Empowered Conversations

Do you look capable on the outside—but feel anxious, reactive, and disconnected on the inside? Have you tried therapy, meditation, and mindset work—but still can't stop the spirals, feel safe in your body, or access your intuition? Leslie Draffin is a trauma-informed somatic practitioner and psychedelic microdosing guide for successful, spiritual women whose modern life is hijacking their ment...

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, "Why do I keep doing this? Why do I keep repeating the same patterns—the same fights, the same fears, the same feelings of not being enough?" Michélle Konson is a speaker, writer, Story Work guide, and the creator of the Untangling Your Story journal. Originally from South Africa, she now lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband...

Today's conversation is a tender one. It's about loss—the kind of loss that changes you forever. It's about a father who lost his 22-year-old daughter to leukemia. And it's about what happens after—how a family navigates a new life, looking for joy and gratitude amidst heartbreak. Mark Stackpole lost his daughter Corinne to leukemia. He and his family are now navigating a new life,...

What if a diagnosis didn't mean the end of your dreams—but the beginning of a different, deeper journey toward them? Susan Johnson graduated from Drake University with a B.A. in Sociology. Since her diagnosis of Bipolar 1 in 1995, Susan's true passion in life has been to help break the stigma of living with a mental illness and bring hope to those living with one. She's the author of S...

What were you doing when you were twelve years old? For most of us, it was homework, maybe sports, maybe figuring out who we were. For today's guest, it was publishing her first novellas. Shanti Hershenson's first two novellas were published when she was in the sixth grade—although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since she could hold a pencil, marker, or crayon, she was...

Have you ever found yourself in the same fight with your partner—over and over again? Or maybe you keep attracting the same unavailable person, just in a different body? Or you're successful in every area of your life except love? Valerie Greene is a master relationship mentor known for her powerful ability to help couples stop fighting and fall in love again, empower women to inspire deeper i...

What happens when the thing that threatens to take everything from you becomes the doorway to your greatest purpose? Dave "Letterfly" Knoderer has spent more than fifty years as a creative—as an author, an artist, an award-winning entertainer, and an entrepreneur. His mission is to enhance the lives of others with written words, successful entrepreneurship, and art. His journey began dur...

Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right—working hard, hustling, pushing—and still feeling stuck? Like the momentum you once had has disappeared, and no matter how hard you try, you can't get it back? Rob Tracz is a high-performance coach, speaker, and creator of the Prime Performance Process—a system that helps driven entrepreneurs and leaders break through stagnation and bui...

When was the last time you found out about a food recall? Was it from a headline you scrolled past three days too late—after you'd already fed it to your kids? Most people find out about food recalls from a headline they scroll past too late. That gap between a recall being issued and a family actually finding out shouldn't exist anymore. Jordan Robinson is the founder of Anxin—the only pl...

Today, we're exploring something that touches every single one of us—the quiet pull inside that says there's more to life than what we're living. But how do we actually hear that voice? And more importantly, how do we learn to trust it? Ellen Edmondson is a multi-award-winning author, intuition mentor, and spiritual guide whose book, A Place of Love & Light, helps people reconnect...

What if the less you believe, the closer you get to genuine religious experience? Joshua Pritikin, PhD, is an Internal Family Systems Certified Practitioner and author of Religion Unburdened by Belief. He counsels individuals and couples in Oregon. Before that, he spent years on Wall Street building financial software, then earned his PhD in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Virginia....

Has anyone ever told you that you couldn't do something—that you didn't have the talent, the voice, the ability—and you believed them? Kris Keppeler was told at 13 that she'd never learn to sing. And she went on to sing in choirs, perform in musical theatre, and eventually become a professional voice actor who has narrated over 50 audiobooks. Kris is a narrator, actor, voice actor, and...

Have you ever felt stuck—not because you lack motivation, but because you're trapped in an identity that no longer fits? Like you're living someone else's life, carrying past versions of yourself that you've outgrown? Leo Dulay is a transformational coach who specializes in helping people heal the emotional patterns they've carried for far too long. Whether it's anxiety, an...

What happens when being "the nice one" becomes a way of disappearing? Bradley L. Gabbert is the author of The Agreeable Child: A Yogic Journey from Tragedy to Triumph—a memoir about childhood trauma, people-pleasing, finding your voice, and discovering that healing can begin decades after the original wound. Bradley's story began in 1964 when, at just two years old, he was struck by...

What makes a great leader? Is it charisma? Vision? Decisiveness? Or is it something deeper—something that often gets overlooked in our culture's obsession with power and position? Dr. Kevin Wayne Johnson believes the answer is simple, yet profound: the heart of a servant. Dr. Johnson is the Founder and CEO of The Johnson Leadership Group LLC. He's an independent certified coach, mentor, tr...

What do men say when no one else is listening? What do they desire, fear, and struggle to tell the people closest to them? Pepper Kat is a former television news producer turned adult-industry professional, podcast host, and founder of Design Your Dreamgirl®. As the host of the two-time AVN-nominated podcast Spicy Spectrum, she explores sexuality, fantasy, kink, loneliness, and the realities of th...

Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right—training hard, sleeping enough, taking all the right supplements—and still feeling wrecked? Like your body just isn't recovering the way it should? Dr. Steve McGough is the co-founder of Women and Couples Wellness, inventor of the hi® massage system, and holder of six US and international patents. His background is neuroscience research...

Is poetry dead? In a world of short-form content, endless scrolling, and shrinking attention spans—does epic poetry still have a place? Peter Gunn says yes. And he's not just saying it—he's building it. Peter is a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran turned bodybuilder, guitarist, and myth-maker. He's an avid bodybuilder, a guitarist, and a poet who strives to bring epic poetry back from the...

When was the last time you made a new friend? Not a connection on social media. Not a colleague you chat with at work. A real friend—someone you can call when you're having a bad day, someone you can show up for, someone who shows up for you. If you're struggling to answer that question, you're not alone. Nearly 70 million Americans under the age of 50 report feeling lonely—and that wa...

What if someone could see the world of tomorrow? What if they could warn us about the tragedies coming at our doorstep—not to frighten us, but to give us a chance to change course? Eric Leigh-Pink is a psychic who endlessly lives in the paranormal, predicting the world of tomorrow with the help of the Spiritual Realm. He says he's predicted the Ukraine War, the Israeli War, Fusion Power, revol...

What would you do if you believed so strongly in something that you were willing to spend your entire life savings on it? Teddy Bloom spent the money he had saved to purchase his first home on a cross-country bicycle ride—a peaceful protest against the heightened polarization and divisiveness in today's American political landscape. His ride, Ride4Rights, began April 20th at the Golden Gate Br...

Have you ever been the strong one? The one who holds everything together for everyone else—while quietly falling apart on the inside? The one who looks successful on the outside but is still learning how to heal on the inside? If so, today's conversation is for you. Karen R. F. Mitchell—also known as The Empress Lioness—is an author, transformational coach, speaker, podcast host, and founder o...

adventure—when you pack up your life, put your family in a Volkswagen Kombi Bus, and drive eight thousand miles from Egypt to the southern tip of South Africa? That's exactly what Barry Maughan did. And he did it without GPS, without cell phones, without any of the modern electronic tethers that connect us today. Just paper maps, questionable directions from locals, the sun overhead, and a who...

She spent years coaching entrepreneurs and leaders to build successful businesses. Then she realized that talented, visionary people were held back because they didn't truly know themselves. And she was doing the exact same thing in her personal life. Kristan Swan is a life and spiritual guide devoted to helping people come home to themselves. She's the creator of journals and workbooks li...

Have you ever felt like you were standing in your own way? Like there was something—some habit, some belief, some fear—that was keeping you from the life you knew you were meant to live? If so, you're not alone. Cassandra Crawley Mayo is an author, speaker, and mentor with over 25 years of experience leading, training, and coaching professional men and women. As a former Vice President of a gl...