If you prize wonder-full-ness, you will love this episode! Superheroes of Love, Patti Pagliei and John Simpson are a husband and wife team who have been spreading wonder, joy and love wherever they have gone their whole lives. Now you can get a taste of it all, and glean some very helpful inspiration from them in their new book THE WAY OF WONDER which hits bookshelves on September 19, 2023. In this interview you get a delicious tasting menu of what the book has in store plus some fun, hilarity a...
Aug 03, 2023•59 min•Ep. 117
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Jun 29, 2023•48 min•Ep. 116
Celebrity Love Coach, Nicole Moore, KNOWS love because she had to LEARN love when her complicated birth booted her into a life where love was scarce. She did it. She won. And she flew bravely into a life of being a Superhero of Love where she helps people love and be loved more in a very big way. She coaches, she has courses and now she has a TV show (on DirecTV starting in June), The Reality of Love! Check out all the ways you can follow her and find out more about her beautiful heart and work!...
May 25, 2023•44 min•Ep. 115
This is Love is in the Stars, Vedic Astrologer Carol Allen's second appearance on the Superhero of Love Podcast. This time she has a lot too say about how the pandemic affected her clients, her personal life and how it had been predicted for years by Vedic Astrologers. Carol has a knack for bringing love to those who wish it, guiding them through the process - including navigating online dating, flirting and understanding the right timing for you and your unique astrology. She is a true SUPERHER...
Apr 20, 2023•47 min•Ep. 114
Donovan Taylor Hall is a true Superhero of Love, his cape flapping in the wind as he flies from school to school – and soon to an even wider audience via his own television show -- empowering kids to be their most amazing selves. He is an educator, coach, speaker, content creator, and a proud and powerful voice and advocate for youth. He has some pretty kick ass tips to help kids navigate this crazy world, and just as important, profound teachings for all the adults swirling in and out of those ...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This bright beautiful light is Superhero of Love, SHERRI COALE , the Hall of Fame Basketball Coach who led her players with LOVE to their greatness, their most magnificent selves - inside and out. Her book ROOTED TO RISE: The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People is a tribute to just some of the many players she coached, and some of the people in her life who inspired her for whom she is profoundly grateful (who you know were profoundly grateful themselves for this giant heart on earth!) Lis...
Feb 15, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Inspired by this amazing man and the LOVE he is bringing to the earth, we are back for a second season of the Superhero of Love Podcast! Woohoo! This season we not only learn from our Superhero of Love thought leaders about how to love and be loved more. We also get tips on how to help our hearts navigate the post-or-nearly-post pandemic waters. Our hearts have all taken a beating one way or another these last years and most of us could use some heart-healing, heart-boosting and/or heart-spirati...
Jan 26, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Two previous guests (See Episodes 100 and 107 ) share ways that the pandemic has helped open, strengthen and inspire their hearts, sparking some forever changes for the mighty hearts. Both of these Supeheroes of Love are out in the world doing what they can to help us all heal our hearts. First we hear from Alicia Crysta Easter of ACE Yoga LA who is a yoga and meditation instructor, a ray of light shining leading us through Black Lives Matter and guiding us toward better allyship. ACE is the cre...
Jul 23, 2020•51 min•Ep. 112
His company’s name is Extreme Leadership Institute, and bestselling author Steve Farber is as powerful as his company’s name implies. He also has the giant heart and magical powers of Tinkerbell, and he's not afraid to admit that he shares her core value: Love. In this episode, Steve talks about the magic he has created or observed in extremely successful businesses who lead with love, infuse love into their businesses and invest in what makes their customers feel loved because, as he says, “Lov...
Jul 16, 2020•52 min•Ep. 111
Arielle Ford is in the business of helping us FIND, KEEP and BE love. And she believes very much in "Love in the Time of COVID" and tells us why. She has written eleven books on the subject and just celebrated her 22nd anniversary with the love of her life, so she knows the stuff of love! Arielle is also the sister of the renowned author/thought leader, Debbie Ford whose work is woven through Superhero of Love, and shares the story of how she brought Debbie's final book, Your Holiness: Discover ...
Jul 09, 2020•52 min•Ep. 110
Deja Riley comes from kick ass pioneer blood as the daughter of The King of New Jack Swing, Teddy Riley. She is a musician, she had a band with her sisters, The Riley Band. She plays several instruments. She's a professional dancer having danced with the likes of Beyonce and Lady Gaga. She was even a Laker Girl. She's also a boxer who fused boxing with dance to create "Dance Out of the Box," a fitness method that you can find her teaching on PopSugar. She's all that AND she's stepping into a lea...
Jul 02, 2020•58 min•Ep. 109
Lian Dolan knows about sister love. She and her four sisters have been bringing their behind the scenes chats up front and center first in a radio show, first for WNYC public radio and then ABC radio, and then finally where they are now with their Satellite Sisters podcast. They talk about life and love and create a beautiful community encouraging people to do as they do: take care of their hearts with the support of family, friends and sometimes even strangers. Lian shares how she sought suppor...
Jun 25, 2020•42 min•Ep. 108
Alicia Crysta Easter "ACE" is an extraordinary woman who teaches yoga at ACE YOGA LA and at many other venues. She leads her classes with love and grace but after she posted her own Black Lives Matter verbal manifesto on Instagram Live, she stepped into a leadership position in the BLM movement. Hearts and souls are aching and exhausted -- including hers. Yet she leads herself and others each and every day to lead with love, grace, patience and forgiveness. The audio of her Instagram Live is inc...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 107
This woman is literally waving her own special brand of magic wand to touch hundreds of hearts each week. Someone once waved a wand that magically lifted up Simone Gordon when she didn't have the money she needed to feed her special needs son. And, now she pays that blessing forward on a daily basis. The pandemic has gravely affected many. Domestic abuse and mental health issues are on the rise. Unemployment, homelessness and hunger are an every day occurrence, but Simone is doing all she can to...
Jun 11, 2020•34 min•Ep. 106
When Hope Hendricks met Ed Bacon met she was on her way to a career as a speech pathologist and he to a career as an attorney. All that changed when God came knocking, and we are so lucky it did because she opened her heart and her mind and they started a beautiful journey that allowed them to both change thousands of lives for the better with love. Originally from the south, in 2016, they left All Saints Church in Pasadena where he was rector for over 20 years to return to the area. With a home...
Jun 04, 2020•46 min•Ep. 105
Just being in Debra Poneman's presence you want to say "YES!" to whatever it is she's inviting you to do. Now, after a few decades away from her extraordinarily successful, world-renowned "YES TO SUCCESS" program, she is bringing it back in June of 2020, upgraded and updated for our current times - yes, even these quarantine times! The timing couldn't be more perfect for her to invite us to jump into a world with her where everything is possible, where we can say yes to our heart's desires, yes ...
May 28, 2020•47 min•Ep. 104
Every Superhero of Love heart needs a respite sometime. And, this pandemic is touching many of the wounded places in our hearts causing pain, stress, fear, sadness, anger -- all of which thwart our ability to love and be loved. Give your Superhero heart a little break, and tap into this episode for a brief guided meditation designed to each all of our hearts back into living and loving with a little more of a golden spark. Let your inner Supehero of Love have a little break, press play and relaa...
May 22, 2020•25 min•Ep. 103
Sunne Justice leaves a trail of love and beauty wherever she goes. She was a high fashion model in New York, worked at Vogue, L'Oreal and then earned well-deserved renown for being the "Chief Pollinator" who grew the Burt's Bees brand into a household name. She's about to launch a brand new skincare line called Love Daily. Loving daily is Sunne's business, as you will learn when you read her new book Mugged by God: A Journey from Holy Shit to Holy which follows her fast-paced harrowing journey f...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 102
Jerry Thomas is a true Superhero of Love who takes care of our hearts by guiding us to our soul purpose by using a unique method weaving together his expertise and wisdom in the arenas of mysticism, Vedic astrology, metaphysics, Jungian psychology, and evolutionary personal counseling. He is a former monk and a former Vietnam vet. He is an MIT graduate, a former marriage therapist, and an author of several books. He loves leading all our hearts toward love. Read more about Jerry's very special r...
May 07, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 101
There couldn't be a more perfect guest for the 100th episode of the Superhero of Love Podcast than Rebecca Winn, bestselling author of One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart. Rebecca also had her heart torn asunder and discovered her inner Superhero of Love through a path of self-discovery and some challenging inner work. But her path was strewn with beautiful trees, flowers, plants and even animals and insects! Nature helped her heal and connected her t...
Apr 30, 2020•52 min•Ep. 100
There's no time like a quarantine time to "GET YOUR BOTHER ON!" Jennifer Louden has a history of creating life-transforming best-seller books to help us all become even more powerful Superheroes of Love. In her brand new book Why Bother? Discover the Desire for What's Next" she leads us to uncover the "why bother?" mantra that is silently running our lives and tap into those beautiful desires we all have that will bring the wind back up under our wings so we can really fly -- and even, dare we s...
Apr 24, 2020•48 min•Ep. 99
Will Crossley did amazing things with his education a The Piney Woods School. He went off to become a successful attorney and political appointee. He could have done anything with his education, gifts and experience but he was called back to his roots at Piney Woods to serve as its fifth president, the first alumnus to serve in this role. He is following in the schools founder, Laurence C. Jones' footsteps as he leads with the school's core values including LOVE. Yes, one of the school's core va...
Apr 16, 2020•36 min•Ep. 98
Jody Savin is an accomplished screenwriter and film producer who graduated from Princeton and the American Film Institute. But two heart-holding projects plucked her from the entertainment industry into the world of apps and books. She has created an amazing app with Cybersecurity & Privacy expert Hemu Nigam that can help us take care of ourselves and each other during this pandemic. Hear how this app came about and how it can help us all in this conversation wtih Jody. You will also hear ab...
Apr 09, 2020•47 min•Ep. 97
Have you searched online for a "COVID Map" to give you the details on where your area stands in the pandemic? Have you been getting more and more texts and emails with "deals" lately? Have you -- or someone you know -- been "ZOOM Bombed"? And, most importantly, are you wondering how you can protect yourself and help protect others during these extraordinary times? This episode's guest, Hemu Nigam, says we need to be more vigilant and proactive than ever. But he gives us plenty of tips and tools ...
Apr 06, 2020•30 min•Ep. 96
Small businesses are being hit hard by this pandemic. Meet two kick-ass giant-hearted small business owners, Elisa Bruley of Elisa B. and Jill Yukawa Pearson of Homage in Old Town Pasadena. They share their stories, not unlike the stories of many passionate entrepreneurs who are hurting right now. A great discussion on what's behind these storefronts we all know and love, and some lovely wisdom on how we might be able to support our favorite stores during this difficult time. Elisa and Jill are ...
Apr 01, 2020•50 min•Ep. 95
Jan Casebolt Walsh is a walking, talking, breathing, dancing and living-in-joy medical miracle! She would have been having heart surgery to try to extend her life that was being slowly compromised by Sarcoidosis (a disease that has plagued many first responders at 9/11) had she not had a medically documented miracle. Listen in if you know anyone suffering from Sarcoidosis, the disease that ended up tragically cutting Bernie Mac's life short. Jan refers to the Oprah interview with Bernie Mac's wi...
Mar 27, 2020•26 min•Ep. 94
Dr. Christopher Hartnett started the first VOIP provider, Global Link USA, in the early 90's and grew it into a billion dollar company. He was also extremely ill at the height of his success and for many years. He and his wife Linda searched the globe for years for a cure. Luckily their path led them to Master John Douglas and Chris' vibrant health. So he knows his miracles! If you have been touched by COVID-19 -- either body, heart, soul or bank account -- you'll want to hear this conversation ...
Mar 20, 2020•46 min•Ep. 93
On the eve of what would have been Mr. Rogers' birthday, we celebrate a man who many have named "The Mr. Rogers of the Business World." Gary Saint-Denis co-founded the wildly successful 1-800-Dentist with Fred Joyal. Their intention was to create a happy place that people wanted to go to every day, that also created abundance for all who worked there. He leads with love and kindness wherever he goes but he has proven that leading with his heart also happens to be good business. Gary shares his w...
Mar 20, 2020•39 min•Ep. 92
Anthony Guthmiller is such a bright shining light that he even makes Tallulah throw her head back in love and glee! Anthony is known throughout the nonprofit world in Southern California as a master fundraiser. He has raised many millions and always with a smile on his face in a dapper outfit. He brings smiles to everyone he meets and is about to follow his bliss to jump into a new adventure. Listen in to be inspired to follow your bliss, jump into the unknown to create your own bliss and live t...
Mar 13, 2020•22 min•Ep. 91
Ernie G is all about making a difference in this world -- one heart at a time. He has transformed the lives of over 500,000 teens and college kids. He's even inspired the hell out of a group of NASA scientists! If you have a teenager or know a teenager who could use some inspiration, sign them up for Ernie's Teen Empowerment Day 2020 with Ernie G on March 14, 2020: Ernie G's Teen Empowerment Day . If you'd like to help sponsor a teen to attend, shoot a donation of any size to Ernie G's Venmo for...
Mar 06, 2020•47 min•Ep. 90