Dare to be Authentic Podcast

Join me with guest Jennifer Recio Lebedev talking about how to define success and happiness on your own terms. Jennifer is a passionate English language teacher. She creates online instruction for learners on social media and  also teaches 1:1 and group lessons. With her new book: "Being a YouTuber: One Creator's Bumpy Road to 1M Subscribers," she hopes to shed light on the struggles we can face a...

Join me with guest Kavita Sahai talking about natural wellness, skincare, and spiritual growth. After a decade of working in investment banking, she hit a wall and was feeling unfulfilled, anxious and looked as bad as she felt. She quit with no idea of what she would do next. Kavita found herself immersed in her Indian heritage and discovered the power of human design. She got certified in aromath...

Join me with guest Dr. Nathan Rogers talking about unstructured learning and how it is possible to learn when given the correct environment. Dr. Nathan's first encounter with finding a way to control his learning was in the 7th grade and algebra. With a teacher who used the class as his private comedy show and no help at home, it took him a long time to catch up. His second significant encounter w...

Join me with guest Amanda Frick who can see energy of many frequencies and realities. Once she realized that  she could do that, she decided to help other people understand the world she was experiencing, and how they can experience it too. Amanda is a Spiritual coach and activation facilitator for energy, and holistic healers. She offers workshops, in addition to one one on private mentorships. I...

Join me with guest Mario Quinones talking about the injury he sustained and how he has persisted through his recovery. He will be releasing his first novel, "MegAm Fish Me Out" in April. Mario has a BA in Creative Writing and a minor in music. He is the author of "I am the Truth Hollywood" and also scouted, coached, and managed actor Tony Revolori, best known for the role of Flash Thompson Spiderm...

Dare to be Authentic Radio with guest Rebecka Vigus talking about how everyone has a story to tell. When Rebecka was ten, a teacher told her that her imagination would one day see her in books. She started with nonsense poetry, then moved into poetry of teenage angst. What she really wanted was to write a novel. Her first novel had two starts befores she actually found a start which would work. Re...

Join me with guest Guy Arcuri talking about overcoming the trauma of a toxic mother. Guy grew up in a household with a toxic mother, then left home and got married at the age of 20. In his late 20's he realized he was being just as "abusive" to his own wife as his mother was to him. So, he sought help: intensive therapy, a surrogate father/mentor, reading and major support from his wife in experim...

Join me with guest Bob Chitrathorn talking about how helping just one person has an effect that can make the world a better place. Suthipong Robert Chitrathorn (or Bob for short) came from humble beginnings. He was raised in a mobile home park in Colton, CA. His parents migrated from Bangkok, Thailand and eventually settled in Southern California. To the Chitrathorns, life in America was a gift an...

Join me with guest Barbara Hemphill talking about getting organized for 2023 and what that means to you. Barbara believes that it's important to be authentic about what you really want. That leads to deciding how you want your life to look and organizing, in all sorts of ways, is a part of that. Barbara started her career in the organizing industry in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York newspaper. Ove...

Join me with guest Dan Pelly talking about not giving up because you can recover and come back stronger. Dan attempted suicide at 39 years old. 14 years later was his second attempt. Having survived both attempts he worked hard to overcome the shame, guilt, and stigma suicide leaves you with. After making a commitment and a determination to help others choose life, in 2016 he went public as an ins...

Join me with guest Ann Naimark talking about how spending time with your body, mind, emotions and spirit helps to balance and align them with the Core Love that is you. She believes that this world can be a world of love and community with more joy, freedom, abundance, harmony and creativity. Ann has been a spiritual psychotherapist for 32 years. She meets her clients where they're at and together...

Join me with guest Rob Wilson talking about what he calls, Cowboy Wisdom Hypnoacuity, which is hypnotherapy that quiets your mind. Rob has developed a process by which you can expand out of yesterday and into what is available for you today.  He helps you to open a fresh understanding that your subconscious is unique to you and to realize your dreams, imagination, intuition, inspiration, and innov...

Join me with guest C.J. Hudson talking about his book "Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street" and how we always have a choice as to how we turn out as people. He, as a young boy, made the choice to become the man he wanted to be, not the man his upbringing and those closest to him said he would be. He is the author of "Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street, a memoir where he is brutally honest in sharing...

Join me with guest Tom Paladino talking about his Scalar healing method and the amazing results they've seen. Tom uses Scalar Light Energy to eliminate the causative agent of disease. Inspired by various scientists, especially Nikola Tesla, Tom has developed a remote treatment process whereby he is able to administer the scalar energy causing that agent of infection to disassemble or fall apart. H...

Join me with guest Gina Vincent talking about becoming the truest version and vision of yourself. When her husband was fighting for his life with kidney and liver disease, Gina allowed her intuition to become her guiding force. Gina believes that your missing piece or what's next is not outside... it's inside you. Deep within you. And it want's to be expressed. She encourages you to share your gif...

Dare to be Authentic Radio with guest Douglas Weissman talking about what it means to be authentic in your writing and how to lean into vulnerability. Doug is a travel writer and novelist.  He avoided writing for years thinking there was no future in it but he kept coming back to writing in one form or another and realized without exception, it is where he needs to be. Doug's new book "Life Betwee...

Join me with guest Stuart Waldner talking about the enormous healing that plant-based lifestyles can bring to us individually and collectively. Stuart gave up eating all meat and became fully plant-based in 2008. As he read countless studies on health, nutrition, climate, the environment, agriculture, and animal welfare, he realized he could no longer sit on the sidelines - he needed to do his par...

Join me with guest SavKay talking about being yourself and doing what you really want in your life. She grew up without having the best influences around her and got into a lot of trouble by being a follower. One day she was sitting around smoking and thinking "this is not me, I'm not elevating myself." So she decided to join the Army. When she got out she didn't know what career path to take so s...

Join me with guest Gopi Nair talking about how the practice of gratitude can transform your life. Gopi learned how to practice gratitude from his mother at a very tender age. He believes that Authenticity is the spiritual aspect of who we are as human beings and that Gratitude is the mother of all positive emotions and the mother of authenticity! Gopi is a Gratitude Practitioner, published author,...

Join me with guest Rob Wilson Talking about how to expand into appreciating your Now. Rob believes that expanding into appreciating your current situation opens you to understand and admit the outside world had zero to do with your  blame and shame. We embed things according to our beliefs, opinions, viewpoints, thinking, knowing and memories. Rob will open your wisdom, insight and clarity to unde...

Join me with guest Riah Gonzalez talking about how our lives do not have to be picture-perfect to be worthy or valuable. She believes that that nitty-gritty of everyday life's wins and challenges are important to acknowledge, not necessarily society's version of achievement. Riah Gonzalez is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Beloved for her complete authenticity, raw honesty, and lovable humor...

Join me with guest Barbara Hemphill talking about how organizing paper, digital, and physical clutter in your home office can help you find clarity. Barbara started her career in the organizing industry in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York newspaper. Over the decades, she developed world-class expertise delivered through Productive Environment Institute. She has authored several bestselling books in...

Join me with guest Cedric Bertelli talking about releasing emotional pain. Cedric is the Founder and Director of the Emotional Health Institute in the USA and in France. Cedric is of French origin and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 20 years. In addition to working with clients individually, Cedric trains mental health professionals, coaches and educators across the United States...

Join me with guest Michele Blood talking about how to stay positive, uplifted, and successful, no matter what. Michele was a rock singer in Australia and after a near fatal car accident, she created positive Affirmation Songs which not only healed her body but also took her to worldwide success. These Affirmation songs affect the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Lyrics, the left hemisphere...

Join me with guest Christina Foxwell talking about her new book, "The Glass Angel" and coming out of your darkest moments into light and clarity. Christina has had a journey in her life of leadership, broken marriage, migration to a new country, determination to succeed, and wrestling with her sense of self and worthiness. She is now living her life by being kinder and gentler to herself and impac...