Coffin Talk

Ryan Glass is a social worker currently working as a Qualified Mental Health Provider serving special education students in a public elementary school. Drawing from his lived experience as a survivor of adverse childhood experiences, he views students through a trauma-informed lens to try and bring empathy and authenticity to his work. Integrating mindfulness, music/video production, humor, and ecological systems theory, he strives to design unconventional and creative individualized interventions for youth that foster connection, growth, and emotional resilience.

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Levi Ulmer just completed dental school in Arizona, and now lives with his wife and dog in Texas, where he is furthering his specialization in endodontics. In his free time he enjoys the outdoors, games (board, tabletop, video, etc.) and story-telling.

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Nicole Schmidt is the author of the memoir With Love, Nicole, a deeply personal account of caregiving, anticipatory grief, and life after the loss of her husband. Through her writing and her grief resource center, Heartfelt Haven, she explores the emotional and spiritual complexities of loving someone through terminal illness. Nicole writes with raw honesty about grief, identity, and the ways love continues even after loss. Purchase her book HERE!

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After a US Army tour in Vietnam, George Montgomery completed a BBA degree and then went on to achieve an MBA. He then spent 40 years as a business and tax consultant, fifteen of which was done while living and traveling full time in a motorhome. He has now retired and writes novels and short stories.

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S. P. “Sherma” Venkata, is desperately trying to become Indian again, but he has instead stumbled into being a cowboy but he hopes he will somehow synthesize the two. He is a very social person, but doesn’t believe in social media or any other popular media like TV, radio, or newspapers. Check out his novels on Amazon.

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Crystal Cunningham is a retired humanitarian surgeon who has been published in physics, chemistry, and surgery texts, and she is now fulfilling her dream of writing poetry. Please follow her on Substack at https://substack.com/@crystalmdwrites

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Matt Kolsky has been plying his trade (speaking extemporaneously into a mic about frivolous things) for over 20 years—on Bay Area sports radio, via podcasts and in the kitchen to his long-suffering wife, who tolerates it as long as he has dinner on the table when she gets home from her real job. He has two kids (quality TBD) and a beautiful, loving, good-girl (dog) Luna. Check out his podcast: The Toy Department.

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Rand R. Timmerman served 5 years as a United States Marine, including a tour with 1st Marines in Vietnam. He then acquired law degree and practiced law until retiring in 2012. He has since written numerous short stories and books, including A Spiritual Passage, which chronicles his hiking of the Appalachian Trail with his brother Ron when they were in their seventies! He is also a recovering alcoholic dedicated to helping others achieve sobriety. You can buy his amazing book with this link.

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Diana Colleen is a psychedelic facilitator and writer exploring consciousness, healing, and social change. Transformed through psychedelic therapy, she writes from lived experience, challenging power and imagining what humanity could become if compassion led the way. For more, click here to visit her site and buy her book!

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Gary Scott Thomas has been doing a morning radio show in San Jose on KRTY since 1991 and also currently hosts the podcast Gary Scott Thomas with Here’s What We Know. But his main focus is his wife and two teenage sons. For more, CLICK HERE!

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