Change Makers, Journalists' & Entertainers Interviews Episodes

What is the best way to deal with day to day stress? In this episode, NBC Political Reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell talks about dealing with stress and gives other valuable tools for success. Leigh Ann deals with adrenaline filled days often. As an NBC Capitol Correspondent who has millions of people watching, tight deadlines and is the mother of two young children, she knows a thing or two about stress. Achieving the position of a television correspondent on Capitol Hill is one of the highest leve...

Are you looking to up your game in mental toughness? Dan Plesac shares his personal champion’s mentality, including how to use the “mental toughness, extra effort” mindset. Plesac, who has recently taken up swimming, talks with hosts Kelly Palace and Maria Parker about how the sport has taught him mental and physical determination. “Swimming is a lot more difficult than I thought it was because there is so much alone time,” Plesac says in the interview. “You have to be very disciplined at it.”...

Rowdy Gaines is the feature of this episode’s Road Trip Segment where he speaks with host Kelly Palace about the role that enthusiasm has played in his success in the pool and in life. He credits his father’s big personality and his four daughters for feeding his enthusiasm in life, as well as a genuine love for swimming. He says the keys to his success in swimming and life are a sense of responsibility, dedication to the sport or career, teamwork and taking risks. Kelly Palace and co-host Mari...

Imperfect Life On today’s episode, Kelly Palace and Maria Parker interview Olympian Summer Sanders about her life after athletics, discussing what she is doing as a businesswoman, wife and mother of two. Sanders calls in to the show from her home in Spain where she is living for a year with her family as a way to purposefully retreat from the busyness of modern family life. Sanders talks about embracing the imperfect moments in life and letting yourself experience them. She discusses he...

Today Kelly and Maria talk with a high-performing elite team, the Andrew family, featuring world champion Michael Andrew and his dad/coach Peter Andrew in Encinitas, CA. What Michael has accomplished at such a young age is beyond impressive. At only 19, he has already been an international sensation, winning a World Championship, multiple Junior World Titles and Junior World records, breaking over 100 age-group records and he just keeps getting faster. Recently, Michael is dominating the TYR Pro...