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We watched her daily on the tennis court teaching and playing for hours from before her preganancy throughout her pregnancy without miss then go missing for just a bit and was back at it, new and shiny. We just knew we had to have her on the journey. We knew there is a story. And there is. Meet Ilona Serchenko. Coach. Photographer. Super Mom. thejourney.ryosports.com RyoCenter.com

This story is an excerpt from the Sound-Byte Life series (Book One), 2:26 AM:The Gathering by Neville DeAngelou. The story is an adaptation of a familiar Anansi ploy which in its clever reminds us that things are not always what they seem, and wisdom is not in the seeing. 2:26 AM: The Gathering TheJourney.RyoSports.com

Dr. June Elcock-Messam is a Board Certified Pediatrician (double boarded in General Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics) whose mission is to improve the lives of as many children as she can. In addition to her private practice, Media Pediatrics, Dr Messam teaches pediatric residents from Crozer Chester Medical Center’s pediatric residency program, and is an Officer of the Delaware County Medical Society as well as ithe Editor of its quarterly magazine, Delaware County Medicine and Health. On this podcast we are informed and inspired by her journey to becoming a voice and powerful redemptive force for vulnerable children and the work she is doing to provide healing in uniquely reconstructive ways.  Every Child Counts, Inc TheJourney.RyoSports.com

Ms Rosalyn Story is a Classical Violinist and member of the Forthwork Symphony Orchestra. Amongst her outstanding achievements, she is the author of three critically acclaimed books including Wading Home, nominated for the Hurston Right Legacy Award recognizing exemplary work of literature. In this valued conversation we also discover how an outstanding writer goes about creating a novel work of historical accuracy and contemporary resonance that is both juicy and trimphant. Then Ari Perez plays The Game: A Fork In The Road. TheJourney.RyoSports.com

What is your mission? That is this week's vital question on our virtual table. During the process of settling this question, we gain a number of insights. It becomes increasingly evident that there is often one thing that exerts an outsized pivotal influence on who who we are, what we are, and where we are going. With reflections from artists, Priscilla Rice, Recardo Couchman and Amir Razavi, individually we resolve these and gain clarity on our vital mission. TheJourney.RyoSports.com

Games We Play. This episode of What's The Word, featuring insightful clues from works of five of humanity's most prolific renowned creators, including Julie Burstein (4 Lessons In Creativity)Shantel Martin (How drawing can set you free!)Tina Seelig (The 6 characteristics of truly creative people)Gareth Gaskell: (How do our brains process speech)Elizabeth Gilbert:  (Your Elusive Creative Genius) is a remarkable instructive on making awesome things happen in a way that is true to self, trusted in society, and invaluable to humanity. Games We Play What's The Word? TheJourney.RyoSports.com

Is sleep troubling you? Your sleep problems might well be due to the position of your jaws; your health issues a result of the way you chew, and your immune deficiences all because of the way you smile. Don't suffer so senselessly! Dr Michel Abuobeid (Dr Mike) joins us on The Journey to give us a thorough health check. TheJourney.RyoSports.com Orthos Boutique Smiles

Caught in the trauma and uncertainty of our global pandemic, many are suffering severe shock of one kind of another, disconnecting them from valued relationships, from their goals and dreams, from a preferred state of normalcy. They are trapped them in a no-hope land. Dr Jeff Cripped (Crippen Wellness Center) lays out tools that can get them back on track and thriving. He also offers free access to an  array of tools that will serve to keep life's upside on the up side. TheJourney.RyoSports.com Dr. Jeff Crippen

How safe is it to return to an insitution of learning before the COVID-19 pandemic is definitively over or under total control? What should students, parents and faculty be doing now, regardless? How can we make a valuable opportunity of this moment? Dr. JoNataye Prather - professor, education consultant, author, transformation coach, and creator of The Merit Blueprint - shares her best advice on The Journey. TheJourney.RyoSports.com The Merit Blueprint Dr. JoNataye

By way of tribute to one our world's true legends, Nelson Mandela, in his own words and by his actions, we re-discover the nature and meaning of transformational leadership in historic and unprecedented times. References in order of sharing include 1) Noah's Celebration of Mandela's birthday, 2) Oprah asks Mandela why he is not bitter, 3) Free Mandela, 4) Nelson at the UN, 5) Invictus, and 6) Nelson Mandela at Harvard. TheJourney.RyoSports.com Sources & Resources Tribute To Our Legends  

Life's Blue Print - A Value Beyond Measure #4: EXCELLENCE, featuring Martin Luther King Jr., Will Smith, Lebron James, and Dr. Michelle Obama. "Let not your drive toward excellence be a bargaining chip to anyone for anything. Let excellence be the mark of who you are: an ever-evolving revelation of a masterpiece." TheJourney.RyoSports.com Life Tips Full Length versions of featured clips.

This episode's storytime is a selection (prologue) from Flight Of The Fused Monkeys by Neville DeAngelou - a fertile story of dire warning and great hope that speaks richly and poignantly into the moments of unprecedented times, embodied by a cadre of some of the most intriguingly unforgetable characters of modern transformational literature. Flight Of The Fused Monkeys (available in all formats) TheJourney.RyoSports.com

The Conversation & Beyond: creating healthy human interactions, healthy hearts, healthy minds, and the dismantling of visible and invisible barriers to healthy human functioning, featuring filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Stacey Abrams and Alliscn Briscoe Smith, each detailing vital actions with proven effectiveness individuals need to pursue in order to create sustainable positive change for wholesome community. TheJourney.RyoSports.com Conversations with Common Sense OWN'S SPOTLIGHT: Where Do We Go From Here?

Dr. Shawn Jones, Asst Professor Counselling Psychology (Virginia Commonwealth University) in his response to four questions on The Journey provides us with tools and tips for dealing with the current double virus attack: Sars-Cov-19 and Racism. Question 1 addresses the impact of the current pandemi on mental health. Question 2 addresses the exacerbation of racism and race related stress on mental health and well-being. Question 3 addresses patterns of healthy interactions between parents and children, especially where the child is exhibiting signs of stress from witnessing or experiencing racism. Question 4 solicits health routines for sustaining mental health and mental strength in adults. TheJourney.RyoSports.com The Journey Continues

There are no magic tricks. In the face of overwhelming pain, grief and overwhelming rejection of racism and all that it constitutes, poets Natasha Carrizosa, Priscilla Rice, Brandon L Jackson, and Jason More, pour out their spirits in this offering of upliftment, empowerment and healing. TheJourney.RyoSports.com Poets on The Journey

How do you build and lead a high performance team in our evolving remote-work environment? Where will high value career and job opportunities be in our World 2.0 & Business 2.0 era? How do you standout and excell in the new-world job market? Tommy Limek provides valuable insights on The Journey TheJourney.RyoSports.com  

Parents coaching their children is particular dilemma. Few are successful at it. Former World ATP Player, Tobias Clemens, Director of Tennis Operations at Weymouth Club (Boston), demonstrates by way of learning and playing the game of tennis four important aspects of parent-coaching and their longterm value to their kids:  How to build a child's resilienceHow to train a child to oovercome failure and learn from itHow to help a child develop longlasting confidenceHow to train a child to be a creative problem-solver     TheJourney.RyoSports.com

What is the best advice you've received? What is the best advice you'd give to the world? Four supreme achievers, including Dr. June Morrison Jones, Dr Chris Bai, Eric Florance DPT, and outstanding student Adara Harry, share the advice pivotal to their ongoing success and the best advice they have to share. While some students and graduates see  the global pandemic as disastrous, some see a new beacon of light that is opening remarkable opportunities. In this life-transforming episode, Eric Florance explains why slow is smooth and smooth is fast. thejourney.RyoSports.com Youth Alive on The Journey

Our panel - psychologist, lawyer, businessman, teacher, and management consultant - responds to two vital questions with the potential to reveal what dramatically improves the trajectory of individual mental stability and well-being. Question 1: How do you deal with a loss, defeat or challenge you did not anticipate? Question 2: What have you discovered or learned during this unprecedented global experience that you value as actionable beyond the present? Panel: Dr. Ravoof (psychologist), David Kutzer (lawyer), Brandon Jones (Management Consultant), Benjamin Zuniga (Businessman & Coach) & Marshall Mack (music teacher). TheJourney.RyoSports.com Mental Health on The Journey 

"Action breeds confidence." With this realization, realist, Adrian DeLeon, owner of La Margarita Mod Mex Kitchen + Rita Lounge, decides being a good business steward requires facing the realities of this unprecendeted global challenge head on, rather than cowering from it. His experienced advice is a solid foundation from which to rebound from such unusual difficulties whether in life or in business. TheJourney.RyoSports.com La Margarita Mod-Mex Kitchen + Rita Lounge  Emergeing Entrepreneurs on The Journey