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Moving forward when life doesn’t go to plan|Fleur Bryant From losing my son to swimming 33.3km using only my arms — what is possible when life doesn’t go to plan?  Fleur Bryant is the Amazon #1 bestselling author of Never the Plan, founder of The Make Way Foundation, and a para endurance athlete. Fleur has faced life not going to plan in more ways than most. She struggled physically from the age o...

Why We Defend Morally Complicated Women with Hema Gupta  Hema Gupta is a medical student and novelist fascinated by the women we judge, defend, and can’t stop thinking about. She is the author of The Things We Never Said Out Loud, the first book of a series that explores obsession, relationships, morality, and the strange loyalty readers can develop toward deeply flawed characters. When she isn’t...

When Success Is No Longer Enough|Junna Liao PCC ELI-MP Founder and CEO of MMDC Alchemy and creator of Miracle Alchemy™. Today’s guest is Junna Liao, PCC, ELI-MP, founder and CEO of MMDC Alchemy and creator of Miracle Alchemy™. Before becoming a transformational career and life coach, Junna built a highly successful career in financial planning, where she was named Financial Planner of the Year thr...

LThe Everyday Reality of Living as an AuDHD Adult  | Ellie AuDHD Ellie AuDHD AuDHD Educator | Podcast Host | Neurodiversity Speaker  Today’s guest is Ellie, an AuDHD educator, podcast host and founder of Ellie AuDHD. Through honest conversations, lived experience and practical education, Ellie helps neurodivergent people better understand themselves and feel less alone. She is the host of the AuDH...

Vasiliy Sharikov-Bass: Tech and human artistry in live music performance Synth-Rock Musician & Songwriter Exploring Music, Technology and Storytelling  Vasiliy Sharikov-Bass is a songwriter, keyboardist, and co-founder of The Wave and the Particle, a Bay Area synth-rock band blending electronic, progressive, and heavier influences. He writes and produces music with a particular fascination for...

Published My First Novel at 50. Then I Built a Publishing Company|Jay Floyd Jay Floyd is an author, storyteller, coach, and longtime technology leader who decided that writing the book wasn’t enough, so he built the publishing house he wanted it to come from. He’s the founder of Tomorrowlight Books, an independent publishing company he describes as an attempt to build the A24 of books: a home for...

The neuroscience & biology of Sex and attachments|Vannah Hughes-Isbell (S.O.S.) Science, Orgasms & Spirituality  I’m an autistic Marriage and Relationship Therapist specializing in sex and love addiction, infidelity, partner betrayal trauma, attachment, intimacy, and non-traditional relationships. A significant part of my work focuses on the people the mental health system often struggles...

Ray Schloss: Sound as Medicine for Your Nervous System  Ray brings 60+ years of life experience and a career empowering global sales teams, building community cultures, and delivering presentations that moved people to action.  After 17 years at one of the world's largest software companies, he retired to found Thriving 247. During that time as a Global Director of Technical Sales, Ray hosted...

Stephanie Weaver, MPH: Turning Your Hardest Story Into a Powerful TEDx Talk  My next guest is an experience curator and storytelling strategist. With a rich career spanning museum storytelling, public health, and speaker coaching, she has worked at a range of iconic institutions – from The San Diego Zoo to The White House. A world traveler who embarked on a solo journey through Southeast Asia at 2...

Dementia in the Raw: Why Caregivers Are NOT Helping | Lisa Berlanga  Today’s guest is Lisa Berlanga, author of Dementia in the Raw: Confessions of a Caregiver UNCENSORED. Drawing from her personal experience caring for her mother with dementia, Lisa speaks candidly about the confusion, anger, exhaustion, grief, and family conflict that caregivers often experience but may be afraid to discuss. Her...

When Loving Hard Feels Like Too Much | Livvy Landin A few easy ways to describe Livvy Landin: She’s 18. She acts. She models. She grew up between Georgia and Michigan after being born in Colorado. She went to IMTA in Los Angeles this year and came home with first-place singing and acting awards. You can mention Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, and ABBA. All true. All useful. But the more interestin...

The Transformative Power of Imagination |Christopher Kaufman I started writing fantasy stories with colorful illustrations when I was nine. Later, I discovered music and lived the life of composer for many years.  My stories never left me. I emerged from my schooling phase with my music degrees and the full event structure for my fantasy series Tales Of The Ocean City - through book eight, which I...

Musical Novels. Entertainment of the Future? |Rick Norris Author and Composer of Musical Novels  Rick Norris is the award-winning creator, writer, and composer of a new type of reading experience, the musical novel. His Christian Fantasy musical novel series, Angelic Wars, has brought a new dimension of entertainment to the reader with audio tracks of angel characters singing when QR codes or hype...

Austin Galante on Music, Movies, & Multihyphenate Careers  I make movies, music and act. Currently working on preproduction for my 5th indie movie. Just released the comedy Horror Sanguine Teeth on a Driftless road and have 2 more movies coming to streaming.  My next guest is an independent filmmaker — director, actor, and cinematographer — who's carved out a singular voice outside of Holl...

Data Consolation: Jake Tlapek on Marketing Fundamentals vs Dashboards  Jake The Wizard. Author of Eight Dominoes. A brand messaging focused consultant that believes every product or service can bring meaning and purpose to market. It is our job to tell that story.  My guest today is Jake Tlapek, better known as The Wizard of Marketing. Jake spent 13 years in the trenches. He built a Chicago market...

Creativity as Spiritual Practice: What Art Knows That Words Cannot Say|April Stace Queer Priest, Professor & Harpist Doing Theology in Sound & Image  April Stace is an Episcopal priest, professor, writer, and professional harpist whose work explores the connections between creativity, spirituality, and what it means to live a meaningful life. Her newest album and immersive performance proj...

Divorce Your Clock & Supercharge Your Productivity|Kim Miller-Hershon From corporate to entrepreneurship, Kim Miller-Hershon brings a unique perspective to her work as a leadership and management coach.  Her clients love that she customizes her approach to them and makes it easier for them to achieve their goals. She is also the host of the “Unconventional Wisdom About Conventional Wisdom” pod...

"Your Estate Plan Is Not as Private as You Think"|Bryan Thompson Bryan Thompson is a California trusts and estates attorney with Rod of Iron Trusts and Estates Counsel, where he guides families through some of the most difficult and emotionally charged decisions they'll ever face. These moments bring family tension and confusion even in the best of times, and the outcome can shape ho...

Why small business is the key to transforming the US/world|Dave Valentine Author | CEO | 9 Exits, 2400+ Clients Served  Dave Valentine is the CEO of Finch, a TEDx speaker, serial entrepreneur, and author of The Marketer’s Mind. Over the past decade, he has worked with more than 2,400+ businesses, from single-location coffee shops to AT&T, helping them understand why customers buy, why they don...

Analog in the AI Era |Matt Hancock|Creative Force Behind DECO-LUXE Today's guest is the creative force behind DECO-LUXE, a synthwave project that blends nostalgic analog textures with modern cinematic production. With a new album, Eventide, set for release soon, they're exploring the intersection of retro-futurism, storytelling, and immersive electronic music. In today's conversation,...

What If Consciousness Comes First?|ONE IAM Author & Philosopher Exploring Consciousness, Perception, Hermetic Wisdom, and the Mental Nature of Existence  Today's guest is ONE IAM, an author, philosopher, and speaker whose work explores the profound relationship between consciousness, perception, and human experience. Drawing from decades of contemplative practice, Hermetic philosophy, and...

Doubt is a Signal, Not a Weakness| Martin J Watts Author of When Doubt Becomes Design, a prescriptive memoir about turning uncertainty into structure, perspective, and purpose. Get ready to stop thinking about doubt the way most of us were taught. Our next guest is Martin J Watts, author of When Doubt Becomes Design, a prescriptive memoir about turning uncertainty into structure, perspective, and...

“The Secret to Better Lag Putting” |Bob Labbe Unlock your best putting game with Putting by the Numbers – the proven approach to lowering strokes and mastering the green" - Bob Labbe About the Book: "Putting by the Numbers" In this groundbreaking book, author Bob Labbe introduces a quantitative method for improving lag putting that can help golfers reduce their scores by four to fiv...

Breaking Through the Dream: Discovering What's Real | Aja Emmanuel   Introduction Aja Emmanuel is the Vice President of Strategic Growth at Art+Logic, one of America's oldest and most respected custom software development firms. For more than 30 years, Art+Logic has helped startups, enterprises, and organizations solve complex challenges through custom software, AI, hardware, and emerging...

Women who reinvent themselves|Joni Marie Iraci Author Joni Marie Iraci, author of the award-winning novel "Vatican Daughter,"  Joni Marie Iraci, author of the award-winning novel "Vatican Daughter," takes the reader behind the walls of the Vatican to expose corruption and the covered up scandal involving a fictional first American pope. It is also the story of a mother's relentless search for her...