Happiness Journey with Dr Dan: Where every journey is worth living.

Ashley Williams is an emotional wellness advocate, mindfulness student, and successful CEO. With over a decade of experience in the field of emotional wellness, she has helped hundreds of individuals connect with greater joy, contentment, and purpose in their lives. She is the Founder and CEO of Clymb, an emotional health software for children.

As a student of Swami Nityananda and a Community Teacher at Awake Yoga Meditation, she emphasizes the power of meditation and self-awareness in helping us to recognize in our inherent wholeness and well-being. Ashley has been featured on countless podcasts and publications, and has received national recognition for her work.

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Kimberly Best, RN, MA, is a Tennessee Rule 31 Listed Civil Mediator and Tennessee Rule 31 Trained Family Mediator, owner of Best Conflict Solutions, LLC.    Kim’s practice focuses on Family Mediation, Health, and Elder Care Mediation, Civil and Business Mediation, Conflict Skills Training, and Conflict Coaching and Consulting.  She is currently serving her second term on the board of the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators.  Kim is also a volunteer mediator with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Dispute Resolution Program and Community/Police Unification Program.  In addition, she is a practicing facilitator for challenging business and social conversations.

Kim is a working member of the Association of Conflict Resolution Elder Mediation Professional Development Group, The National Association for Community Mediation, The Trust Network, and Mediators Beyond Borders, International, and a member of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution membership committee.  She is passionate about helping others resolve conflicts in a productive, non-litigious way using mediation, facilitation and collaborative problem solving, in order to find optimal solutions for all parties. She is the author of “How to Live Forever, A Guide to Writing the Final Chapter of Your Life Story" and is a speaker and trainer on the topics of conflict management, dispute resolution processes, life transitions, and how to make difficult decisions - including end of life issues.  

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Lauren St George is a coach and a consultant. She helps companies and individuals navigate change, overcome big hairy challenges and imagine truly creative solutions. Lauren is the founder of What's Next, a one of a kind, highly engaging program that helps people figure out their best next chapter.

Often this need for change is triggered by a major life event (divorce, grief, empty nester, retirement) or feeling stuck and unsure on what to do next (career, purpose, happiness). At the heart of it we are all looking to live a more fulfilling life and Lauren has helped hundreds of people find theirs. To learn more about What's Next visit the site www.AnswerWhatsNext. There you can schedule a call with Lauren, sign up for the weekly newsletter or sign up for one of her upcoming workshops.

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Robert Prasch: A former criminal and addict spent many years of destroying himself and everyone around him. After finding himself  in prison for the fourth time he felt like he was out of options. He was finally fed up with himself and his self-destructive behaviors.

This desire to change brought about a willingness within him. This newfound willingness opened him up to try ANYTHING to keep his life from sinking any deeper into despair. Robert was finally thinking outside the box and letting go of old ideals he once held as truths. While incarcerated Robert was  fortunate enough to come across some literature that introduced him to basic concepts of Karma, Yoga, and Meditation. Those tools were the spark that ignited the fire of self-improvement that still burns brightly within him to this day!

Since Robert’s release in 2017, He has been busy transforming his life. Along with his beautiful wife Robert started a family and has 3 amazing sons. Through intense focus and hard work he was able to triple his income in 3 years and build a solid financial foundation that enabled him to walk away from that job. In 2020 Robert and his wife took their large family on the road and traveled to destinations such as Alaska, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Mexico.     Currently Robert is a stay-at-home Dad, a part-time personal trainer, and an originator of The Self Improvement Movement Creating Greatness Podcast!

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To any outsider, D. Neil Elliott was highly educated, owned a profitable consulting firm, and had a successful career and an amazing wife and family. But things were not all they seemed to be … Neil was facing a lot of challenges. In a phrase, he was in a dark place. Quite by accident, he discovered a Higher Road. As he traveled that road, he found the key to transforming his life.

Over the course of the following year, Neil lifted himself to an inner state of love, peace, joy, and abundance. His perspectives on life changed entirely. His troubles and tribulations were his impetus to find the key that enabled him to revolutionize his life. He learned that the search for a better life does not entail positive thinking, saying affirmations, chanting mantras, or traveling to India to sit at the feet of a guru—or any other popularized method of “finding yourself.” …The key? To ascend in both spiritual perception and truth, you need to use the right process to break through your entrenched, human-ego barriers.

For nearly three decades, Neil read hundreds of self-help and spiritual books and took self-development courses. All of them offered hope for change and improvement, but nothing fulfilled his needs or genuinely delivered on its promises.

Neil’s desire—and his new mission in life—is to share the knowledge he gained and the process he used on his journey to self-awareness, together with the blueprint document he discovered that was instrumental in transforming his life. He wants to give you, regardless of your station in life, the tools and opportunity to empower yourself, transform your life, and draw peace, joy, love, and prosperity into your personal situation and environment. Neil believes that as more and more people follow this Higher Road to true spiritual perfection, a New Era of Love and Peace will dawn for everyone throughout the world.

Title:  A Higher Road

Sub-title:  Cleanse Your Consciousness to Transcend the Ego and Ascend Spiritually

Tagline:  A Seven-Step Process to Inner Peace, Joy, Love, Abundance, and Prosperity.

Author: D. Neil Elliott

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Angie Wisdom is a Master Certified Coach, the author of The Morning Mindset Journal; Start With You, a speaker and co-owner of a global alternative investment firm. Angie leads people to create meaningful success and a life they love through a Start With You approach that leaves her clients achieving more than they ever thought was possible, all while living their best life.

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Chris’s story is not unique and that’s what makes it relatable. He is a Speaker, Powerlifter and a Podcaster. Chris has overcame many obstacles in his life but rather seeing it as a negative thing in his life he uses his past experiences as a positive. When adversity came into Chris’s life he has had help from friends, family and God. Now he uses his lowest times in his life as a story to help others overcome anything life throws at them.

While Chris uses his platform as a positive impact, he also uses his voice to help up and coming entrepreneurs. He is also a powerlifter who prides himself in breaking stereotypes in powerlifters. Outside of that Chris is a Christian man who found his faith at one of the lowest points in his life and now God is a key point in his life.

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John David Latta is a mystic, author, teacher, and former founder and CEO of a multimillion-dollar consumer products company. He shares intimate and personal stories and teaches workshops on leadership, healing, transformation, awakening, love, synchronicity, and wisdom that unite and expand human experience.

He lives with his wife, Wendy, in Redmond, Washington.

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Susie Hayes helps people become and stay FREED from Stuck! by showing them how to access internal resources they never knew they had, to create what they never knew they could, combining coaching, counseling, and hypnosis. She is also a speaker, teacher, and award-winning author of the book, "FREED from Stuck! – Date to Cross the Bridge Beyond Grief, Trauma, and Self-Sabotage to Discover Lasting Change Now”.

With two Master's Degrees in education and counseling, and over 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist, life and business coach, hypnotist, teacher, speaker and author, Susie Hayes helps people become and stay FREED from Stuck! She is the author of the award-winning book, "FREED from Stuck! Dare to Cross the Bridge Beyond Grief, trauma, and Self-Sabotage to Discover Lasting Change Now."

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Dr. Eric J. Holsapple is a successful developer and entrepreneur who has used mindfulness to transform his life and business, and helps others to do the same. Eric has a PhD in Economics, has been a real estate CEO and developer for nearly 40 years, lectured real estate at Colorado State Universityfor 20 years, and practiced yoga and meditation for 30 years. Eric was awarded The Colorado State University Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010; and Bizwest Bravo Entrepreneur of the year award for Loveland,  CO in 2015. 

Holsapple has a unique perspective on how merging business and mindfulness can be a catalyst in changing lives. Eric is the Founder of Living In The Gap. His popular workshops teach CEOs and professionals a different way to operate mindfully while improving the bottom line. Eric has written numerous published articles in real estate and economics, and a book entitled Profit with Presence that will be published in early 2023. Eric is a regular speaker at public and private events, and a popular guest on business podcasts.

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Gemma Bailey is a trainer of NLP and Hypnotherapy who works with both adults and children. She is the creator and director of NLP4Kids, a children's franchise which specialises in training and support for those who wish to help children and families overcome mental and emotional challenges.

She is the trainer and director of People Buildingwhich is a franchise that provides mentoring and training to those who wish to work therapeutically with adult clients or to bring NLP Into a corporate environment. She is also an author, podcaster and content creator for YouTube and has a non-profit organisation which enables individuals to access help if they do not have the financial resources to get the support they need.

Kelly Markey is an accomplished writer, motivational speaker, philanthropist, wife, successful corporate professional, and global inspiration. An international best-selling author that’s five-star rated on Amazon, her ability to move forward overcoming pain and hardship throughout life is what propels Kelly to rise above and be the
best version of herself.

In just ten days during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, Kelly penned her first book, part memoir, part self-help, Don’t Just Fly, Soar. The book chronicles her often turbulent, yet inspirational journey through life. Beginning as the
youngest of five Indian children in Tugela, South Africa; she talks about ways her childhood and young adult life was marked with experiences of racial segregation and violence; until at age 22, she moved to New Zealandto study pharmacy.

A domestic violence survivor, she immigrated on her own to Australiawhere she worked at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. It was in 2011 that Kelly was ready to soar as she moved to Sydneyand began working on a project building a prototype hospital based in Singapore. This career sparked a love of travel and adventure, and pure happiness for Kelly. Little did she know, while in this chapter of joy and contentment she would meet the man that would become the love of her life. Now settled in Australiawith her husband, they are building a beautiful life together.

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Mike Acker is an executive communication coach, a keynote speaker, and the author of many books, including SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE, published by Wiley in December 2022.

Beyond corporate training, Mike engages in his local community as a Seattle TedX speaker coach and works with international agencies to provide relief amidst poverty.

Mike also enjoys wake surfing, skiing, Disney trips, church, building Legos with his son Paxton, and going on dates with his wife Taylor. No matter if he is bringing out the best in audience, playing with family or connecting with friends, Mike Acker practices being present.

Mike believes in the power of prayer, exercise, journaling, and real community to counter the stresses of everyday life.

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Wendy Posillico is an athlete, a coach, a mother, an explorer, and the founder of Live Your June. After becoming a professional golfer in her 30s and a single mother through IVF in her 40s, Wendy’s life went in a completely new direction, and she came to understand the importance of a flexible mindset, targeted goals, and clarity of self.

Drawing upon her background in special education and human development, a lifetime of experience in competitive sports, and the most up to date research on high performance, Wendy created her Elite Mindset coaching program. She learned to embrace transition and trust her intuition in order to transform her life, and she wants to help YOU do the same.

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Dannie De Novo is an elite happiness coach and international bestselling author. After having battled depression and anxiety for most of her early life, Dannie set out on a course to learn what true happiness was for her and for the sake of her baby girl.

Now, Dannie regularly appears on TV news and talk shows as an expert on creating happiness and purpose, combating loneliness and depression, and managing anxiety.

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Matthew, Mr. Hope, Richerzhagen is a husband, father, author, entrepreneur, a Certified Coach and a Certified Human Behavioral Consultant. On March 8th 2022, Matthew was hit head on by a drunk driver going over 105 mph. Trapped in a burning car, Matthew was rescued by a stranger and his guardian angel (who lifted Matthew into the back seat). He almost bled to death on the scene and was rushed to the hospital where they administered 6 units of blood (his body only holds 7). He was on 14 IV’s.

He had massive injuries including a broken foot, broken leg, broken pelvis, 3 broken ribs, a burst small intestine, large intestine, colon, punctured lung and bruised heart. He was in ICU for 5 days and was discharged from the hospital in a wheelchair after 21 days. Fighting through the pain he did PT everyday. He was buoyed up by his faith in God, his loving wife, and lots of support. His recovery to date is 6 months of PT exercises, doctors appointments, PT appointments, naps, steps forward and discouraging setbacks and pain, pain and more pain. He is an overcomer and wants to inspire others in their journeys no matter what they face.

He is sharing his stories with our hundred of thousands of listeners of the happiness journey

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A successful white-collar professional by day working as a project manager for a large University Health System, Robert is an openly gay man living in Buffalo,  NY.  Robert’s first diagnosis, chronic clinical depression, came when he was 16, even though he had been battling depression since the age of nine when he had his first episode of self-harm ideology. As he was coming out, his depression morphed into bipolar depression disorder, which went untreated and undiagnosed until he was 44.  The untreated mania manifested as an anonymous sex addiction that lasted over 20 years, enduring through the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Only after finally addressing his sex addiction with his therapist did his bipolar disorder come to light, and his treatment with pharmacology help him end his addiction.  With the help of ongoing therapy and careful medication management, Robert has evolved to lead a relatively quiet life in his forties, where he enjoys boating, gardening, and volunteering in the community with various organizations such as the Alzheimer’s Association.  He also has a cat named Bacchus and a French bulldog named Lily.

Through his many years of therapy, he learned to forgive others and accept his family and friends for who they are.  Now he has turned the focus inward, forgiving himself for the reckless decisions through all those years and finally accepting himself as he is: a successful, healthy, gay man living with bipolar depression.

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Donna Sonkin Shaw is an author, speaker, chef, and certified holistic health coach accredited with the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She graduated with honors from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York, where she studied with numerous leading wellness educators. Donna also completed an advanced accreditation in Integrative Nutrition and Health Counseling at Teachers College, Columbia University, and attended the esteemed Culinary Institute of America’s Professional Chef Program.

Donna is the author of Poppin’ Past Forty - the Holistic Path to Mid-life Fertility (DreamSculpt Books & Media/Waterside Productions). In her book, she empowers women who are over 40 and trying to get pregnant to heal their bodies and create the optimum environment for pregnancy.

Donna and her husband, John, live in New Jerseywith their sweet daughter, Paloma June, and Daphne, the wonder dog.

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Rick  Heyland wrote his purpose statement as a 26-year-old and has been  perfecting his goal accomplishment system for the last 40 years. Rick is  a successful consulting executive who loves living and managing his  life by purpose, goals and effective stress management principles. He  lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his MBA from the Ivey  Business School of in London, Ontario, Canada. Rick and his wife Cheryl  have six children and 15 grandchildren.

Living  by his Purpose statement and his goal achievement system, Rick has  achieved success in all areas of his life. As the second largest  shareholder of his management consulting company, (RLG International) he  helped grow his company 100x over a 10 year period. Rick has run 14  marathons including qualifying and running in the 2003 Boston Marathon.  Together with his family, he recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in  Tanzania, Africa.  He loves striving for peak performance in order to  accomplish his work, financial, spiritual, relationship, mental and  physical/health goals.

Todd Patkin is the author of Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and—Finally—Let the Sunshine In, Twelve Weeks to Finding Happiness: Boot Camp for Building Happier People, and The Sunny Days Secret: A Guide for Finding Happiness. At the age of 36, Todd experienced a complete nervous breakdown after decades of struggling with perfectionism, low self-esteem, and anxiety (despite achieving astounding professional success). After his recovery, he made it his mission to learn the true ingredients of a happy life and to share his discoveries with others.

Now, Todd regularly travels the country speaking to businesses, civic clubs, churches, schools, colleges, parents, healthcare facilities, and a variety of other organizations. He has presented at events sponsored by the Chicago Tribune and Deepak Chopra and has done countless interviews with radio, print, and television media, including appearances on FOX News Health and in Reader’s Digest.

Nick is a Tony Robbins trained coach with 20 years of experience in the corporate world. Growing up in England, living across 3 continents and 5 locations, Nick takes the lessons from his extensive exposure to people and business, and applies them to his life and his clients. His focus is to get to the heart of what people really want! Nick believes most of us leave our personal and business potential on the table and settle - and is on a mission to relief the suffering that can bring.

With over 1500 hours of coaching, and counting! Nick has worked with many different types of people and businesses, to create massive awareness, and abundance in those areas. He believes in holding high standards for himself and his clients. That means a focus on results, but also a focus on compassion

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At 19 years of age, Robert experienced a traumatic accident, which the doctors suggested would only give him a 5% chance of Survival.

Through resilience and his desire to fight, he dove into personal development as a vessel for healing himself because he realized his coma translated into other parts of his life including finances.  

That journey has now lead him to guide others with a message of hope and resilience, realizing a lot of people are in a financial coma and do not know how to wake up from it, let alone thrive after.

Robert is a charismatic and compassionate speaker, who has an amazing ability to articulate seemingly complicated concepts in easy to understand dialogue, utilizing his focus coaching techniques.

With 25 years experience as a Coach and Speaker, his passion for helping entrepreneurs effect change by asking powerful questions and refusing to settle with mediocrity has allowed him to impact lives in profound ways.

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De’Vannon Hubert is the author of Sex, Drugs & Jesus, a memoir about his struggles with drug addiction, homelessness, serving in the Armed Forces, an HIV+ diagnosis, and rejection from his church for his sexuality.

De’Vannon is also the host of the Sex, Drugs, and Jesus Podcast and is the owner of DownUnder Apparel. Aside from this, De'Vannon is an Honorably discharged veteran of the United States Air Force and a graduate of both Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityand the Hypnosis Motivation Institute. He also graduated from the Medical Training College of Baton Rouge and is a Licensed Massage Therapist. De’Vannon’s story is one of surviving the social outskirts and finding one’s way back to a balanced path.

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Aaron Bare is a Change Agent and Strategic Facilitator. He is also a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of Exponential Theory (X-Theory). Beyond traveling to over 90 countries and all 50 States, Aaron has facilitated innovation and strategy at over 500 companies and appeared on 20 of the top 250 podcasts. Aaron has been fellow at MIT Media Lab, Stanford D.School, and Flow Research Collective. Aaron is also highlighted as 10 Leaders to Watch in 2022, listed on 50 under 50 Leaders, 40 under 40 Leaders, 35 under 35 Entrepreneurs, and one of his companies has been awarded “Most Innovative Company in the U.S.” 

He is a World-Class Facilitator working with the leadership of Google, Daimler, Coca-Cola, Belfius Bank, APS, SRP, and the Phoenix Suns. Aaron was the former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University(Ranked #1 in Innovation, 7 years in a Row) and Singularity University at NASA Ames campus in Mountainview, California.

Aaron has been exposed to some of the most repeatable, predictable, scalable, and sustainable business models. He currently facilitates with companies on Leadership, Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, the Future, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, and Thinking Exponential. Aaron Bare holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and an MA from Indiana University. He lives in Arizona.

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Steve Fredlund is a mentor and keynote speaker, providing insights and encouragement to help people become happier. He has more than three decades of problem-solving and leadership experience in corporate, nonprofit and entrepreneurial settings. Steve has an MBA and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries; he is a two-time TEDx speaker, founder of Small Small Business and creator of The Solving BOX ™ framework.

Steve has lived his entire life in East Central Minnesota with his wife and their three, now-grown children. His multi-passionate interests include podcasting, poker, disc golf and trying to stay a loyal Minnesota sports fan.

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Heidi Alldredge: wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, friend, care giver, motivational speaker, adjunct instructor, hot chocolate bomb maker, former radio talk show host, and now a podcaster! (Heidi is still deciding what she wants to be when she grows up!)

Heidi has been married since 1992 to Christopher, the love of her life. She has 3 children (age ranging from 21 to 29—two of her children are married now)

She loves spending Friday nights (or any other time) with her 5 grand-babies. Other hours of the day she is recording great inspiring interviews for her LemonAid Stand Podcast, shopping for bargains, traveling with her family, lunch dates with friends, serving and helping others, going to concerts, and writing-either in her journal, notes to friends, or her own motivational speeches!

Heidi is a recovering “why-me-er” and is currently teaching the art of positive thinking! She has dealt with some lemons in her life and has learned how to make lemonade! Heidi tells us that happiness is not a destination, it's a way to travel.

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Ms Francois is a dynamic Host, Entertainer, Author and Speaker. She is currently the Host of a TV Talk- Show called The Mss Francois Show which is all about having candid conversation, showcasing  talent and using humor to help others with their “dysfunctional” relationships. She is the winner of District 46 Toastmaster Humorous Competition in New Yorkand have performed Off-Boardway with my own One Woman Show called FRUSTRATED.

Speaking with experience, Ms Francois has also struggled with personal relationships but still managed to move forward and meet great quality people along the way. It is not because you experience multiplied failed relationship that you need to give up. Failure is a part of the process, learn to embrace it.

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Anthony Poponi is an energetic and humorous professional speaker, workplace consultant, and expert in positive Psychology.

Anthony is a jokester from birth, and self-admitted lover of downtowns as much as wild spaces. He specializes in creating happier people, workplaces, and communities through interactive and funny workshops and presentations that inspire insight and leave his audiences buzzing.

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Simple medicine, no more Google searches is the only medical reference guide written in layman terms for the patients. It is about the most common medical complaints, conditions, written in a Cliff Notes version to allow the patient to become invested in their own medical care as it has been shown those invest in their own medical care, have better outcomes. Increased education will allow patients to challenge their own physician to follow the standard of medical care.

Dr Barkett combined all his extensive knowledge in medicine in layman’s terms so everyone can educate themselves and get to know a bit more about their own health instead of relying exclusively in what your physicians has to say. If you express interest towards your health, your doctor will provide you with the right treatment and better care. As per Dr Barkett, it is a must for everyone to learn about certain illnesses and best course of treatment for efficient healing. Get to listen to what an informed physician has to say.

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Born and raised in Ibadan,  Nigeria, Tobi Ojekunle grew up with a curious mind and a passion for learning and personal development. After completing his high school education in Nigeria, Tobi moved to Germany to study Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. He experienced cultural shock, challenges with learning a new and foreign language and the mission to finance and complete his studies. After completing his Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes, he works currently as an engineer in the energy and sustainable industry.

His passion for self-improvement, personal development and having deep soulful conversations with people from various walks of life inspired him to start the MIRROR TALK podcast. The podcast provides a platform to learn from thought leaders and, at the same time, share this knowledge with everyone who wants to learn something new or improve or develop any area of their lives.

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Do relationship experts, mental health providers, or therapists struggle in their dating life? Have they been in toxic relationships? Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we wanted to share with you whether an Asian mental health provider struggles with her dating life, how she sees herself in dating, and how she grows.

Chao Zhao is a bilingual Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, with a Clinical Art Therapist specialization, and has a focus on working with Asian and people from multi-cultural backgrounds to develop healthier relationships.

She believes “art is a universal language, can help you promote freedom in expression, feel heard and seen, and be utilized by anyone in need.” Her own experience coming to the US to pursue her career transition, finding herself, struggling with toxic relationships, and becoming a mental health therapist will provide you with some new insight into your relationship and life in general.

What are the practical 5 step self-check tips for us to apply to our relationships when we are in doubt?

She is inspired by this quote from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu to encourage us to find ourselves–our inner strengths,

“Knowing others is intelligence;

Knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Mastering others is strength;

Mastering yourself is true power.”

Learn more at CHAOTHERAPY.com or Instagram @CHAOZHAOTHERAPY.

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Dr. Doug Garland practiced orthopedic surgery in Southern California for 37 years. He is a Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Southern California and published more than 110 peer-reviewed scientific articles. After experiencing the tall poppy syndrome (TPS) firsthand, Dr. Garland began a 10-year journey researching TPS. This exploration began in Ancient Greece, where the syndrome was first described, to modern times and involved various countries, customs, and cultures.

Specific emphasis was directed towards Australia where TPS is a cultural pastime. To his surprise, it was recognized everywhere in one form or another except in America. After studying America's emotional-cultural behavior, Dr. Garland concluded that TPS was prominent in America, perhaps more so than in any other country, but it is unrecognized. Emotional behaviors of the cutter and cutter were identified. The result was the definitive tome, "The Tall Poppy Syndrome - The Joy of Cutting Others Down" with more than 600 citations which is available on Amazon. More information about TPS and Dr. Garland is found on douggarland.com douggarland.com/bio  douggarland.com/media

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Kara is a meditation expert and host of The Meditation Conversation podcast. She helps her clients reach higher states of consciousness so they can come out of anxiety, stress, and depression to achieve physical, emotional, and spiritual advancement. Kara naturally shifts people into a palpably more aligned, peaceful state through simple interactions. She is also a mother and beekeeper.

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When Ann was 19, she woke one morning to find her mother dead in her bathroom.

Twenty years later the tears from that trauma were still just under the surface. Ann found a simple technique that helped her release these emotions - but she went further and can now put her awareness inside her body - and has changed the bone structure of her skull and grown ½ an inch at age 55. Ann has found that seeking out our truth, what we truly feel, and accepting those feelings, is the key to inner peace. "

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In today's interview, author Ruth Rotkowitz explains her compulsion to write about a troubled person who conceals her inner demons beneath a veneer of normalcy. In her novels Escaping the Whale and the prequel The Whale Surfaces, she creates a protagonist who struggles silently with inherited trauma. Now in her seventies, Rotkowitz has finally achieved a level of happiness that is the culmination of her love of writing and of her desire to expose the dangers of leading a double life.

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Lynne has been featured at women's expos throughout the country, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup (2010) and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It? (2012). In previous lives, she won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies, was Creative Director at E&J Gallo Winery, Advertising Manager at RedKen Laboratories, and freelanced for agencies in San Jose, Los Angeles, and New York. She has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist and television Weather Person. Lynne has three grown children, two absolutely perfect grandchildren, and is president of The Pescadero Foundation. She and her husband have a small farm on the coast of Northern California.

A best seller on Amazon, with a five- star rating and rave reviews, Brownies for Breakfast is a cookbook you’ll actually enjoy reading and using. Frank, complete, simple: favorite sweets and comfort foods, re-imagined as whole food, plantbased, sugar-free, low-carb, dairy-free, gluten-free classics. Beautiful graphics and photos, nutrition facts for every recipe, plus a great, fun read: one of the best cookbooks you’ll have on your shelves whether you’re diabetic, pre-diabetic, or just hoping to live long and prosper. Everything you need to know about sugar substitutes, dairy-free baking, no-carb thickeners, gluten-free options, plant-based protein, sleep, stress, shopping, equipping your kitchen, all in straightforward, no-bs language.

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Dale Walsh is a coach for the families of those diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has been coaching these families for three years and is the creator of the LIVELOVE method to help his clients.  He is guided by the mantra “Recovery is Always an Option”.

Diagnosed 46 years ago, Dale has been episode-free for the past 29.His mental health journey has evolved from total psychosis to a miraculous recovery. Hospitalized often until 1993, he has now been episode-free for almost three decades. A magna cum laude graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dale is a prolific Poet with an archive of more than 4,500 works of verse. He has lived independently in Hackensack,  NJ for forty-six years.

Coaching Practice

Dale Walsh uses his coaching skills to give clients, the families of a loved one with schizophrenia,  the tools to increase their skills of communication with their loved ones. He has an unique “inside-out” perspective of the condition, having experienced both sides of the illness from deep psychosis to recovered freedom. He is intent on helping his “forgotten victims” clients deal with the diagnosed individual and works at getting them to reclaim their own sense of self. His coaching is based on the “LIVE LOVE” modality he invented.

Raj Subrameyer is a tech career strategist focusing on helping people to land their dream job and become successful leaders. He is passionate about guiding professionals to maximize their opportunities and discover their zone of genius. He has given multiple TEDx talks and is a sought-after speaker at various conferences and has been featured in numerous TV news segments, podcasts and publications, including CBS, FOX, NPR, NBC, Entrepreneur, CIO Magazine, CEOWorld Magazine, Authority Magazine, Career Addict, Thrive Global, Addicted2Success and The Good Men Project.

His areas of expertise include career advancement, leadership, motivation, productivity and entrepreneurship. In his spare time, he loves traveling and enjoying craft beer. You can find more info about how he serves people through his website -rajsubra.com.

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Mike Duffy is a philanthropist and an author of five books on happiness including: The Happiness Book: A Positive Guide To Happiness! The Happiness Book For Men and The Happiness Book For Kids Volumes I & II . As a public speaker, his audiences include corporations, government organizations and universities including Stanford University where has guest lectured and has a scholarship award. 

Mike started The Happiness Hall Of Fame to recognize, encourage and celebrate people and organizations that make other people happy. Members of The Happiness Hall Of Fame include: Muhammad Ali, Dolly Parton, Steph Curry, Serena Williams, The Golden State Warriors, The San Francisco Giants, The Wounded Warrior Project and The Make-A-Wish foundation. Mike also founded the Happiness Hall of Fame Homeless Outreach which provides money, food and hope to the hopeless

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For over 25 years Jan McInnis has traveled the country as a keynote speaker, comedian, comedy writer, author, and Master of Ceremonies. She has shared her unique and practical tips on how to use humor in business (yes it’s a business skill!) with thousands of organizations from the Federal Reserve Banks to health care groups, education groups, and more. She is the author of 2 books: "Finding the Funny Fast – How to Create Quick Humor to Connect with Clients, Coworkers and Crowds," and "Convention Comedian: Stories and Wisdom From Two Decades of Chicken Dinners and Comedy Clubs."

Jan's clean humor has landed her in featured articles in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington post, along with hundreds of radio stations and TV interviews.

Jan is also an established comedy writer who has written for Jay Leno’s Tonight Show monologue as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud).

Jan's popular keynotes include "Finding the Funny in Change" which addresses how to use humor to handle change, and "Bouncing Back: Handling Setbacks Like a Comedian," which is on resilience. Jan can be reached directly at TheWorkLady.com

Kristen Manieri is a writer, mindfulness teacher, life coach and host of the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast. She’s the author of Better Daily Mindfulness Habits: Simple Changes with Lifelong Impact (Rockridge Press: July 2021) as well as the creator of two daily mindfulness journals and a workbook focused on cultivating a daily centering practice. Kristen’s work aims to help others live a more conscious, connected and intentional life. Learn more at KristenManieri.com.

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T. Reneé Smith, CEO of iSuccess Consulting, Inc. is known as the “Business Scalability Strategist.” She is dedicated to empowering 1 million CEOs globally to build a holistic life and business.

More than two decades ago, T. Renee began her first business at age nineteen, on credit, with no experience, or even a business plan. As a result, she was forced to file bankruptcy, was imprisoned and had to rebuild both her life and company from scratch. Using these experiences as guideposts, T. Renee translates the tough lessons of her own business failures and successes in her best-selling book, The CEO Life®.

T. Renee' has helped raise more than $30 million in capital for small businesses and is the secret weapon behind many successful corporate minority business development programs including Delta Air Lines. T. Renee' is a wife and mom to two very active boys and a bonus daughter.

Visit theceo.life for free resources to help you shift your mindset to shift your life and business.

June Waters is a natural born advocate and has utilized this passion of caring for others in her career as a Long Term Care Ombudsman and a CASA volunteer. June enjoys bringing people, ideas, and inspiration together and hopes to form a dialogue that shares a unique perspective from an adopted teenager. June Waters and her 3 siblings were adopted from the foster care system by the Waters family when she was 13 and grew up in Austin, Texas. June strongly hopes to encourage and empower others by sharing her story. June has always looked to help and truly be the change she wanted to see in the world. In this episode, June talks about where she first found her passion for the quality of care elderly receive while on a mission trip to Guatemala and visiting the only nursing home in the city.

She also volunteered at the orphanage there for the week. It was a truly life changing experience. June pursued a bachelors and a dual Masters in Healthcare and Business Administration (MHA/MBA) and has remained inspired after finding out shocking statistics for former foster care youth who graduate with advanced degrees. Vulnerability takes bravery and June shares personal struggles that have resulted in her finding ultimate peace, strength, and most importantly, happiness! From growing through what she’s gone through June hopes to inspire and empower others, especially former and current foster care youth, that you can dream big and accomplish what you set out to do.

June has a new website where she hopes to pour more into a space on the corner of the internet where she can connect and share her innermost thoughts and bigger dreams with others! Please feel free to check out her website at https://thewaterspost.wixsite.com/deargodandjune or follow her on Instagram _junewaters

Naailah Auladin is a Carnal Revivalist. She specializes in human sexuality and its relationship to an overall holistic life balance. We understand the importance of a good night's sleep, a balanced diet and an exercise routine have on our energy level, our emotions and physical form. Our sexuality is also connected and influences us in similar ways, yet we often neglect to include this topic in our self care. Naailah brings back the awareness on the topic. Her aim is to bridge the gap between sexual taboos and the over sexualization.

Her work is centered on teaching individuals about having a balanced sexuality which is linked directly and indirectly to our emotional intelligence, our ability to change, our ability to create healthy boundaries in both a sexual and non sexual context, amongst others. Hence the concept of a sexuality as part of a holistic life balance. Naailah's work focuses on the three main aspects of our sexuality, energy, psychology/emotions and physical form. Naailah works with both men and women one on one and/or ingroup settings depending of the type of work required. For more information about her work and courses, please visit her website at: naailahauladin.com or follow her on Instagram - @naailahauladin

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Sandee Sgarlata is a two-time award winning author, certified life coach since 2004, public speaker, retired U.S.national and international figure skating coach, gold medalist in ice dancing, and has spent the past 20 years helping people create lasting changes in their lives.

Due to several tragedies that deeply affected her, along with hitting rock bottom with drug abuse in 1990, she has spent the last 30 years in her own quest to find and maintain a sense of peace and happiness, especially during times of stress and chaos. Sandee is also the host of the Happiness Solved Podcast which is ranked #11 out of the top 80 happiness podcasts.

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Corbin is a multi-genre singer and host of "The Peace and Purpose Podcast". His podcast focuses on emotions and the human experience through the eyes of a young man.

His content is based on his own guess-and-check work in regards to what behaviors and mindsets have resulted in positive outcomes within his own life. Google or Youtube Search "The Peace and Purpose Podcast" to hear more!

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Rusty Williams is an author, a former paramedic, and retired police detective. He lives with a spinal cord tumor that has left him disabled. After learning self-hypnosis to reduce pain medications, Rusty became a clinical hypnotist. As an ordained minister, Rusty also volunteers as a police chaplain.

Rusty lives an attitude of gratitude, and loves life with reckless abandon. His newest book, “Finding Gratitude In H.O.P.E.: How Humor, Optimism, Patience, and Empathy Can Help Us Accept What We Find Unacceptable,” will be released this summer.

Rusty considers himself to be the luckiest guy in the world: He is the father of two amazing young men - Matt and Corey, and the husband of a beautiful woman, Elissa. He and Elissa love spending time with their two dogs and enjoying the possibilities waiting around every corner of this journey called life.

Rusty and Elissa are founders of The Barefoot Ministries, devoted to helping others who are suffering, either physically or spiritually.

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Laura Christine (LC) had such an empowering journey through leaving a toxic marriage that she created her own podcast--The Boundless Heart--to teach women how to set boundaries, claim their power, and create equal partnerships.

Not recognizing the red flags, she got married and succumbed to the wants of her husband, abandoning her own desires and even values. Thinking that she could "make him see" how wonderful life could be, she stayed in her toxic, emotionally manipulative marriage until one day she woke up to a strong realization. She finally understood that she deserved better treatment, and that no matter how much she worked on herself and tried to "show him" a better way, things were never going to change. It was time to leave.

It was scary, she wasn't ready, she didn't know what life would look like after leaving -- but she took the leap. Now LC is the happiest she has ever been, and she has turned her experience into a guiding force for all women to put themselves, their pleasure, and their values first. This is how we change the world!

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A Licensed Psychologist and life coach with over 35 years of experience, Tom Glaser, MS, is also a bestselling author and yoga instructor. His book, “Full Heart Living: Conversations with the Happiest People I Know,” is an amazon bestseller. As a teen Tom was mercilessly bullied by peers and grew up with a “rageaholic” mother. 

As a highly sensitive person (HSP), these experiences deeply impacted him and became the foundation for working skillfully with trauma survivors in psychotherapy. In this podcast he explores his personal and professional insights into how healing factors—including exquisite self-care and the support and understanding of loved ones—catapult a trauma survivor not only to healing but to living a vibrant life.

Dr Angela Wilson is an author, entrepreneur, real estate agent, business broker, property developer, inspirational speaker, keynote presenter, Celebrity Interviewer, filming makeup artist, Global Peace Ambassador, Actress, performer, political member, animal advocate, and more.

Known as mind power lady, she earned her authority of the unconscious mind unknown by most through the daring adventure by risking her life diving deep into the whirlpool of unlimited energy.

Dr Angela Wilson is identified as the first person who connects consciousness with unconsciousness and merges them to activate the infinite human potential.

In her walk-you-through self-help book, "Liberty Beyond Matrix", she released her secret mind power skill that gives any aspiring individuals an option to survive beyond cradle to grave.

Her documentary, drama film, and the one-woman show can be expected soon

Holly Worton is an author and publishing strategist. She's also a podcaster and speaker. Despite being autistic, she managed to write over 25 books related to her adventures and to inspire people to get outdoors and reconnect with Nature as a way to reconnect with themselves. 

Holly enjoys spending time outdoors, walking and running long-distance trails, and exploring Britain's sacred sites. She's originally from Californiaand now lives in England, but has also lived in Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. Holly is a member of the Druid order OBOD.

Alan is a mental health change-maker on a mission to change the narrative around mental health and help millions of people achieve mental fitness.

He is also an entrepreneur who has suffered decades of poor mental health. Alan's had setback after setback, including coming close to losing his life in the Christchurchearthquake.

After hitting rock bottom multiple times and made numerous attempts on his own life, he managed to bounce back with an incredible story of resilience and recovery from which we can all learn.

He has now devoted his life to improving the wellbeing of millions of people around the world. A crucial part of this mission is Alan's impact business, EverYellow, who have created a fascinating mental fitness app that is getting great results for those who use it.

Alan believes that a thriving mindset is accessible to all of us, and it's far easier to get than we might realize.

Josh Perry is a former pro BMX athlete, multiple brain tumor warrior, speaker, and an optimization strategist and health coach with a mission to empower others to believe they are much more than their circumstances.

Josh focuses on the power of his story to inspire others to foster new perspectives and take congruent action in their lives. Providing tools for mental strength, increased brain health and performance, manifestation, and business, Josh’s story illustrates how challenges come in every shape and size, but emphasizes that empowered, healthy, happy and successful people use the same mental tools to get them there, regardless of their past or current circumstances.

In 2015, I quit drinking, and  my life began changing dramatically and rapidly, all for the better. I  wrote my first book about my experience getting sober, and the methods I  developed in order to do so. This book is  "Alcoholics Not Anonymous."

While seeking out substitutes  for alcohol, I rediscovered my love for adventure. I began devouring  sailing nonfiction books. I used the money I saved from my first year of  not drinking to buy a week-long sailing class  . I bought my first sailboat later that year, Sobrius, in St Petersburg, FL, and sailed her alone to the Dry Tortugas, then  Miami, and finally to St Augustine. The trip covered 1000 miles and was  an adventure that I will  never be able to repeat. I wrote about this experience, in my second  book, "Becoming a Sailor."

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In 2018, I sailed alone to The  Bahamas and spent 2 months exploring the islands and searching for  adventure. I found more than I bargained for, and wrote about this in my  third book, "Journey to the Ragged Islands."

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In the summer of 2019, I sold  my house, quit my job, gave away or sold all my belongings, and bought a  bigger boat, a 1972 Cartwright 40, Windflower. I bought her in  Massachusetts, worked on her for three months, then sailed her to The  Bahamas, solo. I arrived on New Year's Day and spent four months in The  Bahamas. I wrote about this experience in my book  "Chasing the Nomadic Dream." I've since written two novels, "Dead  Flowers on Wednesday" and "The Gold Box," and a sequel to my first book,  called "The Joy of Living Clean and Sober."

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My happiness journey started  with the realization that something was missing in my life. Through much  introspection, I determined that I needed to chase the dream of being a  nomadic sailor. I designed a plan to make  this happen, and took the steps in the plan. This is my dream, and I am  living it.

All his books can be found on amazon and his website paultrammell dot com

Kelley is no stranger to life’s challenges. From a young age, Kelley found herself in pursuit of perfection. After surviving an eating disorder, breast cancer and a myriad of other traumas, Kelley found herself in the throws of narcissistic abuse.

Today she talks about her experience, how she broke free and how she dove head first into a healing journey that would lead her to unconditional self love and a life of happiness and joy.

This podcast emphasize the dangers of being married to a Narcissistic spouse or boyfriend and the fear to leave the co-dependant relationship because of the possible negative outcomes to exit it. Discussing the many tribulations throughout her life, formulating an exit plan is what helped Kelley find the right support group and family to enable her to leave. Realizing that a narcissistic person will NEVER change its behavior, it is wise to get moving forward and start focusing more on your mental well-being so you can restart your life feeling happy and fulfilled. This is no easy feet but it can be done. Kelley did it and so can you.

Great podcast with a very inspiring lady

Has the old advice about eating healthy and exercising regularly failed you?

Sadly, despite the good advice, our health is going down in flames.  Nearly all of us are failing to meet the established standards for healthy living.

Discover an “outside the box” life-altering solution beyond the traditional advice that doctors and health professionals typically offer.  Find out how your life can be happier, healthier, wealthier, and simultaneously wonderfully more fulfilling through a new way of living.

In this thought-provoking podcast, V. Thomas George, M.D. MSc. draws upon research and ideas from fields as varied as personal finance, economics, psychology, and medicine to present a scientifically sound solution so simple and yet so compelling. What follows will be nothing short of transformational for you and a prescription for a paradigm shift for much that afflicts our modern society.

Discover:

- The latest research into what impacts our well-being

- How health, work, and finance are interrelated

- The effects of capitalism on our health

- Our ancestors’ long-forgotten secrets to good healthand happiness.

Listen now to this podcast and redefine every facet of wellness and embrace a new holistic way of living!

Karen Gross is a Washington, DC and Gloucester,  MA based author and educator as well as an advisor to non-profit schools and organizations as well as local, state and federal governments.  Her work focuses on underserved communities, including addressing the impact of trauma and its symptomology and amelioration on students/clients and educators/workers.

She served for 8 years as President of Southern Vermont College and also as Senior Policy Advisor to the US Department of Education during the Obama Administration. She also advised the Biden Election Domestic Policy Committee, focusing on student mental wellness.  Prior to that, she was a tenured law professor for 22 years in NYC.

A frequent voice on education issues across the PreK–20 pipeline and trauma’s impact on organizations, she has written for numerous publications, among themUniversity Business, Age of Awareness, Social Work Today, Evolllution, The Hechinger Report, The New England Journal of Higher Education, LinkedIn, Forest of the Rain Productions, InsideHigherEd and The Chronicle of Higher Education.  Since the start of the Pandemic, she has done over 80 podcasts on topics related to trauma, education and leadership.

Tanji B. is the Founder and CEO of FluffyGirlJoy
 FluffyGirl isn’t just about size…she’s a VIBE‼️
The embodiment of SELF-LOVE FluffyGirl says what other Moms...Women...shoot PEOPLE can't or won't say!!...
She is here to provide a real and joyous view on life from a single woman's perspective.
FluffyGirl is BOLD, AUTHENTIC, FUNNY, VULNERABLE and most importantly CONFIDENT. Every.Single.Day.
Most folk hate Mondays.  For her, its the best day of the week!
So join FluffyGirl on MissionMondays and if you choose to accept it you'll scroll away feeling just a bit more empowered.

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Let's talk about SEX today. Whoever is in a relationship or not, certainly the right podcast to listen to. Understanding your sexuality is key. Understanding your significant other's sexual needs is even more crucial. Check this podcast.

Wendi Dumbroff, MA, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice where she specializes in individual, family, couples and sex therapy. She is a highly trained couples and sex therapist who provides a safe, non-judgmental and sex positive environment.

In addition, Dumbroff is a certified teacher of mindfulness and meditation and brings these tools into her practice.  As she explains, “Mindfulness helps people create a pause. It allows one to step back and say, ‘what are my thoughts and what are my feelings’ - it creates a space for people to make different choices, among many other benefits.”

Rob Dubin was an award winning filmmaker who by his mid twenties owned his own film production company and was getting well paid to travel the world making sports and adventure films for television networks and Fortune 500 companies. After a near death survival experience that was national news and resulted in a call from the President of the United States Rob and his wife started asking questions about their purpose in life, similar to the questions about life fulfillment that many others are asking now in the pandemic. 

As a result they sold their home, bought a sailboat and spent the next 17 years sailing around the world studying human happiness and fulfillment. Rob has shared his life with both billionaires and barefoot villagers in 100 countries. Today he teaches people a recipe for happiness. For individuals this translates to more fulfilling careers and a happier home life and for corporations it stems resignations and transforms workplaces resulting in increases in bottom lines.   More information on Rob's happiness workshops can be found at robdubin dot com

Brannon Beliso is devoted to helping you live your best life. His passion is to inspire the discovery of purpose to help cultivate success, abundance, and happiness in your personal life, relationships, career, business, or company.

Despite the many struggles he faced earlier in life, going from one foster care to the other, his life has changed drastically after he understood his purpose in life. He was able to propagate his newfound knowledge and helped others find their own purpose as well.

Great podcast with such a great individual. 

Annette Marinaccio a Certified Public Accountant, an accomplished healthcare executive, and the author of Your Soul Focus. Her mother-in-law led Annette on a path after she died to prove to her that there is an afterlife. After understanding that the afterlife is existent, Annette learned how intricate and extensive our souls and our journeys are. It’s fascinating! The information that Annette has accumulated and conveyed has a clear and deep benefit to others during their times of need, grief or curiosity, and Your Soul Focus will pass that knowledge to you.

Your Soul Focus has been endorsed by three Long Island mediums with a public presence, it has reached #1 on Amazon three times, it has dozens of five star reviews, a chapter was included in a Saturday Night Live skit, and most importantly, it has brought comfort and inspiration to thousands of readers.

Amanda Dolin worked for over 20 years to find a diagnosis for her mental illness. After years of trying and several suicide attempts, she finally found answers despite being misdiagnosed over and over. Once she received a diagnosis of Bipolar 2 at age 36 Amanda was not only able to survive but thrive. As her mental health improved, she learned to be the star of her own life instead of playing the role she felt she was supposed to play.

Six years after her diagnosis, Amanda is now a certified professional coach working with women ready to play big. She helps her clients shift their focus from who they believe they should be to who they want to be. Amanda works with her clients, helping them understand how their experiences have shaped how they view and engage in the world around them. With this understanding of how the past has shaped their worldview, her clients now have a choice in how they use their experiences and the power to transform their current life into the life of their dreams.

"Meet Jim Case. Award winning author of Fear Is A Choice, Show host of Adventures in Truth LIVECAST and podcast, and creator of The Science of Transformation- the program that transforms your fear-based experience to an opportunity based experience. He is all about transforming fear. Throughout his life Jim has continued to thrive through many life threatening experiences- deadly parasites, cancer, AIDS, COVID; and many life altering experiences.

From coming out at 15, leaving home at 16, being married to a woman for 24 years, now married to a man for 12, he has crossed a lot of boundaries and norms. His key to thriving; and continuing to build and expand his joy, has been changing his relationship with fear. Check out this powerful episode of change, growth and transformation!

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, build their empire, stand out fearlessly, and make the income and the impact they deserve.

From her entrepreneurial beginnings at five selling bags of glitter-water to her neighbors, to becoming an award-winning screenwriter, certified Pilates instructor, Miss Congeniality, and six-time WEGO Health Activist Award nominee, Kimberly is proof that it's better to make your own mold than to conform to someone else's. She's also the former executive of a national e-commerce startup and was the owner of the private Pilates studio, Fitness with Kim in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured on Netflix, The CW, ESPN, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and NPR, and in Thrive Global, CNBC, and Forbes.

"Hadriana Leo is The Money Navigator™. As a Wealth Coach, Strategist and Consultant, she is on a mission to inspire, empower and equip women to unapologetically create wealth. Her unique methodology connects the head and heart so women can confidently walk their path to lasting wealth and legacy unapologetically!"

Hadriana provides great insight on how to properly manage your money and how to stay away from flaunting your newly found fortune to the rest of the world. If you want to live a peaceful life, stay out of the limelight. Keep your life private and your financial success in tight chamber.

If you've ever lived with or cared for someone with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia, you know the tragic consequences that lie in wait. Understanding what it is truly like for a person to live with brain disease and having the specialized knowledge to navigate the many unpredictable situations that surface on a day to day basis is the first step to coping and managing it for loved-ones and caregivers. It is very possible for people who suffer from brain disease to live meaningful, fulfilled lives with the help of those who are prepared for it. As a society, there is another worldwide crisis that is looming in the near future that will catch us all off guard if we don't plan for it now. The number of people who will develop Alzheimer's disease is projected to double, not only in the United States, but worldwide, in the next few decades if a cure is not found, according to the Alzheimer's Association and the World Health Organization. Currently, the cost of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease/dementia is not only prohibitively expensive, but very difficult. Many families cannot afford professional care or cannot help care for their loved ones, and these challenges are only bound to get worse, just based on the sheer number of people who will develop it. We need to be proactive vs. reactive in finding solutions to the challenges we face with this disease, as well as be proactive in lowering our risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by implementing lifestyle changes now.

Lisa Paglia is filled with incredible information ready to share it and bring awareness to this growing medical illness that won’t disappear if the medical society doesn’t start putting some sound investment in research and development of cures. If anyone of your family is suffering from Alzheimer or any other brain diseases, this is a podcast you don’t want to miss

Sadhu Dah talks today about all things exorcism, diving into the aspect  of the 3 stages associated with possession. He brings an understanding  to what is Hollywood, and what is reality. Some stories are shared about  personal experiences in the field and what differentiates mental  illness from true malevolent entanglement.

Sadhu Dah  spent years training under Buddhist Monks of the Khmer Lana Forest  Traditions and became a Mophi of animistic practices of old Siam, he was  also initiated by a Rinpoche as a Lama in the Bonpo Tibetan Buddhism  lineage. With a wealth of skillsets ranging from Hypnotherapy to  Pranayama practices, let Sadhu help you to achieve balance and  understanding on your spiritual path. Whether you are in a situation of  paranormal crisis, or just bogged down by life, Sadhu Dah extends a  hand.

John Callas is a veteran director/writer/producer in the entertainment industry. He began life losing his father at three triggering his anger, depression and anxiety. By twelve he was sent to military school due to extreme behavior issues. This added abandonment to the already problematic issues he was facing.

By high school it go to the point where he attempted suicide to stop the pain.
Realizing this was not the way he wanted his life he decided to seek help through therapy and mentors.

The first thing he looked at was that oddly enough his depression was a safe haven. Lonely, dark and unsustainable but safe from the outside world. Again he made the choice to find a way out of the rabbit hole. Not knowing how to heal he accepted help from others and therapy. It was in therapy he discovered that others suffered like he did and that he wasn't unique in his pain.

Making the decision to heal and have a healthy and loving life began a long journey of baby steps leading him to a successful career in the entertainment business in Hollywood. Some of his work is iconic.

His confidence began to grow until he became the person he imagined himself to be. While he acknowledges that at times depression slips back in, the difference is that he controls it and it doesn't control him. His process is to allow himself to look at what is bothering him, find a solution and move on. It isn't always easy but with perseverance he always wins.

He decided he wanted to help others so he wrote "When The Rain Stops," his memoir (on Amazon) of his beginning (depression) and how he managed to have a happy and successful life. He wants to help others find their way by his example. Once you've read his book, he is open to being contacted to chat about your process and if he can be a light in the darkness for you.

Nate Zeleznick is the President and Co-founder of Vibravision®️, mergingancient energetic martial arts with modern science and training technology, offering the most advanced personal energy management system on the planet. This IS the next stage of personal evolution. 

Over the past 20+ years he has mastered the energetic arts, co-founded the only U.S. school allowed to train these capabilities, received validation from medical and scientific professionals, and established the Vibravision®️ Foundation which teaches blind people to energetically sense their surroundings as if they had sight.  He is a sought after speaker, trainer, and leader in the spiritual community.

How does clutter affect your mental health? Julie Coraccio, owner of Reawaken Your Brilliance, LLC, shares the path she took to clear her clutter and overcome depression and anxiety. She believes in finding your own path of what works best for you to move forward and that there are many aspects to creating your best mental health. Julie shares a few ways she keeps her anxiety and depression in check.

Clutter can cause depression and depression can cause clutter. It’s been linked to a general dampening of brain function and so decluttering can positively affect your health. You can create a better physical, mental, and emotional state when you declutter. Julie shares a few tips on where to begin.

Michaelbrent Collings  suffers from major depressive disorder, suicidal tendencies, and  psychotic breaks that sometimes make it impossible for him to understand  reality. So how did he become an internationally bestselling author,  produced screenwriter, graduate from a top 20 law school, and manage to  get (and keep) a devoted and loving family?

Join  him on today's podcast as he discusses his methods - not for overcoming  his limitations, but for dealing with them, and (sometimes) even  turning them to his advantage. Discover how he "tricks" his brain into  not making fatal decisions on the worst days; his system for developing a  support group dedicated to helping him; his advice on the importance of  making and maintaining connections; and, perhaps most important, how he  finds hope on days where there is no hope to be found.

MichaelBrent Collins is not just an author but also international best seller and one of Ranker.com top 100 greatest all-time horror writers, which included in that list is Stephen King. Not too shabby.

Coming from an abusive relationship, Nischa found herself into understanding the many aspects of what a healthy relationship is all about. When I say healthy, that includes also the sexual aspect of it. Sexual dysfunction is prominent in our society. Erectile issues with men and women unable to orgasm because of emotional tension blurring their minds 24/7. It is becoming harder for people to perform in bed because of social media sharing how men or women should look like physically. Now with the addition of pornography, men idealize women to look like the women they see on the sites, expecting perfection from their significant other.

This constant idealization creates a disconnect between couples, where women feel m ore insecure about themselves and men unable to perform in the bedroom. This vicious cycle keeps on turning and turning with no end in sight. Nischa Phair provides interesting insight on how she helps her clients overcome these feelings of insecurities through different strategies that most can adopt and feel more connected with their partners. Most important strategy to start experiencing changes is to work on your addiction and seek the help of a therapist to address the problems you face daily. This in itself will allow breaking the link so that vicious cycle can be interrupted. If you start with this, you can experience incredible changes in your life and your relationship

How can a young child cope with a narcissistic parent and still thrive? Well, this podcast will show you how. Maria Riegger is the poster child dealing with post traumatic challenges that allowed her to become a better parent to her own child. Becoming a better parent doesn’t mean being lenient and allowing your child to do whatever they want but allowing them to make decision on their own and assuming responsibilities for their outcome.

Narcissism is challenging, especially when you are in a relationship with one. There is no way to reason with one. They will do everything in their power to destroy you, bring you down, gaslight you, force you to detach from friends that they can’t control, separate you from your family and the list goes on and on.

Focusing on yourself, getting friends, make your own money is what takes away the power of a narcissistic person to lose control over you. As Mari mentioned, observe but do not absorb. You have to observe their behavior to properly take action but do not emotionally absorb the abuse and allow it to hurt you. Many other strategies are offered in this podcast. Definitely a good way to start when dealing with a narcissistic person

As an internal conflict resolution expert, Faye Lawand provides tools to work on yourself and deal with past traumatic events that hindered your progress and happiness for several years. Understanding how the minds work, specifically the subconscious mind, we tend to work on relying too much of what is going on around us instead of within us. Bringing back old memories of issues that have not been resolved, we drag the past into the present and forget to be mindful. Understanding that we can’t fix the past but only face the unresolved issues, we fail to work on ourselves and tend to blame everything and everybody else for our pitfalls.

Faye provides amazing insights on how to avoid falling in the same trap as many others out there. She lived through many challenges herself leaving her country of Lebanon and avoids the many dangers of an unstable country, filled with conflict and war.

She certainly practices what she preaches and I am so glad to have had her in my podcast. If you really want to understand why things do not happen in your life and find your path to happiness, listen to this podcast and get to be inspired by amazing people who have gone through many difficult challenges in life. Faye resides in Auckland, New Zealand

We all live with limiting beliefs, especially when we feel we are not good enough to provide the service to the people we try to help. We constantly feel like there is something missing, something that we can really pinpoint. We keep on questioning our abilities and start looking for excuses to not pursue our dreams.

Ell Graniel is here to make you feel otherwise. By providing you some tips on how to overcome these imposter syndrome feelings, she gives real life examples on how to work with a different mindset that will assist you in achieving your goals without these negative self affirmations we tend to plague our minds with.

For everyone who has felt similar moments at any given time in their lives, this is a podcast you want to listen to.

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Mr. Hollywood Capone experience tremendous loss in his lifetime with his sister and his best friend. The latter enticed him to write a book about him and share his grievance with the world. In his first book, Mr Hollywood was able to combine both fiction and non-fiction genre by sharing his heart wrenching story of losing a friend that he considered like a brother.  After publication, he jumped into writing his second book while still integrating a character that was on the first book. Mr Hollywood realized how taking things for granted, as many of us do, can be destructive and filled with regrets when loss occurs. Despite our busy schedule, we should always take some time to call a loved one and express our gratitude towards them, or how much we miss them or love them. If you fail to do so, you will experience a life long regret for not taking those 5 minutes of your schedule to make that call or visit.

Life is filled with regrets as it is, so why add more on things that we can control.  I agree that life’s responsibility can be daunting at times, but the effort you put into reaching out to others can make someone’s life better and happier. Why not take that time to make such a positive change?

Mr Hollywood shares his own life’s experience in this podcast. For anyone who is going through a loss, this is a podcast you don’t want to miss, especially when the holidays are approaching.

Happy Holidays to all my thousands of listeners and Happy New Year. See you all in 2022

Being true to yourself is what will help you open your eyes about who you are as a person and alleviate the weight put on your shoulder that you tend to carry around. Many hide their true feelings and are ashamed of the person they are because of how they live their lives.

Steve was able to find himself through his writing. As the author of his best seller Finding you, he expressed his emotions through poetry and allows his readers to find solace in his words. His book will not be the sole answer to everyone’s existential problems, but it will at least help understand how to read your feelings and not constantly bury them just because of feeling embarrassed. We all live with issues and it is ok to get the help from experts who can properly guide you in the right path.

Great podcast with a great guy. Finding you will inspire you, will enlightened you and most importantly will allow you to understand the person you want to become.