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Barbara is a generational intuitive, teacher, and transformational coach.  Growing up in a small fishing village on the coast of North Carolina, Barbara discovered her gift of clairvoyance at a very young age. Adolescent trauma catapulted her into fully embracing her intuitive abilities in the pursuit of self-healing and launched her career as a transformational life coach. Barbara has studied str...

Stephanie Washburn is a ceramic artist who found her passion for clay while enrolled in the studio art program at Radford University, where she graduated in 2015 with a BFA in ceramics. In the fall of 2016, shortly after moving to Wilmington, North Carolina, Celestial Surf Studio was established.  Celestial Surf Studio is an extension of Stephanie as an individual. All of the inspiration and musin...

Sarah Rohrman is a social worker, behavioral health educator, and trauma survivor advocate who runs her own Life Coaching business. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sarah received a bachelor’s degree in social work, a master’s degree in community health education and became a registered yoga teacher.   Sarah’s tagline for her coaching business is “I can’t change your life, but you can.” She strong...

As the Director of Science, Research and Academic Partnerships for Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. as well as the Executive Director, Bonnie Monteleone is a researcher who has collected plastic marine samples globally including four of the five main ocean gyres, the Caribbean, and has extended this work to Pyramid Lake, outside of Reno, Nevada.  Monteleone completed her first field study exploration i...

This episode is all about cheese.....vegan cheese. I'm talking with Ashley John, founder of Kind Cultures, a Wilmington- based vegan cheese company. We talk about how she got inspired to start her business, what it's like to be a plant-based parent, and her journey with veganism.  If you live in the Wilmington area, be sure to swing by Tidal Creek Co-Op to scoop up a batch (or two) of Ki...

On this episode, I am talking with my friend, Maria Borghoff. Her and I met several years ago in the local yoga community. I've attended as well as co-hosted workshops with Maria, and always feel super inspired after being in her presence.  Maria has studied with master teachers of Integral Yoga, Qigong, Tibetan Buddhism, Ayurveda, Reiki, Classical Music, Death Support, Mental Health Advocacy...

Coco Reedy is the artist and owner of YaYa and Company, located in Wilmington, NC. She specializes in beadweaving, resin pouring, and art therapy. Coco’s work explores traditional craft and modern art practices, paying homage to her Native American heritage. Coco pulls from the deepest corners of her soul and creates functional art that she hopes you can see yourself through. In this episode, our...

On this episode, I have the honor of connecting with a friend from high school, Sam Holcombe. He and I were in the Ensemble Theater Company from 1998-2000 and shared the stage many times. In addition to being an incredible actor, Sam has a passion for hiking with thousands of sauntering miles under his belt. During our conversation, Sam tells stories from the trail revolving around the compassion...

Sadie completed her 200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teaching Certification with Sacred Seed in Costa Rica, and relocated from NYC to Nashville in 2014.  In non-Covid times, Sadie is a touring singer-songwriter who leads women’s circles, kirtan, and healing yoga workshops along the way.  Sadie has continuing education in Yoga For Trauma with Off the Mat, Into the World and is a certified Y12SR Leader under the...

Emily Stark is a mama of 2 and owner of Marketable Mama Career Services+ Blog. Marketable Mama leverages years of motivating career counseling, current resume trends, and effective job search strategies to successfully support women to flourish in their career. Emily boosts return-to-work moms and working moms to find and land their dream job while honoring the importance of work/life balance. Mar...

Ryanna is a Duke Certified Integrative Health Coach passionate about nutrient dense real foods as a vehicle for healing. Her coaching has helped facilitate mindset shifts, habit changes and deep healing for hundreds of women. With an eating philosophy free of dogma and delicious recipes served up in 10 ingredients and less, she breathes fresh inspiration into the day-to-day of learning to love you...

My name is Lindsay Green. I am a woman continuously seeking a deeper understanding and acceptance of myself. In my lessons, I want to share what I discover with others. I was born and raised on the east coast, always by the water. I have spent the last 20 years in the west, Colorado, and recently returned East to be where my heart is most full-near the ocean. I have been in the graphic and website...

Two goldens, one husband, zero tattoos. Erica Nelson feels that art can alter the landscape of our hearts and minds, and that a great photo can change the world. Her heart is for everyone to feel connected to the creative community through selfie walls and murals in the places we live. Erica's passion and purpose is to bring visual arts into every day life, by installing murals into local bus...

This episode contains sensitive material for mature audiences only. Megan Henry is from a tiny, rural town in Sampson County, North Carolina. She grew up being outside and reading books to entertain herself, because there wasn't much to do. Her parents liked to travel for family vacations, and once she was in middle school, she started to get more involved in the arts. Those early trips with...

Evan Folds is a life long entrepreneur, naturalist, and spiritual scientist. Over the last two decades he has founded businesses on many different levels of agriculture, and now works as a regenerative business consultant from his platform Be Agriculture (www. BeAgriculture.com) where he advocates that agriculture is the answer, and that eating is an agricultural act.  Evan serves as an elected Su...

Addie Jo's two lifelong loves are fitness and art. Growing up, she'd take art classes by day and stay physically active by night. She specializes in watercolor portraits and figures and trademarked her very own style of yoga called Prana Pump, a fusion of yoga + HIIT + weight training. She has held multiple teacher trainings certifying yoga instructors to teach Prana Pump plus multiple w...

In a field where musicians and rappers have become increasingly devoted to promoting more of their image and less of themselves, Danny Thomas II, known as Louis., is building a reputation by being his honest self. Louis. aims to promote innovation and honesty in his music. The titular Wilmington, NC rapper, producer, and poet treads the line between socialite and activist, choosing to focus his me...

Liana Belanich recently opened Prana Salt Cave after living in Wilmington almost 15years. She arrived from New York  not sure of who she was or what she would do. She decided that she would continue her education; expanding on her associates degree. She chose to earn a Bachelor’s in Business Management from UNCW. After graduating in December of 2012 she continued to search for what she wanted. Dab...

With family roots in Wilmington that date back to the 1700s, Melody Diaz Williams has a profound love and respect for the Cape Fear region, its rich history, and the many communities within it. Her love of the area was the driving force behind her relocation back from the West Coast in 2011. She blends her work life with active community engagement, and is a firm believer of supporting local busin...

Aaron Carter is the founder of Love That Baby, a movement to spread compassion across the globe. J O U R N A L   P R O M P T  : Write about someone (or a few people) who if you could shift your awareness to the "Love That Baby" mindset, you could love or forgive a whole bunch more? Maybe even use the words "Shew" and "Listo" in your writing as well. L I N K  : Love Th...

Kim Beller, founder of Sanctuary Tour,  is an artist, activist, humane educator, RYT 200, vegan mentor, and protector of animals.  Through her service work and activism, she aims to support animal sanctuaries, activist, and organizations who help and rescue animals, by sharing their work and stories, to raise awareness and to educate about issues with animal cruelty and suffering in animal agricul...

Rachael Kinsey’s passion for art began as a young child evolving into a career after graduating Art School. She has spent the past 9 years in Hawaii and San Francisco pursuing careers in visual merchandising, event + floral design, interior design and running her own jewelry company, Rachael Kinsey Designs. After immersing herself in yoga 14 years ago, yoga became a guide in her creative process....

Mandy Nicolau Bernard, daughter of a backpacking hippie and a Spanish musician, grew up in small town southern New Jersey. Her only prerequisites for college were palm trees and warm weather - which brought her to the South. After college, she dabbled in a few different jobs and found herself head over heels for the yogic path. She has created yoga programs for schools, co-leads yearly women’s yog...

Cameron Tinklenberg aka ALLIN. is releasing his second EP – “Lossy Matte” – a record that’s lush, effusive, chaotic, and introspective in equal measure. The record finds ALLIN. carving out a unique space amongst the litany of jazz- inflected electronic producers. “Lossy Matte” juxtaposes the textures and emptiness one encounters on a blank canvas with the playful distortions of digital compression...

Catherine Hawksworth, owner of  Modern Legend, is a local promoter, a forever traveler, and both a complex + simple minded gal who loves a good laugh. J O U R N A L  P R O M P T : What was the first album you ever had/loved? ...and just for fun: If you owned a record store, what would be the 3 albums you would always have in stock? L I N K S : Modern Legend deep gratitude to Jared Sales + ALLIN. f...