There are times when words pale to the task of encapsulating such an enigmatic tycoon of industriousness, self directed morals, cerebral brilliance, as well as the wonders of an exquisitely learned person having retained the genius quality of a childlike approach to science. 

Dr. Joy Kong checks all those boxes and more, from being a pioneer in the stem cell space (something quite deeply lacking in American sciences) to a bold innovator in the newly blossoming field of psychedelic therapeutic modalities. She is clearly not one to stray behind the lines of the well worn path of everyday medicine. 

It is only thanks to such vanguard charging personalities that humanity has any progress in the form of applicable knowledge at all. These are no overstatements nor hyperbolic gesture of words, Dr. Kong is a dyed in the wool modern day masterclass in the life of a scientist-groundbreaker. Someone for who the hippocratic oath is not merely a numb cluster of words, but an identifier of class of soul who would do no less than uphold its creed.

 Plainly put, she is super awesome. Listen close and take a look at what a brilliant and curious mind can accomplish. 

Joy Kong, M.D. is a UCLA-trained, triple board-certified physician (American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, American Board of Addiction Medicine, American Board of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine). She is the president of Uplyft Longevity Center in Los Angeles, California, where she specializes in stem cell therapy, ketamine therapy, as well as a wide range of therapeutic modalities to enhance overall health and combat diseases in a holistic approach, esp. by enhancing the body’s innate regenerative potentials. 

Dr. Kong believes in advancing the field of stem cell therapy through education of both physicians and the public in general. She founded American Academy of Integrative Cell Therapy, where she provides training to physicians on the science, clinical evidence and safe protocols in Stem Cell Therapy. She serves as a board member of American Association of Stem Cell Physicians, and a faculty member of Medical Wellness Association (a leading global organization on health and wellness). As a proponent for high quality clinical research, Dr. Kong is committed to originating and conducting such research studies, and is a published author in scientific journals.

In addition, Dr. Kong is the founder and CEO of Chara Biologics, a company dedicated to providing cutting-edge regenerative medicine products in the US and to the global market. She developed the most potent and comprehensive stem cell product in the country with a patent-pending formulation. Dr. Kong was recognized for her contribution to the field of regenerative medicine and awarded the "Top Doctor of the Year in Stem Cell Therapy” and "Empowered Woman of the Year” in 2019, as well as “Stem Cell Doctor of the Decade” in 2021 by the prestigious IAOTP (International Association of Top Professionals). Dr. Kong’s memoir Tiger of Beijing has garnered tremendous interest, and was named “2020 Book of the Year” from IAOTP and showcased at Time Square. Dr. Kong was also featured in the 2021 book HEROES, LEADERS, LEGENDS: the Power of the Human Spirit, along with movers and shakers such as Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra and Maya Angelo.

Frank Dibella is an enigma with a golden heart, a truly rare combination of a person who commands the trust of the great and powerful with their most intimate details of their financial life as well as a premier seat at the table at tier one society, to put if frankly, Mr.Dibella is a myth among rarified circles. Having been the top CPA for the movers and shakers who built and ran Vegas during its golden, to working closely for years with A listers like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Lewis, to era Franks incredible contributions to society via his City of Hope foundation raising money for life saving medical research he has caved a unique path and set a high standard for the generations to come. His coveted Lets Get Frank galas have raised over eight million dollars since 2015 and provided a social platform to shine a light on the importance of giving back as a signature of a life well lived. Mr. Dibella's story reads like a Hollywood movie full filled with enough adventure and kismet to give a magical glow to the concept of the American dream, and all done with mythical style of class, grace, and mystery that epitomizes a made man. Listen closely and you may just pick up some tips on how to pull off an adventure of a lifetime.

In this episode of our MindBodySpirit Series we have Patrick K. Porter, PhD, and Salme Klaus to provide an in depth expose on this quite literally mind bending technology. 

Something like a cross between science fiction and your wildest dreams come to life, listen as Dr.Porter eloquently describes the incredible technology built into this spectacular device which utilizes a combination of pulsing frequency specific led lights, guided meditation, and binaural beats through which targeted brain frequencies are generated providing the user with a vast array of physiological, psychological, and emotional well being. 

We are so grateful to Salme Klaus joining us and for making this connection with the brilliant multi-disciplinary wizard and innovator, with no further ado we are so pleased to present this interview with Dr. Patrick K. Porter. 

Patrick K. Porter, PhD is an award-winning author, educator, consultant, entrepreneur, and speaker. With 20 years of experience operating the largest self-help franchise in the world, he has become a highly sought-after expert within the personal improvement industry, having sold over 3 million of his self-help products worldwide.

Dr. Porter has been on the cutting edge of brainwave entrainment technology for 32 years. He was a co-developer of the MC2, the first personal light & sound brain training machine, voted “Best New Gadget of the Year” at the 1989 Consumer Electronics Show.  And his team was voted the “Best New Health APP” at 2019 Consumer Electronic Show. 

His newest brain-training platform, BrainTap is distinctively designed to activate the brain’s neuroplasticity. The BrainTap headset uses light & sound technology in combination with Dr. Porter’s proprietary guided visualization audio-sessions to help people achieve brain fitness, overcome stress, lose weight, stop smoking, manage pain, accelerate learning, enjoy superb sleep and make any number of lifestyle improvements. Additionally, he offers personal improvement providers a turnkey system for helping their clients achieve these same goals, and more. Dr. Porter also is dean of mind-based studies at the International Quantum University of Integrative Medicine (IQUIM).

Previously, he founded Positive Changes, the world’s largest franchise network of lifestyle improvement centers. Dr. Porter’s successes were featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, People, Entrepreneur, and INC, as well as ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and the Discovery Channel. Dr. Porter’s entertaining speeches and seminars deliver the real life, nuts ‘n bolts concepts he uses to take his business ventures to a multi-million dollar enterprises.

He is the author of the award-winning bestseller, Awaken the Genius, Mind Technology for the 21st Century, which was awarded “Best How-To Book of 1994” by the North American Book Dealers Exchange.  Awaken the Genius is translated into four languages and more than 150,000 copies have sold globally.  He is also author of Discover the Language of the Mind and Thrive in Overdrive, How to navigate Your Overloaded Lifestyle, among others.

Heidi Zuckerman is CEO and Director of the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) and a globally recognized leader in contemporary art. She is host of the podcast Conversations About Art and author of the Conversation with Artists book series.
Appointed in January 2021, Zuckerman is leading OCMA as the institution prepares to open a new home in October 2022 designed by Morphosis Architects under the direction of Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne. The state-of-the-art 53,000 square foot building is double the size of the museum’s former location in Newport Beach. In a salute to OCMA's 13 female founders, the opening collection exhibition will be Thirteen Women, organized by Zuckerman.
Zuckerman is the former 14-year CEO and Director of the Aspen Art Museum. After re-imagining the museum as a world-class institution, she founded its annual ArtCrush gala, raised more than $130 million, and built a new, highly acclaimed museum with Shigeru Ban, the 2014 Pritzker Prize winner for architecture. At the Aspen Art Museum, Heidi Zuckerman curated the exhibitions Wade Guyton Peter Fischli David Weiss (2017), Yves Klein David Hammons/David Hammons Yves Klein (2014), Lorna Simpson: Works on Paper (2013), Mark Grotjahn (2012), and Fred Tomaselli (2009).
From 1999 to 2005 she was the Phyllis Wattis MATRIX Curator at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, where she curated more than forty solo exhibitions of international contemporary artists such as Peter Doig, Shirin Neshat, Teresita Fernández, Julie Mehretu, Doug Aitken, Cai Guo-Qiang, Tacita Dean, Wolfgang Laib, Ernesto Neto, Simryn Gill, Sanford Biggers, Ricky Swallow, and Tobias Rehberger. Formerly she was the Assistant Curator of 20th-century Art at The Jewish Museum, New York, appointed in 1993, and curated Light x Eight: The Hanukkah Project, Contemporary Artist Project: Kristin Oppenheim, and Louis I. Kahn Drawings: Synagogue Projects which traveled to The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
She has curated more than 200 exhibitions during her career and is the author of numerous books including a widely loved children’s book The Rainbow Hour with artist Amy Adler.
Zuckerman earned a BA in European History from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in Art History from Hunter College at CUNY and holds a Harvard Business School Executive Education certification.

In this new iteration of Delphines Circle, we bring you our very first MindBodySpirit interview with The Transformation Consultant Brad Axelrad!  

We will be displaying the latest cutting-edge technologies from the most disruptive innovators in the industry, while expanding your knowledge on the topics of longevity, performance, consciousness, resilience and more. So stay tuned and tap into this new innovation driven interview series, as we bring you to the forefront of MindBodySpirit technology, biohacking, and futuristic modalities that will transport your life to the next level.

For over a decade, Brad Axelrad has been an event producer, consultant, strategist and podcast host, having produced over 150 live events with top business leaders and best-selling authors. 

Brad is the Co-Founder of Wake Up Biohacking - live event communities focused on biohacking, anti-aging and longevity. He’s a proud founding member of the Association of Transformational Leaders Southern California since 2010 and is a Co-Founder of The Association of Transformational Leaders Costa Rica. As a consultant and speaker, he utilizes his message to support coaches and visionary entrepreneurs by guiding them to create the business that sets them free to live a life of fulfillment and truth. 

On his Face Your Dragon Podcast he interviews celebrity thought leaders and icons including don Miguel Ruiz, Arielle Ford, JP Sears and The Kin, musicians seen on Conan O’Brien and who opened up for Coldplay and Pink. 

Brad has been featured on numerous media outlets, including NBC Nightly News, PBS Television, OC Register, LA Times, USC News and CBC News Canada.

Lisa Bhathal Merage is a premier example of a polymath in the true sense of the word. With a stunning resume that runs the gambit from the private sector, to altruistic nonprofit work, to active involvement in the arts, she embodies the ideal contemporary woman, effortlessly transcending the notions of power and grace she blends the two seamlessly with her actions, and poise, with her stellar track record being evidence to all that can be accomplished with such clarity of mind. 

People dream of accomplishing just a portion of what that Lisa has and we are certain that she has just begun leaving her fingerprint on the world. From operating as CEO of a top tier luxury bathing suit line, to part owner of the Sacramento Kings, to sitting on the board of the newly opening Orange County Museum of Art, Lisa is truly a woman who can achieve anything she puts her mind to, and we all look forward to watching on in wonder as she does. 

Before then enjoy this interview and pick up some of the wisdom she is sprinkling throughout this fantastic episode, with great joy we are proud to present the one the only Lisa Bhathal Merage.


Lisa serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of RAJ Capital. The Newport Beach based firm is the alternative asset platform of the Bhathal Family Office.

RAJ Capital was established after successfully selling the family’s 50-year old women’s swimwear business, RAJ Swim, to private equity. Lisa was CEO of RAJ Swim from 2006-2016. 

In 2009, she launched LUXE by Lisa Vogel, an upscale and chic swimwear fit solution for the modern beach sophisticate, sold at luxury retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. LUXE by Lisa Vogel was honored as the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim Presents “Designer of the Year” in 2012.

Lisa has appeared in numerous fashion and business television segments including appearances on CBS, E! Entertainment Television, NBC Inside Couture, and FOX’s Good Day LA. She has participated as a panelist for BUZZ: An Executive Women’s Think Tank, and awarded with the inaugural “Rising Leader” Award at Segerstrom Center’s Arts and Business Leadership Award Dinner. Lisa was a recipient of the 2015 “Women in Business” Award from the Orange County Business Journal and was the Keynote Speaker at the event in 2016.

Along with her family, Lisa is co-owner of Sacramento Basketball Holdings LLC. The firm owns the Sacramento Kings franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Golden 1 Center, the Sawyer Hotel and residences, and is the developer of the Downtown Commons entertainment and sports district in Sacramento.

In this episode of In the Circle, we are speaking with John Rigney. As an A list entertainment business manager, John has worked with top tier talent for decades, and has made a name for himself as force to be reckoned within the often mysterious cross hairs of arts and finance. 

Listen close for the subtle details of how such a technical multifaceted profession vaults the line between left and right brain thinking, balancing large financial estates, international tax law, and interpersonal integrity, might we say even close personal friendship, being just some of the components of this intersection of two of mankind's more infamously distinct activities. 

If one was ever wondering how the stars build and maintain their personal fortunes from their fantastic public careers, look no further than the expert himself! 

We present with joy this insightful interview with the entrainment industries finest, Mr.John Rigney.  

John E. Rigney, is the Founding Partner of Level Four Business Management, LLC. His clients include Jim Carrey, Josh Hutcherson,
Samuel L. Jackson, Jenny McCarthy, Omar Epps, Mara & Salim Akil, Walton Goggins and Danny McBride.

John began his career at Jess Morgan & Co. in 1972. He graduated Cal State Los Angeles with an Accounting Degree and passed the CPA exam in 1974. He opened his own firm in 1987; added Mark Friedman in 1994 and Charles Clancy in 2005. They merged with Matt Lichtenberg & GLWG in 2007.

John holds a private pilot license and is an avid back country snow skier, mountain climber (attempted Everest in 2017 & 2018) & outdoorsman.

Level Four Business Management, LLC is a full service entertainment business management firm providing services to writers, actors, directors and musicians.

Something akin to cinematic anthropology comes to mind when considering the work of the fantastic Kim Taylor Reece. Very few people are artistically able to simultaneously access the deep truth of another culture's beauty, while effortlessly projecting a nuanced vision, maintaining both the depth of the original authentic spirit, alongside the fingerprint of the artist, synergistically in its presentation. 

Mr.Reece does just that and more, with his lens he has done a noble task, bringing the world to the interior of Hawaiian culture's historical physical language of hula kahiko, an unbroken verse passed via osmosis, direct transmission, from one generation onto the next, a signal sent from the innumerable past, pulsing with life in its active expression. 

With such care, love, and reverence, all evidently apparent in his work, Kim Taylor Reece has inextricably linked himself to this lineage. Continuing to achieve wonders towards Hawaiian hula's continuation, preservation, and exposure to the outside world. 

With pleasure we present this rare interview with this exquisite living master of the photographic art, Kim Taylor Reece.

Hawaii's foremost fine art photographer, Kim has been studying the hula kahiko for 40 years. A catalyst of Hawaii's cultural renaissance of the 80s, his photography captures the mystery and magic of this dance, which for generations has excited the imaginations of people around the world. 
 
In his research, Kim has traveled with the Hawaii State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, enabling him to study and work with dancers from more than 35 different Pacific Islands. His extensive research of costumes and dances of the early Hawaiians captures the spirit and essence of this ancient ritual.
 
His unique style has established the visual standards for hula kahiko. As millions encounter Kim's work every day,  his art helps to preserve the hula and enrich lives.
 
Kim's award winning photography has brought him worldwide recognition. Over the years Kim has received 15 Pele Awards, Print Magazine Awards, The First Kahili Award HVB, Travel Journalism Awards, and National Community Service Awards. His images have been acquired by collectors, dignitaries, and collections internationally. 
 
He studied art at Long Beach State in California and was told to change majors due to his color blindness. He uses this to his advantage in capturing the subtleties of the hula kahiko in black and white. He uses the sepia tone to represent the timelessness of the dance.
 
For those who appreciate the hula, Kim Taylor Reece has devoted his talents to the celebration of Hawaii's ancient dance. e komo mai - come and experience.

Styled by OnQueStyle
https://onquestyle.com
Dress:  Brand: Flying Tomato
Name: Photo Finish Woven Mini Dress
Description: This gorgeous dress from Flying Tomato's is perfect for this time of year! With its light lime print, the features go unnoticed, such as a pleasant long bubble sleeve with a smoked cuff, elasticized waist, ruffled hemline, and above-the-knee length, there is so denying this dress was made for spring.  I wore it with a complimenting light brown belt, but it comes with a self-tie sash that matches the pattern of the fabric!

Few professional athletes have ever reached the heights and acclaim that Jim Palmer has in his epic career in baseball. Fewer have stayed on in the sport in the limelight the way he has and maintained a powerful presence as a sports broadcaster. He stands as a statement to the utilization of determination, sportsmanship, and moral vision that has guided his career into the immortal Hall of Fame. A living legend and a stalwart gentleman, we will let him speak for himself. Do enjoy this interview with an American Icon the one, the only Jim Palmer.
 
Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, his first year of eligibility, Jim Palmer received 92.6% of the 444 ballots cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Of the eight pitchers elected in their first year of eligibility, he received the third highest percentage of votes.

A powerful persona in the sports field, Jim Palmer maintains a strong presence off the playing field as well as through a variety of business, charity and personal interests. Regarded by news reporters and television broadcasters as the "perfect gentleman", Jim personifies integrity, perseverance and excellence.

Styled by OnQueStyle
https://onquestyle.com
Dress: Brand: Ulla Johnson 
Name: Piera Dress
This gorgeous rose-colored dress has this soft feminine flare, which is complemented by its flowy pleated satin, intricate smoking split V-neck with sash beaded ties to tie the keyhole, ruffled collar, and cuff. Its waist is textured with a wide, shirred, waistband, and connected is a pleated skirt at quarter length. There is also lovely ruching at the neck and the top and bottom of the sleeves! This dress is very versatile, and can be worn to any occasion!

John Bazzo makes things look easy, even as he describes his hands on approach, waking up at 4am style of professionalism, he still seems to imbue his productive activity with a grace that is beyond his years. A man of many talents, from wine sector innovator, to festival creator, to dance champion, what ever John Bazzo touches seems to turn to gold. Listen in to learn about his mindset and methodology that propels him from vision to realization and execution and the steps along the way.

John Bazzo is an American entrepreneur, investor and managing partner of My Wine Society.  The story of John becoming one of the co-owners of My Wine Society started with having a passion for wine that led him to become an early investor in the company.  Through John’s time with My Wine Society he has helped leverage many past relationships by signing on multiple sponsors for the My Wine Society Mobile App and nationally recognized live events known as the Blended Festivals. He has also been instrumental in creating and implementing the MWS Loyalty Club, an online wine club subscription that ships directly to consumers. 
 
Today, John handles the day to day operations of the business as a Managing Partner and he is most excited about sharing his passion for wine and social gatherings to various communities.  John’s entrepreneurial contributions to the wine industry have been recognized by the Italia Innovation Program, the Wine Spirits and Education Trust, and has even shared his knowledge and love for wine on the Love Connection hosted by Andy Cohen on FOX.
 
John’s professional experience details an excellent path of leadership. Upon graduating in 2006 from Cornell University, as an athlete on the university’s Varsity Football team, John joined a Fortune 500 company where he earned the highest level of achievement in each position that he held such as Outstanding Achievement Award and multiple President’s Club Awards. In 2017, John graduated from UCLA Anderson with an Executive Masters of Business Administration and dual mastery Certificates in Entrepreneurial Studies and Global International Management. While on campus, John was the UCLA Anderson School President and is an acting member of the Anderson Board of Advisors.
 
In John’s spare time, he enjoys traveling the world and experiencing everything life has to offer.  Between the wine app, loyalty club community, and festivals, John is reaching wine lovers on their phones, in their homes, and in real life.  His life mission is to leverage his passions, history and partnerships in the wine community to help create elevated experiences for wine enthusiasts by growing the online community through MWS Loyalty Club and hosting world class in person experiences by bringing the Blended Festival to cities around the world.