Conversations to Connect - Let’s Get Real - Exceptional Connections

Are you ready to attract raving fans, create powerful advocates, and make truly exceptional connections? Cyndi O’Neill-Dady is the Founder and Chief Connector of Exceptional Connections® , a thriving community she launched in 2009 to cultivate authentic relationships and meaningful collaboration among business professionals. With over 19 years of experience as a Business Relationship Marketing Strategist, Cyndi has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs and leaders to deepen trust, expand their networks, and create lasting impact through genuine human connection. As host of the Conversations to Connect – Let’s Get Real – Exceptional Connections Podcast , Cyndi welcomes exceptional guests who share stories, insights, and strategies to inspire others to connect with purpose and lead with heart—because every encounter holds the power to change the course of your life. <span style="font-family:'-apple-system', Blin

Conversations to Connect - Let’s Get Real - Exceptional Connections is a business podcast hosted by Cyndi ONeill-Dady, with 53 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Cyndi ONeill-Dady hosts Conversations to Connect - Let’s Get Real - Exceptional Connections, a business show with 53 episodes published.

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  Episode #54

  54| Profit and Play: Balancing Both with guest Molly Klipp

  Sep 29, 202654 min

  Profit and Play: Balancing Both with guest Molly Klipp Can you build a profitable business and still make time for the life you want? In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi ONeill-Dady welcomes entrepreneur and permanent makeup educator and Business Beauty Founder Molly Klipp, CPCP, to discuss Profit and Play: Balancing Both. Molly shares three practical areas to plan for: your time, your systems, and your buckets of money. Together, Cyndi and Molly explore how intentional choices can help business owners simplify daily work, strengthen profitability, and make room for family, travel, and the things they love. Molly is the owner of Carefree Beauty Permanent Makeup in Washington. She has practiced permanent cosmetics for more than a decade, specializing in permanent eyebrows, eyeliner, lips, and scalp micropigmentation. She also teaches a 100-hour fundamentals course that helps new artists develop their skills and start their businesses. Before entering the permanent makeup industry, Molly spent 30 years running a multimillion-dollar cosmetics franchise and teaching thousands of women how to build their businesses. In this conversation, you’ll discover: Why your time is your life—and how to decide what you want it to look like How business systems can simplify your work and make your business more marketable How “buckets of money” can support greater financial freedom What do you want your life and business to look like? Molly’s invitation is to make a plan—and get busy building it. Learn more about Molly and Carefree Beauty: https://www.carefree-beauty.com beautybusinessmastery.com Contact Molly: molly@beautybusinessmastery.com Learn more about Exceptional Connections®: https://www.exceptionalconnections.com Contact Cyndi ONeill-Dady, Founder and Chief Connector: cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

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  Episode #53

  53| The Profit of Kindness: How to Influence Others, Establish Trust, and Build Lasting Business Relationships with guest Jill Lubin

  Sep 22, 202652 min

  The Profit of Kindness: Build Trust, Influence Others and Create Lasting Business Relationships with Jill Lublin What if kindness were more than a personal value? What if it became one of your most powerful strategies for building trust, increasing influence, attracting opportunities, and achieving sustainable business success? In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi O’Neill-Dady welcomes world-renowned publicity expert, international speaker, and four-time bestselling author Jill Lublin for an inspiring conversation about The Profit of Kindness. A media expert for more than 25 years, Jill has made thousands of stage appearances alongside celebrated leaders such as Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Barbara Corcoran. She has helped more than 100,000 clients apply her signature publicity formulas to gain media attention, increase marketplace visibility, generate qualified leads, and boost sales. Jill also shares these proven strategies through her Publicity Breakthrough Bootcamp and monthly Kindness Circles. During this insightful conversation, Jill reveals how making kindness a primary goal can transform the way we communicate, collaborate, lead, and build relationships. By shifting the focus from simply “winning” to giving, serving, and creating mutually beneficial outcomes, entrepreneurs and business leaders can establish credibility, strengthen trust, and develop meaningful professional relationships that produce lasting results. In this episode, you’ll discover how to: Build trust-based personal and professional relationships Communicate with greater kindness, integrity, and influence Create collaborative, mutually beneficial business connections Strengthen teamwork and interpersonal effectiveness Establish credibility with clients, colleagues, and potential partners Turn authentic relationship-building into new opportunities Use kindness as a practical business and leadership advantage Increase your visibility, influence, and long-term success Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, speaker, consultant, or community leader, this conversation will help you understand why kindness is not a weakness—it is a powerful catalyst for connection, collaboration, visibility, profitability, and meaningful impact. When we focus on helping others succeed, we create the trust and goodwill that allow everyone to win. Connect with Jill Lublin: Visit JillLublin.com Email: Support@JillLublin.com Powered by Exceptional Connections® Where authentic relationships, intentional conversations, and meaningful connections lead to powerful business growth and lasting impact. Learn more at ExceptionalConnections.com , or contact Exceptional Connections® Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

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  Episode #52

  52| 7 Levels of Emotional Resilience with guest Rosie Gremmert

  Sep 15, 20261h 7m

  The 7 Levels of Emotional Resilience with Rosie Gremmert What does it take to move beyond emotional burnout, numbness, grief, and overwhelm—and develop lasting emotional resilience? In this episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, powered by Exceptional Connections®, host Cyndi O’Neill-Dady welcomes Rosie Gremmert, a Master Transformation Coach, for an insightful conversation about the seven levels of emotional resilience and how to create long-term, self-sustainable emotional well-being. Rosie combines holistic health foundations with her training in grief support, essential oil therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and other healing modalities to help people understand and navigate their emotions. Her approach empowers individuals to recognize what they are feeling, understand why they are feeling it, determine what to do next, and communicate their emotions more effectively. With 23 years of experience providing in-home respite and hospice care—and nearly three decades as a successful entrepreneur—Rosie brings compassion, wisdom, and practical guidance to emotional healing and personal transformation. She is also a wife, mom, and grandma living in Cedar Hills, Utah. In this conversation, you’ll discover how to: Recognize and name what you are feeling Understand why those emotions are surfacing Respond to difficult emotions with greater clarity Communicate your feelings in healthy, constructive ways Move beyond emotional burnout, numbness, and overwhelm Build sustainable emotional resilience Create greater emotional awareness, healing, and personal empowerment Whether you are navigating grief, stress, caregiving, life transitions, or emotional exhaustion, this conversation offers valuable insights to help you strengthen your emotional resilience and move forward with greater confidence. Connect with Rosie Gremmert: hello@rosiegremmert.com Powered by Exceptional Connections® Where authentic relationships, intentional conversations, and meaningful connections lead to powerful business growth and lasting impact. Learn more at ExceptionalConnections.com , or contact Exceptional Connections® Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

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  Episode #51

  51| What Are You Waiting For? How to Turn Your Story into a Mission, Movement, and Legacy with guest Ginine Emily Smith

  Sep 8, 202651 min

  What Are You Waiting For? How to Turn Your Story into a Mission, Movement, & Legacy. What if the story you’ve been hiding, minimizing, or trying to move beyond is actually the key to your greatest purpose and impact? On this powerful episode of Conversations to Connect—Let’s Get Real®, host Cyndi O’Neill-Dady welcomes Ginine Emily Smith for an honest and inspiring conversation about reclaiming your voice, owning your story, and transforming life’s most difficult experiences into a mission, movement, and meaningful legacy. Ginine Emily Smith is a global influencer, bestselling author, award-winning songwriter, television and top 3% podcast host, and founder of the B.A.D.D.A.S.S. Lioness™ movement. A master of reinvention, Ginine has transformed extraordinary life challenges into a global mission of helping women, leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers move beyond survival, rediscover their authentic identity, and create meaningful impact. Through Hearts In Sync Productions, speaking, music, media platforms, transformational experiences, and her signature RISE Framework™, Ginine empowers people to turn their stories into movements, their messages into influence, and their purpose into legacy. Her signature message is both a challenge and an invitation: “If you don’t own your story, your story will own you.” Your story is more than a collection of past experiences. It is one of the most powerful tools you possess to inspire others, build authentic connections, influence change, and move people to action. In this episode, Ginine shares practical wisdom for communicating your personal story with authenticity, emotion, and purpose—so your message becomes memorable, meaningful, and capable of serving others. You’ll discover how to stop defining yourself by your wounds, failures, titles, or circumstances and begin reconnecting with the person you were created to be. In This Conversation, You’ll Discover How To: Reclaim who you were before life told you who to be. Fearlessness begins when you remember your inherent worth and reconnect with your authentic identity. Tell your story in a way that moves people. Learn how authenticity, vulnerability, emotion, and purpose can transform your experiences into a message that inspires action. Turn your story into a mission—not merely a memory. Your story can become a message, book, business, stage, podcast, ministry, movement, or legacy that serves others. Move from surviving to creating meaningful impact. Discover how your greatest challenges can become a source of purpose, transformation, leadership, and hope. Stop waiting to pursue the life and mission calling you forward. The question isn’t whether you’re capable. The question is: What are you waiting for? This episode is for anyone ready to move beyond fear, self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and past adversity to embrace courageous storytelling, personal reinvention, authentic leadership, purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and lasting impact. You don’t have to wait until your story feels perfect, polished, or complete. Healing begins when we stop hiding and start sharing—and your willingness to own your voice may give someone else permission to reclaim theirs. Connect with Ginine Emily Smith Website: BaddassLioness.com Email: ginineemily22@gmail.com Powered by Exceptional Connections® Where authentic relationships, intentional conversations, and meaningful connections lead to powerful business growth and lasting impact. Learn more at ExceptionalConnections.com , or contact Exceptional Connections® Founder and Chief Connector Cyndi O’Neill-Dady at cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com.

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  Episode #50

  50| Networking Secret Sauce: Building Relationships That Last with guest Cyndi ONeill-Dady hosted by Julie Hutton

  Sep 1, 202640 min

  Networking Secret Sauce: Building Relationships That Last Julie Hutton Interviews Cyndi O’Neill-Dady Our Conversation to Connect is a little different today—we’re flipping the script! Joining us as transformational coach, retreat leader, and podcast host Julie Hutton from Sacramento, California, steps into the host’s chair to interview Cyndi O’Neill-Dady, Founder and Chief Connector of Exceptional Connections®. Julie is devoted to helping people create success—and a life—that feels meaningful, peaceful, and truly worth living. With nearly four decades of experience in coaching, counseling, real estate, personal growth, and retreat leadership, she brings grounded wisdom, practical insight, emotional depth, and spiritual perspective to every conversation. Through her private three-day intensive retreats, Julie helps clients gain clarity, find encouragement, and reconnect with the most authentic and aligned version of themselves. In this heartfelt conversation, Julie invites Cyndi to reveal her Networking Secret Sauce—the relationship-building principles she has practiced since founding Exceptional Connections® in 2009. Cyndi shares why successful networking isn’t measured by the number of business cards we collect, contacts we add, or social media connections we accumulate. It is shaped by the quality of the relationships we cultivate—and by how people feel after spending time with us. Do they feel seen, heard, valued, and appreciated? Do they sense that we are genuinely interested in them—or merely interested in what they can do for us? Cyndi reveals her three essential ingredients for building relationships that last: Hold every relationship as sacred Make five deposits for every withdrawal Remember that integrity, trust, and authenticity are king Discover what it means to value people before opportunities, treat every relationship with genuine respect and care, and move beyond transactional networking. Learn how the five-to-one relationship principle can help you build relational equity through encouragement, thoughtful introductions, referrals, resources, celebration, and consistent support—without keeping score or expecting something in return. Cyndi also explains why relationships may begin with a conversation, but they last because of trust. Integrity is demonstrated by doing what we say we will do. Trust grows through consistency, reliability, confidentiality, and follow-through. Authenticity allows people to connect with the genuine person behind the professional title. Cyndi’s challenge: Choose one relationship to intentionally nurture this week. Reach out without asking for anything. Offer encouragement, make a thoughtful introduction, follow through on a promise, or simply let someone know they matter. The secret sauce of networking isn’t found in the perfect pitch. It’s found in how we consistently treat people. Value people before opportunities. Give more than you ask. Be trustworthy, consistent, and authentically you. Because one meaningful conversation, generous contribution, or unexpected connection truly can change the course of a life. To learn more about Julie Hutton: JulieHuttonCoaching.com To contact Julie Hutton: Julie@JulieHutton.com Learn More About Exceptional Connections® Exceptional Connections® is a relationship-centered business networking community dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, professionals, and business owners build empowering relationships through intentional networking, authentic communication, collaboration, and community—where everyone is Seen, Heard, Valued & Witnessed. Founded by Cyndi O'Neill-Dady, Exceptional Connections believes that meaningful relationships are the foundation of lasting business success and personal fulfillment. To learn more: ExceptionalConnections.com To contact Cyndi ONeill-Dady: cyndi@exceptionalconnections.com

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