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Randy Rolfe: How do you create a life of balance and abundance?

By admin on January 12, 2024

“You Can Postpone Anything But Love” is Randy Rolfe’s mantra, and the title of the first of a number of bestselling books she has published on parenting and happy healthy family life. She became a lawyer looking to enter diplomacy, but soon discovered she had a gift for helping people directly. Randy founded the Institute for Creative Solutions and has been counseling families, teaching seminars and college level courses, and sharing my thoughts on network TV, radio, blogs and podcasts, ever since. If you want straight talk about how to build happiness around good relationships, health, life balance, parenting or grand-parenting, Randy is here for you!

In episode 420 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Randy chose UPenn for her undergraduate experience, her advice for parents of college students, what are some simple dietary steps to feed the brain, stay alert and focused, and even improve memory recall, what is Randy’s advice for college students that want to be successful in any college course, how you can deal with difficult people in your organization, what Shakespeare has in common with good leaders, how you can create a life of balance and abundance, how do you know if you’re meant for entrepreneurship, and how she came up with the mantra, “you can postpone anything but love”. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4EYX9PJ9W4

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John Hatfield: Can fraternities/sororities adapt and continue to succeed for the next century?

By admin on October 5, 2022

Our next guest is John Hatfield. John a savvy, innovative leader with extensive experience communicating vision and strategic direction by creating scalable and effective learning solutions with delivery to diverse national and international audiences across all levels of organizations, affiliations and associations. His ability to streamline organizational production through the restructuring of policies and procedures, operations, finances, and team productivity is his calling. John maintains an uncompromising focus on high quality standards and bottom-line improvements. Creating and maintaining culture change within companies and organizations is his passion. He’s got exceptional academic qualifications including a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology – Leadership & College Student Development. In his free time John enjoys hiking, hitting the gym, adventure, traveling, reading, working with fraternities, and spending time with his amazing kids.

In episode 303 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why John chose Kansas State University for his undergraduate experience, what made him want to join Sigma Alpha Epsilon, how he’s able to address the culture of an organization, why international service is so important, how he recruits the parents as part of fraternity recruitment, what is BraveManSociety, how Kansas State is bringing the fraternity and sorority community back under the University umbrella, can fraternities and sororities adapt/change, and the best restaurants in Manhattan, Kansas. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-DuSRq7teg

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Patricia Stahl: What are effective strategies if you are bullied or hazed in college?

By admin on July 21, 2022

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Our next guest is Patricia Stahl. Patty is a therapist in private practice specializing in social anxiety. Again and again in her work, she has witnessed firsthand how enduring bullying as a child can leave painful scars that are carried into adulthood. This pain was brought home for her on a personal level when one of her sons began being bullied at his elementary school, an experience that served as the original inspiration for this project. Her goal is to empower kids with useful insights and strategies for navigating the challenges of bullying, ultimately surviving AND thriving. She has a bachelor’s degree in social psychology from Cornell University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Texas in Arlington. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

In episode 267 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Patty chose Cornell University, what happens to people as adults when they experience bullying or hazing as a child/young adult, effective strategies if you are being bullied or hazed in college, suggestions for parents of college students who are being bullied or hazed in college, what is cognitive challenging and how can that help, what are some effective ways to treat social anxiety, and more about the children’s book that Patty wrote. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5nTu2DnDuI

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Allison Hong Merrill: How do we stop racism?

By admin on June 26, 2022

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In episode 257 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Allison chose Brigham Young University, what the shame and pressure felt like to fit in as a Taiwanese immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1995, how we can stop hatred and racism, not just toward Asians, but towards anyone, what we can learn from the Taiwanese about living a healthy lifestyle all year round, and advice to other college students who have fundamental disagreements with their parents or immediate family members.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THHqnM-MFjM

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Dr. Erica Steele: How does googling your health problems create even more problems?

By admin on January 16, 2022

Our next guest is Dr. Erica Steele! She is an extensively educated and trained board-certified naturopathic doctor, doctor of natural medicine and certified functional medicine practitioner. Dr. Steele specializes in natural health, healing, disease prevention and total, holistic wellness. Since 2001, by applying multi-faceted and synergistic approaches to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, Dr. Steele has transformed the lives of countless children, teens, adults and elderly patients challenged by an array of conditions ranging from digestive and immune-related disorders to neurological, hormonal and more. She works with wisdom, experience and diligence to find the causes of disease and illness so her patients can advance from lives of managing symptoms to the life-giving benefits of sustainable well-being and optimal total health.

In episode number 207, we find out how Dr. Steele’s upbringing helped to prepare her to be a functional medicine practitioner and naturopathic doctor, how massage therapy helped with her understanding of anatomy and physiology, why she decided to go down the road of Naturopathic doctors even though she knew it would be an uphill battle, why she believes in finding the causes of imbalance in people’s health instead of just addressing the symptoms, why she resists the urge to weigh in on things such as the COVID-19 vaccinations, advice for college students with confidence challenges, what college students should do when they have parents who are overbearing and overprotective, how we can build up the proper nutrients in the body while gently detoxing the body, and how googling your health problems will create even more problems. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLq9amLbN7c