Conversations to Connect - Let’s Get Real - Exceptional Connections

Cyndi ONeill-Dady

Are you ready to attract raving fans, create powerful advocates, and make truly exceptional connections? Cyndi O’Neill-Dady is the Founder and Chief Connector of Exceptional Connections®, a thriving community she launched in 2009 to cultivate authentic relationships and meaningful collaboration among business professionals. With over 19 years of experience as a Business Relationship Marketing Strategist, Cyndi has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs and leaders to deepen trust, expand their networks, and create lasting impact through genuine human connection. As host of the Conversations to Connect – Let’s Get Real – Exceptional Connections Podcast, Cyndi welcomes exceptional guests who share stories, insights, and strategies to inspire others to connect with purpose and lead with heart—because every encounter holds the power to change the course of your life. We invite you to also visit ExceptionalConnections.com, or contact Cyndi ONeill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com to learn more. Don't forget to Subscribe to our Exceptional Connections® YouTube Channel, and check out our Exceptional Connections Facebook events and posts. 

  1. 4d ago

    58| Heart Behind the Daily Hustle of Champions featuring Kim Pelham

    The Heart Behind the Daily Hustle of Champions™ | Virtual Wisdom Circle – Featuring Kim Pelham. Welcome to a powerful new offering from Exceptional Connections®—the Virtual Wisdom Circle: The Heart Behind the Daily Hustle of Champions™. This monthly experience, held every third Monday, is designed to spotlight the heart, purpose, and intentional practices that fuel the success of today’s Champion Connectors. This is a nurturing, relationship-centered space where authentic stories are shared, practical wisdom is exchanged, and meaningful connections are cultivated. Each month, a featured Champion reveals the deeper story behind their work—what drives them, the values guiding their leadership, and the daily habits that sustain long-term success. Our featured Champion Connector this month is Kim Pelham. Kim Pelham says, "I do residential real estate differently."  Her husband is a general contractor, and together they combine their businesses to prepare clients' homes for sale with repairs, remodeling, moving and home staging. Payment can be deferred until closing if needed. Her transformation of these homes helps sellers maximize their return. Plus, she works with a maximum of two buyers at a time so she can really focus and help them find their dream home. Based in Everett and serving Snohomish County, she is brokered by Katrina Eileen Real Estate, was voted Best of Snohomish County two years in a row, earned Best of Zillow, and her book, Six-Word Lessons on Selling Your Home in Seattle, is available on Amazon. She hosts a two-time Emmy-nominated lifestyle show on American Dream TV. Transformation is the theme in Kim’s life and in her business. Success isn't just about what we do—it's about who we become along the journey. Our complimentary Virtual Wisdom Circle was created to spotlight the heart, purpose, and daily practices that fuel the success of our Champion Connectors. Each month, you'll hear authentic stories, practical wisdom, and meaningful insights that you can immediately apply to your own personal and professional life. Our goal isn't perfection—it's authenticity. When we openly share our stories, challenges, lessons, and victories, we create a nurturing environment where others feel seen, encouraged, inspired, and empowered to grow. You’ll leave inspired, encouraged, and equipped with practical insights you can apply immediately—in business and in life as she shares her passion for wellness from the inside out. To learn more, go to: www.thepelhamgroupnw.com  Contact Kim at: Kim@thepelhamgroupnw.com  To learn more about Exceptional Connections®, visit ExceptionalConnections.com or connect with Founder & Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

  2. Oct 20

    57| Detangle your Digital Office with guest Nicole Lux-Ritchie

    Detangle Your Digital Office: Email, Files, Calendars & Contacts with Nicole Lux-Ritchie Is digital clutter slowing down your business? Imagine your email, files, calendar, and contacts working together as one organized system—helping you spend less time searching and more time doing the work you love. In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi ONeill-Dady welcomes technology guide, productivity consultant, and speaker Nicole Lux-Ritchie for a practical conversation about digital organization, small business productivity, and simplifying technology. With more than two decades of experience helping small business owners, solopreneurs, and tech-shy individuals, Nicole translates technical jargon into clear, manageable steps. Her approach: start where you are, use what you have, and do what you can to build sustainable systems that support your business. Tune in to discover: How to identify gaps in your digital office and take steps to address them. Ways to reduce digital clutter and get to your genius work faster. How to organize business information so you can find it when you need it. Next steps toward connecting your email, files, calendar, and contacts into an efficient system. Practical technology habits that support sustainable business growth. Nicole’s experience spans the early days of online banking and ownership of several businesses, including retail and service-based ventures. Originally from Western Washington, she now lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with her husband, two young adults, and two cats—and is learning to walk in the snow! Whether you’re overwhelmed by your inbox, struggling to find documents, or ready to improve your business workflows, this episode offers an approachable starting point for a more organized digital office. Connect with Nicole: Luxcentric.com   Learn more about Exceptional Connections®: https://www.exceptionalconnections.com Contact Cyndi ONeill-Dady, Founder and Chief Connector: cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

  3. Oct 13

    56| Stop Getting Ready to Get Ready—The Time Is Now: Embrace Imperfection, Take Action, and Thrive in Business with guest Debbie Page

    Stop Getting Ready to Get Ready—The Time Is Now: Embrace Imperfection, Take Action, and Thrive in Business | Debbie Page Is perfectionism keeping you from growing your business? Discover how to overcome analysis paralysis, move beyond self-doubt, and take strategic action—even before you feel ready. In this episode of Conversations to Connect – Let’s Get Real®, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi ONeill-Dady welcomes Debbie Page, an award-winning entrepreneur, business strategist, Fractional COO, and advocate for women’s economic independence. With more than 25 years of experience working with women and money—and having acquired, scaled, and sold two businesses—Debbie brings practical insight into cash flow, accountability, execution, and the systems that support sustainable business growth. Together, Cyndi and Debbie explore how entrepreneurs can break the cycle of endless preparation, embrace imperfection, and find the courage to move forward. Learn why working strategically on your business and building a supportive network can help you create momentum and strengthen your resilience. In this episode, discover how to: Embrace imperfect action and release the need to have everything figured out. Overcome analysis paralysis and hesitation. Take strategic steps toward your business goals. Cultivate resilience through challenges and uncertainty. Develop a support network that encourages accountability and growth. Whether you’re a small business owner, solopreneur, woman entrepreneur, or established business leader, this conversation will encourage you to stop waiting for the perfect moment and start taking purposeful action. The time is now. Your next step doesn’t have to be perfect to move your business forward. Connect with Debbie Page: www.debbiepage.com debbie@debbiepage.com Explore previous episodes: Conversations to Connect Learn more about Exceptional Connections®: ExceptionalConnections.com Contact Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi ONeill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com. Follow Conversations to Connect – Let’s Get Real® on Apple Podcasts for more conversations about entrepreneurship, authentic relationships, and business growth.

  4. Oct 5

    55| Heart Behind the Daily Hustle of Champions featuring Brenda Reiss

    The Heart Behind the Daily Hustle of Champions™ | Virtual Wisdom Circle – Featuring Brenda Reiss. Welcome to a powerful new offering from Exceptional Connections®—the Virtual Wisdom Circle: The Heart Behind the Daily Hustle of Champions™. This monthly experience, held every third Monday, is designed to spotlight the heart, purpose, and intentional practices that fuel the success of today’s Champion Connectors. This is a nurturing, relationship-centered space where authentic stories are shared, practical wisdom is exchanged, and meaningful connections are cultivated. Each month, a featured Champion reveals the deeper story behind their work—what drives them, the values guiding their leadership, and the daily habits that sustain long-term success. Our featured Champion Connector this month is Brenda Reiss. Brenda Reiss is a Forgiveness and Emotional Freedom Coach, keynote speaker, 2-time author, and host of the Forgive Yourself Podcast. Through a compassionate and practical approach, she helps people release self-doubt, navigate difficult emotions, and build stronger relationships. Drawing from her own journey of transformation, Brenda guides individuals to develop greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust in both their personal and professional lives. Success isn't just about what we do—it's about who we become along the journey. Our complimentary Virtual Wisdom Circle was created to spotlight the heart, purpose, and daily practices that fuel the success of our Champion Connectors. Each month, you'll hear authentic stories, practical wisdom, and meaningful insights that you can immediately apply to your own personal and professional life. Our goal isn't perfection—it's authenticity. When we openly share our stories, challenges, lessons, and victories, we create a nurturing environment where others feel seen, encouraged, inspired, and empowered to grow. You’ll leave inspired, encouraged, and equipped with practical insights you can apply immediately—in business and in life as she shares her passion for wellness from the inside out. To learn more, go to:  www.brendareisscoaching.com  Contact Brenda at: brenda@brendareisscoaching.com  To learn more about Exceptional Connections®, visit ExceptionalConnections.com or connect with Founder & Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

  5. Sep 29

    54| Profit and Play: Balancing Both with guest Molly Klipp

    Profit and Play: Balancing Both with guest Molly Klipp Can you build a profitable business and still make time for the life you want? In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi ONeill-Dady welcomes entrepreneur and permanent makeup educator and Business Beauty Founder Molly Klipp, CPCP, to discuss Profit and Play: Balancing Both. Molly shares three practical areas to plan for: your time, your systems, and your buckets of money. Together, Cyndi and Molly explore how intentional choices can help business owners simplify daily work, strengthen profitability, and make room for family, travel, and the things they love. Molly is the owner of Carefree Beauty Permanent Makeup in Washington. She has practiced permanent cosmetics for more than a decade, specializing in permanent eyebrows, eyeliner, lips, and scalp micropigmentation. She also teaches a 100-hour fundamentals course that helps new artists develop their skills and start their businesses. Before entering the permanent makeup industry, Molly spent 30 years running a multimillion-dollar cosmetics franchise and teaching thousands of women how to build their businesses. In this conversation, you’ll discover: Why your time is your life—and how to decide what you want it to look like How business systems can simplify your work and make your business more marketable How “buckets of money” can support greater financial freedom What do you want your life and business to look like? Molly’s invitation is to make a plan—and get busy building it. Learn more about Molly and Carefree Beauty: https://www.carefree-beauty.com beautybusinessmastery.com Contact Molly:  molly@beautybusinessmastery.com   Learn more about Exceptional Connections®: https://www.exceptionalconnections.com Contact Cyndi ONeill-Dady, Founder and Chief Connector: cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

  6. Sep 22

    53| The Profit of Kindness: How to Influence Others, Establish Trust, and Build Lasting Business Relationships with guest Jill Lubin

    The Profit of Kindness: Build Trust, Influence Others and Create Lasting Business Relationships with Jill Lublin What if kindness were more than a personal value? What if it became one of your most powerful strategies for building trust, increasing influence, attracting opportunities, and achieving sustainable business success? In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi O’Neill-Dady welcomes world-renowned publicity expert, international speaker, and four-time bestselling author Jill Lublin for an inspiring conversation about The Profit of Kindness. A media expert for more than 25 years, Jill has made thousands of stage appearances alongside celebrated leaders such as Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Barbara Corcoran. She has helped more than 100,000 clients apply her signature publicity formulas to gain media attention, increase marketplace visibility, generate qualified leads, and boost sales. Jill also shares these proven strategies through her Publicity Breakthrough Bootcamp and monthly Kindness Circles. During this insightful conversation, Jill reveals how making kindness a primary goal can transform the way we communicate, collaborate, lead, and build relationships. By shifting the focus from simply “winning” to giving, serving, and creating mutually beneficial outcomes, entrepreneurs and business leaders can establish credibility, strengthen trust, and develop meaningful professional relationships that produce lasting results. In this episode, you’ll discover how to: Build trust-based personal and professional relationships Communicate with greater kindness, integrity, and influence Create collaborative, mutually beneficial business connections Strengthen teamwork and interpersonal effectiveness Establish credibility with clients, colleagues, and potential partners Turn authentic relationship-building into new opportunities Use kindness as a practical business and leadership advantage Increase your visibility, influence, and long-term success Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, speaker, consultant, or community leader, this conversation will help you understand why kindness is not a weakness—it is a powerful catalyst for connection, collaboration, visibility, profitability, and meaningful impact. When we focus on helping others succeed, we create the trust and goodwill that allow everyone to win. Connect with Jill Lublin: Visit JillLublin.com Email: Support@JillLublin.com Powered by Exceptional Connections® Where authentic relationships, intentional conversations, and meaningful connections lead to powerful business growth and lasting impact. Learn more at ExceptionalConnections.com, or contact Exceptional Connections® Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

  7. Sep 15

    52| 7 Levels of Emotional Resilience with guest Rosie Gremmert

    The 7 Levels of Emotional Resilience with Rosie Gremmert What does it take to move beyond emotional burnout, numbness, grief, and overwhelm—and develop lasting emotional resilience? In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi O’Neill-Dady welcomes Rosie Gremmert, a Master Transformation Coach, for an insightful conversation about the seven levels of emotional resilience and how to create long-term, self-sustainable emotional well-being. Rosie combines holistic health foundations with her training in grief support, essential oil therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and other healing modalities to help people understand and navigate their emotions. Her approach empowers individuals to recognize what they are feeling, understand why they are feeling it, determine what to do next, and communicate their emotions more effectively. With 23 years of experience providing in-home respite and hospice care—and nearly three decades as a successful entrepreneur—Rosie brings compassion, wisdom, and practical guidance to emotional healing and personal transformation. She is also a wife, mom, and grandma living in Cedar Hills, Utah. In this conversation, you’ll discover how to: Recognize and name what you are feeling Understand why those emotions are surfacing Respond to difficult emotions with greater clarity Communicate your feelings in healthy, constructive ways Move beyond emotional burnout, numbness, and overwhelm Build sustainable emotional resilience Create greater emotional awareness, healing, and personal empowerment Whether you are navigating grief, stress, caregiving, life transitions, or emotional exhaustion, this conversation offers valuable insights to help you strengthen your emotional resilience and move forward with greater confidence. Connect with Rosie Gremmert: hello@rosiegremmert.com Powered by Exceptional Connections® Where authentic relationships, intentional conversations, and meaningful connections lead to powerful business growth and lasting impact. Learn more at ExceptionalConnections.com, or contact Exceptional Connections® Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

  8. Sep 8

    51| What Are You Waiting For? How to Turn Your Story into a Mission, Movement, and Legacy with guest Ginine Emily Smith

    What Are You Waiting For? How to Turn Your Story into a Mission, Movement, & Legacy. What if the story you’ve been hiding, minimizing, or trying to move beyond is actually the key to your greatest purpose and impact? On this powerful episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, host Cyndi O’Neill-Dady welcomes Ginine Emily Smith for an honest and inspiring conversation about reclaiming your voice, owning your story, and transforming life’s most difficult experiences into a mission, movement, and meaningful legacy. Ginine Emily Smith is a global influencer, bestselling author, award-winning songwriter, television and top 3% podcast host, and founder of the B.A.D.D.A.S.S. Lioness™ movement. A master of reinvention, Ginine has transformed extraordinary life challenges into a global mission of helping women, leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers move beyond survival, rediscover their authentic identity, and create meaningful impact. Through Hearts In Sync Productions, speaking, music, media platforms, transformational experiences, and her signature RISE Framework™, Ginine empowers people to turn their stories into movements, their messages into influence, and their purpose into legacy. Her signature message is both a challenge and an invitation: “If you don’t own your story, your story will own you.” Your story is more than a collection of past experiences. It is one of the most powerful tools you possess to inspire others, build authentic connections, influence change, and move people to action. In this episode, Ginine shares practical wisdom for communicating your personal story with authenticity, emotion, and purpose—so your message becomes memorable, meaningful, and capable of serving others. You’ll discover how to stop defining yourself by your wounds, failures, titles, or circumstances and begin reconnecting with the person you were created to be. In This Conversation, You’ll Discover How To: Reclaim who you were before life told you who to be. Fearlessness begins when you remember your inherent worth and reconnect with your authentic identity. Tell your story in a way that moves people. Learn how authenticity, vulnerability, emotion, and purpose can transform your experiences into a message that inspires action. Turn your story into a mission—not merely a memory. Your story can become a message, book, business, stage, podcast, ministry, movement, or legacy that serves others. Move from surviving to creating meaningful impact. Discover how your greatest challenges can become a source of purpose, transformation, leadership, and hope. Stop waiting to pursue the life and mission calling you forward. The question isn’t whether you’re capable. The question is: What are you waiting for? This episode is for anyone ready to move beyond fear, self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and past adversity to embrace courageous storytelling, personal reinvention, authentic leadership, purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and lasting impact. You don’t have to wait until your story feels perfect, polished, or complete. Healing begins when we stop hiding and start sharing—and your willingness to own your voice may give someone else permission to reclaim theirs. Connect with Ginine Emily Smith Website: BaddassLioness.com Email: ginineemily22@gmail.com Powered by Exceptional Connections® Where authentic relationships, intentional conversations, and meaningful connections lead to powerful business growth and lasting impact. Learn more at ExceptionalConnections.com, or contact Exceptional Connections® Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com.

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Are you ready to attract raving fans, create powerful advocates, and make truly exceptional connections? Cyndi O’Neill-Dady is the Founder and Chief Connector of Exceptional Connections®, a thriving community she launched in 2009 to cultivate authentic relationships and meaningful collaboration among business professionals. With over 19 years of experience as a Business Relationship Marketing Strategist, Cyndi has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs and leaders to deepen trust, expand their networks, and create lasting impact through genuine human connection. As host of the Conversations to Connect – Let’s Get Real – Exceptional Connections Podcast, Cyndi welcomes exceptional guests who share stories, insights, and strategies to inspire others to connect with purpose and lead with heart—because every encounter holds the power to change the course of your life. We invite you to also visit ExceptionalConnections.com, or contact Cyndi ONeill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com to learn more. Don't forget to Subscribe to our Exceptional Connections® YouTube Channel, and check out our Exceptional Connections Facebook events and posts.