Personal Growth Episodes

Send us a text Nancy Perpall is a former critical care nurse who used conflict resolution to get her patients the best care. As a practicing divorce attorney for the last 30 years, she’s used conflict resolution to get her clients the best results. As a former Chair of The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Domestic Relations Rules Committee, she championed rules to promote conflict resolution through mediation as an alternative to litigation. Nancy’s upcoming how-to book, The Malnourished Marriag...

Send us a text Marlisa Brown is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator Author and Chef. She has been president of Total Wellness Inc., > 20 years, has a BS in Marketing and MS in Nutrition: she specializes in diabetes, obesity, CVD and GI disorders. Some Clients include; NY Jets, Kennedy Space Center, Hofstra and Adelphi Universities, Guardian Life, Brookhaven National Labs, Goldman Sachs Tiffany, Dean Witter Reynolds, Pall Corp, Bank of New York, Sony, Liz Claiborne, Ethicon and m...

Send us a text Recognized as one of the leading applied behavioral scientists in the country, Kurt brings his expertise in understanding of human motivation to help your listeners understand how they can influence and drive positive behavior change. He is the co-host of two podcasts on positively applying behavioral science to life and work: Behavioral Grooves (a Chartible's top-20 global social science podcast) and Weekly Grooves. Kurt's ability to take scientific research and make it easy to ...

Send us a text John Egan has written extensively on personal finance topics for outlets such as Forbes Advisor, Experian, Capital One, U.S. News & World Report, Bankrate, CreditCards.com and The Balance. Other topics he covers include health and wellness, commercial real estate and human resources. John has been a panelist at the annual FinCon gathering for creators of personal finance content, and has won professional awards from the Missouri and Texas press associations, Ragan's PR Daily, the ...

Send us a text Angie Hyche, certified professional organizer®, has been a professional organizer & member of NAPO (National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals) since 2016. She lives in a small town in Northeast Tennessee called Kingsport. She worked in the fields of medicine and education before she started her business, Shipshape Solutions. Angie loves speaking and writing about organizing as much as doing the actual organizing work. She is the author of Unholy Mess: What ...

Send us a text Nicholas Kemp is a Japanologist, researcher, solopreneur, and author of IKIGAI-KAN: Feel a Life Worth Living. He is the founder and head coach of Ikigai Tribe, a small community of educators, psychologists, coaches and trainers who serve others using the ikigai concept. www.ikigaitribe.com

Send us a text Dr Hollie Sturgeon is an Orlando-based Clinical Pharmacist with over a decade of helping patients manage their chronic stress and symptoms of burnout. She's a burnout recovery guide and author of the upcoming book Escape the Quicksand of Workplace Burnout: Your 5 Step Stress Survival Guide. When she isn’t providing burnout guidance, helping out at a local hospital, or mentoring newly-minted pharmacists, you will most likely find her at the lake with her two dogs. Dr. Hollie Sturg...

Send us a text Erec Lindbergs new book " Your Brilliant Inner Whisper" Discover why your Inner Voice is your greatest asset and how to tap its brilliance was released by his publisher on Amazon, September 16, 2021. Most of us were never taught how to recognize our Inner Voice or harness it to empower our lives. Yet we hear it all the time... you know, that familiar gut feeling, hunch, nagging nudge, insight or intuition that proved to be your best choice. Activate your greatest asset - the one s...

Send us a text Tracey Brown is a US Coast Guard Veteran. Motivational Speaker on overcoming obstacles, playing small, she has survived and overcome decades of PTSD. Tracey has been the Director of Rehabilitation, and Physio-therapist for over 25 years with the last 11 years specializing in scar tissue therapy. Tracey is a survivor of severe life threatening burns as a young child. She is the #1 best-selling Author of Rescue to Recovery: A Veteran's Story of Hidden Scars and Personal Discovery an...

Send us a text Jessie felt ugly pretty much her whole life... And actually had several people tell her she was ugly! This made Jessie feel insignificant, this made Jessie hide her true feminine self, Jessie wanted to blend in and not attract any attention. Thankfully that didn't stop her from chasing her dreams. Jessie went from feeling ugly to feeling fabulous and loving herself to even coaching models for Fashion Week who then went on to be some of the top models in the world. HOW IT STARTE...

Send us a text Nghi Dang is a Family Physician with over 10 years of experience. He worked in both inpatient and outpatient setting. He was the chief resident during residency and currently the champion for his clinic for quality of care. Nghi was born in Vietnam but grew up in Southern California. Our family moved to the states when he was 7 years old. As an immigrant, Nghi shared the same struggles as many other immigrants with adjusting to a new norm and dealing with bullying, discrimination...

Send us a text Jeff Zweerink is a research scholar for Reasons to Believe. He earned a BS in physics and a PhD in astrophysics with a focus on gamma rays from Iowa State University. Postdoctoral research in gamma rays led him to the University of California, Riverside. He continues to work as a project scientist at UCLA on GAPS, a balloon experiment seeking to detect dark matter. Jeff is also a coauthor on more than 30 academic papers published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Astrophysical Jo...

Send us a text Lori Lynn Ahrends’ vast knowledge of reading readiness has been informed by her quarter-of-a-century spent as a preschool teacher along with a decade of university teaching, state consulting, training and speaking, all in the early education realm. Hers is a message or reassurance for people who care about young children and worry about whether they are doing enough or have fallen behind during the pandemic. Her children’s book, I Am A Pig, was inspired by a song she wrote for h...

Send us a text Sophia Demas did not want to get married, have children, or write a book; the Universe, however, had other plans. In this penetrating memoir, Sophia examines the events in her life that at first seemed to be a series of coincidences, but upon further consideration were building blocks of the miraculous. The Divine Language of Coincidence chronicles the extraordinary events experienced by an ordinary woman, asserting that miracles are not only possible, but far more common than we ...

Send us a text Judith Kaluzny has Over 43 years as a lawyer and mediator for divorces–now “dissolution of marriage” in California--, she found many clients had not understood the financial consequences of marriage. And very few people realized they could write financial agreements during marriage, post-nups, that is. Intelligent, educated people thought everything they owned before marriage became community property upon marriage. Why a Marriage License Handbook? Ignorance is bliss, some say. Th...

Send us a text David Schechter, MD, is a family/sports medicine physician in private practice in Culver City, California. He has authored several books (including Think Away Your Pain) that explain the connection between stress and persistent or unexplained physical symptoms, such as back pain. In addition, he is the author of The MindBody Workbook, which has helped tens of thousands of people process emotional tension by writing about it (journaling). Dr. Schechter graduated from Princeton Univ...

Send us a text Naturopath, yoga therapist, Karma Master, Holistic Health teacher/author/producer with over 30 years experience, internationally recognized author and speakerDoctor Lynn a Naturopath and Yoga therapist has authored multiple book series and has been published in major publications such as Reader’s Digest, Shape, SELF, SPRY, The Chicago Times, Huffington Post, Thrive Global and Redbook. She was featured as one of the “hottest” fitness professionals over fifty in Spry Magazine. She ...

Send us a text Wellness/Resilience Coach, Kundalini Yoga Instructor, Registered Nurse. Patricia Lambert Gent is the founder of Resiliency Reframed. Her mission is to create a space to revitalize and reconnect through mind, body and spirit. She helps high achievers prioritize themselves and create a life of BALANCE & ALIGNMENT. Through coaching, kundalini yoga and the akashic records she has empowered clients to tap into creativity and create a life in FLOW. Her experience includes being a Regist...

Send us a text Wanda Davis is an accomplished educator (B.Ed. 2002) having worked with the Thames Valley District School Board as a high school teacher since 2002. Her focus is working with students with special needs, whether that is a learning disability or someone with a physical or communication disability. She has strong interpersonal skills dealing with youth and adults, outstanding presentation and training skills and uses many strategies that increase engagement and learning. Wanda is t...

Send us a text Rebecca Whitman is a Success Mentor, graduate with honors from Princeton University and author of international bestselling books, "Phenomenal Feminine Entrepreneurs," "Business, Life, Universe" and "How to Make a Six Figure Income Working Part Time." She was selected as Life Coach of the Year by International Association of Top Professionals. She hosts the top 5% globally ranked "Balanced, Beautiful, Abundant" podcast. Her philosophy divides life into 7 Pillars of / Abundance w...

Send us a text Rita is a self-care/self-love/personal development expert. Rita is the founder & CEO of happybeingwell.com, which is a wellness e-commerce site. Rita is a Lover of Life! CEO and Founder of HappyBeingWell.com with the mission of being the #1 Self-Care Community in the world. Her mission is to awaken a billion people globally to their love while teaching them how to reprogram their subconscious, align with truth, universal laws, and create a daily Self-Care practice. It is through a...

Send us a text Brian Sachetta is the author of the "Get Out of Your Head" book series, a collection of personal development works focused on helping readers overcome various forms of mental illness. The first entry in that series, "Get Out of Your Head: A Toolkit for Living with and Overcoming Anxiety," was released in 2018. Brian also runs a website and blog of the same name www.getoutofyourhead.com Through his site, he offers written advice and coaching to clients looking to make strides in th...

Send us a text Sissi OShaughnessy Is a certified life coach specializing in Grief. After losing her mother and husband two months apart, she made it her life purpose to find meaning after loss and help others move through their grief as she has. Sissi has sense learned that grief is actually a part of everyday living, and anytime we release the idea of what we expected something to be, we grieve. Therefore, how we live is how we grieve. The more inner work we do to remove blocks and patterns tha...

Send us a text Mayara grew up in Brazil and she had to overcome a very adverse and traumatic childhood. She has a history of physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse that led her into an intense dependency on alcohol since her early years. Mayara finally moved to America in her mid twenties when she started her healing process that continues to evolve every day. Today, after a decade of healing work and extensive research on trauma and consciousness, she is a certified Sound Therapist and us...