Empowered Conversations

She has it all. The career. The relationship. The house. The life everyone admires. So why is she crying in her car in the parking lot before she walks into work? Liz Coleman is a certified transformational life coach with a degree in psychology. She works with women who look successful and steady from the outside but can't remember the last time they truly relaxed, the ones stuck overthinking...

Have you ever tried to take better care of yourself only to find that doing it alone is exhausting, unsustainable, or just plain lonely? Dr. Maria Van Der Maaten is a dedicated sociologist, community development practitioner, and upcoming author specializing in community-driven wellness. She's transformed self-care practices through her innovative book, Even Monks Meditate Together, which high...

Have you ever been told that a tooth needs to be extracted, that it's "hopeless"and wondered if there was another option? Dr. Edward Feinberg is a graduate of Tufts University and practiced dentistry in Scarsdale, New York for more than 40 years. Now practicing in Arizona, he is the successor to a unique tradition of restorative dentistry. He was trained by a master and pioneer in fu...

What if the mask you've been wearing- the confident, successful exterior is actually the thing that's holding you back? George Harb is a Dual Elite Neuroencoding Specialist and Peak Performance Coach who helps successful men and leaders rewire their minds for confidence, clarity, and purpose. For years, George hid his own self-doubt behind what he calls the "World Mask" until he...

What happens when the church, the place that's supposed to be a refuge becomes a place where survivors of violence feel silenced, misunderstood, or even blamed? What happens when forgiveness is weaponized? When submission is used to keep women trapped? Rev. Cheryl Kincaid is a Presbyterian Minister who studied Marriage and Family Therapy at Bethel Seminary and has a Master of Divinity from San...

Be honest with me- have you ever had someone in your life who just... annoys you? Maybe it's a coworker, a family member, a neighbor, or that person in the grocery store line who seems to be moving in slow motion? Ilene Marcus is the inventor of the iLean-Pan (patent pending) and author of Managing Annoying People. She solves everyday challenges with bold ideas and a sense of humor—as seen on...

Do you look capable on the outside—but feel anxious, reactive, and disconnected on the inside? Have you tried therapy, meditation, and mindset work—but still can't stop the spirals, feel safe in your body, or access your intuition? Leslie Draffin is a trauma-informed somatic practitioner and psychedelic microdosing guide for successful, spiritual women whose modern life is hijacking their ment...

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, "Why do I keep doing this? Why do I keep repeating the same patterns—the same fights, the same fears, the same feelings of not being enough?" Michélle Konson is a speaker, writer, Story Work guide, and the creator of the Untangling Your Story journal. Originally from South Africa, she now lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband...

Today's conversation is a tender one. It's about loss—the kind of loss that changes you forever. It's about a father who lost his 22-year-old daughter to leukemia. And it's about what happens after—how a family navigates a new life, looking for joy and gratitude amidst heartbreak. Mark Stackpole lost his daughter Corinne to leukemia. He and his family are now navigating a new life,...

What if a diagnosis didn't mean the end of your dreams—but the beginning of a different, deeper journey toward them? Susan Johnson graduated from Drake University with a B.A. in Sociology. Since her diagnosis of Bipolar 1 in 1995, Susan's true passion in life has been to help break the stigma of living with a mental illness and bring hope to those living with one. She's the author of S...

What were you doing when you were twelve years old? For most of us, it was homework, maybe sports, maybe figuring out who we were. For today's guest, it was publishing her first novellas. Shanti Hershenson's first two novellas were published when she was in the sixth grade—although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since she could hold a pencil, marker, or crayon, she was...

Have you ever found yourself in the same fight with your partner—over and over again? Or maybe you keep attracting the same unavailable person, just in a different body? Or you're successful in every area of your life except love? Valerie Greene is a master relationship mentor known for her powerful ability to help couples stop fighting and fall in love again, empower women to inspire deeper i...

What happens when the thing that threatens to take everything from you becomes the doorway to your greatest purpose? Dave "Letterfly" Knoderer has spent more than fifty years as a creative—as an author, an artist, an award-winning entertainer, and an entrepreneur. His mission is to enhance the lives of others with written words, successful entrepreneurship, and art. His journey began dur...

Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right—working hard, hustling, pushing—and still feeling stuck? Like the momentum you once had has disappeared, and no matter how hard you try, you can't get it back? Rob Tracz is a high-performance coach, speaker, and creator of the Prime Performance Process—a system that helps driven entrepreneurs and leaders break through stagnation and bui...

When was the last time you found out about a food recall? Was it from a headline you scrolled past three days too late—after you'd already fed it to your kids? Most people find out about food recalls from a headline they scroll past too late. That gap between a recall being issued and a family actually finding out shouldn't exist anymore. Jordan Robinson is the founder of Anxin—the only pl...

Today, we're exploring something that touches every single one of us—the quiet pull inside that says there's more to life than what we're living. But how do we actually hear that voice? And more importantly, how do we learn to trust it? Ellen Edmondson is a multi-award-winning author, intuition mentor, and spiritual guide whose book, A Place of Love & Light, helps people reconnect...

What if the less you believe, the closer you get to genuine religious experience? Joshua Pritikin, PhD, is an Internal Family Systems Certified Practitioner and author of Religion Unburdened by Belief. He counsels individuals and couples in Oregon. Before that, he spent years on Wall Street building financial software, then earned his PhD in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Virginia....

Has anyone ever told you that you couldn't do something—that you didn't have the talent, the voice, the ability—and you believed them? Kris Keppeler was told at 13 that she'd never learn to sing. And she went on to sing in choirs, perform in musical theatre, and eventually become a professional voice actor who has narrated over 50 audiobooks. Kris is a narrator, actor, voice actor, and...

Have you ever felt stuck—not because you lack motivation, but because you're trapped in an identity that no longer fits? Like you're living someone else's life, carrying past versions of yourself that you've outgrown? Leo Dulay is a transformational coach who specializes in helping people heal the emotional patterns they've carried for far too long. Whether it's anxiety, an...

What happens when being "the nice one" becomes a way of disappearing? Bradley L. Gabbert is the author of The Agreeable Child: A Yogic Journey from Tragedy to Triumph—a memoir about childhood trauma, people-pleasing, finding your voice, and discovering that healing can begin decades after the original wound. Bradley's story began in 1964 when, at just two years old, he was struck by...

What makes a great leader? Is it charisma? Vision? Decisiveness? Or is it something deeper—something that often gets overlooked in our culture's obsession with power and position? Dr. Kevin Wayne Johnson believes the answer is simple, yet profound: the heart of a servant. Dr. Johnson is the Founder and CEO of The Johnson Leadership Group LLC. He's an independent certified coach, mentor, tr...

What do men say when no one else is listening? What do they desire, fear, and struggle to tell the people closest to them? Pepper Kat is a former television news producer turned adult-industry professional, podcast host, and founder of Design Your Dreamgirl®. As the host of the two-time AVN-nominated podcast Spicy Spectrum, she explores sexuality, fantasy, kink, loneliness, and the realities of th...

Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right—training hard, sleeping enough, taking all the right supplements—and still feeling wrecked? Like your body just isn't recovering the way it should? Dr. Steve McGough is the co-founder of Women and Couples Wellness, inventor of the hi® massage system, and holder of six US and international patents. His background is neuroscience research...

Is poetry dead? In a world of short-form content, endless scrolling, and shrinking attention spans—does epic poetry still have a place? Peter Gunn says yes. And he's not just saying it—he's building it. Peter is a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran turned bodybuilder, guitarist, and myth-maker. He's an avid bodybuilder, a guitarist, and a poet who strives to bring epic poetry back from the...

When was the last time you made a new friend? Not a connection on social media. Not a colleague you chat with at work. A real friend—someone you can call when you're having a bad day, someone you can show up for, someone who shows up for you. If you're struggling to answer that question, you're not alone. Nearly 70 million Americans under the age of 50 report feeling lonely—and that wa...