Our guests this week are Certified Retirement Counselor/Social Security Advisor Stacy E. Sponseller and Financial Advisor Joshua Goldsmith. Stacy has 14 years’ experience in the financial services field. In addition to holding an insurance and securities license, she also holds a designation as a Certified Retirement Counselor and is one of 3 National Social Security advisors in San Diego county. Her areas of expertise include retirement income planning as well as key decisions regarding Social Security benefits. She has worked with over 600 financial advisors and their clients.
Joshua is Goldsmith Financial, a private wealth management company founded to provide clients with comprehensive financial planning services and independent investment advice.

Our guests this week are Certified Retirement Counselor/Social Security Advisor Stacy E. Sponseller and Financial Advisor Joshua Goldsmith. Stacy has 14 years&rsquo; experience in the financial services field. In addition to holding an insurance and securities license, she also holds a designation as a Certified Retirement Counselor and is one of 3 National Social Security advisors in San Diego county. Her areas of expertise include retirement income planning as well as key decisions regarding Social Security benefits. She has worked with over 600 financial advisors and their clients. Joshua is Goldsmith Financial, a private wealth management company founded to provide clients with comprehensive financial planning services and independent investment advice.

It's Your Life with Dr. James JC Cooley a motivational speaker here to equip you to strive for greatness and overcome adversity. Life is a series of circles and cycles, phases, and stages. These are the experiences that teach you the lessons of life. You can either ignore them or EMBRACE them. Dr. Cooley offers motivation and inspiration for life's challenges.

Catch up on the podcast and listen to It's Your Life on The Answer in Dallas or San Diego, on Salem Radio Networks.

For more about James Cooley and how you can support the show or become a guest visit www.CooleyFoundation.org.

It's Your Life with Dr. James JC Cooley a motivational speaker here to equip you to strive for greatness and overcome adversity. Life is a series of circles and cycles, phases, and stages. These are the experiences that teach you the lessons of life. You can either ignore them or EMBRACE them. Dr. Cooley offers motivation and inspiration for life's challenges.
Catch up on the podcast and listen to It's Your Life on The Answer in Dallas or San Diego, on Salem Radio Networks.
For more about James Cooley and how you can support the show or become a guest visit <a href="http://www.cooleyfoundation.org/">www.CooleyFoundation.org</a>.

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It's Your Life

Advanced Retirement Planning with Stacy E. Sponseller and Joshua Goldsmith

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A Royal Week Of Festivities In Dallas Texas Hosted By Black Women Who Want MORE. 

We don't plan events, we create experiences. Starting Wednesday May 20th, The Queens Of 

Black Women Who Want More, will host the Kings Of Ghana at multiple celebrations, a graduation, a book signing and a global "mastermind" with international Thought Leaders.  

Tune In To Find Out How You Can Be A Part Of This Memorable LIVE event which will be streamed online and open to the public.  

Dr. Renee Toppin: Guest

Dr. Renee Toppin the Founder/CEO of Black Women Who Want More Academy is a highly accomplished Whole Life Empowerment Coach with more than 25 years of experience transforming lives through her distinctive coaching and training approach. As a dynamic professional public speaker, she motivates audiences worldwide and maintains a global social media presence exceeding 700,000 followers, with strong engagement across the United States, Nigeria, South Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.

She has appeared on CNN as a surrogate for a former U.S. President and has been featured on numerous radio, television, and talk shows. Renowned for her powerful communication and impactful delivery, Ms. Toppin attracts women from around the globe to her online programs, classes, and courses.

As a licensed Evangelist, Ms. Toppin integrates biblical principles and the Word of God into her Life Coaching Academy, empowering women to pursue holistic personal growth—spiritually, emotionally, physically, and financially. Through multiple successful business ventures, she has expanded into global markets, ensuring sustainable growth and broad impact. She leads a team of elite coaches specializing in finance, health and wellness, accountability, spiritual awareness, book writing and publishing, and essential life coping skills.

 

Show Summary:
A Royal Week Of Festivities In Dallas Texas Hosted By Black Women Who Want MORE.&nbsp;
We don't plan events, we create experiences.&nbsp;Starting Wednesday May 20th, The Queens Of&nbsp;
Black Women Who Want More, will host the Kings&nbsp;Of Ghana at multiple celebrations, a graduation,&nbsp;a book signing and a global "mastermind" with&nbsp;international Thought Leaders.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Tune In To Find Out How You Can Be A Part Of&nbsp;This Memorable LIVE event which will be streamed&nbsp;online and open to the public.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Dr. Renee Toppin: Guest
Dr. Renee Toppin the Founder/CEO of Black Women Who Want More Academy is a highly accomplished Whole Life Empowerment Coach with more than 25 years of experience transforming lives through her distinctive coaching and training approach. As a dynamic professional public speaker, she motivates audiences worldwide and maintains a global social media presence exceeding 700,000 followers, with strong engagement across the United States, Nigeria, South Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.
She has appeared on CNN as a surrogate for a former U.S. President and has been featured on numerous radio, television, and talk shows. Renowned for her powerful communication and impactful delivery, Ms. Toppin attracts women from around the globe to her online programs, classes, and courses.
As a licensed Evangelist, Ms. Toppin integrates biblical principles and the Word of God into her Life Coaching Academy, empowering women to pursue holistic personal growth&mdash;spiritually, emotionally, physically, and financially. Through multiple successful business ventures, she has expanded into global markets, ensuring sustainable growth and broad impact. She leads a team of elite coaches specializing in finance, health and wellness, accountability, spiritual awareness, book writing and publishing, and essential life coping skills.
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KINGS AND QUEENS IN DALLAS

Dr. James JC Cooley along with Co-Host Dr. Michael Mantell-  renowned and esteemed mental health architect and prolific author have a sit-down conversation with Jason Gootman - a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach as well as a certified nutritionist and certified exercise physiologist.

Summary:

This conversation explores the complex relationship between wellness, self-acceptance, and personal transformation — examining whether weight is a root cause of health challenges or a reflection of broader physical and emotional wellness. It also looks at how weight-loss medications are reshaping public attitudes toward obesity, treatment, and accountability, while highlighting the deeply empowering effect many people experience when losing weight and reclaiming control over their health and confidence.

Jason Gootman Biography

Jason Gootman is a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach as well as a certified nutritionist and certified exercise physiologist. Jason helps people reverse and prevent type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other ailments with evidence-based approaches to nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, holistic wellness, and, most importantly, lasting behavior improvement and positive habit formation. As part of this work, Jason often helps people lose weight and keep it off, in part by helping them overcome the common challenges of yo-yo dieting and emotional eating. Jason helps people go from knowing what to do and having good intentions to consistently taking great care of themselves in ways that help them add years to their lives and life to their years.

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Dr. James JC Cooley along with Co-Host Dr. Michael Mantell-&nbsp;&nbsp;renowned and esteemed mental health architect and prolific author have a sit-down conversation with&nbsp;Jason Gootman&nbsp;- a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach as well as a certified nutritionist and certified exercise physiologist.
Summary:
This conversation explores the complex relationship between wellness, self-acceptance, and personal transformation &mdash; examining whether weight is a root cause of health challenges or a reflection of broader physical and emotional wellness. It also looks at how weight-loss medications are reshaping public attitudes toward obesity, treatment, and accountability, while highlighting the deeply empowering effect many people experience when losing weight and reclaiming control over their health and confidence.
Jason Gootman Biography
Jason Gootman is a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach as well as a certified nutritionist and certified exercise physiologist. Jason helps people reverse and prevent type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other ailments with evidence-based approaches to nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, holistic wellness, and, most importantly, lasting behavior improvement and positive habit formation. As part of this work, Jason often helps people lose weight and keep it off, in part by helping them overcome the common challenges of yo-yo dieting and emotional eating. Jason helps people go from knowing what to do and having good intentions to consistently taking great care of themselves in ways that help them add years to their lives and life to their years.
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360° Health: How Tricky It Is To Talk About Weight These Days

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Sideroff explores the concept of going beyond burnout by introducing what he calls “burn-up”—a state of chronic stress where individuals continue functioning on the surface but are internally depleted, overwhelmed, and at risk of breaking down. He explains how to recognize the warning signs of burn-up, from constant fatigue to emotional disconnection, and outlines the serious risks it poses to both mental and physical health. With life becoming faster and more complex, Dr. Sideroff shares practical strategies to reverse this condition and build true resilience, emphasizing the importance of sustainable habits and mindset shifts. He also introduces his “9 pillars of resilience,” offering a structured approach to regaining balance, improving well-being, and thriving despite ongoing challenges.

 

Dr. Stephen Sideroff Biography

Dr. Stephen Sideroff is an internationally recognized expert in resilience, optimal performance, addiction, neurofeedback and alternative approaches to stress and mental health.

He is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Department of Rheumatology at UCLA’s School of Medicine, as well as the Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics.

For over 40 years, Dr. Sideroff has been passionate about studying and understanding resilience and optimal performance.  He has developed and established innovative models of behavior and treatment approaches for restoring physical, emotional and mental balance and effectiveness in North America, Europe and Asia.

Dr. Sideroff presents seminars and professional training programs nationally and internationally.  He has conducted cutting edge research in brain and behavior at UC Irvine, McGill University in Montreal and UCLA.  His published research using Neurofeedback in substance abuse is a model for applying this innovative approach and he has helped to establish such programs at Sierra Tucson Treatment Center and other addiction treatment facilities. 

He has applied a similar approach in research designed to alleviate symptoms related to cancer and cancer treatment.  He was the director of the UCLA certification course in addiction for over 30 years. Dr. Sideroff helped establish the Gestalt Therapy clinic in Los Angeles, and is also the founder and former Clinical Director of Stress Strategies, a hospital based program addressing stress, burnout and psychosomatic conditions at UCLA/Santa Monica hospital.

In 2001 Dr. Sideroff was invited to China for the first of his pioneering visits to bring biofeedback, neurofeedback and his approach to behavioral medicine to the hospitals and universities of the People’s Republic of China. He was named Joint Director of China-US Biofeedback Training and served as the first Director of continuing education for the entire country from 2001 through 2005.

Dr. Sideroff was a co-founder and the Clinical Director of Moonview Treatment and Optimal Performance Center from 1998 to 2012.  He helped develop the programs that became the foundation for Moonview, a unique treatment and optimal performance center that brought together wisdom and approaches from all over the world, both new and ancient.

As Clinical Director, he integrated the skills and approaches of some of the most respected clinicians in the field to establish the Moonview Model, a trademarked treatment method that utilizes a novel team approach and a combination of mind, body and spiritual modalities. It created a unique synergy and integrative approach yielding breakthroughs in healing and optimal functioning. Currently, Dr. Sideroff uses this approach in his work with executives that he calls, The Path.

Dr. Sideroff has written and produced a number of self-help audio programs aimed at helping individuals develop greater resilience including: “Stress control with biofeedback” (which has been translated into four languages and has sold over 50,000 copies), “Journey into Sleep”, “Resilience”, “Peak Performance in Golf”, and “Resilient Living”, in which he presents his new and innovative nine component model of resilience. His book, The Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success takes readers on a journey of discovery, healing and growth that has been referred to as a “true bible for living in balance and spirituality.”

A former college handball champion, Dr. Sideroff specializes in the strategies of peak performance in sports and the science of optimal functioning in all areas of life.  He is a member of an elite sports psychology association called “The Mind Room”, first established in conjunction with AC Milan soccer.

He has worked with a number of elite athletes, as well as teams, including the UCLA men’s basketball team, the Pepperdine men’s basketball team, the UCLA women’s golf team, the US Men’s National soccer team, and the Nike women’s beach volleyball team.  He has translated his experience with athletes into innovative performance strategies with executives and others that he calls, The Path.

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In this episode,&nbsp;Dr. Stephen Sideroff&nbsp;explores the concept of going&nbsp;beyond burnout&nbsp;by introducing what he calls &ldquo;burn-up&rdquo;&mdash;a state of chronic stress where individuals continue functioning on the surface but are internally depleted, overwhelmed, and at risk of breaking down. He explains how to recognize the warning signs of burn-up, from constant fatigue to emotional disconnection, and outlines the serious risks it poses to both mental and physical health. With life becoming faster and more complex, Dr. Sideroff shares practical strategies to reverse this condition and build true resilience, emphasizing the importance of sustainable habits and mindset shifts. He also introduces his &ldquo;9 pillars of resilience,&rdquo; offering a structured approach to regaining balance, improving well-being, and thriving despite ongoing challenges.
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Dr. Stephen Sideroff&nbsp;Biography
Dr. Stephen Sideroff is an internationally recognized expert in resilience, optimal performance, addiction, neurofeedback and alternative approaches to stress and mental health.
He is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry &amp; Biobehavioral Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Department of Rheumatology at UCLA&rsquo;s School of Medicine, as well as the Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics.
For over 40 years, Dr. Sideroff has been passionate about studying and understanding resilience and optimal performance.&nbsp; He has developed and established innovative models of behavior and treatment approaches for restoring physical, emotional and mental balance and effectiveness in North America, Europe and Asia.
Dr. Sideroff presents seminars and professional training programs nationally and internationally.&nbsp; He has conducted cutting edge research in brain and behavior at UC Irvine, McGill University in Montreal and UCLA.&nbsp; His published research using Neurofeedback in substance abuse is a model for applying this innovative approach and he has helped to establish such programs at Sierra Tucson Treatment Center and other addiction treatment facilities.&nbsp;
He has applied a similar approach in research designed to alleviate symptoms related to cancer and cancer treatment.&nbsp; He was the director of the UCLA certification course in addiction for over 30 years. Dr. Sideroff helped establish the Gestalt Therapy clinic in Los Angeles, and is also the founder and former Clinical Director of Stress Strategies, a hospital based program addressing stress, burnout and psychosomatic conditions at UCLA/Santa Monica hospital.
In 2001 Dr. Sideroff was invited to China for the first of his pioneering visits to bring biofeedback, neurofeedback and his approach to behavioral medicine to the hospitals and universities of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China. He was named Joint Director of China-US Biofeedback Training and served as the first Director of continuing education for the entire country from 2001 through 2005.
Dr. Sideroff was a co-founder and the Clinical Director of Moonview Treatment and Optimal Performance Center from 1998 to 2012.&nbsp; He helped develop the programs that became the foundation for Moonview, a unique treatment and optimal performance center that brought together wisdom and approaches from all over the world, both new and ancient.
As Clinical Director, he integrated the skills and approaches of some of the most respected clinicians in the field to establish the Moonview Model, a trademarked treatment method that utilizes a novel team approach and a combination of mind, body and spiritual modalities. It created a unique synergy and integrative approach yielding breakthroughs in healing and optimal functioning. Currently, Dr. Sideroff uses this approach in his work with executives that he calls, The Path.
Dr. Sideroff has written and produced a number of self-help audio programs aimed at helping individuals develop greater resilience including: &ldquo;Stress control with biofeedback&rdquo; (which has been translated into four languages and has sold over 50,000 copies), &ldquo;Journey into Sleep&rdquo;, &ldquo;Resilience&rdquo;, &ldquo;Peak Performance in Golf&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Resilient Living&rdquo;, in which he presents his new and innovative nine component model of resilience. His book, The Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success takes readers on a journey of discovery, healing and growth that has been referred to as a &ldquo;true bible for living in balance and spirituality.&rdquo;
A former college handball champion, Dr. Sideroff specializes in the strategies of peak performance in sports and the science of optimal functioning in all areas of life.&nbsp; He is a member of an elite sports psychology association called &ldquo;The Mind Room&rdquo;, first established in conjunction with AC Milan soccer.
He has worked with a number of elite athletes, as well as teams, including the UCLA men&rsquo;s basketball team, the Pepperdine men&rsquo;s basketball team, the UCLA women&rsquo;s golf team, the US Men&rsquo;s National soccer team, and the Nike women&rsquo;s beach volleyball team.&nbsp; He has translated his experience with athletes into innovative performance strategies with executives and others that he calls, The Path.
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