Igniting the Spark

What if death was not the end of your experience with a loved one but just the next chapter in the book of eternity? Join me for this episode with my amazing guest, Academy Award-winning film producer Stephen Simon, as we talk about his relationship with his wife from beyond the veil. It is a profound journey into the everlasting power of love and how our connection with our loved ones continues e...

Are you ready to transform your health and raise your consciousness? This week, I am talking with Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir, MD about the extraordinary ways you can do just that. Judy is a holistic healer with a private psychiatry and psychoanalysis practice in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a board-certified adult and child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, is on the faculty of Harvard Medical Schoo...

The world is experiencing profound change and in it, we can get caught up in fear. If you want to explore how to let go of your worries, move into your heart, and start creating a vision for a new earth full of more peace and love, then this episode is for you.  Weaving together stories, experiences, and wisdom from many sources, Love’s New Earth, by Hope Ives Mauran, is a practical, tactical, and...

Are you ready to up your happiness? Did you know there are specific things you can do to increase your well-being and they are accessible at this moment right now? If you are ready to feel better and boost your joy, then join me for this warm and wonderful conversation with Paula Vail.  Paula is the renowned award-winning author of "Why Am I So Happy" and the Podcast Host of "Elevating Your Life",...

This is an essential time of healing on the planet and if you are ready to rise to your next level of healing and happiness, then this episode is for you. I am so excited to share this truly wonderful and life affirming interview with the amazing Lisa Tahir. Lisa is the founder of Psychoastrology® and the author of The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy, and Self-For...

Are you ready to tap into your creativity and go beyond what you thought you could achieve? Then get ready for this inspiring conversation with Katrina Pfannkuch. Katrina is a creative consultant, project manager, producer, writer, editor, podcaster, and mindset coach. She collaborates and coaches with artists, and creative entrepreneurs, to clear creative blocks, gain clarity, generate focus, and...

Do you know that your dreams are your internal GPS to self-knowledge and personal development? Join me for this fascinating conversation about how you can utilize your dreams to tap into deep wisdom as I speak with the amazing author of Dream Guidance, Machiel Klerk. Machiel is a social entrepreneur, licensed mental health therapist, international speaker, dream worker, and published author. Machi...

What if you could talk to God? What do you imagine you would hear? How would your life be different if you knew that you were intimately connected to the Divine and that wisdom, love, and support were only a breath away when you paused to listen?  In this extraordinary episode, I speak with beloved author, international speaker, and modern-day spiritual messenger, Neale Donald Walsch. Neale has pu...

Can you rewire your brain to experience more joy, peace, and happiness by dropping more fully into your heart? Holly Copeland, MA is a former conservation scientist turned certified Human Potential coach and NeuroMeditation teacher, sound healer, and Reiki master. She is a practitioner and teacher of non-dual awareness and subtle energy meditation techniques and uses neurotechnology, Reiki, and tu...

Are you ready to up the love, communication, and wellbeing in your life? Join me for my soul-filled conversation with the highly regarded love & relationship coach and the author of Soul Statements – A Love Coach’s Guide To Successful Communication, Corey Lyon Folsom. Corey has been a professional tracker, aboriginal skills instructor, wilderness guide for newly sober people, and a vision quest le...

Are you ready to take a little mini-retreat that will greatly improve your wellbeing? Come join me for an episode that will give you some of the golden nuggets from the retreat I just led in Sayulita, Mexico. You will learn some of the potent tools for self-transformation and how to cultivate a loving relationship with yourself.  As you befriend yourself more deeply, you not only give others the p...

Have you ever met someone who is sunshine in a bottle? Someone who is fully lit up because they are living their dreams and by living their dreams so fully they inspire you to do the same? Well get ready be lit up as I speak to former Host of Nick Jr. & Radio Disney, award-winning actress, screenwriter, producer, singer, songwriter & 3X Voice Arts Awards nominated Voice Over Artist, Hillary Hawkin...

We all know how important it is to have goals and make plans for how we want to live our lives. Have you thought about how you would want the ending of your life to be? Why would that be important and how does it enhance our ability to live more fully now? These and many other questions are answered in this week's episode when I meet with the Spiritual Director of Empowered Endings, Elizabeth Usla...

Are you ready to be inspired? My conversation with Lanee Blaise is going to illuminate the way for you to learn how you can have more peace and happiness in your life, actualize your dreams, and add your original spark to help light up the world. Lanee is a Television and Film Writer, Motivational Speaker, and a Podcaster, as Co-Host of Imagine Yourself Podcast. Lanee is married to her college swe...

Are you ready to step into abundance and true wealth in your life but don't know how to get there? What if you had the specific steps that could lead you on a journey to discover your abundant life from the inside out? Get ready for a high-charge, high-energy, deeply inspiring interview as I speak with author, motivational speaker, and senior minister of Unity Chicago, Rev. James Parker about the...

How do you recover from an addiction and is it possible to rewire your brain for better habits and a healthier lifestyle? These and many more questions are answered on this high-energy episode of Igniting the Spark with my guests Emergo Academy co-founders, Susan and Dave Kenney.  What Is Emergo Academy? Emergo Academy created programs based on the principles of a brain-first approach to thriving:...

Are you ready to take a quantum leap into hope and your heart in 2024? In this interview I talk with Phoenix Rose about her new book, Hope and Heart, A Quantum Leap into the Aquarian Age, where she encourages you to trust in yourself, and follow your intuition to guide you to a more expanded and meaningful life.  Hope and Heart, A Quantum Leap into the Aquarian Age (fifty years a student of metaph...

Do New Year's resolutions really work? What makes it so hard to set resolutions and then truly follow through for ourselves? This week on Igniting the Spark, Stephanie James brings you the ideas and inspiration to create your best life in 2024. By looking back over the last year, she helps you design a plan for creating real change and real movement in your life, so you aren't just surviving the n...

Are you ready to increase your confidence and experience more wellbeing? Then join me for this episode with Confidence Coach Anna Gradie.  Anna Gradie is a Confidence Coach for women in tech. Using science-backed tools, she helps her clients increase their confidence, accelerate their performance, and build strong relationships. In 2010, she co-founded and scaled an EdTech company into a multi-mil...

How are you? I hope the holidays are wonderful for you. I know that for some people, the holidays also can bring with them some grief for those we have lost. How do we most effectively heal our hearts and move towards joy? Join me this week with my very special guest, Author, Podcaster, Speaker, and founder of the Grief and Happiness Alliance, Emily Thiroux Threatt. Jack Canfield, Michael Beckwith...

Are you aware that you are not alone? What if you realized that no matter where you are or what your current situation may be, you are actually one of the essential golden threads in the tapestry of humanity? My very special guest this week is Evolutionary Pioneer, Author, Global Speaker, and co-founder of Humanity's Team, Steve Farrell. In this episode we talk about Steve's journey from the pinna...

Are you ready to take a ride down the rabbit hole and expand your consciousness? In this episode with psychologist, author and spiritual teacher Christina Donnell, that is exactly what we do.  Christina Donnell, PhD, is a psychologist, author of two books, and spiritual teacher, who studied Eastern traditions and the shamanic energy practices of the Q’ero (Care-o) Indians of Peru for nearly three...

What makes a relationship last? How do you keep the spark, the passion, and the positive connection lasting a lifetime? This week, my guests are Drs. Michael and Barbara Grossman, who are experts in the field of relationships and marriage and have dedicated their careers to helping individuals and couples create fulfilling and long-lasting romantic partnerships. In this episode we talk about what...

Are you ready to feel better and increase your wellbeing this year? This week, my guest Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal gives us the sacred recipe to overcoming the winter blues and enhancing our health and happiness. Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal is the world-renowned researcher and psychiatrist who led the team that first described Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and pioneered light therapy to treat it. A b...

Are you ready to expand your mind? (and maybe even your heart?) In this episode I speak with the super charged, high energy Michele Blood about how you can find the mystical in everyday and experience more energy, vitality, and oneness in your life. Michele Blood is a successful, multi-talented author, speaker and spiritual guide. Michele was a successful songwriter and rock singer in Australia an...