Episodes

My guest today is Afarin Bellisario. Afarin Bellisario grew up in Tehran in a family with its feet in the past and its head in the future: whereas her grandmothers could barely read, Afarin’s university-educated father and uncles were prominent members of Iran’s new technocratic elite. Silenced Whispers is inspired by the women who fought for Iranian democracy and by her upbringing. Upon receiving a Ph.D. (and a subsequent MBA) from MIT, Afarin spent most of her career in the high-tech world, de...

My guest today is Liz Blanding. Wellness Coach Liz Blanding is a business owner driven by her passion for empowering and educating others in the arena of Natural Wellness. She is the Founder and C.E.O. of Oasis Wellness Centers, an online holistic herbal wellness academy. She is the Founder of Soothing Salve, an organic herbal blend of over 30 herbs designed to relieve aches and pains from joints, sore, tight muscles and inflammation. She is the published author of "IT'S SMOOTHIE TIME," a fun bo...

My guest today is Janet Burl. Jan lives in Northern NY, with the family dog Tippy. She is an international motivational speaker and coach for Stroke @ Traumatic Brain injury Individuals, Caregivers & Loved Ones, and a published Children’s Author. She has been an Associate Production Editor, tutor and researcher, artist, poet, and is a lover of the mountains, and dragons. She’s psychically 'challenged' from hemorrhagic stroke, but her mind, and now left hand are busy creating. While working on he...

My guest today is Heather Eck. Heather Eck is a multimedia abstract artist and writer. An intuitive artist and painter, Heather interprets people, places, and experiences through color, a condition known as synesthesia. Like an enormous box of crayons, her gift operates by categorizing through intricate but specific shades of color. While this condition enables her to experience color, she responds to these encounters with people, things, emotions, and spaces by understanding the particular shad...

My guest today is Gul Sonmez. Gül Sönmez Palumbo is a Transformation Coach, Master Energy Healer and Mindfulness Expert, internationally renowned for her ability to find and heal people’s past traumas and buried memories, so they can overcome anxieties, self-doubt, stress and procrastination in order to live aligned, purposeful lives. With 15 years of experience working in big multinationals (including P&G, Coca-Cola, Amazon), Gül has transformed her working life by learning deep healing techniq...

My guest today is Tami Reed. Tami Reed is a mom to two incredible teenage boys, wife to a man who has loved her through all of her growth, and a guardian to three fur babies that have stolen the heart of their home. She is an Idaho native who grew up in a small farming community, called Cambridge. Growing up, she was 1 of 4 girls and “the boy” of the group, yet very shy, sensitive and intuitive. She often felt like she didn’t 'belong'. Life felt awkward and at just 14 years of age she was gifted...

My guest today is Gissele Taraba. Gissele Taraba (She/Her) is a TedX speaker, podcaster, author, researcher, and entrepreneur. She was born in Lima, Peru and has been living in Canada for over 30 years. She has a double Masters, one in Epidemiology and another one in Social Work. Gissele has worked in the not-for-profit field in leadership for over 14 years and is a mother of two beautiful children. She is also co-owner of the Maitri Centre and is the host of the Love and Compassion podcast with...

My guest today is Sandy Rosenthal. After the near-destruction of New Orleans in 2005 while most were satisfied with the official narrative of "natural disaster", Sandy Rosenthal believed there was more to the story. It turned out there was. Rosenthal led an investigative team via the New Orleans-based group she founded––Levees.org––and discovered the real cause of the devastation: Faulty engineering which resulted in the death of at nearly 1,400 and $200 billion in property damage and business l...

My guest today is Nicole Lite. Nicole Lite is a Multidimensional Energy Healer & Channel, a two-time cancer thriver, and a stem cell transplant recipient. She is also a proud Co-author of the newly released anthology She Defies. Nicole is deeply passionate about helping men and women release emotional pain and trauma stored in their bodies, activate their energy chakras, and step into their most liberated, joyful, and abundant lives. Drawing from her transformative journey with illness, she insp...

My guest today is Veda Leclerc. Veda is a dedicated health practitioner on a mission to guide individuals from the shadows of their health challenges into the brilliance of finding their inner glow. Having faced her own struggles navigating the ins and outs of the medical system, Lyme disease, crippling anxiety and depression, cystic acne and much more, Veda understands the darkness that can cloud one’s being. Committed to bringing light to others' health journeys, she established Wellness by Ve...

My guest today is Madeleine MacRae. Madeleine MacRae serves as CEO and Co-Founder of Pro Q. Madeleine is an accomplished corporate executive and a 4x founder with more than 17 years of experience leading, guiding, and growing businesses of all sizes. She understands how to harness the power of people and to catalyze growth. Madeleine has empowered individuals and organizations across the globe with her live speaking, transformational coaching, and educational content. She artfully explores found...

My guest today is Sandra Combe. Sandra Combe’s extraordinary life has yielded powerful and unique life-enhancing viewpoints that she shares within her upcoming book, Stop the Bypass, and through her related speaking engagements and programs that allow people to break through and break free, experiencing wonderful lives. Her world-class, game-changing message was borne out of her early-life challenges, a 30-year corporate leadership experience with an MBA, and was cemented by a life-altering, nea...

My guest today is Andrea Blythe. Before she began her entrepreneurial career as The Traveling Magi of Let Lobe Rise, Andrea was a busy stay-at-home mom of three active kids, two dogs, and a husband where she managed our large home and fast-paced lifestyle in the midst of a hustle and bustle urban metropolis. After a series of life-chaning events, Andrea created Let Love Rise in 2021, as a way to process her divorce grief by publicly sharing her story. Her storytelling includes the 4 healing pill...

My guest today is Teresa Linder. Hi! I am Teresa Linder, your retreat leader and a woman who is moving into the next magical chapter of my life. I grew up in the Mountains of Northern California as the baby of 6 and learned to love the mountains, the trees and being out in nature. I have raised 4 sons; Max, Sam, Zack and Brock in partnership with Mike, my husband of 34 years. I consider the fact that I survived raising 4 boys my greatest accomplishment! Certainly, my deepest learning moments hav...

My guest today is Holly Rogoschewsky. Holly Rose Holland is an intuitive author, growth transition coach, international speaker, former spouse, parent, and grief survivor. While moving through the grief process herself, she noticed that people often become stuck when processing death, difficult relationships, employment-related issues, and even changes within themselves. “With grief, it is rare when someone knows and understands the synergy of deep grief combined with the intense desire to truly...

My guest today is Christa Rose. Christa Rose from Ontario Canada fulfilled her dream of becoming the author of Amazon #1 Bestselling book, Skip the Pain, Experience the Pleasure; Cut the crap that’s holding you back so you can live the life you love! She is a dynamic speaker, Certified Coach, Health Advocate and Energy worker who helps bring you clarity to experience joy, peace and love in your life, especially in the toughest times. She gives the formula of how she continues to overcome some of...

My guest today is Melissa Center. Melissa Center is an actress, award-winning filmmaker, and “The Crowdfunding Queen,” who has helped creatives raise over $1M for their passion projects. As an actor, she most recently appeared on CHICAGO FIRE (NBC) & FBI (CBS) Her filmmaking credits include ensemble dramedy All I Want (Prime, Vudu, TubiTV, itunes) award-winning viral short R.V (which anticipated the overturn of Roe vs Wade), & short film His Name is Niv, inspired by her own experience with sexua...

My guest today is Maria Malec. As a lifestyle and wellness architect, author, speaker, conscious educator and good vibes pollinator, Maria has confidently taught hundreds of people informed self-mastery & self-reliance skills to overcome rising wellness and lifestyle hurdles while transforming challenges into well-being through personalized holistic practices. Experiencing a full sensory life is Maria's zone of genius & gifting. She's proven to be able to create personalized lifestyle systems. H...

My guest today is Dawn James. Dawn James, a former corporate executive working 70 hours a week, experienced a spiritual crisis in 2003 that changed her life trajectory. Shortly thereafter she left her career, began studying the healing arts and became a certified sound healer. A few years later she began writing about her experience through a trilogy of books on conscious living and how to improve your relationship with yourself and others. In this episode we discuss self-love, courage, publishi...

My guest today is Sanet Van Breda. Sanet is the President of Your Voice TV Network/Producer/ Publisher/ Author/Speaker/ Mentor. I am the voice of millions, providing stages for extraordinary souls to illuminate our world with their brilliance, wisdom, and transformative stories across all my platforms, TV shows, Diamond Moments Magazine, Soul Diamond Publishers and MWAH Production. All I do for is for my communities Diamond Beauties Forever and Tanzanite Heroes. In this episode we discuss self-l...

My guest today is Raquel Reis. Raquel Reis is a Relationship Coach, an agent of love and partnership and a wealth of information in both the science and soul of what makes relationships work and thrive. She helps couples and individuals break free from patterns that are holding them back, turn their struggles around, and make simple shifts that impact everything! Relationships require a unique skillset that most people are missing. We weren't taught that at school, and probably have few, if any ...

My guest today is Alicia Boateng. Alícia Boateng is a mother, wife, and an experienced entrepreneur who has successfully navigated the challenges of being a minority in a leadership position. Boateng's journey began with her passion for entrepreneurship and desire to make a positive impact in her community. She started her own business, leveraging her skills and expertise to create innovative solutions for her clients. Representation matters and Boateng has made it her mission to inspire and emp...

My guest today is Jessica Lackey. Jessica Lackey is a strategy and operations advisor who is on a mission to radically disrupt mainstream business culture in an effort to create sustainable businesses with a human-centric approach. With a background in blue-chip corporate leadership, McKinsey & Company consulting, and a Harvard Business degree, Jessica knows a thing or two about hustle culture and what it feels like to judge success by the bottom line…at all costs. Now, she combines her deep exp...

My guest today is Jessica Joines. Jessica Joines is a former Global CMO turned bestselling author, spiritual coach and international speaker who helps women awaken to their true power and potential. Through speaking , coaching , and a community platform — she empowers women to transform their lives by mastering their own spiritual journey. Jessica is here to help women rise above all forms of fear and limitation and transcend the ego . In this episode we discuss community, connection, spirituali...