Stranger Connections

"Your messy life-moments haven't been for nothing." Ally Berthiaume

Ally Berthiaume is a lifelong dreamer and professional writer - she even ghostwrites for others! Her book is "Dear Universe, I Get It Now: Letters on the art and Journey of Being Brave and Being Me".

Find out about her missing mole, her first boyfriend, if she will still match her bra and underpants after this recording, and what the heck a ghostwriter does.

Berthiaume's memoir traces critical moments that laid the groundwork for her present career as a writer. Each chapter is styled as a letter to the Universe. This book will beg you to consider what YOU need to ask the Universe, regarding your own life's journey.

Sign up for her snazzy newsletter, the book planning score card, order her book, or to schedule a call regarding your own writing project: https://writeplacerighttime.com

Lisa David Olson, host and creator of Stranger Connections podcast, featured her own husband this week to share their very weird ideas to make the Thanksgiving dinner extravaganza extra fun.

Try out some of these wacky tips, and make sure to report back!
Even the prank story shared in this episode is one that you may want to try out to scar your own offspring.

Happy Thanksgiving - stay weird, dear friends!

Meet Kay Ross, an Australian who lives in Hong Kong! She's a copywriter, editor and marketer as well as a TEDx speaker and master improvisor.

"What would be possible for you if you let go of
your old, limiting thoughts, beliefs and stories about yourself? And what if you chose more useful ones?"

Kay will share her invention called Playground of Possibilities, and we will get to experience a few pieces of it as well.

Find out about hugs, strangers and handcuffs.

www.playgroundofpossibilites.com

"I believe when we finally stop looking outside of ourselves for fulfillment, we find it within."

Shari Alyse has been dubbed "America's Joy Magnet"!
She loves finding ways to use her own voice and also to assist others who need a boost in being heard.

Shari has been on stages all around the globe, taken to the TEDx Stage and recently started doing stand-up comedy in LA !

As a media consultant, she assists others to land spots on television and other venues, to share their work. Her clients get connected with tv producers to feature their books, products and services. Talk about visibility!!

Her book is: Love Yourself Happy; a journey back to you.

Listen in to catch the Joy Revolution fever!

Find Shari Alyse on Facebook and Tik Tok: @thejoymagnet

www.sharialyse.com
Instagram: Shari Alyse, the joy magnet

Author Tracy McCubbin asks; "What emotions stand in your way? What are your clutter blocks? What magnets are distracting you?"

In McCubbin's second book: Make Space for Happiness, she outlines how to stop attracting clutter and start magnetizing the life you want. Her first book is: Making Space, Clutter Free and many say the two books together create a home you love.

No more excuses, let's clear that which doesn't serve us.
Discover why shopping is an emotion - not a need. According to McCubbin; "You probably already bought that item and just can't locate it."

We discuss crowded closets, stacks of papers and the what drives us to prefer shopping instead of clearing what we already have.

What is the donation myth?

What is the 7 step road map?

What are the emotions that stand in the way?

How did all the possessions get here in the first place?

Here's a big one: Decluttering Is More Than Getting Rid of Stuff You Have.

Get the books - listen to this episode. There are so many usable tips, you're going to want to reach out to Tracy, and she said she would love that!

Take the short quiz at tracymccubbin.com or on her InstaGram: @tracy-mccubbin

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"Sometimes the best way into something is backward, and accidentally." ~ Bernard Balizet

Balizet says he's been living a bit backward most of his life, but says he doesn't recommend that style for everyone. For example, the first time he made the Dean's List, he dropped out of college to try his hand at salmon fishing in Alaska.

He ditched a lucrative-ish career to try one that was freelance and tips only. Eventually he learned these daring changes were most likely a bi-product of having a depressive disorder.

Learn about that journey and how he created a project he named Backdoor Shakespeare.
One teacher absolutely can change your path and allow new thoughts into your cranium. I think that was one of my favorite parts of Bernard's story.

- King Lear by way of Jay Z? - Henry V ala Eminem? - Where do zombies fit in with Romeo?

wwwbackdoorshakespeare.com

Roger Williams jokingly says he is the Crosser Offer, referring to creating a bucket list and then DOING things instead of dreaming or hoping it will happen.

"It's important to understand the benefits of a 'dare myself' mindset. There is so much joy in being vulnerable." ~ Roger Williams, the Crosser Offer

When you have a heart attack during a pandemic, you see things slightly differently. You buy plane tickets to another country, for example. Then you trek the Camino for a month.

Not every item has to be monumental and last for a month of hiking. Sometimes it can be trying new food, a zipline or even crashing a party.

His book is "Live Out Your List; finding joy through a bucket list lifestyle"

Podcast (which is very inspiring!) "The Crossing It Off Podcast" with Roger Williams

"We lose our wallet, can't find our keys; our subconscious is like a hard drive but we can rewire this." ~ Steve Noack

Noack's two near-fatal accidents eventually opened him up to having the gift of opening pathways to healing. His story is pretty wild, in that as an adult he can now look back at his first major accident at four years old and interpret what he saw, heard and felt.

Later as an adult another near death experience (NDE) occurred! Steve says a light revealed the Quantum Field and its connection to humanities healing contains in their divine blueprint.

We chat about biophotons, the wall that is around each of us, our inner voices, and collective consciousness.

Of course I drag a prank story out of him that still has me laughing as I recall it.

Steve Noack now teaches and heals clients all around the globe. He says he guides others on their journey of freedom from pain and trauma.

www.trinityquantumhealth.org

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"One of the greatest gifts man has, is the ability to feel for others." ~ The Amazing Kreskin

:: I am truly honored to have chatted with The Amazing Kreskin.

I recall nights by the television as a kid, Johnny Carson's show was on, Ed McMahon to his right. The Amazing Kreskin made 88 appearances on that show over the decades.
Never would I have thought then, that one day I'd have a personal conversation with Kreskin himself!

He is witty, sharp and has the best stories.

Kreskin would have event organizers hide his paycheck amongst the audience - can you imagine taking a chance on being paid or not - based on your mind reading talents?

Don't miss the fun and lessons that pour out in this episode. And if for some reason you don't know the works and legacy of the man who has traveled over 3 million miles, performed for 7 decades and still going, and has read over 1 million minds . . . . search him on your hand computer and then tune in!

"Humor is one of the great forces when a culture is experiencing tension." ~ The Amazing Kreskin on Stranger Connections podcast

Does he read my mind?
Tune in and find out!

*** Kreskin announces his retirement date on my show! ***

I am grateful for our conversation and his assistance that were kind enough to make it happen.

"I don't mind people looking at me and laughing . . . I'm funny!" ~ Amber LeMay

Let's go behind the curtain of the AmberLeMay.TV comedy talk show, and hear about characters at the Hot Damn Trailer Park in Beaver Pond Vermont.

This show was a brilliant and creative way to get through covid, says LeMay, who said it was a way to "broaden this broad".

Amber Live! is the internet's favorite drag queen comedy talk show. You'll cyber meet some famous and definitely unusual guests, too. Check out the features like Bitchin' in the Kitchen and the Cider Sippin' Review. See up with Lucy Belle, Amber's cousin, and Rocco Zamboni all the way from Long Island.

LeMay is the youngest of 4 children and took to the stage early to make sure to get attention.
The acting bug stuck for good and we are so lucky!

Check out Amber LeMay.TV on Sunday nights.