Enjoy this episode of Forsyth Business Radio with Karen, John (a.k.a. Wiz) and Host Amanda Pearch focused leadership, literacy and service.
Chat with AP is the candid, bite-size podcast that offers a glimpse into the professional and personal worlds of remarkable people. If you’re seeking connection, community and collaboration you are in the right place! Enjoy this episode with Karen, John (a.k.a. Wiz) and Amanda focused leadership, literacy and service.
“Duluth Business Now!” is the official podcast of the Duluth Business Association. On this episode, the panel discusses what you can do after your networking meetings to build valuable relationships.
Ken Thompson/Thompson Hypnotherapy
Thompson Hypnotherapy believes everyone deserves the chance to live their dreams and not have to live their lives burdened by their past or paralyzed with fear, doubt, or anxiety about their future. Their focus is on those who really want to make the necessary changes. Using sessions to educate, guide, and empower, they show you how to find the incredible natural power that has been inside your mind all along and then show you how to use that power to break the chains holding you back. This may include changing or removing negative habits and behaviors, as well as forming new positive ones. At the end of the day, Thompson Hypnotherapy believes in helping you live your best life every day!
Katrina Lucisano/Silverton Mortgage
Founded in 1998, Silverton Mortgage is an acknowledged industry leader within the mortgage community. They’ve always believed that maintaining the entire loan process in-house keeps everyone involved: borrower, real estate agent, and Silverton Mortgage. One team, one goal. Katrina brings over 30 years of experience from owning Family First Mortgage to being a licensed Mortgage Loan Originator at Silverton Mortgage.
Benjamin King/Pet Wants of Johns Creek
Pet Wants has redefined the meaning of “fresh” in the pet food industry. To them, fresh means from the manufacturer to your pet’s bowl in weeks, not months. They have raised the bar in animal wellness and nutrition for over a decade. Their proprietary pet food is made using natural and fresh ingredients, including salmon, chicken, lamb and brown rice. There are no added sugars, no corn, and no animal by-products. They never use corn, wheat, soy or dyes.
John Withers/How Money Works
How Money Works is on a mission to eradicate financial illiteracy, the #1 economic crisis in the world, which impacts more than 4.5 billion people across the planet. Each Financial Educator has a goal to help their students break the cycle of endless debt, foolish spending, and financial cluelessness so they can take control of their financial future.
Lisa Thompson, President/Duluth Business Association (Moderator)
The Duluth Business Association exists to provide an open networking opportunity in a unique and relaxed environment, inviting business owners to interact socially while building relationships that will ultimately impact economic development and improve the Duluth community.
“Duluth Business Now!“ is member-sponsored by CrossPointe Realty, Knick Knack Products Group, Profound Wellness, Lillies Boutique, Rainbow Village, Home Access Mortgage, Gwen Tajz Wine Bar, and Morsels by Melissa Catering.
Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.
Karen Zapp/HowMoneyWorks
Karen Zappe is a Financial Educator for HowMoneyWorks. She’s also a former Naval Officer and she had a long career in engineering.
HowMoneyWorks teaches people how money really works because it’s not being taught in schools. Understanding how money works – the basics of personal finance – is an essential life skill that everyone needs each and every day. They teach the WHAT and the HOW so your families, friends, neighbors, and communities can be financially literate and not simply educated. They teach from the book, How Money Works – Stop Being a Sucker. It’s the top-selling book on personal finance since 2020. It’s been featured on national TV over 370 time (plus radio, web media, and more) and seen by over 125 million viewers on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNBC, etc. HowMoneyWorks’ crusade is to erase financial illiteracy, because the less you know… the more the finance industry makes.
Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by
Hosted by Amanda Pearch
Produced by Dan Braverman
John Withers/HowMoneyWorks
The mission of How Money Works is to eradicate financial illiteracy. NOT knowing how money works can make you financially unwell – for life. They teach people how money really works – a life skill not taught in schools. The financial education plus implementing the 7 steps to becoming successful with your finances (which they call “Money Milestones”) is answering a critical need in all communities. They’re helping people eliminate debt, increase cash flow, combat inflation, and take steps toward reducing their fears, stress, and worries about money. They teach from the top- selling personal finance book since 2020 “How Money Works – Stop Being a Sucker”. It’s a fun book to read and their classes are also fun. They make a serious topic seriously enjoyable.
Katrina Lucisano/Silverton Mortgage
Founded in 1998, Silverton Mortgage is an acknowledged industry leader within the mortgage community. They’ve always believed that maintaining the entire loan process in-house keeps everyone involved: borrower, real estate agent, and Silverton Mortgage. One team, one goal. Because of their collaborative culture, they are honored to continually be recognized with the industry’s leading customer satisfaction rankings and stunning growth as they continually expand their lending footprint. Success is always a team effort. At Silverton Mortgage, they credit their years of success to the trust of their clients and the hard work of the talented individuals on their team.
Proudly Presented by
Lucy Mejia/Junkluggers
The Junkluggers are a full-service, eco-friendly, and community-oriented furniture and junk removal company on a mission to keep as much out of the landfills as possible by donating, remixing, and recycling the items they take.
John Withers/How Money Works
The mission at How Money Works is to educate 20 million Americans on the basics of personal finance in the next 10 years. These are the concepts that everyone should have learned, but most were never taught in school. With this education, people can protect themselves and their families and not make the mistakes many have made with money. They conduct free 1-hour educational classes – both LIVE and via Zoom – based on their book “How Money Works – Stop Being a Sucker” by Tom Mathews and Steve Siebold. These classes are aimed primarily at commercial businesses, with a minor focus on churches, schools, and other interested organizations. Their cause is giving Americans the gift of financial literacy, so they can live a better, happier, and even healthier life.
Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by
Carmen Payne SOAR Transformational Life Coaching LLC with Selina Schuh Empowered Living Strategies and Buffie ONeill Financial Specialist with WealthWave WFG
SOAR TLC partners with individuals and corporations to provide proven personal and professional development methods that up level their self- awareness in order for them to show up an enhanced version of themselves. The results being: – improved personal and professional relationships – stronger leadership and communication skills – greater team work, cooperation and 
collaboration – increased self-worth and confidence – less conflict, stress and anxiety – They control their schedule vs. the schedule controlling them.
Carmen Payne is a personal and professional development coach. Through her company, SOAR! Transformational Life Coaching, she works with corporate professionals to develop or increase their self-awareness and create an improved version of themselves. Carmen’s services include personalized coaching, workshops, consulting and speaking.
During her corporate career, both in the UK and US, Carmen traveled the world leading international IT projects. This included developing, testing, training, and deploying global solutions with large, international teams. Carmen hails from the beautiful island of Malta. She grew up in the UK before moving to the USA more than a decade ago. Carmen currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her partner, Joshua, her step daughter, Olivia, and their two very fluffy cats, Tiffany and Stephanie.
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Empowered Living Strategies is a company that helps women who are feeling stuck and frustrated in their relationships, to build skills to create deeply connected relationships. 
Selina Schuh is an educator, speaker, writer and owner of Empowered Living Strategies. For over 25 years she worked in education, collaborating with students of all ages. Since creating a marriage that feeds her soul after years of struggle, Selina combined her passion for personal growth with her experience in effective teaching to create a step-by-step system, which walks clients through the process of building deeply connected relationships.
She is the author of Becoming Your Own Knight in Shining Armor: A Guide to Love that Feeds Your Soul.
Follow Selina and Empowered Living Strategies on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
WealthWave WFG is a financial literacy company breaking the status quo of how financial solutions are being delivered to Middle Americans. We provide a basic financial education on how compound interest works, the impact of losses, debt elimination, tax reduction and how to plan and protect individuals and their money through all stages of life.
Buffie O’Neill is a single mother of three amazing successful young adult children. She is a Native of Arizona. The past 18 years she’s spent in the classroom teaching elementary academics and art. She has found her element by speaking about and educating others about money matters and basic financial concepts. She has a passion for teaching and helping others especially in this area, given the unfortunate fact we are not taught about basic personal finance concepts in school. She has honed her skill and talent as a teacher, speaking and educating others how to break down the barriers on this topic.
Buffie is an 
advocate for financial literacy education to anyone wanting to learn more about how money really works and is committed to change or improve their situation. She believes everyone should have access to information to make educated decisions and choices rather than randomly checking boxes and filling in the blanks with a number and hoping for the best. She is redefining how financial concepts are reaching individuals, families and business owners.
Connect with Buffie on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
