Official Photographer for Pelham Alabama 25K Women's Challenger, a USTA Pro Circuit Event

July  2006

Personal Excellence is the magazine of life enrichment. This issue features articles from individuals such as:  Former Vice President Al Gore; Russell Simmons, Hip-Hop Mogul; Kathy Roberts, Lifetime Drugfree World Champion Powerlifter; Ruben Gonzalez, 3-Time Olympian and author of Courage to Succeed; Bruce Cryer, CEO of HeartMath; Millard McAdam, Managing Partner of Pro Active Leadership, Consultant and Training; Gary Coxe, author of Don't Let Others Rent Space in Your Head, Karl Albrect, author of the best-selling book Brain Power and Social Intelligence; Anil Bhatnagar, CEO of Thrive!; Tina Volpe, author of The Fast Food Craze, Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and Our Animals, and many more. 

Other issues of the magazine feature respected authorities like Jack Canfield, Stephen R. Covey, Oprah Winfrey, John Gray, and Nelson Mandela.  Gain powerful insights, ideas, and strategies on personal improvement and professional development in seven key areas of life: Physical—health and fitness; Mental—learning and education; Professional—work, job, and career; Financial—money and asset management; Social/Emotional—relationships with self, family, and others; Spiritual—character and soul; and Service—citizenship, stewardship, and leadership.

In this show Jim and his guest, Kathy Roberts, lifetime Drug-free powerlifter, will help you raise your APB-Attitude Performance Bar. She is a champion powerlifter with over ten years of competition at the highest levels. Kathy has set several world, national and regional records in four classes. Attitude is pivotal to the mind set of a champion. It is also often under-appreciated and misunderstood as a sports psychology concept. Tip by tip, example by example this show will peel away at this all important characteristic. Tune in to this lively show and learn this Personal Power Lifting equation: A+ ATTITUDE = ACCELERATED ACCOMPLISHMENT & ACHIEVEMENT

Success Or Less: It’s All Attitude, Dude! 10-04-05 (Double Click on the show title to listen in)

Jim Meier has consulted with, coached and trained individuals in their professional, personal and athletic development since 1976. In 1991 he founded The Training and Consulting Connection. Jim’s background and skills include higher education, knowledge and roll-up-your-sleeves experience. He thrives on blending and translating leading research and studies from these key disciplines-sports psychology, philosophy, social learning theory, leadership, change and innovation, free will and accountability.

Mentioned in  MS Connection, National Capital Chapter, Volume 2005, Issue

Features a wonderful article about Wendy and a few of her team members (Wendy's Walkers)

Kathy is the key sponsor for the Wendy's Walkers MS Walk Team in 2004. She plays a vital role in helping to obtain Wendy's Walkers t-shirts for the entire team and a large number of supporters.  Kathy obtains supporter donations and is the leader responsible for obtaining corporate sponsorship for the team.

Kathy Roberts is featured in "The Warrior" Newspaper, Winter, 2004, Vol 2. Thanks to Silvia Amador, Staff Writer, The Power to Say "No" , Eddie Solorzano, Senior Writer, & Faith, Focus, and Follow Through and Danny Reyes, Staff Writer
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SPORTS RADIO SHOWS

Participated in several sports radio show interviews on WPGC, 95.5, WKYS, 93.9, WTEM SportsTalk 980 with Rick ‘Doc’ Walker and also with Kevin Kiley  who hosted Kiley and the Coach, WOL, 1450 AM News Talk Radio with Gary “Digital” Williams and Henry “Discombobulating” Jones, (Where Information is Power), WTEM 570 AM with Jerry Phillips on Metro Talk, ON the Road Show and various other sports radio programs in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia--Worldwide.