Author Episodes

Mara Gerke on Simple Habits for Better Health | 1,492 Mara Gerke is a Certified Natural Health Professional, gut health coach, herbalist, and aromatherapist who helps adults over 40 take back control of their health from the inside out. Her work is rooted in personal experience. After overcoming Complex Regional Pain Syndrome more than 20 years ago, Mara developed a practical, habit based approach to managing pain, reducing inflammation, and restoring balance through gut health and daily lifestyle choices. She is the author of The Healthy Habits Challenge, a step by step guide designed to help people build a strong foundation for lasting wellness. Through workshops, programs, and one on one coaching, Mara meets clients where they are, guiding them toward sustainable change that fits their life. Her approach is simple and grounded. Real health is built through consistent habits, not quick fixes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out toda…

How Andrea Kimberley Uses Art for Emotional Healing | 1,490 Andrea Kimberley is a Calgary based artist and facilitator who uses creativity as a tool for emotional healing and self reconnection. She is the creator of Creative Alchemy, a method that helps people process emotions and reconnect with themselves through simple, accessible art practices that require no experience or artistic background. Since 2018, Andrea has led workshops across North and South America, creating spaces where individuals can slow down, explore what they are feeling, and meet themselves with curiosity instead of judgment. Her work is not about creating perfect art, but about using the creative process to move through life’s challenges with more awareness and honesty. Alongside her workshops, Andrea creates commissioned watercolor and ink pieces, each embedded with hidden messages that invite deeper reflection. She is also the author of five books, including her Creative Alchemy guidebook, a 250 page…

1,487 | Tom LeNoble on Rising Through Adversity Tom LeNoble is an international speaker, resilience coach, and executive leader who helps individuals and organizations navigate change, uncertainty, and reinvention with clarity and purpose. His career spans Fortune 500 companies, high growth startups, and mission driven ventures, including leadership roles at Facebook (Meta), Walmart.com, Palm (HP), and MCI (Verizon), as well as founding Taranga Enterprises. Across these environments, he has focused on one consistent theme: helping leaders adapt, innovate, and perform through disruption. Tom is the creator of the RiskAbility Factor™, a leadership framework designed to help people make bold, aligned decisions in uncertain conditions. His work blends strategic thinking with grounded human insight, making him a sought after voice on resilience, reinvention, and modern leadership. He currently serves as CEO of the Academy for Coaching Excellence and coaches global social entre…

1,485 | How Kady McKenna Is Changing the World at 17 Kady McKenna is a student leader, nonprofit founder, author, and speaker whose work focuses on environmental action, digital equity, and youth empowerment. A 17 year-old honors and AP student at Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, she has participated in global leadership programs including Miss Porter’s School’s Change Maker’s Institute and Georgetown University’s American Politics Academy, and has spoken at VOGUE Headquarters in New York as a class ambassador for VOGUE Summer School. She is the founder of eTreasure, a youth-led nonprofit dedicated to electronics recycling and closing the digital divide, which has earned international recognition and multiple environmental and service awards. Her work includes a TEDx talk, a published children’s book, and advocacy efforts highlighted by organizations such as Cartoon Network and the Aeras Foundation. Alongside her advocacy, Kady is a national-level baton twirlin…

1,482 | How Tara Porter Helps You Rebuild After Grief Tara Porter is an author and emerging grief coach dedicated to helping others navigate life after loss with compassion, honesty, and renewal. She is a contributing author in the collaborative book Breaking the Silence: Voices of Survivors, Volume 4, where she shares her voice alongside others who have turned pain into purpose. As she completes her grief coach certification, Tara is launching Magnolia Rising, a space where grief and life grow together. Her work focuses on helping individuals rediscover themselves after loss, not by rushing the process, but by honoring it and growing through it. She is also hosting the Magnolia Rising Renewal Retreat, a one day experience designed to support healing, reflection, and reconnection for those ready to begin again. Through her journey and her work, Tara offers something deeply needed. A reminder that even after loss, growth is still possible. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love …

1,481 | Lee Bakewell on Building Resilient Athletes for Life Lee Bakewell is the founder of Penn Prospects Soccer Schools and RAISE Mindset and Performance, where sport becomes a vehicle for building something deeper than skill alone. With more than two decades of experience across youth development, collegiate programs, and the U.S. Soccer landscape, Lee has shaped an approach that goes beyond traditional coaching. His work focuses on developing individuals who can adapt, think, and grow in environments that are constantly changing. At the center of his philosophy is Adaptive Intelligence, a practical framework that strengthens resilience, awareness, and decision making over time. Through soccer, education, and storytelling, he helps athletes and families build confidence that lasts beyond the field. Lee is the author of Recipes for Resilience, a book that explores how everyday experiences quietly shape strength and character. He also hosts the podcast Embracing the Journ…

1,479 | How Julie Waas Helps Women Thrive in Midlife Julie Waas is the force behind Julie Waas Coaching, where high-performance strategy meets reinvention in midlife. A certified High Performance Coach, former attorney, abstract artist, author, and speaker, she brings a rare combination of analytical precision and creative vision to the work of personal transformation. After more than thirty years in the legal profession, Julie stepped beyond a traditional path and built a second act defined by growth, expression, and intentional change. Beginning her art career at 60, she has exhibited internationally, proving through action that reinvention is not a theory, it is a decision backed by discipline and belief. Her work focuses on helping women navigate transition with clarity and momentum, turning periods of uncertainty into structured opportunities for expansion. Drawing from her background in law, coaching, and creative practice, she delivers strategies that are both grounded…

1,478 | Yosi Amram on Spiritual Intelligence and Leadership Yosi Amram is a licensed clinical psychologist, CEO leadership coach, author, and one of the early pioneers in the field of Spiritual Intelligence. His journey spans multiple worlds. From growing up in Israel surrounded by conflict and early exposure to trauma, to rising quickly through the military ranks, to building and leading two technology companies through successful IPOs after earning degrees from MIT and Harvard. On paper, it was a life defined by achievement. But success did not answer deeper questions. A profound personal crisis led Yosi into what he describes as a spiritual awakening, shifting his focus from external success to inner understanding. That turning point redirected his path toward exploring the deeper dimensions of human potential, consciousness, and leadership. He went on to earn a PhD in clinical transpersonal psychology and developed one of the first research grounded models of Spiritual…

1,471 | Kimberly Stevens on Turning Pain Into Purpose Kimberly J. Stevens is an All-American swimmer, Big Ten record setter, and University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who learned how to win early and endure when it mattered most. Her life was shaped not just by victory, but by devastating loss. The death of her first child. Years spent fighting for her daughter’s life through a liver transplant that ultimately overcame Citrullinemia. A battle with Breast Cancer. Financial collapse. Moments that redefine strength. Today, she speaks and writes from lived authority. As the author of Altar’d, her message is clear and unfiltered: get up again, take the next step, and refuse to let loss have the final word. Because true victory is not in avoiding the waves. It is in choosing to keep swimming. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.extendtherose.org 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs…

1,467 | Ralph Brewer on Becoming the Man You Should Be Ralph Brewer is the author of REBUILD: The Complete Guide to Starting Over as a Man, along with The Dead Bedroom Fix, Divorce Panic, Red Flags, and Real Talk: No Bullsht Life Advice for Young Men*. His work has reached hundreds of thousands of men worldwide through his books, podcast, and growing global community. More than a decade ago, after a divorce and personal collapse, Ralph faced a hard reset. Instead of avoiding it, he confronted it head on, rebuilding his life by challenging deeply held beliefs around masculinity, relationships, and identity. That process became the foundation of his work today. Through Help For Men, Ralph equips men to rebuild with structure, discipline, and self respect, helping them move from confusion to clarity and from instability to leadership. His message is direct. No shortcuts. No excuses. Just ownership, growth, and becoming the man you are capable of being. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━…

1,466 | How Hailima Yates Helps You Break Limiting Beliefs Hailima Yates is an author, mindset coach, and the CEO and founder of Luv Mrk, dedicated to helping individuals reshape the way they think, respond, and live. Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Denver, Colorado, her journey has been shaped by personal growth, real world challenges, and the perspective gained through both national and international experiences. These moments became the foundation for the work she leads today. For more than 20 years, Hailima has developed and led programs that help people understand how past experiences shape current thoughts, behaviors, and decisions. Her approach goes beyond awareness. She equips individuals with practical, sustainable tools to transform limiting beliefs, break self defeating patterns, and build a mindset rooted in clarity and intention. Through her work, she empowers people to create healthier habits, make aligned choices, and design lives driven by purpose. He…

1,464 | David Chotka on Faith Prayer and Spiritual Discipline David Chotka is an author, conference speaker, and pastor with more than 30 years of ministry experience focused on helping people deepen their spiritual lives. He has written five books and traveled to 17 countries, speaking to audiences of all sizes and across denominations, equipping individuals and communities to strengthen their spiritual disciplines and prayer lives. For more than two decades, he served as Chair of Alliance Pray!, the national equipping team of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. Known for his approachable and engaging style, David brings both depth and relatability to his teaching. Outside of ministry, he enjoys playing the piano and singing, usually when no one is watching. He lives with his wife Elizabeth and is the proud father of two adult children. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.spiritequip.com 🎬 Need stunni…

1,462 | Rose Ann Forte on Breaking Free from Destructive Habits Rose Ann Forte is an international best-selling author, addiction and behavioral habits specialist, and the creator of the Choose Freedom Program, a framework that blends faith and neuroscience to help people break free from patterns that hold them back. Her work focuses on the renewal of the mind, guiding individuals to move beyond destructive thoughts, emotional cycles, and behaviors without shame or performance-driven pressure. Through her approach, she provides practical and compassionate tools that support lasting, sustainable transformation. Rose Ann is the author of The Plans He Has For Me and Prepare to Quit, and co-author of Transformed by His Promises. She works with individuals, churches, and counselors, equipping them to approach healing and growth with clarity, grace, and purpose. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.choosefreedom.today 🎬 Need…

1,457 | Kalise White on Second Chances and Real Transformation Kalise White is a published author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and advocate for healing, transformation, and second chances. Her work is grounded in lived experience, hard earned wisdom, and a deep commitment to helping others reclaim their voice and purpose. After spending more than a decade incarcerated at a young age, Kalise returned home without a roadmap, resources, or support system. Through faith, discipline, and relentless self reflection, she rebuilt her life, becoming a two time published author, successful business owner, and a powerful voice for trauma recovery and emotional healing. Today, she speaks with honesty and conviction, reaching individuals navigating trauma, incarceration, abuse, grief, and identity loss. Her message resonates deeply, especially with women and justice impacted communities who often feel unseen and unheard. Kalise does not speak from theory. She speaks from truth. …

1,451 | Mary Lou Panzano on Leading Through Change and Loss Mary Lou Panzano is an award winning communications executive turned leadership coach, advisor, and speaker with more than 35 years of experience guiding organizations through complex change. After a profound personal loss, she stepped away from her corporate career to focus on what matters most to her, helping people grow, adapt, and truly prosper. Today, she works with individuals and leaders to navigate change with clarity, confidence, and resilience, both in business and in life. Mary Lou is a best selling co author of Cracking the Rich Code, Volume 18 and a contributing author to The Art of Connection: 365 Days of Resilience. Her upcoming book, Cementing Change: Cracking the Code for Communications that Work, is set for release in 2026. Deeply committed to service, she is a former board president of her local Habitat for Humanity affiliate and remains active in her church and community. Mary Lou lives in New …

1,448 | Bill Derrick on Surviving Cancer and Turning Adversity Into Strength Bill Derrick is a business leader, author, and speaker whose life and work are grounded in resilience, faith, and perseverance. With degrees in civil engineering and business from the University of Minnesota, he began his career in large-scale construction before joining his family’s company, Derrick Companies, in 1989. Alongside his family, Bill helped grow the business through years of success until the Great Recession of 2007 brought devastating challenges. After five years of fighting to keep the company alive, he emerged from that season stronger, only to face an even greater test in 2013 with a diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma, a life threatening blood cancer. Through extensive treatment, including chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, Bill has remained in remission and continues to share his story as a source of strength and hope for others. His book, Restored by the Storm: Navigating Throu…

1,445 | Kym Coco on Mindfulness Movement and Living Fully Kym Coco is an author, yogi, and wellness educator who blends science, movement, and mindfulness to support a balanced, intentional life. She holds a Master’s Degree in Sports Kinesiology along with two 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training certifications, and has taught both disciplines at California State University, Chico and in workshops across the country. Today, Kym shares practical tools for well being through her book Miracle on the Mountainside and her blog, Swagtail.com, where she inspires others to reconnect with their bodies, mindset, and sense of adventure. Based in the Sierra Nevadas, Kym enjoys life on the road in her Sprinter Van, exploring scenic landscapes, discovering great golf courses, and embracing the freedom of a life well lived, alongside her two beloved Staffies. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.swagtail.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean a…

1,443 | Reese Sabatini Blake on Healing Trauma Without Medication Reese Sabatini Blake is an author, speaker, and medicine woman who blends her background in high risk social services with holistic healing to support deep, personal transformation. Her work is centered on helping individuals reconnect with their true selves and move beyond trauma without relying on drugs or pharmaceuticals. Through her approach, Reese guides people toward clarity, healing, and a more grounded sense of self. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.trauma2bliss.ca 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Friday! #PositiveTalkRadio…

1,434 | Kurt Bush on Leading Authentically Without Self Doubt Kurt Bush is a certified Internal Family Systems practitioner, trauma-informed coach, and co-founder of Brimstone Coaching Group. With a background in corporate leadership, pastoral ministry, and coaching, he helps leaders move beyond self-doubt, step into authenticity, and lead with confidence. Having navigated his own experience with imposter syndrome, Kurt brings both empathy and practical insight to his work. Through Brimstone’s E + R = T approach, Encounter plus Reflection equals Transformation, he guides individuals and teams from exhaustion and frustration toward clarity, resilience, and wholeness. Kurt is also the co-author of Live Fully. Lead Authentically. , where he explores the connection between self-awareness, leadership, and meaningful impact. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.brimstonecoachinggroup.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio,…

1,432 | Dylan Bost on Building a Business Without Burnout Dylan Bost is the founder of Sunny HQ and author of *The 7 Mirrors*, a framework for building a business and life rooted in alignment rather than urgency. With 30 years of experience in design, architecture, and entrepreneurship, Dylan’s path includes a full professional collapse that led him to rebuild from the inside out. Today, he helps founders simplify their systems, reclaim their time, and lead with clarity. His work connects business strategy with personal growth, guiding leaders to respond instead of react, design with intention, and build companies that support their lives rather than consume them. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://dylanclaytonbost.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coache…

1,431 | Dr Robin Hall on Thriving After Life Changing Diagnosis Dr. Robin Hall is a board certified family physician, best selling author, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker who has experienced healthcare from every angle. As a physician, caregiver to her husband during his battle with stage IV lymphoma, and a breast cancer survivor herself, she brings rare depth, empathy, and perspective to her work. She was also a pioneer in the medical field, founding one of the first concierge medical practices in Texas despite widespread skepticism. Today, she empowers others to stop putting themselves last and give themselves permission to thrive in their health, mindset, and life. Her book, The Other Side of Illness: Unexpected Blessings, is a collection of real stories from patients and individuals who faced life altering health challenges and discovered growth, purpose, and hope along the way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: ww…

1,430 | Dr Jerry Woodbridge on Helping Children Through Grief Dr. Jerry Woodbridge is an educator, author, and speaker with more than 40 years of experience supporting children and families through life’s most difficult moments. Throughout her career, she often found herself on the front lines helping students navigate grief and loss, shaping her passion for emotional healing and storytelling. Her latest book, Joy Overcame Sorrow, was inspired by both her professional work and personal journey through loss. Written from the perspective of a young girl coping with the death of her father, the story reflects Dr. Woodbridge’s belief that children need resources that speak to them in their own voice, especially when facing grief. A lifelong writer, Dr. Woodbridge has expressed her experiences through poetry, journaling, and previous works, including her devotional Trading My Sorrows for the Joy of the Lord. After losing her husband and experiencing other profound losses, writing …

1,429 | Lisa Conway on Surviving 100 Shock Therapy Treatments Lisa A. Conway, MSW, is a mental health advocate, author, and former medical social worker dedicated to ethical care, patient advocacy, and lived experience recovery. After years in the medical field, she now focuses on raising awareness around transparency, informed consent, and patient centered approaches in mental health treatment, especially in relation to shock therapy. As an ECT survivor who underwent more than one hundred treatments, Lisa speaks openly about the long term impact of psychiatric interventions and the importance of honoring patient voices. Her memoir, Shocked, offers a powerful and personal look into mental illness, the healthcare system, and the journey from trauma to advocacy. Through her writing and speaking, Lisa works to reduce stigma while encouraging honest, necessary conversations about mental health, recovery, and compassionate care. She enjoys running with her service dog Teddy, writi…

1,425 | Dr Michael Godin on Surgery Surfing and Survival Dr. Michael Godin is a facial plastic surgeon practicing in Richmond, Virginia and Southern California. Alongside his medical career, he is also an author known for blending humor, storytelling, and real life experience into his work. He wrote the acclaimed debut novel *The Big Prick: Surgery, Surfing, and Survival in 1980s San Diego*, followed by *Fighting Gravity*, a romantic comedy set in the world of plastic surgery. His stories draw from his experiences training during the HIV pandemic of the 1980s, as well as his life outside the operating room. Dr. Godin enjoys living on both coasts with his wife, their adult sons, and two dogs, one very well behaved and the other a bit more spirited, both equally loved. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.msgodin.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at …