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Episodes

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Dec. 25, 2022

Living the dream with singer/songwriter Anizzy

Send us a text Anizzy breaks barriers in the industry by making out-of-era music that combines elements of Bollywood with the traditional sounds of today’s R&B. Born in Kerala, India and raised in Houston, Texas, Anizzy follows an unconventional path to R&B fame and is eager to share his message with the world. Anizzy began producing music at 18 years of age. As an Indian man, he was facing pressures from his family related to his career aspirations. The stereotypes enforced by many Indian house...
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Dec. 23, 2022

Living the dream with author, speaker, coach, and centering prayer expert Rich Lewis

Send us a text Rich Lewis is an author, speaker and coach who focuses on centering prayer as a means of inner transformation. He teaches centering prayer in both his local and virtual community and offers one-on-one coaching. Rich’s newest book is titled, Sitting with God: A Journey To Your True Self Through Centering Prayer. He publishes a weekly meditation, book reviews, and interviews on his site, Silence Teaches. He has published articles for a number of organizations, including Contemplati...
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Dec. 21, 2022

Living the dream with mental health and disability advocate and founder of positive vibes magazine Zane Landin

Send us a text Zane Landin is from Chino, California. he graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Public Relations, and he has worked at places like USAID, NASA, and General Motors. Zane is a mental health and disability advocate, queer rights activist, entrepreneur, and positive change maker. Zane identifys as Hispanic, Queer, and Disabled. Zane is the founder of PositiveVibes Magazine, a digital magazine dedicated to telling authentic stories about mental ...
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Dec. 19, 2022

Living the dream with author, and product and leadership coach Osnat Benari

Send us a text Osnat Benari is a product and leadership coach for companies and professionals. She has over 20 years of product management experience working for companies like Diligent, Verizon Media, WeWork, and BBG Ventures and named one of the product-led-growth top influencers . Osnat serves on the advisory board for Audioburst, as well as Computer Science at Hunter College. Osnat is an advocate for resilience and mental health in the workplace. Her first book, Starting from Scratch - Manag...
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Dec. 16, 2022

Living the dream with author, divorce attorney, and former critical care nurse nancy Perpall

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...
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Dec. 14, 2022

Living the dream with author, motivational speaker, and stress management expert Phil Barth

Send us a text On August 5, 2015 Phil Barth took a surprise visit to the cardiac wing of Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. Phil suffered what was labeled a "small" heart attack. Phil remembers thinking "if this is small he’d hate to see medium." Per the advice of his Doctor Phil changed his diet, started exercising more and decided to work on controlling stress. For the past five years Phil has published a daily list: Great things that happened today. Each day Phil celebrates the great thin...
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Dec. 12, 2022

Living the dream with author, international yoga teacher, and social entrepreneur Troy Hadeed

Send us a text Troy Hadeed was born in Trinidad, wrote his first letter to the editor at 10, has taught yoga internationally for over 15 years, and has founded several successful businesses, including a hemp store, a waste oil recycling business and a yoga studio. He has walked coast-to-coast across central America, navigated the world on a ship, spent prolonged periods in silence, and is continuously seeking to make sense of the human experience. In all things, Troy hopes that his life will ass...
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Dec. 9, 2022

Living the dream with international actor and speaker Andrew Mondia

Send us a text Andrew Mondia is an International actor and speaker who has inspired 100's of people from different walks of life around the world to live a passionate life sharing his story of overcoming challenges from childhood trauma of bullying and abuse to attempting suicide. He has worked with award-winning actors/directors and been featured in The Washington Post, Uk’s The Guardian, National Post and on BBC Radio 1. Andrew Mondia is also a featured author expert in two #1 International Be...
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Dec. 7, 2022

Living the dream with mental health advocate and founder of Mind Aid Matthew Dickson

Send us a text Matthew Dickson helps people with mental illness in developing countries so they can get access to basic mental health care at www.MindAid.ca. Mind Aid steers people towards 7 nonprofits using these models of basic mental health care, which are low-cost, proven effective, and scalable. Some of these groups are promoted by Zak Williams (son of Robin Williams), Bill Clinton, Forest Whitaker (of "Star Wars"), Ashley Judd, and Tim Shriver (founder of the Special Olympics). Highlights ...
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Dec. 5, 2022

Living the dream with 3X best selling author and founder of Battel Warrior Brands Chad M Smith

Send us a text Chad is The Battle Warrior CEO of Battle Warrior Brands, a national based Apparel company that promotes the beauty of Mental Health throughout this nation. Author of Battle Warrior "The Inspiring Story of Chad Smith, A Dyslexic Survivor of Addictions." 3X International Best Selling Author (1 Solo, 2- Collaborative) Chad is a recovered Addict from both Alcohol and Pornography. Currently 1000 Days + Sober. Chad grew up in around addictions ranging from Alcohol, Painkillers, and Por...
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Dec. 2, 2022

Living the dream with Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, Chef and Author Marlisa Brown

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...
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Nov. 30, 2022

Living the dream with leading applied behavioral scientists Kurt Nelson

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 ...
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Nov. 28, 2022

Living the dream with author and murder scene survivor Ashley Michelle

Send us a text After almost being murdered, Ashley Michelle hopes her healing journey will help just one more person... Ashley’s life changed forever after she walked into a murder scene, hearing the door lock behind her, and being told she was next! Trusting her intuition his how she was able to escape with her life, but, from that moment, her life has been filled with PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Instead of this taking over her life, Ashley chose to write about her healing process so she c...
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Nov. 25, 2022

Living the dream with author, poet, and story teller Branch Isole

Send us a text Author, poet and storyteller Branch Isole writes and speaks about choice & consequence, accepting or avoiding personal responsibility, and the power of truth. Known worldwide his contemporary short stories reveal issues and emotions often experienced, but not always voiced. With a career in corporate sales/marketing, and founder/partner in five small business entrepreneur companies Branch is author/publisher of twenty-two books. Branch graduated from Texas State Univ. B.S.Ed., di...
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Nov. 23, 2022

living the dream with motivational speaker Johannes Atlas

Send us a text Secrets to freeing self from the trauma, and emotional baggage of the past to discover our true self! Growing up being a voice of reason, Johannes Atlas has always had a heart to serve. Being born with Poland’s syndrome, characterized by underdeveloped arm and chest muscles on one side of the body has affected his right side, Johannes rigorously hid his hand in his pocket from being teased in grade school, quickly discovering his insecurities, his abnormality unconsciously became...
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Nov. 21, 2022

Living the dream with author and tax strategist Dohn Thorton

Send us a text Author and tax strategist Dohn Thorton helps people legally lower their taxes to almost ZERO and get 100% lawsuit-proof asset protection by using his copyrighted trust. If you are in need of an expert to talk about how to keep more of what you earn, drastically increase your cash flow, and how to create more generational wealth by using the immense tax savings this strategy will generate? Invite Dohn to be a speaking guest. http://financialfreedom4u.now.site
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Nov. 18, 2022

Living the dream with author, personal finance and content marketing expert John Egan

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 ...
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Nov. 16, 2022

Living the dream with interior designer and color whisperer Jeanette Chasworth

Send us a text Jeanette Chasworth, interior designer, (The Color Whisperer) would love to help you heal from past grief and trauma in a unique way! She focuses on designing beautiful spaces and designing to help you heal. Her design therapy process is about discovery. Jeanette’s role is to assist you in discovering your dreams, educating you on what is possible, and to assist in creating the home you never dreamed you always wanted. Jeanette works on doing Energy Clearings as well, these can be ...
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Nov. 14, 2022

living the dream with massage therapist and founder of the unlady like lounge Courtney Lewis

Send us a text Courtney is a dirty thirty something entrepreneur from Minnesota with a double major in criminal justice and massage therapy. We know...it didn't make much sense to us either. Until we dove deeper into her back story and got to know the woman beneath the tough girl image. Her father, a Cuban immigrant, was imprisoned when she was born, and spent over 20 of her first 25 years incarcerated. These arrests led to her first encounter with law enforcement--as well as having a duty weapo...
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Nov. 11, 2022

Living the dream with author and 90s music scene and pop culture expert Andy Frye

Send us a text Andy Frye has written for Rolling Stone, ESPN, and Forbes, and has interviewed scores of rock stars and athletes from Smashing Pumpkins to Shaquille O'Neal. In June 2022, Andy published NINETY DAYS IN THE 90s: a Rock N Roll Time Travel Story—a novel about the 1990s music scene and 90s pop culture. I have written for Rolling Stone, ESPN, and currently interview pro athletes and sports legends for Forbes. In June, I published my first novel, NINETY DAYS IN THE 90s, a plot-driven fi...
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Nov. 9, 2022

Living the dream with author and certified professional organizer Angie Hyche

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 ...
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Nov. 7, 2022

Living the dream with humanitarian and founder of Global Outreach Doctors Andrew Lustig

Send us a text Dr. Andrew Lustig is a worldwide humanitarian Naturopathic Doctor/EMT/I and the President/Founder of Global Outreach Doctors. He has provided medical care in hospitals, ambulances, local clinics, mud huts and even under trees around the globe. For the past sixteen years Andrew and/or his teams have worked in disaster and poverty conditions in remote regions of the world including Ukraine, Iraq, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Grenada, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuado...
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Nov. 4, 2022

Living the dream with business coach, consultant and founder of Oligye Enterprises Colin Thompson

Send us a text Colin C. Thompson, is the founder of Oligye Enterprises (Shanghai), a company focused on business consulting, coaching, and training. Colin has been coaching since 2016 and holds a coaching certification by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). As a result of his coaching services, individuals, teams, and organizations have developed and enhanced their work and leadership skills essential for success in both personal and professional environments. Your mind is your best fr...
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Nov. 2, 2022

Living the dream with author and alzheimer's expert Carlen Maddux

Send us a text alzheimer's disease is growing in epidemic proportions. The number affected in the U.S. alone is more than 20 million -people. (That's the population of Florida.) In his book, blog, and speaking engagements Carlen Maddux shares how art made his wife radiate with joy and confidence; how his family learns to lessen the strife in the midst of their crisis; and much more. NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S MONTH. This is not an old person's disease - hundreds of thousands of young fami...
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