) about mental health and self-care in the workplace. Tara is a mental health expert, professional speaker, author, and trained advocate with nearly 15 years
of experience who helps organizations break open powerful conversations about mental health. In addition to her speaking engagements, Tara is a consultant and program partner with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and is also the founder and director of "Shattering Stigma with Stories: Understanding Mental Health." She is the author of the book "OMG That's Me 3: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD and HUMOR."



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This week’s edition of On Location comes to you from
Washington and California.  Today, Veronica Riley (Veronica Riley Training & Consulting; California) has a
conversation with Renee Smith (Founder and CEO of A Human Workplace; Washington).  Get to know Renee and learn about her unwavering advocacy for love in the workplace.  Listen as they discuss what led Renee to this
work, and how to make work more human.



Renée Smith, MSOD (she/her) is the founder and CEO of A Human Workplace, where she makes the business case for love as a speaker, researcher, and writer, and she leads a team of 30 affiliates in the US and the UK who guide clients in how to operationalize love in practice. She is also the co-founder of the Center for a Loving Workplace, a membership organization that supports change-makers to put love at the center of work through social support, training, demonstration projects, research, and advocacy. Renée served in the Governor’s Office as Director of Workplace Transformation for the State of Washington and led award-winning culture change work.

Smith has spoken to hundreds of audiences in ten countries for organizations in IT, Healthcare, Education, Government, Military, Manufacturing, Construction and Engineering, Law, Social Services, and more. She hosts the podcast "To Work: With Love" on the Gut+Science
leadership podcast, is a prolific blogger and author. She is proud of their cultural work with many organizations and especially the relationship-building work between district leaders and union leaders that averted strikes in two
different school districts.

She earned a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Washington. She loves living in Tacoma with her husband, Jim, and when she isn’t traveling to foreign cities, she enjoys sculling on the Puget Sound, drawing with oil pastels, concocting craft cocktails for friends, and hosting "Grandma Camp".

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love. Less fear. It's time!

How can you constructively navigate sometimes difficult
conversations?  Coming to you from Illinois and California, join Emily Jernigan of California Department of Child
Support Services and Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams as they discuss the importance of Crucial Conversations with Jasper Jacobs, Training Facilitator from the California Department of Child Support Services – Training and
Development Unit.  As we continue our personal and professional development journeys, the tools and techniques described will help us “Master Our Dialogue”.  Listen to learn more …

In today's landscape, there's plenty of obstacles and stress that leaders and staff are facing, and it may be more important than ever to explore the benefits of mindfulness and well-being. In today’s episode, Mariellen Keely (State of Virginia Child Support; Charlottesville, VA) and Veronica Riley (Veronica Riley Training & Consulting; Lodi, California) interview Lee Papa (Lee Papa, LLC; Las Vegas, Nevada). Lee is an internationally acclaimed speaker, trainer, coach, and author celebrated for her expertise in mindfulness and well-being. You can learn more about Lee Papa at https://leepapa.com/. 



Additional Lee Papa resources:

Books:

A Year of Mindfulness for Beginners: Daily Mantras, Meditations, and Prompts (A Year of Daily Reflections) https://amzn.to/4c8PYWwRomance Novel Audiobook:  A Holiday Romance Book 1: Santa Baby by JS Peck, Narrated by Lee Papa:  Audible:  https://amzn.to/3wLcKni or new to Audible Join here:  https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CSGTCXF1/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-382629&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_382629_pd_us 

 

Journey with Guided Meditation feat. Jamie HosmerProduct Page:  https://sowl.co/s/bwfwUM

Storybook Meditation Series CD (3 Meditation Journeys) feat. Louis ColaianniaProduct Page: https://sowl.co/s/Qqp88

 

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EVENT: YouTube Premiere for book launch, 10th Anniversary 2nd edition Temple of All Knowing: An Exploration of Life, Death, and Spiritual Wisdom through a Near Death Experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FsnJofyTc


General Links:  https://leepapa.com/  FREE Download The Roadmap to Living Mindfully and Join List. Access to Conference Support with Mindfulness Lounge and Coaching Details.

Today’s program comes to you from Chicago, Illinois; Heidelberg, Germany; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; and Rancho Cordova, CA.  Join Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) as she hosts Thomas Meysen (SOCLES International Centre for Socio-Legal Studies), Hannah Roots (Hannah Roots Law) and Kristen Erickson Donadee (Chief Deputy Director, CA Child Department of Child Support Services).  They have a robust discussion of international child support, including payments, OCSS forms system for Convention cases, obstacles, issues and how to succeed.  They also engage in talking about lessons learned, and where to find resources.