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Licensed Therapist Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner Essential Nature Mentor .

Mary Rothwell is a licensed therapist, podcast host, speaker, and author who helps women honor their Essential Nature and live in alignment with their true purpose to find fulfillment and strength from within. Drawing on her background as a Master Gardener and Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner, Mary blends the wisdom of nature with more than 35 years of experience in the mental health field. Her work helps women see their innate resilience, reconnect with what truly matters, and cultivate lives that feel both grounded and vibrant. Whether she's speaking in a quiet workshop circle or on a large conference stage, Mary inspires audiences through her humor, authenticity, and real-life stories that remind us we're all capable of growth—just like the landscapes that nurture us. Her first book, Nature Knows: Grow and Thrive through the Wisdom of Plants, was an Amazon #1 New Release in May, 2026.

Creative Empowerment Coach, Author, Music Educator, Vocalist/Pianist, Composer, Poet.

I'm Jenny Leigh Hodgins, a Creative Empowerment Coach, author, music educator, vocalist/pianist, composer, and poet with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals in creative growth, performance, and authentic self-expression. I help creatives, busy professionals, overwhelmed caregivers, and creatively curious adults restore energy, overcome creative blocks, rebuild trust in their creativity, and cultivate sustainable creative flow. My approach blends burnout recovery strategies, creative empowerment practices, and insights from my longtime Buddhist practice, all centered on my mission of Empowering Creative Flow and Inspired Living. As a solo caregiver navigating complex family dynamics and estrangement, and as a former HOA board president and community leader who transformed neglected systems, I bring firsthand experience in resilience, leadership, and personal growth. I also provide practical tools, digital products, and coaching resources for listeners, including my Creative Empowerment Coaching Program, Burnout RESET Guide, Creative Empowerment Sampler, Piano Strategies Bundle, Poetry Sampler, and my books — all designed to support creative growth, energy restoration, and inspired living. You can learn more at YourCreativeChord.com and listen to my podcast, Your Creative Chord.

Helping leaders and individuals achieve holistic success—personally and professionally.

I share a real-life, grounded approach to holistic wellness and success. I've walked through burnout, health challenges, leadership pressure, and the constant pull to do more while trying not to lose yourself in the process. Through that journey, I've learned that true success doesn't come from pushing harder, but from learning how to support your mind, body, and purpose in sustainable ways. As an author, speaker, and co-founder of Be Healthy Utah, I've had the opportunity to connect with thousands of individuals, families, and professionals who are navigating similar struggles. On podcasts, I share honest stories, simple tools, and practical insights that help people reconnect with their body, quiet the noise of overwhelm, and move forward with clarity and confidence. My goal is for listeners to feel understood, encouraged, and reminded that they already have what they need to thrive.

Author, Speaker, Teacher of Quantum Spirituality. In the silence, the only sound that exists is "The Sacred Hum of I AM.

Alan Gillanders has always had an inquiring mind, asking, "What is truth?", a timeless question at the core of existence. With decades of study in metaphysics, quantum theory, consciousness, and ancient spiritual teachings and traditions, Alan weaves together the mystical and the scientific, offering a voice that is both intuitive and analytical. Having witnessed and experienced miraculous events, his work resonates with those seeking meaning beyond dogma and reality beyond illusion. Alan believes the inward journey is a sacred space where thoughts take form, and the soul is remembered; where we realize our true nature: not separate, but expressions of the infinite. His writing encourages readers to reconnect with the divine essence that permeates the entire cosmos. This book represents Alan's first major literary project, stemming from years of journaling, meditation, and profound inner exploration. A passionate artist, he mainly works in oil painting and has experience in metal sculpture. He owned and managed an art gallery in Subiaco, Western Australia, for more than ten years, and has led several other creative and business ventures. Alan resides with his wife in Quinns Rocks, a coastal suburb of Perth. Together, they have four children and a lifelong dedication to creative and spiritual growth.

Being Human is Your Best Competitive Advantage

Called the "Zen Master to Digital Marketers" by Forbes, Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author and Forbes contributor. He is CEO of H2H Companies, an executive coaching company, and co-owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley marketing agency founded in 2001, which earned a spot as one of the "Fastest Growing Companies" by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Called the "Zen Master to Digital Marketers" by Forbes, Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author and Forbes contributor. He is CEO of H2H Companies, an executive coaching company, and co-owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley marketing agency founded in 2001, which earned a spot as one of the "Fastest Growing Companies" by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Gordon Firemark

The Podcast Lawyer™

Gordon Firemark has practiced media, entertainment and business law in solo practice since 1992. In podcasting circles, he is known as The Podcast Lawyer™, and is producer and host of the Entertainment Law Update podcast (since 2009), and author of the Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer''s Legal Survival Guide. His undergraduate degree in radio, television and film and experience in live theatre production informs his thinking about all things legal. In addition to a busy law practice, He teaches Entertainment Law at Columbia College Hollywood, Intellectual Property and Media Law at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and Contract law at Pepperdine Law School.

he Coaches' Coach

A Personal Development Trainer and Coach since 1995, Michelle Masters' work is an innovative alchemy of Neuro-Science based change techniques, Family Constellation work, and quantum healing modalities, combined with profound understandings of what creates transformation and lasting change for people. Her popular Money Magic workshop, and the book that followed, have helped people all over the world to transform their lives and money. She has been nicknamed The Coaches' Coach because so many of the top coaches and trainers have worked with her.

Miriam Groom, Behavioural Profiler & Career Therapist

Miriam Groom is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Career, a psychologist-led career strategy firm helping individuals align their careers with who they are, psychologically and professionally. With a Master's in Psychology and over 20 years of experience in recruitment and human capital, including leadership roles at KPMG, Miriam combines behavioural science with real-world market insight to help people make clear, confident career decisions. After experiencing burnout in what appeared to be the "perfect" career, she developed a methodology that goes beyond surface-level advice, focusing on alignment between personality, strengths, and the nervous system. She has helped over 10,000 individuals transform their careers, and her work has been featured in Forbes, NBC, CTV News, and Harvard Business Review.

Matt Thomas Poetry

Matt Thomas is a smallholder farmer, engineer, and poet. His poetry has appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review, Ponder Review, Hampden-Sydney Review, Hiram Review, Dunes Review, Avalon Literary Review, Galway Review, Milk House Review, Cleaver Magazine, Elm Leaves Review, River Heron Review, The Thieving Magpie, Common House Magazine, The Broken Plate, Hawk & Whippoorwill, Spellbinder Magazine, Pinhole Poetry, Slab Magazine, Kestrel, Susurrus Magazine, Temz Review, and elsewhere. Cicada, Dog & Song , a book length collection, was published by Serving House Books in 2026. Foxy Love: All American Poems , a chapbook collection, was published by Kelsay Books in 2026. Disappearing by the Math , a book length collection, was published by Silver Bow in 2024. He and his family live in Virginia where they practice land conservation and stewardship in the historic Shenandoah Valley.

Instructor Thompson of Dragonfly academy of integrated defensive arts and My self defense studio..

Salutatuons! I'm instructor Thompson, a firearms instructor, range safety officer, certified firearms specialists ( allows me to testify in court on firearms and ammunition) and a martial arts instructor. I have twenty seven years in as a teacher, and a practitioner of 31 in Ed Parkers Kenpo. To keep it brief in 2014 a student of mine was brutally, murdered with a knife. He wasn't just a student. He was a family friend and ever since and for more than a decade, I have been studying, creating and building solutions that were not generally known and much of which wasn't even publicly available. As a student first I started cross training in everything I could possibly find. Looking for a solution to how to stop a knife attack. At the time I thought I knew, I was wrong! I promised his parents who were friends of mine that I would always keep his name alive in the bravery of his actions trying to stop someone who just and took the life of his best friend in front of him. I went to Kali, Muay Thai and firerarms. I've spent every day since studying in practicing on how to survive a stabbing event. I run a couple of companies and with my business partner. Those words, " a stabbing event" belong to my colleague Michael. His own experiences were similar to mine, and what he says is, knife defense doesn't exist. There's simply surviving a stabbing event! We created Dragonfly academy of integrated defensive arts. Specializing in managing violence, and specifically on a mission to help serve marginalized communities like LGBTQ+, indigenous and native population, and groups that face targeted acts of violence. We built this to help save lives, because self defenses is for everyone! But not everyone has equal access, our mission is to help those who really need it survive! Our mission is for those groups but our work is for everyone. We want to help as many people as we can and ensure they understand what survival looks like across the spectrum. Because violence and self defense training are not one thing, they're both many things!