JUST DO YOU.

Start the new year with simple practices to release stress, focus your mind, and create a life you love! This week I sit down with Jay Bradley, a certified Breathwork practitioner, who shares his powerful journey from childhood struggles in the small town of Thunder Bay, Canada, to becoming a transformational healer here in the US and abroad. Growing up as an extremely sensitive child, Jay faced r...

Taking on a dare can be intimidating—but not when it comes from Darrin Johnson, host of the inspiring I DARE YOU Podcast. Based near Idaho Falls, Idaho, Darrin shares his life with his incredible wife, Michelle, their wonder dog, Westley, and their three grown children. With over 20 years of leadership experience, Darrin serves as Senior Vice President of Sales for a billion-dollar U.S.-based comp...

Real change often begins with honest, meaningful conversations. Whether it’s about challenging societal norms, fostering a deeper understanding about diversity, or uncovering a new way of looking at the world around us, conversations hold the power to shift perspectives, inspire action, and transform lives. The most impactful conversations are rooted in authenticity, empathy, and a genuine desire...

Join me this week as I sit down with Charles Chan Massey, a distinguished leader in the Meetings & Events industry, who splits his time with his husband Joseph between Palm Springs, CA, and Victoria, BC. Charles takes us through his inspiring journey—from growing up in the South as a gay youth to building a successful and award-winning career as a global meeting planner. Eventually, guided by...

Join me this week as I sit down with Don Pietranczyk, a visionary leader in merging innovation, education, and inclusivity with over 25 years in the Fashion Industry. As the creative force behind bespoke onsite experiences and educational programming for MAGIC, Don leverages his extensive industry expertise, educational certifications, and fashion insight to craft transformative experiences for di...

Join me this week as I sit down with Bryan Stanton,  an award winning visionary in theatre education based in the Bronx, New York, who is dedicated to creating dynamic and impactful learning experiences for educators and students alike. During our time together he shares about his own personal journey to finding his authenticity AND voice, and how he is committed to living a powerful, out and prou...

Join me this week as I sit down with Sara Cunningham, founder of FREE MOM HUGS based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Earlier this year, I attended a local pride festival and came upon a group of women wearing a t-shirt with FREE MOM HUGS emblazoned across the front.  In addition to receiving the most amazing hug from one of the moms, I instantly fell in love with these women and needed to learn more...

So November is Trans Awareness Month with today, the 20th purposefully marked as Transgender Day of Remembrance.  This important day, which began in 1999 honors Rita Hester, a trans woman who was killed in Massachusetts.  Given the current climate post election and the relentless attack on our beautiful community, I felt it important to replay a very special episode that was first heard back in Ju...

Join me this week as I welcome back Nathan Serrato, a Trauma-Informed Mindset Coach, PCC, based in San Diego, California.  It has only been ONE week since the 2024 election and so many of us are struggling to process the outcome and find some sort of peace.  I felt it important to have a conversation to let people know first and foremost, you are not alone, but equally important, your mental healt...

It has been quite a difficult week for so many of us and I find myself desperate for some inspiration and motivation in order to process my thoughts and emotions over what happened with this year's election.  I looked back through the extraordinary conversations I have had over the past year and  after listening to my chat with Darry Tucci, my best friend and someone who consistently manages...

Join me this week as I sit down with Mallory Combemale, founder of Breath Connection and Co-Founder & Chief Energy Officer at The Inheritance Project.  Mallory, a Chinese-Singaporean-French-American change maker, is fascinated by identity and cross-cultural understanding.  With 10+ years experience consulting incredibly diverse groups from non-profits, to Fortune 100 executives, to government...

Join me this week as I sit down with Shay Franco-Clausen, a self-proclaimed mover, shaker, doer and unapologetic political operative based in Northern California.  With less than two weeks until what could be one of the most important and consequential elections of our lifetime, Shay graciously took some time out of her intense campaign schedule to share her remarkable journey and the importance o...

Join me this week as I sit down with Florida based Carolina Panoff, founder of Be You Coaching AND the incredibly popular Be You Disco.  Carolina and I recently met at a Wellness Summit and I had the privilege of experiencing first hand the power of cultivating and inspiring engagement, authenticity, and a deep state of well-being through music, dance, and true human connection, the foundation of...

Join me this week as I sit down with John Gruber, Director of National Campaigns for HRC.  The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization that drives impact by inspiring, engaging and mobilizing 75+ million pro-equality voters across the country to elect pro-equality leaders and to demand equity-based policies and legislation.  John shares his advocacy jour...

This week I sit down with Ashley Brooke James, co-founder of Triluna, a Nashville based experiential wellness agency that helps corporations and organizations across the country build deep meaningful connections in an effort to increase well-being and engagement at their events, meetings and retreats. Ashley is a bright light whose smile immediately fills your heart with joy, love and and an overw...

Join me this week as I sit down with Matthew Skallerud, President of New York based Pink Media.  Matt and his agency specialize in helping businesses not only create, but roll out powerful and strategic online marketing plans that specifically target the LGBTQ+ community.  A community known for its buying power and a long history of consumer influence.    Matthew shares how he began his online car...

Join me this week as I welcome back Andrew Betancourt, Founder of Conscious Dating for Queer Men and a Certified Relationship Coach.  After a successful and sought after episode back in March, I was excited to sit down once again to take a deeper dive into Andrew's perspective on dating successfully ... at any age!  I have been religiously following Andrew via his on line coaching platform an...

Over the past few months, the consistent threat around the potential loss of our human rights have been occupying my daily thoughts and wearing heavily on my soul.  So much so that I started to head back down a dark path that I work diligently to avoid.  I needed a "feel good" moment and a jolt of positivity coupled with a space of love and laughter.  Enter my conversation from earlier t...

Join me this week as I sit down with Brooke Paulin, a fierce advocate for the health & wellness of not only our youth, but for each and every one of us!  Take it from first hand experience, if you want to change your health, you need to listen to this episode! During our time together, Brooke shares candidly about her upbringing and her eating disorder coupled with bouts of depression and anxi...

Join me this week as I sit down with Yinka Freeman, the creative force behind the wildly successful award winning event firm, Triple Pocket Events. Yinka is truly one of a kind with a deep passion for making a difference, a work ethic that will run circles around most and a smile that will greet you with a palpable expression of love and acceptance.  Her intentions in life and in her work are a cr...

REPLAY - In light of recent events where HUNDREDS of books from a Gender & Diversity program that was shut down last year were tossed in a dumpster, I wanted to replay a really important conversation I had with Kind Cotton founder, Kaitlin Johnstone.  Kaitlin shares her amazing journey as an elementary school teacher that ultimately led her to launch a small clothing company dedicated to putti...

Join me this week as I sit down with Rebecca Minor, LICSW, a queer, Jewish clinician, consultant, educator and author specializing in the intersection of trauma, gender, and sexuality.  She is the founder of Prism Therapy Collective, where her approach is always trauma-informed and resilience-oriented. During our time together, Rebecca shares her personal journey to becoming a Gender Specialist, w...

Join me this week as I sit down Michelle Renee, a Platonic Surrogate Partner and Intimacy Guide based in San Diego, California.  Michelle is a beautiful soul who is committed to taking her clients from self-loathing to self-loving through her unique touch-based relational healing. In this "nothing is off limits" conversation, Michelle shares a candid look at her upbringing and how that u...

Join me this week as I sit down with Kayla Adreene Widdes, a clairvoyant mystic who discovered her intuitive abilities at the age of 9. Kayla shares her own amazing journey during a beautifully raw and candid conversation about her life and her important work.  Kayla shares how she has dedicated herself to guiding goddesses, gays and theys and how she, through her unique practice, identifies her c...

Welcome to the final installment of our 2024 PRIDE Series and Episode 24. This week I sit down with Johnnie Ghiglia, a retired law enforcement officer based in Arizona.  Along with his son Chase, these two remarkable men set out to make a difference in the LGBTQ+ community by creating and launching OUT IS THE NEW IN, a non-profit organization dedicated to offering support and resources, especially...