Episodes

1,339 | Candi Usher Shares a Joyful Approach to Life and GrowthCandi 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 EmpathyGeorge 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 SparkJacqueline 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 WrongStephanie 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…

1,335 | Lin Yuan-Su on Creating Ease, Alignment, and Joy in BusinessLin Yuan-Su is a Mindset Trainer and Strategist who helps high-achieving, heart-centered entrepreneurs create meaningful success with ease, alignment, and joy—starting from within.A former registered dietitian who left a successful yet unfulfilling career, Lin rebuilt her life through mindset mastery, inner awareness, and energetic alignment. Her journey taught her a powerful truth: 80% of success comes from how we think, not how hard we work.Through her Enlightened Success Institute, Lin guides entrepreneurs to release limiting beliefs, embody their potential, and build soul-led lives and businesses that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside.Her mission is to help leaders rise in purpose, peace, and prosperity—proving that true success begins in the mind.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.EnlightenedSuccess.com🎬 Ne…

1,334 | William Bruce Cameron Reveals How People First Culture Drives GrowthWilliam Bruce Cameron is an educator, advertising executive, entrepreneur, and C-Suite DOC with over 30 years of experience across multiple industries. His mission is simple—to help people, teams, and leaders show up as their best selves through a People First approach that drives both human and business growth.With a presentation style built around the principles of Inspire, Educate, and Motivate, William creates dynamic experiences that empower audiences to learn, embrace change, and lead with compassion. His philosophy is rooted in one truth: people want to be seen, acknowledged, and treated with care.Through his work, William has helped organizations strengthen their culture, elevate performance, and build their bottom line—starting from the front line up.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.wbrucecameronconsulting.com🎬 Need s…

1,333 | Chris Orcutt on Why Authentic Writing Always WinsChris 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 …

1,332 | Robert Woo Explains How Ancient Practices Restore BalanceWoo Du-An (Rob Whitesides-Woo) is a Shaman, Teacher, Healer, and Elder whose work bridges ancient wisdom and modern healing. Living among the Seven Castles along Colorado’s Frying Pan River, Woo Du-An leads gatherings, meditations, and ceremonies that offer sanctuary, peace, and radical self-care.With a background in theology, music composition, and spiritual disciplines including QiGong, T’ai Chi, and shamanic healing, Woo’s teachings guide others to reconnect with their essence, embrace compassion, and find stillness within.Through his conversations, live Native American flute music, and spiritual sessions, Woo Du-An invites seekers into a state of peace—where healing begins and transformation unfolds.Learn more at https://sevenhawks.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://sevenhawks.com/🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopp…

1,331 | Dr. Jack Stoltzfus on Helping Adult Children Launch With ConfidenceDr. 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…

1,330 | Matteo Esposito on Turning Autism Into Artistic PurposeMatteo Esposito is an Autistic playwright, props designer, actor, and singer-songwriter from Canada whose work celebrates creativity, inclusion, and the transformative power of theatre and music.His acclaimed play Sorting It Out has been produced seven times across North America, including a successful Off-Off-Broadway run in 2023, produced by Jon L. Peacock of Play Readings with Friends. Matteo also designed the props for the production and later reprised his original role as Nick Kinderwood in the 2024 Richmond Hill, Ontario performance to a sold-out audience.Dedicated to inspiring others through art, Matteo uses theatre as a teaching tool and is now expanding his creative expression into magic and illusion—reminding audiences that life, like art, is full of wonder and unseen possibilities.For Matteo Esposito, creativity isn’t just performance—it’s purpose.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Sho…

1,329 | Tewabech Genet Stewart Shares a Hopeful Framework for Child Welfare ReformTewabech Genet Stewart is a visionary leader, abolitionist, and advocate dedicated to reimagining child welfare and creating a world where families are strengthened, not separated.After spending 22 years inside Florida’s child welfare system—and later adopting her son from foster care—Genet saw the system from every side. Motherhood deepened her conviction to speak boldly about the harm children endure and to champion a model rooted in truth, dignity, and love.Her seven-step framework for transforming child welfare replaces punishment with support, surveillance with community, and fear with belonging. Grounded in Biblical principles and compassion, her approach offers a hopeful and practical path toward healing and restoration.Recognized nationally for her leadership, Genet is a recipient of the Association of Junior Leagues International’s 40 Over 40 Award, APSHA’s Distinguished EDIB Lea…

1,328 | Merry Korn on Scaling, Exiting, and Building Businesses That MatterMerry 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 LaChineNathan 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 AgeDebbie 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…

1,325 | Dave Orton on Embodiment, Presence, & Living Your Highest Potential (feat. Cari Rickabaugh)Dave Orton is a transformational coach and teacher who has spent more than a decade helping people create lives, relationships, and experiences that reflect their highest potential.Through his work, Dave integrates The Art of Coaching—a practice rooted in awareness, authenticity, and compassion. His focus lies in three core principles:The Art of Embodiment – aligning body, mind, and spirit to live as your most authentic self, taking responsibility for the past and consciously shaping the future.The Art of Listening – hearing from the heart, sensing deeper intention, and meeting others with loving-kindness and respect.The Art of Appreciating – finding beauty, value, and meaning in every interaction, cultivating what is good, true, and life-giving.Dave’s mission is to guide others toward presence, purpose, and the quiet power that comes from living in full awareness…

1,324 | Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy: Amy Dickens on Joy, Play, and Real GrowthAmy 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…

1,323 | Jimmy Madison on Jazz, GRAMMYs, and a Life Well PlayedJimmy Madison is an American jazz drummer whose extraordinary career spans more than six decades. A child prodigy from Cincinnati, he began performing professionally at just 12 years old—long before he could legally enter the clubs where he played.Throughout his career, Jimmy has performed and recorded with some of the greatest names in jazz, funk, and popular music, including Quincy Jones, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, and The Duke Ellington Orchestra. His work has also graced stages with renowned ensembles such as The Boston Symphony, The Royal Philharmonic, and The Los Angeles Philharmonic.In 2019, Jimmy earned a GRAMMY Award for his collaboration with Joyce DiDonato. Proudly calling himself a “sideman,” he continues to be celebrated for his precision, creativity, and deep musical soul.Beyond music, Jimmy is an avid adventurer, having spent years mountainee…

1,322 | Cornelia Hansen on Understanding Child Development Through AstrologyCornelia 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…

1,321 | Dr. Kenneth Silvestri Shares a Holistic Approach to HealingDr. Kenneth Silvestri has been in private practice as a psychotherapist since 1980, integrating psychology, anthropology, and homeopathy into a holistic approach to healing. He holds a doctorate from Columbia University and has completed national fellowships in the social sciences at the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania.A Certified Homeopath trained under Dr. Luc De Schepper and David Little, Dr. Silvestri combines psychotherapy and homeopathy to help clients resolve emotional and physical challenges through balance, awareness, and systemic healing.For over two decades, Dr. Silvestri taught at Montclair State University, the College of Saint Elizabeth, and Kean University, and currently serves as a Clinical Professor at Daybreak University and New York Medical College.An Aikido black belt, Qigong and Tai Chi practitioner, photographer, and poet, Dr. Silvestri brings mindfulness a…

1,320 | Cate Brandt on Grounding, Abundance, and Inner PeaceCate Brandt is the owner of Divine Energy Management and creator of Divine Energy Stickers, tools designed to continuously flow divine energy—structuring water, amplifying truth, and bringing grounding, prosperity, abundance, joy, and peace into daily life.A Reiki Master and Medium since 2006, Cate founded Divine Energy Management in 2010 and has spent years helping others heal from grief, loss, and energetic imbalance. Her intuitive work includes guiding lost souls to cross over, clearing negative energies from a distance, and developing innovative techniques that restore harmony to mind, body, and spirit.Through her creations and teachings, Cate shares her mission of helping others connect with divine frequency, embrace peace, and experience healing from within.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.divineenergymanagement.com/🎬 Need stunning vide…

1,319 | Dr. Rosemarie Mitchell Shares How Women Can Reclaim Their HealthDr. Rosemarie Mitchell, known as The Cortisol Coach, is a Certified Mental Wellness Coach and Doctor of Health Psychology who helps women between 40 and 60 break free from self-defeating habits and reclaim their health, confidence, and vitality.Having personally overcome lifelong struggles with food, body image, and weight, Dr. Rosemarie understands the emotional and physical challenges women face when their bodies begin to change. Her own transformation—documented in her book Coming Out of the Cave—inspires her mission to teach sustainable strategies for weight loss, stress management, and self-compassion.With over 20 years of experience helping women improve their mindset, fitness, and well-being, Dr. Rosemarie guides her clients to balance cortisol, rebuild healthy habits, and finally make peace with their bodies.Her message is simple: you can’t punish your body into health—you must love it ther…

1,318 | Kathy Knopp Discusses Turning a Passion Into a Lifelong CallingKathy Knopp is a lifelong artist whose passion for painting began in childhood and continues to flourish today. She studied at the Toledo Museum of Art and the Ray Vogue School in Chicago, continually refining her craft through years of learning, exhibiting, and creating.With over two decades of experience in lighting design, working alongside architects, designers, and builders, she developed a unique appreciation for how light transforms space—an influence that shines through in her oil paintings of florals, landscapes, seascapes, and still lifes.Now enjoying retirement with her husband, she creates and sells art through her studio, All Painting Art With Style (also known as KLK Lighting Design, LLC). Her original works and commissioned pieces reflect the beauty of the places she’s traveled and the joy of lifelong creativity.An honor she holds dear is being juried into the Downtown Gallery through…

1,317 | Michelle Schafer Discusses Overcoming Fear in Career ChangeMichelle Schafer is an ICF-certified career and leadership coach, author, and facilitator who helps professionals navigate career transitions with clarity, confidence, and purpose.After experiencing two unexpected restructurings early in her career, Michelle discovered her passion for guiding others through change. As founder of Michelle Schafer Coaching, she empowers clients across government, tech, finance, and nonprofit sectors to define their direction, strengthen their personal brands, and step into work that truly energizes them.She is the author of the #1 bestselling book Cultivating Career Growth: Navigating Transitions with Purpose and was recognized as one of Ottawa’s Top Coaches in 2024.Michelle’s mission is simple: to help people create careers that align with their strengths, values, and authentic selves.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s gu…

1,316 | Teresa Phillips Helps Others Reconnect With Their LightTeresa Phillips is a musician and singer whose journey through trauma has become a powerful source of healing and inspiration. Through her music, she transforms pain into purpose, using song and storytelling to uplift others on their own paths to wholeness.Her recordings include A Positive Life Moment with Teresa, airing daily at 6:05 AM on KWVH.org, and Phoenix Rising: Wisdom of the Heart, shared on her YouTube channel and website.With every note and message, Teresa invites listeners to rise, reconnect, and rediscover the light within.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://goldenphoenixvoicewerx.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 up.👍 Like this video …