Authors Corner | Living Library with Tess Booker

By Tess Booker Inspired Living

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Authors Corner | Living Library with Tess Booker episodes:

June 23, 2026 Dwayne Morton: Become Bulletproof
🎙 Episode: The Simple Secrets to a Bulletproof Mindset
Guest: Dwayne Morton | Author, Resilience Coach & Former International Basketball Player
What if resilience wasn't something you were born with...
What if it was something you could build every day?
In this inspiring episode of Authors Corner: The Living Library, Tess Booker welcomes Dwayne Morton to share his remarkable journey from international basketball player to resilience coach, author, speaker, and mental performance expert.
After navigating an 18-year misdiagnosed blood cancer, witnessing a traumatic police shooting, and facing challenges that could have easily defined his future, Dwayne chose a different path. Instead of becoming a victim of his circumstances, he became a student of resilience.
Through those experiences, he developed practical tools and daily habits that help people strengthen their mindset, adapt to change, and show up fully in every area of life.
Together, Tess and Dwayne explore:
• Building resilience through adversity
• The power of gratitude and daily intentionality
• Why simplicity often beats complexity
• The importance of self-care and movement
• Letting go of old identities to embrace new purpose
• The role of presence in personal growth
• Practical strategies for bouncing back from setbacks
• Creating a mindset that can withstand life's challenges
This conversation is for leaders, entrepreneurs, athletes, high performers, and anyone navigating change, adversity, or uncertainty who wants practical tools for building emotional strength and mental resilience.
📚 Connect with Dwayne Morton
Show Up To Win:
https://showup2win.com
Daily Plan of Attack PDF:
https://showup2win.com/daily-plan-pdf
LinkedIn:
https://linkedin.com/in/dwaynemorton
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/dwaynemorton
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dwaynemorton
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
270-703-0022
📚 Connect with Tess
San Diego, California
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
📖 Grab Tess's Books
Tess Booker & Friends: Inspired Lives
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tess+Booker+Friends+Inspired+Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity: Empowered Women
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Overcoming+Mediocrity+Empowered+Women
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.
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34min
June 21, 2026 Tina Djuretic: Finding My Sovereignty
🎙 Episode: Plot twist about Healing
Guest: Tina Djuretic | Author of Finding My Sovereignty
What if the patterns holding you back today were never truly yours to begin with?
In this powerful episode of Authors Corner: The Living Library, Tess Booker welcomes Canadian author Tina Djuretic to explore healing, personal empowerment, and the journey of reclaiming sovereignty after childhood trauma, toxic relationships, and years of living in survival mode.
Drawing from her own experiences, Tina shares how a devastating breakup became the catalyst for profound self-discovery, leading her to uncover generational patterns, embrace shadow work, and ultimately transform her life.
Together, Tess and Tina explore:
• Healing childhood wounds and generational trauma
• Why we repeat unhealthy relationship patterns
• The role of triggers in personal growth
• Shadow work, self-awareness, and emotional healing
• Moving from survival mode to self-leadership
• Practical tools for healing, self-love, and transformation
This conversation is for leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators who are ready to stop repeating old patterns and start creating a life rooted in clarity, confidence, and personal responsibility.
📚 Finding My Sovereignty
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Finding+My+Sovereignty+Tina+Djuretic
📚 Lost In The Overwhelm
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lost+In+The+Overwhelm+Tina+Djuretic
🌐 Connect with Tina Djuretic
Website:
https://www.sovereignandsage.com
Email:
[email protected]
📚 Connect with Tess
San Diego, California
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
📖 Grab Tess's Books
Tess Booker & Friends: Inspired Lives
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tess+Booker+Friends+Inspired+Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity: Empowered Women
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Overcoming+Mediocrity+Empowered+Women
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.
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31min
June 20, 2026 Barry Maher: The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon
🎙 Episode: When Life Rewrites the Story: Barry Maher and The Great Dick
Guest: Barry Maher | Best-Selling Author, International Speaker, Columnist, and Author of The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon
What happens when a brain tumor, a lifetime of storytelling, and a wildly unconventional life collide?
In this captivating episode of Authors Corner: The Living Library, Tess Booker welcomes Barry Maher to discuss his remarkable journey from journalist, beach dweller, and Fortune 100 executive to internationally recognized speaker and novelist.
After losing his ability to tell time due to a baseball-sized brain tumor, Barry underwent life-saving brain surgery and awoke with an entirely new story demanding to be written—The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon.
Together, Tess and Barry explore:
• How adversity can unlock unexpected creativity
• The surprising inspiration behind a provocative title
• The connection between classic literature and modern storytelling
• The role of humor, resilience, and imagination in life's challenges
• Why great stories often emerge from life's most difficult moments
This conversation is for readers, writers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and anyone who has discovered that life's detours often become the most interesting chapters.
📚 Get The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Great+Dick+and+the+Dysfunctional+Demon
🌐 Connect with Barry Maher
Website:
https://barrymaher.com
Email:
[email protected]
Twitter/X:
https://twitter.com/barrymaher
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/barrymaher.bsky.social
📚 Connect with Tess
San Diego, California
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
📖 Grab Tess's Books
Tess Booker & Friends: Inspired Lives
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tess+Booker+Friends+Inspired+Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity: Empowered Women
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Overcoming+Mediocrity+Empowered+Women
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.
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19min
June 20, 2026 Garrett Rhea: Story of Circle and Sqare
🎙 Episode: Science, Wonder, Reverance, Fear
Guest: Garrett Rhea |Publisher| Author | Teacher of Science
What if education wasn't just about teaching children what to think—but inspiring them to wonder?
In this episode of Authors Corner: The Living Library, Tess Booker sits down with Garrett Rhea, educator, author, musician, and founder of Ninja Science Academy.
Garrett has dedicated his work to helping children explore science, consciousness, connection, and the universe through storytelling and experiential learning. His unique approach combines scientific discovery with curiosity, empathy, and awe, creating experiences that encourage children to ask bigger questions about themselves and the world around them.
Together, Tess and Garrett explore the role of wonder in education, the power of storytelling, the inspiration behind Circle and Square, and why understanding our connection to one another may be one of the most important lessons we can teach the next generation.
This conversation is for parents, educators, leaders, and conscious creators who believe learning should inspire curiosity, connection, and possibility.
Connect with Garrett Rhea
Website:
https://peacemakerspublishing.org
Books:
Grab your Copy: Stort of Circle and Square by Garrett Rhea
Email:
[email protected]

Connect with Tess
San Diego, CA
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness & 9D Breathwork Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.

Grab Tess' Story & Compilations
Tess Booker & Friends Inspired Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity-Empowered Women

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26min
June 20, 2026 Kristen Renee: The Elements of Healing
🎙 Episode: When the life you built no longer fits
Guest: Kristen Renee Appleby | Author | Coach | Health Advocacy
What happens when success no longer feels sustainable?
In this episode of Authors Corner: The Living Library, Tess Booker sits down with author, speaker, and coach Kristen Renee Appleby.
After years working alongside high-profile CEOs and in the fast-paced world of New York fashion, Kristen found herself facing burnout, panic attacks, and a growing realization that achievement without alignment comes at a cost.
Together, Tess and Kristen explore the relationship between self-worth, resilience, mindfulness, leadership, and personal transformation. Kristen shares how navigating health challenges, limiting beliefs, and financial adversity ultimately led her to rebuild her life from a foundation of purpose, authenticity, and intentional growth.
This conversation is for leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators seeking success that supports both achievement and well-being.
Connect with Kristen Renee Appleby
Kristen Renee Rebuilds
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kristenreneehealing
Grab Your Copy of The Elements of Health
Email:
[email protected]
About Your Host
San Diego, CA
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.

Grab Tess' Story & Compilations
Tess Booker & Friends Inspired Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity-Empowered Women
...more
28min
June 06, 2026 Tim Bojko: Power of One
🎙 Episode: The Power of Surrender: A Journey to Intimacy
Guest: Tim Bojko | Author, Executive Coach, EVP at Higher Inc.
What happens when a high-performing executive learns that being is more powerful than doing?
In this heart-forward episode of Authors Corner, Tess Booker welcomes Tim Bojko to discuss identity, healing, and his journey of writing The Power of One Word. Through his personal faith, leadership, and life experience, Tim shares how true growth begins with intimacy—starting within.
Letting go of control to access a life of surrender and receiving love
The connection between healing and forgiveness
The difference between achievement and alignment
📩 Contact Tim: [email protected]
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timbojko
🎁 Free 15-min consultation available!
📚 Connect to Tess
About Your Host San Diego, CA
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.

Grab Tess' Story & Compilations
Tess Booker & Friends Inspired Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity-Empowered Women
...more
27min
June 06, 2026 Talor Stewart: Conscious Home Design
🎙 Episode: Environment meets Consciousness
Guest: Talor Stewart | Licensed Architect |Autthor
In this episode of Authors Corner on Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls, Tess Booker sits down with licensed architect and #1 best-selling author Taylor Stewart to explore how intentional architecture shapes human wellbeing.
Taylor is the creator of the Conscious Home Design method — a research-based, relationship-centered approach to designing homes that support connection, growth, and fulfillment.
In this conversation, we explore:
• The Harvard Study on Adult Happiness
• The three types of relationships that determine long-term wellbeing
• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and the 9 essential spaces every home should include
• The “Sunny Window Effect” — how sunlight influences motivation and mood
• How architecture can support emotional health and intentional living
If you're interested in conscious home design, architecture, intentional communities, emotional wellbeing, or personal growth — this episode is for you.
📚 Connect with Taylor Stewart
🌐 Website: https://ConsciousHomeDesign.com
📖 Book: Conscious Home Design
🏗️ CHD Certification Program for Designers & Architects
Taylor works with clients across the United States and internationally, specializing in intentional, mindful home design and community-centered architecture.

📚 Connect to Tess
San Diego, CA
Tess Booker is an Emotional Wellness Facilitator, Speaker,9D Breathwork Facilitator Author, and Host of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls and Authors Corner: The Living Library.
She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.
Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?
https://www.tessbooker.com
Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.

Grab Tess' Story & Compilations
Tess Booker & Friends Inspired Lives
Overcoming Mediocrity-Empowered Women
...more
43min

FAQs about Authors Corner | Living Library with Tess Booker:

How many episodes does Authors Corner | Living Library with Tess Booker have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.