Catalyst Talks

Have you ever met a mortal wizard? My guest on Catalyst Talks, Dr. Steven Young is definitely one. A Holistic Coach (Mind, Body, Spirit) with a degree in Kinesiology and a Masters and Doctorate Degree in Physical Therapy, Steven aims to create 1 billion Ammortals.

In this episode we dive into:

⚫️ What’s an Ammortal and how do you become one

⚫️ Frequency technologies to speed up healing

⚫️ Stacking tech to allow the body to restore itself

⚫️ Unintended consequences

⚫️ The Ammortal Chamber’s alchemy

⚫️ Consciousness and tech to support our future evolution

⚫️ Bridging ancient and future potentials

⚫️ Restorative energy and make it available to you

⚫️ How frequencies can heal you to the core physically, emotionally and spiritually?

⚫️ The quickest way to experience massive transformation in your life

⚫️ The levers to shift from intellectual understanding of spirituality to being

⚫️ Accessing our multidimensionality

⚫️ What’s going to leap our world forward Stick through the end, there is so much wisdom available here!

About Steven Young:

Dr. Steve Young is a Holistic Coach (Mind, Body, Spirit) with a degree in Kinesiology from Penn State and a Masters and Doctorate Degree in Physical Therapy from Hahnemann University (now Drexel).He is an Amasian (Taiwanese) who has helped thousands of individuals re-engineer their health for a better lifestyle. He aims to create 1 Billion “Ammortals” – An Ammortal is a mortal that connects to and embodies the divine powers within. They have revealed their essence, gifts, and purpose in life so they inspire others to be and do greater good for humanity.He is the Chief Solutionite of BodySolutions and the Consciousness Tinkerer and Chief Love Officer of Ammortal.

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We do deals, we do business, we have impact, we share our purpose, we speak our truth, we need humans. In this episode my friend David Homan joins me to explore his passion and mission to support connectors to be better askers and exactly how to do it. As part of a large impact ecosystem sometimes we forget how to be intentional about asking for what we need, making connections for others and how to be impeccable with integrity every step of the way. In this episode Stephanie and David explore:

✨ What it means to be an intentional connector

✨ How to build confidence and share your ‘Impact Ask’

✨ The key to building a strong community of like minded impact action takers

✨ Why asking from purpose is more important than need

✨ The roots of Orchestrated Connecting and how to plug in

✨ What classical music can teach us about community building

✨ The importance of relationships

✨ The alternative to being a stand for what you need or the option of destitution

✨ Why gratitude is gold

✨ How to value your chain of connections

✨ The art of the Impact Ask

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Anita and Stephanie open this conversation to: 

✨ A deep transmission of the Four Sacred Gifts into your heart (close your eyes when listening -if you can!) 

✨ An open hearted and personal sharing dialogue around what it means to be a person of Indigenous heritage vs knowing we’re all from this earth 

✨ How forgiving the unforgivable will accelerate our personal and collective evolution - and joy 

✨ What it means to embrace unity - especially in the context of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion conversations 

✨ Why every human and every living thing on earth and in nature matters for our expansion 

✨ How to hold  hope and abundance, expansion and joy in the face of tragedy, responsibility and justice 

✨ What living and being in right relationship means (vs. doing) 

✨ Our own personal stories of healing as a path to holding space for the healing of others  

✨And so much more….

About Anita Sanchez:  

Anita Sanchez, Ph.D., Nahua (Aztec) and Mexican-American, is a transformational leadership consultant, speaker, coach and author of the international bestselling book, “The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times,” available in paperback, hardcover, e-book, and audiobook from Simon & Schuster.   

Dr Sanchez was named Conscious Company Magazine’s 2020 World-Changing Woman, and Woman of the Hour - #SheismyHero, along with Jane Goodall and others, by the World Woman Foundation.   

She bridges indigenous teachings with the latest science to inspire and equip women and men to enjoy meaningful, empowered lives and careers. With four decades of experience coaching and training executives and their teams in dozens of Fortune 500 companies, governmental groups and non-governmental agencies.  

Anita is an established leader in global organizational change initiatives. She is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council with luminaries such as Jack Canfield, Marianne Williamson and John Gray, as well as the Association of Transformational Leaders, the Evolutionary Business Council, and serves on the Boards of the Bioneers organization and the Pachamama Alliance. Anita holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Development from the University of Colorado, Denver.

She resides in the mountains outside of Boulder, CO with her husband and youngest son. For more information and to download the free song that is based on the book, visit www.FourSacredGifts.com. For information on Anita's diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias training, see consulting website www.SanchezTennis.com.  

Contact Anita here: 

www.SanchezTennis.com 

www.foursacredgifts.com 

facebook.com/AnitaSanchezPhD/ 

linkedin.com/in/anita-sanchez/ 

twitter.com/DrAnitaSanchez 

https://www.instagram.com/dranitasanchez/

Join Anita in the Amazon - https://www.wetravel.com/trips/rainforest-journey-to-sapara-and-achuar-territories-with-anita-and-kit-pachamama-alliance-pastaza-canton-30908763 

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What are Future Human Potentials? Anneloes Smitman offers systematic approaches to actualizing our future human potentials individually, organizationally, and collectively. This gorgeous conversation will enlighten the curious, seed the impossible and create possibility in the future now.

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What does it look like to take ideas, consciousness, awareness, and soul and deploy real solutions to real world problems? In this episode we talk about how Danny and his team are:

In this episode we dive into:

Where to find Tricia:

Tricia Brouk is an international award-winning director. She founded The Big Talk Academy and was the executive producer of TEDxLincolnSquare. She curates the Speaker Salon in NYC,  hosts The Big Talk an award-winning podcast and her book, The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean For Lasting Legacy was #1 pre- order new release on Amazon.

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The great dismantling is adrift and you have a star role in the show, how you act, how you embody, how you be with it all will determine the great heights of awe through which you will emerge.

Individually and collectively we're experiencing a great dismantling... I share a personal story in this Catalyst Talks Nugget, my new short form, impromptu video nuggets dropping wisdom from along the way. Let this story and my take aways be of service to you in whatever juicy, hard, intense, or transformative journey you are moving through.

In this episode we dive into:

> How Charly’s work with Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley informs his path to challenging the status quo and what is needed for true systems change

> Defining success from having it all to being who you are meant to beThe essence of consciousness at the beginning and end of life

> Intentionality and the choices we make on a daily basis

> Practices of mindfulness that contribute to impact

> Systems change and the Deep Impact Movement

> Why ESG is not Impact Investing (ESG is 'the not contributing to harm (maybe)' in the three bullets above when investing. It considers environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions vs. Impact Investing which is about contributing to solutions), and

> Impact investing as a path to awakening consciousness

About Charly Kleissner

Charly Kleissner is an impact investor. He believes that the fundamental and real meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet. He is a leader of the deep impact movement which is not only treating the symptoms of our failing economic system, but its root causes – with a level of awareness and consciousness that is non-anthropocentric, acknowledging that humanity is part of the evolutionary process, not outside of it. He sees impact investing not as an intellectual exercise, but as an expression of who he really is.

Dr. Kleissner co-founded KL Felicitas Foundation, Social-Impact International, the Central European Investment Ready Program, and Hawai’i Investment Ready, which help social entrepreneurs worldwide accelerate and increase their impact. Dr. Kleissner co-founded Toniic, a global network for impact investors and Toniic’s 100% Network, a global group of asset owners dedicated to 100% impact, currently representing over $6 billion in assets that are actively moving into impact.

Dr. Kleissner serves as a full member of The Club of Rome, as Chairman of the Board at ImpactAssets, on the Board of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Proof of Impact, and on the Advisory Board of Chi Impact Capital, Industree Foundation, Impact Hub Tirol, MCI Business School, Commonland, 4L Capital and Rainfall.

Dr. Kleissner has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in Silicon Valley. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at Hewlett-Packard, NeXT, RightPoint, and Ariba. Dr. Kleissner earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Technology, Vienna.

Learn more about Charly:

In this episode Kaypacha and Stephanie dive into:

1. How to understand what’s unfolding right now

2. How now fits in the larger scheme of the rise and falling of the patriarchy

3. Predictions for what’s coming in the next year and a half,

4. How to navigate and make sense of your own experience while holding the paradox of consciousness and awakening with the 3d world we live in

5. What we can do right now to help us be in joy, reverence, and enthusiasm as the world becomes more divisive and we move thorough our own grief

About Kayapacha

Kaypacha first began the study of astrology over forty years ago. Since then he has explored the synchronistic relationship between the cosmos and both earthly phenomena and our internal human experience of Self/Soul, offering astrology and yoga workshops to thousands on every continent in the world.

His diverse background includes knowledge of evolutionary, shamanic, and Uranian astrology, cosmobiology, and esoteric studies. He has been practicing and teaching kundalini yoga for more than ten years and has combined his knowledge of the Sabian symbols, tarot, meditation, breathwork, and yoga to create his own unique, heart-centered astrological methods for healing and growth.

This Episode offers a reflective exercise potent for Solstice, endings and new beginnings. 

Stephanie explores a process for tackling our own peak wellness, upleveling and avoiding a bypass. She dives into the first step in her process, INVENTORY, what it means, how to do it, why to do it and what if we don't do it.

She shares a personal example of how her life was recently impacted, what inventory looked like including taking ENERGETIC RESPONSIBILITY and how to contribute to the collective wellness on our planet right now from the inside out.

About Stephanie Trager

I’m Stephanie, host of this podcast, an Earthkeeper, a catalyst to catalysts, business alchemist and evolutionary coach. I’m a speaker, impact strategist, and attorney with a massive love for trees. Since a young age I’ve been aware of the multi-dimensional realities co-existing in time which meant psychic intuitive gifts were present along with challenges of knowing a world no-one around me could explain. There was a time when my linear world of NYC cut throat law and corporate decision making cut me off from myself- the healer, see’er, feeler, and passionate wisdom seeker.

In seeking my truth and to understand my gifts, I immersed in decades of off the beaten path experiences… living and studying with indigenous communities, living off the grid, learning from wild experiences like being chased up close by a mother bear, being face to face with mountain lions- alone in the woods, working on the front lines of environmental justice, standing with a shotgun to my face, running from an angry logger (who killed my friend) with a chainsaw up a steep mountain slope…

Twenty years a martial artist deep diving in danger zones in Brazil, being healed of a severe brain injury by a Shuar Shaman in the Ecuadorian Amazon, co-founding a corporate responsibility law firm in the 1990’s, coaching superstar change agents for 15+ years in everything from peak wellness, higher purpose, leadership and sustainability (before it was a thing), to business and negotiations, plus holding space as a healer in the domain of the Soul…

This journey has shown me one common thing, the key to understanding who we truly are is connecting with nature. We are nature.

I’m here to connect people to who they really are so they can do what they’re really here to do.

I work with individuals and organizations in bespoke coaching programs, shamanic energy medicine sessions, evolutionary impact and business strategy, program development, consulting, keynote speaking, workshops, and in retreats and expeditions and am constantly creating juicy content and modalities to help my clients transform at the deepest core level and to navigate and transcend these intense times so they can align and thrive from the inside and out.

I’ve spent years working in impact investing, environmental justice & human rights advocacy, had a former career in corporate litigation. Human evolution, business, human rights and environmental respect are my passions.

I believe we can create a thriving economy based on reciprocity, social and environmental justice. It begins with our remembering who we really are.

So much gratitude for all who are sharing these episodes. This is my joy and service. May this touch the hearts of millions. In this episode we cover how to:

About Charles Eisenstein

Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. He is the author of Sacred Economics, a book that co-mingles  actual economics with the  psycho spiritual dimensions of money. He’s also written:

Charles is a Storyteller, who’s narratives  build trust and possibility and help one arrive at their own truth…. In this episode we unpack some ideas around programming, morality, social credits, tracking, roles, self rejection, fear and control, censorship, scapegoating and the mythology of reality unfolding right now… and while the both of us share an opinion on the current events of the moment, there are many principles shared within that will help you arrive at your own.

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About Margot Wilson

Margot’s philosophical research into freedom and suffering focuses upon the inheritance, creation and outgrowing of soma-neuro holding patterns.

Margot has led parallel lives as an artist and philosopher and has held careers and businesses in television and investment banking technology. Her artistic practices include sculpture, ceramics, and writing and her work is published and collected internationally.

She pursued philosophy both academically and independently and has a BA (Hons) Philosophy from Birkbeck, University of London and MPhil (Research from the University of Glasgow. She’s the founder of Creative|Force Coaching, The Vivid Dream and Hypnogogic Visualisation Method and The 4-Stages Method.

Margot’s philosophical research into freedom and suffering focuses upon the inheritance, creation and outgrowing of soma-neuro holding patterns. Her methods uses somaneuro-immersive techniques that ground the centre of consciousness in the naval area of the body. Her research has been presented at The Science of Consciousness Conference (Helsinki, 2015) and The Royal College of Psychiatry Congress (Edinburgh, 2017). She has examined freedom as Buddhist awakening and specialises in experimental meditation, kundalini consciousness, and astrological sacred geometry. Margot is presently researching and writing on the concepts of death and moral-free guilt at The Royal College of Art, London.

Margot’s independent research since 1987 spans: Kundalini Yoga, Tibetan Vajrayana Yoga, Lucid Dreaming, Hypnogogic Visualisation, Buddhist Metaphysics, Vedic Metaphysics, Chinese Metaphysics, Yoga Therapy, Overtoning and Tonal Breathing, Meditation, Mindfulness, Transcendental Meditation, Dream Therapy, Biodynamic Psychology. Current research focus: Vivid Dreaming as a classification of dreaming and its uses in outgrowing soma-neuro holding-patterns. Death and non-moral guilt.

In this episode Stephanie dives straight into the deep end with Paul Chek and covers:

About Paul Check

Paul Chek is a world-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, stress management and holistic wellness. For over thirty years, Paul’s unique, integrated approach to treatment and education has changed the lives of many of his clients, his students and their clients. Paul is a founder of the CHEK (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA and the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program. He is a prolific author of books, including  How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! He’s made an immense contribution to the field of orthopedic rehabilitation and strengthening and conditioning and is a regular contributor to many publications and websites.

About Paul Rosolie

Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and award winning wildlife filmmaker. For the past 16 years he has specialized in threatened ecosystems and species in countries like Indonesia, Brazil, India, and Peru. In the Amazon, Rosolie has spent extensive time traveling with poachers documenting the illegal trade in endangered species. Rosolie’s memoir on Amazonian wildlife and exploration, “Mother of God”, was hailed as “gripping” by Jane Goodall, and the Wall Street Journal applauded Rosolie’s environmental call-to-arms for its ‘rare immediacy and depth’.

In 2013 Rosolie spoke at the United Nations global Forum on Forests while accepting an award for his Amazonian wildlife short-film ‘An Unseen World”. He is the co-founder of Junglekeepers Peru an organization that focuses on protecting threatened habitat in western Amazonia. To date, Junglekeepers protects over 55,000 acres of primary forest

Junglekeepers conserves threatened habitat in the vitally important Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. The Las Piedras watershed is part of the Andes/Amazon hotspot—one of the most biodiverse and pristine areas on earth. This forest is home to tens of millions of trees, numerous indigenous communities, and untold numbers of animal heartbeats. In recent decades new roads, illegal logging, poaching, and gold mining have begun to seriously degrade the ancient forest that is the source of life in this region.

Junglekeepers Rangers patrol and safeguard almost 30,000 acres of this incredible landscape. It is central to the Junglekeepers ethos to employ and train local and indigenous community members in the active protection of land that is ultimately theirs. Forest Rangers monitor our concessions, maintain trails and report any illegal activity occurring on the land being monitored. Rangers also track wildlife to contribute to broader scientific datasets in the region.

For local Peruvians, our Ranger Program also offers an employment alternative to protect the land rather than being forced to participate in harmful activity due to economic pressure. Our current and past rangers tell us this work is a great source of pride as it empowers them in the stewardship of their homeland.

Where to connect with Paul and his work:

Jake Sasseville, CEO of Imiloa Insitute, has been a successful podcast host, television personality and is a unique character creating space and connection for people to thrive. His journey is baked rich with life lessons, wisdom nuggets, entertaining twists, courageous leaps and inspiring growth leaps. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy washed away Jake's home on Broad Channel, NYC. His life up-ended, losing his TV contracts and being forced to move into Grandma's Basement, in Lewiston,Maine. Grandma's Basement, by those who follow him, have become synonymous with a Dark Night of the Soul. He lived there for two years, searching for what he would do next. After moving to Maui from his grandma's basement and becoming friends with Ram Dass and Shep Gordon, Sasseville became interested in the world of transformation as he saw the trend of health and wellness. He also was hosting people in his 2,500 square foot home and cottage in Kula, Hawaii. He created Imiloa in response to the trend toward health and wellness but also recognizing that human beings want to feel at home in their transformation.

It is well known that Jake approached his soon-to-be-business partner Nadav Wilf four times with the idea of Imiloa before Wilf got inspired by the idea. The pair in 2017 notoriously raised $3.5 million in five Facebook posts, making a dent in the social impact world of investing by gathering 38 investors from 19 countries for Imiloa's formation.

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Rosemary Gladstar is, literally, a star figure in the field of modern herbalism, internationally renowned for her technical knowledge and stewardship in the global herbalist community.  She has been practicing, living, learning, teaching and writing about herbs for over 45 years. In 2018 Rosemary was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her life work from the National University of Naturopathic Medicine.

Rosemary is the author of twelve books including Medicinal Herbs; a Beginners Guide, Herbal Healing for Women, Gladstar Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Well Being and Herbal Healing for Men.  She is also the author and director of the popular home study course, The Science and Art of Herbalism. She is the co-founder and former director of both The International Herb Symposium and The New England Women’s Herbal Conference, the Founding President of United Plant Savers, and the co-founder and original formulator of Traditional Medicinal Tea Company.   She recently moved from her home at Sage Mountain ~ an Herbal Retreat Center and Botanical Sanctuary where she has lived, taught and worked for the past 30 years ~ to a smaller haven where she plans to plant a small garden, dream more, do less, and spend more time with the plants.

Where you can find Rosemary Gladstar:

Steven Donziger is a renowned advocate, writer, and public speaker with a focus on addressing human rights abuses and corporate malfeasance.  He is part of the team working with indigenous and farmer communities in an area of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest suffering from high cancer rates and other health ailments related to the massive oil pollution caused by Texaco, now owned by Chevron. In 2011, the affected communities won a historic $9.5 billon judgment against Chevron for the environmental cleanup of what experts consider to be one of the worst oil-related catastrophes in the world. Known for his “Herculean tenacity” (Business Week), Steven has represented the affected communities since first visiting the region in 1993. Steven also founded Project Due Process, a legal advocacy group for Cuban detainees who arrived in the United States in the Mariel boatlift.

He is the former director of the non-partisan National Criminal Justice Commission that in 1996 produced the landmark study, The Real War On Crime, published as a book by HarperPerennial. Steven’s analysis and commentary on human rights, environmental, and criminal justice matters has been featured in numerous legal publications, academic journals, and news outlets.  He is the former chief correspondent for United Press International in Nicaragua, where he reported for a variety of publications during the U.S.-backed contra war. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1991, Steven worked as a trial attorney for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service.

He currently serves on the Board of Advisors to the Fortune Society, the largest self-help organization for ex-offenders in the United States. In 1991, Steven led a mission to Iraq of lawyers, public health specialists, and military experts to assess the impact on civilians of the bombing during the first Gulf War.  The group’s report, which found that an estimated 100,000 children would die following the cessation of hostilities because of damage to the Iraqi health care infrastructure, was adopted by the United Nations and attracted coverage in more than 400 newspaper and media outlets throughout the world. Steven lives in New York City with his wife and son.

(Note: In July 2018, consistent with the retaliatory litigation campaign described in the accompanying video, New York bar authorities suspended Steven's license to practice law in New York. Steven is not currently practicing law in New York.)

Susan Manewich, Founder and Director of Nui Foundation for Moral Technology.

Susan A. Manewich M.S. is currently the President of New Energy Movement, 501C3 and Director of the Nui Foundation, a community interest company (CIC) in the UK and focuses on conscious leadership for the positive evolution of all life. She has spent 25 plus years in the areas of leadership consulting, emotional intelligence, resonant technology and better understanding human dynamics and social systems to successfully transition through these global changes.

Susan currently works to bring ethics, integrity and cohesion to the field of new energy technology. She has experience with the Resonance Project Foundation. She was involved in key organizational strategic initiatives and also led major communication strategies.

Some of Susan’s professional accomplishments are in the field of conscious leadership development and Emotional Intelligence where her work has been consistently well praised by her clients around the globe including Harvard Business School, Yale University, University of Chicago GSB, London Business School, Singapore Medical School and many corporate and non profit clients..

Susan recently has appeared as a speaker at the 5G Crisis Summit; Awareness and Accountability 2020 & 2019. She has been a featured on a series of interviews with Collective Evolution, 2019 regarding consciousness and technology. Appeared at emotional intelligence conferences in London and Toronto, and at the ESTC (Energy Science and Technology Conference) in Hayden, Idaho July 2018 and July 2017. She spoke at the Tesla Science Foundation in NYC January 2017 and the Leadership Series in Encinitas, California.

Susan serves as an advisor for (TPS) The Tipping Point System, a research advisor for CCRI (Consciousness and Contact Research Institute) and an advisor for ICF (Interstellar Communities Foundation).

She has recently co-authored the book Hidden Energy with Jeane Manning, 2019 and has contributed a research chapter with colleague Jon Klimo PhD to the book The Science of Consciousness and Contact with Non Human Intelligence, July 2018. She has also published work as a lead author on a contribution to “Applying Emotional Intelligence”, lead developer and author of a series of activities, reflections and exercises titled, “Teaching Emotional Intelligence Skills to Others” and a co-author of a chapter in “Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life.” Susan also contributed to a chapter titled “The Earth as Goddess” in “The Mystery of Woman” by Gabrielle Morris.

Susan grew up in Massachusetts and was a participant with the PEER (Program for Extraordinary Experience Research) group in Cambridge, Massachusetts under John E. Mack M.D. Susan’s passion is working with new consciousness, global strategies and emerging technologies to help groups and organizations bridge gaps in conversations and understandings to be able to work together effectively through this global change.

Where you can find Susan Manewich:

Lawrence Ford is the CEO and Founder of Conscious Capital Wealth Management, the Founder and Chairman of Future Capital, and the author of The Secrets of the Seasons. He has had a long, admirable career as an entrepreneur, financial advisor, consultant, coach, author, speaker, and spiritual leader. He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and a member of Nexus Global.

Lawrence has dedicated much of his life to being a bridge between the modern world of business and the ancient world of wisdom, which is why Ford was dubbed the “Shaman of Wall Street” by the Washington Post, and The Economist magazine referred to him as a “man of two worlds.” NPR named him “The Finance Guru,” and the Retirement Income Journal calls him “The Spiritual Advisor.” Through these two worlds, he is helping people and organizations “wake up” and remember that they are here for a reason.

At Conscious Capital Wealth Management his team helps clients align their dreams and values with their money, providing a game changing client experience for financial advisors and their clients. Through his global leadership with the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals, he is the founder and chairman at Future Capital where he convenes global leaders to leverage the nexus of consciousness and capital and to co-create global economies that are good for all life.

Where you can find Lawrence Ford:

Jed Emerson, originator of the concepts of Blended Value and Total Portfolio Management, has extensive experience leading, staffing and advising funds, firms, social ventures and foundations pursuing financial performance with social/environmental impact.

He is the Author of The Purpose of Capital: Elements of Impact, Financial Flows and Natural Being.

In addition to his writing, Jed currently focuses on working with families exploring how to ensure a long term legacy by managing their full net worth for impact. He also advises investment firms on the implications of an impact investing framework for their practice. He is an internationally recognized Thought Leader in impact investing, social entrepreneurship and strategic philanthropy. Emerson has played founder roles with some of the nation’s leading venture philanthropy, community venture capital and social enterprises.

Emerson holds master degrees in both business and social work administration, has written over thirty articles/papers and co-edited multiple books on topics as diverse as sustainable investing, performance metrics and measurement, impact investing and sustainable hedge fund investing. He works with foundations, investment funds, individuals, social enterprises and businesses to assist those who seek to maximize the total value of their investing and entrepreneurship to attain their personal and professional visions.

Where you can find Jed Emerson:

Peter Bonaker is a social scientist, author of Sacred Shield: Shamanic Protection for the World Today. He’s a teacher and practitioner of Shamanic energy medicine, he lives in Denver Colorado and teaches his methods of shamanic healing and protection throughout the world.

Peter experienced an extreme trauma and near-death experience at the age of 16.  He worked for 30 years as an educator at all levels in public education, from pre-kindergarten through to the 12th grade. He taught post-graduate students as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver for 10 years and also, oddly enough, worked as a licensed building contractor (still today).  Simultaneously during this last period, he began his studies and teaching in the field of shamanic healing.

Along the way on the shamanic part of this journey, he became curious about how a certain number of people presented repeatedly, exactly the same definite pattern reflecting the presence of what he came to know and describe as a very dark energetic form.  The pattern never deviated and is quite unusual in contrast to the standard teachings in the shamanic field.  This dark energetic form knows no boundaries of any kind that can be consistently determined.  In the shamanic field, he has had the opportunity to work with individuals throughout the entire world.  There appear to be no economic, geographical, ethnic, gender or other types of borders or boundaries that this dark energetic form refused to cross.  Any and all individuals appear to be equally available, particularly when they might happen to be especially vulnerable for one reason or another. .

In 2008, Peter was invited to become an assistant teacher which led quickly to becoming a senior faculty member of the healing Light Body School and part of the Four Winds faculty.  He taught for the next eleven years a Jungian oriented class called Walking with Protection, on through to many of the other master classes, including one he developed referred to Advanced Shamanic Skills.  Both his shamanic practice and that class resulted in authoring the book ‘Sacred Shield: Shamanic Protection for the World Today’.

Find Peter:

Stephanie Trager is a Transformational Coach, Soul Catalyst and Business Alchemist, licensed attorney and fierce seeker and speaker of truth. She’s also a leadership consultant helping change agents speak their truth, live on purpose & create deeper meaningful impact in their lives, their businesses and the world. She spent decades studying with Indigenous cultures to hone her intuitive gifts as an empath and has been initiated into the shamanic lineage of Q’ero Shamans from Peru. For 20 years she’s been a transformational and business coach, purpose mentor and soul catalyst bringing deep expertise in personal wellness, business, law, higher purpose, social impact, plus sustainability and corporate responsibility to infuse higher consciousness and co-creation at the highest frequency of manifestation. She’s the founder of Intentional Paradigms and also Trager Law PLLC, which helps thought leaders scale their genius and ripple their impact focusing on responsible business impact. Stephanie was co-founder of a Corporate Responsibility Law Firm in the 90s, and spent decades in off the beaten path experiences and on the front lines of environmental activism. She leverages a former career in corporate litigation at Davis Polk and is a board member of the non-profit Dream Change. Stephanie operates in a multidimensional capacity and knows we can create a thriving economy based reciprocity, social and environmental justice and spiritual fulfillment. It begins with our personal growth.

Stephanie Trager is a Transformational Coach, Soul Catalyst and Business Alchemist, licensed attorney and fierce seeker and speaker of truth. She’s also a leadership consultant helping change agents speak their truth, live on purpose & create deeper meaningful impact in their lives, their businesses and the world. She spent decades studying with Indigenous cultures to hone her intuitive gifts as an empath and has been initiated into the shamanic lineage of Q’ero Shamans from Peru. For 20 years she’s been a transformational and business coach, purpose mentor and soul catalyst bringing deep expertise in personal wellness, business, law, higher purpose, social impact, plus sustainability and corporate responsibility to infuse higher consciousness and co-creation at the highest frequency of manifestation. She’s the founder of Intentional Paradigms and also Trager Law PLLC, which helps thought leaders scale their genius and ripple their impact focusing on responsible business impact. Stephanie was co-founder of a Corporate Responsibility Law Firm in the 90s, and spent decades in off the beaten path experiences and on the front lines of environmental activism. She leverages a former career in corporate litigation at Davis Polk and is a board member of the non-profit Dream Change. Stephanie operates in a multidimensional capacity and knows we can create a thriving economy based reciprocity, social and environmental justice and spiritual fulfillment. It begins with our personal growth.

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Nadine Strossen, the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and the immediate past President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008), is a leading expert and frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties, who has testified before Congress on multiple occasions.

She serves on the advisory boards of the ACLU, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Heterodox Academy, and National Coalition Against Censorship. The National Law Journal has named Strossen one of America’s "100 Most Influential Lawyers," and several other publications have named her one of the country’s most influential women.

Her many honorary degrees and awards include the American Bar Association’s prestigious Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award (2017). At NYLS’s 2019 commencement, Strossen made history by receiving both the award for outstanding teaching and the award for the best book. When Strossen stepped down as ACLU President, three (ideologically diverse) Supreme Court Justices participated in her farewell/tribute luncheon: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and David Souter.

Strossen’s 2018 book HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship has earned praise from ideologically diverse experts, including progressive Harvard University Professor Cornel West and conservative Princeton University Professor Robert George. HATE was selected by Washington University as its 2019 “Common Read” for all incoming students. Her earlier book, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights, was named a New York Times "notable book" of 1995.

Strossen has made thousands of public presentations before diverse audiences around the world, including on more than 500 different campuses and in many foreign countries, and she has appeared on virtually every national TV news program. Her hundreds of publications have appeared in many scholarly and general interest publications. Strossen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Before becoming a law professor, she practiced law in Minneapolis (her hometown) and New York City. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr. Vandana Shiva is trained as a Physicist and did her Ph.D. on the subject “Hidden Variables and Non-locality in Quantum Theory” from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.  

She later shifted to inter-disciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy, which she carried out at the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. In 1982, she founded an independent institute, the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in Dehra Dun dedicated to high quality and independent research to address the most significant ecological and social issues of our times, in close partnership with local communities and social movements.  

In 1991, she founded Navdanya, a national movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seed, the promotion of organic farming and fair trade. In 2004 she started Bija Vidyapeeth, an international college for sustainable living in Doon Valley in collaboration with Schumacher College, U.K.Dr. Shiva combines the sharp intellectual enquiry with courageous activism. Time Magazine identified Dr. Shiva as an environmental “hero” in 2003 and Asia Week has called her one of the five most powerful communicators of Asia. Forbes magazine in November 2010 has identified Dr. Vandana Shiva as one of the top Seven most Powerful Women on the Globe. 

Dr. Shiva has received honorary Doctorates from University of Paris, University of Western Ontario, University of Oslo and Connecticut College, University of Guelph. Among her many awards are the Alternative Nobel Prize (Right Livelihood Award, 1993), Order of the Golden Ark, Global 500 Award of UN and Earth Day International Award. Lennon ONO grant for peace award by Yoko Ono in 2009, Sydney Peace Prize in 2010, Doshi Bridgebuilder Award, Calgary Peace Prize and Thomas Merton Award in the year 2011, the Fukuoka Award and The Prism of Reason Award in 2012, the Grifone d’Argento prize 2016  and The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2016, Veerangana Award 2018,  The Sanctuary Wildlife Award  2018 and   International Environment  Summit &  Award 2018.

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Naveen Jain is the founder of Viome, Moon Express, InfoSpace, Intelius, Bluedot, TalentWise and other successful companies. He is an entrepreneur driven to solve the big problems facing today’s world.

Viome’s goal is to “make illness optional.” Having developed the worlds’ largest database of microbial gene expression, Viome is able to analyze gut microbiome and identify predictive markers of chronic diseases to inform personalized nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic diseases.

As a vice chairman of the board at Singularity University, Naveen is focused on educating and inspiring leaders to address humanity’s greatest challenges by using and developing innovative technologies.

A director of the board at the X PRIZE Foundation, Naveen uses incentive prizes to motivate competitors to find solutions to some of societies’ more challenging problems. Recently, he launched a million-dollar Women Safety XPRIZE dedicated to empowering women around the world.

Naveen has been the recipient of many honors for his entrepreneurial successes. These include:

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Steven Donziger is a renowned advocate, writer, and public speaker with a focus on addressing human rights abuses and corporate malfeasance.  He is part of the team working with indigenous and farmer communities in an area of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest suffering from high cancer rates and other health ailments related to the massive oil pollution caused by Texaco, now owned by Chevron. In 2011, the affected communities won a historic $9.5 billon judgment against Chevron for the environmental cleanup of what experts consider to be one of the worst oil-related catastrophes in the world. Known for his “Herculean tenacity” (Business Week), Steven has represented the affected communities since first visiting the region in 1993. Steven also founded Project Due Process, a legal advocacy group for Cuban detainees who arrived in the United States in the Mariel boatlift.

 He is the former director of the non-partisan National Criminal Justice Commission that in 1996 produced the landmark study, The Real War On Crime, published as a book by HarperPerennial. Steven’s analysis and commentary on human rights, environmental, and criminal justice matters has been featured in numerous legal publications, academic journals, and news outlets.  He is the former chief correspondent for United Press International in Nicaragua, where he reported for a variety of publications during the U.S.-backed contra war. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1991, Steven worked as a trial attorney for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service. 

He currently serves on the Board of Advisors to the Fortune Society, the largest self-help organization for ex-offenders in the United States. In 1991, Steven led a mission to Iraq of lawyers, public health specialists, and military experts to assess the impact on civilians of the bombing during the first Gulf War.  The group’s report, which found that an estimated 100,000 children would die following the cessation of hostilities because of damage to the Iraqi health care infrastructure, was adopted by the United Nations and attracted coverage in more than 400 newspaper and media outlets throughout the world. Steven lives in New York City with his wife and son.

(Note: In July 2018, consistent with the retaliatory litigation campaign described in the accompanying video, New York bar authorities suspended Steven's license to practice law in New York. Steven is not currently practicing law in New York.)

Steve Little is an acclaimed serial entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and mergers and acquisitions expert well known for generating accelerated value growth and extraordinarily high acquisition value multiples for his companies and clients.

He sold his first company at age 15 for nearly $250,000 and never looked back. Steve has founded and scaled 6 successful startups of his own to private 9-figure acquisitions and has assured his many clients explosive value growth, highly lucrative acquisitions often at 10X-20X multiples, and impressive IRR as founder and managing director of Zero Limits Ventures.

At Zero Limits Ventures, Steve spots unique opportunities for valuation growth where others don’t – whether triple bottom line social impact models, customer engagement strategies, or other strategies beyond revenue and earnings growth. Steve has also raised more than $1.6B in startup and growth funding for a multitude of businesses in a broad range of industries. He led the buy-side M&A team for a major technology innovator, acquiring and successfully integrating 9 companies in less than 12 months.

Known as the “The Activator”, Steve has personally taught, coached and mentored hundreds of business owners, corporate executives and entrepreneurs, helping his clients overcome the myriad of complex challenges to develop breakthrough strategies for peak individual and team performance, rapid scaling, and conscious leadership to generate truly legendary impact and astounding financial returns.

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Yanik Silver has been called a Cosmic Catalyst, a Maverick Mischief-maker and a Galactic Goofball. He redefines how business is played in the 21st century at the intersection of evolutionary growth, impact and fun. Yanik is the creator of the Cosmic Journal, author of Evolved Enterprise and the founder of Maverick1000, a global collective of visionary entrepreneurs making a serious difference in the world, without taking themselves too seriously. In fact, it’s not unusual to find him dressed as a lemur, a showgirl or even in matching mermaid tails with Sir Richard Branson.

Yanik believes we all have our own “Cosmic Alarm Clock” that goes off at exactly the right time to fulfill our destiny of greatness. It starts as a whisper, a small voice that gets louder and louder until you either answer it or hit snooze. He has spent his life exploring that connection of head, heart and highest purpose….with his colored pens in hand. It might have all started when he snuck out at the age of 5 to buy markers—only to catch the wrong bus home and end up at the police station. (Undaunted, his love of doodling and exploring still continue to this day!)

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Founder and Chief Catalyst at Intentional Paradigms, LLC, Stephanie leverages 25 years of combined expertise​ as eclectic mix of shamanic soul alchemist, purpose whisperer, business executive and leadership coach, adventure guide, messaging wordsmith, lawyer, corporate responsibility and impact strategist. She's takes seriously her responsibility as an empath intuitive-with a massive love for trees.

David Katz, CEO Plastic Bank

David has been named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs by Salt magazine. He is (among many others) the recipient of the United Nations Lighthouse award for Planetary Health, recipient of the Paris Climate Conference Sustainia community award, recipient of the Earnst and Young Lifetime Achievement award, is the Past President of the Vancouver Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), and named the Entrepreneur Organizations, Global Citizen.

David is the founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic. The Plastic Bank is a global network of micro recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment. The Plastic Bank is an eco-system that provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. Global partners include IBM, Shell Energy, SC Johnson, Aldi, Henkel and more.

His humanitarian work has earned him international recognition. David has been featured in hundreds of international news and investigative articles, including Forbes, Time Magazine, Fast Company, Bloomberg Business, Business Week, and National Geographic. David can be found at TED.com, is featured in an award-winning documentary and starred in an international reality television show.

Dr. Gregory Damato is a passionate spiritual warrior and has been rocking worlds for the past 15 years in Australia and Costa Rica with his unique zeal for holistic raw food living, detoxification, life purpose and symbiotic union of the mind, body, spirit and emotions.

Through the interconnection of several disciplines such as quantum physics, psychology, neuroscience, life-purpose, herbalism and entheogenic and orthomolecular medicine, Dr. Damato pulls together several pieces to the overall puzzle to allow a deep sense of wholeness to permeate each soul who is touched by his unique presence.

Dr. Damato is the creator of The SuperHero Program on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica that deeply transforms the body while reprograming the mind, balancing emotions and charging the spirit to reactivate the modern-day  SuperHero who leads by an example of love, light and purpose.