Facing Mel's Music - The Rock-Chick Shrink for Creatives on the Edge!

This entertaining podcast features the fabulous Stephanie Carlin, who reveals much about spiritual growth and resilience. This lady talks about her music and spiritual journey with humorous chats! Running her successful Truth School, Steph talks about secret dreams brought to life by exploring the four R’s (resentment, rejection, regret, revenge). Steph helps young people keep their goals vibrating as she accompanies her clients to find faith, repair and heal. This great artist shares her feelings toward the music industry after walking away for seven years and re-entering with a new outlook after feeling heartbroken. This chat is guaranteed to entertain! 

Starting on a new album, Steph is moving away from her solo career as she moves into partnership with her loyal music collaborator. Together they are called Fore Fader, the Danish word ancestor.

https://www.stephaniecarlin.com/

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From counsellor to counsellor! 

An enlightening chat with the wonderful Soneakqua J. White. Covering topics about faith, purpose and meaning, Soneakqua shares her work largely related to artists and musicians. Her work extends to assisting high-end Ministers as they have responsibilities to the people who follow their word.  Throughout this podcast, she reveals how she helps clients discover their gifts, often described as 'buried gifts'. Soneakqua goes 'undercover' to help people discover their inner artist selves leading them to their true paths. 

Creatives and ministers are drawn to this gifted lady who, without a shadow of a doubt, has a pure soul. Soneakqua released her book ‘A Time to Heal’ and explains how this reflects her calling, now beneficial to others who are experiencing the same. Her need to heal family issues shifted throughout the making of this book as she discovered a process for healing others. Her book ‘Red Flag’ is trauma-related, offering insights to recognise the triggers.

Soneakqua has courses you can attend and read about via her website. She tells an amazing story of encountering her angels who saved her life as a car accident was about to happen but didn't!

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‘Coaching the Called’ to be released in August

https://www.soneakquajwhite.com/

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Chris Level

Eighteen-year-old musician & sync artist from Rwanda speaks about his early experience of making music for the film industry. His passion extends to helping his fellow female sync artists succeed as he believes in the power of equality. Already making a mark in the industry, Chris is on his way to huge success as he places his music in major movies. Driven and motivated to succeed, his motive doesn’t simply rest in making music but in making a difference in the community and bringing people together through music. Tune in to this entertaining conversation!

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Brandon is a digital marketing expert and SEO specialist. Here you will find tips for musicians on maximising your search engine optimisation (SEO) to drive more traffic to your website and achieve a higher ranking on google. The trick is to achieve this without investing too much time or money! 

One piece of advice is to know who your competitors are and make a huge list of your keywords. Brandon is an expert in driving traffic to your website and can be contacted via:

https://seooptimizers.com/

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A fascinating chat with the retired plastic surgeon and former emergency physician Dr Robert Yoho. Robert gives his take on the medical world, focusing on the global pandemic that swept the nation and left us all in a fog of dismay. An open talk on the pharmaceuticals that made billions from medical research, topics in this show include the theory of conspiracies and where the public reside within the chaos that plagued the world. Dr Robert Yoho is disturbed by the events and feels his place is to inform the public as he continues to be the ‘whistle blower’ in the world of medics.  The pandemic may be over for most of us, but facts dictate that control continues behind the scenes. Robert has a wealth of knowledge and will shock you as he mentions Greenpeace being a sociopathic organisation. It was fascinating to hear him speak of the corruption behind the medical world leading to topics on the psychology of desiring plastic surgery, hormonal drugs for transgender changes and finally, big boobs get your attention but are definitely not always the answers to the root cause. Tune in for more!

 https://www.robertyohoauthor.com/

https://robertyoho.substack.com/

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Upcoming hip-hop rap artist TayOG is making his mark in the music industry in such a short space of time! This wonderful young soul is an advocate for supporting mental health and contributing to various mental health foundations of support. Chicago-based TayOG speaks openly about his diagnosis of bipolar and ADHD and the impacts on his art. He shares his music, the song's meaning, and how passion and pain go hand in hand. His love for fashion and photography began as a 16-year-old and was the first step into his music career! Secretly writing for years, he desired more of a stage image and succeeded!

For more visit: https://chicagoentertainmentagency.com/profile/tayog/
or 
search TayOG on Spotify and Soundcloud.

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Ana Lennyr is a premier life strategist who specialises in helping teenagers and adults to build strong and supportive family relationships. Ana addresses the root cause that holds people back and believes in removing excuses by replacing them with reasons and opportunities for a new way of being. Ana teaches the skills to ‘master the game of life’. Her unique approach to healing involves fixing the problem together between parent and child as she believes skills need to be learned to improve the issues at hand. She emphasises the importance of working as a team and the miscommunication between parents and their children. Often teens don't feel understood by their parents. 

Mel and Ana have an honest chat about the dynamics of romantic relationships and how often presenting issues can trail back to abusive relationships. She speaks of breaking away from the cycle and reaching your true potential.

Ana has a fabulous service where you can text and ask her any question and she will answer you within a couple of days. 

Visit: www.betteraskana.com

This service is open to adults, teenagers and young adults. Remember to be as specific as possible with your question. Good luck!  

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A fascinating conversation with the lovely Dr B. 

A Canadian musician and forensic scientist who talks us through his brand new music project involving the story of giants and dragons and journeys on ships in a mythical tone with battles underwater. A concept that evolved over time culminated into an audio film experience. A visual album written and produced by the talented Dr B. His intentions are for the listeners to feel the holistic experience through visual and audio content.  Narrators and actors have been working on this project for eighteen months. 

Dr B has 10,000 listeners a month on Spotify. He used to be in the old music biz in the early 2000s and talks about his break from the music industry with a dislike for the music biz in general. He had distribution deals with Warner Brothers and ran his own record label. Quote "Now you can do what you want to and not deal with the old ways of the music business". The new business gives a direct link to your audience!

Dr B talks about being realistic as he knows what to expect. The worries of false expectations are not in his vocabulary. "You don't put out a song and get an immediate million streams". This insightful artist talks about the importance of consistency when releasing music and gaining the trust of fans. He advises how to build a fanbase and how to be a serious artist with long term consequences. "Be motivated by your own music", this legendary musician from the past has made a come back after his break and talks about the fakeness of people who were interested in him for his fame and fortune rather than him as a person. 

Owning a record label gave Dr. B plenty of experience in the music industry. He reflects on the complications of drugs and addictions with artists under his wing. Honest reflections of hip hop artists and the bizarre attitudes of some who crossed all boundaries, as a record label he fired all his artists for the disrespect!

His interest in psychology goes beyond anxiety and depression. He’s motivated by the "crazy of the crazy, and the worst of the worst". Sociopathic behaviours fascinate dr. B as he pursues his studies in the field researching extremist behaviours. He will go into a PhD in forensic psychology. Dr. B and his wife own a mental health clinic in Ontario. 

This dedicated musician and solid person believes in studying and self-development wanting to give to the world. An inspiration to his children he demonstrates the importance of being the best version of yourself. Work hard and make sacrifices for the grades you want, Dr. B believes in education academically. He believes strongly in implementing work ethics, as eventually they are reflected in the results.

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Chatting with the wonderful Terry Tucker about his blogs and works on Motivational Check. This chat looks at his own motivation and the incredible will he possesses to engage positively in life following his ten year battle with cancer. This former police officer and basketball player, speaks of his reinvention following the diagnosis and treatment of rare cancer resulting in amputation. Terry is a consultant and coach helping all levels of careers from students to business professionals, Terry's purpose is to aid their journeys and transitions by adopting a positive mindset. Quote "You can succumb to the debilitating distress and misery, or you can learn to embrace it and use it to make you a stronger and better human being. I chose the latter". Tune in for an enlightening chat.   
www.facingmelsmusic.com
https://www.motivationalcheck.com/

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Mel chats with the lovely D.Lisa West, born and raised in Seattle. D.Lisa brings her passion and expertise together through art, coaching, and meditation for her clients' healing and well-being experiences. She shares her work and concepts and explains the benefits of her courses and workshops such as Doodle Like an Artist. D.Lisa refers to art as a language and teaches from her studio, inviting the public in to learn and understand her processes. This chat is light-hearted and insightful with humourous moments running through!
https://dlisa.com/
www.facingmelsmusic.com

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