Life's Essential Ingredients
Life’s Essential Ingredients is spinoff of C4 Leaders, a California based non-profit who uses PIZZA to guide all people in RISING TOGETHER. The show is hosted by two best friends who were college roommates at the University of San Francisco – (Jeff with a Mike). Season 5 started in 2025 and the show is currently listened to in 58 countries and 808 cities.
The educational and entertaining show takes a deep, yet humorous look at life’s essential ingredients. The hosts will engage in interesting conversation with some of the world’s best leaders, authors, athletes, musicians, chefs, architects, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, comedians, CEOs, coaches, professors, teachers, and many, many, more industries and professions.
The goal of the show is to have the guest highlight their life’s essential ingredients, who helped them develop the ingredients, and how the guest can help the listeners develop their essential ingredients.
The hosts create space for the guest to be the star of the show and provide an incredible platform to highlight their life, their business, their passion, and most importantly, their gift they share with the world.
Our listeners are diverse and 9% are 18-24, 18% 25-29, 13% 30-34, 18% 35-44, 18% 45-54, and 55+ 24%.
Life's Essential Ingredients
Season 5 Episode #7 Jessica Decaillon is Creating an Educational Ripple Effect!
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Season 5 Episode #7 Jessica Decaillon is coming from Michigan (inform, inspire, & transform)
You can find Jessica via her website wondersparklearning.com
About our guest: Jessica is the dynamic founder of Wonder Spark Learning, an innovative online learning platform dedicated to sparking curiosity and a love of learning in children. As a seasoned educator with a passion for hands-on, interactive teaching, Jessica has built a thriving community of students. Jessica’s current class offering includes: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Life Skills, STEM, and other language immersion classes.
A working homeschool mom herself, Jessica knows firsthand the challenges and rewards of balancing entrepreneurship with family life. Her journey began with a desire to support her own daughter’s education while empowering other parents to do the same. Today, she’s leading Wonder Spark Learning to new heights, offering unique classes that help kids build confidence, make friends, and ignite their passion for learning.
Jessica, thanks for having the courage to share your many gifts with the world and for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients. Welcome to the show!
TOTD – “Trust is confidence born in two dimensions: your character and your competence.” Dr. Stephen Covey
In this episode:
Love the name of your business… is there any special meaning behind it?
What was life like growing up?
What are your life’s essential ingredients?
Your website mentions Life Skills classes. What are the life skills our children need during this crucial time of their development
What pedagogy differentiates Wonder Spark from your competition?
The importance of family…
Making the difficult decision to homeschool your children?
If that is not an option, suggestions for parents in identifying and communicating with teachers and school administrators.
Cell phones in schools
The changing landscape of education
Teaching a classroom of 35 different learning styles
The psychology of education
Spiritual, Mental, and Physical well-being of our youth – how do you suggest parents socialize their children…
Neurodiversity – resources, ideas to help…
The impact of AI on education
Three best things a parent can do to help their child in the educational space
Books you recommend?
Legacy