Inspirational Women

Stephanie Gianarelli is an acupuncturist and the founder and clinic director of Acupuncture NW in Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma. This week (April 18-25) is National Infertility Awareness Week, and Stephanie shares about the work that the acupuncturists are involved in, in helping all couples with fertility issues--which can be a heavy challenge for those experiencing it. The pandemic has provided the me...

Maureen Johnson is a #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many YA novels, including a collaboration for Let It Snow which is now a Netflix movie. Maureen's newest book is "Hello, Cruel Heart". Maureen takes us on a fantastic journey to London in the summer of 1967. For anyone living at that time...what a great trip down a memory lane. For those who weren't...what an adventure and...

Kris Holmes is an executive recruiter and partner at O'Connell Group a leading executive search firm--where she's worked for 26 years and shares much of her experience in a super book: Ignite Your Career! Strategies, and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential. Anyone and everyone can benefit from this book and experiences from those just starting on a career path, to those who are uncertain about their...

Hope O. Baker is the author of "Finding Hope: A Birth Mother's Journey Into the Light...where she shares her story of a successful open adoption. Hope is a passionate advocate for those on all sides of adoption and shares her experience and literally bringing hope to what can be a challenging and often painful experience for all involved. A very open and honest story with much support. www.hopeoba...

Tracee Dunblazier is a Los Angeles-based spiritual empath, shaman, and an 8-time national award winning author. Tracee works with individuals to help open up/build self-awareness and gain an understanding of life, about the things that are happening all around us, and our relationship to them. Tracee gives us a good understanding of karma in our everyday life and it results in a lot of great growt...

Dr. Catherine Athans is a psychologist with a doctorate in both clinical and health psychology and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Here one year into the pandemic Dr. Athans underscores the need to prioritize self-care: sleep, drink lots of water, eat well, take walks, watch funny movies or read funny material. Women in particular are more impacted by stress which in turn affects our...

Ashra Bennett is a Certified Executive Transformational Coach & Mentor. Ashra is a modern-day visionary who has helped hundreds of thousands of people change their lives by separating themselves from the past to stop being defined by it. Ashra provides insights for growth as we are all on this learning journey. To maximize it Ashra reminds us that it is selfless to choose ourself, to make good...

Michelle Greene Rhodes is a Registered Nurse, now an executive wellness consultant and Editor in Chief of the new magazine: The Color of Wellness. The magazine is geared toward women of color and written by health professionals. Michelle brings some solid and important insights to guide us on the path to vibrant health, while sharing the disparities that exist for persons of color. Nurses are most...

Olivia Odileke is an education technology trainer, and author of the new book: A Beginner's Guide to Nearpod: A Tool for Transforming Virtual Teaching in K12. Olivia has been successfully providing virtual teaching for a number of years, so with this and her passion for technology, math and the sciences, she has some critically important information for teachers and for parents. Engagement is key,...

Katherine Goble Moore is the daughter of Katherine Johnson--the American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Katherine along with her sister Joylette Goble Hylick and their mother, collaborated on a very important book: One Step Further, My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Lifelong...

Lyra Logan is an MIT master trainer in Educational Mobile Computing snd also Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Florida Education Fund, a nonprofit that creates and implements educational programs for underrepresented groups. Her work is so important for so many of our youth, and supporting them in creating a good future for themselves. Lyra is the author of "Learn to Program with...

Part 2 with Elke Scholz, a registered psychotherapist and award winning author. In this segment Elke discusses in more depth the ways in which we can create and maintain balance in our life and thrive in it by giving equal attention to the 4 parts of our being, and this week the focus is: the Mental and Emotional. One exercise is to just some time, even just a few minutes to use our 5 senses to lo...

Elke Scholz...a registered psychotherapist and award winning author. We met Elke in the fall to discuss how to deal with anxiety--a topic that is the the core of her Anxiety Warrior series. Elke is back to discuss in more depth the ways in which we can create and maintain balance in our life and thrive in it! Balance is about giving attention to the 4 parts of our being: Mental, Spiritual, Emotion...

Angie Summers, a mental health advocate and author. Angie has over 20 years experience managing, living with and thriving with bipolar disorder. She chronicles her journey with bipolar disorder in her book: 13 Nights. Among numerous subjects, it is a story of hope, forgiveness and perseverance. www.facebook.com/AngieSumm/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

Judith Matloff is an author, teaches at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and is a media safety advocate. Judith's career began as a foreign correspondent, and she travelled o hot spots around the globe. Those experiences led her to write this very relevant book for our life: How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need --Survival Tricks for Hacking, Hurricanes, and Haza...

Diane Quintana is a professional organizer and co-author of the new book--Filled Up and Overflowing: What to do When Life Events, Chronic Disorganization, and Hoarding Go Overboard. The highly unusual 2020 might have created this in our homes as we may have had an office, a school room, a gym, a restaurant all appearing in 'our home'. Diane provides ideas on how to clear up some clutter, organize...

Samantha Buckley-Hugessen is a Certified Life Coach and Trainer, and the author of UnS*uck Yourself: The Guide to Designing a Life You Love. Samantha writes this inspiring book which includes exercises to use, to guide us with our own journaling. Samantha writes from her own personal experiences as well as those of clients, so we have a great reservoir of experiences to relate to and that encourag...

Dr. Catherine Athans is a licensed marriage & Family therapist with over 25 years experience, and is also an author with numerous important books, the latest being "The Heart Brain". It can be a great help to us during these challenging times, bringing awareness that negative emotions such as anger, anxiety and worry significantly increase the risk of serious disease. And Dr. Athans connects t...

Elizabeth Lesser is a best-selling author and the cofounder of Omega Institute, the renowned conference and retreat center in Rhinebeck, New York. Elizabeth also presents 2 great TedX Talks. And her latest book, 'Cassandra Speaks--When Women Are the Storytellers, The Human Story Changes' is insightful and empowering. It is about feminine nature, so men also can tap into the qualities of empathy, c...

Noelle Nelson PhD is an internationally respected psychologist, author and seminar leader. She believes that we can accomplish great things, whether in business, at work or at home, when we connect with the value in ourselves and in others. And during this time of covid, this is even more true. Dr. Nelson's latest book is: I Survived CoVid, Now What? Finding Happiness and Success in a Post-CoVid w...

Elke Scholtz is a registered psychotherapist with a passion for solution focused therapy. Elke offers the idea that we need self- awareness, note what we are feeling--it helps us have mastery over our minds. And then practice this! Elke also hosts workshops, and some can be viewed on You Tube; and Elke is also an author whose latest book is: Anxiety Warrior--Vol. 2 (so there is also a first volume...

Kerri Kannen is a gratitude expert and consciousness coach. Kerri has been doing this work for 3 decades...which provides a wealth of experiences and growth. The growth part is essential for us to understand, as this is an ever evolving process. Kerri's message about gratitude comes at a great time, as we look forward to Thanksgiving. It's also good practice as it's going to be different than what...

Sarah Rose is a transformation coach and business strategist. Sarah's story, her journey is both interesting and inspiring and one that has led her to the work she does. In mid-2000 the journey began 'disguised' as challenges--a broken engagement, job loss, home loss. Eventually she noticed 'synchonicities', we might think are coincidences happening. She saw the need to view things with acceptance...

Aysha Morgan DPT, PT, OCS, is a physical therapist at PacMed. As a physical therapist Aysha's goal is to have people 'age gracefully'. The way to do this is to "move". Whether we're at regular work where we sit most of the day, or are working from home and also sitting a lot, she has some simple recommendations. One is that the time we would use for commuting, use for taking a walk these days. Or,...