Inspiration Rising

Dr. Bita Yadidi is California Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine specializing in Preventative Medicine, a certified Chi Gong, Tai Chi, and Meditation instructor. She is the founder of Wellness To Be , an East-West Integrative Wellness Center in Beverly Hills, California, where Bita and her team specialize in preventative and restorative health using acupuncture,...

Gabrielle Hartley is a leading divorce attorney, mediator, coach, author and speaker. Her book, Better Apart: The Radically Positive Way to Separate , is the first book of its kind to combine the life changing, healing wisdom of mindfulness, meditation and yoga with practical advice and legal wisdom to get the reader through and beyond the divorce. Better Apart was named “the conscious uncoupling...

Cherylanne Skolnicki is a former corporate ladder climber turned entrepreneur whose popular personal development programs help women SHINE. As a recognized expert on work life integration , she teaches a breakthrough method to help women better leverage their time to get what they want most. She is a sought-after speaker, a nationally recognized expert on working mothers, the author of a popular b...

Violette de Ayala is a Cuban-American serial and social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of FemCity , and virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. Violette has been quoted in Success, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Yahoo Small Business, Business Insider News as a small business expert. Violette has also been seen in featured campaigns in People, InStyle, Real Simple magazines. She served as part of The White House:...

David Trotter  is a  launch coach ,  meditation guide , and host of the  Inspiration Rising podcast . For over 25 years, he's been helping people get unstuck, clarify their goals, and rise up in their life, love, and leadership. He is passionate about creating resources to help you uncover your purpose, truly enjoy your life, and make a significant difference in the world. David and his wife,...

Cameron Huddleston is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience writing about personal finance. Before joining GOBankingRates, she was a contributing editor for Kiplinger.com and wrote the popular Kip Tips column, which was syndicated in Tribune newspapers nationwide. Her work has appeared on Yahoo!, MSN, AOL Daily Finance and other online and print publications. U.S. News...

Julie Duffy Dillon is a Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert and has been helping people heal their relationship with food for over 15 years. She is trained as a mental health counselor and supervises dietitians and other health professionals to use weight inclusive and attuned eating strategies. Based in North Carolina, Julie owns BirdHouse Nutrition Therapy...

Lindsey Elmore is a Doctor of Pharmacy, a chemist, and she has a tremendous passion for teaching complicated science in a fun way. She worked on staff at Young Living Essential Oils for over two years as the Director of Global Education and Health Sciences. Lindsey now leads an exclusive club of oil lovers through her sought after online courses at LindseyElmore.com where she teaches beginners and...

Brianna Rooney is the owner of Techees, a successful recruiting firm where highly sought-after software engineers are her specialty. She is also the creator of "The Millionaire Recruiter" online course where she trains recruiters how to get started in the industry and earn significant income quickly. Her training system is the culmination of over a decade of experience as a “matchmaker” -...

Diane Kazer is a functional nutrition practitioner and creator of the C.H.I. Hormone Warrior Transformation Program. As an ex-pro soccer player and with a background in yoga, personal training, and financial planning, she supports women around the world, to not only heal from emotional and hormonal problems, but to radically transform their entire life. Nine years ago, Diane had breast implant sur...

Mike Sherbakov is the Founder and CEO of The Greatness Foundation , which provides the resources for individuals and organizations to positively impact the world's social and environmental challenges. Learning the importance of integrity, honor, and hard work during his time on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, Mike is fascinated with optimizing human potential. He holds degrees i...

David Trotter  is a  launch coach ,  meditation guide , and host of the  Inspiration Rising podcast . For over 25 years, he's been helping people get unstuck, clarify their goals, and rise up in their life, love, and leadership. He is passionate about creating resources to help you uncover your purpose, truly enjoy your life, and make a significant difference in the world. David and his wife,...

Based in the Netherlands, Michelle Coops is a rebelicious word wizard, international speaker, and founder of Be a Brand Rebel. She has helped hundreds of national and international brands, countless entrepreneurs and rebelicious professionals, by uncovering their true story and helping them to authentically position themselves as the experts in their field. Impacting businesses on a global scale,...

Rebecca "Bex" Bedford is a self-acceptance champion, body positive activist, public speaker, and entrepreneur. In 2013, Bex started her vlog channel on YouTube, and it quickly gained traction garnering hundreds of thousands of views. In her videos, she speaks frankly about all facets of life as a person of extended size, her struggles, and triumphs with self love and self acceptance, and t...

Michelle Dickinson who has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 18 years and is currently an associate director at Johnson & Johnson. She is the author of Breaking Into My Life: Growing Up with a Bipolar Parent and My Battle to Reclaim Myself . Her memoir offers a rare glimpse into a young girl’s experience living with—and loving—her bipolar mother. After years of playing the role of...

David Trotter is a launch coach , meditation guide , and host of the Inspiration Rising podcast . For over 25 years, he's been helping people get unstuck, clarify their goals, and rise up in their life, love, and leadership. He is passionate about creating resources to help you uncover your purpose, truly enjoy your life, and make a significant difference in the world. David and his wife, Laur...

Lisa Cummings is a StrengthsFinder Trainer and Speaker who has delivered training and speaking events to over 13,500 participants in 14 countries. You can see her featured in places like Harvard Business Publishing, Training Magazine, and Forbes, and she’s the CEO of a company called Lead Through Strengths . Her super-powers include seeing each person’s uniqueness - even when they can't see it...

Before listening to this episode (part two), listen to part one of our conversation with Terri . Terri Cole is a New York-based, licensed psychotherapist, relationship expert and founder of Real Love Revolution and Boundary Bootcamp, her two female empowerment courses reaching women in over 25 countries. Prior to her current incarnation as a love and relationship expert, Terri was a bi-coastal tal...

Terri Cole is a New York-based, licensed psychotherapist, relationship expert and founder of Real Love Revolution and Boundary Bootcamp, her two female empowerment courses reaching women in over 25 countries. Prior to her current incarnation as a love and relationship expert, Terri was a bi-coastal talent agent negotiating endorsement contracts for supermodels and celebrities. Her lack of satisfac...

David Trotter is the host of the Inspiration Rising podcast and meditation guide for Me Time Meditations , a 21 day journey to transform your mind, heart, and priorities in just five minutes a day. For over 25 years, he's been helping people get unstuck, clarify their goals, and rise up in their life, love, and leadership. He is passionate about creating resources to help you uncover your purp...

Jeanne Pepper Bernstein is the mother Blaze Bernstein. On January 10, 2018, 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein was found dead in a park in Orange County, California, eight days after having been reported missing. He was visiting his family in Lake Forest, California, when he was killed. Two days later, one of Blaze's former high school classmates and a member of n...

Dr. Shannon Gulbranson is the author of Date Yourself Well: The Bestselling 12 Engagements of Becoming the Great Lover of Your Life and founder and C.E.O. (Caring Empowered Owner) of Healing Life Coaching, Inc. She’s hosted a daily podcast for the past two years called Women Sipping on Life. Serving thousands of patients for over two decades in private practice, as well as one of the leading cance...

MacKenzie Koppa is a voiceover artist and the host of two podcasts, Cultivating the Lovely and The Same Page . Cultivating the Lovely is a faith-based podcast helping moms cultivate the lovely in the midst of chaos, and The Same Page is a weekly podcast helping families listen and memorize poetry, Shakespeare, historical facts, and the Bible. MacKenzie is a single mom of four children, and in this...

Crystal Paine is the founder of MoneySavingMom.com, host of The Crystal Paine Show podcast, New York Times bestselling author of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode and author of the book, Money-Making Mom . She started MoneySavingMom.com in 2007 to provide practical strategies to help women cut their grocery bill and and live on less than they make. It has grown to be one of the top personal finance blo...

Maria Rabaino  is a professional dancer who also happens to use a wheelchair in her day to day life. On February 13, 2012, Maria had just started her second semester at college, and she was in a horrible car crash resulting in a broken back at the L1 level that paralyzed her from the hips down. With the mindset of becoming as independent as quickly as possible, Maria spent a month and a half in th...