First Class Life

Michele is an independent interior designer with her own boutique firm. Bayle & Co. interior design services opened in 2011, specializing in residential and light commercial design. Reflecting on her clients’ personality in her designs is important to Michele as she creates and curates the perfect space, balancing functionality, color, texture, and ambiance. Michele is also a licensed optician for 28 years – and counting – and owns her own eyewear boutique in Seattle. She volunteers for the organization VOSH, with which she travels to third-world countries bringing complete optical, including glasses, to remote villages. Michele’s passion for travel also brings a fresh and diverse eye to her designs. When she has a free hour or two on these volunteer trips, she seeks out women owned creative businesses. She purchases their wares then resells the curated items and gives a percentage of the proceeds back to these women, to give them an additional step up. Michele has been recognized in 20/20 Magazine for Well Designed optical store - 4 Your Eyes Only, in Kirkland Washington; and the NY Times for Well Designed boutique theatre - The Starlight Room in Port Townsend.
Tune in to hear Michele's story of serial entrepreneurship, coming back from a particularly difficult period in her life, and her daily practice that she credits with helping her create her authentic, first class life!

Are you in alignment with your Higher Self? Kelle Phillips is a speaker, author and coach committed to training and mentoring individuals to going beyond just using 10% of their potential. She helps individuals transform their limits, releasing the latent energy, guidance and healing from within their own Souls. Building on her foundation in traditional science and medicine, Kelle was a member of the first graduating class of Holos University Graduate Seminary. with a combined Master’s degree in Energy Medicine and the Science of Intuition. From this
educational foundation, she’s been a leading researcher of where the mind, the Spirit and
mystical Judeo-Christian principles intersect, and how to apply those principles to create
accelerated transformations.

Kate Fessler explores the topic "What are you willing to do to get what you want? And how badly do you want it?"

Over 20 years of coaching high-performance leaders, Keynote Speaker, Workshop Facilitator and Executive Leadership Coach Theresa Callahan discovered that female leaders commonly struggle with finding balance and fulfillment in their lives. Tune in to hear Theresa explain her leadership coaching techniques, her own journey of discovery, and how she came to create her full-immersion coaching experience, Retreat to Tuscany!

How does a former corporate employee break free and create the life of his dreams as a speaker, author and leadership coach? All while doing his part to raise a family of 5 children, including not just one, but two sets of twins?? Tune in to hear Kevin Knight's journey, and how he's spreading his message of liberation and leadership.

What's it like to be one of the few women in a creative job like Disney Imagineer? How does that same woman get to be a Jim Henson Puppeteer? Terri Hardin's story is one of passion, persistence, and unstoppable creativity. Tune in to hear how she pursued and finally landed her dream job at Disney, how her curiousity about Miss Piggy's construction brought her together with Jim Henson, and what she's created that have been enjoyed by millions!

Do you have all the info you need to put your life back together after a crisis? Did you know that parents do not have the authority to make health care decisions for their children once they're 18? Tune in to hear Linda's journey to creating The Crisis Planner and what you need to know to be your own "Master of Disaster!"

What would you do if you were a newly-elected member of a city council and you were unexpectedly faced with possibly unethical behavior? Would you have the moral courage to stand up to the "powers that be" and call them out on it? Tune in to hear Councilwoman Anna Rohrbough's experience with running for office for the first time, being elected, and running into a situation she never expected once she began her service.

Kim Peterson is a shining example of overcoming obstacles through hope and courage. Kim was raised in a family that didn't look like her, contemplated suicide as a teenager, and was once homeless after fleeing an abusive spouse. Tune in to hear how Kim overcame each obstacle and continued to pursue her dream, the business and life she has today.

What would you do if you lost custody of your children, or if one of your children were abducted? Those are the subjects of Carol Soloway's novels! Dr. Carol Soloway is a chiropractor and Qualified Medical Evaluator. She’s also the author of the Amazon bestselling novel, SEX HAPPENS, and has a new novel called GRACIE’S GONE. After each decade of her life, Carol has changed careers, and writing is the synthesis of all of the knowledge and skills she’s accumulated along the path. Tune in to hear Carol's journey, and what she's hoping to accomplish with her new novel far beyond entertaining her readers!