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I had the pleasure of speaking with Debra Page recently.  We reminisced about our days as RN's, we got to talking about how she went from being an RN, lactation nurse and them CEO of a 129-year old male-dominated fencing company, Louis E. Page. Debra not only embarked on a powerful journey of self-exploration, strength and uncovering a powerful sense of self, but also how she succeeded in elevating revenue growth by 45% as the first female owner of the business. What's more -- this incredible journey of identity rebuilding, personal growth and strength enabled her to launch her self-titled company that aims to guide women in uncovering their fullest potential and mastering all aspects of their lives through her book, coaching and upcoming women's summit.

It’s a common speedbump for many mothers—becoming unexpectedly divorced or widowed can abruptly knock any mother off of her life’s vision and leave her with more questions than answers. Such is the case for Debra Page who studied and worked as a Registered Nurse and Lactation Consultant until she became widowed and inherited her husband’s 129-year-old Wire Mesh Fencing Company, Louis E. Page, which had been exclusively run by the patriarchs in her family’s legacy and then landed in her hands.

Debra not only embarked on a powerful journey of self-exploration and strength, but also untapped the keys to success. From driving the company toward unprecedented revenue growth by 45%, She did not stop there. Her emotional journey and triumph propelled a personal mission to guide women and mothers, much like herself, to unleash their greatest potential by launching ‘The Inspired Mom Global Summit,’ becoming the Founder and President of ‘Woman Emerged,’ Creator of the ‘High Five I Am Program,’ and so much more.

Debra is fascinating and has had an incredible journey. Sit back, relax and have a listen!

I had the pleasure of speaking with Author and Shaman Sarah Negus.  Below is her biography.  Fun and interesting conversation.

This is taken directly from her website  - www.sarahnegus.com

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I’d always been “tapped in” so to speak but pushed it aside as I grew.

A chance meeting led to a spiritual instructor who would change my life. I spent 12 years learning from her.

She didn't have a formal way of teaching, so I had to pick up what resonated with me and use my own ability to see beyond the veil— to listen telepathically and read energy to understand what was happening.

I experienced deep inner child work, shadow work, vision training and energetic attachments. I saw manifestations of my fears, felt my body respond to energy, thought, and history.

I finally understood the way the body, mind and spirit heals itself.

I had to figure a way to ground everything, to bring it down into reality.

I studied Psychosynthesis (psychology with a soul) developed by Roberto Assagioli. He believed that our experience distorted love, joy, compassion, and wisdom into qualities of anger, hate, and fear. He uncovered the wounds and distortions of energy and tracked them back to the quality of the person.

Psychosynthesis really resonated with me, and this is what I strive now to accomplish.

So, modern day shamanism is the marrying of traditional shamanism and modern psychology. It’s unique to me and is an expression of all I’ve learned on:

· body-locked emotional trauma

· deeply-embedded belief patterns

· spiritual healing

· emotional freedom

· physical well being

· personal power

· physical rehabilitation

· hands on healing

This is my soul’s work — to help you be the best version of yourself and make an impact in the World.

Your beliefs, behaviour, emotions and thoughts are all power signals to the Universe. The life you live will be a reflection of who you are inside. You are the creator of your world.

You can try to hide behind a facade of smiles and success like I did, but if you’re fighting what needs attention on the inside, the Universe will let you know, often in very unpleasant ways.

Been there when the Universe ‘bumps’ you, done it over and over again, so you don’t have to.

I help you shine light on the dark parts you’ve hidden, so that you acknowledge them, heal or lighten them, and then, move beyond them. In doing so, you rewrite the unconscious story you play throughout each day.

· What was holding you back has now fallen to the side.

· The feelings that have caused sabotage and regret can now be cleared and transmuted.

· The energy you’ve been sending out evolves to work in your favour, every time.

Everything you encounter on my website was tailor-made to help you personally expand into success and fulfilment consistently.

If abundance, happiness, and health have been hit or miss for you, it changes to a daily occurrence.

You are Universally supported in every way, every day.

I help you learn how to plug into that and stay for as long as you please.

I spoke with Kimberly Meredith recently, and she has a story.  She is an internationally renowned medical medium and healer. Following two near-death experiences, Kimberly received miraculous healing gifts from the Holy Spirit. In addition to hosting the syndicated radio hit, The Medical Intuitive Miracle Show, Kimberly is also a frequent guest on numerous radio shows and podcasts. Her website is: www.thehealingtrilogy.com

Following a near-death experience in 2012 where an SUV knocked Kimberly onto the concrete, she was told she would not walk again. After a painful and arduous journey to recovery in which Kimberly was slowly losing the ability to speak, she began praying over her body and learning to heal herself. With her gifts no longer dormant, it was with the help of The Divine that brought her back from her near-death experience. Now she was tasked with accepting the light and awakening fully to her gifts.

Tapping into these gifts, Kimberly Meredith is here to show you a route to an optimum life; by finding new-found health and vitality on all levels. Choosing to elevate our consciousness into higher dimensions such as the fifth dimension can greatly improve the qualities of our lives, awaken our gifts and heal ourselves faster than ever before. At this time, many spiritual higher-dimensional Guides are here for us, to serve us and move us into the fifth dimension.

Full of practical methods, nutrition, case studies and testimonials, Awakening to the Fifth Dimension will empower you to confront your own health struggles and find true, lasting healing. You will discover:

Kimberly's book, Awaking to the Fifth Dimension has been published!  

This book will open a portal into the Fifth-Dimension way of thinking and living. Find happiness and freedom with Kimberly's gentle wisdom and guidance.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Tameka Walker Chapman recently. We spoke about her time in the Navy (let’s hear it for our women veterans!), her two adorable children and her message of empowerment. Her bio is below:

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CEO, Mogul Media, LLC (MogulMedia.us)

Tameka Chapman is a US Navy Veteran, Television Producer, Award-Winning & International Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Global Speaker, former Paralegal Specialist [15 years] and 7-Figure Business Growth Strategist to some amazing entrepreneurs! When she is not busy in her multiple roles as the CEO of Mogul Media, LLC, she is fully enjoying life with her husband of 22+ years and the amazing toddler duo Aspen and Arden

Mogul TV Global Network

I met Dana and her daughter, Rory, a few years ago at a movie premiere. Today, I got to know her a little better. Not only is Dana a writer/screenwriter, she is a comedian, with lots of interesting stories.

She grew up in Philadelphia to Italian parents and – wow ! Her grandparents, raging alcoholics, owned a Speak Easy during prohibition. Dana said her grandmother would start drinking beer at 6 a.m. Gramma had 12 inch fingernails painted red. Maybe it was the style?

Anyway Dana started the comedy when she wrote a mob related screen play. She auditioned for Flappers in Burbank’s open mike, and then on the Dive Bar Tour. Can’t wait to see one of the Dive Bar shows.

Take a listen, and follow her on facebook and check out the comedy.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Skye Delamey again, and again learned how talented she is. Skye just dropped her new single “Untamed Circus” which is a song about empowerment. She is also releasing a spoken word EP in the next few months, and has written a poetry book.

Skye’s 4th album was released last year, and she is currently working on her 5th album.

Her music videos are on her website (www.skyedelamey.com), and under the Tour tab, you can see her when she will be streaming and upcoming events. There is nothing she can't do!

Check out the website and her youtube channel, follow her in twitter and instagram. You will like what you hear.

I’ve linked her first and second podcasts below:

https://anchor.fm/michelemarotta/episodes/Chatting-with-Skye-Delamey-eqf6h0/a-a4lbjln

https://anchor.fm/michelemarotta/episodes/Chatting-with-Skye-Delamey---Untamed-Circus-e1545rd

I spoke to Rich Baumann recently, and thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. I could have spoken to him forever, however Zoom only gives me so much time. Rich is an amazing storyteller, and singer/songwriter. He spoke about his life in Wisconsin, his songwriting style and story telling style. Oh – and he played two amazing songs. He is incredible.

Rich performs at libraries, senior centers and festivals, including Kerrville. I am attaching his bio along with his website and some clips of him performing.

AND – he has sung with the late great Pete Seeger! What more can I say about the coolest guy in Wisconsin?

Rich Baumann has done more than seven thousand programs in more than two thousand senior facilities and hundreds of schools and libraries all over the country. All the way from Seashore Pointe at the tip of Cape Cod to Belle Chase twenty miles south of the Super Dome to Haven in the Hill Country in Kerrville, TX!

Songs of Life

Audiences experience a very special warmth hearing stories and songs that bring fond memories for the very old and exciting dreams to the very young. There are songs of farming and sailing, home and travel, love and loss, life and death... Rich takes each person to a very special place in every performance.

"One Step Closer" is a workshop created and facilitated by Rich Baumann focusing on rapport and influence. Rich has presented workshops for caregivers in numerous memory care facilities, nursing homes, hospitals and churches.

"Songwriting with Seniors" is a fun workshop that can be an in service event that focuses on reminiscence. It is a good opportunity to include family members.

"Weeds in the Garden" Written by Kathryn Morski" performed by Rich Baumann

https://www.reverbnation.com/richbaumann/song/2684673-weeds-in-garden-by-kathryn-morski

"Battlefield" written  by Rich Baumann

https://www.reverbnation.com/richbaumann/song/3881163-battlefield

"What Would Love Do? Written by Dave Schindele

http://www.reverbnation.com/richbaumann/song/3505285-what-would-love-do-by-dave-schindele

[email protected]

www.richbaumann.com/

Picture of Rich singing with Pete Seeger

https://www.facebook.com/rich.baumann

Listen to "Rainbow Rapids written by Ron Broomell" performed by Rich Baumann

https://www.reverbnation.com/richbaumann/song/3739566-rainbow-rapids-written-by-ron-broomell

Pumpkin Pie by Rich Baumann and second graders

I had the pleasure of chatting with Gloria recently. Fun conversation and I miss seeing her.  AND --- Gloria’s background is amazing.

She was born and raised in the Bronx and attended St. Nicholas  Elementary School , and started her acting career by playing the Angel in her kindergarten school play, followed by a new play every year.  In High School, she participated in school plays and choir performances, as well as being active in the drama, music, and ecology clubs. Gloria received her B.F.A. in Acting from Long Island University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. In college, Gloria’s portrayal of Ariel in “The Tempest” earned her an Irene Ryan Nomination where she placed as the 1st National Alternate.

After college, Gloria embarked on a national tour (“Great Scientists Throughout the Ages” by the National Theatre for the Performing Arts), and two regional tours “Halfway There” with the Periwinkle National Theatre Company, and various plays in repertoire with the George Street Playhouse Touring Company. Afterwards she settled back to NYC where she worked consistently in theatre doing both plays and musical theatre throughout the NY and NJ area, while constantly in acting and dance classes. In NYC, Gloria landed the role of “J” in NYC’s Off-Off-Broadway hit “Mono” (Critic’s Pick of the week by Time Out NY, Paper Magazine, and NY Magazine in 2004).

In 2004, while still living in NYC, Gloria was cast in “Two Sisters and a Piano” by Nilo Cruz at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA. Having had great success in NYC, she relocated to California and immediately got an audition for Jim Carrey’s “Fun With Dick and Jane”. Gloria landed the role of “Blanca”, Mr. Carrey’s nanny. She then guest starred in  NYPD Blue.

Gloria continued acting in studio films including  “Mother and Child”,  starring Annette Bening, Jimmy Smitts, Kerry Washington, Naomi Watts, and Samuel L. Jackson, “Henry Poole Is Here”, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Luke Wilson, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines, and Adriana Barraza and “Fixing Paco,” which was- nominated for an IMAGEN Award for Best Webseries in 2013 and 2014and Gloria played the lead!

Gloria is an acting coach and has private and group classes. Her website is www.gloriagarayua.com, and has a video series for beginning actors.

I first met Jimmy about ten years ago in an acting class, and we reconnected about two months ago. Jimmy has a podcast – Juicy Divas – Confessions of a Limo Driver, and he has stories !!! Some of the stories are:

Driving Black Eyed Peas, Sean Penn, Elizabeth Taylor and Gary Shandling! He even has a story about a tequila lady losing her underwear. The fun never stops ! The back seat of a limo holds many secrets.

Jimmy has been a Radio Host for about 5 yrs now. He is also an actor and sometimes comedian as well. His podcast deals with a Plethora of subject matter. Mostly discussing topics with relation to the music and movie industry and everything in between. Enjoy the ride keep your hands and feet inside at all times. Let the proverbial good times roll.

We had a lot of fun chatting a few weeks ago. Could not stop laughing. Please take a listen to this interview, then check out his podcast.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Maven Quest recently. We had a fun conversation and you can hear us laughing, giggling and - my dog barking and sirens in the background. I’ve posted her bio from LinkedIn below, however, Maven is multi-talented. She is a writer, photographer and – wait for it - a paranormal investigation. How cool is that? She talks about her first paranormal experience and how it changed her life. We also spoke about a mutual friend who opened doors for not only us, but many women. Should out to Mirev !!!

Maven Quest, a.k.a. M. Arcturus the author of Atlantis: City of Mages, and there’s many more books on the way. Her greatest aspiration is for her books to stir the imagination in others and even create a bit of controversy. She wants her readers to form their own ideas surrounding the topics she writes about. She believes that every point of view has the ability to expand knowledge and spur people into action to follow their dreams and pursue their personal truth.