In the spirit of Halloween, Ashlie and Gilbert sit down with Dr. Towsend to talk about fear. From best costumes and favorite candy to the psychology and neuroscience behind fear, TIPS spins a wide web to catch it all. Enjoy this treat of an episode!

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Episode music is "Psalm 1 (That Man)" featuring Tommy Walker, Ben Lange, & Kip Fox, produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Songwriter Initiative⁠⁠⁠⁠ of The Center for Worship Leadership at Concordia University Irvine.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and to acknowledge the importance of this issue and raise awareness about the signs of abuse and ways to stop it, Ashlie and Gilbert talk with the Townsend Institute's own Dr. Shelley Coleman. Not only is Dr. Coleman a Licensed Professional Counselor with specialty certifications in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Somatic Experiencing, but she is also a domestic violence survivor herself. Listen in as she shares her own experience and expertise in this extremely important topic. Episode Warning: We recognize the topic of domestic violence may be difficult for some listeners. If you or someone you know is suffering from domestic violence or its effects, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. About Dr. Coleman Dr. Shelley Coleman is a Licensed Professional Counselor in West Virginia and holds specialty certifications in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Somatic Experiencing. She is an assistant professor for the Townsend Institute at Concordia University in Irvine, California. Dr. Coleman has been teaching at the Townsend Institute since 2017. She has taught most of the course in the program and is the SME for Foundations in Marriage and Family Counseling and Human Growth and Development. Dr. Coleman was introduced to Dr. Townsend’s model in 2011 during a yearlong training for counselors with Dr. Townsend in Indiana. She continues to integrate the Townsend Model into her work clinically as well as in the classroom. As an Emotionally Focused Therapist and Supervisor, Dr. Coleman provides couples and family counseling using Dr. Sue Johnson’s model of EFT and EFFT. This is widely considered the gold standard for couple and family counseling. As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, she uses the work of Dr. Peter Levine for trauma healing work. Again, Dr. Levine’s work is considered a gold standard modality and works with the central nervous system to help the body renegotiate trauma and provide long lasting healing. Dr. Coleman owns her own private practice, Valley Counseling and Consulting in Teays Valley, WV. Here she offers counseling and coaching with a variety of populations, both in- person and via telehealth. Her specialties include couple and family counseling, trauma healing, as well as depression, anxiety, and intimate partner violence recovery. Dr. Coleman also offers supervision in Emotionally Focused Therapy as a certified EFT Supervisor and consultation in Somatic Experiencing.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠⁠⁠⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

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Episode music is "Psalm 1 (That Man)" featuring Tommy Walker, Ben Lange, & Kip Fox, produced by ⁠⁠⁠The Songwriter Initiative⁠⁠⁠ of The Center for Worship Leadership at Concordia University Irvine.

Listen in this week as Ashlie and Gilbert talk with long-time friend Dr. Mary Scott about her highly diverse experiences in leadership. Starting by serving up through the ranks from basketball coach to provost right here at our very own Concordia University Irvine, to across the globe as Head of School at Concordia International School Shanghai, and then back again to Orange County as Chief Executive Officer at Orange Lutheran High School, Dr. Scott brings a one-of-a-kind perspective to what it means to lead with faith, humility, and a servant's heart.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠⁠⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠⁠⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠⁠⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

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Episode music is "Psalm 1 (That Man)" featuring Tommy Walker, Ben Lange, & Kip Fox, produced by ⁠⁠The Songwriter Initiative⁠⁠ of The Center for Worship Leadership at Concordia University Irvine.

Listen in as Ashlie and Gilbert talk with Dr. Heather Vezner about the blessings and challenges she has encountered in her leadership role as Dean of the School of Education at Concordia University Irvine. Dr. Vezner shares many sage words of advice, including about giving yourself grace as you grow into a role, the tremendous leadership strength in being true to yourself, and the value of mentorship. About Dr. Vezner Dr. Heather Vezner first began her teaching career in 1993 as an early childhood teacher. She has now served as an educator for 30 years. Her experiences include being an early childhood and elementary education teacher, early childhood program administrator, and parent educator for a grant-funded early education program. She first came to Concordia University Irvine in 2009 as the Field Experience Coordinator and CalTPA Assistant Coordinator. She has also served as Director of Student Teaching, Director of Preliminary Teacher Credential Programs, Assistant Dean, and currently serves as Dean of the School of Education. Her areas of research and expertise include early childhood education, literacy development, mentoring, teacher preparation, and leadership development. She gives thanks to God for the opportunity to serve and support students in their calling to become educational leaders who make a positive impact in our school communities.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

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Episode music is "Psalm 1 (That Man)" featuring Tommy Walker, Ben Lange, & Kip Fox, produced by ⁠The Songwriter Initiative⁠ of The Center for Worship Leadership at Concordia University Irvine.

Listen in as Ashley and Gilbert talk with Dr. Eugene Kim about AI and its potential to allow education to regain its humanness. How is it possible for AI to bring about greater humanness for educators? Listen to find out!

About Dr. Kim

Dr. Eugene P. Kim started at Concordia University Irvine in 2007 as Dean of Asia Programs responsible for the strategic planning of the university's Asia strategy and Founding Director of the MA in International Studies (MAIS) programs in International Education, International Development and International Business. From 20078-2017, Dr. Kim was deployed to Shanghai, China and represented the university's interests in China and Asia; during that time he established MOU's and partnerships with over 20 Chinese universities and schools in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing, Kunming and other cities; developed graduate programs with over 300 alumni and $1.5 million in annual revenues; implemented short-term immersive study abroad programs for undergraduate and graduate students to China; successfully fund-raised for a Asia library; designed marketing materials, promotions and university branding in China.

Currently (since 2017) Dr. Kim serves as faculty in the EDD in Leadership program, mentoring dissertation students in K-12, higher education, non-profits, and business sectors. His current research interests align with those of his doctoral students including under-represented minority access to STEM, internationalization of education, educational entrepreneurship and innovation, and gratitude interventions.

Prior to this, Dr. Kim was a tenure-track professor at Pepperdine University where he taught graduate level teacher education courses and was the founding coordinator of a professional development school in Hollywood. During his tenure at Pepperdine University, he served as chair of the Pepperdine Charter School Initiative, as advisor to doctoral students of educational leadership, and as a member on the Rank, Tenure, and Promotion Committee.

Dr. Kim has served on boards of foundations and universities (Harvey Fellows, Emperor’s College), founded several non-profits and private companies (House for Kids, Foundation for Transformational Leadership, Xiamen Concordia International School, Integrated Education, Ltd., Kennedy Group, Ltd.), and is consultant to diverse industries including foreign investment, Hollywood films, and executive leadership.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

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Episode music is "Psalm 1 (That Man)" featuring Tommy Walker, Ben Lange, & Kip Fox, produced by The Songwriter Initiative of The Center for Worship Leadership at Concordia University Irvine.

In this final Olympics-themed episode, Ashlie and Gilbert talk with Professional Clinical Counselor, Mental Performance Consultant, and Townsend Institute alum Kaila Predney about working with athletes at all levels of sports. Kaila shares some of how she uses integrative and cognitive behavioral approaches to serve the unique pressures and circumstances that athletes face.

About Kaila Predney:

Kaila is pursuing her license as a Professional Clinical Counselor while completing hours toward her Certification as a Mental Performance Consultant. In addition, she is a certified personal trainer and works with athletes as a strength and conditioning coach. Kaila has coached with former USA Olympians and developed players currently playing for our USA national and Junior national teams. In addition, she has coached volleyball for 8 years at Tstreet Volleyball Club and Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine.

Kaila is a Huntington Beach native who competed at an elite level in soccer and volleyball. A four-year dual-sport varsity athlete in high school, and achieved the Female Athlete of the Year award in her senior year. Kaila earned her Master's degree in Clinical Counseling from Concordia University in Irvine, Ca., where she competed as a scholarship athlete in beach volleyball as an undergraduate—moving on from Concordia to professional volleyball for several seasons before retiring as a player.

Her roles and experiences in athletics have helped develop a new depth of empathy for those who struggle with performance pressures, perfectionism, fear of failure, self-confidence, anxiety, depression, and injury. Her goal as a counselor and consultant is to help athletes reach their highest potential and provide psychoeducation through the hardships of their sport. Through an integrative and cognitive behavioral approach to consultations and therapy, she strives to bring athletes to a consistent place of joy in their sport while building resilience and confidence.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.

Join us for another Olympic episode as we chat with three-time Olympian and CUI Women's Volleyball Coach Paula Weishoff!

Weishoff is the all-time winningest coach in CUI Women's Volleyball with an all-time record of 286-127. She first served as CUI head coach from 2004-2008 and returned to Concordia in 2015 after serving as the head coach at UC Irvine for six seasons. She guided CUI to the NAIA finals twice, the NAIA semifinals twice, and was named NAIA Coach of the Year in 2008 after leading the Eagles to a 31-6 overall record and the national championship match.

Weishoff has coached 10 NAIA All-Americans and 16 of her players were named to the All-GSAC team during her tenure at Concordia. Under her leadership, the Eagles claimed the first PacWest Conference title for CUI in any sport in 2016 with a 17-3 conference mark and a 26-3 overall record. Following that successful run, Weishoff was named the 2016 PacWest Coach of the Year.

Weishoff was also part of three NCAA Division I National Titles at USC. One was as a player in 1980 and the other two came when she was an assistant coach for the Trojans during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. She started her coaching career at USC in 1997, serving as the primary recruiting coordinator for seven years before being promoted to associate head coach in 2003. In 2005, Weishoff was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame.

During her professional career, Weishoff played overseas in Japan, Brazil and Italy. She was named the MVP after leading the Daiei Volleyball Club (Japan) to the 1995 pro league championship. She was a four-time MVP in Italy (1986-89) and spent 10 years playing for various teams in the Italian First (A1) Division. The former middle blocker has been involved with USA Volleyball as a coach for more than a decade and joined the organization in 1998 as an instructor for the USA High Performance Camp. She was an assistant on the youth national team that won the silver medal at the 2000 NORCECA Youth Tournament and captured gold as an assistant with the A2 training team in Atlanta in 2003. In 2008 Weishoff led the juniors team to gold at the NORCECA Women’s Junior Tournament.

Weishoff was inducted into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998 and received the All-Time Great Player Award that same year. She was also named to the USA Volleyball 75th Anniversary All-Era (1978-2002) Team in 2003. She represented Team USA as a player at the 1984, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, earning Most Valuable Player of the 1984 team in Los Angeles. Following a silver medal in those games, Weishoff was selected as the USOC Female Volleyball Athlete of the Year and her Olympic ambitions continued in Barcelona, Spain, where she guided Team USA to a bronze medal and was voted the MVP of the 1992 Games. She also captured silver at the 1983 Pan American Games and bronze at the 1982 World Championships, 1986 Goodwill games and the 1992 FIVB Super Four. Weishoff, a three-time Olympian, also served two seasons as an assistant coach with the U.S. Women’s National Team and helped Team USA capture a silver medal at the 2012 London Games. It was Weishoff’s first appearance in the Olympics as a coach, but represented three decades of involvement with USA Volleyball.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.

In this, the second of our Olympic-themed episodes, Ashlie and Gilbert interview Mark Francis, Sports Business professor, consultant and speaker with decades of experience in the sports and entertainment industries. The Olympics are not just one of the largest sporting events in the world, but also an entertainment spectacle viewed by millions around the world. Mark provides insights into the time, money, organization and leadership necessary to carry out such a large scale international event.

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠ and RSVP for our next informational session.

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.