November 29th to December 3rd - The James Cooley Show

With Desi Carson, Kevin Willis, James Cooley, Doreen Lettsome Reid, Yvette Leslie, Paul Pierre and William Smiley

Weekday evenings at 7pm - The James Cooley Show presents It's Your Life!

This LIVE show is broadcast on The Answer San Diego FM 96.1 AM 1170 North County, San Diego, and multiple other national platforms including Amazon Alexa, iHeart Radio, Tune-In and Radio.com; and also made available as a podcast.

Listeners also have the opportunity to call LIVE into the show KCBQ Hotline number Call-In 1-888-344-1170

This week's Co-Host

Michelle Cooley - has been part of the JC Cooley Foundation since its inception in 2014.
Her continued focus is on giving back to the community and finding ways to inspire and help those in need

#202 Monday, Nov 29th - "Mental Health and the Holidays" with Desi Carson, Business Development Manager for PsychoHairapy.

Introducing Desi Carson, Business Development Manager for PsychoHairapy.
How the holidays can affect our mental health.
Navigate and deal with family conflict during the holiday season.
Discuss how gratitude is related to mental health management.
Ways to decompress after the holiday season.

There is no “DESI” without “DEI”. Growing up across 10 different states, Desi found consistency in volunteerism such as food drives, shelters, teaching sports skills to children with special needs, anonymous suicide hotlines, and more. As a queer woman of color, she repurpose her vastly diverse life expertise by specializing in intersectional advocacy.

Desi is Business Development Manager for PsychoHairapy utilizing hair care as an entry point for self care and equitable mental health access for POCs

She is also the IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Social Justice) Development Partner for Inclusion NextWork (INW) and is responsible for facilitation, content creation, research implementation, and social engagement. INW connects, supports, and elevates emerging leaders to co-create a more inclusive, diverse, equitable, accessible, and socially just world.

More information here: www.inclusionnextwork.org and www.psychohairapy.org

#203 Tuesday, Nov 30th Giving Tuesday with Kevin Willis of Veterans Advocacy Associates.

Introducing Kevin Willis.
The non-profit organization Veterans Advocacy Associates
November 30th Giving Tuesday as it relates to the non-profit organization
The challenges and needs of Veterans Advocacy Associates

Kevin Willis has been in the senior field for over 10 years owning both in home care companies and senior homes. He got involved with helping veterans back in 2015 as a board member of Veterans Advocacy Associates. In 2018 he decided to take a more active role, taking over as President of Veterans Advocacy Associates. He is passionate about helping veterans and their families live with the dignity that they earned.

More information here: https://myvaa.org/

#204 Wednesday, Dec 1st, The J C Cooley Foundation - Options, Opportunities / The Choice Program with James Cooley.

Introducing The JC Cooley Foundation: OPTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES/THE CHOICE PROGRAM
The mission, core values, and principles of the Foundation
The different programs the Foundation is involved in
The goals of the Foundation.

James Cooley, a devout Christian, and a retired Navy Officer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the Host of The James Cooley Show…IT’S YOUR LIFE. He is the author of “Country Boy, City Boy, A Journey, That Ain’t Over Yet” (2020) & Audiobook narrated by James Cooley (2021), The Book of Knowledge: “Your Pathway to Enlightenment (2015), My Path (2014). James is the President & CEO of JC Cooley Innovation Solutions, LLC, and The JC Cooley Foundation Options & Opportunities / The Choice Program.

James was presented with the 1992 Senior Enlisted Admirals Gallery and Renken Award of Merit for the development of a Breakfast Tutoring Program for academically at-risk students. He also qualified and re-qualified over 1,000 military and civilian personnel in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as well as hosting 47 television shows titled “Cooley’s Fitness Tips”.

James was selected as one of the first George H. Bush’s One-Thousand Points of Light recipients for outstanding community service. He resides in Temecula, California and Fort Worth, Texas with his wife of almost 14 years Michelle.

More information here : http://cooleyfoundation.org/

James' book: https://amzn.to/3jZAzyr

#205 Thursday, Dec 2nd, "Unlocking What is Inside You," with Doreen Lettsome Reid

Introducing Doreen Lettsome Reid
Her role as a marketplace ministry expert
What it means to Unlock What’s Inside You
About Mission, Message, Mandate.

Doreen's books. Doreen Lettsome Reid is a Kingdompreneur, author, speaker, poet, Radio host, Live Show Host and founder of Divine Connection Network Association, LLC. Doreen has 12 years of experience as a Faith Based Business Coach and 19 years of experience as an educator in the public school system having served in two counties in South Carolina.

As a Faith Based Business Coach, Doreen has a unique holistic approach to Unlocking What’s Inside You to pull out your God given potential while providing keys to build your businesses, ministries, or association while establishing a clear Mission, Message, and Mandate.

More information here: https://doreenlettsomereid.com

Doreen's books: https://amzn.to/3Ihxqo2

#206 Friday, Dec 3rd, HOT TOPICS in December with Yvette Leslie, Paul Pierre and William Smiley.

An open discussion on today's Hot Topics: COVID19, Hate Crimes and Smash-and-Grabs

Our Panel:

Yvette Leslie As the inventor of The Smarter Hook® Yvette Leslie encountered many obstacles and fears in pursuing her dream in an industry that she was not familiar with. Her tenacity and strength helped her to overcome those hurdles. To date, Yvette's product can be found in over 110 stores including hospital gift shops, pharmacies, hardware stores and boutiques throughout the United States including Alaska, Guam, and Hawaii.

More information here: https://www.thesmarterhook.com

Paul M. Pierre Paul is a retired DHS executive, having served as the head of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in San Diego, California. He is also a veteran of the United States Air Force.

William Smiley As the Lead Program Manager for Cybersecurity for the Program Executive Office for Submarines, U.S. Navy LCDR (Ret.) William Smiley is responsible for ensuring all program managers, engineering, IT professionals as well as senior leadership understands what is required for obtaining critical authorizations to operate OCONUS, CONUS and At-Sea for the Department of the Navy.