Manifesting with Meg: Conversations with Extraordinary People

Executive Leader, Mentor, Gratitude Practitioner, Student of Life Cara Muth is a corporate executive with 20 years of experience in change initiatives and leadership. Professionally, she has been relied upon to create and implement new business models for teams in Operations, Service, and Compliance. She is best known for her empathy, authentic leadership, and ability to help others identify their...

Debra Thomas is the author of Luz, winner of the 2020 Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction, and Josie and Vic, published in April 2023. Originally from Binghamton, New York, she’s lived in Southern California most of her adult life. After working a decade as a registered nurse, Debra returned to college to pursue her passion for literature and writing, receiving both a Bachelor’s and Master’s in...

Amy Weinland Daughters is a keynote speaker, letter writer, satirist, sports journalist, and the award-winning author of two books: Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter and You Cannot Mess This Up: A true story that never happened. She is absolutely convinced that when human beings connect individually in a meaningful way, nothing can sepa...

Miguel Luciano is a true multi-hyphenate artist, born and raised in Miami, Florida. As an actor, director, teacher, producer, and host, Miguel has paved his own way in a myriad of artistic mediums. Young audiences might know him from his antagonistic role on the Nickelodeon series “Talia in the Kitchen,” which is still being aired around the world today. His TV resume also includes several nationa...

Adam Guy is “The Guy” behind I Know a Guy NYC Tours – a private neighborhood walking tour company in New York City. Originally from Orlando, Florida, Adam has lived in New York City for 11 years. He loves showing families and groups all around the city, especially those special “off-the-beaten” path places they may not explore without him! A self-proclaimed “Broadway junkie,” Adam and his wife see...

Conversations with Extraordinary People is a YouTube/podcast based on The Magical Guide to Bliss. It takes the listener through the year with empowering conversations. Season 6 is Empowered Through Purpose with guests Andreea Pap, Cheryl Krauter, Berta Medina, Ketty Urbay, Annie McDonnell, Valerie Taylor, Cardsy B, Rektok Ross, Leslie Rasmussen, Sara Blanchard, Lisa Lopez, Luisa Carter, Dr. Laura...

Suzanne Simonetti is a USA Today bestselling author of her debut novel, The Sound of Wings. She was born in the Bronx and grew up in the NY suburbs. She holds a BS in marketing and lives on Cape May Harbor with her husband, Joe. When not on her paddle board or yoga mat, she can be found at the beach nibbling snacks with her nose planted in a book. She just launched a new Christmas book titled A Ca...

Dr. Laura Ellick graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from The College of William and Mary, where she double majored in Psychology and Spanish. She then earned her Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology from St. John’s University and is now a Licensed Psychologist in multiple states nationwide. Her specialties include addiction, eating disorders, and trauma. In addition to seeing private patients,...

Tabitha Rose, Founder, Life to Paper Publishing, Beyond Words Book Festival & Life to Legacy Foundation Fifty feet of brown paper unfurled with black Sharpie scribbles, surrounded by candles, bear Tabitha's life story. Surrounded by community, she makes ‘home’ an inside job wherever she goes. Compassionate, intuitive, and deeply rooted in the meaning of legacy, Tabitha is committed to help...

Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning and bestselling author, screenwriter, and producer. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoon-worthy love interests, and life-changing moments. Her debut young adult thriller "Ski Weekend" was a Barne...

Cheryl Krauter, MFT, is an Existential Humanistic psychotherapist with over 40 years of experience in depth psychology and human consciousness. With her background in theater arts, working with performing artists, visual artists, and creative people has inspired her. She works with people diagnosed with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, their partners, family members, and caregivers. Sh...

Meet Andreea Pap, the Positive Psychology Practitioner and the driving force behind Happiness Digger. Today, Andreea is a speaker, organizational wellbeing facilitator, and coach on a mission to create and spread more happiness at work and home. Drawing on her extensive corporate experience and her passion for championing others, she now focuses on empowering individuals and maximizing their poten...

Born in São Paulo, Maria Luisa ‘Lulu’ Carter began her professional career in education, the arts, and community service in Rio de Janeiro before moving first to Europe and then to the United States 26 years ago. With degrees from Brazil in speech therapy, art, and psychodrama and a Master's Degree in science and education from Southern Connecticut State University, Lulu views the world throug...

Lisa Lopez is a Certified Happiness Coach, Mental Fitness Trainer, Retreat host, and founder of Live Happy Coaching. Lisa specializes in helping women over 30 achieve greater happiness through her proprietary 6-week program that teaches people how to go from high-stress, negative thinking to calm, laser-focused action. She hosts transformational self-love retreats for women in Sedona, Costa Rica,...

Sara Blanchard helps build community and connection through conscious conversations, which she does as a facilitator, TEDx speaker, writer, and consultant. After graduating from Harvard and working at Goldman Sachs, Sara pursued the science and techniques of well-being and is a certified life coach, author of two books (Flex Mom and Dear White Women: Let’s Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism)...

Leslie A. Rasmussen was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA. She went on to write television comedies for Gerald McRaney, Burt Reynolds, Roseanne Barr, Norm McDonald, and Drew Carey, as well as The Wild Thornberrys and Sweet Valley High. Recently, she’s written over twenty essays for Huffington Post and has spoken on panels discussing empowering women in midlife. Leslie is a mem...

Rebecca Szymczak-aka Cardsy B is a writer, intuitive tarot reader, and healing catalyst. Her work has been featured in MTV, Nylon, Shape, Bustle, and The Zoe Report. She quit her fashion career to dive deeper into her intuitive gifts after experiencing a dark night of the soul. She now uses tarot to guide clients, including celebrities, C-suite executives, artists, and entrepreneurs, to their own...

Mike Spatola, Educator and Influencer has taught for over 41 years and earned several recognitions for his teaching and coaching. He was “Teacher of the Year” at Trinity Prep, awarded a “Faculty Chair in History” and voted “ISL Boys’ Basketball Coach of the Year” while at Lawrence Academy; he received Durham Academy’s prestigious “F. Robertson Hershey Distinguished Faculty Award”; and he was induc...

Ketty M Urbay was born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida. Ketty has a double bachelor's in Dance and Psychology from Florida International University. She facilitated movement and creative writing workshops for 15 years with at-risk teenage girls through a program created by her Dance Professor, Leslie Neal, called ArtSpring. Her desire to bring music and dance's healing and transformat...

Berta Medina-Garcia is a rare breed of speaker and coach – by infusing “classic” coaching with a healthy dose of discovery and adventure with her specialized trademark of “comfort zone coaching,” she’s revolutionized the path to growth and change for individuals and team members of great organizations at the forefront of making a positive impact on this world. After years of building, operating, a...

Annie is the Author of “Annie’s Song: Dandelion, Dreams & Dogs,”, Book Reviewer, Author Interviewer, Teacher, Author Consultant, and Blogger at The Write Review & Co-Owner of World of the Write Review Book Club. Annie McDonnell is one of those rare people who always look for the rainbow in the storm's wake and uses her brokenness to help others by giving her heart to innumerable causes and...

SEASON 6 - EMPOWERED THROUGH PURPOSE Chris Clews - keynote speaker, 80s pop culture guy, and author of the book series "The Ultimate Series on Essential Work and Life Lessons from '80s Pop Culture" (three books in the series). “Everything I Need to Know (For Life and Work), I Learned From ‘80s Pop Culture” focuses on the life and work lessons we can learn from 80s pop culture. Lessons for life, le...

SEASON 6 - EMPOWERED THROUGH PURPOSE  Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. After her divorce, she spread her wings and relocated her career, first to Boston and then to Seattle. When she retired, she resettled in Shelton, CT, to be near her two grown children and granddaughter. Sh...

Lisa Lucca is the author of the award-winning memoir Ashes to Ink, a story of forgiveness that shines a light on the challenges of living true to who we are. She was recently awarded the 2022 Literary Legacy Award from El Paso College. She was named an Outstanding Woman of the Mesilla Valley for her contributions to the Borderland community in literature and media. She continues her work as a life...

SEASON 6 BEGINS!  THEME- EMPOWERED THROUGH PURPOSE / THE BEST IS YET TO COME!  Mike says: "I believe that the connection between the body and the mind is vital and that the only way to true happiness is bridging the gap between the two. Your health is wealth; your body and mind must work together to create prosperity. I love teaching cycling classes because something magical happens when...