Jan 31st to Feb 4th - The James Cooley Show

With Betsy Sloan, Russell Emanuel, Dr Julie Gatza, Andrew Calderella and Frank Westall

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

#247 Monday Jan 31st: A Conversation on Care-giving and Advocacy with Betsy Sloan

Introducing caregiver and advocate Betsy Sloan.
Betsy's role as a caregiver with her loved ones.
The challenges experienced as a caregiver?
Betsy's role as a Host on Chatting With Betsy podcast
Betsy's role as an advocate

Betsy Sloan is a former License Practical Nurse and Pre-School Teacher’s aide.

She is currently the Host of Chatting with Betsy podcast on Passionate World Talk since September 2019 which is on several podcast outlets. Betsy was a caregiver for her mother-in-law who had Alzheimer's. She had never heard of Alzheimer’s and had to learn on her own. Betsy was married to her husband Matthew Sloan for 39 years. Her husband was diagnosed in 2010 with Early Onset Alzheimer's. Matt's journey changed her life! She became a stronger advocate, found her gifts, her voice and her purpose!

She is the Creator and Founder of #Kick Alzheimer's Ass Movement support group on Facebook. She created this support group so no one else will go through caregiving alone or after caregiving. Betsy was nominated and received the Caregiving Visionary Advocate Award in November 2021 from Caregiving.com. Betsy has one son, Joshua Sloan who is 37and has a cognitive disability. She became an advocate for her son Josh to fight for him to have the proper education! Betsy is still a caregiver! She is proof that you can not only survive caregiving but thrive in caregiving! It is a mindset!

More info: https://passionateworldtalkradio.com/betsy.wurzel/

#248 Tuesday Feb 1st: A conversation with award winning film maker Russell Emanuel

Introducing award-winning independent filmmaker, director, and producer Russell Emanuel
Which genre of films and actors he has worked with
The current films Russ is working on and those in production
How Russ finds funding for his films

Russ is an award-winning American director, producer, and independent filmmaker, having directed such actors as John Heard, Robert Picardo, Vincent Pastore, Glynnis O'Connor, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Jeremy London, Ryan Hurst, William Devane, Marina Sirtis, Sean Kenney, Armin Shimerman, and Gary Graham. He grew up in both Japan and the United States and graduated from U.S.C. to study Cinema-Television. He founded Russem Productions in 2002 to promote his films including GIRL WITH GUN (2005) and documentary RESTORATION OF PARADISE (2014). Presently, STAYCATION (2022) - the sequel to ROUTINE currently being filmed - marks Emanuel's sixth foray into feature filmmaking, after directing P.J. (2007), CHASING THE GREEN (2009), THE LEGENDS OF NETHIAH (2012), OCCUPANTS (2015), and WISPER (2020).

#249 Wednesday Feb 2nd: Coping with Stress & Anxiety - Can Diet Make a Difference? Dr. Julie Gatza

Introducing chiropractor Dr. Julie Gatza
How anxiety and stress affect the digestive systems
How certain foods can contribute to anxiety and stress
How chemical, physical, and emotional stress disrupts digestive health
How digestive enzymes can improve digestive health and immunity

Health educator Dr. Julie Gatza is one of the nation’s top chiropractic physicians with more than 30 years of clinical practice. A highly popular speaker, she has designed and presented hundreds of wellness workshops for both patients and practitioners where she’s addressed a wide range of health issues with a focus on the role that digestion plays in maintaining a healthy immune system. She can currently be heard on radio programs around the country in her capacity as National Spokesperson for Nature’s Sources, LLC, manufacturers of plant-based AbsorbAid digestive enzymes and distributors of Kolorex.

More information here: https://naturessources.com/

#250 Thursday Feb 3rd: The Way: 7 Revolutionary Steps to Livining a Meaningful Life & Making a Real Difference in the World.

Introducing Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Philosopher, Serial Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO Andrew Calderella.
The challenges he experienced in his life.
Andrew’s best-selling book titled titled “The Way: 7 Revolutionary Steps to Living a Meaningful Life & Making a Real Difference in the World”
The 7th Foundation – (The One Show, The One Tribe, The One Movement & The One Party).

Andrew was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1966 to parents fighting for the civil rights movement. His life is a combination of The Rocky Story, Think and Grow Rich, & The Celestine Prophecy on Steroids! He has been through so many harrowing and intense situations that those stories alone could fill volumes. He has overcome dyslexia, other learning disabilities, being legally blind in one eye, and being bullied to become a school leader, athlete and attain university degrees in Speech & Communications, Religious Studies, and Eastern Philosophy. He has lived overseas, traveled the world, is a martial artist, yogi, and what many call a health and fitness fanatic.

He is a serial entrepreneur and has run a successful strategic consulting firm for over 20 years. He is the creator of The 7th Foundation, The One Show, The One Tribe, One Movement, One Party, and the bestselling author of The Way, 7 Revolutionary Steps to Living a Meaningful Life & Making a Real Difference in the World. Andrew is an inspirational speaker, trainer, and coach who specializes in helping everyone be their best in all areas of life while making a more significant positive impact in our world. He is helping some of our world’s leading movers and shakers and will influence many more in the years to come

More information: https://7way.me/

#251 Friday Feb 4th: One Step Away - Frank Westall's Journey

Introducing entrepreneur, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather Frank Westall.
Frank’s businesses as an entrepreneur
Frank’s medical, mental, and spiritual challenges during his cancer journey.
Frank’s career in the strongman sport of Powerlifting

Our guest this evening is a husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. During his life he has been an entrepreneur in the technology sector, having help create multiple companies, he is a chef, and a restaurateur. He also has multiple World Records, U.S. National and State records in the strongman sport of Powerlifting. All those records attained not when he was young, but over the last 6 years where today is approaching the young age of 67.

During his life he has had multiple challenges not just as a businessman or restauranteur but with medical, mental and spiritual challenges. I tell you this because I know he has had 2 major open- Heart surgeries, a massive bacterial infection that put him in the hospital for over 90 days of treatment and a major heart attack called the Widow Maker. While he does not think dealing with his challenges are that big of a deal, some would say some of his situations were miraculous. But more importantly he is here to tell the story of Oldmanlifting CrushCancer Journey and what it means when he days One Step Away.