Author Episodes

1,363 | Lindsay Friedman Shares a Smarter Way to Prepare for Caregiving Lindsay Friedman began her career as a nursing assistant, working across long-term care settings. That professional path became deeply personal when she became her grandmother’s primary caregiver, an experience that transformed her understanding of what families truly face. After a serious accident, Lindsay spent several years as a care recipient, gaining firsthand insight into both sides of the caregiving journey. Later, as a cross-generational caregiver supporting her parents and caring for her chronically ill daughter, she learned to approach every challenge with empathy, resilience, and perspective. An experienced entrepreneur and the author of Plan Today, Protect Tomorrow, Lindsay founded CareBloom, a caregiving support tool, and LTCareNav, an AI-powered long-term care planning platform that provides families with free care plans, concierge support, and connections to trusted care resources. Throu…

1,361 | Maria Cristini Shares How to Move From Vision to Action Maria Cristini is an executive coach, facilitator, and author of Two Feet In: Finding Clarity, Purpose, and Passion in Your Life and Career. For more than 25 years, she has helped leaders, creatives, and change-makers move from imagining the future to actively living it. Maria’s work is rooted in joy, values, and her signature philosophy of “living with two feet in” – embracing uncertainty and transformation with courage, clarity, and purpose. Through her coaching programs and book, she provides practical frameworks that guide people to align who they are with what they do, so they can create meaningful impact in their work and lives. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://mariacristini.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 t…

1,357 | Lori Kleiner Eckert Reveals the Power of Simple Life Truths Lori Kleiner Eckert is an author, speaker, columnist, and quilt artist whose work weaves together stories, symbols, and life lessons. With over 30 years in the motivation field, Lori has published five books, spoken to more than 250 audiences across 11 states, and written a nationally syndicated, award-winning column. Her storytelling inspires reflection, laughter, and resilience—encouraging readers and listeners to find meaning in everyday moments. Her latest book, Chai on Life (Bancroft Press, 2025), features 36 slice-of-life stories touching on everything from belly fat to Billy Joel—each ending with a simple but powerful truth, like “Blessed are the flexible because they will not be bent out of shape.” Through her words and her art, Lori reminds us that every thread—every story—has purpose and beauty. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www…

1,356 | Dawn Stephens on Serving, Pouring Out, and Staying Fruitful Dawn Stephens is a self-proclaimed Fruit Pot! Like the main character in her award-winning picture book The Little Pot, Dawn is a vessel created by the Potter. As she allows her Creator to produce the fruit of the Spirit through her, Dawn loves helping others discover how they too can be “fruit pots” growing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Like Little Pot, Dawn’s journey to discovering her true identity and purpose took time. She sought fulfillment as an educator, wife, mother, fundraising director, sales manager, business owner, and school principal. It was only when she learned to focus on what God could grow through her—not just what she held—that her true purpose became clear. Her beloved series of books reflects this spiritual growth: The Little Pot teaches that being filled and emptied is part of God’s plan to make us fruitful. The Tea Pot show…

1,353 | Scott Abbott on Raising Capital, Scaling Teams, and Staying Aligned Scott Abbott is a serial entrepreneur, executive coach, investor, and best-selling author with over 35 years of experience launching, operating, buying, and selling companies across multiple industries. A finalist for the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies honoree, Scott has raised over $35M in venture capital, led teams generating billions in sales, and built a legacy of helping businesses thrive. As the Founder & Co-Founder of multiple ventures—and host of a Top 10% global podcast with 100K+ downloads—Scott shares the lessons, strategies, and mindset shifts that turn good leaders into great ones. His books, including BOS-UP, BOS-UP Moments, Level-UP to Professional, and The Co+Factor, serve as roadmaps for leadership, growth, and high-performance teamwork. Through his company and coaching work, Scott helps leaders clarify goals, minimiz…

1,352 | Vin Mitty on Using AI With Clarity, Confidence, and Purpose Vin Mitty is the Senior Director of Data Science & AI at LegalShield and the author of the upcoming book The AI Decision Map, where he distills years of research and hands-on experience into a practical guide for cutting through the hype and creating real business value with AI. With a mission to make AI simple, human, and accessible, Vin helps leaders and teams navigate technological change with clarity and confidence. His work bridges data, strategy, and empathy—proving that the future of AI isn’t just about machines, but about people making smarter, more meaningful decisions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://vmitty.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, coaches, and brands ready to level…

1,350 | Robbie Raugh Shares the Raw Truth Behind Sustainable Fitness Robbie Raugh is a Registered Nurse, Master Fitness Trainer, Health and Nutrition Specialist, Life Coach, Radio and Podcast Host, Keynote Speaker, Author, wife, and mom. Her bestselling book, The Raw Truth Recharge: 7 Truths to Health and Fitness, empowers others to live with purpose and balance through faith, family, food, fitness, detox, sleep, and stress management. With decades of experience in health and wellness, Robbie’s mission is simple—to help people transform their bodies, renew their minds, and strengthen their faith for a life that’s fully recharged. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.youtube.com/robbieraugh 🎬 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 le…

1,345 | Stuart Perrin Shares Lessons From 40 Years of Meditation Stuart Perrin is an American spiritual master of Rudra Meditation who has been teaching around the world for more than forty years. His journey began in his early twenties, traveling through Europe and North Africa in search of a spiritual teacher. In 1967, he met Swami Rudrananda (Rudi)—a moment that transformed his life. Under Rudi’s guidance, Stuart learned a powerful meditation practice that develops the chakra system and makes the esoteric deeply practical for modern life. Today, he teaches Rudra Meditation in the U.S. and internationally via Zoom, guiding students toward greater awareness, balance, and inner peace. Stuart is also the author of numerous books on meditation and spiritual practice, including A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters, Navigating the River of Time, Moving On: Finding Happiness in a Changed World, and Leah: A Story of Meditation and Healing. Through his teaching and writing, Stuart cont…

1,344 | Ralph Brewer on Rebuilding Life, Identity, and Masculinity Ralph Brewer is the author of REBUILD – The Complete Guide to Starting Over as a Man, 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 around the world through his books, podcast, and global community. After a painful divorce and personal collapse more than a decade ago, Ralph rebuilt his life from the ground up—confronting hard truths about masculinity, relationships, and identity. What began as his own journey of healing and self-discovery evolved into an international movement. Today, through Help For Men, Ralph empowers men to rebuild with integrity, confidence, and clarity—helping them become stronger partners, fathers, and leaders in a changing world. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: helpformen.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-…

1,343 | Jacquie Elliott on Silencing the Inner Critic and Embracing Self Love Jacquie Elliott is a Certified Life, Relationship, and Spiritual Coach, author, and retreat leader devoted to helping others silence their inner critic and rediscover their divine worth. After years of battling Abusive Brain Chatter™—the relentless inner voice that whispers “you’re not enough”—Jacquie transformed her pain into purpose. Her book, The Silent Bully: A Journey from Abusive Brain Chatter to Self-Love™, blends memoir, spirituality, and healing practices to guide readers toward self-compassion, inner peace, and freedom. Through her retreats, workshops, and writing, Jacquie helps others reconnect with their Higher Power, awaken to their inherent value, and live from a place of love instead of fear. Her mission is simple yet profound: to remind you that you are already enough—and always have been. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: h…

1,342 | Sharon Josef Reveals a Path to Purposeful Spiritual Evolution Sharon Josef is a Channeller, Healer, Bestselling Author, Medium, Animal Communicator, DNA Architect, and Clairvoyant dedicated to helping others awaken to the fullness of who they are. With compassion and clarity, she serves as a mirror for transformation—guiding individuals to release energetic blocks from this life and beyond, including childhood and ancestral patterns. Using her clairvoyance, energy interpretation, and intuitive insight, Sharon helps clients upgrade their awareness and align with their highest potential. Through practical, down-to-earth tools and spiritual wisdom, Sharon empowers people to focus on what they can achieve in every area of life—expanding consciousness, deepening self-trust, and evolving with purpose and grace. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.sharonjosef.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scrol…

1,341 | Nika Kozyra Explains Intuitive Wellness for Real Life Resilience Nika Kozyra is a Federal Police Officer, Emergency Medical Responder, published author, motivational speaker, and Intuitive Integrative Wellness Life Coach based in the Washington, D.C. area. Blending her background in law enforcement, psychology, and holistic health, Nika helps individuals reconnect with their mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual selves. After overcoming her own struggles with chronic pain, she founded Sto Lat Wellness—a space dedicated to cultivating self-awareness, intuition, and sustainable healing. Drawing from her experience as a first responder, Nika brings both discipline and deep empathy to her work, guiding clients toward balance, resilience, and self-trust. Rooted in the belief that the mind and body already hold what is needed to heal, Nika invites others to return to themselves—to clarify their intuition, reclaim their strength, and live with purpose. “Sto Lat” m…

1,340 | Carly Alyssa Thorne Reveals a New Era of Transformational Storytelling Carly Alyssa Thorne is a multidimensional creator, conscious leader, and visionary voice in the transformational arts and entertainment industries. With over three decades of experience as a Director, Producer, Actress, Author, Speaker, and Life Coach, she blends creative excellence with holistic mastery to inspire change on every level. Bridging Eastern and Western philosophies, Carly integrates wellness, spirituality, and storytelling into a unified approach to transformation—both on and off the screen. A certified Life Coach, Reiki Master, Integrated Energy Master, NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner, and Interfaith Ordained Minister, she has guided countless individuals and organizations toward clarity, alignment, and authentic expression. From producing and directing conscious films and live events to leading personal and professional development programs, Carly’s career is devoted to conscious …

1,339 | Candi Usher Shares a Joyful Approach to Life and Growth Candi Usher is a Navy veteran, BookFest award-winning author, minister, teacher, and doctorate student in Clinical Psychology. An omnivert with a passion for learning, she blends her love for literature, science, and history with a deep curiosity about human behavior and creativity. When she’s not writing or studying, Candi can be found exploring museums, aquariums, and zoos—or enjoying K-dramas, anime, and natural disaster movies. A true cooking connoisseur with a love for cars, motorcycles, and video games, she brings intellect, humor, and heart to everything she does. Candi’s mission is to inspire others to live curiously, love deeply, and find joy in both the serious and the playful sides of life. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.mscandigirl.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services a…

1,338 | George Pesansky on Operational Excellence Where Performance Meets Empathy George Pesansky is a global leader in Operational Excellence with over 30 years of experience in performance optimization, executive coaching, and systematic improvement. He has trained and coached more than 10,000 professionals across six continents, helping Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits achieve measurable, lasting results. As the founder of Capacity2Care, a nonprofit that inspires Superperformers to donate their talent—not just their time—George is redefining how business leaders give back to their communities. Known for his clarity, candor, and hands-on approach, George is the author of Superperformance and a member of both the Forbes Coaches Council and the Fast Company Executive Board. His mission is to help people and organizations perform at their highest capacity—where excellence meets empathy. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s …

1,337 | Jacqueline Pirtle on Awakening Your Inner Spark Jacqueline Pirtle is the joy-obsessed energy expert behind FreakyHealer, bestselling author of over 18 transformational books, and the go-to guide for shifting from “meh” to magnetic. With 30 years of experience in energy healing, Jacqueline makes deep transformation feel fun, easy, and wildly empowering. She teaches people how to understand, align with, and elevate their energy to create a life that actually feels good—not someday, but today. Through her books, journals, and energetic tools, Jacqueline has helped thousands around the world awaken their inner spark, raise their vibration, and step into a life filled with happiness, purpose, and flow. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://freakyhealer.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 agen…

1,336 | Stephanie Lincoln on Overcoming Fear When Everything Goes Wrong Stephanie Lincoln is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Army Veteran, and author of Born to Be Brave—a gripping true story of survival, resilience, and the unbreakable human spirit. In August 2020, what began as a short hike in Washington’s Olympic National Forest turned into a life-or-death battle when Stephanie went missing in the wilderness. Told with humor, grit, and honesty, her story reveals how every challenge in her life prepared her for that defining moment—and how courage, faith, and self-belief can carry us through the impossible. Today, Stephanie serves as an embedded behavioral health provider at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and runs a private practice offering mental health and wellness coaching. She continues to inspire others through her story, helping people discover their own inner strength and resilience. Based in South Seattle with her husband and two dogs, Stephanie is still an avid h…

1,333 | Chris Orcutt on Why Authentic Writing Always Wins Chris Orcutt is an award-winning novelist and professional writer with more than thirty years of experience and over a dozen meticulously crafted books to his name. Born in Maine and based in New York’s Hudson Valley, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in philosophy before launching his career as a journalist and educator. His acclaimed works—including the Dakota Stevens Mystery Series and One Hundred Miles from Manhattan—have earned praise from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews for their sharp prose, wit, and humanity. For more than a decade, Orcutt devoted himself to his magnum opus, Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome—a nine-book saga capturing the raw, hilarious, and deeply human essence of 1980s American adolescence. Writing on typewriters, blasting ’80s anthems, and fueled by endless coffee, he built what critics have called a “literary time machine.” Dubbed “Lord of the ’80s” and “The American …

1,331 | Dr. Jack Stoltzfus on Helping Adult Children Launch With Confidence Dr. Jack Stoltzfus is a clinical psychologist and America’s Launch Coach™. With decades of experience guiding parents and families, his mission is to help parents support their adult child’s transition to independence while maintaining a strong, caring bond. As both a professional and a parent of adult children himself, Dr. Stoltzfus understands the real-life challenges of “letting go” with love. Through counseling, writing, and speaking, he empowers parents to find the balance between compassion and boundaries as their children navigate adulthood. He is the author of The Parent’s Launch Code: Loving and Letting Go of Our Adult Children and the creator of ParentsLettingGo.com, a trusted resource for tools, insights, and encouragement to help families thrive through life’s transitions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.parentslettingg…

1,328 | Merry Korn on Scaling, Exiting, and Building Businesses That Matter Merry Korn is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, author, and advisor best known as the visionary founder of Pearl Interactive Network, Inc., one of the world’s most successful for-profit social enterprises. For over two decades, Merry led Pearl Interactive Network with a people-first philosophy—creating over 1,300 jobs across 30 states for disabled veterans, military spouses, people with disabilities, and individuals in underserved communities. Her leadership proved that when employees feel valued, they deliver excellence, innovation, and lasting impact. After scaling and successfully exiting Pearl Interactive Network, Merry now empowers others through speaking, advisory services, and thought leadership—helping business owners grow with purpose and professionals break free from career stagnation. Her achievements have been recognized by Ernst & Young, NPR, and The United States Business Leadership Net…

1,327 | How to Keep Kids Safe Online in a Digital World with Nathan LaChine Nathan LaChine is a longtime foster parent, educator, and advocate with over two decades of experience supporting Washington State’s most vulnerable youth. A third-generation foster parent, he has provided therapeutic foster care for more than 20 years and is the founder of Evergreen Caregiver Support, an organization dedicated to empowering caregivers through training, resources, and community connection. He is the author of The Internet Safety Workbook for Tweens: With Olivia and Friends, an interactive guide that helps kids and families learn digital safety through storytelling, real-life scenarios, and engaging activities. The workbook features reflection exercises, “Chat Starters,” and a family internet safety agreement to promote healthy online habits. As a trainer and speaker, Nathan’s expertise spans internet safety, online grooming prevention, CSEC education, LGBTQIA+ youth support, harm redu…

1,326 | Debbie Weiss Reveals How to Start Over at Any Age Debbie Weiss is a bestselling author, speaker, and creator of The Sprinkle Effect™—a method that helps women rediscover themselves and rebuild their lives after caregiving, loss, or major life changes. After more than forty years as a family caregiver, Debbie experienced a powerful awakening at fifty: her life wouldn’t change unless she did. That realization sparked a journey of self-discovery and transformation that continues to inspire women everywhere. When she became a widow at fifty-nine, the strength she had cultivated through The Sprinkle Effect™ gave her the courage to keep growing and to empower others to do the same. Featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show and in MSN Magazine as one of the Top 10 Leading Speakers to Follow in 2025, Debbie is also the author of On Second Thought… Maybe I Can! and The Sprinkle Effect: A Guide to Creating a More Colorful and Fulfilling Life. Through her podcast Maybe I Can, an…

1,324 | Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy: Amy Dickens on Joy, Play, and Real Growth Amy Dickens is a leading voice on the power of joy and play as tools for transformation and nervous system regulation. As the creator of Joyfully You, author of 101 Ways to Spread Joy, and host of the Joyfully You Podcast, Amy helps people reconnect to their aliveness through laughter, movement, and community. Whether she’s leading parades of people dancing through city streets or speaking on stage about the ripple effect of joy, Amy’s message is clear: joy isn’t a distraction from growth—it’s the doorway to it. Through her work, Amy continues to inspire people around the world to live with more authenticity, connection, and delight. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier qualit…

1,322 | Cornelia Hansen on Understanding Child Development Through Astrology Cornelia Hansen is an author, educator, and astrologer whose lifelong passion for understanding human development has guided her through a remarkable career in both psychology and early childhood education. Born in New York City and later settling in California, Cornelia devoted 20 years to raising her four children before returning to school to earn master’s degrees in Early Childhood Education and Clinical Psychology. Her groundbreaking research at an LAUSD Early Childhood Learning Center became the foundation for her book Kidwheels, which explores the intersection of child development and astrology. For 17 years, she worked as a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist, and also taught psychology, English, and humanities at the high school level. Now retired from clinical practice, Cornelia teaches at Kepler College, an online astrology school, where she offers a course based on her book Kid…