Monthly Archives: June 2017

Episode 39: How to Create the Relationships You Really Want, with Sage Hobbs



Sage Hobbs is a women’s empowerment coach, speaker and author of, I should have a drum roll here, Naked Communication: Courageously Create The Relationships You Really Want.

She’s known for her bold, insightful and dynamic approach to communication, relationships and personal growth. Sage works with both individual and groups to cultivate courage, self-expression and freedom. She empowers her clients to unleash their voice, take action and transform their status quo when they feel stuck or dissatisfied. Prior to creating her current work, Sage received her master’s degree in counseling psychology and spent a decade working with teens and families to navigate the wild path of growing up. She’s also a mom of two, a cancer survivor, a proud teacher’s wife, a retired school counselor, a world traveler, a living room dance party aficionado and a book lover.

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Episode 38: How to Leverage the Technology Curve, with Vicki Harte



As a creative concierge, Vicki Harte helps bridge the gap between marketing strategy and execution. With 20 years of marketing and creative services experience, Harte Marketing Cooperative navigates the complexities of marketing for clients. Its unique cooperative structure gives clients an a la carte access to top marketing pros without adding to their headcount or tackling the time-consuming process of finding, interviewing and choosing vendors on their own. Led by founder Vicki Harte, Harte Marketing Cooperative takes a refreshingly different approach to tackling marketing initiatives of all sizes. Vicki is also the founder of a gourmet food line for Compleat Chef: Nice & Naughty Nuts, Madame Marmalade, Nice & Naughty’s Pecan Bourbon BBQ Glaze and The Sunday Morning After Flax Waffle & Pancake Mix.

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Episode 37: How Technology Is Contributing to Physician Burnout



Dr. Cadence Kim grew up just outside of San Francisco. Her father was a surgeon and mother an artist. Before she was 10, she knew she wanted to be a physician. Her parents instilled in her the idea that she could do anything if she worked hard enough and that’s been her motto ever since. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Colorado College and attended the University of Rochester, where she obtained her medical degree.

She moved back to California and did a residency in urology at UC Davis. She subsequently moved to Boston for urology fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at Boston University. After fellowship, they moved to Philadelphia where she joined the group practice Urological Associates PC. She’s been with the Urological Associates for over 20 years, where she specializes in stone disease, but she sees and treats most other urological conditions. She’s also very involved with the Philadelphia County Medical Society and is currently the president-elect. Her goal is to attract more members, especially women and young physicians.

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Episode 36: Plan Your Time Like You Plan Your Finances, with Melinda Ghilardi



Melinda Ghilardi is the First Assistant Federal Defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the federal defender’s staff in 1986, she was an Assistant District Attorney in Lackawanna County. She’s a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is a past president of the Lackawanna Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

She and her husband, attorney Sidney J. Prejean, recently received the Robert J. Munley Award for Distinguished Service from Lackawanna Pro Bono. Melinda is a 1976 graduate of Scranton Preparatory School and a 1980 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Scranton, where she received the Departmental Award for Public Administration. In 1983, she was awarded a juris doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

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