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Are You Waiting For Permission?

Are You Waiting For Permission?

Meridith Grundei & Joseph Bennett

A show dedicated to those of us who have stood on the edge, waiting for others to give us permission to pursue our dreams. Join us as we interview artists, actors and creative beings who are giving permission to themselves – and others! Please support this podcast on Patreon -link is below. Thank you! https://www.patreon.com/areyouwaitingforpermission
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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with Chief Difference-Maker Scott Perry
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04/14/22 • 32 min

About his Creative on Purpose work, Scott says "I help aspiring and advancing difference-makers like you live your legacy. Find fulfillment and peace of mind by aligning who you are with what you do and where you belong.

Achieve work-live integration. I've done it. You can, too.

I'm Chief Difference-Maker at Creative on Purpose, author of Endeavor and Onward and a head coach for Akimbo Workshops.

I'm a husband and father, go for a cemetery run every day, and quote Marcus Aurelius more often than I should.

I found and spread joy as a professional musician and guitar teacher for thirty years while maintaining a happy marriage, homeschooling our sons, and taking care of business.

My process employs principles and practices that are time-tested and scientifically vetted."

Connect with Scott at https://www.creativeonpurpose.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/ascottperry/

The program that Scott mentions in the episode "Let YOur Life Speak" is here: https://www.creativeonpurpose.com/store

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with fellow artist Glen Rogers

A conversation with fellow artist Glen Rogers

Are You Waiting For Permission?

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12/16/21 • 28 min

Glen Rogers has lived and worked in Mexico since 2000 and now splits her time between San Miguel de Allende and Mazatlan. Originally from Mississippi, she wandered between New Orleans and Gainesville, Florida where she attended the University of Florida and developed a passion for printmaking so many years ago.

In the San Francisco Bay Area where she lived for 25 years, also known as Glen Rogers Perrotto, she immersed herself in the arts and developed as an organizer and curator as well as a visual artist. She co-founded Citadel Print Center and organized the San Jose ICA Monotype Marathon while a board member.

​In Mazatlán, she founded First Friday Artwalk, had a gallery, Luna: Arte Contemporáneo, and organized international exhibitions and artist exchanges such as Plastic Madness/Locura del Plastico which continues to travel.

​Glen has exhibited internationally with recent solo exhibitions at Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan; Bellas Artes, Cusco and the Bienal Int'l de Grabado in Lima, Peru; Her work was shown in Crossing Borders, Ghent, Belgium in 2019.

Glen is considered a master printer with an MFA in printmaking and teaches monoprint workshops in her studio and has led Art Vacations throughout Mexico and Peru.

One of her favorite pastimes is to combine travels with visiting ancient sacred sites and working in studios around the world. To this end, she has done artist residencies in Morocco; Venice, Italy; Spain and Belgium. Her book, Art & Sacred Sites: Connecting with Spirit of Place, chronicles her pilgrimages to sites around the world.

Her public artworks in California, include Beacon in Campbell; Web of Life, bridge railing for City of Chico; Spirit Gate in San Jose and in Austria, Throne for a Goddess, Kunstpark St. Ruprecht/Raab.

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with Mitika and Manuela about our busy, busy lives
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11/04/21 • 43 min

Mikita S.Smith Self-care and Wellness Coach host of the podcast, Thyme 4 Tea with Mikita. Mikita feels that self-care looks different for each of us. Sometimes self-care means hitting the reset button, setting boundaries, or finally putting yourself first.

Dr. Manuela Powell is a mindset coach who works with women who are sick and tired of society telling them what a "good mom" is supposed to be. She helps them find the audacity to live on the outside the way they feel on the inside, without guilt or apologies. For almost 20 years, Manuela was a cancer surgeon and, after having her second child at 44, she craved more flexibility and freedom to be with her family. She put away her scalpel to, instead, dissect women’s souls and help them excise the “shoulds”, "have-tos", and “I’m-not-good-enough's” from their brains forever, so they can finally stop being everything for everyone, and live however they want to live, to the shock of the mom police. Manuela fiercely believes the day all women realize how powerful they are will be the day the world completely changes for the better. She's a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and after living in NYC, Washington, DC, and Hawai'i, she currently calls Austin, Texas her home, together with her husband and their awesome little dudes. She stitches fabric instead of people, pets every dog that crosses her path, and loves making a fool of herself at improv.

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with activist and athlete David Richman
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05/05/22 • 38 min

By the time he was in his late 30’s, David was a sedentary, over-weight smoker who was stuck in an abusive and unhealthy marriage. It was clear that if he was going to enjoy any kind of satisfaction in life, he had to stop focusing on what others wanted out of him, and zero in on what he wanted for himself.

He began to set measurable, attainable and meaningful goals—to become healthy, to raise his young twins in a safe home environment, to become a top performer at work and to seek out his own physical, mental and emotional limits.

Through lessons learned in business, sport and life, David introduces the concept of “winning in middle of the pack” and discusses how we all can get more out of ourselves than we ever imagined.

His most recent adventure was a nearly 5,000-mile solo bike ride across the country in which visited most of the participants for his upcoming book chronicling 15 people’s remarkable and unique emotional journeys with cancer. Connect with him at https://david-richman.com/

David is a businessman, corporate and motivational speaker, personal consultant, and author of CYCLE OF LIVES and WINNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - Episode 19 | A conversation with Keith Andrew of the Keith Andrew Network
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08/05/21 • 26 min

Keith Andrew is an American inspiration and Upcoming Celebrity.

Being Diagnosed with a Learning Disability. And being told he was never going to amount to anything in life and had everything throw at it. I also made up his mind to show people different point of view.

In 2004, Create his own High School Talk Show with the title: The Keith Andrew Show, which led him to compete on a larger scale as Social Media Celebrity on the independent market.

Keith was born on Island and raised in Orange Country and is of Jewish and Russian descent. I was born on January 24, 1988, on a dark winter stormy night at 1:36am.

His body of work includes Interviewing people from All walks of life.

People who have Learning disabilities, and who are Disable plus other Inspirational people of course. Also having the chance to interview a handful of up-and-coming Actors Actresses Models CEOs and pretty much anyone who wants to have a normal conversation and support his goals and dreams.

Throughout his career, he held the following titles:

One of the best Sales People. And Former Team Leader

In 2013, Keith Andrew founded KeithAndrewNetWork.com a digital media company in which shows people just because your label something does not dictate who you are and going to become in life.

You can check out his Youtube channel HERE

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📣Also, Dear Listener, if you have any questions that you'd like answered in future episodes, please email them to [email protected]

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - Episode 9 | A conversation with multi-passionate artist, Eli Hans
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05/27/21 • 45 min

We spoke with Eli about how he discovered his one man musical show while giving himself permission to show up and follow his JOY. After, he rediscovered his love for singing, leading him to create Out of the Blue, a show that's "infused with music and humor, a heart-warming and inspiring true story celebrating the resilience of the human spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds."

After all, says Eli, a life well-lived — filled with love and miracles — is worth everything. Learn more at https://www.outoftheblueshow.com/

Also dear listener, if you have any questions that you'd like answered in future episodes, please email them to [email protected]

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with storyteller and designer Suzanne Dunn
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11/30/23 • 28 min

Please enjoy our most recent conversation with Suzanne Dunn, the visionary behind SUZANNE DUNN JEWELRY. With two decades of experience, she's a designer and storyteller, her journey from Jamaica to the US leading her to the world of fine jewelry. In 2021, she launched her luxury brand, known for its bold sophistication and spiritual depth. Suzanne's upbringing and faith guided her from medicine to design. Graduating from the Gemological Institute of America, she now creates responsibly sourced jewelry, drawing inspiration from faith, architecture, anthropology, and urban art. Beyond aesthetics, her brand empowers women globally, with a portion of sales supporting women's empowerment nonprofits. Suzanne's mission is to be a beacon of hope, love, and empowerment. Website: suzannedunn.com IG: @suzannedunnjewelry Tiktok: @suzannedunnjewelry

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with advocate, coach and attorney Gary Miles
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10/26/23 • 25 min

Gary Miles has been practicing law for more than four decades, primarily in litigation and, more recently, in family law. He has been a trial lawyer, managing partner, author, leader, and entrepreneur. Gary also provides practical tools to help his clients (many of whom are lawyers) overcome obstacles freeing them to enjoy the success and freedom they crave. He loves supporting lawyers and lifting the legal profession. He hosts a podcast, The Free Lawyer, with two weekly episodes. He is passionate about showing people how to free themselves from the prisons that entrap them.

The Lawyer Assistance Program resource is here: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/lawyer_assistance/

SEE THIS EPISODE on our new channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47vt8Q42948cOBYrgKDnhA

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with activist and advocate Terrance Wallace
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06/27/24 • 31 min

Terrance Wallace has also dedicated 25 years to working with urban youth, providing valuable mentoring, education, employment training, and holistic programs. Remarkably, his efforts have led to a 97% youth participation rate and a 100% achievement in further education and employment for these young individuals.

Apart from his professional achievements, Terrance is also recognized as a host and facilitator of monthly conversations aimed at promoting racial reconciliation. In addition, he has a strong background in development and fundraising, having raised nearly $100 million over the course of 25 years. His entrepreneurial spirit extends to both for-profit and not-for-profit ventures. He has successfully started multiple initiatives, including ScanOne LTD based in New Zealand, InZone Project (operating in New Zealand and the USA), New Life Covenant Southeast Church in Chicago, and is currently the Executive Director of Hope Center USA in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Terrance has provided consultancy services to various corporate companies for their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

He has worked with companies such as Flexera IT, a global organization.

HONORS: Chicago Black History Maker (2021) Award of Excellence (2018) NZIOB Safety Excellence Award (2017) Vodafone New Zealand‘World of Difference’ award (2013) PROJECTS InZone Project ScanOne Hope Center USA

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

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Are You Waiting For Permission? - A conversation with bright light, Davina Ferreira
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08/11/22 • 29 min

Davina Ferreira is an author, speaker and entrepreneur, founder of Alegría Media & Publishing @alegriamagazine that connects the world with Latinx books & magazines. The Alegría bilingual platforms include Alegría bilingual magazine, a quarterly print and digital vehicle; Alegría Mobile Bookstore, a traveling bookmobile that brings the joy of reading to younger generations in their own neighborhoods; Alegría Publishing, a self- publishing platform focused on bringing more representation to LatinX poets and writers. Alegría is dedicated to empowering and enriching the Latinx community in the United States by highlighting the stories and contributions of outstanding Latinx men and women whose remarkable achievements have historically been overlooked or under-represented. Its mission is to transform the public’s perception of the beauty and strength of the Latinx experience and culture. Alegría connects Latinx entrepreneurs with other like-minded businesswomen/ creatives who can help them find 1) Inspiration via success stories; and 2) Collaboration with other entrepreneurs/ creators Ferreira was born in Miami but grew up in Colombia. She is the quintessential symbol of the immigrant’s American Dream. Upon arriving in the U.S. Ferreira attended college, receiving a B.A. in Fine Arts from UC Irvine and worked as an actress at with the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts. Later on, she attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA) to pursue classical acting. Ferreira then completed a Journalism Certificate at UCLA Extension and began a career in journalism, which led her to launch ALEGRÍA Magazine. She then wrote her first book, Take Me With You/Llévame Contigo, a bilingual compilation of short stories and poems of love.

Her latest book, Finding My ALEGRIA is an inspirational memoir, which she hopes will motivate young entrepreneurs around the world to pursue their dreams regardless of their circumstances. Ferreira has received The Rising Star Award, given to an entrepreneur under 35 by the prestigious National Latina Business Women Association, and the Latina of Influence Award by Hispanic Lifestyle magazine. This year, she received the CSQ Magazine New Gen Award for entrepreneurs under 40 at the Rockefeller Center in New York City. She is a sought-after speaker; whose passion is to inspire others to succeed as entrepreneurs. This Year, she has just returned from speaking at Harvard’s Latina Lead Conference & Google’s Women’s summit. In her free time, Ferreira volunteers bringing wellness programs through creative writing, yoga and meditation for mental health awareness to at risk youth in Los Angeles Country. Her new poetry book, If love Had A Name debuted last year. She is launching a new short story collection for Valentine’s Day titled: Stories of Happy Lovers & Unhappy Wives.

IG @davifalegria / www.alegriamagazine.com

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith here at Meridith Grundei as the performer artist gal and if you want to be a more confident and credible speaker, please visit her at Grundei Coaching, LLC

You can find Joseph: Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for this podcast!

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other ...

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Are You Waiting For Permission? currently has 119 episodes available.

What topics does Are You Waiting For Permission? cover?

The podcast is about Life Coaching, Self Love, Performing Arts, Interviews, Coaching, Arts, Podcasts, Self Help and Visual Arts.

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The episode title 'A conversation with prolific creator and the queen of crowdfunding Melissa Center' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Are You Waiting For Permission??

The average episode length on Are You Waiting For Permission? is 33 minutes.

How often are episodes of Are You Waiting For Permission? released?

Episodes of Are You Waiting For Permission? are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Are You Waiting For Permission??

The first episode of Are You Waiting For Permission? was released on Mar 12, 2021.

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