062 Better understand yourself & others with Marci Toler

Marci D. Toler, LTC (Ret) is a combat veteran with several deployments under her belt. In addition to other awards and recognition, she was awarded the Bronze Star for her meritorious efforts as the Commander, 259th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. She is currently an author, speaker, and facilitator, partnering with corporate and faith-based organizations, improving their compassion and communications while harnessing the energy of change, to propel them forward and make a difference in the world. With her over 33 years of public service, via the United States Army, she combines strategic thinking, compassion and value-based decision making to support leaders and organization in transition. Marci offers facilitated leadership coaching and workshops in value-based decision making, value alignment, and conflict resolution. She is the Co-Founder of You Are Worthy Ministries, Christian ministry that provides Christ-centered Seminars and Retreats for women focused on learning, understanding, and accepting the truth of God’s Identity for each of us. Marci is a proud graduate of Colorado State University in Business Economics, Econometrics and the RAM Battalion ROTC program. She went on to earn her Masters of Business Administration, Change Management and was selected and graduated from the United States Senior Service College (US Army War College) with a Masters of Strategic Studies. She hopes to finish her Ph.D. in Organization Management when life slows down. But, she is most proud that she is the mother of three children. Katherine, a Special Education Resource teacher; Geoffrey, a student of Agronomy at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; and Joseph, who went home too soon. Transcript: Welcome to The Art of Living big. I’m your host, Betsy Pake, and this podcast is designed to share interviews, stories, and new ideas to help you redefine what could be possible for your life. Thanks for listening. Now let’s go live big. today’s podcast is brought to you by audible. You can get a free audiobook download and a 30 day free trial at audible trial comm backslash live big. Now they have over 180,000 different titles to choose from. And you can listen right on your iPhone or Android or even your Kindle. Now I’m in the car twice a day driving my kid back and forth to high school. And so I love audible. I’ve been using it for several years. And right now, on my audible I just finished the 10 x rule by Grant Cardone really great book. If you want to check that out, you can get it for free, and you can get it by going to audible trial.com backslash live big. Now let’s go to the show. Hey, everybody, thanks for listening to another episode of The Art of Living big. I’m here today with my friend Marcy toller. Hey, Marci. Hey, Betsy, how are you today? Hey, I’m so good. I’m pumped. You’re here with us today. Because this when I and you and I have been Facebook friends, we’re in a group together. But when I read the bio that you sent me, I was like, Ooh, this is gonna be really good. So tell everybody a little bit about you and what you do? Well, I am a recently retired US Army Reserve Officer. So I served 33 years without Army Reserve that yes, yes, yep. Thank you. I deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and places beyond twice. And I was mobilized one other time doing all of that while keeping a civilian job. And I’m a wife and mom. So balancing all of those demands, and now I am launching a fun little project. I think that’s called conversations about leadership. I love it. Okay, so first of all, I need a nap after you said. So, you’re in the Army Reserves, you had a full time job. You’ve you’re a wife and a mom.