The YES Effect

Haumea Hanakahi sees things that most of us don't. A highly gifted psychic, mystic, intuitive wisdom guide, zapper of energy blocks and storyteller, she uses her gifts to help people heal from trauma. She spent nearly 30 years studying and learning how energy flows through our bodies and how to unblock it when it gets stuck, as in the case of trauma.   She's on The YES Effect to talk about how she...

Gail Larsen teaches some of the world's best speakers to be better public speakers. People like Marie Forleo and Danielle Laporte have turned to Gail - someone who was once terrified of public speaking herself. Asked to speak in front of the US President, she found an intuitive way to get over her own fear of public speaking and now teaches it to others. It goes past the technical skills of public...

Ray Blakney is known as "The Pajama Entrepreneur" and has started multiple 6 and 7-figure online businesses from the comfort of home. After realizing his high-paying software engineer job in Silicon Valley was leading to an endless, unmemorable corporate life, Ray quit to volunteer and pursue entrepreneurship.    He now shares what he learned from all of those experiences as a speaker at conferenc...

When Nancy Levin's personal and professional life blew up, she learned the importance of boundaries, selfishness, self care and self love. For over a decade, she was a professional standout working for a major book publisher, Hay House Publishing (founded by Louise Hay). But years of people pleasing, selflessness and suppressing fear and unhappiness at home culminated in divorce, discovery of her...

Eva Gardner could have easily been given a golden ticket to music stardom. But the fact that she wasn't drove her to go get it on her own. Eva grew up in a rock and roll family as the daughter of Kim Gardner, a notable bass player in the 1960's British Invasion music scene who played with acts like The Creation, Ron Wood, The Birds, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. But while Eva found great influence...

Patty Aubery helped build one of the biggest book brands in history, "Chicken Soup for the Soul." Starting out as secretary for a then relatively unknown Jack Canfield, nearly broke and getting rejected by 144 publishers, together with Mark Victor Hansen, they went on to build an empire.  While Canfield and Hansen became the faces of the Chicken Soup brand, Aubery emerged from behind-the-scenes to...

Ever wondered how to properly conduct a podcast interview? Here, you're gonna hear a 10 year-old do it! My boy Sam is a huge hockey fan, and was curious to learn about how I do my weekly podcast. So I thought this would be a killer learning opportunity. So we reached out to one his favourite players of all time, Stanley Cup Champion and Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee, Grant Fuhr, for an interview. H...

Joe Beckman is a school speaker on a mission to reclaim human connection from our increasingly tech-consumed world. He's spoken at over 1000 schools and developed resources to help students, teachers and parents rediscover the lost, vital component of human connection. His infectious enthusiasm, storytelling ability and vulnerability has positively impacted over 1 million people worldwide.   He's...

This is my true story of the day I got beat up at my new school - a day that changed my life. I felt completely invisible, unheard and unseen by my teacher and peers. It also inspired my life's mission: to remind others that your story matters, and you can use it to serve your audience, follow your true passion and build your business.   This clip is from a keynote speech I gave at an event called...

Annie Franceschi landed her lifelong dream job as a writer at Disney…then quit. Despite the career being everything she envisioned it would be, something major was missing. She soon discovered what that was by taking one giant step: ignoring the safety nets and giving yourself permission to try. That leap inspired her bestselling book " Permission To Try: 11 Things You Need to Hear When You're Sca...

Amber Bowman is a 25-time Champion of the Firefighter Combat Challenge and was named ·Fitness Trainer of the Year· by the Dr. Oz Show. She possesses the kind of athlete mindset and training regimen akin to sport·s biggest mainstream superstars. And it was all sparked by being told she wasn·t allowed to play alongside the boys. An elite-level hockey player growing up, she was denied the chance to p...

Actual audio from a conversation I just had with my producer, Adam. There's tears and swearing, yes. Why am I letting the world hear it? Cause it's directed at you - in the most beautiful and honest way. When I think about all the people - particularly women - who have their biggest and wildest goals suffocated by a million grains of sand that say "you're the underdog" or "it's never been done" or...

When Michelle Sandler left a successful marketing career to raise 3 kids, she never expected to return to the workforce for $8 an hour. But instead of playing small, she used it as motivation to elevate her technical skills as a sales and marketing professional, integrator and eventually entrepreneur.    Now she runs a successful business helping other entrepreneurs, course creators, business peop...

There's only ONE thing stopping you from achieving the goals and dreams you truly want to achieve: your beliefs. If we resign to "I'm not capable" or "it's never been done" then we let our perception win. But a belief can't stop you. Period. A belief in a limitation is more powerful than the limitation itself.   It's exactly how mathematician George Dantzig ended up solving the "unsolvable" math p...

Tom Martin has won multiple Emmy Awards as a writer for The Simpsons and WordGirl. But he's not just a funny guy with a knack for entertainment. He's someone who has learned the art of using writing - funny or not - to go inside people·s lives and share their journeys in a way that touches others. Here, he joins The YES Effect podcast with Shelli Varela with advice on how to land big opportunities...

Blake Fly has taken the pain out of sales and marketing and made it fun. The secret? Just being thankful and kind. Blake is the founder of "Thank University" and teaches entrepreneurs how to build their businesses (and not be weirded out by) delivering unexpected appreciation and gratitude.   Here he joins The YES Effect Podcast with Shelli Varela to share how he started and grew his "Thank You" m...

Darrah Brustein has worked with Deepak Chopra, Seth Godin, founded a nation-wide credit card processing company, and has been featured in Time Magazine, Forbes, Inc. and CNN. And with every new achievement, she learned what it takes to gain the confidence to continually say "yes." Now, this entrepreneur, coach and teacher helps others build their own self confidence and find their path to purpose...

Barely 5-feet tall and just 21 years old, Cassandra Chyz defied every conventional thought - even her own mother's - to become a full time firefighter in Canada's biggest city, Toronto. From going all-in on training and moving across the country to learn, to failing entry tests and nearly giving up, her remarkable story is proof that all as long as you're willing to put the work in, success is ine...

Jamie Bright built a million-dollar business in just 18 months. But she had help. Now, she's made a career helping others to scale their own businesses using that very principle: togetherness.    Masterminds are about bringing people who share the same mindset, vision, goals, wins and losses together with others who have been there, done that. Everyone from the world's biggest business moguls to e...

If you've ever wanted to get more people to absorb what you're trying to tell them…listen. No really, listen. That's the fundamental principle behind Hello Audio - a game-changing new tool that helps you learn and teach more easily by harnessing the effectiveness - and profound popularity - of audio.  In this episode of The YES Effect, Hello Audio Developer Dr. Lindsay Padilla joins Shelli Varela...

Amy McLaren has found her purpose - and is now inspiring others to discover theirs. She's an entrepreneur, author and Founder of Village Impact a charity that builds schools in rural Kenya. Her passion for education, world travel and mobilizing people has helped thousands of children in some of the world's most impoverished areas get an education and create opportunity.    But Amy's own path to pu...

This episode, Victoria talks about her book "risking forward", getting unstuck, and redefining bravery!  Join  The YES Effect Inner Circle Facebook Group  for a behind the scenes experience about what it means to Believe, Belong and Become!

We all know that a well-told story can literally be worth millions. And when you tell it to the masses, it serves, it spreads and it sells your offering. We have just opened the doors to our signature course, "Get Featured- How to Land, Lead and Leverage a Magnetic Interview." To get on board, join us at www.yes.university.com. This offer is only available until January 24th, midnight, eastern sta...

Epigeneticist Dr. Charan Surdhar talks about her success with getting featured in the media after her experience with YES University. She shares how messages can be expressed with utmost authenticity and power once the storyteller is empowered, bringing further healing and prosperity for generations to come. If you're READY to step into your greatness too, we've got something special coming for yo...

From personality strategists to business integrators, the entrepreneurs featured in this episode were looking to have their stories reach people everywhere. If you're READY to step into your greatness too, we've got something special coming for you. These guests have taken on our challenge that we are now re-hosting on January 11th, 2021 and are sharing how their takeaways have helped them step in...