My Fourth Act Podcast

Ann Sheybani and Walt Hampton are  two smart, funny, and opinionated individuals  who are  married  to each other. Ann Sheybani is  a Harvard-trained author, book coach, and the owner/publisher of Summit Press Publishing . Walt Hampton is a bestselling  author, lawyer, spiritual leader, Executive Coach  and  the founder of Summit Success International . Toge...

George Perlov was  a quintessential New Yorker . A MPA from Columbia. The  Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation  at The Advertising Council. A condo in Park Slope. Then fate and love propelled him into an entirely different life. It involves  living in Brussels , Berlin and  Florence . Starting  his own firm , George Perlov Consulting. These days, Geor...

Dr. Giselle Faubel is a  Harvard-educated Clinical Psychologist  based in South Florida. She is the  founder of HORSES AND PSYCHOLOGY  and  EQUUS FOR HUMANITY  - both equine-assisted psychotherapy programs. Giselle's focus has been on providing ground-breaking interventions through a form of psychotherapy which utilizes horses as healers.  Equine-assisted th...

On this episode of the MY FOURTH ACT podcast, I have the distinct thrill of speaking with 5 extraordinary women who jointly wrote a just-released book, “Women Unbound: Navigating Transitions Gracefully,” published by Balboa Press, an imprint of Hay House. It is a tale of how five voices, strangers at first, with decidedly different life journeys and experiences, joined in courage and kindness, and...

Danielle is an internationally acclaimed concert harpist and multi-faceted artist. She was admitted to the young talent department of the Royal Conservatory in the Netherlands at the age of 12. It marked the beginning of a successful international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and principal orchestra harpist. Danielle is the prizewinner of major national and international harp competition...

Gary Chupik is internationally recognized as one of the  top mental performance coaches  in the world. He  unlocks performance in professional teams, athletes  and  business professionals . Additionally, Gary has been an  ordained minister for 27 years  and  Chaplain  of the Seattle Thunderbirds for 7 years. Gary’s  clients include players, coaches...

Damian Goldvarg, Ph. D., MCC, is an  Executive Coach, leadership authority, keynote speaker , and  learning facilitator . He is the  author  and  co-author  of eight books, including his just released Lead With a Coaching Mindset, How the Best Leaders Unlock Potential. published by Berrett-Koehler. Damian is  a luminary in the international coaching world  a...

Devin C. Hughes is an award-winning speaker, workplace culture expert, best-selling author of numerous books including a memoir, “Contrast: A Biracial Man’s Journey to Segregate His Past,” and a former college basketball player. After a successful career in a global pharmaceutical company, Devin left corporate life to found his own training and consulting firm where he inspires groups and helps or...

Susana Cor de Rosa is a  healer, author,  and  spiritual teacher  from Lisbon. She is  known for her work as a quantum activator  and  creator of the Unified Quantum Healing method . After an intense early career balancing health work and law school, Susana experienced burnout and disconnection. This led her to a  profound spiritual awakening  and ...

Gayla Morgan is a  professional singer ,  composer/lyricist ,  producer  and  vocal arranger . Gayla just began an engagement as the  vocal coach for Disney Cruises’   newest ship ,  Adventure , sailing from Singapore. Gayla’s musical, “A Dog Story,” had an  acclaimed off-Broadway run . Her singing career includes recording and touring for 5 years with...

Phelim McDermott is an  actor  and  director  from the UK. In 2023, Phelim was  awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director for My Neighbor Totoro . Phelim  has staged operas  in many of  the great opera houses of the world , including countless times at The Met (Akhnaten, The Hours, Cosi fan Tutte,The Enchanted Island) and the English National Oper...

Laurie Fader has been the  recipient of many honors and awards , including a  Pollock-Krasner Award , an  Adolph  and  Esther Gottlieb Emergency Assistance Grant , t he Helen W. Winternitz Award  for excellence in painting from Yale University,  Great Meadows Foundation  and artist’s residencies in France, Haiti, Hungary, and Italy. She  lived in New Yo...

For the last 35 years, Rebel Brown has been  a Growth Accelerator for Advanced Technology Startups .  In the early days of   Silicon Valley , Rebel often  was the only female in the room . She has served as a  Chief Marketing Officer  and  Go-to-Market Launcher  for over 300 clients world-wide. Rebel has  authored 2 bestselling strategy  and ...

Dr. Laurence Hillman was  born into a lineage of archetypal thought .  His father , James Hillman,  is considered the father of American Archetypal Psychology . Laurence Hillman  grew up in Zurich,  where his father had studied with Jung and, subsequently, served as the Director of Studies at the C.G. Jung Institute. As a  professional archetypal coach , Laurence Hill...

Rutherford Pascal is a  seasoned Sales Leader in the pharma industry . His  35-year career  led him to increasingly Senior roles, most recently as  Head of Sales at Sanofi  for their  Respiratory  and  Gastroenterology Specialty Care portfolio . Rutherford is  passionate about leadership development  and  mentorship . For his next act, he&nbsp...

In 1965,  when he was 17 , Perry Brass  hitchhiked from Savannah to San Francisco  where he spent  a year living on the street , sleeping between parked cars or in SRO hotels, doing any job he could, and  loving the freedom of it . After Perry  moved to New York , Perry joined  New York’s groundbreaking Gay Liberation Front  in 1969 and the staff of Come Out...

Michael Feeley had a successful career as an  actor  and  model ,  performing  and  touring  with stars such as Howard Keel, John Raitt, and Tovah Feldshuh. His theatre life was followed by a whole other  20-year-act as a professional recruiter  in New York City. These days, Michael divides his time between a home in the center...

The Reverend Dr. Russell L. Meyer,  Pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Jacksonville/Florida , graduated from  Yale Divinity School  in 1981 and was ordained in 1984. Russell has  served congregations in Florida, South Carolina, Maryland  and  New York . He received a  Doctorate of Ministry in 2013  from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC, with...

In a delightful twist,  Rosemary Ravinal , the world’s premier bilingual speaking coach, media trainer, and former  VP of Public Relations for TelevisaUnivision Network , interviews  Achim Nowak  on his own MY FOURTH ACT podcast. Achim sheds light on how he made a series of critical career pivots in his 20+ years as a personal-growth-entrepreneur. These pivots include his recen...

Tania Rivilis is a  Ukrainian-born portrait artist . In 2012, Tania moved from Russia to Germany where she started to paint. Tania’s  lush and neo-romantic portraits  quickly drew  international attention  and have been featured in group  shows around the world . A solo show is  opening this March in Madrid . Tania won the prestigious  William Lock Prize&nbs...

Haleh Shoa and her family  fled Iran during the 1979 revolution , bringing  only  their cherished  photo albums . These albums were lifelines to the past and their only tangible reminders of the life they left behind. These experiences helped shape  Haleh’s passion for storytelling  and memory-keeping. After a  successful career in advertising , Haleh followed he...

Pier Paolo de Angelis is a true citizen of the world. Paolo started exploring the world in his early 20s, working in Europe, The Middle East, North and South America. While serving as Chairman of the now iconic Kripalu Center in Lenox MA in the mid 90s, Paolo led the transition team that transformed the former ashram into the largest Yoga and Wellness program centre in North America. After he move...

I am thrilled to be part of a marvelous new anthology, DARING METAMORPHOSIS (Angel Lab Editions), that will be released on December 17, in both French- and English-language editions. DARING METAMORPHOSIS is a collection of deeply personal essays about personal transformation and reinvention, with an inspired cast of international authors. To celebrate this launch, I am releasing a special podcast...

Tracy and Derrill Thompson are  creating the sort of international life  that many folks dream of. Derrill is a  former labor lawyer  from Vancouver. Tracy is  one of the founders of a Canadian software company , Beanworks, that specialized in accounts payable processes. After Beanworks was acquired by Quadient in 2021, Tracy and Derrill  moved to Setubal , an old com...

David Allen is the  author  of the global b est-seller “Getting Things Done”  and multiple follow-up books, most recently  “Team: Getting Things Done With Others. ” “Getting Things Done” has sold over  4 million copies , has been  translated into 28 languages , and is considered the single  most influential Personal Effectiveness book of the 21st century . Allen’...