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Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books, including her latest instant best seller “The Summer Of Lost and Found”.

Nearly 8 million copies of her books have been published worldwide, and she’s earned numerous accolades and awards. Including induction into the South Carolina Academy of Author’s Hall of Fame.

Through her novels and the research and volunteer work she immerses herself in prior to writing, Mary Alice Monroe works to champion the fragility of the earth’s wild habitat. The coastal southern landscape, in particular, has become a strong and important focus of many of her novels.

Sea turtles, bottlenose dolphins, monarch butterflies, and shorebirds are among the species she has worked with and woven into her novels. Monroe is an active conservationist and volunteer serving on several boards working to protect wildlife.

Mary Alice is here to share with us more about her inspiring passion for the work that she does and the impact she hopes to make through her writing.

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Michael Holt is the founder of Savage and Saint Consultancy. He is a guide in vitality and consciousness to some of the most elite performers in the world. His extensive background in meditation, martial arts, western psychology, health and wellness, and exercise science combine to form a unique mind-body teaching method that is trusted by executives, founders, athletes, artists, and entertainers committed to excellence in all areas of their lives.

He resides in Venice, California, where he devotes his time outside of his private practice and group facilitation to meditation, martial arts and wellness study, writing, and shamanic training.

He is a longtime friend of mine from high school who has an absolute heart of gold, an outside the box type of mentality that I truly admire, and a genuine passion for helping others. He’s here to share with us more about his own personal growth journey and all the ways he is working to support others through his unique teaching methods.

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Tarik Kitson is a health care administrator at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and President/ Co-Founder of Active Plus. Tarik has been working in the health care arena since 2014. He obtained his Bachelors of Art from SUNY Geneseo and Masters of Public Health from Columbia University.

Tarik was a four-year collegiate basketball star while also receiving educational accolades and community activism awards. In 2013 Tarik co-founded Active Plus after learning about the lack of resources available while volunteering at a school in East Harlem. Tarik is here to share with us how his intense dedication to end the obesity epidemic fueled his drive to fight for his community and all the powerful work he is doing now with his Active Plus programs.

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Dr. Hava Rose says that ‘The journey to a higher quality of life does not stop with physical self-care. It takes a cumulation of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing to create that higher vibration daily.” Hava learned this after years of “perfecting” her physical care through exercise, diet and preventative physical measure such as chiropractic work. But when she hit a pivotal point in her life where she was left with nothing but those physical assets, she realized there was much greater work that had to be done in order to sustain a high quality of life.

This is when the inner work began for Hava, she began reading empowering books, writing her every thought and allowing space to feel emotions and watch them evolve. She realized how vital this process was and how so many people never get a chance to do this for themselves. Hava knew that in order to create a better world to live in, more individuals need to create a better internal environment.

She has taken her patient and human care to the next level by infusing all her own life lessons and assisting others in navigating their own. Through her physical chiropractic work, her nourishing meals made from love, her listening ear, her guided journal workshops and community The Write Echo and her thought-provoking words, she is able to reach deeper healing levels in those that surround her. Hava prides herself in being a light of reflection to others who are stuck in their own tunnel. She hopes to leave this world just a little brighter and with a whole lot more love for self, others and Mother Earth. She is here to share a wealth of wisdom and self-care tips with us.

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Carlos Aponte is the Founder, Executive Director and Lead Instructor of a non profit called We Love Philly. We Love Philly is a program designed by Carlos that teaches volunteerism, entrepreneurship, mindfulness, and content creation to youth left behind by mainstream institutions.

We Love Philly teaches students how to navigate complex emotional stressors, equips them with essential life skills, arranges volunteer experiences to promote community, connects students with local entrepreneurs and business owners to gain expertise and lastly helps students to create their own brand.

Carlos is here to tell us more about the incredible work he is doing for the youth here in Philly and about the impact they are working to make together.

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Angela Monaco is the owner of a charming and ethical boutique jewelry store in Philadelphia, Angela Monaco Jewelry. Angela designs and produces everything locally on Philadelphia’s historic Jeweler’s Row and uses ethically sourced gem stones.

Angela says that her company sees sustainability as a holistic and authentic strategy woven into the core of the brand – "a continuous journey of learning and celebrating the collective beauty of what we do and who we are." The intentionality and care that Angela takes in every step of her business is evident in all that she produces, from her beautiful website, gorgeous storefront and most especially her timeless & beautiful designs.

Angela is here to share more with us about her authentic approach to a local, sustainable, and ethical business model and her genuine, passion driven, approach to creating more good in the world.

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When she was 37 years old, Tiffany Job – a wife, mom, and nurse was blindsided by her diagnosis with advanced non small cell lung cancer. Statistically this prognosis is grim, but Tiffany says that over the past year she has responded well to molecular targeted therapy, a relatively new field of treatment that is typically more effective than chemo and provides a much better quality of life.

Soon after her diagnosis Tiffany says she told her husband Nick that she refused to leave this world without making an impact. Since then, having learned more about the magnitude of cancer’s reach, a disease that takes nearly 10 million lives per year, Tiffany says that despite massive progress in recent years, there is still much more that can be done.

In response, Tiffany and Nick created a non profit called Ten For Ten Million which seeks to promote recurring donations in the fixed amount of $10 per month for the 10 million people who pass from cancer each year. Tiffany and her husband Nick are here to tell us more about their amazing mission and their goals to support the vitally important research being done at The MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Hakeem Ruiz is the Vice President of an organization called The Block Gives Back. The Block Gives back is a non profit organization that aims to promote community involvement and engagement by targeting issues within the community and devising a plan to recruit local volunteers, businesses, organizations and community leaders to help in working towards a solution.

Created by a group of friends from high school, this organization is showing up for communities all over the city of Philadelphia in a big way to give back and promote community involvement and support. Their mission has caught the attention of The Rachel Ray Show and other major media outlets, as well as a guest appearance and support from comedian Kevin Hart who came to town to collaborate with The Block Gives Back and support the block he grew up on here in Philly. 

On this episode of Be The Good Podcast, Hakeem is here to share with us the incredible work this organization is doing and all the ways that you can get involved and support this amazing mission.

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Julie Andersen is the CEO of a global organization called Plastic Oceans International. This non profit organization’s goal is to end plastic pollution and to foster sustainable communities worldwide. They operate on the belief that we can and must act locally in order to create change globally. 

Julie’s career has focused on communicating new means to improve and safeguard human health and the environment from the negative effects of industrial development. She has worked in public health and non profit management internationally for the past 15 years, including the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong  and Thailand. Julie’s Plastic Oceans work combines her career protecting human and environmental health, life sciences, education and love for the ocean. 

Julie is here today to tell us more about how this international organization came about and all the incredible work they are doing to make an impact.

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Brad Kaplan is the Director of Development for an organization called The Richmond Cycling Corps. The mission of The Richmond Cycling Corps is to educate and empower the lives of Richmond youth living in the heart of the East End of Richmond, with a purpose to change the lives of youth who are living there in the public housing projects.

What starts on a bike does not end with a race or a ride. This organization aims to develop the whole person as they work with the youth they serve. They say that cycling is their platform for change. They laugh, they teach, they learn and they have a passion for being a positive impact on the kids in the heart of public housing. Brad is here today to tell us more about the incredible work this organization is doing and all that they hope to achieve.

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