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2021 ISSA International Male Emerging Artist Of The Year

What is good Friends!It is Thirsty Thursday and we're releasing another episode. As you know I love my artists! I love their courage around embracing their talent and sharing it with the world. My next guest has been on a lifelong journey developing and creating his art. Please welcome Tom Tikka! Tom Tikka picked up the guitar at the tender age of six after hearing Paul Anka’s “Lonely Boy” in his father’s old Chevrolet. Soon afterwards, he began writing songs. Tom’s infatuation with music only deepened after his aunt’s husband Timo "Oippa" Oinonen introduced him to the concept of lead guitar and even more importantly to the music of such legendary groups as The Beatles and The Doors. Tikka formed almost as many groups as he disbanded in his late teens and early twenties. Yet, when he finally signed his first recording contract on his 21st birthday, it was a solo deal and not a band effort. He recorded a three-song EP for Olarin Musiikki, a small indie label in Espoo (Finland), under the alias of Tom Spark. Unfortunately, the EP disappeared as quickly as it was released. Consequently, Tikka found himself in square one, without a band or a record deal.Disappointed, Tom withdrew from music for a few years but began writing songs again once his brother Lappe Holopainen suggested that they form a songwriting team. Lappe had founded a group he was convinced would go far and he needed tunes for his new outfit. This group was Carmen Gray.Carmen Gray was signed to Sony/BMG in 2005 and during the next nine years, they went on to record three albums and one EP. The group's entire catalog (including such radio hits as “Lost In My Mind Again”, “Gates Of Loneliness” & “Life Can Be Beautiful”) was penned by Tom Tikka & Lappe Holopainen.After Carmen Gray disbanded in 2013, Tikka formed his current group The Impersonators with poet Antti Autio. In 2017, The Impersonators signed with FBP, a German label based out of Frankfurt. Together with their producer Janne Saksa, the Josie Award-nominated The Impersonators have released tunes to rave reviews, considerable amount of radio attention and chart success: “Rodeo” rose to #1 on the International iTunes charts and “Scarlett Hell” to #9. In April 2020, Tom began working with MTS Records and has since released three critically-acclaimed solo EPs, one album and several iTunes hits, including the two #1 singles: "Doormat" & "With Eyes Closed".In 2021, Tom Tikka won an ISSA award for International Male Emerging Artist Of The Year. He was also awarded four Josie-Award nominations as well as a nomination in the prestigious Hollywood Music In Media Awards. To follow, learn or support Tom, head to the links below:https://twitter.com/1mpersonatorshttps://www.instagram.com/1mpersonators_band/https://www.tomtikka.com/Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

Prosperous: School of Self-Realization & Royal Glow Meditation Retreat

Happy Humpday Friends!It is almost Christmas! Who's ready for? I know I am definitely not. My next guest has a beautiful energy and is truly enlightened. Please welcome Sandy Vo! Sandy has been practicing, experimenting, integrating, and teaching meditation, Ayurveda, and Yoga Science for the past decade. Emerging from part of the world's oldest meditation lineage, her life's devotion is in guiding others to explore and understand their inner world so they can create, serve and live their utmost human potential. Meditation was the foundation that transformed her life. It healed her through burnout, depression, crippling anxiety, and physical digestive ailments. After teaching to hundreds of college students, therapists, business owners, high performing leaders to tap into bliss, peace, unlimited potential, and purpose- it's evident that you can access this realm too. Sandy's message is that you do not need to be a well-practiced yogi living in a cave or a well-studied scientist or someone who has a lot of time on their hands to know of this Intelligence to transform yourself.Now she brings the experience closer to you. Her Well-Being in the Workplace offers the unique opportunity for you and your community to connect with your own Inner Wisdom, tap into limitless creative energy, and reset your nervous system.Sandy is the host of Prosperous: The Podcast, a sound reflection listening experience, and Founder of Prosperous: School of Self-realization and the Royal Glow Meditation Retreat. She currently resides in southwest Florida with her loving fiance and cockapoo Brody. To follow or connect with Sandy, head to the links below:https://www.sandyvo.com/https://www.facebook.com/xSandyVohttps://www.instagram.com/isandyvo/?hl=enSupport for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

Porn and the Pandemic: How Three Months in 2020 Changed Everything

Good morning Friends-It is Taco Tuesday! Time for some margaritas :) My next guest talks about an addiction too many people aren't brave enough to discuss. Unfortunately I have been involved with someone that had some of these addictions. Please welcome my next guest, Joshua Shea.Joshua Shea is a recovering pornography addict and the author of Porn and the Pandemic: How Three Months in 2020 Changed Everything, released July 2020. He has also authored The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About: How I Let My Pornography Addiction Hurt People and Destroy Relationships (2018) and co-author of He’s a Porn Addict…What Now? An Expert and Former Addict Answer Your Questions (2019).Since 2018, Joshua has given more interviews about pornography addiction than anybody in the world. To date, he has appeared on over 200 podcasts, television and radio shows using his wealth of research and personal story to promote the ideas that porn addiction spans all demographics and those with a problem should seek help before it’s too late, as it became in his case.Prior to admitting his addiction, Joshua was a prominent magazine publisher, award-winning journalist, film festival founder and politician in central Maine. In 2017, Joshua launched RecoveringPornAddict.com. Certified as a betrayal trauma coach, he has also contributed articles about recovery to TheFix.com and Recovery Today magazine, is a TEDx Talk speaker and has developed and presents a porn addiction education lecture for churches, libraries and other groups. Sober since April 2014, Joshua still lives in Central Maine with his wife and two children. To follow Joshua or to reach out to him, head to the links below:https://www.recoveringpornaddict.com/https://twitter.com/PAddictRecoveryhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-shea-7b9932194/Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

Business Vitality™

Happy Monday Friends!Another Monday, another episode. My next guest has total boss babe energy. She has been highly successful in her life and has turned her expertise into her own business serving her. Please welcome Catherine Cantey! Catherine is a tenacious connector and recovering banker. She helps leaders think differently so individual contributors and executives can avoid burnout, tear down silos, find prospects before they know they need your services and stop client confusion by creating clear call to actions to meet and exceed goals. Catherine has successfully consolidated 20+ years of corporate best practices in a simple framework called Business Vitality. Catherine is a wife and mom, and cares about closing the broadband gaps in rural communities. To follow Catherine or to learn more, head to the links below:https://www.catherinecantey.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinecantey/Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

The Goal-Getter: A Complete Guide to Living Limitless

TGIF Friends!I hope you all have had a great week! I am churning out the episodes next couple of weeks. We are ending the year strong. Please welcome my next guest who has experienced the ups & downs in life to pave a path to show others how to be a goal-getter. Please welcome my next guest Tim Phillips. A word from our guest: I passionately share success principles which I have learned form 25 years of corporate experience and demonstrate these principles through active stories.  I am developing a curriculum on goal-setting with the foundations of my two books, The Goal-Getter:  A Complete Guide to Living Limitless, and, The Goal-Getter:  A Story that Teaches How to Become One. To grab one of his books head to the links below:https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Getter-Complete-Guide-Limitless-Living/dp/B08NDT5HZK/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&qid=1607117187&refinements=p_27:Timothy+Phillips&s=books&sr=1-9&text=Timothy+Phillipshttps://motivatedjogger.wixsite.com/workshopSupport for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

Out of the Shadow of 9-11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation

What is good everyone!I am increasing my releases this month. We are wanting to end the year at 200 episodes. I am very excited to hit that number. my next guest has gone thru quite a bit. She survived 911 and wrote a book about it. Please welcome Christina Stanton. A little bit about Christina: My name is Christina Stanton, and I am a 51-year old Florida native who has lived in New York City for the past 27 years. I had a successful career as a singer in musical theatre before turning my full attention to my job as a professional, licensed NYC tour guide. I have worked for 25 years total as a guide, and my tours have been written up in multiple publications and featured on travel channels. I've led thousands of people on tours over the years, and I truly enjoy it. Since 2009, I also worked as the Director of the Short Term Missions Ministry at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Founder, Dr. Timothy Keller). I revamped the ministry, increasing its scope from two trips of 30 people each year to 14 trips per year with more than 200 people participating. My years of leading mission trips have helped me pinpoint some unmet needs, so in 2017 I founded a nonprofit called Loving All Nations (www.lovingallnations.org). My husband, Brian, has worked as Redeemer Presbyterian’s Chief Financial Officer since 2002. We’ve been married since 2000, and we’re one of Match.com’s original couples! We are longtime residents of the Financial District. To follow her, find her books or reach out to her, head to the links below:http://christinaraystanton.com/Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

The Payroll Book: A Guide For Small Businesses and Startups (Free Gift)

Happy Humpday friends-It's that time to release another episode. My next guest offers a free gift and lots of valuable information. Especially for entrepreneurs. Please welcome Charles Read. Charles J Read is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), U.S Tax Court Practitioner ( USTCP), member of Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) and the Founder of GetPayroll.Mr. Read’s companies have provided full-service payroll services, payroll tax services, and other payroll-related services since 1991.Charles is an accomplished senior executive and entrepreneur with more than fifty years of financial leadership experience in a broad range of industries and author of four books, the latest one being The Payroll Book: A Guide For Small Businesses and Startups. To follow Charles or to contact him please head to the links below:https://getpayroll.com/http://twitter.com/getpayrollhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-j-read-cpa/Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

Blanket the Homeless

Happy Monday Friends!I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. Back to the grind. My next guest is extremely charismatic! He has a big heart, extremely talented and super engaging! Please welcome Ken Newman! Ken Newman is an actor, professional magician, speaker and the President and Creative Director of Magnet Productions, a company specializing in live trade show presentations and corporate events.  Over the past 25 years, Ken’s team of  professional presenters and ‘infotainers’ (jugglers, escape artists, comedians, magicians, (but no mimes)), have presented at thousands of Trade Shows and Conferences throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.  Magnet’s approach to trade show and event marketing is based on a simple idea:  Using humor to communicate a company’s message is the most effective way to make that message memorable.  In addition to live presentations, Ken’s associated company, Magnet Media produces corporate videos and provides production services and hosting for live broadcasts, webinars, sales kickoffs, training programs, and more.  A short list of Magnet’s clients include Cisco Systems, AT&T, Lenovo, Adobe, Apple, Citrix, Bitdefender, Splunk and HP.    For the past ten years, all earnings from his musical endeavors have been donated to homeless charities in San Francisco.   Six years ago, he started his own street-outreach organization called "Blanket The Homeless."  The original idea came from a friend, Bronica DiCarlo who suggested distributing emergency blankets to the homeless during a particularly cold winter.   Starting with that simple idea, Blanket the Homeless has since expanded their offerings to include socks, gloves, hats, first aid kits, nutrition bars, Covid masks as well as a “Resource Guide” of free food, shelter and other services in San Francisco.  Since October of 2016, they have distributed over 8,000 of these ‘Care Packages’ to people living on the streets.  They now work in partnership with St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco, the SF AIDS Foundation, the San Francisco Zen Center, Raising Sparks Ministry, and other organizations in the Bay Area.As part of his BTH fundraising efforts, Ken executive produced and was a contributing artist on a double vinyl album titled, “Blanket The Homeless”.  This compilation featured the top recording artists in the Bay Area, including two-time Grammy Award winning, Fantastic Negrito.  Producer, Scott Mickelson, in addition to contributing a track himself, commissioned the remaining 13 artists and produced their tracks.  All proceeds from album sales and ticket sales from the release concert in November of 2019 were in support of Ken’s organization. To support Ken or to learn more, head to the links below:http://linkedin.com/in/kennewmanhttp://facebook.com/kennewmanmusichttp://facebook.com/blanketthehomelesssfhttp://instagram.com/ken_newmanSupport for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health

Happy Saturday Friends-My next guest is a trail blazer for children's mental health. FORBES magazine called her, “A thought leader in children’s mental health”. Please welcome Dr. Roseann CapannaHodge. Trusted and beloved, Pediatric Mental Health Expert, Dr. Roseann shows parents how to turn around their child’s anxiety, mood, attention, motivation, bad grades, and snarky attitude with PROVEN holistic therapies. In her straight shooter and lively way, Dr. Roseann breaks down EXACTLY what parents need to do to make foundational changes that bring lasting gains. This is the ultimate parent guide that walks you through step-by-step how to use nutrition, supplements, genetics, detoxification, stress management, parenting, and clinical tools such as psychotherapy, neurofeedback and biofeedback to help your child be calm, happy, listen better, achieve good grades, and just get along with others. Just like at her center, Dr. Roseann gets parents to stop thinking about, “If he gets better” to “When he gets better”.  To learn more or to connect with Roseann, please head to the following links:https://drroseann.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseanncapannahodgehttps://twitter.com/drroseann1Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at   https://www.manscaped.com​ As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​ #sponsor​

Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life

TGIF Friends-It's the freakin weekend! Woo-Hoo! My next guest is absolutely incredibly inspiring. He has overcame so much and continues to excel. Please welcome Terry Tucker! A little bit about Terry:​I have reinvented myself frequently over my professional career. After I graduated from college at The Citadel (where I played NCAA Division I basketball), I was employed in the Marketing Department at the corporate headquarters of Wendy’s International in Dublin, Ohio. From there, I worked in hospital administration for Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. After getting married and moving to California for my wife's job, I became the Customer Service Manager for an academic publishing company in Santa Barbara. After our daughter was born and we moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, I became a police officer with the Cincinnati Police Department, where I was a SWAT Hostage Negotiator. Following a family relocation to Texas, I started a school security consulting business and coached high school girls basketball in Houston. Each time I took on a new job, I had to develop new skills and faced different challenges. There was always a significant learning curve with every new position. But my greatest challenge began in early 2012 when I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, which presented on the bottom of my foot. By the time the melanoma was detected, it had metastasized to a lymph node in my groin. Because my cancer is so rare (only about 6,500 people are diagnosed with this form of malignancy in the U.S. each year), I was treated at the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center. I had two surgeries to remove the tumors, and after I healed, I was put on a weekly injection of the drug, Interferon, to help keep the disease from coming back. I took those weekly injections for four years and seven months before the Interferon became so toxic to my body that I ended up in the Intensive Care Unit with a fever of 108 degrees. Fortunately, expert medical care saved my life.The Interferon gave me severe flu-like symptoms for two to three days after each injection. I lost fifty pounds during my therapy, was constantly nauseous, fatigued, and chilled, my ability to taste food significantly diminished, and my body constantly ached. This misery went on for over 1,660 days!One thing I learned during all my pain and suffering is that you have two choices. You can succumb to the debilitating discomfort and misery, or you can learn to embrace it and use it to make you a stronger and better human being. I chose the latter.There were times I felt so poorly and was in so much agony that I prayed to die. Each day was a struggle to use my mind to override my body's apathy and distress.I realize pain and discomfort can beat you to your knees and keep you there if you let it. But I also came to appreciate that I could use my hurting and anguish to make me stronger and more resolute.I was no better at dealing with pain and discomfort than the next person. But every day, I found a way to survive, with the knowledge that I would need to do it again the following morning.I recently wrote a book, entitled Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life, to help people find and live their uncommon and extraordinary life. The ten principles outlined in the book will provide the bedrock necessary to form the foundation of unshakable beliefs and dedicated behaviors to reinforce your attitude, no matter how much pain you must endure or how many obstacles you must overcome. My hope is that people who read the book will lead a life of significance, as well as a life of success. I understand what it is like to fight for your life and one thing I’ve learned is that as long as you don’t quit, you can never be defeated. To follow Terry, head to the links below:https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tucker-9b5605179/https://twitter