Emily is a meditation guru, founder of Ziva Meditation, and a published author with her new book Stress Less, Accomplish More! In our conversation with Emily, we cover some interesting background to her exceptional journey, talking about her childhood in Florida, moving to New York City, the sadness she was confronted with when she achieved her dreams. Many meditation gurus and wellness teachers are not born into their roles, but find their calling through other work and the path that life takes...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Many of our luminaries on At the End of the Tunnel have become inspirations after some very dark times, and today’s guest is no different. Shaka Senghor spent 19 years in prison, with a total of seven years in solitary confinement. From growing up in a loving, multicultural neighborhood, and being an honor-role student, Shaka struggled as a teenager, and ended up in the dark underworld of crack cocaine, where he was beaten, abused, shot, and ultimately convicted of murder. To keep moving forward...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Today's guest is Aaron Alexander, an expert in corrective exercises, nutrition, and structural integration, and in this episode, he unpacks the functional approach that he has developed called the Align Method. You may have heard Aaron on his informative podcast, the Align Podcast, and if you have not yet read his book, The Align Method, it comes highly recommended too! In an increasingly congested world of health, wellness, and fitness influencers, there are many competing theories for how to a...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Kenneth E. Nwadike, Jr. is an American documentary filmmaker, motivational speaker, and peace activist popularly known as the Free Hugs Guy. Ken is the founder of the Free Hugs Project, which gained popularity as he made major news headlines for his peacekeeping efforts and de-escalation of violence during protests, riots, and political rallies. In today’s episode, Ken shares some insight into his upbringing, from playing with his favorite toy, a Lamborghini Countach Micro Machine, to sleeping i...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 46 min
No one is going to give you permission to take a leap of faith. If anything, they'll tell you all the reasons why you shouldn't make the leap, why you should play it safe instead. Today, you’ll hear some short clips from Lunch on Me Founder, LaRayia Gaston; transformational teacher, Kute Blackson; bestselling author of Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Bronnie Ware; DEUCE Gym Founder, Logan Gelbrich; Sounds True Founder, Tami Simon; the singing doctor, Dr. Steven Eisenberg; spoken word artist, Saul...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Today's story is as transformative and inspiring as any that we have had on this podcast. After an interesting and mostly healthy childhood, Arno Michaelis' teenage angst quickly turned into hatred and racism as he became involved in skinhead and white supremacist groups through his entanglement in the punk scene. This led to more and more violent and dangerous activities and for many years he walked a path of fear and anger, becoming increasingly estranged and distrustful of everything good in ...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 51 min
Today’s guest, Leah Marville, TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Barbados World 2009. When Leah Marville lost her father at a young age, all she could think of was supporting her mother in Saint James, Barbados. When a person is living life in survival mode, many of the choices they make are unconscious. It is only by processing our pain that we can hear our inner voice and begin to live in alignment with it. The choices Leah made to pick up modeling and eventually get a ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 82
For years, today’s guest lived out of his car and was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. As if life weren’t difficult enough, he then spent two years in prison for smuggling heroin. Yet, it was through these challenges and the other tragedies he experienced that Garrain Jones found his purpose and was able to completely change the trajectory of his life. He is now a transformation coach, motivational speaker, serial entrepreneur, and the author of the number one bestseller, Change Your Mi...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 81
Today’s guest, Latham Thomas, is a celebrity doula and maternal wellness maven, and the founder of Mama Glow, a global women’s health and education brand serving women along the childbearing continuum and leading a revolution in radical self-care. Mama Glow also offers a globally recognized doula immersion program, attended by women from all corners of the globe. Named one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100, supports women in embracing optimal wellness and spiritual growth as a pathway to empower...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 80
Today’s guest is Caroline Burckle, a professional athlete who swam in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. After being mentally and physically wrecked by the end of her experience with competitive sport, she co-founded RISE Athletes, a virtual mentoring program where professional and olympic athletes empower youth athletes with transferable skills to impact sport and life performance, helping to better prepare them for the mental and physical challenges of navigating athletic competition at the highest...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Baratunde Thurston is a writer, activist, comedian, podcaster, and media personality who holds space for difficult and complex conversations with his unique blend of humor, wisdom, and compassion. He is an Emmy-nominated host who has worked for The Onion, produced for The Daily Show, advised the Obama White House, and wrote the New York Times bestseller, How To Be Black. He is the executive producer and host of the How To Citizen Podcast, which Apple named one of its favorite podcasts of 2020 an...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Sometimes, the luminaries on this show start movements or write books that inspire people. In the case of this week's guest, she created a thriving platform called Get Loved Up, which consists of her bustling social media channels, her YouTube channel, books, and a podcast of the same name. Her name is Koya Webb, and she grew up in a small town in Tennessee with dreams of becoming an Olympian athlete in track and field. She was first introduced to yoga after a debilitating track injury that forc...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 8 min
This week's guest created an app, a platform, and a book to be the change she wanted to see in the world. Her name is Krista Stryker, and she grew up fairly inactive, physically speaking. She was, however, an avid reader and writer who thought that one day, she would become a journalist. After being called “spaghetti arms” by her brother one afternoon and being challenged to do push-ups, Krista decided to take her physical fitness more seriously. She went on to become an NSCA-Certified Personal ...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Today’s guest, Kute Blackson, is a transformational teacher, sought-after inspirational speaker, and bestselling author who is widely considered the next generation’s leader in the field of personal development. Born in Ghana, Kute’s multicultural upbringing as the child of a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father has spanned four different continents. With his background and experience laying the blueprint for his unique approach to liberating others. Kute’s mission is simple: to awaken and insp...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Michael James Wong is today’s guest, the founder of Just Breathe, and a leading voice in the global movement for modern mindfulness. He is an author, speaker, community leader, and meditation teacher who is dedicated to expanding the conversation around mental health. As well as being internationally recognized for his work in the wellness community. Michael writes books about hope which is his unique way of being the change he wants to see in the world. The paper crane is an iconic symbol of ho...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 31 min
In today’s episode, author, speaker, podcaster, and wellness entrepreneur, Jonathan Fields, shares the life experiences that led him to develop the concept for Sparketypes, from his time as a DJ to his time as an attorney, and how it took hitting rock bottom physically, emotionally, and mentally for him to start pursuing his true passions. Jonathan coined the word Sparketype to describe the unique imprint for the work that makes you come alive and fills you with meaning, joy, purpose, and possib...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Today we get to have a conversation with the owner of the first plant-based restaurant in Latin America! Mariana Blanco started her business, Los Loosers in Mexico City about ten years ago, with the mission of convincing more people about how delicious vegan food can be. In our chat, we get to hear what made Mariana go vegan as a young child, how feeling like the odd one out shaped her, and why she feels it is so important to change minds through her work. Mariana also shares anecdotes from many...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 2 min
By using the urban landscape as his canvas, Ruben Rojas encourages communities to change for the better through optimism and collaboration. Once vacant walls become vibrant reminders that inspire those who see them to dream big, live in possibility, and to live life through the lens of love. But Ruben wasn’t always so in touch with this message. In today’s episode, you’ll learn more about his journey, from real estate to financial planning, and how he ultimately became disillusioned with materia...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Today’s guest, Jessamyn Stanley, is an award-winning yoga instructor, intersectional activist, and author who empowers her audience of over half a million to break down barriers: both those that society has set and the ones that they have created for themselves. Jessamyn would not have been able to achieve any of this if she didn’t break down those barriers for herself and, as is always the case on At The End of The Tunnel, her story involves numerous leaps of faith and moments when she had to p...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Today’s guest is an author, speaker, activist, and environmental journalist Paul Hawken. Paul has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. Due to a health condition and some family drama early on in his story, Paul came to understand that it wasn’t safe for him to be inside, which led him to develop a love for the outdoors. He spent countless hours exploring and learning about the interconnectedness of nature, which ul...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 69
I’m honored to have Christine Platt, a modern-day Renaissance woman also known as The Afrominimalist. From serving as an advocate for policy reform to using the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, she is focused on doing the work that reflects her practice of living with intention. Her most recent book, The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living with Less , is a radical re-envisioning of minimalism that focuses on authenticity over aesthetics. A resource for anyone seeking to discover t...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Real Estate agent and former singer, Jordyn Taylor, like many people who were stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, began to reflect on her purpose in life. She’d had a career in music, she had worked in real estate, and she was very good at both of those things, but she realized that she didn’t feel fulfilled. She started volunteering with a man named Joseph Bradford, who you may remember from Episode 47. Joseph was the one-man food bank who started a nonprofit called the B.A.R.E Truth, w...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 8 min
I'm joined by Ryland Engelhart, co-Founder of Kiss the Ground, a non-profit focused on regenerative agriculture, and the producer of the groundbreaking film, Kiss The Ground on Netflix. He has spent the past 15 years as an entrepreneur and love activist, working in hospitality and building a "triple bottom line" business of organic plant-based restaurants, like Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre in Southern California. Ryland has an infectious passion for life and is a cultural catalyst creating t...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Today's guest, celebrity chef, Serena Poon started a movement called Culinary Alchemy, where she advocates for functional nutrition through the mindful combination of food and healing intuition. She is a trained chef, a Reiki master, and owns a thriving media platform where she highlights changemakers who make the world a better place. Her mission to learn everything she could about the healing power of diet started from an early age when both her mother and her father were diagnosed with cancer...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 54 min
Today’s guest, Tami Simon, founded Sounds True at the age of 22 with a dream and a tape recorder. Though she had no experience running a business and only a vague idea of what she wanted the company to be, Tami had her guiding principle strongly in place: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Over its 36-year history, Sounds True has grown into a multimedia publisher that has produced over 6,000 titles, including Light Watkins’ Knowing Where to Look, has been included twice in the Inc. 500 list of th...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Joining us on the podcast today is none other than Dr. Jim Tucker, a top expert on past life memories and reincarnation. Dr. Tucker is based in North Carolina and we get to have an amazing conversation with our guest about the subject at large, his journey through the field, as well as his reflections on what the study might bring us in the future. We get to explore some real examples from Dr. Tucker's work, stories that he has published in his books, and these examples really lend credence to t...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Like many Black women in America, today’s guest went through a period when she believed that she had to look a certain way in order to be perceived as beautiful, mainly related to her curly, natural hair. After deciding to wear her hair naturally in college and encountering pushback from her own family, Nikki Walton realized the importance of creating a community for Black women who also felt the desire to embrace their natural hair. She started her industry-disrupting and now wildly popular blo...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 26 min
At the End of the Tunnel is a podcast about hope, inspiration, and people who have found their calling. This is likely something we all fantasize about; finding our life’s purpose or our ‘why’, and this week’s guest has a backstory that many listeners will find extremely relatable. It's the story of being seduced by what Light refers to as the acquisitive approach to happiness. In other words, it's the thinking that as soon as you make a certain amount of money, or get promoted, or find your sou...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 31 min
In today’s episode, we hear from Suleika Jaouad, author of the memoir Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, about her journey through being diagnosed with leukemia at age 22 and how the experience of illness and recovery intertwines with her writing career. Suleika reflects on some of the frustration she experienced at the time with existing cancer narratives and how that informed the blog she chose to write during her difficult years of cancer treatment. She is also an award-win...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 20 min
In today's episode, we hear from one of this generation’s foremost authorities on everyone's favorite topic: sex! Author, podcaster, and sexologist, Dr. Emily Morse has the longest-running sex-themed podcast on iTunes, starting Sex With Emily back in 2005 when the only people starting podcasts were tech geeks. Since then, Emily has covered literally every sexual topic you can think of, from Afro sexology to bondage, to whatever you're imagining right now; she's got an episode on that too! More r...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 15 min
