The Relatable Voice Podcast

Brian Rouff was born in Detroit, raised in Southern California and has lived in Las Vegas since 1981, which makes him a long-timer by local standards. The house in “The House Always Wins” is based on an old fixer upper author Brian Rouff and his family lived in from 2002-05 on St. Louis Ave. in Las Vegas. Purchased cheap because it needed a tremendous amount of work, it was an entertainer’s house...

James Hill is a science fiction, fantasy and crime author of the Killer series as well as the founder of the publishing company Rockhill Publishing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/support

For far too long dyslexia has been seen as a curse. It’s time to celebrate the gift that dyslexia can be. According to research, just three per cent of Britons consider dyslexia to be a positive trait. Being a parent of a dyslexic child, and having dyslexia himself, Karl de Leeuw can say with confidence that 99 per cent of dyslexia intervention is based on the notion that dyslexics must ‘correct’...

Joseph Holmes aka jmmlove (the “j” stands for Joseph, the “mm” for Mary Magdalene, and “love” for Mary Magdalene’s message of unconditional love) was born on December 13, the feast day of Santa Lucia. He is a survivor of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse as well as a ptsd-disabled combat veteran. He is an Amazon best-selling author with over 45 titles published to date, all helping p...

Tetyana Denford grew up in a small town in New York, and is a Ukrainian-American author, translator, and freelance writer. She grew up with her Ukrainian heritage at the forefront of her childhood, and it led to her being fascinated with how storytellers in various cultures passed down their lives to future generations; life stories are where we learn about ourselves, each other, and are the thing...

Sharon Bazant is a retired teacher living in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, Canada. She has published two memoirs, Nine Years in Bangkok: Lessons Learned in 2019 and Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years in 2021. Nine Years in Bangkok tells the story of her soul's journey in finding enlightenment and transformation in Thailand. Geckos & Guns is a prequel to her first book, chronicling the Bazant fa...

Angela Lenhardt is an intuitive life coach, inspirational speaker and author of her memoir, A Charmed Journey: An Inspired Guide to Personal Transformation. Angela's best-selling book was endorsed by international best-selling spiritual teacher, Dr. Wayne Dyer. Angela has been sought out by celebrities, entrepreneurs, CEO's and hiring managers for her intuitive and healing abilities. She enjoys wo...

Cynthia Gregory, MFA, is an award-winning author of short stories. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including The Sun, Glimmer Train, the Briar Cliff Review, Santa Barbara Review, The Ear, and Central PA. She took second place in Writers Digest annual fiction contest, first place in the Glimmer Train Family Matters short story competition, and first place in the Mark Twain Short F...

Richard Stone is the nationally recognized speaker on the power of storytelling in business. He has helped develop StoryCare and is the co-author of the book Story Intelligence. Richard has been working with the power of story for over 30 years. He has worked with leaders, Fortune 500 companies, helped to transform healthcare organizations, and did extensive work with hospice professionals and org...

Emily Thiroux Threatt is a Grief Transformation Expert and holds a Master’s Degree in English with a Concentration in Writing. She has been teaching writing and composition on the college and university level over 30 years. During that time, she published three writing textbooks. with Prentice Hall and Pearson Education including The Critical Edge and Cultures: Diversity in Reading and Writing. Sh...

Darlene believes that writing was a gift given to her from the Lord. She gets inspired for her work through real life events and people watching. For her, she finds it fascinating studying people. Her newest novel, Awakened by Grace, was inspired through the people she met while street evangelizing and bringing the Word of God to those in mental hospitals. That was when her heart was touched by so...

Karl de Leeuw studied over many years with leading experts in the world in the subjects of dyslexia, alternative health, nutrition, and spiritual awakening. These studies took him to the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Egypt, Israel, India, and Nepal. He is currently working on two studies. One is an informal study to show how we can reverse asthma, osteoporosis, MS and cystic fibrosis. Ano...

Joyce started her career as a stenographer at a major utility company, working her way up through supervisor of word processing, then as the office manager for an automotive advertising agency, and, lastly, as an executive assistant at a large non-profit health maintenance organization. She is also a professional proofreader. All of these positions were leading her into writing and becoming an aut...

Celeste Barclay, a nom de plume, lives near the Southern California coast with her husband and sons. Growing up in the Midwest, Celeste enjoyed spending as much time in and on the water as she could. Now she lives near the beach. She's an avid swimmer, a hopeful future surfer, and a former rower. Before becoming a full-time author, Celeste was a Social Studies and English teacher. She holds degree...

Takira Q. Charles was born on the warm and sunny island of Saint Maarten. She left the island at age 19 to further her studies in the Netherlands. The author worked as an English teacher for over eight years and as a student-anxiety coach for two years before migrating to Canada, where she currently lives with her husband and son. Takira Q. shares the painful and unexpected event that sparked an i...

”IT’S NOT NEVER” , a book written by the worldwide bestselling author NGK, and Louise Gregory. Using her extensive background in psychology and people dynamics, she created multi layered characters in interesting settings. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/support

Justine Eltakchi is the song-writer behind "Proud" by Casey Donovan that came 2nd at Eurovision Australia 2020 and won the public vote. After a big 2020 which saw her release two EP's and six singles, Justine Eltakchi is gearing up for the release of brand new material with first single ‘Demons’ out in May. Representing a foray into a new sonic palette, ‘Demons’ sees Justine deep in the world of p...

Nadia Bruce-Rawlings tells her amazing story. She is a talented published writer, editor and has been sober for 23 years. She has published 2 books, “Scars” and “Driving in the Rain”, both collections of short stories and poetry that are memoirs of her life of abuse, addiction and finally recovery. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://...

Today we have a special and very well known guest, DC Glenn. DC Glenn is an American film actor and voice-over artist residing in Atlanta, GA. He is also known as one half of the ’90s rap group Tag Team who created the classic stadium anthem “Whoomp! There It Is." And recently the hit SAG National Commercial Ad by GEICO, Scoop There It Is! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuo...

In Shakey’s Madness: does a mental disorder reveal the real author of William Shakespeare, author Robert Boog offers a simple, yet totally original explanation: the “real” author suffered from bipolar disorder. “Back in the late 1500’s, not much was known, if anything about bipolar disorder. Even as late as the early 2000’s, most doctors still had a problem with diagnosing it. Unlike Covid-19, the...

Jennifer Degenhardt, B.A., M.Ed., taught middle and high school Spanish for 24 years, until that career ended abruptly. During her last teaching assignment she began writing short novels for her students, when they were not “buying in” to the traditional textbook lessons. With the first book she wrote, Jennifer found that her students were more engaged, both with the language and in class in gener...

Wajid Hassan is a speaker, healer and the author of the book “The Struggle for World Sanity". He also encompasses over forty years experience in the field of metaphysics, spirituality and new age concepts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/support

Today, we have Dai Manuel on this episode of the RV. Dai is from Vancouver, Canada and is a lifestyle mentor, fitness coach and author of the book “Dai Manuel’s Whole Life Fitness Manifesto: 30 Minutes a Day for a Healthier Body, Mind and Spirit”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/support

Mark Ryall spent 24 years as a math and economics teacher and has just published a book called “Age-Decoded”. Mark never wrote Age-Decoded to entertain, though it is a story with strong characters and plot. He wrote it to educate the world about the impending tsunami of genetic engineering, which he believes is the new frontier, comparable to recent frontiers of nuclear and information technology....

For a decade in her teens and early twenties Marcella battled with anorexia nervosa. As a queer cisgender woman of color, she struggled in her recovery because her story did not mirror those in mainstream eating disorder textbooks and biographies. After reading the testimonials of women of color and queer women in A Hunger So Wide and So Deep, by Becky Thompson, she found voices that resonated wit...