Chatting with The Experts with Paula Okonneh

Paula Okonneh | Coach, Podcaster,Digital Marketer
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Are you a solopreneur, entrepreneur, or small business owner looking to connect with other small business owners ? Are you yearning to know how they became successful at what they do? Then tune into Chatting with Experts podcast as we have all the right answers for you! Here you can listen to successful small business owners like Sonia Stetzler, Bill Franklin, Tesse Akpeki, Leanne Cannon and so many others share tips, advice and strategies on how they built their businesses . Join us on www.ChattingwiththeExperts.com and determine how to become the success that you are.

  1. 1d ago

    Building Real Legacy

    Thelma Young, certified life coach, ordained minister and U.S. Army veteran, frames legacy as decisions guided by the question, "What do I have to leave as a legacy?" Thelma contrasts chronos time (measured days and minutes) with kairos time (memorable moments) and urges intentional living. She presents REAL legacy: investing in Relationships through forgiveness and care, being an Example through daily micro-decisions, living with Authenticity, and building a Legacy that compounds across generations, illustrated through her children and grandchildren. Thelma describes her 3D Life Leadership System—Designed identity, Destined presence, and Determined delivery—and shares a major pivot from being dismissed from law school after illness to earning an MBA with a 4.0, emphasising reclaiming perceived losses. She defines generational wealth as passing on kairos memories, stories, and origins.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Theme 02:00 Chronos vs Kairos Time 05:13 REAL Legacy Framework 11:18 3D Leadership System 15:13 Pivoting Through Setbacks 22:56 Reclaiming Time in Family 25:21 Generational Wealth Memories 29:33 Connect and Closing    Related offers (affiliate links, Paula may earn a commission at no extra cost to you): Brand Visibility Workshop: https://reseller.turiyahodge.com/boostyourbrandvisibility?am_id=paula5027 Financial Coaching Session with Saran Baker: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/DAc4BxsjmMXxrAoQ7wbg?am_id=paula7445   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Thelma Young, you can reach her via her website (http://coachthelmayoung.com), via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thelma.hallyoung), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thelmayoungcoaching).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Building Real Legacy

  2. Oct 21

    Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

    Dr Oluwakemi Ogunsan, a board-certified internal and lifestyle medicine physician, certified life and relationship coach, and founder of New Vibrance Coaching and Consulting, discusses wellness as an invitation to wholeness, purpose, and connection with Christ at the center. Dr. Ogunsan explains lifestyle medicine as therapeutic life interventions to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic illness through six pillars: whole-food, plant-predominant nutrition; physical activity (150 minutes moderate or 75 minutes vigorous weekly plus strength training); stress management; restorative sleep; avoiding risky substances (alcohol, tobacco, harmful substances); and positive social connection, which she calls the "secret glue." She adds an unofficial seventh pillar—daily exposure to nature (about 120 minutes weekly). She also introduces the PERMA model (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment) and shares the Blue Zones "Moai" example from Okinawa to illustrate how relationships support health and longevity.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 03:23 What Is Lifestyle Medicine 03:58 Six Pillars Plus Nature 08:01 Nutrition Made Simple 12:21 Movement and Exercise Targets 16:01 Restorative Sleep Habits 20:09 Stress and Substance Risks 22:04 Relationships Secret Glue 23:59 PERMA Wellbeing Model 30:41 Blue Zones and Moai 34:13 Wrap Up and Contact Info 36:42 Closing Thanks and Q&A   Medical Disclaimer of Guest (MD)Speaker : The information, insights, and lifestyle medicine principles discussed by today's guest (MD) speaker are strictly for general educational and informational purposes only. This content does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Viewing or listening to this program does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and the guest (MD) speaker. The concepts and strategies shared are broad educational guidelines and may not suit your individual health needs.  Because changes to your lifestyle, diet, or exercise can rapidly alter biological biomarkers, any modifications require strict clinical supervision to safely manage health and adjust prescription medications. Always consult your own qualified healthcare provider before altering your health routine or medication in any way. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of information presented by the guest MD speaker on this program.  The guest MD speaker is acting solely as an educator, not as your personal doctor, and explicitly disclaims all liability for actions taken based on this content.   Related offers (affiliate links, Paula may earn a commission at no extra cost to you): Brand Visibility Workshop: https://reseller.turiyahodge.com/boostyourbrandvisibility?am_id=paula5027 Financial Coaching Session with Saran Baker: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/DAc4BxsjmMXxrAoQ7wbg?am_id=paula7445   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Oluwakemi Ogunsan, you can reach her via her website (http://newvibrancecoaching.com/) or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/newvibrancecoachingandconsulting).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

  3. Oct 15

    Building A Strong Staff

    Dr. Josiah Jackson, an educational excellence speaker and author at Jay Limited LLC with 35+ years of experience teaching in public, private, charter, and home school settings, discusses the challenges in the educational system. Dr. Jackson describes ongoing challenges in education including absenteeism, budget deficits, staff and student mental wellbeing, school closures, distance/hybrid learning, and revolving staff, and explains why team cohesion is essential for a successful school year. She highlights the "honeymoon" period at the start of the year and stresses consistent communication, encouragement, balancing strong and struggling staff, and using icebreakers, scenario-based activities, potlucks, and Culture Days to build relationships and celebrate diversity. She also discusses her books Come Get These Kids (written during 2020 school shutdowns) and Show Up With Excellence (focused on respect and dignity).   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Topic Intro 01:59 Behind the Scenes in Schools 05:36 Honeymoon Period Explained 08:00 Keeping Staff Motivated 10:02 Rebuilding Dysfunctional Teams 12:29 Listening and Icebreakers 16:02 Culture Day and Celebrations 18:22 Travel and Global Education 20:27 Books and Their Message 24:35 Where to Find Dr Josiah 26:21 Host Wrap Up and Close   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Josiah Jackson, you can reach her via her website (https://drjosiahj.com ), via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/survivingtheschoolsystem), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiahjackson ).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Building A Strong Staff

  4. Oct 8

    The Power of Reinvention

    Dr. Tanisha Guy, a nationally recognized thought leader with 26 years in mental health, 21 years teaching, and 17 years in private practice, discusses how setbacks can become the start of the greatest success. Dr. Guy explains pivoting into entrepreneurship coaching after being unexpectedly let go from academia and realizing clinicians aren't trained to be business owners. She shares how learning she had dyslexia (and dyscalculia) helped her understand her brain, complete her dissertation, and reframe neurodivergence as a "superpower" for spotting patterns and strategies. Dr. Guy emphasizes mindset, perception, resilience, and viewing outcomes as teachable moments—"fail fast"—and urges women to act despite imperfection: "do it afraid…done is better than perfect."   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Theme 01:48 Meet Dr Tanisha Guy 02:08 Why She Helps Clinicians 04:11 Fired From Dream Job 05:52 Setback to Entrepreneurship 07:21 Dyslexia Diagnosis 10:25 Neurodivergence Superpower 11:51 Mindset and Resilience 13:56 Fail Fast Lessons 15:17 Do It Messy Not Perfect 19:57 Where to Find Her 20:34 Closing and Subscribe    Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Tanisha Guy, you can reach her via her website (http://www.DrTanishaGuy.com ), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/drtanishaguy/ ), via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/tanisha.guy.2025 ), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tanisha-guy-b612335/).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.    Related offers (affiliate links, Paula may earn a commission at no extra cost to you): Brand Visibility Workshop: https://reseller.turiyahodge.com/boostyourbrandvisibility?am_id=paula5027 Financial Coaching Session with Saran Baker: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/DAc4BxsjmMXxrAoQ7wbg?am_id=paula7445

    The Power of Reinvention

  5. Oct 1

    When Life Changes Without Permission

    Ronalda Sullivan, founder of Dream Differently, transformational speaker, author, and coach, talks about women facing disruption and possibility. Ronalda shares how unexpected life changes shaped her message, including raising a non-speaking autistic son diagnosed after evaluations at Bethesda Naval Hospital, the end of a 22-year marriage, and decades as a veteran and civil servant. She emphasizes that one painful chapter doesn't define the whole story unless you stop turning the pages, and encourages women not to lose themselves in disruption or the "fog of fear," but to ask what's possible now, feel their emotions, and move forward. She notes her son now lives independently and advises parents to research autism, seek medical evaluation, and obtain a diagnosis to access resources.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Episode Theme 01:32 Meet Ronalda Sullivan 02:41 Dream Differently Mindset 04:20 Autism Diagnosis Shock 10:43 Redefining Communication 13:38 Losing Yourself in Disruption 18:01 Feel Fear Then Act 22:14 Autism Resources for Parents 24:49 Connect and Final Takeaway   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Ronalda Sullivan, you can reach her via her website (http://ronaldasullivan.com ), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ronaldasullivan/ ), via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ronalda.sullivan ), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronalda-sullivan-62b5a1194/ ).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.   Related offers (affiliate links, Paula may earn a commission at no extra cost to you): Brand Visibility Workshop: https://reseller.turiyahodge.com/boostyourbrandvisibility?am_id=paula5027 Financial Coaching Session with Saran Baker: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/DAc4BxsjmMXxrAoQ7wbg?am_id=paula7445

    When Life Changes Without Permission

  6. Sep 24

    Progression vs Perfection

    Dr. Helen Holton, a leadership strategist, coach, author, and former Baltimore City Councilwoman,  discusses how perfectionism creates "perfection-driven misalignment," the gap between excellence and perfection that pressures leaders, teams, culture, and results. Holton shares her leadership journey, including self-doubt, overworking, feeling unseen, and the need to find one's voice amid conscious and unconscious bias, noting large numbers of women displaced from roles. She frames perfectionism as over-performance, procrastination, fear of mistakes, and difficulty delegating, and urges leaders to focus on strengths awareness using tools like CliftonStrengths, DISC, and Myers-Briggs, emphasizing progress over perfection. Holton promotes her Permission Room workshop for women leaders and highlights three essentials—vulnerability, curiosity, and resilience—plus wellbeing practices to reclaim joy.  Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Setup 01:34 Meet Dr Helen Holton 02:04 Recovering Perfectionist Story 04:51 Bias and Misalignment 07:12 Cultural Overperformance 09:54 Excellence Over Perfection 12:55 Faith Lens on Perfectionism 16:03 Strengths and Awareness 18:29 Procrastination and Book Journey 22:08 Permission Room Workshop 26:28 Three Leadership Essentials 28:03 Resilience and Wellbeing 30:21 Connect and Closing    Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Helen Holton, you can reach her via her website (https://drhelenholton.com), via Instagram (https://instagram.com/drhelenholton), via Substack (https://substack.com/@drhelenholton), or via her LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/drhelenholton).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.    Related offers (affiliate links, Paula may earn a commission at no extra cost to you): Brand Visibility Workshop: https://reseller.turiyahodge.com/boostyourbrandvisibility?am_id=paula5027 Financial Coaching Session with Saran Baker: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/DAc4BxsjmMXxrAoQ7wbg?am_id=paula7445

    Progression vs Perfection

  7. Sep 16

    What Every Founder Learns the Hard Way

    Gwendolyn V. Arrington, founder and CEO of Arrington Innovative Solutions, talks about scaling businesses by addressing the real bottleneck: the owner. Arrington explains that growth stalls when all execution and approvals run through one person, and advises operating like the larger company you aim to become by delegating, hiring the right people, training, documenting repeatable processes, and empowering teams with trust rather than shifting the bottleneck to approvals. She also discusses her commitment to increasing girls' confidence in STEM through camps, scholarships honoring her aunt Jimmie Nell Perkins, and potential internships, emphasizing the power of exposure and positive impact. Arrington adds that AI is a "friend" that boosts efficiency and communication skills, urging "always be learning" based on her experience from early wireless technology through 5G.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Episode Setup 00:42 Meet Gwendolyn Arrington 02:58 You Are the Bottleneck 04:45 Delegation and Building Trust 05:56 Hire the Right Circle 07:45 Operate Like the Future 10:00 Document Train Empower 13:22 Women in STEM Mission 15:09 Aunt Jimmie Nell Legacy 18:24 Scholarships and STEM Camps 24:47 AI Is Your Friend 28:00 Tech Evolution Lessons 31:01 Connect and Closing    Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Gwendolyn Arrington, you can reach her via her website (https://arringtonis.com/), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/arrington_innovative_solutions/), or via her LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/gwendolynarrington).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.   Related offers (affiliate links, Paula may earn a commission at no extra cost to you): Brand Visibility Workshop: https://reseller.turiyahodge.com/boostyourbrandvisibility?am_id=paula5027 Financial Coaching Session with Saran Baker: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/DAc4BxsjmMXxrAoQ7wbg?am_id=paula7445

    What Every Founder Learns the Hard Way

  8. Sep 10

    Lifestyle Medicine for Kingdom Impact

    Dr. Lisa McCoy, a retired board-certified preventive and lifestyle medicine physician, explains lifestyle medicine as a mainstream subspecialty that targets root causes of chronic disease using six researched interventions—stress management, restorative sleep, strong connections with God and others, properly dosed physical activity, a whole-food plant-predominant diet, and avoiding risky substances and distractions—framed as biblically grounded. She shares a case of a Trinidadian woman whose prediabetes-related symptoms improved through dietary diversity, reduced sugar, and exercise, and notes 2025 research showing combined lifestyle interventions improved outcomes in early Alzheimer's compared with usual care. The conversation emphasizes mindset, convictions, and discipline aligned with God's purpose, and provides Dr. McCoy's resources and contact details. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Mission 00:32 Meet Dr Lisa McCoy 01:58 What Lifestyle Medicine Is 05:18 Six Biblical Pillars 07:50 Mindset and Purpose 10:14 Temple Design and Aging 11:59 Serena Prediabetes Turnaround 14:36 Whole Grains and Local Swaps 16:26 Reverse Parables and Gut Health 22:02 Lifestyle Medicine for Alzheimer's 25:47 Daniel and Mission Critical Health 29:43 Connect and Closing   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Lisa McCoy, you can reach her via her website (http://drlisamccoy.org), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/Drlisamccoy), via Substack (drlisamccoy.substack.com), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlisamccoy/ ).  You can check out her YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrLisaMcCoy For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Lifestyle Medicine for Kingdom Impact
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Are you a solopreneur, entrepreneur, or small business owner looking to connect with other small business owners ? Are you yearning to know how they became successful at what they do? Then tune into Chatting with Experts podcast as we have all the right answers for you! Here you can listen to successful small business owners like Sonia Stetzler, Bill Franklin, Tesse Akpeki, Leanne Cannon and so many others share tips, advice and strategies on how they built their businesses . Join us on www.ChattingwiththeExperts.com and determine how to become the success that you are.

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    Paula Okonneh | Coach, Podcaster,Digital Marketer
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
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