Empowered Conversations

Silvia Rizzo works in high-performance environments across sport and business, focusing on leadership and decision-making under pressure. Her background is in elite sport, where she has spent years working with performance, error management, and mental resilience in real-world, high-stakes situations. She doesn't deliver rehearsed frameworks or motivational soundbites. She prefers honest conve...

Mistress Malisandre is an author, artist, and former professional dominatrix whose work explores power, consent, intimacy, and identity – how they are formed, misused, reclaimed, and transformed. She draws from lived experience as well as her work with individuals and couples to speak thoughtfully about power dynamics, embodiment, and personal transformation. She is also a mother and creative entr...

After years of watching high-functioning clients stay stuck despite insight, self-awareness, and traditional talk therapy, Liz Chelak began developing a different approach – one focused on the nervous system, body tension, emotional patterns, and self-leadership. She is the founder of Evolve Therapy & Counseling and the creator of the Sovereign Body Method™, a structured nervous-system-based f...

He spent 35 years as a professional drummer. Then he pivoted to neuroscience and movement training. Now he's helping people move better, think sharper, and age stronger—at any age. Karl Sterling is an NASM Master Trainer, neurological wellness specialist, and founder of NeuroMotor Training. His new book, Brain, Body, Bones: The Science of Living Stronger, Longer, brings cutting-edge neuroscien...

She spent more than 20 years inside Western medicine as a healthcare educator. Then her own health began to fail—and she found herself medically abandoned. She took healing into her own hands, discovered parasites were a hidden root cause, and started a global movement. Kim Rogers—virally crowned "The Worm Queen"—is the founder and CEO of RogersHood Apothecary and inventor of the origina...

He lost his first wife to ovarian cancer. His second wife succumbed to Alzheimer's. He survived head and neck cancer himself. Yet David McNally believes in the transcendent nature of the human spirit—and that as long as we're alive, our mission on Earth isn't finished. David McNally is a bestselling author, Hall of Fame speaker, and creator of the groundbreaking book, If You're Ali...

Hema Murty is the author of Professional Woman's Guide to Handling Stress, an advanced yoga instructor, certified online personal trainer, nutrition coach, and expert in East Indian Philosophy. She helps women over 50 get rid of pain and enjoy life through a unique spiritual blend of yoga therapy, weight training, and stress management. This demographic is often overlooked in the fitness indus...

Lynda Leonce is an authenticity coach and author who helps women connect to the part of themselves they've longed for all their lives. Through her own desire to heal and liberate herself from limiting mentality and emotional states, she searched for deeper meaning. She studied teachings from Eckhart Tolle, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and RJ Spina – which brought her back to the trut...

Corwin "CJ Moneyway" Johnson is a globally recognized podcast host, best-selling author, and impact-driven speaker known for bridging faith, legacy, leadership, and personal transformation. He is the host of The CJ Moneyway Show – ranked in the top 2% of podcasts globally – and the creator of Planting Seeds with CJ, a show focused on spiritual growth and inner resilience. He is the autho...

Jonathan McLernon is a survivor of near-fatal trauma, financial ruin, and food addiction. He rebuilt himself – becoming debt-free, losing 100 pounds, and overcoming crippling anxiety without fad diets or sheer willpower. He is a board-certified health coach who helps people break free from addiction, emotional eating, self-sabotage, and burnout – blending neuroscience, psychology, and faith in his...

Paul Granger has spent the last two decades serving with various ministries, cultivating authentic, accessible space to process the difficult questions of life – through content, conversation, and community. He is a podcaster, author of over two dozen self-published books, and a husband and father of three. He hosts the podcast Where Did You See God? – a show built on genuine dialogue where an epi...

Dr. Theodore Henderson is here to shake up everything you think you know about brain disorders. He is the president and founder of Neuro-Luminance Inc., which is bringing revolutionary treatments to bear upon traumatic brain injury, depression, Alzheimer's disease, post-COVID fatigue syndrome, and other brain disorders. He holds three patents and has over 70 publications in top research journa...

Rachelle Conley is a living testament that your past does not define your future. She has gone from felon to felony-free. From inmate to correctional officer. From surviving addiction to becoming an addiction counselor. From multiple suicide attempts to working in mental health and advocacy. She survived sexual abuse within the penal system – from juvenile to adult. She survived domestic violence,...

Sue Paulson has been through two divorces, two bankruptcies, failed businesses, a near-death experience in 2007, and two bouts of cancer. And yet, she speaks with more curiosity and warmth than people who have been through far less. She carries all of it not as battle scars, but as quiet wisdom about being human. She is a best-selling author of Magnificent Misery and The Healing Call of Cancer, an...

Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst has 50 years of experience working with preschoolers through adults in her psychology practice. Her current focus is on the emotional development of men and boys – and how the culture robs males of access to the full range of emotions, leaving them handicapped. She is the author of a New York Times best-selling journal book, Read, Reflect, Respond: The 3 R's of Growth an...

She was raised to believe a woman should submit to whatever a man said. By fourteen, she was surviving on her own. In her twenties, she immigrated to California and became the #3 sales representative at Xerox within two years, then joined Apple Computer International. Her story proves: where you begin does not determine where you can go. Lauretta Zucchetti is a speaker and author helping women unl...

Ellen Lubensky is a Stanford graduate and an attorney who practiced Social Security Disability and medical malpractice law. For nearly 20 years, she was physically disabled by tardive dyskinesia – a condition caused by psychiatric medications that she was not fully warned about. She experienced firsthand how psychiatric medications can be prescribed without meaningful informed consent, and how pat...

Pam Sherman has been in the fitness and wellness world for over 28 years. Her tagline is simple and powerful: Your Health Is Your Wealth. But her journey hasn't been easy. She has survived an emotionally abusive childhood, getting hit by a car while running, and battling her own weight over the years. At 59, she wants to inspire women to move and eat like they love themselves – and to love the...

Mariela Desantiago was a dedicated special education teacher when motherhood shifted her focus. Craving accessible resources, she became a certified prenatal and postpartum yoga instructor. Then, frustrated by the scarcity of podcasts addressing her pressing concerns, she launched her own – New Mom Talk. That led to the creation of the Carlsbad Mom Crew, a nurturing community for moms to connect a...

If you are a woman over 30 who has ever walked into a gym and felt lost, judged, or completely overwhelmed – this conversation is for you. Melanie Levy is a personal trainer and the creator of The EmpowHER Method, a fitness program designed for women 30+ to build strength while building community. She believes that aging doesn't mean we get slower and weaker – we can be our strongest and most...

He wrote for over a decade and never shared any of it with anyone. Then, after hitting a low in his business, physical, and mental health, he went back to his writings—and realized he had created a roadmap without even knowing it. Mitesh Jani is a practicing dentist, founder of Selfworth.ca, and author of The Process: Six Mechanics of Achievement . His book distills over a decade of reflections, o...

She spent twenty-five years as a classically trained opera singer, performing across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. Then a question caught her and wouldn't let go: if sound can move a room, what is it doing to the body? ‎ ‎Heather Schmid is an international recording artist, GRAMMY voting member, and filmmaker. Her documentary, Voice of the Earth, traces frequency from the c...

She was married to a covert narcissist for 29 years. ‎‎Twenty-nine years of gaslighting, financial abuse, coercive control, and losing herself piece by piece. ‎‎And then—she found the courage to leave. ‎ ‎Mia Hanks is a survivor of narcissistic abuse and the award-winning author of Bride-Made: A Memoir. Her story is helping victims find their voices and break free from the invisible chains of narc...

She was told she had two years to live. She underwent a liver transplant. She lives with MS and neuropathy. And she's on a mission to help others find hope, resilience, and community in the middle of their toughest seasons. Kimberly Nash is a Certified Patient Health Leader, host of The Chronic Truth podcast, and President of The Bonnie Morgan Foundation . Her story is one of resilience, purpo...

She was diagnosed with what doctors believed would become Crohn's disease. She was told the only options were medication and surgery. Instead, she found a path to healing—and she's been helping others do the same for decades. Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod is a holistic nutritionist, integrative health coach, educator, and author of It Takes More Than Carrot Juice: The Missing Ingredients to To...