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Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland

Dr. Constance Leyland

Welcome to the podcast where leveling up is not a buzzword. It is a mindset and a strategy. Here, we explore what it really takes to grow across industries, including education, business, media, and leadership.This platform exists to support students, faculty, professionals, and entrepreneurs who believe growth happens through learning, reflection, and meaningful conversation. We feature expert guests such as educators, business leaders, authors, coaches, and digital strategists who share insights

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41:07

An International student, a wife, a mom, an...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/12/16

In this episode of Level Up Academy, I talked to Tatiana and her journey to her U.S. life from Nicaragua. She and her husband were both International students, worked hard, and now owned their own successful businesses helping other while giving back to her community. She co-founded a social media marketing call Hite Digital. In this episode, we talked about so many topics like skills to build your business, she talked about being an International student, where she is now, what kind of

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45:03

Creating Leaders Today through Empowerment and Peace:...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/12/09

This episode of Level Up Academy is a great conversation between Sande and I. Sande Hart, author of The Liminal Odyssey, The Alchemical Power of The Spaces In-Between, is an award-winning leader in the fields of women’s empowerment and interfaith community building. She founded the women’s interfaith grassroots international organization S.A.R.A.H. (The Spiritual And Religious Alliance for Hope) the morning of 911, an instinct to gather women of diverse faiths to protect all that they consider

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40:39

A student perspective on the journey to...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/12/02

In this episode of Level Up Academy's podcast, our conversation with Josh Sanchez, a master student, it reveals to us how one's journey of self-discovery leads to multiple opportunities to get to know yourself. Our conversation is about how he persevere when he doesn't have the proper tools or budget to continue his courses at school. His determination led him to graduate with his bachelor's degree. This story might be familiar to some of our student listener's who wants to graduate but their

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49:46

A registered nurse turned entrepreneur: Michele Thompson

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/11/26

Michele Thompson comes from a humble beginning. She strived to be the best at whatever she does. Through her adversity and professional experience, she found her passion for helping others through creating courses/programs that helps business leaders to be the best person they can be to level up. In this episode of level up, we have conversations of how business leaders can change their skills through shifting their mindset and priorities. What are some of the ways you can do that has also been

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48:23

A student's journey to self-discovery, creating a...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/11/18

Ishani Behl is a curious person who was born in new Delhi, India from an amazing parents. She grew up being told that she needs to be independent, stay curious, and do what you love. From this upbringing, Ishani has developed a passion for helping and feeding her curiosity. She moved to London to find herself and her passion. She didn't know what she wanted to do with her life but she knows she wants to help others, create a company someday, and educate herself on the tools she needs to get what she

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37:47

An Australian Rugby player, turned lawyer, Chaplain,...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/11/11

He is a first generation graduate in his family. His goal was to always go to London. He has practiced litigation law both in London and Australia and ended up going to school in Texas, USA at Baylor University. In this episode of level up, we talked about many things both from a student perspective, a teachers perspective, and of course as an academic counselor. He provided guidance to someone who wants to be a lawyer on when to shift career and figure out what you want to do. He is now a

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45:44

A CEO who changed companies in 30 countries within 30...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/11/04

This podcast is full of inspirational adversities and tips on how to increase your potential both as a personal journey and as a business leader. Bret has been managing over 2000 employees. In this podcast he went over 3 ways to increase your adversity quotient, as he used these to solve and help businesses around the world during the Asian financial crisis, 911, and now the pandemic. He talks about how Bruce Lee stated in one of his interview, "Be like water my friend". See how he sees managing vs

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43:21

An inspiring business leader showing grit,...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/10/28

He has a great background of grit, commitment, and resilience. He was let go at middle school and didn't do so well in High School but with a help of a teacher who believes in him and his capabilities, he rise to his potential. Today, Dr. Dufresne, is well known for his abilities to provide hope and inspiration to many students. In this podcast, he talked about one of his students he helped. This podcast provided many aspects of how to help our student's. Are you ready to listen? What are you

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27:23

A fellow educator's dream to help out others: Adva Hanan

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/10/21

Adva was once a K-12 educator. She never felt that she fit in within the institution so she tried to figure out what she is passionate about. Within that journey, she found that she wanted to support her fellow educators from onboarding to classroom management and anything in between. She is on a mission to help as many people as she can with her own business. I commend her for trying and doing something about a current issue with our educational system and that is the lack of support. Listen

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28:27

Leadership conversation~ It is okay not to have a...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/10/14

This conversation was so refreshing to have. Billy talks about how it is okay not to have a plan with your life but be intentional on everything that you do. Much like leadership, we can have many skills and abilities and it is up to us to create a path that is conducive not only to us but to our team. We also talk about how taking care of ourselves is not selfish but selfless. We need to start taking care of ourselves first so we can take care of our team. Do you want to know more about our

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36:38

Creating Opportunities through maximizing your...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/10/07

Scott is a certified leadership coach with over 30 years of professional experience as a coach, teacher, and facilitator. He has taught people to skydive, trained volunteers at a tiger rescue sanctuary, and helped students gain admission to top law schools. In addition to his learning & development experience, He has extensive experience leading teams of highly skilled professionals performing critical functions in demanding environments. In our interview in this episode of level up, we talked

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33:22

A highly functioning Cisco Program Manager to an ADHD...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/09/30

Meet my next guest, Shane Thrapp. In this episode we talked about how his journey from a Program Manager to becoming an adult ADHD Life and Career coach happened. First we went through his journey of being homeless, then he got addicted to drugs, then he found out that he has ADHD as an adult but not before going through an abusive marriage. The life choices he made got him to where he is today. He wants to help his fellow human beings cope with ADHD to be able to function and embrace their

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38:55

Added value conversation from award winning author:...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/09/23

For over 15 years, Denise has helped hundreds of clients expand their brilliance and discover what they are destined to be. Her message, teachings, experience, knowledge and coaching have eliminated the safety-value approach to living and transformed into an inner candle flame that won’t flicker even when the worst situations befall you. She is a catalyst for choice, commitment and community. She is not about finding yourself, she is about creating yourself! Her inner mojo shifts your heart to

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41:56

An inspiring Millennial who created the "Millennial...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/09/16

In this episode with Level Up Academy, I have talked to Francis about leadership and tools to add value to our community. Her bio speaks for itself.From being an active student leader to now, national corporate leader, Francis is an inspiring millennial in the Philippines. She has 10 years of experience in the fields of recruitment, training, management, marketing, and communications. With the goal of using her voice and life story to help fellow millennials and younger generations in navigating the

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45:21

An architect, a teacher, and an entrepreneur: Eduardo...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/09/09

Eduardo grew up and went to school in the Philippines. He has now migrated to the U.S. and teach several subjects but his passion lies in architecture. He has high hopes for the future of his students. His take on how to engage his students is super smart using what is trending today and get his students interest piqued. Do you want to listen more about what our childhood was like? We also talk about how he uses music and movies to teach architecture students. What are you waiting for? I also have a

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40:33

Leadership from a different perspective by: Urmi

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/09/02

Urmi has a passion for the Finance Industry. But it didn't start that way. She took some business classes and didn't really like it. But she had loved at first class when she took a class for finance. From there, she excelled and hope to move forward within this industry. She has a book on Amazon, she has a Youtube channel where she talks about finance. Her ideal community is to be the leader within this industry and encourage women to have a passion for finance and their future. We talked about

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35:31

Transforming from an Instructor to an Instructional...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/08/26

Heidi started as a college professor. After her son was born, she needed a consistent work schedule from 9-5. Instead she ended up working retail. Then she went back to school to get her PhD in Instructional Design. An amazing thing happened, she got an ID job while still going to school . This didn't really ignited her passion, instead she found a job as a leader leading other ID's where she makes the most impact. In this podcast, she talks about learning about human consulting and performance,

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23:17

A dream yesterday could be a reality today: With a...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/08/19

At a young age of 9, Dr. Page has had 3 jobs and at age 13, he had an accident that put him in the burn unit for awhile. While there, he had dream big and believed in himself of creating a living through music. At a young age, he understood that by giving 1 hour of practice time over and over can create opportunities for him to become skilled. Today, Dr. Page is creating opportunities as a leader in education and learned his life skills and lesson through his own adversity. Take a listen on his

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69:12

A live Discussion about: Human Centric Leadership,...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/08/12

I want you all to know that I had a great time recording this interview with Zavahir, Jospeh, and Jason. We did our first LinkedIn LIVE discussing the four elements that we all hear all the time toss around on conversations and written in journals and blogs. I asked them for their input on what these four elements look like to them and provided added value conversations. This is an unedited version to get our raw recording. Human Centric Leadership, grit, failure, and self-awareness are part of a

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37:11

Inspiring the World isn't easy: One inspiring wall...

Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland ·

2022/08/05

For all my young listeners out there and for those who are transitioning or thinking of transitioning your careers out there, here is an inspiring leader who went from being a wall street journalist into curriculum design because of her passion. We don't always get what we want sometimes, but always work on what you are passionate about. This podcast gave me a lot to reflect and made me realize that making a difference as a leader isn't that hard, but you have to be intentional on your efforts to

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