Episodes

My guest today is Nishma Karim. I am an international bestselling author, a passionate personal trainer, a devoted nutritionist, a dynamic podcaster, and a voice that inspires as an influencer. My mission has now expanded to illuminate the brilliance of mothers across the globe. I create spaces through books and stages for them to share their voices, empowering them to shine their light and spark transformation in the lives of others. Together, we rise, inspire, and ignite the world with our sto...

My guest today is Lesley Logan. Lesley Logan, a 2nd generation certified Pilates teacher, breathwork, habits and mindset coach, is the founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com, the first free online catalog of Pilates exercise tutorials, where you can also find weekly Pilates classes and workshops. Teaching Pilates since 2008, she has run multiple studios, has trained hundreds of people to become teachers themselves and has taught thousands of students around the world. When not teaching from her stu...

My guest today is Amy Charlesworth. Amy is a 16-year military veteran and advocate for mental health and healing. After serving all over the world, including a tour in Afghanistan and more, she faced the challenge of transitioning to civilian life, grappling with anxiety, depression, and other mental health struggles. In 2024, she experienced a life-changing healing entheogenic retreat through the non-profit Illuminating Heroes, and now dedicates herself to helping veterans and first responders ...

My guest today is Cari Frame. Cari Frame is a certified coach and writer with a life-long study of self-kindness’s transformational power. A devoted people watcher, and explorer of human nature, resilience born from struggle has compelled Cari's words to the page since she was in her teens and forms the foundation for her self-kindness coaching programs and writing workshops. As a recovered people pleaser and survivor of abuse, Cari’s mission is to help people ease their own suffering through im...

My guest today is Angela Doyle Stuart. Angela Doyle Stuart is an Irish broadcasting journalist, best selling author of her memoir Loving Lisa Stolen Life Stolen Dreams, psychotherapist and activist. Angela's advocacy work with SAVE was instrumental in changing the parole bill in Ireland and has been a voice for those impacted by the murder of a loved one. Angela's sister Lisa was murdered in 2009 and since then Angela has lost her daughter Isla in pregnancy as well as her parents. Angela has bui...

My guest today is Sara Furlong. Sara is a writer, author, story editor and creative director with twenty years of experience. As a graduate of the Radio and Television Arts program from The Toronto Metropolitan University, Sara received her education from the best in the business and has gone on to work as a professional writer in many different aspects of the media industry. As an advertising writer and creative director, Sara has created hundreds of commercials with her company, WhirlyGig Crea...

My guest today is Jen Morris. Hi, I'm Jen—a mom of two, business strategist, connector, public speaker, and the founder of Renegade Motherhood™. I’m deeply passionate about elevating, amplifying, and connecting moms in business because I believe we do business differently. We need a unique kind of village to support us as we navigate the delicate balance between personal and professional ambitions, all while embracing the joys and challenges of motherhood. Through live events, speaking engagemen...

My guest today is Jen Oliver. Jen is a speaker, writer, and coach. She founded Speaking REAL Communications to help clients bring their truest voice to work and personal life; Jen believes communication should be relational, engaging, authentic and life-altering. Showing up REAL matters. With roots in Toastmasters, training in Fierce®Conversations and licensing as a leader in the WomanSpeak™ method, Jen also offers private and group coaching for high-stakes talks and keynotes. She is the Directo...

My guest today is Saril Vasquez. Saril Vásquez, a Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor (CFNC), True Cellular Detox Practitioner (TCDP), and Certified Event Interventionist (CEI), embarked on a personal and professional journey to reverse her hair loss. Born in Manhattan in 1986, Saril was exposed to numerous toxins early in life, leading to the removal of her tonsils at age five. At 24, after discontinuing the birth control patch, she faced a significant challenge as her hair began to fall o...

My guest today is Minoti Rajput. Minoti Rajput began her career in personal wealth planning soon after arriving from India in 1980. She is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), a Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) with an MBA in finance. Minoti Rajput is an entrepreneur and is the founder of Secure Planning Strategies, a company she started more than three decades ago. As a pioneering woman in the Financial Planning industry, she is most passionate about empowering women in financial matt...

My guest today is Noemi Beres. Noemi Beres is the Co-Owner of the Podcast Connections podcast booking agency. She helps entrepreneurs and business owners enrich their lives through connections, sharing their knowledge, and connecting them to quality podcast shows. In addition, Noemi is dedicated to helping experts grow their businesses with interviews. She started working in online marketing in 2007. Noemi has a Master’s Degree in Danish Literature and Language; she is a linguist, content creato...

My guest today is Dr.Tasha Golden. Dr. Tasha Golden, PhD is a speaker, consultant and an internationally-recognized leader in the science of “Creativity x Wellbeing”. Golden’s talks and publications have helped catalyze paradigm shifts in healthcare, public health, and the creative sector—such as her work on “Arts on Prescription”: a growing model of care that is reshaping how “health” is defined and created. Holding a PhD in Public Health, Golden's work is informed by her history as a career si...

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...