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Bilal Ahmed

Interventional cardiologist. Founder of Lylah Health. Bringing science to the supplement space (Reset your gut - Upgrade your heart health). Internal/external mantra is no bullshit, ever.

Dr. Ahmed is an interventional/structural cardiologist and co-founder and CSO of Lylah Health, the personalized microbiome therapeutics company.

Lylah Health is a gut microbiome solution that combines prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics targeted at heart health and risk factors for heart disease.

He's a doctor first and entrepreneur second. His mantra is "no bullshit, ever.

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Victoria B Thompson

Turning Struggles Into Superpowers

About Victoria B. Thompson

Hi, I’m Victoria B. Thompson—Air Force veteran, single mom of three, entrepreneur, and advocate for mindful, purpose-driven living. My story is one of transformation, resilience, and faith. After serving 11 years in the Air Force as a Special Security Representative, I transitioned into civilian life, balancing motherhood, a federal career, and multiple businesses all while learning what it truly means to live in peace without losing ambition.

A major turning point came in 2018 when a health scare pushed me to slow down and realign my life. That moment sparked a journey into mindfulness, meditation, and the Law of Attraction—tools that helped me rebuild from the inside out. Since then, I’ve made it my mission to help others do the same: to create balance, build legacy, and walk in purpose.

I’m the author of Passing the Baton: The Secrets to Purpose-Driven Networking, a book that redefines what it means to connect with others by focusing on values, legacy, and alignment—not just opportunity. I’ve also written Seven Shades of Healing: A Journey to Wellness and Rainbow Adventures: Balance Your Superpowers, two journals designed to help adults and children explore emotional wellness.

From opening a halfway house for veteran single mothers to launching multiple family-run businesses, I’ve learned that peace and progress can coexist. My message is simple: you can live boldly, build meaningfully, and still rest in peace while doing it.

I’d love to bring that message to your podcast—to share stories, lessons, and practical strategies for creating authentic connections, resilient mindsets, and lives built on purpose rather than pressure.

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Brooke Barrett

Children’s Author, BCBA & Parent Coach teaching families emotional flexibility through story and science

Brooke Barrett is a BCBA, parent coach, and author of The Oaklings children’s book series. She helps parents and kids build emotional resilience by blending behavioral science, ACT, and story-based learning. Her work empowers families to navigate big emotions with clarity, compassion, and confidence.

When I became a mother, my life filled with more love than I ever thought possible. It felt bright, hopeful, and deeply meaningful. I was passionate about creating a nurturing, supportive home for my children.

But as the early years unfolded, I also found myself overwhelmed. Between sleepless nights, big emotions, competing demands, and my own internal expectations, I became stuck in cycles of overthinking, self-judgment, and avoidance. I loved my children deeply, yet there were moments when I felt disconnected from the way I wanted to show up.

As both a mother and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, I began turning toward my own training—especially process-based supports grounded in functional contextualism and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?” I started asking, “What’s happening in my context right now?” That shift opened the door to compassion, flexibility, and choice.

Through learning and practicing the six core ACT processes, I began building my own psychological flexibility. I learned how to notice my thoughts without getting trapped in them, make space for difficult emotions, reconnect with my values, and take small, meaningful actions—even in hard moments.

As this work transformed my inner world, I started bringing it into my family life through shared language, simple practices, and everyday conversations. I watched my children begin to name their feelings, understand their thoughts, and approach challenges with more resilience. Our home culture shifted toward greater understanding, connection, and emotional safety.

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Tamara Fyke

A Creator & Connector who fosters hope & healing through art, music, storytelling & community.

Tamara is a Creator & Connector with an undeniable gift for inviting others into Community. She focuses on fostering hope, community, and belonging through art and teaching, inspiring a joy that transforms hearts and mindsets.

Tamara is a creative entrepreneur passionate about kids, families, and communities. Through her work as the founder of Love In A Big World, her impact is evident across the US and beyond. With a Master’s degree in education from Vanderbilt University, she has devoted over thirty years of service as an educator and program developer. As a seasoned leader of both nonprofit and for-profit businesses, she models community support and engagement. With an unwavering commitment to making a positive difference in the world, she has persevered through life’s ups and downs. Through her writings, songs, and paintings, she shares her story of finding her voice. Her healing journey inspires others to seek wholeness.

Tamara lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the proud mother of three adopted adult children.

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Tori Jenae

Transformational Psychology Coach, Confidence & Relationship Mentor | Creator of The Reclamation Method™

Today’s guest is Tori Jenae, a confidence and relationship coach with 3 degrees in psychology who helps people heal emotional patterns, expand self-worth, and create healthier relationships. Drawing from both extensive professional training and profound lived experience, Tori specializes in emotional healing, communication, boundaries, energy psychology, and conscious relationship dynamics. Her work focuses on practical tools that help people stop repeating old patterns and start showing up with clarity, confidence, and emotional integrity in their relationships and lives.

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Tiffany Carole

Be exceptional. Be You.

Today’s guest is Tiffany Carole MS, EAMP, a visionary mentor, cultural architect, and founder of the Lumina Guild.

Tiffany works with entrepreneurs, creators, and leaders who are operating at the edge of mastery and sensing the call of what’s next. Her work centers on what she calls direct access—the ability to access true power, creative flow, and inner authority in real time.

With a background spanning biochemistry, Chinese medicine, and the evolution of human consciousness, and over 20 years in clinical practice, Tiffany brings a rare blend of depth, clarity, and immediacy to conversations about leadership, money, creativity, and the future of value.

She’s also the creator of Aroma Point Therapy, a globally used healing technology, and the author of a book and companion oracle deck.

This conversation is for anyone who knows the old models of success no longer fit and is ready to create from coherence, presence, and true authority.

Please welcome Tiffany Carole.

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Arielle Moody

Mama, Beauty Guru, Product Developer

Arielle Mooly is the visionary founder of Mama Sol and an established leader in the beauty industry with years of hands-on experience in product development and formulation.

Arielle's mission began while she was pregnant with her first child and was shocked by the volume of toxic ingredients hidden in everyday products. Driven by a desire to create truly safe, effective sun care for her own family , she launched Mama Sol with the specific goal of eliminating white residue and the unpleasant "sunscreen smell".

Prior to founding Mama Sol, Arielle leveraged her extensive background by serving as a beauty sales trainer for major brands like Smashbox and Dr. Perricone, and later rising to become the Head of Product Development for Skinn Cosmetics. This unique blend of C-suite product expertise and personal mission makes her a compelling and knowledgeable guest.

Arielle is ready to share her expertise on:

Clean Beauty & Non-Toxic Skincare: Educating listeners on the difference between mineral and chemical sunscreens, why non-nano zinc oxide is the safer choice, and which ingredients pregnant and nursing moms should avoid.

Sustainable and Reef-Safe Business: The commitment to ocean health and how to build a purpose-driven brand using environmentally conscious practices, like reef-safe formulas.

Product Innovation: Why Mama Sol’s products are multi-functional (e.g., the 3-in-1 Face Sunscreen/Moisturizer/Primer) and how to formulate luxurious, high-performance sunscreens that are approved for sensitive skin.

Mompreneurship: The challenges and rewards of balancing motherhood and leading a thriving, innovative brand.

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Harrison Tash

Author & Illustrator of Exit Without Leaving

HARRISON TASH is author and illustrator of Exit Without Leaving, and founder of Living Water Consulting, where he and his team have helped hundreds of business leaders transform their leadership, scale their operations, and add more revenue to their bottom line.

Known for his direct, truth-telling approach (with a healthy dose of humor), Harrison has worked with businesses across the United States, guiding them toward clarity, purpose, and sustainable success. Whether it's refining leadership, streamlining systems, or building a thriving company culture, his mission is simple: help leaders build a business that thrives with them, but doesn't depend on them.

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Tom Snow

Tom Snow - Head of Just To Be Clear Teaching Series

Tom is a conservative believer and not part of any organized religion or denomination. He has many stories about the miraculous power of God working in and through his life over the last 56 years. Including how God brought him through being a suicidal teenage alcoholic, when he was terminally ill with cancer after his mother had just died of cancer, and the trauma he endured.

After meeting the Lord and being miraculously healed at age 16, he dedicated his life to God. Not only as an engineer running his own successful Software Design Company for 45 years; but at the same time living through an abusive marriage, being a leader in local churches, and living through severe leadership and church abuse and trauma.

In the last year, he's published 3 books detailing many of these things.

"The Daily Stand:: A Spiritual Warfare Instruction Manual for Today and the Upcoming Next Great Move of God" which discusses how we must first learn to walk in God's Anointing before we can ever stand in His Authority.

"Set the Captives Free:: Freedom. Are You Willing to Pay the Price?" which discusses how believers have come under bondage and in captivity in the churches and how to be set free.

And, "Set the Captives Free Too:: Evil's Great Masquerade: Divine Light or Deceptive Woo?" which discusses how false spirituality has overtaken the world and many believers and in many churches creating bondage and captivity; and again, how to be set free.

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Freddie Rappina

A different kind of Wealth Advisor

Freddie Rappina is a Financial Advisor and a Chartered Financial Consultant as well as an Accredited Investment Fiduciary™ who founded Opta Financial. Freddie helps clients examine their current financial

situation, financial goals, completes a financial analysis, provides recommendations, implements and reviews plans for clients. In addition to experience in the financial services industry, Freddie also has experience in law enforcement and is retired from The Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia. Freddie is originally from Long Island, New York and enjoys

baseball.

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