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Send us Fan Mail Julie Schooler is an author of 9 books and mom of 2 beautiful tiny humans. Julie wants you to rediscover your sparkle. She is on a mission to help busy people have all the love, energy, and fun they deserve without the guilt or overwhelm. Julie lives with her family in New Zealand, a small, magnificent country at the bottom of the world, where you may find her trying to bake the w...

Send us Fan Mail Martha Alderson is the best-selling author of The Plot Whisperer . She writes novels for readers, plot books for writers, and posts for anyone looking to enrich their lives with more creativity and inspiration. Today, she talks about her book, Boundless Creativity , which takes readers on a spiritual journey where they learn to break down barriers that cause self-doubt and let the...

Send us Fan Mail Lora Cheadle is a transformational thought leader and media personality who empowers women to let go of judgment, overcome the need to please, express themselves fully, and find uninhibited success and joy every day. She is the author of the bestselling book FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy, & Spiritual Self . Using the five steps of FLAUNT! , she encourages...

Send us Fan Mail Jane Egerton-Idehen is a telecommunications executive with over 17 years of experience in the Nigerian, Liberian, and Ghanaian telecommunications market. Her book Be Fearless: Give Yourself Permission to Be You talks about how women can walk through each crisis of career, especially in male-dominated fields without giving up. What We Discuss with Jane Egerton-Idehen : The spark of...

Send us Fan Mail Lisa Linfield is a Wealth Manager, sought after Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host of Working Women's Wealth and Course Creator that partners with women around the world to change their mindset and help them make money, invest it and protect it from life's unexpected turns. Today, Lisa talks about her book Deep Grooves: Overcoming Patterns That Keep You Stuck . What We Discus...

Send us Fan Mail With his over 30-year experience, Gerry Murphy has led the marketing function for some of the biggest retail brands on both sides of the Atlantic. In Gerry's book And You May Find Yourself: A Guided Practice to Never Fearing Death Again , he describes his medical trauma in great detail – being put in an ICU for five days, completely isolated, and using his love for music as t...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the concept of self-care with her 1992 bestselling debut book The Woman’s Comfort Book. She is the author of six additional books, including The Woman’s Retreat Book, The Life Organizer and Why Bother? With close to a million copies of her books in print in nine languages, Jennifer is a sought-after speaker, addressing...

Send us Fan Mail Five-time New York Times bestselling author, Carol Kline, has devoted her career to teaching, writing, and speaking about consciousness and personal growth. Inspired by her experience writing Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul in 1997, she became deeply involved in animal rescue work.    What We Discuss with Carol Kline : Carol’s writing journey and how she became a Chicken Sou...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Stuart is an actor, comedian, and author of the book, Shut Up, I’m Talking! which chronicles Jason’s life and career as an actor and comedian. It’s the funny, poignant story of a gay Jewish boy whose life changed after seeing Funny Girl at a second-run movie theatre in Hollywood.    What We Discuss with Jason Stuart : The impact on his life being a child of a holocaust survi...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we talk with the authors of Chef Junior, a book written by five teens aged 11-14. They are the sons and daughters of healthy food bloggers who came together to publish a cookbook by kids and for kids. Today, they talk about their book-writing process, what it means to write your passion into a book, about food, and why this cookbook came to be.    What We Discu...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Angel is a speaker, author, and entrepreneur. He just recently launched his book called Game Changer: The Story of Pictionary and How I Turned a Simple Idea into the Bestselling Board Game in the World . In 1985, using a few simple tools, a Webster’s paperback dictionary, a No.2 pencil, and a yellow legal pad, he created the phenomenally successful and iconic board game Pictio...

Send us Fan Mail Case Erickson is the author of the book Coming Out By Going In , where he shares his stories, his struggles, and the transformation he made through this process. We'll talk a little about his book, what he learned from doing the work, and how you can tell your story when you decide to show up in the way he did.   What We Discuss with Case Erickson : What compelled him to writ...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Barnett is a British designer and artist who decided to move to Australia and co-founded Bonjoro. A great platform that allows you to connect with people, Bonjoro was born from a sale hack he had for his first business. Three years after Matt and his team decided to go all-in on the idea, Bonjoro has snowballed into a startup success story with a fully remote team across six...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Richards is here to talk about how to shift your money mindset. At only 27 years old, Rachel is a financial advisor and has made her name for herself in this personal finance space. She’s also a speaker and the author of two books, Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement and Money Honey .   What We Discuss with Rachel Richards : Why a book about finances The book writing, edi...

Send us Fan Mail Mason Hagner is 11 years and wrote his first book, Never Give Up No Matter What .  It's an incredible story about how is he and his father came up with the idea and then had the book, edited, illustrated, and put out into the world.  What We Discuss with Mason Hagner : What he learned from playing baseball that gave him an idea for the book His book writing process and promot...

Send us Fan Mail Joh n Jonas is a long-time outsourcing expert and the creator of OnlineJobs.ph. With help from his own VAs based in the Philippines, John has created an outsourcing empire that allows him to work 17 hours/week and spend most of his time with his wife and 5 kids – traveling, golfing, cycling, and living his ideal life. What We Discuss with John Jonas : How he got into the outsourci...

Send us Fan Mail As a functional Medicine Practitioner and Board-Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Ryan takes a holistic approach to helping his patients improve their health by utilizing results-based natural therapies. Unlike addressing symptoms like conventional medicine, Ryan uses natural approaches to address the root cause and enhance your body's ability to heal.    What We Discuss with...

Send us Fan Mail Natalie Sisson is the bestselling author of The Suitcase Entrepreneur and The Freedom Plan. She turned her blog into a thriving multiple six-figure lifestyle business she can run from just a laptop and her smartphone. Natalie has a dedicated community of Freedomists who have been following and engaging in her work since 2009 through the Suitcase Entrepreneur established in 2009, a...

Send us Fan Mail Leo Babauta is a simplicity blogger & author. He created Zen Habits , a Top 25 blog with a million readers. He’s also a best-selling author, a husband, father of six children, and a vegan. In 2010, he moved from Guam to California where he leads a simple life. Leo is a Zen student and is on a mission to help the world open through uncertainty training. He started Zen Habits to...

Send us Fan Mail Suzanne Brown empowers companies to become more balance-friendly and professional working moms to create the work-life balance they crave. She is a TED speaker and has been featured in major publications such as TIME, Forbes, Working Mother, Reader’s Digest, Shape, and Prevention. She’s a mom, wife, consultant, speaker, strategist, avid international traveler, and award-winning au...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Van Orden helps thought leaders reach a larger audience with their ideas, create new income streams from their expertise, and build business models that align with their values and goals. His experience includes creating multiple successful brands, launching over 60 online courses , teaching more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, generating seven figures in online course sales, and...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Woods is an expert in content repurposing and the Founder of Content 10x – a niche creative agency. She helps content creators grow their audience by maximizing their return on the content they create. She is also the author of bestselling book Content 10x: More Content, Less Time, Maximum Results .   What We Discuss with Amy Woods : Why she decided to finally write her own bo...

Send us Fan Mail After successfully building her business over the last 20+ years, Marcia Moran thought she had life by the tail. Little did she know what was in store. After suffering from a major stroke in 2014, Marcia learned how to walk again but she struggled with a language disorder called aphasia. In 2017, she discovered a technological breakthrough that minimized her speaking disability. M...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work . Today, he talks about his newest book, Personality Isn’t Permanent as he debunks some pervasive myths of personality that have captured pop culture.    What We Discuss with Ben Hardy : Using writing as a creative process vs. just editing Where his book ideas begin Understan...

Send us Fan Mail Aran Jane is the author of Mondragon (2016), a sci-fi adventure, and The Water Column (2020). His novels are billed as imaginative, thought-provoking suspense thrillers, incorporating futurist technologies and the paranormal among more general interests in physics, metaphysics, philosophy, politics, and espionage.   What We Discuss with Aran Jane : Aran's early writing career...