Michelle Dosanjh-Johal is the mother of two children with autism and mental illness and the author of The Warrior Sings. In this episode, we talk about autism and mental illness inside the family, including both the challenges and the beauty that can exist alongside them. She shares stories from her family and practical ways she built resilience as a mother during difficult times, including writing poetry. 

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Website: michelle-dosanjh-johal.mykajabi.com
Instagram: @mindful.warriors.way, @mothers.of.mentalhealth
Book: The Warrior Sings

Larry O’Nan is a nonprofit fund development leader, author, and mentor with over five decades of experience helping individuals and organizations live with purpose and steward their resources. He has counseled Christian ministries, led fund development initiatives that raised millions, and written books including Giving Yourself Away and Intentional Living and Giving. 

In this episode, he discusses finding your authentic path, understanding your strengths, embracing the freedom to fail, and focusing on mission rather than personal gain. We talk about living intentionally, stewarding what you’ve been entrusted with, and giving yourself away.

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Website: larryonan.com
Books: Intentional Living and Giving; Giving Yourself Away 

Resources

• CliftonStrengths — online strengths assessment 
• The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul — book
• The Truth About You by Marcus Buckingham — book
• Tunnel to Towers Foundation — charitable organization

Paige Alexander and Jamie Morgan Reno are the creators of the Real Food Recovery movement. In this episode, we talk about what food addiction is and how to start moving out of it. Paige and Jamie share their own stories and the simple steps they use to help people change their relationship with food. 

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Book: Real Food Recovery
Podcast: Real Food Recovery
Website: realfoodrecovery4u.com

Ana Pashyanti is a meditation teacher. In this episode, we talk about embodied meditation and returning to the body, nature, and self. 

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Website: anapashyanti.com
YouTube: @AnaPashyanti

Richard Jay Hutto is a historian and author who focuses on America’s Gilded Age, with books like A Peculiar Tribe of People and The Countess and the Nazis. In this episode, we talk about what life was like for wealthy Americans during that era, especially the women who married into European royalty, like Muriel White. 

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Website: rickhutto.com
Book: The Countess and the Nazis
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rick-hutto-80a30b25 

Alan Lazaros is the CEO and co-host of Next Level University. In this episode, we discuss strategies for increasing success and fulfillment in life by examining the tradeoffs between a life driven by subjective experience and one grounded in objectivity — rationality, logic, measurement, and systems. 

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Website: nextleveluniverse.com
Podcast: Next Level University
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc
Instagram: @alazaros88   

Resources

Books

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Rationality by Steven Pinker
• Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
• The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien,
• The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman

Movies

• Wicked: For Good
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

People

• Emilia Smith
• Kevin Palmieri
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Simon Sinek

Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor specializing in women's health and the author of Metabolism Repair for Women, Period Repair Manual, and Hormone Repair Manual. In this episode, we explore metabolic dysfunction, how hormones and the environment influence it, and practical ways to support metabolic health. 

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Website: larabriden.com
Books: Metabolism Repair for Women, Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual
Podcast: The Lara Briden Podcast
Instagram: @larabriden
YouTube: @LaraBriden

Resources

Books: The Slow Moon Climbs by Susan Mattern
People: Benjamin Bikman, Chris Masterjohn, Francis Bacon, Susan Mattern

Harmony Hannigan is a yoga, tantra, meditation, and breathwork teacher and founder of Nayana Yoga. In this episode, we explore tantric embodied practices as a path to reconnecting with the body, the larger self, and the living non-dual cosmos. We discuss and practice meditation through the senses and breath, learning to use direct experience, the body, and feeling as our teacher to cultivate curiosity, presence, connection, and transcendence. 

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Websites: nayanayoga.com, parentesisvital.com
Instagram: @harmony_hannigan
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harmony-hannigan

Robert Radnoti is a hypnotist who works with behavior and cognition through hypnosis. In this episode, we discuss how hypnosis works and how it's used to change your thinking, attitude, success, and life.

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Website: robertradnoti.com
Podcast: Raditude
Facebook: facebook.com/RUNNRAD
Instagram: @robertradnoti
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robertradnoti

Kadri Aworigo is a psychotherapist and counsellor who helps adults heal from trauma, shame, and emotional disconnection. In this episode, she shares her story and lessons on reconnection.

We talk about trauma, relationships, faith, and what helped her reconnect with herself and others.

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Website: arisetherapies.co.uk
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kadri-aworigo-558b90105