Episodes

June 12, 2013

Caitlin Doughty and Betsy Trappaso, Living the Good Death

Called "America's (Kinda Dark) Sweetheart"by the Huffington Post, 28-year-old Caitlin Doughty was born and raised on the sunny shores of Oahu, Hawai'i. She is a writer, performer, and filmmaker. She started the Order of the G...
June 5, 2013

Dr. Lissa Rankin, Mind Over Medicine

Lissa Rankin, M.D. is a physician whose research led her to discover that our bodies have natural self-repair mechanisms that can be activated or disabled based on thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that originate in the mind. S...
May 29, 2013

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener and Cheryl Hunter, Coaching vs. Therapy

Dr. Biswas-Diener is widely known as the "Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology" because his research on happiness has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya and Israel. Dr. Biswas-Diener is a leading au...
May 22, 2013

Naomi Kryske and Jody Bremer, PTSD without the "D"

Naomi Kryske is a Hurricane Katrina survivor whose fear and helplessness in the devastating Category 5 storm gave her insight into traumatic stress. Determined not just to survive the experience but to triumph over it, she wr...
May 15, 2013

Dr. Ellen Langer, Mindfulness

Ellen Langer is a Yale PhD, Harvard Professor of Psychology, and artist. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and three Distinguished Scientist Awards, the World Congress Award, the NYU Alumni Achievement Award, an...
May 8, 2013

Jamie Catto, Living Whole-Heartedly

Jamie Catto co-produced and directed the double Grammy nominated film ‘1 Giant Leap' which encountered high profile writers, thinkers, spiritual gurus and entertainers including Bob Geldof, Robbie Williams, Steven Fry, Susan ...
May 1, 2013

Tim Freke, The Mystery Experience

Tim Freke is a 'standup philosopher' who makes profound ideas fun and easily accessible. He is an internationally respected authority on world spirituality and is often featured in documentaries on the BBC, the History Channe...
April 24, 2013

Bryan Single, Jane Ekayu, and Cynthia Travis Discuss Child Soldiers

Bryan Single is the director and producer of "Children of War", an award-winning documentary filmed in Uganda over a period of three years which follows a group of former child soldiers of war criminal Joseph Kony as they esc...
April 17, 2013

Ashley Michelle Williams and Kirsty Spraggon, Women in Transformational Media

Ashley Michelle Williams is a world-traveled multimedia journalist who currently works at WBAL as a multimedia reporter/ web producer, contributing to its digital content. Prior to working at WBAL, Ashley worked at NBC Networ...
April 10, 2013

Ira Israel and Dr. Richard Davidson, Mindfulness and NeuroScience for the Normies

Psychotherapist Ira Israel is the author of "Mindfulness for Urban Depression DVD," "Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety DVD" and "Yoga for Depression and Anxiety DVD". Ira has Master of Arts degrees in Psychology, Religious ...
April 3, 2013

Eric Handler, Positively Positive

An innovator in the field of personal growth and transformative thinking, Eric Handler is the co-founder of Positively Positive -- an online multimedia platform known for its creative content designed to challenge readers to ...
March 27, 2013

Rex Pratt, Between Iraq and a Hard Place and Dr. Paula Caplan, When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home

Rex Pratt has been involved in various film and video projects over the past decade. His interest in a project is always based upon the ability of the film to move and inspire the viewer. Between Iraq and A Hard Place is a pr...
March 20, 2013

Danielle LaPorte, The Desire Map

Danielle LaPorte is the outspoken creator of The Desire Map, author of The Fire Starter Sessions, and co-creator of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan. She is an inspirational speaker, former think tank exec and business strategist...
March 13, 2013

John Havens, The H(app)athon Project

John C. Havens is Founder of the H(app)athon Project, a contributing writer for Mashable, and author of, H(app)y - The Value of Well-Being in a Digital Economy .The H(app)athon Project is an initiative that utilizes emerging ...
March 5, 2013

Janice Kamenir-Reznik, Naama Haviv, and Julie Bram, Jewish World Watch

Janice Kamenir-Reznik is Co-founder and President of Jewish World Watch (JWW), an organization she co-founded with Rabbi Harold Schulweis to mobilize Americans to fight against genocides and mass atrocities, and to provide re...
Feb. 19, 2013

James Clear, The Art of Becoming Better

James Clear is on a mission to make the world well and the founder of The Art of Becoming Better. He is an entrepreneur, writer, and travel photographer in 18 countries. His writing has been featured by US News & World Report...
Feb. 12, 2013

Tanya Geisler, Stepping Into Your Starring Role

Tanya Geisler is certified Life and Business Coach (CPCC, ACC) with a penchant for clarity (and her Clarity Sessions have been likened to “divining rods”). She’s coached hundreds of people who were ready to step into the spot...
Feb. 5, 2013

Kathy Kinney and Dr. Benjamin LaBrot , Living Outrageously Outloud

Kathy Kinney is best known for her iconic role as Mimi Bobeck on the long running The Drew Carey Show. She has acted in over a dozen films and guest-starred on numerous television shows and may currently be seen in a recurrin...
Jan. 29, 2013

Claire Wineland and Eric Lumiere, Living With Purpose

Claire Wineland was born with cystic fibrosis or "CF", a genetic disease that causes excessive mucus secretions and collection, especially in the lungs. In her short life, Claire has undergone dozens of surgeries and has spen...
Jan. 22, 2013

Sarah Steffen and Shanna McCord, Reaching out to Others

Sarah Steffen is the Marketing Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity for San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys. She attended San Diego State University and interned for the San Diego State Marketing and Communications Department, ...
Jan. 15, 2013

Bekah Eden and David Ari Leon, The Power of Music to Heal

In 2010, Bekah Eden began to work as a successful small business owner developing musical skills and songwriting talent for her students in Virginia Beach and California. She also began writing original material for other art...
Jan. 8, 2013

Sophie Chiche and Shannon Bindler, Parenting and Raising Live Out Loud (LOL) Children

Sophie Chiche is the founder and curator of lifebyme.com, a website gathering eclectic people answering the question, “what is most meaningful to you”. Nobel Prizes, media moguls, fishermen, midwives, global leaders, spiritua...