Ignite Your Spark

Send us Fan Mail   Today my guest is Dr. Dravon James. Dravon wears many, many hats, she is a mom, works full time as a successful pharmacist, she is an inspirational speaker, a life coach, an actress  a radio host and author of the book, Freedom is your birthright. She is also the founder of Everyday  Peace, a platform where she helps and inspires others to build the lives of their dreams.   We h...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2 of IGNITE YOUR SPARK!  My truly shiny guest today is Kara Latta, the Playful Warrior.  Isn't that name just the best? Kara founded her company during Covid after a series of incidents leading to a rather "dark night of the soul". She lost her job,  was dealing with health issues, healing from past childhood traumas and experienced a cockroach inf...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Faysal Abi whom I met because he was (and still is) a yoga teacher at my local studio. He is incredibly strong, kind, flexible and genuine. AND, when I met Faysal, he was a police officer as well as a yoga teacher. Several years ago the Universe sent him a message in the form of a horrible car crash while on a high speed chase. Laid up with a concussion, back inj...

Send us Fan Mail Sharon Caren is my guest today, and she is a fabulous Spiritual Coach. After a near death experience at the young age of 27, Sharon found herself on a spiritual journey of transformation. She studied the Akashic Records and by helping herself with her own transformation, realized that she could assist others on their journey by helping them receive new life tools to realize their...

Send us Fan Mail Hello SPARKLERS, thanks for tuning in again! Today is a solo episode because, well, I had computer issues and had to reschedule several guests. Full disclosure, I spilled water on my computer - and it was in the computer hospital for a week. Now back and better than ever! My goal when I started this podcast was to publish one episode (at least) each week for a year. That's wh...

Send us Fan Mail Yes friends, Meditation is powerful. Now, you all who are listeners, probably know that. But do you practice?  Meditation is key to balance, grounding and gaining the ability to handle what comes in a calm and less agitated manner. It's true....the science says so.  In this week's episode with Pam Seelig, we talk about how simple it is to meditate (haha, not for some of...

Send us Fan Mail I aspire to live a SIMPLE life, not as many things, clothes, junk.....but I don't really do it.  My guest today is JoEllen,  and she ignites my spark through her blog and instagram account.  JoEllen is the traveling minimalist mom on a mission  - That mission is to prove that we can live a simple life without sacrificing beauty and style. I consider her more of a lifestyle gu...

Send us Fan Mail You are getting sleepy, very sleepy......when you think of hypnosis, doesn't that image just pop into your mind?  It does for me, someone with a pocket watch swinging in front of your face.   However, I know that you, my listeners, are well aware that Hypnosis is so much more. In fact in this episode with Hypnotherapist Namrata Dagia, we learn the difference between hypnosis...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is one that will motivate you, inspire you and make you SMILE.  I know it, because my guest is the very special Barry Shore. Barry is the incomparable Ambassador Of JOY!  In his 70's , he has the energy and enthusiasm of a 7 year old! Barry's definition of smile is Seeing Miracles In Life Every DAY.  This is a man who lives what he preaches. Barry woke up on...

Send us Fan Mail Ok, so math is not my strong suit, BUT I love numerology and what numbers can tell us. Numbers have energy, they carry a frequency and vibration that carry data and information, as I learned from  my guest Dr. Felicia Bender.  We all have many numbers which determine different facets of our life. Felicia tells us how to figure out our life path number (simple math!) and then she s...

Send us Fan Mail Who doesn't want to feel their optimal best?  Haha, trick question because I know you all do. Food gives us such joy - it nourishes our body, gives us strength and energy and has the power to heal us as well.  However, we may be eating so-called healthy foods that cause inflammation in our bodies, leading to weight gain, aggravation of auto immune diseases, arthritis and more...

Send us Fan Mail OK, well this was so much fun! I love a good story.  As my guest today says, a good story will teach us something and we will be changed after hearing it. Corey Rosen joins me on the podcast to talk about just that. Corey is a Bay Area celeb, having hosted over 105 live events for The Moth Story Slam in San Francisco and Berkeley. Fun fact - he won the first ever Bay Area Moth Sto...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest Hans Ajay Bhargava will calm you immediately with his zen presence and soothing vocal qualities.  From former sarcastic funny guy to mindful meditator through personal transformation, Hans shares his wisdom about meditation, and how to live a mindful life in all ways. Hans came from a decade long career in corporate enterprise technology and has over 16 years of...

Send us Fan Mail How good are you willing to let it get? Not only is that an awesome and thought provoking question, it is also the name of my guest's new book and card deck. Sarah Seidelmann is a 4th generation board certified physician turned shamanic healer, mother of 4, wife, author and life coach.  Feeling unsatisfied in her career as a Surgical Pathologist, she searched for answers as t...

Send us Fan Mail Ultimate Happiness?  Who's with me?  I want ultimate happiness, sparks flying everywhere, sharing light.....and my guest today, Arda Ozdemir, has written a book to help us get unstuck and reach towards ultimate happiness. Hooray!  His book is titled, The Art of Becoming Unstuck: your personalized journey through consciousness in search of ultimate happiness Arda is an executi...

Send us Fan Mail Are you one of those people who says I don't have a creative bone in my body?   I invite you to think again, and hopefully after you tune in to this episode, you will be inspired to let go of any fear you may have that you aren't creative. Because we all are, I guarantee it. My guest today is Jill Badonsky, former Occupational Therapist and life long creative, author, Cr...

Send us Fan Mail My guest in shine is filled with light and shares it with everyone she encounters. Her journey has not been easy - diagnosed with Thyroid cancer in 2008, it came back in 2009, and again in 2010 and in 2017 came a stage 4 lung cancer diagnoses.  Anna had three young children, was in a less than perfect marriage, was working full time and dealing with cancer. Going to the lipstick c...

Send us Fan Mail You may already know the power of color and how different colors affect our mood. But there is so much more to the psychology of color and its impact on our environment. Today my guest in shine is Mehnaz Kahn, a color psychologist. Mehnaz assists people in creating an environment that supports them emotionally,  physically,  and psychologically. Through a personality assessment, M...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready for my guest Felicity who is a magical healing human. I prefer to think of her as a gifted “Fairy” put on this earth to heal others with her divine gifts. Felicity is based in Leeds in the United Kingdom and is the founder of Ookushana, an energy healing school. Awakening to her gifts of healing from the unseen realms occurred when she tuned in to heal her own body and s...

Send us Fan Mail My guest in shine today is Michelle Walsh, mother to 5 girls, former weight watchers coach and creator of a sacred space for women - The Village Well . Michelle believes deeply in taking time to nurture yourself, carving out time for you to become restored and renewed. After a significant weight loss of 100 pounds and keeping it off for over 20 years, Michelle realized she had to...

Send us Fan Mail Deep faith keeps Amy going through grief, tragedy and adversity.  My beautiful and shiny guest today, Amy Berry  has suffered many ups and downs, (perhaps more than many) and through the downslides in her life, Amy has found a way to honor and acknowledge her pain and move through the grief. We talk about what methods she uses to move forward and her spirit shines through the airw...

Send us Fan Mail Do you know your primary element?  Are you air, fire, water or earth? Today my guest Debra Silverman shares info on the four element personality types and we discuss her book, The Missing Element, Inspiring Compassion for the Human Condition.   We all have a dominant element type and the goal to living a well balanced life, is to understand the element or elements that we are miss...

Send us Fan Mail  My intriguing guest in this episode, David Strickel, began manifesting his desires as a very young child.  Growing up in poverty with a single Mom, he was able to bring material things into his life because he believed he could. He had a manifest mindset before he knew what that meant. David used and has been using The Law of Attraction naturally his entire life. Although he neve...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us have a money mind block at some point in our life and if you don't you are the lucky one! My guest today is Gull Kahn who is a money mindset expert. She helps people clear energy blocks around money in order to help them achieve their monetary goals. She is a Barrister by trade, (as well as an attorney for those of us in the U.S.), a businesswoman, intuitive coach,...

Send us Fan Mail What a wonderful conversation I had with the ever so cool Cate Schultz. She has had many careers - French teacher, business owner, pilot, flight school owner,  mother, life coach.....And now she has returned to what she loves - writing. Her first book was a work of fiction all about empowerment, titled Silent Sky. (I LOVED IT!) Her newest book, is a gorgeous  guide for personal gr...