Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics™ with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead & Create Success

Music is a powerful vibrational healing force. Dr. Carol Port Rosenstein, a chiropractor and transformational psychologist, has witnessed its impact countless times while working with patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury, stroke and PTSD, as well as their caregivers and families. Dr. Rosenstein became intrigued by the power of music as a form of acoustic art a...

Lisa Crosta is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) as well as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who advises clients via Crescent Harbor Private Wealth. In this episode Lisa shares different ways she uses her financial planning expertise to help her clients find clarity and comfort in their financial decisions. Her knowledge, energy and unbridled determination help give her clients the confidenc...

Have you ever wondered...Why stale bread get hard but stale but cookies get soft? Whether asparagus is safe to eat since it creates urine that smells like a cat visited? Why in some countries, butter is kept in cabinets, but in the US we refrigerate? What’s the secret to a flaky pie crust? Do different sugars metabolize differently in the body? What’s the best temperature for eating steak? Why are...

This is now my second interview with Anthony Celano, a former NYC Police Detective who after retiring from the department and then subsequently working for many successful years at the helm of his private security firm -- began writing crime fiction books. ( First interview here. ). As I've now read multiple books by Mr. Celano, I had to have him come back to explain exactly how his writing un...

Tune in and listen to Drs. Michael and Barbara Grossman share thoughts and actionable ideas about finding the right partner and creating a marriage that remains sexy and loving for a lifetime. They're the authors of Ageless Love: The Sexy Science of Falling in Love Forever . And if you want to learn more about the Grossman's, click the link below. FallinginLoveForever.com Please hit the su...

Virtually every adult alive has pondered the questions  Who am I? Why am I here? Is there something after this life?  In my podcast today, I'm speaking with physician and author Bo Kirkwood who blends scientific concepts such as relativity and quantum mechanics with logic and reason to explore answers to these perplexing questions. He's the author of A Purpose Driven God,   a new book whic...

Tune in and listen to one of my favorite interviews yet with author & journalist John Moody who spent 22 years with FOX News as EVP and Executive Editor. Prior, John served as an international TIME Magazine Bureau Chief and also with United Press International as the youngest ever Moscow Bureau Chief. Mr. Moody has covered the news on four presidential elections, White House scandals, the 2000...

Tune in and listen to this podcast with a REAL LIFE legendary spymaster. Jack Devine spent 32 years with the CIA rising to both Associate and Acting Director of CIA operations outside of the USA. Jack Devine coordinated and worked closely with all major US and foreign law agencies tracking worldwide narcotics and crime organizations. Highly decorated with a variety of meritorious awards, Mr. Devin...

With a relentless pursuit of innovation, Jackie Botelho founded ABC.VIP , which offers unique, curated experience packages for individuals, parties and groups in New York City. With that business successfully established, she noticed an even bigger void in the concierge market, which led to founding Botelho VIP, an exclusive B2B premium concierge service. Through these companies, Ms. Botelho is re...

Tune in and listen as Laura Geller shares intimate tales born of her love affair with beauty. From a makeup artist working under the bright lights of Broadway and behind-the-scenes with celebrities and socialites to pioneering the NYC market with a first-class makeup boutique, to 6-minute sell-outs on QVC plus a bunch of other great stories behind the creation of the namesake brand, Laura Geller B...

Right to the very end, this interview with Jeffrey Sussman shares captivating memories and tales of early Hollywood! The author of 17 (!) books on a wide variety of subjects including a biography of couture handbag designer Judith Leiber; the Holocaust; boxers and boxing; and, organized crime -- this podcast focuses on his most recent book Tinseltown Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in H...

If you're from the mTV generation (like I am) you might remember when musicians John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson launched the FARM AID concert to raise money for farmers in crisis. Today my guest, Alexandria Ward, explains how FARM AID has grown to become a timelessly valuable resource for farming communities across the USA via their community outreach, website https://www.farmaid.org/ and al...

I Hate You Mary Sullivan: A Memoir of Inherited Trauma by Barbara Williams is one heck of an attention grabbing title! The author does not disappoint in this interview! Please tune in to hear psychiatric nurse, researcher and author Barbara Williams as we discuss her relationship with her Grandmother (Mary Sullivan); her decision to write a book to explore their relationship (and herself); and, th...

For his first career, Mr. Celano served twenty-two years in the New York Police Department.  He attained the rank of detective and detective sergeant squad commander.  His assignments: the Queens District Attorney’s Office Squad, the Drug Enforcement Administration Joint Task Force, n the  Organized Crime Control Bureau,  the Colombo Organized Crime Task Force and various detective squads in Brook...

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to design your own clothing or product line? Ever envisioned the thrill of seeing your designs showcased on a runway, in stores and worn by consumers?  Today my guest is Jamie Koff, founder of Fabric to Finish. Jamie has worked as a production coordinator and in other leadership roles with some of the biggest names in the fashion business including J. C...

Welcome to the Silver Disobedience podcast! I'm your host Dian Griesel and today I'm speaking with Bill Webb who is enjoying his fourth new career as a filmmaker, author and photographer. His feature documentary “Sunlight,” has won several international awards and is currently nominated for best documentary at the International Christian Film & Music Festival, the largest faith-based f...

The pursuit of perfection when it comes to relationships with one's self, with loved ones, with family and with romantic partners only gets in the way of our ability to form healthy, authentic connections, explains clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly. Tune in and learn how the search for such perfectionism in relationships is actually soul crushing and preventing the very thing we seek...

Welcome to the Silver Disobedience® Podcast! Many of us would like to age in place -- meaning in the very home we are now currently living. Some of us will be caregivers for aging parents or others who may be joining us in our homes or elsewhere. Some people will be aging well -- yet this does not mean without normal aging challenges. Others of us may be coping with cognitive decline, memory loss,...

Welcome to the Silver Disobedience! I'm Dian Griesel your host. My guest for this episode is Ginni Conquest, Senior Agent at Wilhelmina Models for 40 years and a prolific writer of romance novels! In this podcast, Ginni will share how she balances her life and her process to get it all done! Born in New Jersey, Ginni found her love of writing romance stories a few years ago. With a bit of intr...

Welcome to the SilverDisobedience® podcast! Today my guest is Judy Katz. Judy Katz is a book collaborator, ghostwriter, publisher, and marketer. Along with obtaining literary agents and publishers for her authors, Judy helps promote their books to serve them as the ultimate reputation-building tool. Her most recent project, published in late November 2022 , A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Toget...

Spirituality is typically seen as a personal journey of self-discovery, growth & connection to something greater than oneself. Once sense of spirituality may or may not be connected to a particular religion. People often speak about becoming “more” spiritual. Today, I’d like to discuss the idea of not becoming spiritually superior, but rather attaching ourselves to those ideas and actions that...

New possibilities can present themselves at any time in your life. I'm going to tell you a fun story about a very embarrassing moment, talk about pink and blue eyebrows and do a reading from my book The Silver Disobedience Playbook: 365 Inspirations for Living and Loving Agelessly about how synchronicity and new opportunities are everywhere...if you stay open to their possibilities! Thanks for...

Rejection hurts. When we've been rejected -- whether by someone we love or in a work situation -- it hurts. A lot. That said, I'd like to share a few perspectives to help remind you about what rejection is -- and what it isn't. Further I'll add some ideas on what to do when you've been rejected by another. I hope you enjoy the episode. Thanks for tuning in! I'm Dian Griesel...

You've likely heard the words of Desiderata before. You've likely also heard a variety of stories about who actually wrote it! In this podcast, I'll share the history and a reading. I'm dressed as a pirate because some copyright pirating was involved in the history here! Thanks for tuning in! I'm Dian Griesel, Ph. D. aka @SilverDisobedience Please hit the subscribe button if yo...

Some of us are outfit repeaters. Some of us would never wear the same outfit twice without tweaking it in some way or another. What do either of these choices say about us? Do they reflect who we are? What's important? How we want to be perceived? What's important? Please join me for this totally off-the-cuff free-thought-stream-of-thought story-telling podcast. AND THEN? I'd love to h...