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In this episode, we ask:
- Do you remember Moneeka Sawyer?
- Would you like to listen way back to Episode 119?
- What is the Christmas Rescue?
- What did Moneeka notice as an executive coach?
- What happens when people lose their joy?
- Have you read Choose Bliss?
- How can you be blissful when you’re broke?
- What transformed Moneeka’s entire life?
- How can we recreate joy?
- What about hope and second chances and love?
- How is choosing bliss a defiant act?
- How do we know if people are watching the film?
- How is money a certificate of good performance?
- How is money an indicator?
- What does Mark notice with high net worth clients?
- Would you like to reach out to Moneeka at moneeka@coreblisslife.com or at christmasrescue.help?
- What are the action steps?
- What about journaling?
- What one small daily habit will increase your bliss?
Moneeka Sawyer is a TEDx speaker, an international best- selling author of the award-winning book “Choose Bliss: The Power and Practice of Joy and Contentment, and hosts a top rated podcast and nationally syndicated radio show. She has interviewed prestigious guests such as Leeza Gibbons, Dr. Joe Vitale, Hal Elrod, and Mark Victor Hansen, and has been interviewed on podcasts like Entrepreneurs on Fire with John Lee Dumas, Hal Elrod’s Achieve Your Goals, and the Best Real Estate Advice Ever show with Joe Fairless. Most recently she was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine and in America’s Who’s Who. Moneeka’s expertise, and bliss-filled laugh, have also been featured on stages with Suzanne Somers, Martha Stewart, and Ice T & Coco at places like the Nasdaq Marketplace, Harvard, and Carnegie Hall, and on TV on NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox impacting over 150 million people. Connect with Moneeka at Blissfulinvestor.com
Would you like to join us for a very special workshop at Hotel Baker in St. Charles, IL? We’re meeting on the afternoon of April 9, 2026.
…Are you a business owner? Are you focused on how to fund your business growth without banks, investors or draining your retirement?
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…Are you going to outlive your money? Would you like to join Mark Willis, CFP® to learn 3 strategies to protect your retirement from market crashes, rising taxes and inflation?
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Ciara Stockeland is a speaker, author, 4x Ironman and Fractional CFO for inventory based businesses. Ciara has owned and operated a business since her early teens. As a serial entrepreneur, her business mindset and tenacity led her to opening her first store in 2006 which she then franchised. Her vast experience in both retail and wholesale industries led her to launch the first to market wholesale subscription box for boutique retailers, which she built and sold within 18 months. Most recently Ciara has launched the Inventory Genius, a consulting program for inventory-based business owners and has published the books Inventory Genius and Profit Genius, both of which give practical steps for creating more profitability in an inventory based business.

Len Sanford Jr. is the definition of a comeback story. Once a C student, a college dropout, and even homeless, Len rebuilt his life through God, grit, and growth. He built businesses from nothing, beat cancer, and transformed himself through self-education and relentless inner work. Today, he’s an asphalt foreman by day, a real-estate investor by trade, and author of From Overlooked to Unstoppable — a book born from lived experience, not theory. Len now helps high achievers break through invisible ceilings and unlock the performance they didn’t know they had. His mission: prove where you start has nothing to do with where you can rise.

