Todd B. Waldo is joined by long-time friend Radiah Rhodes as they look back on the journey through life after receiving their Engineering degrees from NC State.  Radiah shares what she gained in her career moving from corporate leadership through entrepreneurship.  They talk about what the process of introspection has done to transform her life, family and business.   And the impact that process is having on her clients.

Radiah Rhodes is an alchemist, activist, and innovator for all things well-being. After two decades of experience leading in small businesses and Fortune 100 companies across beauty, health & wellness, and information technology, Radiah is known for her strategic acumen, impeccable design, and intuitive ability to connect, lead, and accelerate multi-million dollar results through people and products.

Most recently Radiah authored the book, Being is the New Doing: A Divine Guide to Owning Your Energy, Time and Peace of Mind. A simple and practical tool that marries spirituality, science, and reality to elevate your intention towards unprecedented outcomes. Think of it as a programmer’s guide to your own limitless potential and power to create results. She has also designed and launched a strong portfolio of transformational well-being products and services.
As an entrepreneur, corporate leader, wife, and mother of two amazing and active children, Radiah knows what it takes to be extraordinary in life and experience great success of the mind, body, and spirit . Her life’s work is training high achieving, results-oriented clients on a breakthrough method of succeeding without sacrificing themselves in the process. It’s the ultimate well-being.  Learn more at evoklife.com

The spotlight for this episode is The Well.  The Well is a space that fosters dreams, creates community and provides mentorship, which enables women of color to turn their ideas into economic power and freedom.  The Well was born from an idea to bring women together with intention.  In July of 2019, Founder and Chief-Everything-Officer (CEO) Laura Bacon took that first leap, establishing an idea in to a business.  From that moment on the momentum of The Well has come from taking time and carefully reflecting on each step of building a community organization. Learn more at thewellwork.org

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40 Lessons - Episode 51 - Diving deep into lessons from Radiah Rhodes

#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth is here to remind us that our mental health deserves to be prioritized more now than ever. Whether it be supporting a friend or opening up to someone about your own experiences.  In part one of his focus on mental health, host Todd B. Waldo talks about his experience with depression and anxiety and the importance of self care in his life today.  He shares the impact of forgiveness, giving himself grace and that it is ok to not be ok.
 
If you need help or support, you can find resources from the National Alliance on Mental Illness ( nami.org / namicva.website )  Also checking out Men to Heal ( mentoheal.com ) for additional resources.
 
40 Lessons is a podcast about the lessons we've learned about family, career, community and the lessons we are still learning.

Listen to all episodes on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, TuneIn and Stitcher at toddbwaldo.com/podcast.  

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40 Lessons - Episode 52 - Special Episode: First Part of Lessons on Mental Health

#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth is here to remind us that our mental health deserves to be prioritized more now than ever. Whether it be supporting a friend or opening up to someone about your own experiences.  In part two of his focus on mental health, host Todd B. Waldo talks with James Harris about his own journey with mental health and therapy. And why he created Men To Heal and the opportunities it provides to our community.
James Harris the founder of Men to Heal . He is a Licensed Mental Health Professional and holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
At age 5 James lost his father and was placed into the Virginia foster care system. As a ward of the State he was required to attend counseling sessions. However, he found those sessions unengaging. Typically run by white therapists who sat on a couch James felt that they could not relate to the emotional and cultural issues he faced. As a result, counseling wasn't a service he took seriously and so he wasn't able to benefit from it. This unfulfilling experience followed James into his adult life. In 2018 James created Men To Heal, a movement to bring awareness to the stigma surrounding mental health among black men and underserved populations. James is also a veteran, serial entrepreneur and community advocate. His recent ventures include co-ownership of Brewers Waffles & the Well Art Gallery and the opening of The Healing Hub in 2010, a wellness center that offers outpatient therapy, yoga, mindfulness and financial resources to the community.
If you need help or support, you can find resources from the National Alliance on Mental Illness ( nami.org / namicva.website )  Also checking out Men to Heal ( mentoheal.com ) for additional resources.
40 Lessons is a podcast about the lessons we've learned about family, career, community and the lessons we are still learning.

Listen to all episodes on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, TuneIn and Stitcher at toddbwaldo.com/podcast.  

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40 Lessons - Episode 53 - Special Episode: Second Part of Lessons on Mental Health with James Harris

Robey Martin and Todd B. Waldo talk about their shared love for food and culture and what it means to come together to experience both in Richmond.  They also share how their focus on mental health and self-care impacts how they live and work each day.
Robey Martin lives an unctuous soup of a life. During a day, she balances human resources and contract staffing for Remx Specialty Staffing (need a temp?).  In that very same day, she's an online/tv/print personality who features food, spirits and culture primarily in Virginia. 
You can find her over at WTVR CBS 6 as a co-host of the food podcast "Eat It, Virginia", author of Richmond's restaurant "hot list" and as their local food correspondent.
Other places where she is: Richmond Magazine, Virginia Living, Style Weekly, Richmond Times Dispatch, Beer Advocate, Richmond Grid,  Virginia Craft Beer Magazine, or wherever good French fries are. Follow her food-centric life at @callmerobey and @eatitvirginia on Instagram.
The spotlight for this episode is Holli Fund.  Holli Fund supports individuals in the Richmond-area food service industry who are experiencing an economic crisis such as injury, illness, death of an immediate family member, loss of income due to coronavirus restrictions, or other emergency. Workers who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and/or are under doctor’s orders for a mandatory quarantine should ask for assistance. A food service worker can apply for assistance up to three months after a crisis occurs. Individuals must be currently employed in the food service industry to qualify or had been employed in the industry until coronavirus restrictions were mandated by the state in March 2020.  Learn more at thehollifund.org
40 Lessons is a podcast about the lessons we've learned about family, career, community and the lessons we are still learning.

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40 Lessons - Episode 54 - Happy hour lessons on community and culture from Robey Martin

Todd B. Waldo is an engineer, artist and community advocate serving the city of Richmond. Founder & Principal Consultant, Hugh Helen LLC

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