JUST DO YOU.

Join me this week as I sit down with Florida based Carolina Panoff, founder of Be You Coaching AND the incredibly popular Be You Disco.  Carolina and I recently met at a Wellness Summit and I had the privilege of experiencing first hand the power of cultivating and inspiring engagement, authenticity, and a deep state of well-being through music, dance, and true human connection, the foundation of...

Join me this week as I sit down with John Gruber, Director of National Campaigns for HRC.  The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization that drives impact by inspiring, engaging and mobilizing 75+ million pro-equality voters across the country to elect pro-equality leaders and to demand equity-based policies and legislation.  John shares his advocacy jour...

This week I sit down with Ashley Brooke James, co-founder of Triluna, a Nashville based experiential wellness agency that helps corporations and organizations across the country build deep meaningful connections in an effort to increase well-being and engagement at their events, meetings and retreats. Ashley is a bright light whose smile immediately fills your heart with joy, love and and an overw...

Join me this week as I sit down with Matthew Skallerud, President of New York based Pink Media.  Matt and his agency specialize in helping businesses not only create, but roll out powerful and strategic online marketing plans that specifically target the LGBTQ+ community.  A community known for its buying power and a long history of consumer influence.    Matthew shares how he began his online car...

Join me this week as I welcome back Andrew Betancourt, Founder of Conscious Dating for Queer Men and a Certified Relationship Coach.  After a successful and sought after episode back in March, I was excited to sit down once again to take a deeper dive into Andrew's perspective on dating successfully ... at any age!  I have been religiously following Andrew via his on line coaching platform an...

Over the past few months, the consistent threat around the potential loss of our human rights have been occupying my daily thoughts and wearing heavily on my soul.  So much so that I started to head back down a dark path that I work diligently to avoid.  I needed a "feel good" moment and a jolt of positivity coupled with a space of love and laughter.  Enter my conversation from earlier t...

Join me this week as I sit down with Brooke Paulin, a fierce advocate for the health & wellness of not only our youth, but for each and every one of us!  Take it from first hand experience, if you want to change your health, you need to listen to this episode! During our time together, Brooke shares candidly about her upbringing and her eating disorder coupled with bouts of depression and anxi...

Join me this week as I sit down with Yinka Freeman, the creative force behind the wildly successful award winning event firm, Triple Pocket Events. Yinka is truly one of a kind with a deep passion for making a difference, a work ethic that will run circles around most and a smile that will greet you with a palpable expression of love and acceptance.  Her intentions in life and in her work are a cr...

REPLAY - In light of recent events where HUNDREDS of books from a Gender & Diversity program that was shut down last year were tossed in a dumpster, I wanted to replay a really important conversation I had with Kind Cotton founder, Kaitlin Johnstone.  Kaitlin shares her amazing journey as an elementary school teacher that ultimately led her to launch a small clothing company dedicated to putti...

Join me this week as I sit down with Rebecca Minor, LICSW, a queer, Jewish clinician, consultant, educator and author specializing in the intersection of trauma, gender, and sexuality.  She is the founder of Prism Therapy Collective, where her approach is always trauma-informed and resilience-oriented. During our time together, Rebecca shares her personal journey to becoming a Gender Specialist, w...

Join me this week as I sit down Michelle Renee, a Platonic Surrogate Partner and Intimacy Guide based in San Diego, California.  Michelle is a beautiful soul who is committed to taking her clients from self-loathing to self-loving through her unique touch-based relational healing. In this "nothing is off limits" conversation, Michelle shares a candid look at her upbringing and how that u...

Join me this week as I sit down with Kayla Adreene Widdes, a clairvoyant mystic who discovered her intuitive abilities at the age of 9. Kayla shares her own amazing journey during a beautifully raw and candid conversation about her life and her important work.  Kayla shares how she has dedicated herself to guiding goddesses, gays and theys and how she, through her unique practice, identifies her c...

Welcome to the final installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 24. This week I sit down with Johnnie Ghiglia, a retired law enforcement officer based in Arizona.  Along with his son Chase, these two remarkable men set out to make a difference in the LGBTQ+ community by creating and launching OUT IS THE NEW IN, a non-profit organization dedicated to offering support and resources, especially...

Welcome to the 7th installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 23! This week I sit down with Jordan Daniels, a proud Black & Jewish Queer creative force that focuses on social commentary while dealing with the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, spirituality and body liberation.  It is these same components that make this amazing human being so unapologetically authentic and out to...

Welcome to the 6th installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 22! This week I sit down with Paris Quion, San Diego's favorite drag entertainer, businesswoman, activist, and fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.  Paris shares her remarkable journey as a native San Diegan that begins at the age of 11 where she and her parents found support and community through the local LGBTQ+ Center...

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY and welcome to a special Pride Season REPLAY of my conversation with Kate Bishop, a fierce advocate for our LGBTQ+ youth currently serving on the Chula Vista School Board as a Trustee.  Given recent events over the past few weeks, I felt compelled to replay this VERY important and timely episode! PLEASE ... take the time to listen in if you missed it!  Kate is the first openly QU...

Welcome to the 5th installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 21! Join me as I sit down with Daniel Blevins, creator and founder of the Stand In Pride organization.  Stand in Pride was founded in 2021 as a Facebook support group for the LGBTQ+ community after Daniel saw a viral TicTok video that showed the devastation of a soon to be bride learning her mom had unexpectedly decided to NOT sho...

Welcome to the 4th installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 20!     Today I sit down with Fernando Lopez (they/them), a widely celebrated & trusted community leader, passionate activist, transformative speaker and all around amazing human being.  From the first moment I heard Fernando speak in front of a group of people at a rally, I was captivated by every word they spoke and it shift...

Welcome to the 3rd installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 19! (btw, the minor sound issue corrects itself quickly, promise!) This week I sit down with Mama Tits and the brainchild behind her, the incredibly talented Brian Peters.  Brian has been entertaining audiences since 2001 with a fierce passion to make others laugh, while empowering people around the world to find their joy and inn...

Welcome to the 2nd installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 18!  Join me this week as I sit down with Archer Gray, a beautiful and compassionate Trans man who openly shares his personal transition story which began back in 2021.  Archer authentically shares his journey for the first time publicly during this episode and I am so honored to have spent this incredible hour with him.   I have...

Join me this week as I kick of the 2024 LGBTQ+ PRIDE SEASON!   I have had an "interesting" internal conversation around PRIDE festivities in the past, but after moving to San Diego in late 2019 and getting involved with our amazing local LGBTQ  community, I quickly shifted the conversation.  Now more than ever, with our community (as well as so many other marginalized  communities) under...

Here's your chance to hear my conversation with Rebecca Rizzo if you missed it back in February!  This week I needed to take a quick break to handle an unexpected personal medical issue BUT, I will be back next week with a brand new episode as we kick off my PRIDE series for June & July!  I can't wait to introduce you to the amazing guests I have lined up!  So, Listen in as I sat dow...

Join me this week as I sit down with Darrell Tucci, a National Non-Profit & Political Leader in Strategy, Development & Operations based in San Diego, California.  Aside from a long and successful career in development, fundraising, philanthropy and advocacy, Darrell is one of the most kind, caring and generous people I know, as well as one of my best friends.  Being in his circle, makes m...

Join me this week as I sit down with my friend of 30 years, Dan Smithman.  Dan played a pivotal role in my coming out in 1994  and truly saved my life for which I will be forever grateful.  We have been friends ever since and still to this day, when we connect, I walk away not only feeling heard, but empowered and maybe a little tired from all the laughter!    Dan and I have fun reminiscing about...

Join me this week as I sit down with Kind Cotton founder, Kaitlin Johnstone.  Kaitlin shares her amazing journey as an elementary school teacher that ultimately resulted in the launching of a small clothing company dedicated to putting inclusive books into the hands of children across the country.  Kind Cotton's inspirational clothing and accessories not only exude kindness, they evoke a powe...