Empowered Conversations

For years, Julie Heaton lived by the rules, played the roles, and chased achievements. Then she chose something different: to stop performing and start becoming. Julie is an author, transformational mentor, Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and Reiki Master. Her books—including The Manifester's Playbook, The Manifester's Workbook, and ROAR—offer soulful, practical tools for self-disco...

She spent decades in leadership roles where, on paper, everything looked successful—but internally, she was stuck. Respected, accomplished, and dependable, yet operating on autopilot and quietly exhausted. Carla Coates is a leadership coach who helps high performers lead and live more intentionally. After decades of leading teams in high-pressure environments, she learned that professional success...

When he got serious about his faith in high school, some of the doctrines he was taught didn't make sense. They seemed to contradict things Jesus actually said. When he asked questions, he got pat answers—not very satisfying. So James Early kept going back to Jesus. To what Jesus actually said about how we should think, act, live, and love. That became his litmus test for what it means to be a...

She survived the unthinkable. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia. Over four years, two million people—a quarter of the population—were killed. Sara Im was held captive in a harsh labor camp, starved, exhausted, and severely sick. She lived through the unimaginable—and she emerged with her faith, her hope, and her will to live intact. Today, Sara is an inspirational speaker and autho...

Within a three-year span, Dr. Lynn Banis lost her mother, her little brother, and her husband. Grief hit her like a tidal wave—and for a while, she wasn't sure she'd ever resurface. But she did. And she built a process to help others do the same. Lynn is a grief and resilience mentor who helps widows transform loneliness into connection and reclaim joy so they can create a vibrant and fulf...

She became blind during her mid-career—and she didn't let that stop her. She reinvented herself as a speaker, author, and advocate, helping others find purpose in their lives and careers. Sara Freeman Smith is an inspirational speaker, author, and passionate disability advocate. She is the author of Turning Stones into Gems: Finding Direction in Your Life & Career (3rd edition)—a book that...

She navigated infidelity, infertility, divorce, and the total breakdown of her life. She rebuilt from nothing but lessons learned. And she reconciled with her husband. Kameran Alareqi is a Gottman certified marriage coach, host of The Married and Connected Podcast, and founder of Recognizing Potential Coaching. She's coached hundreds of couples over the last decade with over a 90% success rate...

For two decades, Suneet Bhatt looked like a success. He helped organizations fight back from the brink, raise millions, and survive crises. And every 18 to 24 months, right after the win, he'd feel bored and empty. He'd start self-sabotaging and walk away. Good work and good outcomes aren't enough when you don't feel good doing the work. So Suneet stopped running and started with h...

There was a stretch where Rowan Vale had given so much of himself away that he looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the man staring back. He'd spent his whole life trading pieces of himself off—to be wanted, to be loved, to be anything but the frightened kid who learned early that love came with a price. What he drowned it all in nearly killed him. It cost him his family, his freedom,...

For 25 years, she hid her hair-pulling disorder from almost everyone in her life. She spent years believing her behavior was something to be ashamed of rather than understood. Then she shaved her head publicly and started investigating her brain. Jessie Hannah is the creator of Bare Becoming—a space for people untangling the patterns that shaped them. Through vulnerable storytelling and conversati...

She overcame a toxic childhood and dedicated her life to helping others heal. For over two decades, Kerie Logan has helped people all over the globe live better lives and lives they love. Kerie is a Human Consciousness Guide, Empowerment Strategist, Spiritual Advisor, award-winning author, and podcaster. She has been voted the best hypnotherapist for 15 consecutive years. She's trained in trau...

He spent years as a commercial fisherman in remote Alaska. He lived in China for over a decade, learning international business and manufacturing. Then he became a single father—and everything changed. Paul Moore is the founder of Smily Mia and inventor of one of the world's best-selling silicone teethers. What began as a simple idea to solve a real parenting challenge has grown into a brand t...

She was an award-winning dancer. She performed on stages, expressing herself through movement. But she wasn't embodying herself. Jenny C. Cohen is an Embodiment & Visibility Master who helps high-achieving women stop overriding themselves. With a Master's in Occupational Therapy, board certification in Integrative Neurosomatic Practice, and over 20 years of experience in movement, perf...

In 2021, her world shattered. Her only daughter passed away from COVID-19. Overnight, at 62 years old, she became the primary caregiver to her 11-year-old granddaughter. Then—a second tragedy struck. Her granddaughter's $216,000 inheritance was stolen by her estranged father. But Pastor Vera Davis refused to give up. She is a seasoned senior pastor with over 40 years in ministry, a widow, a mo...

Mark Taylor is a professional percussionist who has performed with some of the UK's finest orchestras and theatre companies—the English National Ballet, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. But alongside his performing career, Mark discovered a deep passion for education. He co-created a music education company and began delivering whole-class rhythm workshops a...

What does the voice in your head sound like? Is it kind? Encouraging? Supportive? Or is it critical, judgmental, and relentless? For so many of us, that inner voice isn't a friend—it's a bully. It tells us we're not good enough, not smart enough, not worthy enough. It keeps us small, keeps us stuck, keeps us trapped in patterns we can't seem to break. Today's guest calls that v...

He's a quantum physicist who publishes on fundamental quantum mechanics. He's a neuropsychologist, hypnotherapist, and clinical counselor. He's a mountaineer, a psychonaut, and someone who rails against anything institutional. Lincoln Stoller is not your usual therapist. He's not your usual scientist. He's not your usual anything. His work combines science, spirit, economics, a...

She spent most of her life thinking she was the problem. Too sensitive. Too emotional. Too needy. Too reactive. ‎ ‎Then she was hit by a drunk driver and told she was paralyzed—permanently. ‎ ‎That accident cracked her open enough that she could no longer outrun herself. And therapy exposed what she'd been carrying long before the wreck: unresolved childhood trauma. ‎ ‎Mary Beth Fox is a Licen...

What if the world you see isn't an external reality happening to you, but something appearing within consciousness itself? What if the universe is mental? What if matter is not fixed substance, but stabilized energy within the field of the Mind—responsive to thought, belief, and attention? ONE IAM is an author, philosopher, and speaker whose work explores the profound relationship between cons...

He had achieved success. He'd built a career, pursued real estate, flipped houses, run businesses. He'd experienced wins—and painful financial setbacks. But somewhere along the way, Dean Taylor realized something: the greatest success wasn't the achievements. It was who he became in the process. Dean is a speaker, coach, and mentor who helps high-achieving people reconnect with purpose...

He went to film school at USC. He worked in Hollywood. He wrote comedy. And then he became a clinical psychologist. Fernando Alessandri is a Clinical Psychologist with experience treating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia in some of the most challenging settings imaginable—VA hospitals, a Los Angeles prison, a New York forensic hospital, a crisis center in rural Mississippi, and...

What if the most powerful choice you make every day—the one that affects your health, your mind, your spirit, and even the fate of the planet—isn't what you buy, who you vote for, or what you believe? What if it's what you put on your plate? Dr. Will Tuttle is the author of the international bestseller The World Peace Diet, published in 19 languages and called by many the most important bo...

Do you ever freeze when someone asks you about your faith? Maybe you believe in God, but you're not sure why. Maybe you have doubts you're afraid to admit. Maybe you want to share your faith with others, but you don't want to sound arrogant or unprepared. You're not alone. And you don't need to have all the answers. Sheila Krygsheld is a Bible teacher, author, and apologist wit...

Have you ever felt like something invisible is holding you back? Like you're capable of more, but there's a ceiling you can't break through? A voice in your head that says, "Who do you think you are?" or "You're not ready yet"? That voice isn't truth. It's conditioning. And today's guest has made it his life's mission to help people break free. S...

Deston Rogers spent over four decades behind a microphone as a broadcasting veteran. But his most powerful message was forged in the fire of unimaginable personal tragedy. He experienced the devastating loss of two of his sons—thirty-four years apart—and their mother. It wasn't just one season of profound grief, but two. And somehow, against all odds, he not only survived—he found purpose in t...