UnstuckAF

Orlando Bishop

You know you could do great things and it drives you nuts that you’re not doing them. I get it. I’ve been there. And it sucks. Start that business. Change careers. Write that novel. I’ve created UnstuckAF to help you… do you… better. Success leaves clues. Join me, Coach Orlando, for conversations with a wide array of people who were stuck in a wide range of ways, and use the clues we find together to solve the mystery of how you, too, can get unstuck… “AF.”

  1. How do we recover from COVID better? (with Arian White)

    03/21/2023

    How do we recover from COVID better? (with Arian White)

    In this episode of UnstuckAF, Coach Orlando welcomes Arian White, who was one of the thousands of educators who helped our nation's children navigate the COVID pandemic, through lockdown(s) and personal loss. Arian shares how he taught and what he learned as a global pandemic hit close to home. Arian White is a third generation educator and Los Angeles Native.  Eager to see the best of what education had to offer around the globe, Arian spent the summer of 2009 at the Chinju National University of Education teaching English to elementary and middle school students in South Korea.  After becoming aware of the academic rigor and prestige of International schools, in 2013 he spent two years teaching elementary school at the prestigious Cap Cana Heritage School in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Cap Cana Heritage School is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 educational institutions in the country. While in the Dominican Republic, he was also a Professor of English at Universidad Iberoamericano.                   When Arian wasn’t spending his summers overseas, he worked at various Summer Camps, including working as a counselor at UCLA’s Summer Camp at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center.  In 2010, before STEM and STEAM were educational catchphrases, Arian worked at Destination Science helping students learn about science through play.  By the end of his time there, he was the site manager overseeing the daily operations, programs, and personnel for their Beverly Hills site.      Most recently, he teaches at a predominantly African American public school in Los Angeles where he hopes to help close The Achievement Gap and share some of the best practices he’s learned around the world with his community.  Because of his abilities as an effective instructor in his first year with the district, he was awarded the "2018 Los Angeles Unified School District Rookie of the Year Award" in a district of roughly 900 schools.  Currently, he also runs a Pan-African STEAM camp called Camp Sankofa. Arian earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Are you ready to get UnstuckAF?  Join us for our virtual conference, Wanna Be Startin Somethin:  Visit WeAlign, our online community, and learn more about the Align Approach that leads the overwhelmed to overcome.  Or find us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok As mentioned: Johnathan Livingston Seagull a story by Richard Bach

    49 min
  2. How could we use travel to manage grief better? (with Cherise Fisher)

    02/01/2023

    How could we use travel to manage grief better? (with Cherise Fisher)

    They say home is where the heart is. And Cherise Fisher's story, the loving manner in which she cared for and about her father and, eventually, herself is a glowing example of all that can mean. In this episode, Cherise shares how the timing of a trip of a lifetime provided an opportunity to contemplate and celebrate the journey of her lifetime. Cherise Fisher began her career in publishing more than 25 years ago, spending many years editing and publishing several national bestselling and award winning authors at Simon & Schuster and Plume (an imprint of Penguin Random House), where she was Editor-in-Chief. She works with novelists who have multiple compulsively readable yarns in their head (both historical and contemporary), memoirists who showcase the diversity of human experience, and non-fiction writers who seek to provoke, inspire, and educate. Her intention is that all the books she helps bring into the world are relevant, enduring, and help readers maximize their life. Be sure to check out The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson and Seven Days In June by Tia Williams! Join  WeAlign to gain access to video episodes of UnstuckAF and to learn more about how you can create the Aligned Success Strategy that will get you unstuck and living a life worthy of who you are. You can also  join the conversation on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. Wherever you connect with us, know that Align Performance is here to help you... do you... better. In other words, our dream is making your dreams come true.

    1h 39m
  3. How could we tell our stories better? (with Linda McLachlan)

    01/09/2023

    How could we tell our stories better? (with Linda McLachlan)

    For this sixth episode of our third season,  the description comes from our guest, Linda McLachlan.   Linda is a coach, a consultant, a podcaster, and one of the reasons UnstuckAF exists, as Coach Orlando shares in this conversation.  These are Linda's thoughts on her podcasting journey: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~ T. Roosevelt I started my podcasting journey (my first Akimbo workshop in 2020) with a knapsack full of ‘should’ and ‘needs’. I should know what I want to say, I should be ready to say it, I should already know a lot about podcasts and I need a microphone, I need a better laptop, I need more gear… Looking at that list now, I know this was a way of hiding behind my ‘lack’ and ‘not good enough’. That belief that something outside myself would give me the ability to do and share with the world what was/ is already inside of me. Curiosity, perseverance, life experiences uniquely my own and a deep desire to speak, listen and learn from others. Did those other things come along the way? The knowing how /what I want to say and to whom? The gear? yes, bit by bit. But not before a gradual acceptance of my ability to share myself through speaking aloud, into a recording device and hitting publish. Our right, our ability and self-belief that we have something of value to share.  Maybe it’s not always unique but it’s of this time.  It’s for the eyes, ears and hearts of those our work will reach. The light in the darkness, the laughter through sadness. Strike the match. Join Align Performance's online community: WeAlign Also, connect with us on social media: Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Facebook   And to learn more about how we do what we do and how we do it, visit our site.

    1h 9m
5
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23 Ratings

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You know you could do great things and it drives you nuts that you’re not doing them. I get it. I’ve been there. And it sucks. Start that business. Change careers. Write that novel. I’ve created UnstuckAF to help you… do you… better. Success leaves clues. Join me, Coach Orlando, for conversations with a wide array of people who were stuck in a wide range of ways, and use the clues we find together to solve the mystery of how you, too, can get unstuck… “AF.”