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We hope you enjoyed our recent birthday edition of The Cup of Glo Podcast. We’re continuing our celebration theme with suggestions of a few summer activities for the fun-loving Milestone Diva. Thank you for listening to The Cup of Glo Podcast. We love what we do and sharing a few moments with you. Please remember to subscribe and tell your friends about the podcast. You may email your comments to us at gloria@cupofglo.com Until next week, this has been The Cup of Glo Podcast with Gloria Darli...

Celebrating Milestone Divas and those on their way to being Milestone Divas is BIG, for The Cup of Glo Podcast. No matter who we are or what we’ve experienced, we each have our own birthday, which is a milestone of celebration each year. On this episode we’re presenting a few fun birthday stories from some of our previous guests Olivia Jones, Marilyn Myrick Watson, Rachel Mohler, Kelly McGrath and Babs Plunkett. Enjoy! Thank you for listening to The Cup of Glo Podcast. We love what we do and...

Celebrating Milestone Divas and those on their way to being Milestone Divas is BIG, for The Cup of Glo Podcast. No matter who we are or what we’ve experienced, we each have our own birthday, which is a milestone of celebration each year. On this episode we’re presenting a few fun birthday stories from some of our previous guests: Lequita Sharrock, Vickie Goodman, Starr Payne, Sue Healy, and Nancy Redig. Enjoy! Thank you for listening to The Cup of Glo Podcast. We love what we do and sharing ...

Which type of laughter did you engage in most recently? Was it belly laughter, nervous laughter, or stress relieving laughter? Our guest today, Brenda Alloco left the corporate world due to high stress and anxiety issues. While looking at a few TEDx and You Tube videos, she came across an individual who was delivering a session on laughter yoga. WOW! Laughing intentionally has proven health benefits. Laughing is a form of aerobic exercise. Laughter Yoga can be done at any age and be modified to ...

You may have heard that laughter is the best medicine, I totally agree! When was the last time you’ve laughed until tears flowed down your face? Our guest today, Stephanie McHugh is a funny lady who knows how to bring the laughter. She has appeared on the TV show “America’s Funniest Mom” and was on The Steve and Stephanie Morning show on KOOL 105 in Denver, Colorado. She was invited to perform at the Great American Comedy Festival and is a co-founder of the MentalPause Comedy Show. When Stephan...

What is your favorite medium of art? How amazing is it to have creativity and skill to make things, that other people will buy? Our guest today, Starr Payne, is a true artisan, who does magical things with the creations she makes. This is Starr’s second time on the cup of Glo Podcast. When we spoke with her about a year ago, on episode 7, we learned about her interest in Zentangle, Sketching and jewelry making. Today, we will dive deeper into Starr’s world of art. Check out Starr’s Art at www.a...

Liposuction, Distance Running and Iceland are discussed on Part 2 of Staying Generally Healthy with Dr. William Morse. When was your last wellness check with your family practitioner? What did you learn from it? Dr. William Morse specializes in Integrative Family Medicine, at Tallahassee Primary Care Associates (TPCA). Dr. Morse was born in Orlando, Florida. His father was in the Navy, so Dr. Morse grew up traveling up and down the east coast. When his father retired from the Navy, Dr. Morse se...

When was your last wellness check with your family practitioner? What did you learn from it? Our guest today, Dr. William Morse specializes in Integrative Family Medicine, at Tallahassee Primary Care Associates. Dr. Morse was born in Orlando, Florida. His father was in the Navy, so Dr. Morse grew up traveling up and down the east coast. When his father retired from the Navy, Dr. Morse served a mission for his church in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1981 to 1983. Later, while attending Florida State Un...

When was the last time that you’ve given serious thought to your eye care? What do you do to take care of your eyes? Our guest today Dr. Amanda Matthews, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, at Palmer Eye Center in Tallahassee, FL. Dr. Matthews specializes in no-stitch, no-patch, no-shot cataract surgery. She excels in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and she cares for diabetes and macular degeneration and performs intravitreal injection...

How do you plan to get your groove back after living under the cloud of COVID-19, for over a year! Today is Part 3 of 3 of our series Kimprovise-Improv for Everyday Life with Kimberly McShane. Our guest, Kim McShane is an entrepreneur with Kimprovise, @Kimprovise a consultancy empowering people to apply the techniques of improvisational theater to their everyday lives, careers, relationships, and even wardrobes. She’s also a freelance writer and skillful storyteller who’s made Tallahassee her ho...

How do you plan to get your groove back after living under the cloud of COVID-19, for over a year! Today is Part 2 of 3 of our series Kimprovise-Improv for Everyday Life with Kimberly McShane. Our guest, Kim McShane is an entrepreneur with Kimprovise, @Kimprovise a consultancy empowering people to apply the techniques of improvisational theater to their everyday lives, careers, relationships, and even wardrobes. She’s also a freelance writer and skillful storyteller who’s made Tallahassee her ho...

How do you plan to get your groove back after living under the cloud of COVID-19, for over a year! Our guest today, Kim McShane is an entrepreneur with Kimprovise, @Kimprovise a consultancy empowering people to apply the techniques of improvisational theater to their everyday lives, careers, relationships, and even wardrobes. She’s also a freelance writer and skillful storyteller who’s made Tallahassee her home for over 20 years. With Kim’s Improv techniques, you will learn how steel your nerve...

Last week was so packed with information from Chynell Jefferson, that we had to have a second episode. Chynell’s aim is to make the planning process as less stressful as possible and offer guidance through the entire process-before, during and after travel. She is passionate about encouraging others to travel now while their health is good and not wait for the “official retirement date”, which is just delaying the amazing memorable experiences. Chynell can be reached CJefferson@FunSeas.com Hol...

Where was your most fun vacation before the COVID-19 Pandemic! Where is the first place you plan to visit after travel opens up again? What a treat it is for us to talk about travel with our guest Chynell Jefferson, a native Tallahassean who has been a Professional Travel Advisor at Holiday Cruises & Tours for over 16 years. As long as she can remember, Chynell has always enjoyed traveling, which she finds exhilarating, relaxing and adventurous. Favorite places traveled with her clients family a...

How do you define hope? Hope is a powerful 4-letter word and an acronym for Helping Others Practice Empowerment! Our guest today, Dr. Rosalind Tompkins is a “hope” life coach who helps others to practice empowerment. She overcame drug addiction and is changing the world through hope. Four years into her recovery in 1991, she founded the non-profit organization, Mothers In Crisis, Inc. where she has helped thousands of families through the power of hope. Mothers In Crisis is the founder of the Na...

A few months ago, over a period of 5 weeks, we published a series called, 5 Keys to Happiness in Retirement. Based on the feedback we received, we decided to provide you with an abridged version of the 5 Keys regardless of your retirement status. You may consider yourself too young to think about retirement, or you’re thinking about retirement and started planning or you’re well into retirement but can appreciate a few pointers anyway. Happiness is the best state of being for all of us. Have y...

How many women do you know with the deep understanding of their faith as well as with the ability to communicate their knowledge with us in a comfortable and easy manner? In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re exploring various positions women hold in church leadership. I grew up in a Baptist Church and as child I was accustomed to seeing only men as pastors of the churches in my local area. Times have certainly changed. It is now commonplace for women to be pastors of churches. It is my hon...

How long do you feel that the happiness boost lasts after a wedding? Do you think it lasts longer for women or men? The Marriage Mentor, Maggie Reyes said, “Marriages are like fingerprints: each one is different and each one is beautiful.” Our guest today, Brenda Nelson calls herself a homegrown Floridian. She graduated Nursing School and got married for the first time, in 1979. After her divorce in 1987, she was engaged a couple of times during her journey to meeting the love of her life, he...

When did you mark your last milestone? What was it? Your milestones are significant events in your life. While there is no special time for any milestone what is important is, what you are marking something of interest. It could be the beginning of something new or the ending of something accomplished. On the Cup of Glo Podcast we celebrate women age 50 and older with a focus on happiness. We take it further by honoring the beginning of each decade from age 50 to 100 and we’re proud of each de...

Are you waiting for our intro question for today? If you’ve listened to more than 2 episodes of The Cup of Glo Podcast then you know that we always start with a theme related question. Drumroll… The question for today is: How do you serve? It is not important what you know or how new you are to the service you provide. What is important is what you share with others to help them grow. On this podcast, we always provide opportunities to recognize and celebrate birthdays with our listeners by ...

When was the last time you engaged in a job search or helped someone else with their job search? How much easier could it have been with a professional career coach on your side? Our guest today, Lesa Edwards is a Master Resume Writer, Certified Job Search Strategist, Certified Executive and Leadership Development Coach, award-winning podcaster (The Exclusive Career Coach), Master Practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and national speaker on job search topics. Her practice includes ...

What is your dream home in retirement? Is it a villa in Italy, a cottage on the beach, a cabin in the woods? Our guest this evening and her husband have blended their love for traveling, adventure and making friends by living in a house on wheels. Jerri Jean Heywood has been married to her retired Air Force husband, Scooter for 9 years. They have lived full time in their RV for about 5 of those years with their dog, Carlee. Jerri Jean and Scooter began their RV life in Cooper City, Florida and...

We asked several men to talk about the women who impacted their lives. We’ve heard about a terrific sister, an exceptional mother and today our guest, Ronald Fowler, Jr will share his wonderful grandmother with us. Ronald has been an Information Technology (IT) professional for more than 10 years and is an alumnus of Florida A & M University. He is also a member of We Can Speak-Podemos Hablar, a local Toastmasters International club, where he serves as Sgt-at-Arms. Today, he is honoring his gra...

When was the last time you felt joyful? What have you done recently that’s contributed to your happiness? Babs Plunkett is a passionate advocate for positive aging. To help herself and others live joyfully, she became a Life Coach and Certified Professional Retirement Coach. As the best-selling author of Choose Joy: Three Keys to Investing Your Time in Retirement, she interviewed over 100 people across the country, gaining their inspiration and insights on positive aging. Babs said, “The origi...