Leading Conversations

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Lisa Nichols, best-selling author, speaker, humanitarian, & corporate CEO whose global platform Motivating the Masses, Inc, has reached & served nearly 30 million people.

Twenty years of determination & courage, pushing through multiple struggles to transform herself & help others do the same, have led her to this moment. Lisa Nichols is one of only two African-American female founders to take her own company, Motivating the Masses, Inc., public.

Abundance Now: Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity Today, is her personal journey from scarcity to abundance. Lisa says abundance is a mindset & a practice that can transform relationships, self, career, and finances. Abundance Now outlines a practical blueprint for personal success. She reminds us that “the role of money is to afford you the best memories possible.” Would it be o.k. with you if life became more memorable with abundance now? Join Cheryl Esposito & Lisa Nichols traveling the path to Abundance Now!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Zen Cryar DeBrücke, author of Your Inner GPS: Follow Your Internal Guidance to Optimal Health, Happiness, and Satisfaction.

Everyday a new tech gadget offers us the opportunity to learn about ourselves: our optimal state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Wearable technology telling me how I feel...

Author Zen Cryar DeBrücke says: “You were born with a factory-installed guidance system. It is like the GPS in a car…your Internal Guidance System -IGS-. The guidance it gives you has many different purposes. The most important one is to get you from one end of your life to the other with as much joy, ease, and fulfillment as possible.”

You can retrain your mind to easily access this powerful source of inner wisdom and recognize when your IGS is giving you guidance.

Join Cheryl Esposito and Zen Cryar DeBrücke and Your Inner GPS: Follow Your Internal Guidance to Optimal Health, Happiness, and Satisfaction.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Sandra Joseph, a history-making Broadway star turned author and speaker. For nearly a decade, she played one of the best-known roles in Broadway history: Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Her new book is Unmasking What Matters: 10 Life Lessons from 10 Years on Broadway.

Sandra’s extraordinary journey includes transforming her own life from being too afraid to sing in public (yes, really!) to becoming the longest-running leading lady in Broadway’s longest-running show. When asked, ‘How did you overcome the fear?’ she says, “…I really never did. I learned how to work with it. …I had to master walking into fear. Making friends with that feeling is my path to awakening.”

Are you ready to know who you are beyond the roles you play, to choose love over fear, to live an unmasked life that is fueled by meaning, joy, and purpose?

Join Cheryl Esposito & Sandra Joseph to see what life can be like when you choose to live beyond the fear.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Kute Blackson, a unique visionary in the world of human potential. His book You.Are.The.One. is a compassionate, no holds barred approach to living life: a bold adventure, on purpose. Who do you think you are? We’ve all heard this from someone chastising us for thinking big or questioning reality. Kute Blackson really wants to know your answer. “Who you think you are” will shape the life you live. Kute’s vision: “Live the wild freefall that is life, with arms wide open, living each moment completely fresh, & alive. Pick up the instrument that is your heart & play it fully.” We are living in amazing times of tremendous change. Old paradigms are collapsing; old ways are no longer working. It’s our wake up call for us to reinvent ourselves, reconnect with what is important, realize who we truly are. Are you ready to create a life that is your masterpiece? Join Cheryl Esposito & Kute Blackson to begin your journey deep into the essence of YOU: You.Are.The.One.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dawson Church, author of The Genie in Your Genes demonstrates the link between emotions&genetics. His book Mind to Matter:The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality examines the science of peak mental states known as“flow.” Dawson is founder of National Institute for Integrative Healthcare&initiated the Veterans Stress Project treating PTSD. Using Emotional Freedom Technique,86% were subclinical after six sessions of EFT & remained so on follow-up. The results were replicated in more scientific studies. Dawson says: “...our souls seek expression through our material forms. ...our thoughts create our reality, [and] our actions, our actions create our habits, our habits create our character, our character creates our destiny.” The science behind the links in the chain show the how our intentions create the material world. Join Cheryl Esposito&Dawson Church to learn how your intentions shape your life, your emotions, your material reality.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Angeles Arrien, to Leading Conversations for a second time! Angeles is an anthropologist, educator, award-winning author, consultant, and Founder and President of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research.Her work bridges cultural anthropology, psychology, and mediation skills. Her award winning books include The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer and Visionary; Signs of Life: The Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them; and The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom. Leadership is undergoing a cultural revolution. How do expertise and mastery figure in this? During our conversation we explore the practice of leadership, the shift in expectations we have of our leaders around the world, and what it requires of us all. Angeles shares practical wisdom of the ages and challenges us to tap our capacity to lead from within. We can bring meaning to our work and our world.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes David Jay, an international fashion photographer & founder of The Scar Project, a series of large-scale portraits of young breast cancer survivors to raise awareness, challenge traditional perceptions about the disease. David Jay has been shooting fashion & beauty professionally for over 20 years. His images have appeared in a multitude of international magazines & advertising campaigns. As an edgy fashion photographer, he was personally impacted when a friend in her twenties was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed was a remarkable collaboration that led to The Scar Project. David has photographed more than 100 breast cancer survivors. The exhibition of large-scale portraits travels the world. A book of these portraits has been created - The Scar Project: Breast Cancer Is Not a Pink Ribbon. Join Cheryl Esposito and David Jay to discover the difference one person can make around the world when you refuse to look away.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Deirdre Hade & Will Artnz. Deirdre is a poet, modern day mystic, spiritual teacher. Radiance Healing & Radiance Meditation is her mindfulness system combining spiritual & practical to connect deeply to self & the possible. William Arntz began his career as a research laser physicist (think: the real Star Wars for the U.S. gov’t). He wrote a systems management software system AutoSys, & sold his company. Then he focused on “the nature of time.” This road expanded the possibilities beyond science. He decided to make a film on Spirit & Science, & “surprise!”- it became the movie What the Bleep Do We Know? - a global phenomenon, & 100 million+ viewers. The (not so) Little Book of Surprises is the brainchild of Will Arntz, merging poetry & wisdom of Deirdre Hade, & photos & images of award winning photographer Endre Balogh. The result is a wondrous trip of perception & mystical vision. Join Cheryl Esposito with Deirdre Hade & Will Artnz & let surprise be your muse.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D. co-founder & President of Strozzi Institute, author of several books including In Search of the Warrior Spirit and The Leadership Dojo to be released this year. Richard crosses borders and boundaries in war zones and boardrooms to teach global leaders that the mind and the body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other. Can embodied leadership change the direction of business and the future of the world? How does a warrior lead with heart and meaning? Join this inspiring conversation of courageous action and commitment to making the world a better place.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Lynne Twist, global activist, fundraiser, Founder of The Soul of Money Institute and author of The Soul of Money. She founded the Soul of Money Institute to express her commitment to supporting and empowering people in finding peace and sufficiency in their relationship with money. She says, “Money is a current, a carrier, a conduit for our intention. Money carries the imprimatur of our soul.” Lynne has spent more than three decades leading global initiatives including: ending world hunger, protecting rainforests, empowering indigenous peoples, understanding human consciousness, creating a sustainable future for all life. Lynne sees our current economic crisis as a “natural unraveling” of a system that has never truly worked for our world. She believes, “We now have the opportunity to live the most meaningful lives any generation of humankind has ever lived.” Discover how we can “create a new future of sufficiency for ourselves and all beings everywhere.”