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Mark Taylor Creative and inspiring learning

Mark has been a professional percussionist for 25 years and has had the opportunity of performing with some the UK’s finest orchestras and theatre companies. With 3 children and his experience of delivering whole class music workshops around the UK, Mark wanted to share the creative and inspiring learning he was witnessing in schools. This was the start of the Education on Fire podcast in 2016. Today the show has released over 500 episodes and has been downloaded in over 150 countries.

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Mark Taylor

Ex Crime scene photographer becomes Daniel Craig Double and author.

Mark is an ex crime scene photographer for the met police in London who now works in film as a support artist, stand in and double. He's doubled for Daniel Craig on 3 projects but also worked on film and TV shows such as Andor, The Ipcress File, No Time to Die, The Magicians Nephew, The Thomas Crown affair, The Capture and many, many more. He's also the author of 2 novels, a film screenplay and an autobiography that details an incredibly varied and exciting life, from growing up with a Scientologist father who thought he was Jesus to working on cruise ships, a glamour studio and anti terrorist operations in the police. No wonder he took to writing about Jack the Ripper and reincarnation.

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Jenny Leigh Hodgins Creative Empowerment Coach, Author, Music Educator, Vocalist/Pianist, Composer, Poet

I’m Jenny Leigh Hodgins, a Creative Empowerment Coach, author, music educator, vocalist/pianist, composer, and poet with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals in creative growth, performance, and authentic self-expression.I help creatives, busy professionals, overwhelmed caregivers, and creatively curious adults restore energy, overcome creative blocks, rebuild trust in their creativity, and cultivate sustainable creative flow. My approach blends burnout recovery strategies, creative empowerment practices, and insights from my longtime Buddhist practice, all centered on my mission of Empowering Creative Flow and Inspired Living.As a solo caregiver navigating complex family dynamics and estrangement, and as a former HOA board president and community leader who transformed neglected systems, I bring firsthand experience in resilience, leadership, and personal growth.

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Robbie Samuels. Book launch strategist and award-winning 4x author with 900+ Amazon reviews, 37 #1 Best Seller categories, and a proven launch system that turns entrepreneurs' books into business-building assets.

I'm an award-winning author of four books that have received more than 900 written Amazon reviews and reached #1 Best Seller in 37 categories across four countries. The latter did nothing to help me grow my business, yet everyone seems focused on these vanity metrics of hitting #1 Best Seller.Instead, as a book launch strategist, I coach entrepreneurs to build launch teams that lead to 50+ Amazon reviews (social proof) and turn their book into a business asset that attracts new revenue and media opportunities.

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Our guest today is Ed Howard — founder of One Breath Leadership, a new human-centred leadership framework combining neuroscience, psychology, AI and three decades of Zen training. Before becoming a founder, Ed spent 20 years as a Regional Head of Compliance in global investment banking, where he saw firsthand how burnout, overwhelm, and cognitive overload were affecting leaders. Today he teaches practical tools for clarity, resilience, and peak decision-making in the age of AI. He’s also the author of the upcoming book One Breath Leadership, and he helps leaders apply ancient wisdom and modern science to perform at their best.”

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Rain Bennett

Rain Bennett, author of The Chief Storytelling Officer | Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker | Host, The Storytelling Lab

Rain Bennett is the CSO of Elemmir, as well as an award-winning filmmaker, author, and storytelling coach. He hosts a weekly podcast called The Storytelling Lab which features the top storytellers in the world and is the author of the upcoming 2026 book, The Chief Storytelling Officer. In 20 years and over 1000 interviews, he has realized one consistent truth: stories hold a profound power, but only if one knows how to tell them effectively to who need to hear them most.

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David Dorfman

CEO @ Claimio | Techstars USC | Founder @ Yapi | 8-Figure Exit

Irvine, California, United States

Blue Navy Recovery has rebranded and is now known as Claimio. Co-founder and CEO David Dorfman leads the technology-driven platform, which automates the navigation, verification, and filing processes required to recover unclaimed property from state governments across the United States

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Gilad Rom

Gilad Rom is the founder of GetOpener, a platform helping brands get into retail and actually sell once they’re there. Before this, he worked with companies like Shopify, Clearco, and Google, and is now on a mission to fix what he sees as a broken distribution system where brands fight to get on shelves but fail to move product once they do. His work focuses on helping brands go direct to retailers, cut out middlemen, and turn cold outreach into real retail growth.

Most brands think getting into retail is the hard part. It’s not. The real challenge is what happens after you’re on the shelf—and that’s where most brands fail. I’ve worked with companies like Shopify, Clearco, and Google, and now I’m the founder of GetOpener, where we’re fixing what I believe is a broken distribution system. Today, brands rely on brokers and middlemen, fight to get into stores, and still struggle with sell-through once they’re there.

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Lintao (LT) Lu is a global business executive, engineer, entrepreneur, and author. He is the founder, President, and CEO of NAVAC Inc., a New Jersey-based company specializing in HVAC tools, instruments, and industrial vacuum technology. Under his leadership, NAVAC has grown into an international brand known for innovation in the HVAC industry.

He was born in a rural fishing village in China during the Cultural Revolution. According to his published biography, he overcame poverty to become the first person from his village to attend university. He later earned a doctorate in France, became fluent in multiple languages, and built a career leading businesses across China, France, Singapore, and the United States. He also holds seven U.S. patents.

In April 2026, Lu published the memoir In Through the Window: On Forging Your Own Path to Success, which chronicles his journey from rural China to international business leadership. The book emphasizes resilience, perseverance, innovation, cross-cultural leadership, and the philosophy that "when the door is closed, go in through the window.

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Bren Marrick

Author of Dicks I’ve Met Online | Exploring Self-Discovery Through Uncomfortable Experiences

I didn’t set out to tell a story like this. I set out to tell the truth—about what happens when the life you built no longer fits, the quiet courage it takes to open doors you thought would stay closed, and the unexpected humor you find while figuring it out.

At a certain point, I realized my life had been shaped more by habit than choice. So I started paying attention—to what I wanted, what I avoided, and what I kept explaining away. Writing became a way to look at things honestly, without judgment, and with a little more compassion for every version of myself along the way.

That reflection became my book, Dicks I’ve Met Online: How I Turned Casual Meetups Into a Journey of Discovery.

It’s not a guidebook. It’s an honest account—sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable—about connection, self-discovery, and what our experiences reveal when we actually pay attention to them.

In my writing and in conversation, I’m drawn to intimacy, identity, and the messy truths of everyday life—because those are the stories that actually connect us.

If something in this conversation resonates, I hope it leaves listeners feeling a little more seen, and a little less alone in figuring things out.

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