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I used to love to write from the dark. Dark dark dark. Movies I made were dark, and short stories I wrote were dark, and the light to me was a sham and bubble gum b******t. I loved short stories because they were weird and perverse, and usually dark. I wanted to be as weird and dark as I could be, I stayed in that space for a long time until my life in itself was darkness and then I was living in...

Book client Joy McManigal has led a varied life from owning a pub in Ireland, working in​​ the movie business, facing bankruptcy, and raising four daughters with celebrity Giancarlo Esposito. All of her life’s twists and turns landed her on the decision to write a book that would help young people dodge some of the pitfalls she encountered. Young adults have a lot to overcome and learn, including...

Burnout is a buzz word. Women everywhere are talking about it. But Rebecca Whitman is an abundance coach and she doesn't want women to be burnt out. She wants them to feel Balanced, Beautiful and Abundant. Yes, please!  And she sees life in a beautiful way. On this week’s episode, she dishes about finding her spouse, and building a fulfilling life that didn’t look like her original game plan a dec...

When I jumped into the interview with ice cream brand Coolhaus founder Natasha Case, I didn’t expect our conversation would run so wide a gamut of topics. While the impetus was to lay out the story of how she came to found a LGBTQ woman-run ice cream business, we delved into some of the more discreet parts of being an entrepreneur. She discovered her desire to create an innovative ice cream busine...

On today’s episode, host Kim O’Hara talks with Nu-disco song-writing wizard and DJ Blake Robin about his career creating dance music for adults with his brand LUXXURY, as well as songs for film, TV and gaming. He shares the nuances of creating live DJ sets on location in places like Mexico City, as well as curating his Spotify playlist Good Morning, Disco! with gems that span four decades of groov...

Jae Wu helps a lot of women who are the primary breadwinners buy houses, whether they are in a couple, a divorcee, or a single woman.  It’s no wonder they are attracted to Jae as a realtor as she is a strong woman who has created a whole life after coming to this country as a Korean immigrant woman who has had to fight through Asian prejudice.  Some stories don’t end as happy as hers, but she made...

After the episode, The Bigger Message in the Book, was my highest rated and downloaded episode, I reserved another week’s time slot for more book mindset tips and tools. Dealing with Rejection, Distraction, and Justification. I have been writing for a long long time, in the movies, and also in books. I also have been helping storytellers find their voice for many decades (which makes me seem reall...

Stephanie Morimoto, owner and CEO of the brand Asutra, is an organic leader.  She was a customer of Asutra and passionate about the products when she discovered the company was for sale. She likes to invest in companies that she can shape and grow, and after a twelve year career helping educational non-profits raise $500 million, she saw a fantastic opportunity with Asutra. Tennis great Venus Will...

Founder of FitChick Granola Tammy D’Onofrio gets real about what she had to pull herself out from under to become the face on her brand (which is sold in national supermarket chain Gelsons).  She first had to make the decision that she can longer feel like she was a loser, which can connect for many of us to that sense of not belonging in a family of origin.  She often finds when she tells her sto...

Kristen Noel created the popular and celebrated Best Self Magazine to connect mind, body and spirit as well as showcase thought leaders.  She had been on the fence about writing her memoir six years ago so instead she dove into knowing more about writing and editing as the creator of a magazine platform.  Next thing she knew, she had the gratifying job of cultivating so many amazing writers but no...

Sonja Marie is proud of her work as an astrologer ; so much so she wrote an astrological memoir called The Signs, interweaving life experiences in the music industry with a candid unfolding of what astrology means to us as a collective voice. It’s no surprise she would use words to express herself as millions have already appreciated her poetic prowess over the last twenty years as one of three wr...

Whenever you feel discomfort, Barbara Fonti, a pioneer with mental fitness, directs you to ask yourself,  what is the lie I am telling myself?  Once you label a fear as a lie, it loses its power and your negative thoughts can take a back seat to positivity. As part of a global collective focused on living life in peak performance, Barbara’s practice focuses on positive emotions versus negative, wi...

Reader Avatar?  Inciting Incidents?  Book themes? These terms may not ring a bell for you now, but they surely will when you are done going through Host and Book Coach to Best Sellers® Kim O’Hara’s special system and sauce to create the foundation necessary to write a best-selling book.  Get your fingers ready to type and take down what she shares because this information has incredible value and...

Imagine how it would feel to know you are part of the team that helps make Jane Fonda look as fabulous as she does in her 80s? Malin Svensson, a former nationally ranked runner with over 30 years of experience in the fitness industry, not only brings her work on strengthening the body and mind to age with confidence to Jane, but now is launching a new book Wake Up Your Body and Mind After 50!.  Th...

Gerard Gibbons, President of SMB & US Marketing for UPS, has been with the company for thirty years, starting as a package car driver.   His mom, an Inglewood business owner, (who used UPS!) and step father were positive engaged role models which ensured he stayed on the right side of the tracks.  Gerard did not expect to ascend to the level he is at at UPS.  He had to pinch himself - a young skin...

Comedian, actress and best selling author Kerri Pomarolli is a woman of faith just like Jerry Seinfled is a Jewish comedian.  It makes it into her act, but she is also simply authentic on stage with whatever is going down in her life as a mom and in her love life.  Sticking it out as a female in the comedy world  - with appearances on the Tonight Show 29 times - wasn’t as hard as having to turn do...

Business Coach and former personal chef Stephanie Heller is a straight shooter when it comes to the high price of overthinking.   She wants people to not buy into their broken stories because the costs are vast.  Slower decisions in business, losing time because you don’t know what to focus on, not knowing what to invest in or how close you are to people or let in…  are all caused by overthinking....

Felicia "ONYI" Richards , an artist and a healer,  helps us with grounding into joy. No matter what happens there is always joy to be found because that is the natural state of existence. Nothing can steal your joy.  Accountability and ownership come into play in remaining in a more positive state of mind. Her work drives people to realize they have agency and power when it comes to how they want...

Many of us live in urban environments which are inherently more stressful than living on a farm or in nature. Much of that stress, though, is created by lack of sleep and not actively seeking solutions for good nutrients.  Then stress causes mounting medical problems and down the rabbit hole goes our health.   Sleep doesn’t cost you anything (all you have to do is put down that phone.)  Mushrooms...

Dana Pharant is not afraid to take the alternative road when it comes to healing and self-expression. Seeing the results of dungeon play in healing her own abuse trauma, she spent six years as a dominatrix, helping her clients step into their power.  Shortly after, she created a seven figure spa product business, but did not bring in her dominatrix teaching to leadership.  While a hard lesson (she...

Award winning fiction podcast creator and YA author Lauren Shippen talks with us about how creating The Bright Sessions gave her creative freedom and authority in her career.  She started with a character who time travels with panic attacks, minimal equipment and YouTube editing tutorials and has skyrocketed her career in a short five years.  Supported by an organic community, she received a three...

When Rory Green was eight, she realized her mother author Jackie Collins was famous.  On a book tour in Australia, she experienced the paparazzi and her mother’s nightly appearances on talk shows.  Raised to believe she could do anything, and knowing she too was a writer, Rory struggled with the fear of falling short in her own literary career under the shadow of such a legend.  When she developed...

Martial Artist Sister Nau Ti has trained with the best in the hard and soft styles of martial arts.  As a queer black female who was raised in South Central Los Angeles where gang affiliation was the norm, and after time in the US Airforce, she had a close friend taken out by the violence.  This experience set her on a  journey of further understanding awareness of our surroundings and how we make...