12 Minute Convos W/ Engel Jones

Phoenix Jackson- Phoenix Jackson is an award-winning business leader, corporate communication strategist, adjunct faculty and expert in social entrepreneurship turned author and speaker. Phoenix’s calling has been to empower women and men alike concerning their abilities to influence and impact others through entrepreneurship. Additionally, Phoenix is the co-founder of Phoenix Affect, an integrated communications and public relations firm. For profit businesses, nonprofits, professional athletes, entertainers, authors, speakers, and politicians have all been clients of Phoenix Affect, successfully being branded and manifesting their desired outcome within public influence.   Phoenix has been recognized for her intellect and results-driven leadership approach, which has led to many accolades and honors, including the 25 Top Leaders in Denver for Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, Women Making History Award, a Daniels Scholar Alumni, Denver Business Journal Making Their Mark publication , Denver's 4

Chris Kalaboukis- Chris Kalaboukis is a visionary disruptive innovator, prolific inventor, speaker, and futurist. He is the co-founder of helloFUTURE, a global foresight, innovation, and patent development consultancy specializing in the development of innovative new products, services, patents and strategies for financial services, technology, media, and retail/e-commerce companies. He is also named on 74 patents in the internet, social networking, and fintech space.   An experienced technologist, he has architected, and launched a multitude of apps, both web, and mobile. A serial entrepreneur, he has helmed several startups from inception to launch.   He has authored several books on innovation and the future and blogs and podcasts at thinkfuture.com Listen to another #12minconvo

Shannon Evans- Shannon Evans is not your run-of-the-mill educator. With more than 17 years as a teacher and coach (middle school, high school, and college) under her belt, she’s worked as an academic and admissions counselor for multiple colleges including University of Maryland, University of Oklahoma, Mississippi State University, East Mississippi Community College, and Utica College.   Shannon Evans holds a Masters of Education in Measurements of Human Learning and Statistics. She conducts workshops for students and parents with her Decision Matrix™. Her passion is helping students develop communication, autonomy, and “adulating” skills that will serve them as they go off to college to explore the opportunities and experiences that await them.    In 2017 Shannon founded the Scholar Coach Academy to help families understand the college recruiting process for athletes and to teach them to leverage their athletic and academic skills so that they can get in the college that’s best for them with the best financ

Nasir Jamal...        Ms. Nasira Jamal has been working on building her consulting business her entire career. As a single parent and a low-income earner, she has brought herself out of a life of poverty to achieving well over 15 million dollars in sales volume over the last 10 years. She now runs a private practice helping her clients achieve massive success on a personal and professional level.   Nasira Jamal was born in a small village in Kampala, Uganda and migrated to Canada with her family when the Idi Amin regime ordered them out of their country. Nasira was the fourth of five children that her parents raised in Kitchener, Ontario. Though she was trained in early childhood education, her passion for entrepreneurship was fueled by her ambition and drive. She became an award-winning realtor by helping people realize their dreams of home ownership. Her quest to help others grew from here, and Nasira became certified in many different energy healing modalities.    Nasira implemented the healing practices

Leanne Drew... has been a Dump Truck, water cart, grader and loader Operator in the mines for 13 years.  At first working on a crew of 60 men and 2 women was challenging and she struggled to comprehend how to drive a truck and deal with crew culture. Finally, it all began to click, and she chose to continue her mining career. As a Nanna heading towards retirement, she began to speak of her experiences, why she chose to keep going and strategies for others who may also find it challenging. “Mad Mumzie” the brand was born.  A blog led to writing for Shift Miner magazine and starting a podcast called “Beers with A Miner.” Interview and solo episodes with stories, tips and strategies from past and present miners as well as those supporting the industry’s workers and families. An online teaching hub with courses enables Leanne to teach others how to thrive and survive in the industry, how to get a start, and to know if you are actually cut out to be a miner?  Creating these courses using the Teachable platform ins

Kirk Barbera... is a media producer for the future. Media has changed and new methods, models, avenues and technology make media more accessible than ever before. Kirk Barbera has produced thousands of videos, shows, podcasts, articles, books, novels, plays, movies and more. Highly Gifted, creative, organized and enthusiastic Digital Producer with experience in supervising and coordinating design, live action, visual effects, 3D and editorial projects, as well as writing outlines, storyboards and scripts; directing the cast and crew, recording audio and video, editing the video and mixing the sound; taking the lead on commercials and theatrical trailers, deciding on posters, billboards, and other marketing material, and negotiating distribution deals with the exhibitors. Able to envision the genesis of a creative idea and manage conceptual projects from beginning to end. Resourceful and hardworking, adept at producing inspiring works with little resources and small budgets. I am also a self-directed, resour

Ronan Leonard- Ronan Leonard is a Mastermind facilitator, connecting entrepreneurs and small business owners together to create the perfect virtual Mastermind group. Small business owners are often overwhelmed with to-do lists and need impartial advice to get the right support to help them achieve their goals.   Ronan believes that 99% of your business problems are already solved and will connect you to a tribe that has the answers and to help you accelerate your learning. He believes that there is more value in making real peer-to-peer connections than paying for external contractors who have no vested interest in your success.  Passionate about helping others he is committed to giving away 1 in 6 spots on the platform to social enterprises and entrepreneurs from developing countries to create a global community.  Ronan loves seeing the benefits that Mastermind groups have on each person who participates and has helped 100’s of business owners increase clarity, confidence and productivity by creating the sup

Armando Cruz- Armando Cruz is a Lifestyle Physical Therapist and Body Transformation Coach. Armando was born and raised in Miami, FL. He attended Florida International University (FIU) and has a bachelors degree in Exercise and Sports Science with a focus on Athletic Training. He pursued his education further at FIU and received a masters in physical therapy with a focus on orthopedic overuse injuries. Since 2001 Armando had been helping to train and condition collegiate and high school athletes. During that time he realized that while he loved training athletes he now wanted to focus on sharing the gift of health and fitness with families. In 2005 Armando created Cruz Country Fitness & Physical Therapy to help achieve his mission of helping families live happier and healthier lives through exercise, nutrition, education, and mindset. The primary focus was to help those people that were injured or had a pre-existing condition and get them in the best shape possible. Because of Armando’s vision to help a

Mark Stephen Pooler   Mark Stephen Pooler has a remarkable story.  He has survived the type of hardship most of us only see in movies, from being bullied from a young age, combatting severe drug addiction and even cheating death.  Now he works tirelessly to help others overcome adversity and bring out the brilliance that shines in each and every one of us.      By the age of 15 the bullying had taken it’s toll. Mark’s confidence had hit rock bottom.  He had undergone several cosmetic procedures to try and improve his appearance and was struggling to come to terms with his sexuality.  He left school with bad grades and the downward spiral into drug addiction began to take hold.      On leaving school, Mark Stephen Pooler trained as a hairdresser and started working for big name brands in leading hair salons.  By the time he reached his late teens/early twenties he his addiction was spiraling out of control – using crack cocaine and heroin so he didn’t have to live in reality of his life.      At 21 Mark was at

Kyle Elliott Kyle Elliott, MPA, CHES runs CaffeinatedKyle.com. His goal is simple – to help people find jobs they LOVE (or at least tolerate). This help takes many forms, from Career and Life Coaching to resumes and cover letters to interview prep and salary negotiation. Kyle loves coffee (if you couldn’t tell), writing and eating the same thing at different restaurants. Connect with him on LinkedIn where you’ll often find him talking about work, life, and Starbucks. Listen to another #12minconvo 

Johnathan Grzybowski Johnathan Grzybowski is rogue risk taker turned entrepreneur. Johnathan is the co-founder of Penji, help agencies, marketing teams, and small businesses with all of their graphic design needs. Their service offers unlimited graphic design, all at a flat monthly rate. As a result, their customers are able to spend more time on what matters most; their business. They accomplish this all while hiring students and residents from the city of Camden New Jersey.   He is also the producer and host of #1 rated business and entrepreneurship podcast called The Blind Entrepreneur Podcast. Which features interviews with entrepreneurs, CEO’s, and business professionals to help those who may be temporally blind in business and guide those individuals to profitability within their business.

Chris J. Bradshaw- Chris J. Bradshaw is producer & host of the China Jedi podcast and a health, marketing and education professional. He is an energetic, creative, goal orientated leader and coach who excels at serving and inspiring others, generating powerful results and thriving business.   Listen to another #12minconvo 

JJ Ashcraft- After the death of his brother and the near loss of his parents in a tragic car accident at age three, JJ Ashcraft struggled with a fear of death that plagued him through childhood. After many failed attempts during his teenage years to break his fears, he found a tool that changed everything -   Sensory Deprivation Tanks.   Combining isolation and visualization techniques, JJ learned how to overcome his fears and push the boundaries of what he thought was possible in his own life. In the process, JJ partnered with two others and opened Gravity Spa, a flotation center where he figured out how to help others break difficult habits and become better versions of themselves. After selling his portion of the business, he decided to put his new skills to the ultimate test...what would prove to the world that these methods are legitimate? In a struggle between overcoming fears and finding passion, JJ takes a literal leap from 13,000 feet to find out that his deepest fears brought about a love for flying

Tina Thrussel- As a Shin Daoist and Spiritual Healer, I am focused on influencing the world to embrace the Shin Dao – the Way of the Heart. We (my life partner, Neil Thrussell and I) are creating a global movement from intellectual, mind-based living to compassion, heart-based living. This is our website:  https://shindao.com/ Listen to another #12minconvo 

John Francis- John Francis is a Human Resources professional, podcast host and entrepreneur.    President of Theonera Inc. a virtual recruitment and retention business that provides affordable HR services to businesses worldwide. The Founder of TheResumeFilter a SaaS business that screens and sorts job applicants and presents only qualified candidates to hiring managers. Podcast host of : Work Passion Fit. A show that talks with business leaders and entrepreneurs about what they are truly passionate about and how their passions manifest themselves in their work. Holders of a Masters of Philosophy from Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. I have a passion for the following; my family, reading [I absolutely love a great story], soccer, running, the arts, skiing, hiking, national and international travel. A Canadian and European citizen. Avid consumer of economic and political trends and issues www.theonera.com www.theresumefilter.com Listen to another #12minconvo 

Carlon Newson- Carlon Newson has had a love affair with words since she heard her parent’s voices.  As a toddler she talked so much she earned from family and friends, the nicknames Radio and Talking Machine.  Carlon has since changed her major form of communication to writing. Carlon Newson appreciates all forms of written communication.  Having written stories all her life, she decided that her next phase of life she would have her stories published and share them with like-minded people all over the world.  That is what this website is for.  Here Ciecie showcases her love of words. You can hear her speak when you tune into her YouTube Channel were she vlogs and host her podcast channel where she interviews people that successfully reached their potential.  Talking with people is a favored past-time and she has spoken to some interesting folks on her Podcast.  If you sign up for Carlon’s newsletters you will get special short stories, blogs on writing, and publishing and where you can go to hear her speak.

James Higgins- James Higgins is a web developer and graphic designer hailing from Calgary, Alberta Canada. James is the founder of the Selfling Teen Support Foundation, a startup not for profit also based out of Calgary, Alberta. Selfling is the foundation behind the Selfling Teens Support App which will launch in mid 2016 on the Apple App Store. Selfling's mission is to help build stronger connections between teens and teens support agencies. James is very eager to speak to other teen support agencies, youth coaches, and other professionals that work with teens and to discover how Selfling can help them out when it comes to connecting with teens. In July of 2016, James will be launching a crowdfunding campaign through ATB's Alberta Boostr Program and will be campaigning heavily for support to help fund the first version of the app. Stay tuned! James has a total of 11 years experience in the field and holds a Digital Media Arts Diploma from Sprott-Shaw Community College as well as a Web Developer Certific

Moneeka Sawyer- Moneeka Sawyer has often been described as one of the most joyful people you will ever meet. She is the International best-selling author of the award winning book “Choose Bliss: The Power and Practice of Joy and Contentment,” which covers the proven strategies she has taught as an executive coach for over a decade.  Moneeka Sawyer believes that we can and should choose bliss in all areas of our lives from relationships to business to investing. To that end, Moneeka created the Blissful Real Estate Investor Formula.  She is well versed in many types of investing, but her favorite is Real Estate.  She has been investing in real estate for 25 years and has seen several real estate cycles, and has developed specific strategies to create a multi-million dollar real estate investing business. This business has allowed her to travel to over 50 countries, living her bliss, while she runs it part-time and with very little stress.  She loves helping people build their own foundation of wealth so they

Carla White- With over three decades of experience as a consultant, facilitator and yes, one of the first female Emergency Services Firefighters, Carla White earned her badassery badge by rising from the ashes of life’s literal and figurative fires. Today, she’s on a mission to educate, empower and inspire others to STOP letting life’s inevitable fires burn them to the ground and START reigniting their own SPARK. From burnout and depression during her nursing career, to specializing in dealing with crisis and chaos in her work with clients, and surviving the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire - Canada’s largest and most expensive natural disaster in history - Carla knows a thing or ten about bouncing forward from life’s rock bottom moments. She applies her real-world expertise to consult with government agencies, municipalities, first responders and health care on their unique resiliency issues. Carla is the author of the upcoming book: Reignite your Spark: Simple Steps to Extinguish Stress and go from Burned Out

Jason Richardson- Jason Richardson is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Sound Therapist and Transformational Law of Attraction Life Coach.  He has a deep passion for and commitment to the healing and expansion of all those he works with. Skilled in his craft, Jason really knows how to help people achieve their mental, physical, spiritual and financial desires.  His diverse talents bring true results through an infusion of sound therapy, hypnotherapy and coaching. Jason’s unique combination of Sound Therapy/True-Sync Entrainment, Hypnosis and Coaching, allow you to quickly replace negative and self-destructive thought patterns with thought patterns and behaviors that are loving, positive, productive and get results.  He is gifted at  assisting those he works with to change and heal their lives permanently. Jason guides you to ‘your true abundance that resides within’. He specializes in many categories including: Building Financial Abundance Overcoming Depression Building Confidence Increasing Self-Esteem Sleeplessn