HeyJaredYour Daily Chocolate
Tired of all the negativity and bad news in the world? This brief weekly podcast will boost your mood. With funny stories, clean jokes and interviews with people who will inspire you — it’s like a bite of chocolate… feels good and it's good for you!
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Ritz-Carlton Doorman Todd Foster on Leadership, Customer Service, and How Everybody Had Baggage (opens the original)
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Today Patty welcomes Todd Foster, former Ritz-Carlton Chicago doorman and author of Everybody Had Baggage, who shares how three years observing guests—from celebrities to everyday people—shaped his work as a keynote speaker and executive coach. Todd explains how people reveal character by how they treat those they don’t need, why mindset drives behavior, and how leaders set the tone for everyone in the room. He recounts a pivotal moment when President Clinton told Secret Service to “Let the man
Neuroscientist & Boxer Amanda Alvarez on Free Youth Boxing + STEM in East Dallas (opens the original)
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Today Patty welcomes Amanda Alvarez, a Puerto Rico–raised neuroscientist, salsa dancer, and founder of LaBori Boxing, a Dallas-based nonprofit offering free boxing training for youth 18 and under plus STEM education and career exposure. Alvarez shares how she began boxing at 17, studied neuroscience at NYU, earned a PhD at UT Dallas, and built Laboré to remove economic and geographic barriers for East Dallas kids after community-building salsa classes during COVID. The gym provides low-contact t
Retired Detective Dan Roman’s 5,000-Mile Solo Bike Ride for Parkinson’s Awareness (opens the original)
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Today on Your Daily Chocolate, Patty talks with Dan Roman, a retired police detective, father of five, and grandfather of eight, who completed a 5,000-mile solo bicycle ride across the U.S. to raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease in honor of his father, who died after a 40-year battle. Dan explains why the timing mattered to him, including anniversaries connected to Route 66 and the TransAmerica Bike Trail, how he trained and planned his route and what he carried on a fully self-contained, he
Hope Filled Cafe: Inclusive Employment for Young Adults with Autism with Andrea Ratfield (opens the original)
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Today on Your Daily Chocolate, Patty interviews Andrea Ratfield, a Delta pilot, single mom, and founder/executive director of Hope Filled Cafe, a biblically rooted nonprofit in Minneapolis creating meaningful, sensory-friendly employment for young adults with autism and cognitive disabilities. Andrea shares how her son’s diagnosis and a Delta airport tour program for families and adults with special needs revealed the “falling off the cliff” gap after age 22 and the 80–85% unemployment/underempl
NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore on Faith and Perseverance (opens the original)
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Today Patty interviews NASA astronaut and retired US Navy Captain Butch Wilmore about his book ‘Stuck in Space’ and the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed test flight that became a 10-month stay on the International Space Station instead of 9–10 days. Butch describes facing closed doors in football and naval aviation, relying on determination, prayer, and scripture, and how being assigned the A-7 Corsair—despite not wanting it—led to Desert Storm, test pilot school selection, and a NASA application
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