FREEDOM UNLOCKED

Adriene Caldwell is the author of Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines, a deeply personal account of surviving childhood trauma, abuse, sexual assault, foster care, poverty, homelessness, and untreated mental illness, while refusing to allow those experiences to define the rest of her life.

In this powerful conversation, Adriene shares what it means to move from surviving to thriving, how trauma can shape identity and relationships, and what helped her find hope when life seemed determined to break her. She also explores forgiveness, resilience, healing, and the importance of believing that your future can be different from your past.

Adriene's story is not about pretending that life is easy. It is about discovering the strength to keep moving forward when it is not. Her message is especially meaningful for anyone carrying the weight of past trauma, difficult family experiences, abuse, loss, or circumstances they never chose.

Listeners can learn more about Adriene and receive bonus content from Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines through her official website: UnbrokenCaldwell.com⁠

Safra Turner is the founder of iHolistica, Institute for Holistic Health & Advanced Energetica, and brings nearly three decades of experience in holistic healing, emotional transformation and energetic practices.

Her work sits at the intersection of consciousness, natural therapeutics, ancient wisdom and modern scientific observation. Safra's approach centers on the idea that healing and transformation begin within, and that individuals can develop greater sovereignty over their health, choices, perception and personal growth.

In this episode, we explore conscious sovereignty, Universal Law, Natural Law, energetic healing and the relationship between consciousness and our perception of reality. Safra also explains the Base-10 and Base-12 matrices, how societal conditioning can influence the way we see the world, and practical steps people can take toward greater self-awareness and personal agency.

We also discuss iHolistica and its mission to preserve knowledge, provide educational resources and create opportunities for people to explore holistic health, consciousness and personal transformation.

Guest Details and Resources

Safra Turner — Founder, iHolistica | Holistic Health Educator | Advanced Energetica Practitioner

Institute: iHolistica, Institute for Holistic Health & Advanced Energetica

Website:

https://iholistica.com/

In this episode of Freedom Unlocked, Susan Schleppegrell shares the deeply personal story behind her book Twice Betrayed: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal and the Courage to Reclaim My Life. A real estate professional in the Dallas Fort Worth area with a background in human development and positive psychology, Susan never imagined she would become the victim of a sophisticated romance scam.

After losing both money and emotional trust, Susan experienced a second betrayal when someone claiming to help recover her stolen money pulled her deeper into another deception. Her experience exposed how manipulation can exploit intelligence, trust, empathy, and even our strongest instincts.

Today, Susan uses her experience to help others recognize manipulation earlier, understand romance and recovery scams, overcome shame, rebuild self trust, and move forward with greater awareness. In this conversation, she explains how these scams work, why intelligent and capable people can become victims, and what people can do to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Guest Website and Contact

Susan Schleppegrell's official website, Susan Unfiltered⁠

Listeners can visit Susan's website to learn more about her story, find her book Twice Betrayed, access information about romance and recovery scams, and connect with Susan directly.

Book: Twice Betrayed: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal and the Courage to Reclaim My Life

Author: Susan Schleppegrell

Book release: September 2026

Location: Dallas Fort Worth, Texas

Professional background: Real estate professional, positivity coach, human development and positive psychology background

Rev. Kevin T. Taylor is a pastor, leadership advisor, and author of A Charge to Keep, a book exploring the real weight of authority and the difficult decisions leaders often have to carry alone.

Drawing from years of experience in ministry, executive leadership, and organizational governance, Kevin offers a grounded perspective on what leadership really requires when the decisions are difficult and the consequences are significant.

In this episode, we explore the unseen pressure of leadership, why hesitation can create bigger problems, the cost of carrying authority, and what it means to lead with courage and integrity when institutional pressure pushes you toward compromise.

Kevin also shares lessons from being fired twice for the same offense and how those experiences shaped his understanding of accountability, integrity and responsibility.

If you're a leader carrying a decision that you've been struggling to work through, you can schedule a short virtual conversation with Rev. Kevin T. Taylor.

The goal isn't simply to give you an answer. It's to create a trusted space where you can think clearly about the decision you're facing and determine how to move forward with greater confidence and integrity.

Schedule a conversation:

https://calendly.com/revkttaylor⁠

Greg Lee is the founder of the Lyme Research & Healing Center in Frederick, Maryland, and creator of the GoodbyeLyme™ System. His journey from working as a systems engineer on major NASA projects to dedicating his career to integrative healing is anything but ordinary.

After experiencing health challenges involving persistent Lyme disease and chronic infections, Greg began exploring acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and alternative approaches to health. He eventually combined his engineering mindset with integrative healing to develop his own approach to helping people dealing with persistent infections.

In this episode, Greg shares his journey from NASA projects including the Hubble Space Telescope and Space Station Freedom to the world of Chinese medicine and integrative healing. We discuss persistent Lyme disease, biofilm and resistant infections, his Eight Lyme Healing Stages, Frequency Specific Microcurrent, Advanced Diagnostic Scanning, and the challenges faced by people who haven't found relief through conventional approaches.

This conversation also explores what Greg has learned from helping more than 1,000 people and how his engineering background influences the way he approaches complex health problems.

Note: The approaches discussed by Greg are integrative and alternative health approaches and should not be taken as a substitute for individualized medical care or evidence-based treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.

Call to Action

Free Resource: Top 5 Essential Oils for Lyme and Co-infections

Listeners can get a free copy of “The Top 5 Essential Oils for Lyme and Co-infections” to learn about essential oils that Greg recommends for addressing resistant, biofilm and stealthy tick infections.

Get the free guide:

https://www.lymeresearchcenter.com/LYME-EO⁠

The guide will be sent directly to your email inbox.

Kevin Wayne Johnson is the Founder and CEO of The Johnson Leadership Group LLC, an independent certified coach, mentor, trainer and speaker whose life’s mission is to develop individual and organizational operating excellence.

After a 34-year career in the federal government and private industry, Kevin has spent years helping leaders and organizations improve communication, build stronger relationships, maximize their potential and develop a culture of leadership. His experience spans workforce development, organizational change, procurement, customer service, security, finance, information technology, human resources and more.

Kevin has also played significant roles in government initiatives, including the National Performance Review for Procurement and Customer Service Reform and the standup of the U.S. Cyber Command. He has authored or contributed to 24 books, including his award-winning Leadership with a Servant's Heart series, and has received numerous honors, including the 2024 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award and an Honorary Doctorate in Humanitarianism.

Beyond his professional achievements, Kevin's leadership is deeply connected to service, faith and family. He serves on multiple boards and advisory groups, is a deputy pastor and ordained minister, and has been married to his wife Gail for 33 years, with whom he raised three sons.

In this episode, Kevin shares what he has learned from decades of leadership, why leadership is about more than holding a position, the difference between leadership and management, and the missing ingredient many leaders overlook when trying to develop themselves and others.

Call to Action

Connect with Kevin Wayne Johnson on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwaynejohnson⁠

Listeners can visit Kevin's LinkedIn profile to connect with him, learn more about his leadership work, and follow his insights on leadership, personal development, faith and organizational excellence.

Our guest today is Leo Dulay, a transformational coach, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and author of You Are Not Your Past. Leo helps people identify and release the emotional patterns that can keep them stuck, including anxiety, anger, procrastination, and feeling disconnected from who they really are.

After spending 22 years at AT&T, Leo was laid off in 2019, just before the world was changed by COVID. Losing a career that had given him stability also forced him to question an identity he had carried for decades.

What followed was an identity reset. Leo began asking himself who he was beyond his career, the beliefs he had inherited, and the patterns he had repeated. That personal journey eventually became the foundation for his work helping others rewrite their internal stories and create a future that isn't controlled by their past.

In this episode, Leo shares what it really means to release the past, why people can remain stuck even when they know they need to change, how subconscious patterns influence our emotions and behavior, and how identity can be treated as something we can consciously redesign.

We also explore his "Release Exercise," the difference between changing your circumstances and changing your identity, and why reinvention isn't simply about becoming someone new—it can be about finally becoming who you were meant to be.

Call to Action

If today's conversation resonated with you and you're ready to stop carrying your past and finally shift the patterns that keep you stuck, visit Leo's website at Leodulay.com.

You can get his book You Are Not Your Past, explore his coaching options, and access his companion app designed to help you reset your subconscious day by day.

Everything you need to take your next step is in one place—your transformation, your tools, and your next chapter.

Visit Leodulay.com

Our guest today is Taras Machula, M.A., Ch.T., C.I., a hypnotherapist, spiritual regression practitioner, teacher, and the Founder of Healing with Love—a growing movement bringing together healers, practitioners, teachers, and people seeking healing.

With more than eight years of experience working with the subconscious mind, hypnosis, spiritual regression, meditation, and compassion-centered healing, Taras has developed a unique perspective on what happens when healing becomes more than a personal experience.

His work is built around a powerful question: What if healing one person is only the beginning?

Through Healing with Love, Taras is creating a collaborative space where practitioners can become more visible, build sustainable businesses, collaborate across different healing modalities, and ultimately reach more people. But his vision goes even further through the ideas of Healing Forward and Living Legacy—the belief that the compassion and healing we receive can ripple into the lives of others.

In this episode, Taras shares his personal journey into healing, explores the role of compassion in emotional freedom, and explains how hypnosis and spiritual regression can help people work with patterns they may not fully understand.

We also explore what happens after healing, how practitioners can build sustainable businesses without losing sight of their purpose, and how ordinary people can create a lasting impact by asking a simple question: What can exist because I was here?

Call to Action

If today's conversation resonated with you and you'd like to explore Taras's approach to hypnotherapy, spiritual regression, or compassion-centered healing, you can book a complimentary 30-minute discovery call with him.

During this private conversation, you can share what you're currently experiencing, ask questions, and receive initial guidance about possible next steps. Taras can help you consider whether a private session, a Healing with Love experience, community support, or practitioner training may be the right direction for you.

The call is designed to provide clarity and human connection without requiring you to make an immediate commitment.

Book a complimentary discovery call with Taras

What happens when a parent discovers an approach to health after conventional treatment doesn’t seem to help their child? For Abby Beale, that experience introduced her to homeopathy and eventually led her to become a certified classical homeopath and educator.

Abby began studying homeopathy in 2003 and has spent years learning about homeopathic remedies and how people use them for acute and chronic health concerns. She is also the creator of Homeopathy Primer: Getting Started With Homeopathy, a 384-page study guide and reference resource created with contributions from more than 35 homeopaths, student homeopaths, and experienced home users.

In this conversation, Abby helps us understand what homeopathy is, what remedies are made from, how homeopathic care works, and how someone interested in it can begin learning more. We also explore her personal journey, the difference between homeopathy and naturopathy, and the importance of becoming more informed about the choices we make concerning our health.

Call to Action

Learn more about Abby Beale’s book, Homeopathy Primer: Getting Started With Homeopathy, and explore her educational resources, podcasts, free introductory webinar Tea with a Homeopath, homeopathic kits, and study groups:

www.HomeopathyPrimer.com

You can also learn more about Abby and her homeopathic practice at:

www.HomeopathyHealings.com

What does it really take to build a high-performing business in a world where everyone is competing for attention, customers, and market share? Roy Osing has spent more than 40 years in executive leadership, entrepreneurship, marketing, and business—and he has the experience to answer that question from the front lines.

As President of a major data and internet company, Roy helped lead the organization from its early stage to $1 billion in annual sales, using what he calls “Audacious Unheard-of Ways”—practical approaches to leadership, customer experience, differentiation, sales, and career growth.

In this conversation, Roy breaks down the philosophy behind his BE DiFFERENT or be dead series, the audacious moves that helped scale a startup, and why organizations and individuals need to stop simply following what everyone else is doing. We also explore what it means to build an amazing career, create a better customer experience, and make sales a true strategic force.

Call to Action

Visit Roy Osing’s website and blog to learn more about his work and join the BE DiFFERENT or be dead conversation:

BE DiFFERENT or be dead