When former collegiate athlete and competitive skydiver, Sydney Williams, unexpectedly found herself on the receiving end of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, while grappling with unresolved trauma from a decades-old sexual assault, she set out on a mission: turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and 80 miles later, she founded Hiking My Feelings® to help others tap into the mind-body connection and healing power of nature that helped kick her self-limiting beliefs and disease int...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr
Susie Levan is a spiritual warrior, author, philanthropist, community leader, certified non-denominational pastoral counselor, hypnotherapist, teacher of meditation, life coach, and Reiki master/teacher. For the last 30 years, she has been teaching the importance of meditation and helping women live their best lives. She channeled two meditations CDs with GRAMMY® nominee and new age musician Steven Halpern. She founded The Work-Life Balance Institute for Women (a 501c3 nonprofit) and founded and...
Mar 08, 2020•52 min
Trish MacGregor is the author of dozens of novels and non-fiction books, and she co-authored the Sydney Omarr series of astrology books with her husband, Rob. Trish also teaches workshops on astrology and tarot. She lives in southern Florida. Visit her online at www.TrishJMacGregor.com . Robert MacGregor is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty novels and eighteen non-fiction books in the New Age field. His novel, The Prophecy Rock, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for mystery writing. He h...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Angelou Ezeilo is founder and CEO of the Greening Youth Foundation. A leading social entrepreneur, she was a 2016 Ashoka Fellow, is a member of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights’ Women in Solidarity Society and is on the boards of the Atlanta Audubon Society and the South Fork Conservancy. She is also an advisory Board Member for the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area and Outdoor Afro, and she is on the Steering Committee for the new Children’s Wellbeing Initiative — a network o...
Feb 29, 2020•31 min
Dondeena Bradley, PhD., is an expert in identifying the benefits of holistic health practices and translating them into practical approaches that people can adopt into their lives. She has spent thousands of hours challenging teams to deliver breakthroughs in health and wellness innovation in diverse cultures at a number of Fortune 500 companies, and she has shared her conviction at TEDxOrangeCoast in the talk “Let’s Create a Society Addicted to Health.” Her formal education includes a doctor of...
Feb 29, 2020•37 min
Tammy Wise is an author, certified private trainer and group fitness instructor who was a professional dancer on Broadway. She has certifications and licenses in reflexology, Chinese herbology, Tui Na acupressure, Eastern nutrition and meditation and is an ordained Tao minister. She is nationally recognized as a mind-body fitness expert and her work has been published in New York Magazine, Dance Spirit, Body & Soul, Mind Body & Spirit Fitness, Natural Health, Longevity, Shape and Time Ou...
Feb 23, 2020•40 min
Sam Beasley is a successful businessman entrepreneur who uses spiritual principles to establish and build and run his businesses. He is a charismatic speaker and dynamic workshop leader whose mission is to share what he’s learned so that others may become successful and fulfilled as well. Sam’s first book, with Suzanne Lorenz, is Wealth and Well-Being Yourlifeisyourprayer.com
Feb 22, 2020•36 min
Maryann Ridini Spencer writes themes of Aloha …penning award-winning novels and writing and producing critically-acclaimed projects for film & television. She also works as a TV and print food & lifestyle journalist, and recipe developer/chef. Maryann is also the creator, writer, producer, and host of the award-winning healthy living cooking series, cookbooks, and blog, Simply Delicious Living with Maryann®. The series is broadcast on PBS-TV station KVCR in Southern California, DirecTV, ...
Feb 16, 2020•30 min
Linda Carroll, MS, is a writer, therapist, seminar leader, keynote speaker, and private coach to couples, individuals, and families. Carroll lives in Corvallis, Oregon, with her husband of thirty-five years and their Jack Russell terrier. She has five children and nine grandchildren. https://lindaacarroll.com
Feb 15, 2020•33 min
Sarah Byrn Rickman has written nine books about the WASP of World War II. A journalist first, Sarah began that career at The Detroit News and concluded it as editor of the Centerville-Bellbrook Times (Ohio). A graduate of Vanderbilt University, she majored in English and, in 1996, earned her Masters degree in Creative Writing from Antioch University Midwest. She earned her Sport Pilot license in 2011, flying a sweet little Aeronca Champ, a taildragger aircraft that she lands on a grass runway. h...
Feb 09, 2020•55 min
Shelley Paxton is an author, speaker, and transformational coach. She spent twenty-six years as a highly regarded marketing and advertising executive stewarding some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald’s, and AOL. In 2016 she left the corporate world to become Chief Soul Officer of her life and, ultimately, her own company. She launched Soulbbatical with the mission to liberate the souls of leaders and organizations by inspiring them to realize their grea...
Feb 07, 2020•35 min
Based on the award-winning film of the same name, HEAL by filmmaker Kelly Noonan Gores takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal from illness and injury. In the last hundred years, medicine has taught us to view our bodies as machines, leaving us at the mercy of our genes. HEAL not only taps into the brilliant minds of leading scientists and spiritual teachers, but follows two peo...
Feb 02, 2020•32 min
LON was born and raised in Holland, where she attended art school and worked in the advertising and graphic-arts industry. She now lives in San Diego, California, and creates sacred geometry art images that are visual meditation tools, or Activations, that help people to navigate these changing times. She offers lectures and workshops and intuitive counseling to support a new way of thinking to activate people toward becoming fully multidimensional human beings. She is the author and artist of t...
Feb 01, 2020•36 min
Kerri Hummingbird, Soul Guide, inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. She is the international best-selling author of "The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama" and the award-winning best-selling book "Awakening To Me: One Woman’s Journey To Self Love" which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. She has served as a social activist, leader, and philanthropist for over three decades. She is the F...
Jan 26, 2020•59 min
Dr. Terry A. Gordon, a Cleveland Clinic-trained cardiologist, practiced within mainstream medicine for over two decades. Named the American Heart Association’s National Physician of the Year in 2002, Dr. Gordon is nationally recognized in matters of the heart. As a motivational speaker, he has shared the stage with Dr. Wayne Dyer. As a musician, he is the co-host of Docs Who Rock, a United Way event. He spearheaded a national campaign called The Josh Miller HEARTS Act, which will place Automated...
Jan 25, 2020•49 min
Jennifer Marcenelle MBA, BSN, RN, HBC-HN is a Board-Certified Holistic Nurse with over 30 years of experience in the medical industry. She currently holds degrees in nursing and business, with a specialization in Holistic Healing for burnout. As an energy medicine practitioner and the Founder and CEO of Burn Bright Today, she helps people improve mental wellness and recover from burnout and other challenges. https://burnbrighttoday.com Tami Lynn Kent is a holistic women's healthcare provider wit...
Jan 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Kim Lorenz is an author, entrepreneur, and visionary who founded two companies starting at age 26 with no backing or funding, built and ran them successfully, and sold them to Fortune 500 companies before he was 47. Lorenz earned his MBA from the University of Washington, Foster School of Business. Serving as Rotary Liaison with World Vision, the collaborative teams he initiated have completed over $20 million in clean water projects with over 1 million beneficiaries in developing countries worl...
Jan 18, 2020•1 hr 16 min
She created the first humane education certificate program and Master of Education in Humane Education in the United States. Zoe received master’s degrees from Harvard Divinity School and the University of Pennsylvania and is certified in Psychosynthesis, a form of counseling that relies on individuals’ innate wisdom to promote health and well being. https://humaneeducation.org Ed Slattery is an advocate for the Truck Safety Coalition; his personal story is featured in the the Behler Publication...
Jan 12, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Dan Willis served as a police captain, homicide detective, wellness unit coordinator, and SWAT commander. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and the FBI National Academy. He currently instructs nationwide on trauma, PTSD, and the process of healing. https://firstresponderwellness.com
Jan 11, 2020•59 min
Aliza Kelly is a New York City-based astrologer and writer. Aliza is the author of two books, The Mixology of Astrology: Cosmic Cocktail Recipes for Every Sign and Starring You: A Guided Journey Through Astrology. Aliza's horoscopes and columns appear in Cosmopolitan, and her work has been featured in Allure, Vogue, Paper, Bustle, Refinery29, HuffPost, and Girlboss. In her private practice, Aliza hosts monthly workshops and provides chart reading for clientele. http://alizakelly.com...
Jan 05, 2020•33 min
Mary Hayes Grieco is a respected spiritual teacher based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An original and expansive thinker, a pragmatic emotional healer, and an uplifting public speaker, Mary has inspired thousands of people since she first began teaching spirituality classes in 1982. Currently she is the director and lead trainer of The Midwest Institute for Forgiveness Training. She works in private practice as a spiritual mentor and a forgiveness healer at The Well Healing Arts Center in Minneapol...
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Phil Keith is the author of six books, including Blackhorse Riders (St. Martin’s Press, 2012), which won the 2012 award from USA Book News for Best Military Non-Fiction, was a finalist for the 2013 Colby Award, and earned a 2013 silver medal from Military Writers Society of America. He holds a degree in history from Harvard and is a former Navy aviator. During three tours in Vietnam, he served with distinction and was awarded, among other decorations, the Purple Heart, Air Medal, Presidential Un...
Dec 31, 2019•35 min
Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published 133 new books, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today. She is also the author of Simply Happy, a crash course in Chicken Soup for the Soul advice and wisdom that is filled with easy-to-implement, practical tips for having a better life. http://www.chicke...
Dec 30, 2019•35 min
Reina is an inspiring author and mentor, and a fun, enthusiastic speaker. She’s also the past President of a Toastmasters Chapter, President of Why Wait, LLC and the mother of two adults, independent children. In her former career, Reina represented a pharmaceutical company as an Oncology Consultant and was awarded the honor of #1 Salesperson in the Nation. http://reinaweiner.com
Dec 28, 2019•32 min
Mark Guerin is a 2014 graduate of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program in Boston. He also has an MFA from Brandeis University and is a winner of an Illinois Arts Council Grant, the Mimi Steinberg Award for Playwriting and Sigma Tau Delta's Eleanor B. North Poetry Award. A contributor to the novelist’s blog, Dead Darlings, he is also a playwright, copywriter and journalist. https://www.mark-guerin.com Born to a teen mother and a child of the foster care system for four years before she was adopt...
Dec 27, 2019•42 min
JoAnne Jones is Professor Emeritus at Springfield College in Massachusetts, where she worked for twenty-five years. While at Springfield College, Dr. Jones served as Associate Dean of the School of Human Services and Acting Dean of the School of Social Work. Before Springfield College, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at the University of Calgary, School of Social Welfare. Her teaching and research focused pr...
Dec 24, 2019•59 min
Cynthia Li, MD, is a board-certified physician in internal medicine, having completed her medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Her practice has centered on public health in underserved communities (HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, Doctors Without Borders in rural China), environmental health, and evolutionary health. She is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2017, she joined the faculty of ...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Alejandro Frid, Ph.D., has for over two decades inhabited the worlds of science, modern Indigenous cultures, and climate activism. An ecologist for First Nations of British Columbia’s Central Coast, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Frid works collaboratively with First Nations on the integration of traditional knowledge and Western science to advance conservation and revitalize Indigenous control of their resources. His researc...
Dec 21, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Cheryl Hale is a writer, blogger, and business owner who founded the Girl Be Brave online community, website GirlBeBrave.com, and product line in 2016. She started Girl Be Brave after reading a note that her grandmother, Frances, left her mother in her Bible, which ended with "girl be brave." Cheryl's hope is that Frances' words reach every girl and woman who needs a reminder of her own bravery. https://girlbebrave.com Karen Crowley-Susani is a sacred geometry and earth energy expert. She is the...
Dec 20, 2019•54 min
Robert Boyers is editor of Salmagundi, professor of English at Skidmore College, and director of the New York State Summer Writers Institute. He is the author of ten previous books and the editor of a dozen others. He writes often for such magazines as Harper’s, The New Republic, The Nation, Yale Review, and Granta. Stuart Eisendrath, MD, is the author of When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough and the founding director of the University of California San Francisco Depression Center. A senior clinici...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 9 min
