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Dr. Alison Pattison thrives at the intersection of education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.

As a professor, Senior Doctoral Chair at Grand Canyon University, entrepreneur, podcast host, speaker, and advocate, she has dedicated her career to helping people turn ideas into impact. Her work spans health and human services, leadership development, higher education, and developmental disability advocacy, all connected by a common mission: empowering others to create meaningful change.

Known for her ability to bridge academic excellence with real world application, Dr. Pattison mentors emerging leaders, researchers, and professionals who want to make a difference in their communities and industries. Whether guiding doctoral candidates, launching innovative projects, or leading conversations that inspire growth, she brings a unique blend of strategic thinking, compassion, and vision.

At her core, Dr. Pattison is a builder. She builds leaders, develops ideas, solves complex challenges, and creates opportunities where purpose and impact meet.

Today’s guest: www.alisonpattison.com

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Dr. Brandi Hawk is helping transform the way families, clinicians, and communities understand healing, connection, and resilience.

A licensed clinical psychologist and CEO of Red Leaf Psychology, Dr. Hawk combines clinical expertise with a deep commitment to making evidence based mental health care more accessible and effective. Her work focuses on helping children, parents, and professionals navigate the lasting effects of trauma while building stronger, healthier relationships.

As co developer of Parent Child Care (PC-CARE), an innovative evidence based parenting intervention, she has helped shape approaches used by clinicians and families around the world. She is also a sought after trainer and speaker, educating professionals nationally and internationally on trauma treatment, parenting interventions, chronic pain, and the profound impact of childhood experiences on lifelong well being.

Whether in the therapy room, the classroom, or through her podcast The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club, Dr. Hawk's mission is clear: empower people with the tools, knowledge, and connection needed to create lasting change.

Today’s guest: www.redleafpsychology.com

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Kenny Stoddart helps leaders master the one variable that determines performance under pressure: their own mind.

As the founder of IronMind Advisors, he works with executives, founders, and high level operators whose decisions carry real consequences. His focus is not on motivation or productivity, but on strengthening judgment, emotional discipline, and clarity when conditions become chaotic.

Through the IronMind Mentality, Kenny helps leaders eliminate internal noise, sharpen decision making, and maintain control when pressure is highest.

Because at the highest level, success is rarely limited by talent. It is determined by who can think clearly when everything is on the line.

Today’s guest: www.ironmindadvisors.com

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Grace C.W. Liu helps women reclaim the parts of themselves they were taught to silence.

As a Woman's Truth Awakener, speaker, and communication strategist, Grace has dedicated her work to helping women break free from a lifetime of shrinking, pleasing, and second guessing themselves.

After more than twenty years as a speech language pathologist, she recognized that the greatest communication barrier was rarely vocabulary, confidence, or skill. It was the invisible conditioning that taught women to stay agreeable, stay quiet, and stay small. Today, Grace challenges that conditioning.

Grace guides women toward a different kind of confidence, one rooted not in performance, but in self trust. The confidence to speak the uncomfortable truth. To set boundaries without guilt. To express needs without apology. To be fully seen without editing themselves to make others comfortable.

Her mission is simple but profound: helping women stop living as the supporting character in their own lives and start becoming the author of their next chapter.

Today’s guest: www.GraceSOULutions.com

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Kathleen Bradford writes at the meeting point of imagination and reality.

Author. Storyteller. Creator of multi-dimensional worlds.

A lifelong writer, Kathleen has been crafting stories since childhood, guided by curiosity, intuition, and a deep love for language. Her work blends fantasy with emotional truth, building worlds that feel both otherworldly and deeply human. She writes without knowing exactly where the story will go, trusting the unfolding of each page to reveal itself naturally.

An avid stargazer and observer of life’s quiet complexity, she draws inspiration from nature, family, and the wonder found in everyday discovery. Her storytelling is shaped by compassion, imagination, and a belief in the power of open minds and open hearts.

She is the author of The Gateways series, The Light Worker, The Shadow Chasers, Song of Dragons, and the upcoming The Fall of Darkness. Her work has received Readers’ Favorites 5 Star Silver Awards and has been featured in Publisher’s Weekly, along with contributions to the Anthology of Hope by Vice Font.

Kathleen’s writing invites readers to step beyond the ordinary and into worlds where meaning, magic, and humanity coexist.

Today’s guest: www.facebook.com/authorkathybradford

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Victoria Volk helps people move from surviving to truly living again.

Founder of The Unleashed Heart, LLC. Grief recovery specialist. Author. Coach. Energy practitioner. End-of-life doula.

Her work is rooted in one core truth: grief is not something to “get over.” It is something to move through with support, awareness, and tools that honor the full human experience.

Through evidence-based grief programs, life-path coaching, distance healing, and her podcast Grieving Voices, Victoria creates space for people navigating loss to reconnect with meaning, stability, and inner strength. Her approach blends structure with intuition, science with holistic practice, and guidance with deep compassion.

She supports those who feel stuck in survival mode to gently rebuild a sense of direction, identity, and possibility.

Because healing does not mean forgetting.

Today’s guest: www.theunleashedheart.com

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Kim Chatman helps women rediscover who they are after life changes everything.

Transformational life and health coach. Former Registered Nurse. Advocate for purpose-driven women living with chronic illness.

After a 20-year nursing career, chronic illness forced Kim into an unexpected chapter marked by loss, uncertainty, and the painful unraveling of identity. But what followed was not surrender. It was a 14-year journey of rebuilding from the inside out.

Through deep personal transformation and advanced training in Women-Centered coaching, Kim discovered that healing is not always dramatic. Sometimes it begins quietly, in the moment a woman decides her story is not over.

Today, Kim guides women who feel stuck, unseen, or disconnected from themselves toward a new sense of purpose, confidence, and possibility. Her work is about more than coping with change. It is about reclaiming power, rebuilding identity, and creating a meaningful next chapter with intention.

Because even after loss, there is still a life waiting to be lived fully.

Today’s guest: www.linkedin.com/in/kim-chatman-b386053b8

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Courtney Freeman is the voice behind The Unbroken Blueprint, a platform centered on helping people stop performing a life that looks successful and start building one that actually feels true.

Her work speaks to high functioning individuals who appear capable, dependable, and self aware on the outside, yet quietly feel disconnected from themselves underneath it all. Through honest conversations and grounded insight, Courtney explores what it means to move beyond survival patterns, people pleasing, and performance driven living into something more aligned, steady, and real.

At the core of her message is a powerful shift. Less force. More alignment. Less performance. More truth.

Through her podcast and conversations around identity, self trust, emotional patterns, and relationships, Courtney encourages people to examine the roles they have outgrown and reconnect with who they actually are beneath expectations and conditioning.

Her approach is calm, thoughtful, and deeply human, focused not on becoming someone new, but on returning to the version of yourself that was never broken in the first place.

Courtney’s work resonates with those ready to make difficult but healthy choices in pursuit of a life that feels more honest, free, and fully their own.

Today’s guest: www.theunbrokenblueprint.com

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Howaida Abdalla turned survival into purpose.

Life coach. Advocate. Voice for healing and empowerment.

Through lived experience, resilience, and unwavering compassion, Howaida helps survivors reclaim their identity, rebuild confidence, and move beyond the pain that once defined them. Her work creates space for honest conversations, deep healing, and the kind of transformation that begins when people finally feel seen, heard, and believed.

Alongside her coaching and advocacy, she is deeply committed to raising awareness around the long-term emotional impact of FGM, challenging stigma, and helping communities better understand the realities survivors carry long after the silence ends.

Her message reaches beyond survival.

Healing is possible.

Today’s guest: www.instagram.com/howaida756

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Stephanie Wise helps people transform relationships from the inside out.

Licensed therapist. Relationship coach. Writer. Educator. Speaker.

Her work is built on one belief: healthy relationships are not sustained by intention alone. They are built through daily habits, honest communication, emotional awareness, and the willingness to show up differently when it matters most.

Through therapy, coaching, teaching, and public speaking, Stephanie turns complex emotional insight into practical tools people can actually use in real life. Whether working with couples, parents, or individuals, her approach is grounded, direct, and deeply human.

No empty advice.

Because love is not just something you feel.

Today’s guest: www.officialstephwise.com

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