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Amanda Landes

I'm Almost Okay: Navigating the Grief of Parental Loss, Miscarriage, and Divorce

I am a licensed psychologist who has worked in private practice and forensic settings. I believe I have a unique perspective to share with listeners based upon my personal and professional experiences. I am an expert in hard through work and through home, and I have come to believe that both parts are necessary to understand others. I am humble, quirky, and do not take myself too seriously, which I have been told makes me approachable and easy to talk to. I like to share my thoughts on human behavior in a funny and palatable way. I love to share a good metaphor or TV show reference to help illustrate my points.

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Karina Pen Name K. K. Biernath

It is never too late to rediscover yourself and become the person you were always meant to be!

Karina, who writes under the pen name K. K. Biernath, is a Polish-born author, poet, and speaker whose work focuses on vulnerability, courage, and the inner and landscapes of women's lives. Now living in Pennsylvania, she draws inspiration from her personal journey—including

motherhood and raising children with special needs.

She recently published her first book, a memoir, Karina: One Woman's Journey from Fear to Freedom.

She wrote this book with her children in mind, to tell them, and others, through the book and her words, that anything is possible in life.

You can be whoever you want to be.

Do whatever you want to do.

Live however and wherever you want to.

She lived a life she thought she was supposed to. Career, marriage, family, and success—but inside, she was lost.

Her body began to break down, and that was the wake-up call she couldn’t ignore. She then came to realize that her very own thoughts were making her sick. And if her thoughts could make her ill, then maybe her thoughts could also help her heal.

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Garrett Wood

Garrett Wood, NBC-HWC, is a clinical hypnotherapist and executive functioning specialist helping high-achievers turn burnout into breakthrough with his A³ Framework for sustainable success.

Early in my career, I fell into the same trap as so many high performers — pouring everything into output, measuring worth by achievement, and ignoring the body’s warnings.

I watched bright colleagues grow cynical, disconnected, and lost to exhaustion — and felt those same patterns in my own life.

Then one tragic loss shattered the illusion of “success at any cost,” revealing the truth: when self-worth is tied to achievement alone, it can strip away your health, your relationships, and even your life.

That moment ignited my mission — because no one should have to lose their life, health, wealth, or relationships in the pursuit of success.

Sustainable success is built through your well-being — not at its expense.

Because success isn’t real if it costs your health, your relationships, or your peace of mind.

Burnout isn’t about your calendar, your inbox, or your to-do list. It’s about a mismatch between what your nervous system needs and what your environment demands.

The bigger the gap, the sooner you burn out. My A³ Framework — Assess, Accommodate, Align — gives high-achievers a nervous-system-first approach to sustainable success.

I am a National Board–Certified Health and Wellness Coach, clinical hypnotherapist, executive functioning specialist and founder of Gnosis Therapy. For nearly two decades, I've helped high-achieving, high-masking professionals turn burnout into breakthroughs using outcome based coaching, clinical hypnotherapy and somatic regulation.

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Craig Morningstar

Helping business owners build and keep their wealth. Serial entrepreneur with 30+ years experience in maximizing value, asset protection, and finance

A serial entrepreneur, seasoned C-level executive, and business consultant, Craig brings more than three decades of financial services and investment management expertise. His career has been dedicated to helping business owners maximize value, protect assets, and manage complex wealth outcomes.

Aviation enthusiast and grandfather.

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Brian Van Korn

Healthcareless" One man's triumphant journey thru a fractured healthcare system.

Hello

I am seeking out concerned podcasters who are deeply concerned about the current state of the healthcare system. It feels like we are increasingly becoming a bottom-line-driven system, where patients and medical personnel are seen as nothing more than (Profit Generating Units).

My own experience is a testament to this. I went to the hospital in excruciating pain, only to be dismissed by an exhausted doctor who labeled me a drug addict. Despite my deteriorating condition, I was discharged twice, and even forced to stand, resulting in me crashing to the Emergency Room floor. That was just one of the many brutal trials I faced in my 5 months in the hospital.

This experience left me questioning what causes a doctor, who has dedicated their life to healing, to turn into someone who causes harm. The answer, I believe, lies in the pressures of the profit-driven system. Doctors and medical personnel are overworked and exhausted, leading to clouded judgment and a focus on efficiency over patient care.

I am sharing my story because I don't want anyone else to experience the full brunt force of what I call the "Healthcareless" system. I look to change this system through awareness and education. To provide life saving knowledge on how to navigate the Healthcareless system and advocate for themselves.

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Jeremy Norrie

Director/Producer Jeremy Norrie

Coming from a non-traditional background, we make open minded films from a serious perspective about a wide variety of subjects. These projects all have a common theme of overcoming adversity, empowerment, and recovery as well as being matter of fact & honest.

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Kurt Ellenberger

Hearing Math & Seeing Sound: The Mysteries of Music and Evolution

From the beginning of my career, I've had strong interdisciplinary interests, blending music with science, philosophy, aesthetics, and culture to uncover the profound "why" behind sound's emotional pull—not just for scholars, but for general audiences hungry for those illuminating connections. As a pianist (retired), composer, and Professor of Music at Grand Valley State University's Frederik Meijer Honors College, I enjoy translating complex ideas into clear, engaging explanations geared toward a general, albeit inquisitive, audience. For instance, in my article "Music and Evolution: Hearing Math, Seeing Sound, and Other Unanswered Questions," I examine how our brains instinctively perceive octaves as geometric symmetries, questioning Darwinian explanations for this evolutionary trait.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/music-and-evolution-hearing-math-seeing-sound-and-other-unanswered-questions

Similarly, my three-part series "The Plaintive Sigh of a Sonic Doppelgänger: Why Are Minor Chords Perceived as 'Sad'?" breaks down the spectral clashes that create the melancholy of the minor key, making the underlying math accessible to non-musicians.

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Nik Tsoukales

Helping Service Businesses Scale past $1M/year With Honest, Data-Driven Marketing.

Nikitas Tsoukalis grew up working in his family’s small businesses in Boston — first in a donut shop, then a pizzeria, and eventually in the same building where he launched his first company. Those early years taught him work ethic, resilience, and what it really takes to earn a customer’s trust. Over the past two decades, he carried those lessons into the digital world, becoming a go-to strategist for service businesses that depend on consistent client flow to survive.

What makes Nikitas compelling isn’t just his marketing knowledge — it’s his perspective. He blends old-school, hands-on entrepreneurship with modern digital acquisition strategies. He’s spent years inside the trenches with business owners, seeing what they struggle with daily: unpredictable leads, bad agency experiences, wasted ad spend, and the pressure of keeping a team and family supported.

Today, he shares those experiences openly — the wins, the mistakes, the experiments, the things that worked, and the things that absolutely didn’t. He talks about the lessons he learned from real businesses, real clients, and real campaigns, and how those lessons shaped the systems he teaches now. Whether it’s fixing Google Ads, simplifying the chaos of marketing, or helping an owner finally break through, Nikitas brings a practical, honest, deeply human perspective that audiences relate to.

If you’re looking for a guest who understands business at the street level and the strategic level — someone who can tell real stories, offer real takeaways, and connect with entrepreneurs who want clarity without the fluff — Nikitas is the voice they’ll want to hear.

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Philip Saparov

Author & mentor teaching Awakened Entrepreneurship, grounded in practical spirituality, manifesting, and purpose-driven high performance.

In June 2019, I walked away from a version of myself that no longer felt true. After years in New York City where life felt like a grind, I finally listened to the quiet intuition I’d been ignoring and made the leap. I left my car, my apartment, my city, and my country with only about five weeks worth of expenses in the bank. I was building the airplane while already in flight.

That jump became the beginning of my real life’s work. As I rebuilt my income from scratch, guided by my sense of purpose, I discovered that manifesting is a practical discipline, not an airy fairy concept. It is really a combination of self-knowledge, clarity, inner alignment, and consistent action. I have a process I call Awakened Entrepreneurship, through which I experienced profound personal healing, developed powerful intuition, and learned how to create outcomes that finally matched who I truly am.

Along the way, I turned my experiences into frameworks others could use, which eventually became my books: Siddhartha Sets a Goal, Escape and Self-Actualize, and Manifesting Secrets. My goal has never been to impress people with my story, but to show them what’s possible when they stop settling and start living in alignment with their deeper purpose.

For your listeners, I bring a practical, grounded approach to spirituality and manifesting. I can help them understand why they feel stuck, how to get clarity, how to trust their intuition again, and even how to find their way out of stagnance or an oppressive situation. I’m here to offer tools they can use immediately—simple but powerful practices that lead to deeper insight, better decisions, and more authentic outcomes.

If your audience is looking for grounded spiritual growth, real-world manifesting, and an honest look at what it takes to create a life that truly fits, I’d love to share everything I’ve learned.

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Robin Clare

Sacred Messenger, Bestselling Author, and Creator of the Harmony Method™

My guest today is Robin H. Clare, bestselling author and creator of the Harmony Method™ — a transformative framework that guides people to live and lead with greater ease, clarity, and alignment.

Through her book, Harmony: The Frequency of True Success, Robin teaches how to align inner truth with outer life so that success flows naturally. She bring decades of experience as a spiritual teacher, life and recovery coach, and nonprofit executive, blending practical wisdom with deep spiritual insight.

Robin helps audiences discover how to move from stress and striving to a state of Harmony — where inspiration becomes purposeful action and life itself becomes a living expression of authenticity and joy.

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