Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria

Today's podcast features Catherine Anaya, a name you may recognize from the local news in the past. Catherine is a journalist, motivational speaker, media personality with 25+ years as a TV news anchor, event host and emcee, co-hosts a weekly radio show and is the founder of multimedia company, 4Hearts Media LLC.
She describes her journey from college at USC, to her first job as a news anchor in Texas, to Channel 12 in Phoenix in 1992, then back to LA for four years, then finally wound up back in Phoenix where she worked as an anchor for Channel 5 news for 12 years and an award-winning columnist.
Mark & Catherine discuss the balance they've had to find while juggling their work, passions, family and health and why it's important to "step off the hamster wheel" and reflect on your past accomplishments, failures, lessons, etc. Catherine discusses the hard decision to step away from her lifetime of anchoring and what it was like to transition into a new path for her future, and the exciting things she's been involved with since!
Connect with Catherine:

4Hearts Media

www.catherineanaya.com

sisterhoodofsuperwomen.com/

thelatslegacyfoundation.org

youtube.com/user/CatherineAnaya/featured For photos and more on this and our other episodes, visit our Podcast's webpage: candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

Our guest on this podcast is award-winning Chef Cory Oppold of Altas Bistro, former winner of Food Network’s Chopped, and owner of Course, an in-home dining and catering company. Cory joined Atlas Bistro as Executive Chef in 2014, a fine dining restaurant known for seasonal dishes and adventurous diners. “I believe a menu is everything a chef wants to say at that time and moment and it’s hard for us to tell our story with one dish. That is why every guest gets multiple courses while experiencing my cuisine,” says Chef Cory.

Cory’s prior positions include teaching at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, working in the kitchen at Binkley's Restaurant and as executive chef at Tarbell's restaurant in Phoenix. His childhood was spent on an dairy farm in a small town in Illinois. It wasn't until he came to Arizona to study architecture that Cory first encountered fine dining and the experience led him to enroll at the Scottsdale Culinary Institute where he graduated with honors in 2002.

Today, Cory remains at Atlas Bistro but also loves to bring the dining experience to people's homes with his catering and event dining company Course. Course provides customized, 4-8 course menus serving anywhere from 4 to 20 people, as well as Tapas or small plate options for small events or large-scale catering. Cory is also launching a new takeout concept called Simmer Down where Cory prepares a wonderful dish that simply needs to be cooked/heated at home. Cory’s innovative spirit makes his dishes not only creative delights, but also accessible in many different dining experiences.

Follow Cory here:

http://www.atlasbistrobyob.com/

https://coursedining.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-oppold-a56704113

https://www.instagram.com/chefcoryoppold/
To see more info and photos for all our podcast episodes, visit Candelaria Design's Podcast page: www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

Today we speak with one of the strongest, most caring people we know, Founder of Generation Justice, Darcy Olsen. In 2011, Darcy found herself with a foster baby in her arms and a mission: to put an end to the bureaucratic failures, violence, and deaths she’d seen children suffer in our nation’s broken child protection system. Today, Darcy has adopted all four of her children from foster care, has testified before Congress, written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and has published a book "The Right to Try" along with countless appearances on public affair shows.
The story she shares in this episode about her life’s journey and work is heartbreaking and heartwarming . . . but please give it a listen to better understand what is happening all around us in this city and cities all over America. We must use our strengths to help others, especially those who cannot help themselves.
Through bipartisan reforms, Generation Justice has improved the safety of more than 35,000 kids across the country. Coupled with those reforms, their Children’s Law Clinic provides free counsel for children and creates precedent that serves all child victims.
By making a donation to Generation Justice, you receive a dollar-for-dollar credit off of your Arizona taxes, which means you get a credit on your state taxes for the full amount of your donation. Or, get involved!
For photos and more on this episode and our other podcast episodes, visit Candelaria Design Associate's Podcast page: https://www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

For today's podcast episode we are recording from the Alfanso Marina Showroom in Greensboro, NC during the annual High Point Furniture Market. It was so much fun to see all these showrooms and mingle with others in the design field from all over the country! Our guest today is Jamilyn Fournier, Founder and Curator for The Collector’s House, a beautiful design studio and store in Scottsdale, AZ. We discuss much more than design in this episode, we are going to dive deep into Jamilyn’s life journey, her inner work, taking risks and starting an interiors business.

Connect with Jamilyn:
Website: www.shopthecollectorshouse.biz/ 

Instagram: instagram.com/thecollectorshouse/ 

Facebook: facebook.com/thecollectorshouseaz 

For photos, links and more on Matt Gottesman and our other podcast guests, visit our official Podcast Page: www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

Join us at the Phoenix Home & Garden Fall Home Tour Nov 13, where I will be serving Paella at our featured VIP home: phoenix-home-garden-home-tour-tickets