LIFE CHANGES NETWORK

“The Dance of Life,” with Guest, Dance, Music and Television Three-Time Emmy Award Winning Producer, Teresa Taylor; and Musical Guest, Musician, Producer, Composer, Lyricist, Vir McCoy on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: TERESA TAYLOR and Musical Guest: VIR MCCOY

TERESA TAYLOR

Dance is deeply instinctual to the human soul – the ultimate emotional and spiritual art form. Our most sincere hope is for the Global Dance Initiative to unite and spark the worldwide community to share the energy of dance…to heal, inspire and connect. Please join us as we celebrate the power of dance in our world, and how – together – we can truly make a difference. – Teresa Taylor

“My goal is to bring a transformative experience to all audiences in a way that elicits an emotional response. Whether through media or live productions, I aspire to provide the audience an experiential moment in their lives – one that leaves them with a positive and memorable emotional imprint. This is what gives my work purpose.” – Teresa Taylor

BIO

A unique talent in the world of entertainment, Teresa has more than twenty creative years experience producing and brokering dynamic talent and projects with a focus in dance, music and television. Her various roles of producer, writer and former dance and choreography agent have allowed her to work collaboratively with some of the most visionary dance and creative artists in the industry.

The foundation of her own personal and artistic spirit is inspired by the depth and integrity of the creative visionaries she has had opportunity to represent or work with in collaboration. With each project, Teresa hopes to bring the creative teams together in a way that allows for creative freedom and artistic inspiration, allowing the energy of each production to have its own unique rhythm.

Of her vast slate of projects, Teresa was the producer for TV Moves! Live: A Tribute to Dance in Television, on behalf of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Additionally, she was an executive producer of the American Choreography Awards and the highly acclaimed Choreography Media Honors. Other credits include The Cultural Icon, Paris by Night, numerous productions for the LA Opera, and the annual Christmas Eve Special, the LA County holiday celebration she was exceptionally honored to produce the flagship show, Dance America! for USA at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, together with creative director Amy Tinkham, Teresa produced A Royal Wedding in Dubai, partnering with DesignLab Events on a spectacular show with 3,000 attendees.

She is the recipient of three Emmy Awards for an acclaimed series of specials for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles titled Imagine in partnership with ABC, as well as an Emmy for The LA County Holiday Celebration.

Teresa is exceptionally proud to bring the heart of her career – the spirit of dance to The Global Dance Initiative. Her dream is use the power of dance in the media today, to ignite the positive power of dance globally to use this art-form to, quite simply, inspire life.

More About Teresa Taylor at: www.globaldanceinitiative.com and www.tt.productions/

“Uniting Art and Science,” with Guest, Visual Designer/Director, 3D Animator, Immersive Media Specialist, Audri Phillips; and Musical Guests Heart Medicine, with Annmarie Soul and Karen Seva, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: AUDRI PHILLIPS and Musical Guests: HEART MEDICINE

AUDRI PHILLIPS

Audri Phillips, director/ 3D animator, content creator, immersive media specialist. She

is based out of Los Angeles with a wide range of experience that includes over 25 years

working in the visual effects/entertainment industry in studios such as Sony, Rhythm

and Hues, Digital Domain, Disney and Dream Works feature animation. Starting out as a

painter she was quickly drawn to time-based art and visual poetry. An interest in

science and technology has always played a part in her work. She is a pioneer of using

cutting edge technology, including currently in immersive media performances, and full

dome, VR/AR.

Currently a member of the Intel Innovators Group, she writes online articles for Intel, is

a member of ADN (Autodesk Developers Network) a resident artist at Vortex

Immersion, and a consultant/researcher for a technology company, Stratus Systems.

She is the co- founder and director of Robot Prayers an immersive transmedia project

which explores AI and our hybrid identities in a world where man and machine are

melding.

Over the past 6 years she directed/animated/designed over 6 full dome shows, one

with composer, musician Steve Roach, created animations for dance companies as well

as a number of cinematic and interactive VR pieces using Autodesk Maya, Touch

Designer and Unreal Engine.

One of the VR pieces, “Migrations” is on the Samsung

Indie channel. All of the full dome pieces as well as her animations and paintings have

been shown in festivals and conferences around the world.

She has been an adjunct professor at a number of Universities around Los Angeles. BFA from Carnegie Mellon University

Learn More About Audri Phillips at www.robotprayers.com and https://vimeo.com/audri

“La Vita è Bella, on the Bus of Life,” with Guest, Actor, Author of “Daddy’s Limo,” Glenn Clarke; and Musical Guest, Singer – Songwriter, Britt Kusserow, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: GLENN CLARKE and Musical Guest: BRITT KUSSEROW

GLENN CLARKE (aka CLARKE, GLENN)

I was Born in Queens, New York to a heritage that is rich in culture. I am obviously African-American; however, I am also part Jamaican, part Panamanian, part Cherokee Indian… and there’s more.   I have lived in three of the five New York Burroughs.  I have been bi-coastal, meaning that from early childhood to my late 30’s I commuted from one coast to the other, either due to my parents needs, or as an adult for my own work needs.  

I studied Laser Optics, Physics, Mathematics, Languages, and History & Economics; however, my gregarious nature drove me to more social endeavors. I worked for a major airline in reservations, public relations, and cargo shipments, culminating my career in management with the same company.

Next, I decided to put my education to use working for the U.S. Department of Defense on 21st century projects.  I would tell you more about this; however, I am bound by the government not to go into detail. A new career path became necessary because of contractions in both governmental and private sectors after the first Gulf War.

The path that ensued was a career in the automotive industry for three major car companies; first Honda/Acura, then Nissan/Infiniti, and finally Mercedes Benz. I was in sales, trained staff in product and customer service, and also managed an Infiniti dealership where I improved customer service, thereby improving sales.

One of my dreams was to become an actor.  So around 2002  I took a several acting classes and launched my professional acting career. My first acting gig was as a doctor on Star Trek, Enterprise (The TV series). I have done a number of local and regional commercial works and have had a role on Criminal Minds as a good guy — but I really wanted to play asociopath.  My most rewarding and longest acting gig for seven seasons was as an anesthesiologist (background) on the TV serious HOUSE M.D.

Singing has now become my latest passion.  It has gone from the shower, to karaoke, to having the honor of being asked to sing at the HOUSE M.D. Red Carpet Final Wrap Party by the star of our show, Hugh Laurie.  I accepted and was applauded exuberantly by the audience.  It was a fitting way for me to end my seven of the eight illustrious seasons on that show.

I love traveling and meeting new people. I have visited England, France, Austria, Germany, Brazil, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Jamaica.  I expect to do much more traveling in the near future. One can have more than one passion in life; acting, singing, and traveling are three of mine.

Around the turn-of-the-century I went through a divorce. That divorce left me pretty much penniless and with a lot of self-doubt.  And though I was in the acting profession, I wasn’t making the kind of money that was able to sustain me, or pay for children’s needs.  My story was sort of like a country song record.  I lost everything….my relationship with my kids, my wife, my home,  my income, as well as my self esteem/confidence.   It took me almost ten years to recover.

During that time I had to take mass transit all over Los Angeles, Orange counties,

“Learning About Living from the Dying,” with Guest, Author and Intuitive Guide, and American Academy of Bereavement Certified Spiritual Facilitator for the Terminally Ill, Nina Impala; and Musical Guest, Singer / Songwriter, Musician, Karen Seva, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: NINA IMPALA and Musical Guest: KAREN SEVA

NINA IMPALA

Award-Winning Author And Intuitive Guide Specializing In Grief Counseling

Nina Impala  is a highly intuitive multifaceted individual. She combines her intuitive abilities with professional education in the End-of-Life Field. Certified by The American Academy of Bereavement for Spiritual Facilitation for the Terminally Ill, Nina also holds a BA in Human Services, is a graduate of Mueller College of Holistic Studies, Author of Dearly Departed What I Learned About Living From the Dying, and a Reiki Master Teacher for the last 18 years. 

For well over 20 years Nina has worked passionately in the hospice field using her gifts visiting the dying and educating families. In addition to actively working with hospice patients,  Nina works with families that have lost loved ones through accidents and suicide.

Nina facilitates grief groups and speaks about her Tutoring for the Spirit series and her HeartSight™ Process at a variety of venues in the Southern California area. Her desire is to help people of all ages feel at peace with themselves regardless of whether the transition process is loss of a loved one, a relationship, or a job. 

Nina lives in Southern California near her two sons. She is passionate about bringing education to her community about the transition from this life, a subject that has been sorely neglected in our society. 

“You were amazing! . How you get better and better I have no idea. The students said it was the best part of the entire year. You have to do a workshop in the future. ” Linda Ealy, Lead Instructor at Mueller College of Holistic Studies in San Diego, CA.

More About Nina Impala at www.tutoringforthespirit.com

“Something About Love,” with Guest, Mother, Writer, Poet, Author, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Humanitarian, Founder of the Something About Love Foundation, Ena Love; and Musical Guest, Singer / Songwriter and Music Artist, Heather Christie on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: ENA LOVE and Musical Guest: HEATHER CHRISTIE

ENA LOVE

Glinis “Ena” Love

formerly known as Glinis Ena Mays is a native of Texas and a mother

of three. Love is a writer, poet, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist,

humanitarian, and founder of the Something About Love Foundation. In

2010, Ena moved to Los Angeles, California and founded All That Is

Entertainment (a record label and music recording studio). Several artists

were signed to the record label while Ena worked on her first book. 

Something About Love (a book of poetry) was officially released on Valentine’s Day, 2019. The poetry is a spiritually rooted and infused with pearls of inspiration and motivation. Ena is publishing her personal collection of poetry with the intention to heal others. Ena writes poetry about love, peace, positivity, being your best self, and life experiences that everyone can relate to.

The author has also established the Something About Love Foundation. Through the Foundation, proceeds of book sales will be used to gift the book to the homeless, people in group homes and shelters, rehabilitation centers, those who are incarcerated, and wounded military veterans. Love states “the purpose of life is love”. The path to love is through understanding and when we understand life we heal and ultimately find peace”.

Love is on a mission of love to heal the world!  In 2015, she journeyed around the world in 40 days to bring the energy of the world into the book. Photographs from the trip will be used to illustrate the book. Love calls herself a student of life in service to humanity. She works to assist others in finding inner peace, self-love, and the joy of life.

More About Ena Love at: www.somethingaboutlovefoundation.org

Ena Love reciting a poem from her book, “Something About Love”

“Training the Mind Like a Muscle,” with Guest, Ultra Runner, Coach, and Motivational Speaker, Jimmy Dean Freeman, and Musical Guests, West Coast Americana Band, Morrison and Company, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: JIMMY DEAN FREEMAN and MUSICAL Guests: MORRISON AND COMPANY

JIMMY DEAN FREEMAN

Head Coach & Founder of Coyote Running
Distance Focus: 50 Miles, 100k, 100 Miles & Beyond
Specialization: Trails, Endurance, Mental Game

Jimmy is known for getting inside his athletes’ heads and his emphasis on training the mind like a muscle. Since 2002, he has coached more than a two-thousand adults (and young people) to run further and run more efficiently by creating an uplifting environment to propel people to break through self-imposed glass ceilings. Jimmy has been running competitively for 30 years (200+ races, including the Angeles Crest 100, the Western States 100 and Badwater 135) and has over 14 years of coaching experience tackling ultra endurance over the last decade. He has helped many runners & athletes to complete their first ultra races and 100 milers, and has personally completed 28+ races of 50 miles (or further) while failing to finish 5 races over that stretch. Personal bests include a 1:18 Half Marathon, 2:56 Marathon, 3:56 50k, 7:07 50 miler & 17:34 100 miler. Jimmy is also the father of two kids who can out-endurance him any day.

More About Jimmy Dean Freeman at www.socalcoyotes.com

Half Marathons to Ultra Marathons

Coyote Running offers running coaching and training programs on both road and trail for every distance from the half marathon to ultras. Based in West Los Angeles, we aim to offer runners something a little more off the beaten path.  Often, quite literally. We specialize in training runners in a non-traditional format for marathons, 50ks, and 50 milers, but we’ll gladly help you prepare for a race of any distance, be it a shorter XTERRA trail race to a 100 miler (or worse).

The only thing you have to lose is that old tired routine of running the same exact long run every single week on that same exact course at that same exact pace. If you are ready for something different, something new, then you are ready to rock it out with Coyote Running to your best race yet.

“Peace Angels and the Art of Peace,” with Guest, American Contemporary Artist, and Founder of the Peace Angels Project, Lin Evola; and Musical Guest, Indie / Soul Artist, Tyler Crawford on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: LIN EVOLA and Musical Guest: TYLER CRAWFORD

LIN EVOLA

Lin Evola is an American Contemporary Artist who has used her career as a platform to bring attention to the disturbing proliferation of violence which occurs in our neighborhoods and among nations. Evola holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco Art Institute and has had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries in London, Paris, Monaco, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Art historians have declared her work to be on the level of Leonardo da Vinci, Joseph Beuys and Robert Rauschenberg.  Evola is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including having been declared Artist Life Member of New York City’s National Arts Club.

In 1992, Evola’s decision to utilize her artistic skills to galvanize the public to take action against needless violence was actualized when she discovered that 1,000 children were being killed each year through the use of illicit guns in the Los Angeles area. It was then that she founded the Peace Angels Project. 

Through the Peace Angels Project’s  USA Weapons Destruction Campaign, Evola requests surrendered weapons from communities and countries through law enforcement and government agencies, melts the weapons down and uses the melted metals to cast sculptures which she calls Peace Angels. Simultaneous to the weapons requests, she engages the media to transmit the message that the public should consider how to balance the need for protection against the desire for peace. 

Since 2008, Evola has attended the closed meetings regarding Disarmament at the United Nations in New York City at the Biennial Meeting of States, Small Arms and Light Weapons. In 2012 and 2013 she attended the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in the company of 193 international Member States where she bore witness to a global effort to address the issue of illegal arms trafficking among nations. Evola was honored to be the only artist allowed in the 2013 meetings, and in April 2013, history was made as the United Nations General Assembly voted to approve the first international Arms Trade Treaty ever to be adopted in the history of mankind. The Peace Angels Project is an official NGO of the Unites Nations.

Evola is best known for her Renaissance Peace Angel sculpture which was initially created in California in 1994. In the aftermath of the horror that took place in New York City on September 11, 2001, Evola had her thirteen-foot Renaissance Peace Angel immediately transported to Ground Zero to stand outside a 24-hour respite center and food canteen where the rescue and recovery workers who toiled at the devastated World Trade Center came for sustenance. This Peace Angel brought with it the embodiment of humanity’s yearning for peace, even in the face of unspeakable adversity, and in 2013 the Renaissance Peace Angel was taken into the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City as a permanent part of their collection. The Renaissance Peace Angel was installed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in October 2018.

Over decades, Evola has created Peace Angel sculptures which range in height from one to thirteen feet and which reflect specific cultural indicators of regions throughout the world. Discussions are ongoing to create sixty four foot Peace Angel...

“Affecting Lives By Your Presence,” with Guest, Actor, Model, Mother, Activist, Gabriella Wright; and Musical Guest Multi-Award Winning Singer / Songwriter / Musician, Bobbo Byrnes, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: GABRIELLA WRIGHT and MUSICAL GUEST BOBBO BYRNES

GABRIELLA WRIGHT

Gabriella wright is an actor, mother and activist. Born in London , she is of Anglo-Mauritian French and Scottish descent. Embracing her many cultures, she has developed an inquisitive nature… always pushing her further on a journey to truly understanding the world of today .

Her career foils her personality… She is involved in a diverse and compelling line of projects, encompassing acting, modelling and humanitarian enterprises.

She has recently featured in action movies such as “The Transporter – Refueled,” and “Security,” along side Sir Ben Kingsley; Indie Productions like “The Alcoholist,” and “The Perfect Husband,” and also political documentary features such as “OXI, an Act of Resistance,” directed by Ken Mcmullen.

She has worked with luxury brands such as Kenzo Perfums, Poiray and

Cartier.

Gabriella is a passionate advocate for women and children’s rights. Fund raising and public talking are core to her engagement.

‘‘The most important teaching I gained from being an actor and model is that people look up to you, no matter what. Even if you have inner conflicts, the outer world needs hope and people project what they need on you. Dreams aspirations, role modelling etc… and you sometimes have no idea that by just being present you are affecting and influencing someone’s life. So This job really is not about you , its about them.’’

More About Gabriella Wright at: www.facebook.com/GabriellaWrightOfficial/ and on IMDB at: www.imdb.com/name/nm1720237/

“Life Is Learning, Learning is Life,” with Guest, Academy Award Winning and Emmy Award Winning Visual Effects and Special Effects Artist, Gene Warren, Jr.; and Musical Guest, International Award Winning Piano Soloist, Dr. Svetlana Transky, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guest: GENE WARREN, JR. and Musical Guest: DR. SVETLANA TRANSKY

GENE WARREN, JR.

     My experience in the motion picture, television and commercial world began in 1962 at 21 years of age.  It was a one day construction job as a permit in the grip department on the I Love Lucy set at Desilu Studios.  I didn’t work again for 3 months.  Then it was a few days here, a month there, a couple of weeks at Warner Bros. then a month at MGM etc., for about 2 years until I earned union seniority while on the night shift at Columbia Pictures and was immediately bumped up to a day staff job as the number 8 crab dolly operator on the lot.  The youngest dolly grip staffer at the time in Hollywood I might add.  As a consequence I worked at least a few days on almost every feature and TV show  produced on the lot from mid 1964 until January 1969.  It was the old studio system and I was never laid off. 

     The reason I mentioned at length my early days as a grip and dolly/crane operator was because the dolly job most often positions you in the middle of the on set discussions between the Director, DP and the actors.  There was no school like it.  And since I was interested in my craft and film making in general I always paid attention and listened in.  A few examples of films and TV that I worked on most or all of principal photography in those years were; Walk Don’t Run, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, Murderers Row, Enter Laughing, Three On A Couch,  Trouble With Angels, Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round and the Monkees TV show.

     In 1969, not wanting to remain in the grip department the rest of my life, I left the steady job and began working off and on at my fathers visual effects company, Excelcior Animated Motion Pictures.  It was one of the few small effects companys in Hollywood before Star Wars changed everything.  The animation done at Excelcior was stop motion and it turned out that I had a natural talent and worked on and animated many Dough Boy, Hamburger Helper, Swiss Miss and Chuck Wagon commercials during the almost 12 years I worked at Excelcior.  We also produced the miniature work and dinosaur stop motion for the Saturday morning children’s show Land Of The Lost.  Also the miniature effects work for the TV series The Man From Atlantis, the Roger Corman film Avalanche and John Frankenheimers Black Sunday.

     Thru the hands on work I became an accomplished cinematographer, model maker, sculptor and stop motion animator.  I also helped break down scripts and plan how to do the effects.  Since my fathers studio did not have an optical printer until the last 2 years before he closed, we would try and do as much as possible in camera.

     Excelsior was closed in 1979 and I and two

partners, Leslie Huntley and Peter Kleinow opened Fantasy II film effects in

1980.  We now had an optical department

but continued to do as much work in camera as we could.  Both because it was usually more cost

effective and tended to look better.  I

believe that even today, in the digital age, the above holds true. 

“Our Relationships Define Our Experiences,” with Guests, Relationship Coaches, and Spiritual Psychologists, Jan and Monika Zands, and Musical Guest, Renaissance Flutist and Musical Healer, David Young, on The LIFE CHANGES Show

Guests: JAN and MONIKA ZANDS and Musical Guest: DAVID YOUNG

JAN and MONIKA ZANDS

We are life coaches and relationship coaches that are committed to helping you live the life of your dreams. Our coaching sessions are jam packed with lessons and tools to help you shift your perspective, get out of your own way and let go of the things from your past that are limiting your happiness.

Working on yourself and your relationship doesn’t have to be hard, serious or messy. Often in our sessions, we’re laughing together as our clients uncover misunderstandings, limiting beliefs and patterns that have kept them stuck in their life. When you begin to remove your negative thoughts and feelings about yourself, you can start feeling happier and more positive in all aspects of your life.

To get the most out of your investment in yourself, we often assign personalized work to deepen the lessons and skills outside of our sessions. We see people get better results when they are being more proactive than just during our weekly session. We like to compare working with us like working out at a gym… It takes time and practice to build new muscles. Your personalized assignments are designed to support your growth and awareness and put into action the learning you gain from our sessions.

We both have Masters in Spiritual Psychology and have been married for 18 years with three children. Through the combination of our education, training, and personal life experiences, we’ve learned to create the life and relationship of our dreams, and we are now helping others to create theirs.

We both have Masters in Spiritual Psychology and have been married for 18 years with three children. Through the combination of our education, training, and personal life experiences, we’ve learned to create the life and relationship of our dreams, and we are now helping others to create theirs.

More About Jan and Monika Zands at www.janandmonika.com