Conversations with Sekani

Anissa Hudak is the founder of Phoenix Women Healing. After experiencing sexual trauma herself and through her experience as the daughter of a Vietnam veteran and a military spouse, Anissa dedicated her life to helping women heal from trauma and reclaim their sense of safety, power, and self-trust. Through neurosomatic therapy, hypnotherapy, and mind-body practices, she helps women move beyond sur...

Michael Grayson is a nurse, cancer survivor, and author of Blaze of Resurrection. His story is one of resilience, recovery, and finding meaning through adversity. Growing up surrounded by addiction and loss, Michael faced challenges from an early age. He later battled a gambling addiction, built a career in nursing, and endured the heartbreaking loss of both of his parents to cancer. Just when lif...

Britney Benson is a passionate advocate for psychological safety in the workplace and someone whose story is one of resilience, healing, and reclaiming her voice. As a neurodivergent woman of color, Britney experienced workplace bullying, gaslighting, and subtle forms of emotional abuse that left her emotionally exhausted and questioning herself. Despite seeking support from leadership and HR, she...

Andrew Scheim is a wellness practitioner, educator, and researcher who specializes in PEMF therapy, hydrogen therapy, nervous system regulation, trauma recovery, and integrative wellness technologies. For decades, Andrew has explored the deeper causes of illness and recurring health challenges, combining hands-on clinical experience with insights from naturopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, and...

Baiba is the host of the Life in Technical podcast and creator of the Era of You method, where she helps women reconnect with their purpose, reignite their energy, and create lives that truly feel like their own. After spending 15 years in the corporate world checking all the boxes of success, Baiba found herself feeling drained, overwhelmed, and disconnected from who she really was. Rather than s...

Clementine Moss is a musician, writer, spiritual counselor, and the founding drummer of Zeparella, the internationally acclaimed all-female-led Led Zeppelin tribute band. Beyond her life on stage, Clementine has spent over 30 years studying meditation and contemplative practices. She is a spiritual counselor, a minister with the Foundation for the Sacred Dream, and the author of From Bonham to Bud...

Dr. Vanessa Labode Richman is a clinical neuropsychologist, speaker, and creator of the Four World Method — a practical framework designed to help people navigate stress, burnout, grief, and life’s hardest moments without losing themselves in the process. Drawing from both her professional expertise and deeply personal experiences, Dr. Vanessa blends psychology with what she calls “brain dollars”...

Michael Upstone is an author, researcher, and president of Keep Health Research. For nearly two decades, he has explored the world of energy and frequency-based healing technologies, working with clinicians, doctors, and individuals looking for new approaches to health and recovery. He’s the author of the Frequency Healing book series, where he explores how emerging technologies combined with nutr...

Melissa Crook is the host of the Fe podcast, where she creates an open and supportive space for women to have honest conversations about self-care, emotional health, boundaries, and the many layers of being a woman. Her work is shaped by her own journey of discovering how deeply our emotional lives affect the way we experience ourselves and our lives. She’s passionate about helping women feel seen...

Stephanie McAlister is a counselor, researcher, and entrepreneur dedicated to making mental health support more accessible. She’s the founder of Virtual Connect Counseling Clinic, a Canada-wide virtual practice created to help people find the right support from the comfort of their homes. With a background in addiction research and clinical counseling, Stephanie has worked with individuals and cou...

Julia is a career coach, strategist, and founder of Ride the Tide Collective, where she helps professionals stop waiting for permission and start taking ownership of their careers. With more than 14 years of experience in career development and coaching, Julia has guided thousands of professionals through career transitions, burnout, toxic leadership environments, and moments of reinvention. Her a...

Dr. Deborah Heiser is an applied developmental psychologist, speaker, author, and researcher whose work explores one of the most important questions we all face: How do we live a meaningful life that leaves a lasting impact? As the founder of Mental Mapping and My Legacy Tree and the author of The Mentorship Edge, Deborah has spent years studying aging, purpose, mentorship, and personal growth. He...

Jacqueline Young is a former CEO turned leadership consultant and keynote speaker who works with high-performing women in senior roles. After more than three decades in leadership, she uncovered something most conversations about leadership completely miss: even the most capable, experienced leaders can feel overwhelmed, over-responsible, and internally pressured in ways that don’t match reality....

Ingeborg is an executive coach with over 35 years of experience helping high-achieving leaders break the hidden patterns that make them exceptional at work but struggling in their personal lives. She works with executives who have built successful careers, influence, and results — yet still can’t seem to create the kind of love life or inner peace they actually want. Her work goes deep: she explor...

Andrew is the founder of Be Picked and creator of the Credibility Generator. He’s also the author of Elect of Trust, where he explores how professionals can become the trusted expert before the first conversation even happens. With a background as both a trial attorney and a mental health professional, Andrew saw firsthand that the real challenge in business isn’t just getting noticed — it’s being...

Zoa Conner is a physicist turned wellbeing lifestyle alchemist, travel strategist, and author of Wellness in Motion. After years in science, she noticed a pattern: high-achieving women doing everything right, yet still feeling burned out, disconnected, or physically off with no clear explanation. Now she applies a physicist’s lens to wellbeing — designing precision retreats and lifestyle intervent...

Dr. Brandi Hawk is a licensed clinical psychologist and CEO of Redleaf Psychology, a therapy clinic and training center focused on supporting children and families navigating trauma. With over 15 years of experience, she has worked extensively with foster and adoptive families, co-developed the evidence-based parenting program PCIT, and trains professionals around the world on trauma-informed care...

Omar Harris is a former Fortune 500 pharmaceutical executive, leadership strategist, best-selling author, and founder of Intense Consulting. After more than two decades building high-performing teams and leading commercial operations across continents, he made the leap from corporate leadership to helping organizations build cultures that last. He is also the creator of the HOME Character Intellig...

Faye Roots is an Australian author, storyteller, and woman of faith whose writing journey has spanned decades and multiple genres — including historical fiction, memoir, poetry, children’s literature, and inspirational writing. From winning her first essay competition at just 12 years old to publishing books that explore faith, resilience, imagination, and hope, Faye has spent a lifetime using sto...

Alan Bodner is an emerging neuro-philosopher, researcher, and founder of the Self-Driving You. After more than a decade studying neuroscience, human behavior, artificial intelligence, and mindfulness, he developed a simple but powerful framework that compares the human mind to a self-driving car. This framework helps people understand why so much of our behavior runs on autopilot — and more import...

Gazit is a coach, author, and founder of the Rooted Cooperative. She brings together lived experience and professional practice to help people better understand their nervous systems, embrace their authentic identities, and create lives rooted in self-compassion rather than cultural expectations. After years of navigating autism, complex trauma, chronic health challenges, and a lifelong search for...

Larry Robertson is a leadership coach, speaker, and author who has spent more than 30 years helping leaders across 30 countries unlock their potential and build high-performing teams. From working with CEOs, presidents, and entrepreneurs to politicians and executives, his mission is simple: to challenge people to become authentic leaders who inspire trust, purpose, and action. Drawing on his exper...

Andy Campbell is an author, speaker, and resilience advocate whose life has been marked by extraordinary adversity — from surviving childhood abuse, bullying, and a life-changing assault to battling stage four pancreatic cancer and enduring the heartbreaking loss of his youngest son to suicide. Through every setback he has chosen perseverance over despair. His book Overcoming Life’s Toughest Setba...

Tiffany Auvil is a registered nurse, functional medicine health coach, caregiver coach, and healthcare leader with more than 20 years of experience. After decades working inside the healthcare system, she found herself on the other side when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. That journey exposed the challenges, gaps, and realities that so many family caregivers face every day. Today she combi...

Lavern Dennis is a lifestyle transformation coach, CEO of Your Turning Point in Wellness, and creator of the Inflammation Reset Method. After overcoming her own struggles with allergies, asthma, and declining health through intentional lifestyle changes, she discovered a new purpose: helping others take control of their well-being. Today she empowers people to understand their bodies, reduce infla...