Category Archives: Dr. Karen’s Podcast Guests

December 9, 2025

Dr. Clarence Shuler: How Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships Heal Racial Divides (Episode # 347F)

Dr. Clarence Shuler, President and CEO of Building Lasting Relationships, marriage counselor, speaker, life and relationship coach, diversity consultant, and author of more than 10 books joins Dr. Karen to talk about his new book, “Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships: How You Can Help Heal Racial Divides, One Relationship at a Time.”

Dr. Shuler shares some of the lessons he has learned from his 54-year relationship with New York Times best-selling co-author, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of “The Five Love Languages.” 

Get copies of his book “Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships” from his site or on Amazon.

Reach Dr. Clarence Shuler at clarenceshuler.com

December 2, 2025

Author Patricia Raybon: Truth and Courage in Writing and Life (Episode # 500F)

Patricia Raybon, author of the three part Annalee Spain Mystery series, writes daring and exciting “history mysteries.”

Her third novel in the series, “Truth Be Told” was recently listed as a New York Times Book Review pick, her second in the series, “Double the Lies” won the Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction, and her first book in the series,” All That is Secret” won a Christy Award for First Novel and was selected by NBA All Star Steph Curry as a Literati Book Club Selection. 

A writer of faith by day and mystery by night, Patricia Raybon also authors devotional writing for the publication, “Our Daily Bread.” In addition, she appeared on The Today show for a non-fiction work, “My First White Friend.”

As an early career newspaper journalist Patricia won multiple awards for feature writing during her years at The Denver Post and later at the Scripps Howard Rocky Mountain News. Mid-career she taught print journalism for 15 years to bright graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

She is also published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Guideposts, In Touch Magazine, Christianity Today, the Washington Post, and National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition.

Today Patricia speaks with Dr. Karen about career calling, God’s timing and ability to manifest the impossible, and how to deal with naysayers. A lifelong Colorado resident, Patricia lives near Denver.

Contact Patricia at www.PatriciaRaybon.com

November 25, 2025

CEO Terence Chatmon: Are Your Children Prepared to Defend Their Faith? (Part 1) (Episode # 392F)

Terence Chatmon is the President and CEO of Victorious Family, a family discipleship ministry that equips and empowers Family Champions, on five continents, to develop mature and thriving followers of Christ.

Author of the five star best-selling book, “Do Your Children Believe?,” Terence offers a proven step by step process to create a personalized family discipleship plan that works for families, including those with grown children.

His prior executive positions include significant roles at Coca Cola, Johnson and Johnson, Citibank, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, and Equip Leadership.

Today he speaks with Dr. Karen about what parents can do to cultivate, in their children, the kind of life-giving love relationship with God that leads to lasting faith. 

Go to VictoriousFamily.org to access discipleship resources and Terence Chatmon’s book, “Do Your Children Believe?”  

November 18, 2025

Jos Snoep, President and CEO of Bible League: Engage Everyone in God’s Word (Episode # 425F)

Bible League President and CEO Jos Snoep leads the ministry by cultivating, “one relationship at a time.”

Today on “The Voice of Leadership,” Jos speaks with Dr. Karen about how Bible League, a non-profit Christian ministry, engages people in the word of God and equips the local Church.

Bible League creates global unity in diversity through partnerships with local communities. Jos also describes the importance of a culture of prayer, the meaning of the word “league,” and how God uses these and other concepts to grow local leader missions at the grassroots level.

Executive leaders can apply the same principles of prayer, listening, relationship, and partnership for success in leading their corporate businesses.

Learn more about Bible League at www.bibleleague.org

November 11, 2025

Michael Chatman: Philanthropist CEO and “The Christian Beer Man” (Episode # 357F)

Recognized by Nonprofit Times Magazine as one of the most influential philanthropic leaders in America, Michael Chatman is the CEO of The Community Foundation: The Global Center for Generosity located in Cape Coral, Florida.

He also previously worked as a Global Corporate Marketplace Ministry leader. In this interview, Dr. Karen speaks with Michael Chatman about his visionary leadership, commitment to generosity, and how he got the names, “The Christian Beer Man,” “Black Hippie,” and “The Love Leader.”

Listen to learn and apply his success secrets for caring about people and bringing resources together for life impact.

Reach Michael Chatman at CapeCoralcf.org; 239-542-5594 

November 4, 2025

Halftime Chairman Dean Niewolny: From Success, to Significance, to Surrender (Episode # 341F)

Dean Niewolny, Chairman of the Board and Ambassador of Halftime Institute, spent 23 years in executive roles with three of Wall Street’s largest financial firms.

Inspired to go beyond success to serving others, he and his wife began trips to South Africa and now provide orphan and hospice care in Durbin.

The author of “Trade Up: How to Go From Just Making Money to Making a Difference,”

Dean speaks with Dr. Karen about what he has learned on the journey and how the Halftime Institute creates life transformation for the marketplace executives they serve. 

Reach Halftime at halftimeInstitute.org and Dean at Dean.niewolny@halftime.org 

October 28, 2025

Pastors Ben and Wanda Anderson: Innovations in Church and Community Leadership (Episode # 331F)

If you have ever wanted to use your gifts, talents, and abilities to lead change in your community, then today’s show is especially for you.

Pastor Ben Anderson, Senior Pastor of Solid Rock Christian Center and his wife, Pastor Wanda Anderson, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Risk Management for the Navigators, share with Dr. Karen about how God led them to use different legal structures, government entities, and corporate partnerships to build their community and create capacity for future generational abundance.

Solidrockcdc.com; srcdc@solidrockcdc.com; benanderson@solidrockcdc.com

Pastor Ben Anderson Solid Rock Christian
Pastor Wanda Anderson Solid Rock Christian

October 21, 2025

Ame-Lia Tamburrini: Beyond Tolerance to Create a Culture of Belonging (Episode # 467F) 

Ame-Lia Tamburrini is the founder and CEO of Hum Consulting based in British Columbia, Canada. She moves organizations and communities beyond diversity, equity, and inclusion into cultures of belonging.

Her clients include non-profits, corporations, those in government and education sectors, and rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. Ame-Lia holds a Master of Science In Epidemiology, a BSc in Kinesiology, and she is a certified facilitator of restorative justice, circle dialogue, and trauma-informed practices.

Today she speaks with Dr. Karen about cultures of belonging, self-knowledge and understanding, vulnerability, the value of feminine leadership for all genders, and the lessons she learned from her cancer journey. 

Reach Ame-Lia at Ame-Lia@humconsulting.ca or on LinkedIn or YouTube

October 14, 2025

Jeff Rasley: Righting Past Ills-Reparations and/or Community Development? (Episode # 401F)

Learning to create and live as a community is difficult when there is a history of oppression and disenfranchisement.

Today Dr. Karen speaks with return guest Jeff Rasley about the responsibility of the United States to Native American Nations.

Listen to discover why community development may be more powerful than reparations, and how local community ownership is important to success.

Jeff is the author of many books including, “America’s Existential Crisis: Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations.”

His blueprint for working with the Basa people of the Himalayas also has implications for partnership with US Native Nations, other under-resourced communities, and the decisions of corporate leaders.

Reach Jeff at Jeffreyrasley.com

October 7, 2025

Barnaby Wynter: How to “Become the GO-TO BRAND” (Episode # 491F)

Barnaby Wynter is the founder of The Brand Bucket Company, a UK based business that serves a broad range of clients from the Fortune 500, the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE), to start-ups. As a brand creation expert with over 457 brands to his name, he helps organizations to “sell more stuff profitably.” 

Barnaby works with C-suite leaders to ensure everything in a business is marketing-led. He leads organizations to generate long-term commercial relationships, identify their ideal target audience, and build their operations and culture. 

The author of “Become the GO-TO BRAND– Mastering Inbound Marketing Strategy,” Barnaby is also a global public speaker who has spoken to over 17,000 businesses. Earlier, after a fast-track career, he became the youngest Managing Director (MD) of a UK Top 200 fully integrated advertising agency in London where he spent 10 years developing the proprietary Brand Bucket Program.

Today Barnaby speaks with Dr. Karen about the difference between branding and building a brand and between selling proposition and value proposition. Watch today to learn how to maximize the buyer and paying prospect relationship with your products and services.

Contact Barnaby at www.barnabyWynter.com