Rise

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Lady Jeannie Simmons, who is a lifelong learner, passionately committed to personal growth and meaningful impact.  She also serves as the Founder and editor-in-chief of The Live Life Better Movement Magazine. She will talk about her journey, healing, and how she triumphs over trauma. She will talk about her strength and how to continue to be strong.

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Natassia Wright, founder of Mind Food International along with her husband. Globally recognize speaker, leadership & HR consultant, United Nations Ambassador for an NGO, and author, she talks about her current role, training and support her company offers, shares insights for leaders, provides examples of the importance of training, and knowledge necessary to be a successful organization!

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Antoinette Glenn, the CEO of Impactful Educational Consulting, LLC,  who is committed to educational equity, empowerment, and transformation. With 24 years of experience in education, she is a published author, sought-after speaker, and consultant. She is the creator of the Empowerment Principles—a signature program designed to transform professionals through actionable insight and inspiration. She will share her story and share how change in one's life is possible!

Dr. Saran talks with Mary Keating, a lawyer, disability advocate, and three-time Pushcart Prize nominated poet. After a car accident at 15 changed the trajectory of her life, she went on to Yale Law School and worked as an attorney at IBM. She will share about finding your balance when life turns upside down, despite challenges, and ways you can learn to navigate a life worth living with faith.

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Sam Daley-Harris, who started as a symphony musician and then founded the anti-poverty lobby RESULTS in 1980, co-founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign in 1995, and founded Civic Courage in 2012. An activist and author, he has spent decades studying why engaged, well-meaning people eventually go quiet. He will share about transformational advocacy, reasons why people go silent, ways you can make a difference, and how you can take steps today to make a real difference!

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Alicia Swaby-Spencer, a medical doctor at Mandeville Regional Hospital in Jamaica, West Indies and a proud native of Montego Bay, Jamaica. A graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona, she is also the founder alongside her husband Dr. Andrew Spencer of A&A Medical Office, A&A Optical in Mandeville and Christiana, A&A Sweet Dreamz Café, and A&A Service Solutions and Consultant Limited.  She will share her journey to becoming, proving despite the setbacks, how her faith has allowed her to rise above the odds.

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Adrian Woolfson, the co-founder of Genyro, a California-based biotechnology company specializing in synthetic genome design and construction. He studied medicine at Balliol College, Oxford. He will share about how to synthetic genome and construction, and discuss biology being programmable and share what this may mean for the future of science!

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Ellen Bassuk, a psychiatrist, researcher, clinician, and advocate whose five-decade career has focused on mental health, homelessness, and vulnerable populations, especially families and children. She served as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School for nearly 40 years. She will share personal experience with her son, as a parent, and importance of advocation for your loved ones.  She believes you should protect those who are vulnerable and different, while helping them to rise!

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Victoria Vaughn, a a life-long learner who holds a doctorate in education and is a retired educator and college administrator. After a thirty-year marriage, she found herself amicably divorced and single at the age of fifty-five. She will share her experiences, red flags and provide sound guidance for all who are trying to navigate the dating world today. Learn how to make better choices and find the partner you deserve!

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. William Lanting, a physician who has helped tens of thousands of patients over 43 years. He has given lectures on allergies and asthma to hundreds of physicians locally and nationally. He has been seen on Good Morning America discussing cold urticaria, an allergy to cold. He will share about self-awareness and how important it is to a meaningful life. He will share how you can begin to live a fulfilling life!