Bright Side with Tekneshia

After being sold by her father in Haiti, it was over 20 years before Danielle was reunited with her family again. She was adopted by an American family, but her struggles didn’t end there. An abusive relationship landed her in a homeless shelter with two children. Yet she used those hardships to become a strong survivor, and now Danielle is helping others through their struggles.

Brian C. Wilson, the author of the new book, John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age, is a professor of American religious history in the Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University (WMU). He holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

After writing an award-winning book on cereal inventor and the leading Seventh-day Adventist of his time, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the Fetzer Memorial Trust invited Wilson to write a full-length spiritual biography of its founder, John E. Fetzer. The Kalamazoo-based Fetzer was a radio pioneer, media mogul, and long-time owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball team. But what most people didn’t know was that John E. Fetzer was quietly behind-the-scenes a significant figure in the consciousness movement and a spiritual seeker of the first order. For more than 60 years, he sought ways to open the doors of higher consciousness, spiritual empowerment, paranormal insights, and energy medicine to humanity through spiritual study, science and the influence of the wealth at his disposal.

In John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age, Wilson not only explores the evolution of Fetzer’s beliefs, but how he put them into action by permanently endowing three funds that will foster research into the scientific/spiritual interface for years to come, and help cultivate a more peaceful, loving and inclusive world founded on the principle that we are all connected through one infinite force.

Denise Alexander-Pyle, a native and long-time resident of suburban Detroit, resides in Marion, Indiana with her husband of 25 years, Stephen in the unique home they built in 2006 after he retired from General Motors and returned to his hometown to assist in running the family farms. As an attorney for now over 41 years, Denise continued to commute between her prestigious boutique family law practice in Birmingham, Michigan, and Marion until September of 2015 when God and circumstances required that she remain in Marion full time, where her heart, their family, all reside. She maintains an office in Marion, where she can still practice some law, but with time allotted to continue to provide service to her community and always enjoy her grandchildren and other hobbies, such as cooking, art, and writing.

Denise received her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and her law degree from the Detroit College of Law, now known as Michigan State University School of Law. However, it was her sister’s high conflict divorce when Denise was still in high school that compelled her to alter her career choice to become a journalist and instead becomes a divorce attorney. As an expert in the field of family law, her compassion and common sense personal counseling and coaching skills were actually her most significant asset to help clients through a crisis period in their life.

Although raised and still a practicing Jew, Denise has been a self-directed student of spirituality since she was 14 and also attends church with her husband describing herself as a New Way Jew, in part because she sees Jesus as the Way to God and understands that love and Christ consciousness are an integral part of man’s existence on Earth.

John Nelson is the author of visionary novels “Starborn,” “Transformations,” and “Matrix of the Gods,” originally published by Hampton Roads Publishing, and “I, Human” published by Cosmic Egg and the upcoming The Miracle of Anna published by Roundfire Books. He authored the nonfiction book “The Magic Mirror,” which won the 2008 COVR Award as the best book of the year and best divination system, and “The Guide to Energetic Healing” published by Rainbow Ridge Books. Nelson has had articles recently published in major magazines about our evolving consciousness: New Age Journal online, “Is Technology Destroying Spirituality”; in Kindred Spirit, “The Singularity of Consciousness” and “The Etheric Cleanse”; in New Dawn Magazine, “The Borg are Coming,” and “The Goddess in the Machine”; and in Mind Body Spirit, “Nature’s Path to Genius,” and “Our Puer Culture.”

Sara Grey is Founder of WANNABE, maker of functional protein blends and supplements to power the hustle of the everyday female athlete. As a three-decade athlete herself and whole-body health advocate, Sara’s pre-morning gym ritual meant making potions of protein, Ayurvedic herbs, supplements, superfoods, and power flowers. In order to get out the door faster, Sara streamlined her formulas, creating the first-of-their-kind WANNABE protein blends in the process. Sara is also busy launching their fitwear clothing division Hustle Holla and the Host of the podcast Power The Hustle for those who hustle to play bigger, be healthier, and live louder.

Dasharra Bridges is the author of "Journey of a Single Mother." She was born and raised in the city of Rochester, NY, where she was voted 2018 Best Author. Dasharra graduated from Monroe Community College and obtained a degree in Entrepreneurship and Applied Business. Her success in pursuing a higher education resulted in her becoming the CEO and Founder of JOASM, which is an organization that helps promote unity, growth, motivation and empowerment to women. Dasharra is a single mother of two children, she wrote about real experiences in her book to inspire her readers and let them know that they can overcome any obstacle that life may bring.

Janetti Marotta, Ph.D., shares the lessons of her own healing journey through infertility, and those of the women and men she has worked with, to bring the teaching and practice of mindfulness to the challenge of fertility. After five years of repeated miscarriages, IVF's, donor IVF's, and failed adoptions, she became the mother of a daughter through surrogacy. She is a clinical psychologist, published author, featured speaker, and workshop facilitator and has specialized in every area of infertility since 1990.

Dr. Marotta is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Nevada, Reno, who has served on the regional board of RESOLVE, the National Infertility Organization, and worked as a staff psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. She is the founder of the Fertility Support and Mindfulness Program at Palo Alto Medical Foundation Fertility Physicians. Dr. Marotta is a long-time practitioner of meditation and mindfulness and also the author of the book 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem: Everyday Practices for Cultivating Self-Acceptance and Self-Compassion. For more information about her work, you may visit her website, www.janettimarotta.com.

After bestselling author, Dr. Wayne Dyer left the physical plane in 2015, Karen has consistently been receiving very profound and specific messages from him for his family and for the world as well. While Wayne comes through singularly for his family, he also comes through together with a group of other celestial beings called the We Guides that include Saint Francis of Assisi and a countless number of angels and ascended masters.

Karen Noé is a renowned New Jersey-based psychic medium, spiritual counselor, and healer with a two-year waiting list.

She is the author of We Consciousness: 33 Profound Truths for Inner and Outer Peace, Your Life After Their Death: A Medium’s Guide to Healing After a Loss, and Through the Eyes of Another: A Medium’s Guide to Creating Heaven on Earth by Encountering your Life Review Now. She is the founder of the Angel Quest Center in Waldwick, New Jersey, where she

teaches classes, gives readings, and practices alternative healing. You can listen to Karen on The Angel Quest Radio Show by tuning in to www.hudsonriverradio.com the first Saturday of every month at 10:30am EST.

Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, best-selling author of 12 books, and a professional speaker from Northern California. Mr. Robinson has made numerous appearances on the Oprah show, as well as many other national TV talk shows, and articles about him have appeared in USA Today, Newsweek and The Los Angeles Times. For the past 30 years he has spoken to dozens of Fortune 500 companies including Google, Microsoft, Dell Computer, Coca-Cola, and Fed-Ex.

Jonathan has written several bestseller books including, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Awakening Your Spirituality;” “The Experience of God,” “The Little Book of BigQuestions;” and “Communication Miracles for Couples.” He co-hosts the podcast

“Awareness Explorers” with author Brian Tom O’Connor. Through TV, live lectures and radio, Mr. Robinson has reached over 100 million people around the world. He is known for providing his audiences with immediately useful information presented in a fun and entertaining manner.

Thirteen years ago Carolin came to America from Germany with $7 in her pocket and a dream that she would be able to help others. Carolin has encountered many difficult life situations and circumstances that have helped define her and transform her into the person she is today. Through remembering her own childhood sexual trauma, recovering from a ten-year eating disorder, suffering from chronic fatigue, getting divorced and going bankrupt; to now, being married to her Divine Partner and Soulmate Paul and helping over 5,000 other people heal, find love, create success in their life, and businesses. All while growing her own business into a multi-six-figure Company.

Carolin has written an award-winning book: Blossom: 7 Steps to Sexual Healing. She is a German trained Naturopathic Doctor, Humanistic Psychotherapist, and Family Constellations Facilitator. And is an internationally recognized speaker and teacher on the subjects of women’s empowerment, spirituality, relationships and emotional healing for almost two decades. Her work is based on the intersection of where the human body and experience meet past trauma... in order to heal. She shows how each individual’s authentic and true self is the source of one’s own good. A place of unlimited abundance, creativity, courage, and joyful existence.