Marcelo Lewin talks about his Comic Book Adventure tomorrow at 9am pst!

Coming up tomorrow morning at 9am on my Get the FUNK Out Show....Marcelo Lewin joins me!

If you missed today's show, you can hear my conversation with Marcelo right here.

About Marcelo

Marcelo Lewin started his career as a web developer and has always stayed a very technical and hands on person. Through the years, he's held many positions in the technology industry including that of a Senior Web Developer, Project Manager, Product Manager, Director, VP, General Manager and Director of Interactive Media.

Being an entrepreneur at heart, Marcelo has created 3 companies in the past including My Internet Desktop, which was acquired by Internet Appliance Network; Pixel Heads Network, which was acquired by ProMAX Systems; and Filmmaking Webinars, which was acquired by Moviola.

Marcelo recently became a huge fan of comic books and has started an online business called Comic Book Tracker, where users will be able to track their comic book collections, get notifications on upcoming issues, plus much more. This new website is scheduled to go live in December of 2013. To instill a spirit of entrepreneurship in his sons, Marcelo along with his 2 sons have created a small company called JCM Cards where they sell Magic The Gathering Cards online.

Marcelo loves comic books, movies, TV shows, photography, podcasting, shooting videos, plus anything related to media creation. He also loves spending time with his wife and 2 sons watching geeky shows and playing geeky games. Feel free to contact Marcelo via email at marcelo@mycomicbookadventure.com.

Olivia Vicky Lee joins me Monday on Get the FUNK Out!

If you missed Vicky Lee on the show this morning, you can listen to our entire conversation here.
Come meet Vicky at The Shed in Dana Point, at one of her FREE events October 12 and 19. Details below:


Wanted to remind you of Vicky's upcoming workshop at The Shed in Dana Point. It's FREE and they have a few spots open on Sat 12th or Sat 19th (10AM- 11AM).
The Shed fine Art will feature an intimate setting with Olivia Vicky Lee (www.meaningandlifepurpose.com). She is the Author and Life Coach to Fortune 100 Company Executives. AKA "the CEO's secret weapon to solve problems and map out the path to success".

RSVP to: gina@oceventsolutions.com
Address: THE SHED (located in Coastal Arcadian)
24471 Del Prado Ave, Dana Point, CA 92629
About Olivia Vicky Lee & Vision Boards!
I help individuals and corporate teams build a visual map of their challenges. The results are personal transformation, increased profits and improved relationships.


Why talk to her?

After the first few minutes of talking with her, you will probably be astounded at how well she knows you. You’ll suddenly have realizations, eye-opening clarity.

She's spent her whole life with this ability to touch someone’s soul. Your soul is the same thing as your personal power. When you feel deeply inspired, ultimate self-confidence, at your peak performance— this is when you are living in pure alignment with your soul.

You can see then, why she tends to attract high-powered, high-profile individuals such as CEO’s, serial entrepreneurs and those who have a lot at stake. Their success will make or break them. Often times, it does both. These are the kind of folks who need her.

Have you ever searched your whole life for something? Maybe it’s true love, maybe it’s your big break to be named partner at your firm, maybe it’s funding for a new business venture or to be declared cancer-free? That’s the moment! That feeling, that surge of power… when you get it.

She sees that moment often in her coaching practice. She sees people “get it!” And it’s like watching someone find their soul, their true love, their power, their highest self and fulfill their maximum potential for the first time. To her, it’s beautiful. It’s the reason why she was born.
How did she become a coach?

When she was 13, an angel landed on her windowsill. She was blinded with a soft white light while praying. God or the angel? Someone from up above whispered inside she heart. She knew who she was. She helps people succeed.

For the next 22 years, she studied with Native Indian shaman, Hawaiian kahuna, Brazilian miracle healers, New Age philosophers, religion, self-empowerment programs and lived with indigenous tribes learning their sacred ways of healing.

While farming knee-deep in mud with a family of native taro farmers on the north shore of Kaua’i, she realized that it was time to fulfill her calling. All her life, she had been hand-plucked by the best to become the best.
How will she help you?

She's developed and refined a proven methodology she uses in her private practice, New Age classrooms and in corporate boardrooms. It’s called, “Vision Mapping.” It’s your roadmap to your success.

You can build a vision map of anything that you want—- an abundant lifestyle, romance, a great body, a stunning career. The first step is similar to the conventional vision boards you see on Oprah and The Secret.

From there on…. everything else is different. The real reason you’re not living the dream life pictured on your vision board will quickly surface. You get your first “aha,” right away. It seems like a huge breakthrough! Wait, we’re not done yet. We keep going higher and higher, further and further…. until you’ve got a detailed game plan with concrete next steps that practically guarantee your success.

The only coaching that happens from this point on is making sure you’re executing the secrets of your success outlined on your vision map. Naturally, you will want to build more vision maps of other areas of your life. You will have a powerful tool that you can use over and over again, that always works for you. Your vision map helps you get unstuck and move forward. The best part is I teach you how to use your vision map and how to re-create it whenever you want.

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Special guest Claire Jean Kim, an Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies at UCI, joins me on today's show!

Special guest Claire Jean Kim, an Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies at UCI, joined me today on Get the FUNK Out! If you missed our conversation, you can listen here.


About Claire
Claire teaches classes on race, multiculturalism, and human-animal studies. She is the author of the award-winning Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict and the forthcoming Race, Species and Nature in a Multicultural Age. TUNE in at 9am pst on KUCI 88.9fm and streaming on www.kuci.org!

NEW FALL Promo!

Hear the latest show promo right here!

Interested in being a guest on Get the FUNK Out? Want to call in to the show and share your story of how you survived a crazy funk, only to become a stronger, more courageous person? Well, what are you waiting for?! E-mail Janeane, share your story and tell why you think you would be a great inspiration to others going through a funk! You can even share your mantra (if you have one) and brief story of your funk and how you made it through. 

Alma Schneider joins me Monday on Get the FUNK Out!

If you missed Alma on today's show, what's the matter with you?! She was inspiring, enlightening and a delight to have on the show! Listen here to hear our conversation, especially all of you parents who feel you have lost your 'creative sparkle' after having kids and juggling this crazy roller coaster ride of adulthood!

ABOUT ALMA SCHNEIDER
In 2005 Alma combined her love of music and background in community organizing to found Parents Who Rock, in order to help parents re-connect with their musical past through organized performances for charity.

Prior to that, Alma worked as a Social Worker in a New York City settlement house, and in private practice as a therapist. Alma holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, and a Masters Degree in Social Work from Hunter College.

Alma is also Founder and CEO of Take Back the Kitchen LLC (www.takebackthekitchen.com), where she combines her background in counseling with her other passion, cooking, to help women overcome the common and individual obstacles to achieving their goals in the kitchen.

http://takebackthekitchen.com/

Author Judith Whitmore joins me Monday 9am on Get the FUNK Out!

Judith Whitmore is the author of Come Fly With Me, a novel inspired by her life in the clouds. The novel debuted April 2013 and has already earned several awards and honors. 

If you missed Judy on today's show, you can listen to the entire conversation here.

To learn more about Judith Whitmore and her other works, please visit www.judithwhitmore.com.
About Judith Whitmore
My parents named me Judy...after Judy Garland. I was blessed with a mother who believed exposure to the great musicals of the 1940's and 1950's was as important as learning your ABC’s. She would often rush into my room and say something like, “Your algebra can wait, Singing in the Rain is on TV,” her attitude no doubt prejudiced by her father’s position as a violinist in the MGM Studio Orchestra. Whenever you see The Wizard of Oz or Meet Me in St. Louis, and you hear those amazing violins...one of them was Grandpa. Skipping homework to watch movies was sort of like spending time with him. Grandma was also a musician. At thirteen, she supported herself as a pianist in silent movie theaters.

With an eye toward growing the family’s musical tree, Mom enrolled me in singing and dancing lessons early on. I “Shuffled Off To Buffalo,” with my pre-adolescent imitations of Ginger Rodgers, Doris Day, and Carmen Miranda for my parents’ friends, our Japanese gardener who spoke no English, and lost travelers who knocked on the door of our then rural San Fernando Valley home seeking directions. I practiced the piano every day, because my mother said it would make me popular.

My immersion into the world of Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and Rodgers and Hammerstein led to a bizarre obsession. I spent my childhood waiting for a hidden orchestra to materialize at Riverside Drive Elementary School, tormented by the thought: How would my classmates know the dance steps when that happened?
During college I got a gig singing background vocals for Capitol Records, and appeared on stage with a local band in Berkeley, California. I also played Frau Schrader in a production of The Sound of Music. I pursued the “performer” path, while harboring an equally desirous goal. If anyone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the answer was always the same. “I want to be a bride.”

And why not? My mother’s life was glamorous - - a house with a swimming pool, a charge card at Saks, and a weekly afternoon card game where she and her friends ate coffee cake and smoked cigarettes. Dad loved seeing her enjoy herself. She was the love of his life.

Dad’s family came from Russia...Poland...Russia...Poland. The border kept changing, so they had to learn a lot of different languages. When I was fifteen, my folks wouldn’t let me go to Palm Springs for Easter break, but when my grandmother was fifteen, she kissed her parents goodbye and walked across Europe by herself...from Russia to Amsterdam. She arrived in New York, found work in a sweatshop, and eventually earned enough to bring her eight brothers and sisters, her parents, and her own grandparents to America. Whenever I have to do something really difficult, I remember I have her genes.

My Dad and Mom met when they were both in the army. Yes, that’s right. I am the only person I know whose mother served in the Army during World War II. On my piano is a photo of a woman in uniform. It looks like a head shot of Rita Hayworth. It’s not. Dad thought Mom was a knockout. She was. When my father was wounded during WWII, Douglas MacArthur came to his bedside to personally award him two Silver Stars and a Bronze Star along with a Purple Heart. Dad taught me to be relentless when setting goals for myself, and his life and deeds speak volumes about the value of hard work, perseverance, and loyalty. To this day, my heart belongs to him.

I held out for someone just like Dad, adopting Snow White’s mantra -- “Someday My Prince Will Come.” He finally showed up in the form of a fine young man from Beverly Hills. We married, had two children, and promptly gave up the family castle for a mountaintop home in Aspen. I learned to ski, can peaches, and saddle a horse. Our closest neighbors were the singer John Denver and his wife Annie. I cherish the memory of a camping trip we all took with our children. Instead of an alarm clock, I was awakened to John sitting outside our tent, strumming his guitar and singing Rocky Mountain High.

I served as President of American Theatre Company in Aspen for six years. During that time we presented Julie Harris in The Belle of Ameherst, Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight, Vincent Price as Oscar Wilde, and numerous other wandering minstrels. We produced our own shows in the summertime; among them, Barefoot in the Park, The Voice of the Turtle, The Tavern, and Mass Appeal with John Travolta and Charles Durning. During the same period, I was president of The Aspen Playwright’s Conference. We premiered fifteen American plays, including A.R. Gurney’s The Golden Age, and Mark Medoff’s The Majestic Kid.
When I had had my fill of pulling porcupine quills from my dogs’ noses, I returned to L.A. where I undertook my first independent theater endeavor- - producing Taking a Chance on Love. With a rave review from Variety, I headed to London. I bought a house in Chelsea and co-produced Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town. About that time, my second Prince (this time it would be “happily ever after”) came along and I settled down in Pacific Palisades, California.

After having enough therapy to undoubtedly pay for my therapist’s swimming pool and her Mercedes, I decided I liked the process. I went back to college and earned my Master’s in Clinical Psychology. I gave up my West Los Angeles practice in 2001 when I moved to Newport Beach and became a writer.
I am passionate about Beethoven’s Ninth, New York theater, and The Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials in Washington. I cry every time I visit. I adore thin-crust pizza, In ‘n Out Burgers, and pasta with truffles. I’m in awe of my sister and brother, who have devoted twenty-five years to the kids at the Dream Street Foundation, and I love my children more than life itself. Flying has been a lifelong passion since the day I took my first lesson to overcome my fear of planes. My pilot’s license says the FAA trusts me to fly single and multi-engine planes, a Learjet, a Citation jet, a seaplane, and a hot-air balloon. During my time in Aspen, I worked on quite a few search and rescue operations as a member of Air Rescue.

I love to cook, especially the recipes I learned from my two grandmothers, and I still try to practice the piano every day. My favorite pastime is making music surrounded by my family and friends. I do a great rendition of The Best Things in Life Are Free.