
Episode #20 Ruqya Khan - Not All About Diapers & Dishes
05/03/20 • 43 min
Life is not all about Diapers and Dishes, is the epiphany this Mother came to the conclusion with after always doing the right things. Is there more, is always a difficult question to answer when you are in the search for meaning.
Ruqya or RK takes us on the journey of her story from leaving her country because of an impending war, to staying briefly in a refugee camp and settling in her new country with 27 people under one roof. From there RK learned to fall in love with words and begin to write.
This episode will open up your perspectives on different cultures and teach us how your up bringing even with the best intentions shapes you in ways that might not align with who we are inside. Ruqka gives up a look inside of a person who has grown and really teaches that our words matter and that our kids our watching us.
Onward and up!
Greg
The HR Dad
Life is not all about Diapers and Dishes, is the epiphany this Mother came to the conclusion with after always doing the right things. Is there more, is always a difficult question to answer when you are in the search for meaning.
Ruqya or RK takes us on the journey of her story from leaving her country because of an impending war, to staying briefly in a refugee camp and settling in her new country with 27 people under one roof. From there RK learned to fall in love with words and begin to write.
This episode will open up your perspectives on different cultures and teach us how your up bringing even with the best intentions shapes you in ways that might not align with who we are inside. Ruqka gives up a look inside of a person who has grown and really teaches that our words matter and that our kids our watching us.
Onward and up!
Greg
The HR Dad
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Episode #19 Larry Levine - Selling From His Heart
Seeking the "approval" from a parent can drive or haunt a child for a life time. Larry Levine talks about his life lessons while Selling From The Heart. If you are in sales this is a must listen to episode. More importantly if you are a parent, you have a profound impact on your children good or bad and that can haunt or help you kids on their journey as Larry teaches us.
Listen in to Larry's journey from failures, mentorship and professional lessons to success, all while living from the heart. As you will find very quickly on this podcast episode Larry goes deep.
He is an open book from his relationship with his rocket scientist dad who rarely showed him the love and the approval he always wanted, to getting fired in middle age to helping sales professionals succeed and win.
Larry is a 100% heart guy, please enjoy his everyday people story...
Onward and up!
Greg
The HR Dad
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Episode #21 Mary Henderson - Radical Changes
"My daughter is not going to prostitute herself on a stage" Those words came from Mary's mother. That was in response when Mary told her Mom she wanted to go to an arts school to learn how to perform. That moment started a downward spiral that lasted close to 15 years and nearly destroyed her.
Mary has gone through many radical changes during her life. She has "had it all" and gave that all up to find her true self that was staring at her in the mirror. Listen to Mary's story if you have ever been lost in life, forced to make radical changes and claw back to the top of a new mountain.
Onward and up!
Greg
The HR Dad
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