Dayna Steele is a Hall of Fame rock radio personality, best-selling author, and host of the Rock Star Principles podcast. In this show, she introduces listeners to the rockstars of business and entertainment. Dayna is also the author of the book, Surviving Alzheimer\'s With Friends, Facebook, and a Really Big Glass of Wine: A caregiver\'s guide to love, humor, patience, confusion, anger, and wine, in which she shares the story of her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and the struggles and joy associated with caring for someone with the condition. She has turned “Surviving Alzheimers” into a 10-part video series as well as the one-woman show, “The Woman in the Mirror,” both on YouTube.

Dayna joins me today to discuss how she’s coping throughout the pandemic and her thoughts on the theater industry post-Covid-19. She describes her youth, time as a student, and realization that she wanted to have a career in radio. She explains why women are programmed to worry about the worst things that can happen at any given moment, especially when following their dreams. She shares stories of when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Dayna also describes the feeling of seeing your child achieve the goals they set out for.

\"It\'s hard to tell somebody \'oh, this is great, you\'re going to look back and this is going to be a fabulous lesson.\'\"- Dayna Steele

This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:

●     The exciting backstory for today\'s episode

●     How Dayna influenced my podcast

●     How Dayna started her radio career on a dare

●     Dayna\'s experience in school and how she graduated earlier than her peers

●     How Dayna got over her imposter syndrome at a young age

●     Dayna\'s advice to those who are scared to follow their dreams

●     Why women worry more about the worst-case scenarios

●     Dayna\'s experience running for congress and her love for her country

●     Why Dayna encourages everyone to run for congress once

●     The selfless people of Texas and Dayna\'s hope for the country

●     The time Dayna\'s mom got Alzheimer\'s: its highs and lows

●     What it was like to watch her son find his footing in theater

●     The one thing Dayna learned from running for congress

●     What Dayna expects to happen to broadway post-pandemic

●     The two things Dayna never really succeeded in

●     Why Dayna likes to talks to strangers

Resources Mentioned:

●     Podcast Network Solutions

Connect with Dayna Steele:

●     Book: Surviving Alzheimer\'s With Friends, Facebook, and a Really Big Glass of Wine: A caregiver\'s guide to love, humor, patience, confusion, anger, and wine

●     Podcast: Rock Star Principles

●     The Woman in the Mirror on YouTube

●     Dayna Steele on LinkedIn

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