Episodes

Season 5. Episode 6. Anika Pavel: From Iron Curtain Childhood to International Stardom and Author
Oct. 1, 2024

Season 5. Episode 6. Anika Pavel: From Iron Curtain Childhood to Inte…

Go ahead and text me! ANIKA PAVEL was born Jarmila Kocvarova in Czechoslovakia. What was intended as a one-year stay in England turned her into a refugee when the Soviet Union invaded her homeland, writing a bloody end to the...

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Season 5: Episode 5 -- Jan Allen Ackley: From Appalachia to successful finance exec-- Lessons Learned
Sept. 8, 2024

Season 5: Episode 5 -- Jan Allen Ackley: From Appalachia to successfu…

Go ahead and text me! Jan Allen Ackley, author of "Searching for Change," shares his journey from growing up in impoverished rural Ohio to becoming a successful corporate finance executive. He highlights the impact of mentors...

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Season 5. Episode 4. How Anabel Tonkovic left a corporate career and became an energy healer
Aug. 14, 2024

Season 5. Episode 4. How Anabel Tonkovic left a corporate career and …

Go ahead and text me! Anabel's journey is a fascinating one. She left a successful career in corporate communications to pursue a career in energy healing using tools like Reiki, astrology, and sound. On the way, she reconnec...

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Season 5. Episode 3 Whitney Ellis talks about being a money life coach and how you are enough
June 30, 2024

Season 5. Episode 3 Whitney Ellis talks about being a money life coac…

Go ahead and text me! Whitney and I met in person at a networking group event and I just liked her and her spirit right away. She has a fascinating story about making a major career change after 12 years as a very successful ...

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Special Solo Episode: Who were you at 8 years old? Is it time to bring some of her back?
June 21, 2024

Special Solo Episode: Who were you at 8 years old? Is it time to brin…

Go ahead and text me! One of my favorite exercises in the Cathy Heller Zoom meetings leading up to her Podcasting class that I took was she asked us all a question: "Who were you when you were 8 years old?" There were many c...

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Season 5. Episode 2. How logical ex-lawyer Kristen Swinehart became "The Flying Medium"
June 20, 2024

Season 5. Episode 2. How logical ex-lawyer Kristen Swinehart became "…

Go ahead and text me! She is an attorney. She worked in NYC booking comedians. She tried a bunch of things and ended up discovering that she is actually a medium. And she is a flight attendant, hence "The Flying Medium." Rece...

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Season 5. Ep 1:Therese "Tee" Forton-Barnes teaches us easy ways to detox our homes and bodies!
May 31, 2024

Season 5. Ep 1:Therese "Tee" Forton-Barnes teaches us easy ways to de…

Go ahead and text me! Therese is a Healthy Home Advocate with Cancer Prevention in Mind; owner of The Green Living Gurus, LLC and Tee’s Organics. Podcast Host of Green Living with Tee. She helps people make the switch from ha...

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Season 5: Solo episode -- On banning books (facing people's fears)
May 15, 2024

Season 5: Solo episode -- On banning books (facing people's fears)

Go ahead and text me! This is a short one, about a subject I have been involved in here locally in my state. I noticed when I was at recent Board of Ed meeting that both sides of the book banning argument were hostile, overly...

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Season 4.Episode 15.Greg Lawrence on the power of psychedelic integration to heal trauma
May 9, 2024

Season 4.Episode 15.Greg Lawrence on the power of psychedelic integra…

Go ahead and text me! Greg Lawrence had experimented with psychedelics such as psilocybin before and had some great insights. But afterwards, he found that his behaviors did not change and the effects did not "stick." It wasn...

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Season 4. Episode 14: Renzo del Castillo: From Peru to America, a poet's journney
April 16, 2024

Season 4. Episode 14: Renzo del Castillo: From Peru to America, a poe…

Go ahead and text me! Renzo's family was threatened when they lived in Peru by members of The Shining Path. Their lives were threatened repeatedly and even one of their nannies was found out to be a member of the terrorist or...

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Season 4. Episode 13: Susan Glenney: From Hospitality career to author who empowers women
April 1, 2024

Season 4. Episode 13: Susan Glenney: From Hospitality career to autho…

Go ahead and text me! Susan Glenney is a gentle soul whose story includes some horrific childhood trauma. She has made her way through that and teaches us a little about her methods in this interview. She started in the Hosp...

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Season 4. Episode 12 How Deece Casillas went from high paid consultant to successful comedian
March 18, 2024

Season 4. Episode 12 How Deece Casillas went from high paid consultan…

Go ahead and text me! Deece always loved comedy, in fact he would fake being asleep in the floor while his parents fell asleep on the couch so that he could stay up and watch comedy on TV. Growing up in a California neighbor...

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Season 4. Episode 11 -- Meet Trent Brock-- 3 time cancer survivor-- hear his incredible story of strength and resilience
Feb. 26, 2024

Season 4. Episode 11 -- Meet Trent Brock-- 3 time cancer survivor-- h…

Go ahead and text me! Originally from the Deep South Louisiana, Trent considers himself a little rough-around-the-edges Southern gentleman! He’s a world traveler and small business international entrepreneur who introduced, ...

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Season 4. Episode 10 James Guzzetta on sudden loss and how he completely changed his life and work (includes interesting Spiritual Shamanic discussion)
Feb. 6, 2024

Season 4. Episode 10 James Guzzetta on sudden loss and how he complet…

Go ahead and text me! As a man who switched up his whole life and career, James Guzzetta has an interesting story to share. He had whole careers in IT and later running medical device companies (CEO of 2 of them), but a sudd...

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Season 4. Episode 9. How Neurodivergent Spoken Word Artist Traci Neal helps the world
Jan. 25, 2024

Season 4. Episode 9. How Neurodivergent Spoken Word Artist Traci Neal…

Go ahead and text me! Talking with Spoken Word Artist Traci Neal is like breathing in a breath of fresh air. She is warm and full of energy. I listened to her spoken word poetry and it was the same, it pulses with a lifeforc...

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Season 4. Episode 8 -- Brittany Johnson shares how to stop sabotaging yourself
Jan. 8, 2024

Season 4. Episode 8 -- Brittany Johnson shares how to stop sabotaging…

Go ahead and text me! I can tell that Brittany is a great therapist, because she puts you at ease and is so easy to talk to! I learned a lot and enjoyed our interview. Brittany learned at an early age the positive benefits of...

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Season 4. Episode 7. Finding your way back after Chronic Pain drastically changes your life
Dec. 22, 2023

Season 4. Episode 7. Finding your way back after Chronic Pain drastic…

Go ahead and text me! Deana Kiser was 29 years old, living in Boston, enjoying a successful HR career, seeing friends, working out, enjoying a busy social life and her new boyfriend when a sudden and seemingly minor incident ...

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Season 4. Episode 6. Talking with Sarah Moore, Women's Leadership Coach and Author of "Full of Herself"
Nov. 27, 2023

Season 4. Episode 6. Talking with Sarah Moore, Women's Leadership Coa…

Go ahead and text me! Sarah T. Moore -- Women's Leadership Coach Speaking with Sarah was like falling off a log. She puts you at ease right away and has so much wisdom to share. I can see that she must be a great coach! My fa...

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Season 4. Episode 5. Amanda Preacher tells us about her spiritual journey and how she helps others
Nov. 7, 2023

Season 4. Episode 5. Amanda Preacher tells us about her spiritual jou…

Go ahead and text me! Talking with Amanda Preacher was a fascinating time! It all started for her with a crystal. She took it home and one day saw geometric patterns in it. From there, she began to study angel therapy, and ...

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Season 4. Episode 4. How Podcaster Jenilee Samuel turned a page in her life and zoomed into podcasting!
Oct. 16, 2023

Season 4. Episode 4. How Podcaster Jenilee Samuel turned a page in he…

Go ahead and text me! It's easy to see how Jenilee Samuel is so popular both as a podcaster and a teacher. She is upbeat, positive and super supportive. No wonder she is in the top 1% of globally ranked shows, she is actively...

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Season 4. Episode 3 Author, Mindset Coach and Mountain climber Jodi Greve asks: "What is your Mount Kilimanjaro?
Oct. 7, 2023

Season 4. Episode 3 Author, Mindset Coach and Mountain climber Jodi G…

Go ahead and text me! Jodi Greve is like a lot of my interviewees in that a setback she experienced forced her to change her path. She was a gifted athlete who competed in college when an ACL injury sidelined her. She decided...

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Season 4. Episode 2 --  Author Ginger Baerg on following your calling to adopt
Sept. 24, 2023

Season 4. Episode 2 -- Author Ginger Baerg on following your calling…

Go ahead and text me! Ginger Berg was certainly busy before she decided to foster and later adopt children in need. She had three kids already, and a busy job teaching. But something touched her heart when she heard someone g...

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Season 4. Episode 1. How Krysta Maravilla busted out of her old life and became a writer (and her adventures along the way)
Sept. 10, 2023

Season 4. Episode 1. How Krysta Maravilla busted out of her old life …

Go ahead and text me! Krysta Maravilla had a fine life. She worked in the mental health field and did well. She owned her own house. But something was missing. She had a dream -- literally. One night she had a detailed dream ...

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Talking with Sonny Von Cleveland -- Abuse Survivor & Ex-Con who transformed his own life
Aug. 14, 2023

Talking with Sonny Von Cleveland -- Abuse Survivor & Ex-Con who trans…

Go ahead and text me! Sonny Von Cleveland speaks openly and honestly about the horrific sexual abuse he suffered as a very young child. He ended up going to prison at a young age and found himself as a teenager among hardened...

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