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  • bLU Talks Boston 2025 Interview with Irina Shehovsov

    Irina is the Founder of Reclaim Your Life and a 7-times #1 International Best-Selling Author. She believes that just as a power plant generates electricity, you can generate happiness from within through daily practices.

    As a Certified NLP Trainer, Time Line Therapy™ practitioner, and Hypnotherapy Master Coach, Irina offers a holistic 360-degree approach to healing. Her signature mentorship program, Happiness Academy, guides women in rediscovering themselves after toxic relationships, helping them restore their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
    Irina also hosts two empowering podcasts, Single Parent Success Stories and Reclaim Your Life with Irina. With her unwavering belief in silver linings, she supports women over forty in reigniting their passion for life, healing from the inside out, and pursuing their dreams. Irina’s mission is to inspire women to trust in their potential, regardless of what others may say.

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    12 min
  • bLU Talks Boston 2025 Interview with Irina Shehovsov

    Irina is the Founder of Reclaim Your Life and a 7-times #1 International Best-Selling Author. She believes that just as a power plant generates electricity, you can generate happiness from within through daily practices.

    As a Certified NLP Trainer, Time Line Therapy™ practitioner, and Hypnotherapy Master Coach, Irina offers a holistic 360-degree approach to healing. Her signature mentorship program, Happiness Academy, guides women in rediscovering themselves after toxic relationships, helping them restore their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
    Irina also hosts two empowering podcasts, Single Parent Success Stories and Reclaim Your Life with Irina. With her unwavering belief in silver linings, she supports women over forty in reigniting their passion for life, healing from the inside out, and pursuing their dreams. Irina’s mission is to inspire women to trust in their potential, regardless of what others may say.

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    12 min
  • “Wellbeing and the Glass Half Full Approach” - Jan Raeder

    Jan Raeder, The SelfCare Sensei, helps individuals and organizations thrive through personalized, transformational wellbeing education, speaking, and her M.O.R.E. framework (Meaning, Optimism, Relationships, Engagement), documented in her book, "Strive for M.O.R.E.: What Wellbeing Really Means and How You can Achieve It."

    With over 30 years of experience in martial arts, positive psychology, and behavior change, Jan empowers her audiences to lead with purpose, build resilience, and live well.
    Jan is a Proud National gold medalist in AAU Karate, and earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in just four years—starting with only 19 credits. Her call to action - "Let’s create a life of balance, growth, and fulfillment."

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    19 min
  • “Wellbeing and the Glass Half Full Approach” - Jan Raeder

    Jan Raeder, The SelfCare Sensei, helps individuals and organizations thrive through personalized, transformational wellbeing education, speaking, and her M.O.R.E. framework (Meaning, Optimism, Relationships, Engagement), documented in her book, "Strive for M.O.R.E.: What Wellbeing Really Means and How You can Achieve It."

    With over 30 years of experience in martial arts, positive psychology, and behavior change, Jan empowers her audiences to lead with purpose, build resilience, and live well.
    Jan is a Proud National gold medalist in AAU Karate, and earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in just four years—starting with only 19 credits. Her call to action - "Let’s create a life of balance, growth, and fulfillment."

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    19 min
  • Connectivity - Davis Hawn

    As an entrepreneur, sales leader, and proud father of five, Dave’s story is a testament to the pursuit of excellence. I am a John Maxwell certified International Speaker, trainer, and life coach, as well as a FocalPoint certified Business & Executive Coach.

    Over the past 24 years, He’s made his mark in the Homebuilding and Senior Living industries, consistently shaping and leading winning teams. His most recent role as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a national senior living brand in South Florida showcased my prowess in executive leadership.
    Driven by his passion for coaching, training, and speaking, He founded D Squared Advisors Inc. and established a thriving FocalPoint Business Coaching Practice. His mission: to empower leaders, executives, and business owners on their journey to excellence, drawing from his extensive experience in sales, leadership, and business acumen.
    International speaker and author with a master’s degree in Canine Life Sciences from acclaimed Bergin University of Canine Studies. The internet attests to the impact a dog named Booster had upon the world. He saved my life, and changed the lives of others worldwide. From appearing on life television in Fidel’s Cuba, to visiting Thai children with HIV and Mexican children with cancer … and so much more!

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    22 min
  • Connectivity - Davis Hawn

    As an entrepreneur, sales leader, and proud father of five, Dave’s story is a testament to the pursuit of excellence. I am a John Maxwell certified International Speaker, trainer, and life coach, as well as a FocalPoint certified Business & Executive Coach.

    Over the past 24 years, He’s made his mark in the Homebuilding and Senior Living industries, consistently shaping and leading winning teams. His most recent role as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a national senior living brand in South Florida showcased my prowess in executive leadership.
    Driven by his passion for coaching, training, and speaking, He founded D Squared Advisors Inc. and established a thriving FocalPoint Business Coaching Practice. His mission: to empower leaders, executives, and business owners on their journey to excellence, drawing from his extensive experience in sales, leadership, and business acumen.
    International speaker and author with a master’s degree in Canine Life Sciences from acclaimed Bergin University of Canine Studies. The internet attests to the impact a dog named Booster had upon the world. He saved my life, and changed the lives of others worldwide. From appearing on life television in Fidel’s Cuba, to visiting Thai children with HIV and Mexican children with cancer … and so much more!

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    22 min
  • The Winning Ways of Being Civil at Work- Virginia McGowan

    Virginia (Ginny) McGowan PhD is an award-winning author, writer, editor, speaker, book whisperer, visionary, and solopreneur. As a practicing anthropologist with more than 40 years experience, she applies social science insights and methods to address real world problems. She’s now turned her sights on the alarming state of civility at work. The evidence is clear: A civility crisis has engulfed our workplaces, worsening in an era of unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and technological change. In response, Virginia attained certification as a Workplace Relational Skills Practitioner and is mounting a Civil@Work movement. She recently published Civil@Work: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Soft Skills for Business Success (July 2025), to be followed by The Human Advantage: The Crucial Role of Soft Skills in AI-integrated Business and The Courage to Change Your Lane: Five Steps to Transformative Leadership in the Era of AI. Virginia lives, works, and plays on Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest (but best) province.

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    21 min
  • The Winning Ways of Being Civil at Work- Virginia McGowan

    Virginia (Ginny) McGowan PhD is an award-winning author, writer, editor, speaker, book whisperer, visionary, and solopreneur. As a practicing anthropologist with more than 40 years experience, she applies social science insights and methods to address real world problems. She’s now turned her sights on the alarming state of civility at work. The evidence is clear: A civility crisis has engulfed our workplaces, worsening in an era of unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and technological change. In response, Virginia attained certification as a Workplace Relational Skills Practitioner and is mounting a Civil@Work movement. She recently published Civil@Work: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Soft Skills for Business Success (July 2025), to be followed by The Human Advantage: The Crucial Role of Soft Skills in AI-integrated Business and The Courage to Change Your Lane: Five Steps to Transformative Leadership in the Era of AI. Virginia lives, works, and plays on Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest (but best) province.

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    21 min
  • The Truth About Surviving - Bev Wells

    Bev Wells is a trauma coach, speaker, and truth-teller who helps women unravel the silence around pain, grief, and survival. Drawing from her own lived experiences—including teen suicide, pregnancy rejection, the loss of her daughter, and decades of emotional suppression—Bev offers raw, grounded guidance for women ready to stop pretending and start healing. Her work is rooted in honesty, not perfection. She believes that healing doesn’t require fixing what’s broken, but uncovering what’s been buried. With a background built on resilience rather than textbooks, Bev brings both fierce compassion and no-fluff accountability to the stage and the coaching space. Whether she's speaking to a room of survivors or sitting across from a client, Bev shows up unapologetically real—and invites others to do the same.

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    12 min
  • The Truth About Surviving - Bev Wells

    Bev Wells is a trauma coach, speaker, and truth-teller who helps women unravel the silence around pain, grief, and survival. Drawing from her own lived experiences—including teen suicide, pregnancy rejection, the loss of her daughter, and decades of emotional suppression—Bev offers raw, grounded guidance for women ready to stop pretending and start healing. Her work is rooted in honesty, not perfection. She believes that healing doesn’t require fixing what’s broken, but uncovering what’s been buried. With a background built on resilience rather than textbooks, Bev brings both fierce compassion and no-fluff accountability to the stage and the coaching space. Whether she's speaking to a room of survivors or sitting across from a client, Bev shows up unapologetically real—and invites others to do the same.

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    12 min

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bLU Talks is a branded series of talks designed to educate, inspire, entertain and motivate. bLU stands for Business, Life, Universe and the speakers, authors and influencers that take part in bLU…