• Introducing entrepreneur, yoga teacher, storyteller, and experiential designer Siha
• Siha's business Yellow Mat Wellness
• Social Wellness and how we practice being well in our communities and neighborhoods

Siha considers herself to be a lot of things, but most of all, Happy.

With a list of unique titles including yoga teacher, storyteller, cannabis consultant, experiential designer and much more, Siha fills up rooms with her unique brand of insight, humor, and ease to create transformative spaces that help people and brands make meaningful change. Her dynamic corporate career brings together more than a decade of expertise in brand strategy and executive leadership. Before branching out on her own, Siha spent years at powerhouses like BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi, J. Walter Thompson, and Deutsch LA leading teams through full-
scale new business acquisition and campaign executions across various disciplines and media budgets up to $100 million.

Her passion to create great culture and organizational excellence led her down a path of integrated wellness, ultimately becoming a meditation teacher and trauma-informed educator with a focus on social impact + justice. Siha authors and facilitates online, and in-person experiences centered around mindful approaches to topics including wealth, wellness, social justice, and community care. Through her lifestyle brand and studio, Yellow Mat Wellness, she has curated innovative wellness content for media partners and brands including Lululemon, Google, The Honey Pot Co., Kettle One Botanicals, King of Pops, and more.

Siha is the owner and creative director at Rarebird, a freelance agency + design collective in Decatur, GA.

More information: https://www.yellowmatwellness.com/

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• Introducing CEO and Editor-In-Chief Telishia Berry
• Telishia's career in the field of publishing and as a writer, producer, and director.
• Courageous Women Magazine and its spinoff publications
• The books Telishia has authored.

Telishia Berry is the Publisher of Courageous Woman Magazine and its spin-off publications, Courageous Men Magazine, and Author’s Who Launch Magazine. The year 2021 marks ten years of publishing, over 1,000 stories and articles, and 100+ cover stories.

Telishia is the author of The Baptist Junkie. She has published several authors, and is the recipient of numerous awards.

More information: http://courageouswomanmag.com/

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• Introducing the extraordinary Life Coach Ellen McCarty
• Understanding Ellen’s processes working with clients
• The terminology Life-ing
• Reconnecting with your authentic self

‘Live a Great Life….Even when Life is Life-ing. You know, suffer less, enjoy more!’

Ellen has been a Business and Marketing Strategist by trade, for more than 2 decades and a one-on-one coach for thousands of entrepreneurs all over the world.

Her skill, experience, and expertise aside, she consistently found herself more interested in why people were failing to achieve their desires, what was in their way, and how she could help them allow and receive the success, sustainability, and expansion they desired. For the last 7 years, Ellen has worked with private clients helping them to identify and release their resistance, transform their disempowering beliefs, reconnect with their authentic self, and manifest both business and personal fulfillment.  

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• Getting to know the background of Confidence/Success Coach, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker Jacqueline Kaba-Harrison
• Jacqueline's company Realizing Your Potential LLC
• How to create Unshakeable Self Confidence and how it correlates in success in business and in life.
• A Queen’s Round Table Channel and A Queen’s Round Table Quarterly Symposium, TV Show and Podcast

Jacqueline is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Michigan since 2003 and a practicing Social Worker since 1994. Over the years, she has learned her role is to serve as a catalyst for change.  She is a Confidence & Success Coach and she created  Realizing Your Potential LLC to empower and inspire African American Women everywhere. Her focus is empowering and inspiring African American Women to know  better and be better for themselves, their  families and  their  communities.  

Her work is about getting African American Women to  RECOGNIZE and harness their POWER to empower themselves  and  others to manifest abundance in their lives. More specifically, she helps coaches and consultants create effective strategies to eliminate negative self-talk and self-sabotaging behaviors that prevent them from taking their business to the next level.

More information: http://www.realizingyourpotential123.com

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• Introducing Founder, CEO, and former Airforce Engineer James A. Samuel Jr.
• James' company Pluribus Inc
• What is ANJEL Tech, why it was created and its availability.

Mr. James A. Samuel, Jr. is the Founder & CEO of Pluribus Inc., a big data, geospatial analytics company headquartered in McLean, Virginia.  Mr. Samuel founded Pluribus to lead the world in an entirely new industry: Identity-Based Navigation®.

ANJEL™ is a cloud-based, geospatially-enabled, live-streaming and recording, Personal Security Service designed to keep your family safer and people more accountable. You can think of it as your own personal body camera. It’s secure. It’s mobile. It’s powerful. It’s designed and created for YOU.

More information: http://www.anjel.tech

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• Introducing entrepreneur Melinda Wittstock  
• The podcast app Podopolo
• Wings of Inspired Business
• Melinda's career as an award-winning journalist, executive producer, and TV anchor

Melinda Wittstock is a 5-time serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Podopolo, the world's first socially interactive and "gamified" podcast app and network where people gather to discover their favorite podcasts, connect with hosts and each other, and win rewards as they put lessons learned into action to enhance their lives and engage in world-changing social impact initiatives.

Formerly an award-winning journalist, executive producer, and TV anchor for the BBC, ABC News, CNBC/Financial Times Television and MSNBC, Melinda created and grew a BBC show to a 20 million audience and also innovated one of the first crowd-sourcing mobile apps, growing unique users to 3 million in 8 months.

 

More information: https://melindawittstock.com/

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• Introducing entrepreneur, investor ,co-author, and military veteran David Velasquez
• David's career in the military and corporate
• David's book “Impact Leadership”
• Discuss the “4 th Quarter of Life”.

David is an entrepreneur, investor and co-author of the 2012 Best-Seller, The Art and Science of Success, Vol II.

A lifelong learner, he has a BS in electronics engineering and three master’s degrees, including an Executive MBA and a lifetime of formal professional military, corporate and network marketing leadership training.

More info:  https://amzn.to/3mY12Oh

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• Introducing award-winning and bestselling author, international strategist, prominent speaker, and creativity educator Chad Stewart
• The Britfield series and the theatrical launching of Britfield & The Lost Crown
• The Britfield World Tour
• More about the Britfield Institute

Chad Robert Stewart is an award-winning and bestselling author, international strategist, prominent speaker, and creativity educator. He founded the prestigious Britfield Institute, a non-profit dedicated to creativity and literacy; and Devonfield, a media empire committed to the highest quality in education, publishing, and film production.

The Britfield Institute is committed to bringing creativity into the classroom, promoting literacy, and fostering a child’s imagination. Impacting all demographics, we provide students, teachers, educators, and schools the opportunity to read and write with passion while inspiring critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. The Britfield Institute is providing underprivileged schools and children resources, workshops, and opportunities.

More information:  https://www.britfieldinstitute.org/

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• Introducing Life Transitions Coach and Grief Specialist Paula Shaw
• How we can make “22” work for you
• Creating the lives we want and also happiness
• The pros and cons of New Year’s Resolutions

A Life Transitions Coach and Grief Specialist Paula is also a Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and Media Host.

For more than 25 years, Paula has been dedicated to helping people navigate the stress of Change and Challenge using mind/body tools and techniques.

Paula is the author of several books, including Chakras, The Magnificent Seven, Grief...When Will This Pain Ever End? and her latest book, Saying the Right Thing When You Don’t Know What To Say.

Paula's Radio Show:  http://www.changeitupradio.com/
Paula's Books: https://amzn.to/3ASmpEZ

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James Cooley:

James Cooley, a motivational speaker, and a retired Navy Officer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the Host of The James Cooley Show…IT’S YOUR LIFE. He is the author of “Country Boy, City Boy, A Journey, That Ain’t Over Yet” (2020) & Audio-book narrated by James Cooley (2021), "The Book of Knowledge: Your Pathway to Enlightenment" (2015), "My Path" (2014).

James is the President and CEO of JC Cooley Innovation Solutions, LLC, and The JC Cooley Foundation Options & Opportunities / The Choice Program. James was presented with the 1992 Senior Enlisted Admirals Gallery and Renken Award of Merit for the development of a Breakfast Tutoring Program for academically at-risk students. He also qualified and re-qualified over 1,000 military and civilian personnel in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as well as hosting 47 television shows titled “Cooley’s Fitness Tips”. James was selected as one of the first George H. Bush’s One-Thousand Points of Light recipients for outstanding community service. He resides in Temecula, California and Fort Worth, Texas with his wife of almost 14 years Michelle.

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Michelle Cooley:

Michelle is a native of New York City, NY and currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas and Temecula, California. She has been married to James (JC) Cooley for almost 14 years. She spends most of her spare time with her family, friends, and her wonderful dog Bella. Michelle was a Sunday School teacher for children ages 6-10 for the Youth and Teen Ministry during her residence in Atlanta, GA. Her hobbies include walking, running and basically working out at the gym. Michelle has a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Management, and a Masters Degree in Marketing from Concordia University Nebraska. She has been part of the J.C. Cooley Foundation since its inception in 2014. Her continued focus is on giving back to the community and finding ways to inspire and help those in need.

 

Noah Dingley:

Noah Dingley is host of "Across The County" Radio. He interviews guests that impact the San Diego community as a whole; sometimes these issues are local non-profits doing good works throughout the county. Other times these topics are national issues that also directly impact the city of San Diego. Noah is a single father and has a heart and passion for lifting-up kids. He loves to talk about anything that can benefit the life of a child. Book authors fascinate him, and much can be learned from hearing their tales. He often likes to use the phrase, "It's about what matters locally to you." Also, sail aboard "Noah's Ark" on KPRZ M-F; 9pm - midnight as Noah brings you through various national ministry programs. Noah enjoys world history, loves the film industry, and is a podcast aficionado.

 

More information here: https://kprz.com/personality/2275

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