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Vijaya Stern Bio (VEE-JI-A)

Vijaya Stern, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Naturopath, CMT is a highly recognized teacher and practitioner of Ayurveda, who has served as a Board of Directors for the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (CAAM). She has practiced in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New York and Bali. 

Vijaya's advancement in the art of Nadi Vijyanam (pulse diagnosis) draws an international clientele. She uses it to determine not only one's Prakruti (mind/body type) but can assess the present state of imbalances in the tissue systems, organs, and sub-doshas. The mind, vital essences and hormones are also assessable in this ancient system of healing. Herbal compounds are formulated to assist in the alignment with one's Self.

Vijaya has devoted her main course of study to Ayurvedic Medicine with Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM since 1984.  She has also studied with Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Ranade, Lopsong Rapgay, Deepak Chopra and Vajra Ma & Nita Rubio (Sacred Dance), Parvathi Nanda Nath (MahaVidya Wisdom), Hart deFouw (Jyotisha and Vastu Shastra) along with advanced Ayurvedic studies in India. Vijaya is also a graduate of the Clayton College of Natural Healing in 1993.

Vijaya has taught Ayurveda and PanchaKarma (ayurvedic rejuvenation) at several Yoga Studios, Massage Schools, New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine and the Northwest Institute of Ayurveda and the Soul Center. Other areas of study include Breathwork, Sanskrit Chanting, Tantric Mysticism and several forms of Yoga. She is the originator of Shakti Marga Tantric Movement Therapy, which incorporates Ayurveda, Tantra, Yoga and Breathwork into a form of self-healing.

Millions have been inspired by Dan Levitin's books, four of which were bestsellers, including "This Is Your Brain On Music," which has been translated into 27 languages. (His full bio is below) 

And even so…the celebrity neuroscientist and multi-million-book-selling author has a side hustle...making and producing music. 

Dan released his second full-length record - "Sex and Math" - in late 2021, following his own research which became the subject of his book "Successful Aging." Prior to being a world-renowned Neuroscientist focusing on how music positively affects the brain, Daniel was an award-winning musician and music producer. 

Dan has contributed to records by Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, and Stevie Wonder. Even the haunting, mega-hit song “Somebody I Used to Know” by Gotyé was mixed based on Daniel’s creative input. He is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone, bass, guitar and vocals), and has performed with Sting, Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Neil Young, Rodney Crowell, Bobby McFerrin (with whom he co-wrote two songs), Victor Wooten, Tom Scott, and members of the Steve Miller Band. Mega Opera star Renée Fleming liked one of his songs so much that she asked him to sing it with her at a virtual Kennedy Center performance in 2020. 

Listen to the full interview here or watch the video interview on YouTube @ConnectedCarolineShow 

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Dan Levitin Bio

Daniel J. Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity and creativity. 

Levitin has published more than 300 articles, in journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. His research has been featured over 1800 times in the popular press, including 17 articles in The New York Times, and in The London Times, Scientific American, and Rolling Stone. He is a frequent guest on NPR and CBC Radio and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and CNN. 

His TED talk is among the most popular of all time. 

He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: This Is Your Brain On Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind and Successful Aging (published in the UK as The Changing Mind), as well as the international bestseller A Field Guide to Lies (also published as Weaponized Lies). 

A popular public speaker, he has given presentations on the floor of Parliament in London, to the U.S. Congress, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He has consulted for a number of companies including Apple, Booz-Allen, Microsoft, the United States Navy, Sonos, Philips, Sony, Fender, and AT&T. Dr. Levitin earned his B.A. from Stanford in Cognitive Science, his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology with a Ph.D. minor in Music Technology from the University of Oregon, and and completed post-doctoral training at Stanford University Medical School and UC Berkeley in Neuroimaging and Perception. 

As a musician (tenor saxophone, guitar, vocals and bass), he has performed with Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Victor Wooten and Tom Scott. Levitin has produced and consulted on albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and on the films Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction, and has been awarded 17 gold and platinum records. 

Levitin taught at Stanford in the Departments of Computer Science, Psychology, History of Science, and Music, and has been a Visiting Professor at Dartmouth, and UC Berkeley. He is currently the Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute, San Francisco, California, and James McGill Professor Psychology, Neuroscience and Music at McGill University.

Website: https://sherisalata.com/ 

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Facebook: @sherisalatacommunity 

SHERI SALATA BIOGRAPHY 

Sheri Salata is a professional storyteller and world-class producer. She is the founder + CEO of The Support System, a private membership group for awesome women dedicated to creating real-life transformation and Salata + Co, her personal development company offering acclaimed courses + retreats around the world. 

Her memoir, The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence and Transformation is an Amazon Editor’s Choice Best Memoir and an Apple Must-Listen audiobook. Sheri spent 20 years in the land of Oprah finishing that glorious run as the final Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, President of Harpo Studios and President of OWN as captured in the cable hit series Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes. 

She spends her time today manifesting the life of her dreams, appreciating every minute of the joy ride she’s creating + calling in what’s next.

In this episode, we talk with filmmaker and endangered animal activist Kerry David. She is the founder of Over and Above Africa - a non-profit organization she launched in 2014 that has been instrumental in helping countries in Africa have an upper hand in the war against illegal, criminal animal poaching. We also talk about the magic that occurred when she followed her passion for living outside of the chaos of Hollywood and what happened next. 

ONLINE AUCTION: June 1st - 13th, 2022: https://www.overandaboveafrica.com/#auction-2022 

Social Media: @OverAboveAfrica 

Website: https://www.overandaboveafrica.com/ 

Kerry has been working in the film and television industry for over 25 years. She began her career at Paramount Pictures in Business Affairs learning the contract side of filmmaking, followed by three years working exclusively for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman honing her physical production knowledge. Films with TC & NK include; Mission Impossible 2, Without Limits, Portrait of a Lady, Peacemaker, Practical Magic, The Blue Room, and Eyes Wide Shut with legendary director Stanley Kubrick. 

Armed with this experience, Kerry started her own production company. She co-produced the award-winning DVD Deposing the Usual Suspects, followed by Agent Cody Banks and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. She subsequently produced Perfect Romance for Lifetime Television, followed by the critically acclaimed, feature documentary; My Date with Drew. MDWD won multiple awards around the world, including the Audience Award for Best Feature at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival, Best Feature at the NY Gen Art Film Festival, and the Audience Award at The Locarno International Film Festival and attained a worldwide, theatrical release. 

Next, she produced Expert Insight: Short Game Golf with Jim Furyk & Fred Funk, which won a Telly Award for Outstanding Instructional Content and Cinematic Excellence. 

Kerry's next feature was adapted from the New York Times bestseller Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury. Friend and Oscar nominee, Stephen J. Rivele (Ali, Nixon) adapted the book, and the film was released by 20th Century Fox, starring Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper and Cole Hauser. Like Dandelion Dust premiered at the prestigious Deauville Film Festival in France with a 10-minute, standing ovation and won the Premiere Audience Award for Best Feature. It went on to accrue 35 other film festival accolades. 

She produced her fourth documentary, Making Miles - The Miles Davis Story and followed that up by producing, writing and co-directing Seeking Happily Ever After, which was one of only 25 films accepted into the Sundance Film Lab. It was also used by Stanford University's law department as a case study for fair use practices and was distributed by Lionsgate Films. 

From 2010-2013 Kerry took a leave of absence from Hollywood to build an orphanage in Ghana, West Africa. She worked with a talented team in Ghana to build a Musical Village for Orphans, which launched in 2013. Of her time in Ghana, Kerry said; "Working with the kind people in Ghana will remain a highlight of her life." 

In 2014, at the forefront of the crowdfunding campaign phase, she raised over $500,000 for various non-profits, productions and artists. She was pulled away after learning the silent war on endangered species due to commercial poaching and human/wildlife conflict. Moved to action, she launched her Non-Profit; OverandAboveAfrica.com. 

In 2017, she wrote, directed & produced the multiple award-winning feature documentary, "Bill Coors: The Will to Live" followed by a request to create a 40-minute, educational version for two University curricula in Denver. In 2019 she completed writing, directing and producing her passion project, the feature documentary; "Breaking Their Silence: Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War". BTS won seventeen film festivals, including Jury Award & Audience Award for Best Documentary at San Diego International Film Festival and the Durango Film Festival. www.BreakingTheirSilence.com. 

In 2020 - She started filming the feature documentary, "Open Secret,". OS is a shocking story detailing corruption and collusion among key individuals who covered up systemic racism and child sexual, emotional and physical abuse throughout an entire school district. The history of this abuse dates back decades. The very people tasked with protecting these children abandoned them at every turn, allowing some sexual predators to remain in their positions for years. Now in editing. Her feature film, "The Road Ahead," will air on Hallmark in August 2022. 

In addition to her award-winning film work, Kerry gave a TEDx Talk about her experience filming Breaking Their Silence. She's been a guest speaker, panelist, and moderator at artist's groups and schools such as University of Southern California, University of California at Los Angeles, Pepperdine University, ROTC, and the New York Film Academy.

The "Girlfriend Doctor" is in the house - in this episode, I'm honored to interview Dr. Anna Cabeca and we discuss everything about living your BEST at any age. We also discuss her new book MenuPause, so if you've been struggling with hormone-driven symptoms (like I was before I discovered Dr. Cabeca's books and workshops) such as brain fog, difficulty sleeping, weight gain (and plateaus), bloating, constipation, low libido, hot flashes, or fatigue… Dr. Anna's new book MenuPause is meant for you. With MenuPause, you can use nutritious, healing foods to outsmart your hormones, reset your body, and reignite your progress in just six days. That’s right. In under a week, you could be on your way to feeling like You again. 

Get a special deal from Dr. Anna! https://bit.ly/CabecaDeals 

Dr. Anna Cabeca, DO, OBGYN, FACOG, is triple-board certified and a fellow of gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She has special certifications in functional medicine, sexual health, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. For the past 20 years, she’s served 10,000+ women in her private practice— and millions more through her books, online videos and articles. 

When her own health took a troubling turn during menopause, she sought out the wisdom of healers around the world. She learned that modern medicine and time-tested natural remedies are not at odds. Working together, they create indisputable results and true well-being. Using delicious, healing foods and simple lifestyle changes, Dr. Anna reclaimed her health and life. 

Fueled by her belief that every woman deserves to be empowered and in control of their health and life, she developed the Keto-Green lifestyle, which has helped thousands of women opt out of menopause misery and experience a joyful transition to the next stage of their lives. With her methods, you, too, can breeze through menopause into your “second spring”, feeling the best you ever have. 

A partial list of credentials includes: Triple board-certified and a Fellow of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Integrative Medicine, Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine Special certifications in Functional medicine, Sexual health, Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy 

Author of: USA Today bestseller The Hormone Fix - (“It’s never too late to thrive. This book is your guide to doing exactly that.” Dr. Mark Hyman, New York Times bestselling author Keto-Green 16 - (950+ 5 star reviews on Amazon) MenuPause - (“shows how to take charge of our health in midlife.” Dr. Izabella Wentz) 

Frequent media resource, Forbes, People, Mind Body Green, ABC, NBC, CBS 

Developed Mighty Maca Plus, Julva, Julva Kiss, Keto-Green signature products Mindshare Innovator of the Year, Award for Clinical Excellence in Age Management. 

Personal/ professional mission to provide proven, pragmatic solutions to women with menopausal health challenges so they can lead the life they want, need and deserve. 

Single mom with 4 gorgeous daughters, 2 horses, a son in heaven. On weekends, you can often find Dr. Cabeca driving a Ford truck and hauling horses to shows. 
 

Kevin Flaherty has over 25 years of experience working in music & video, over which period he ran the domestic Catalog A&R dept. at EMI Music, and the electronic sell-through TV business at iTunes . 

At EMI, he produced platinum-certified releases for David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Megadeth & Billy Idol, as well as the Capitol Records 60th Anniversary box set. 

At iTunes, he was instrumental in creating the digital transactional TV business and managed relationships with a global slate of networks, studios & talent agencies. 

Kevin left the corporate entertainment industry to launch the van, a global digital platform that allows listeners to compensate independent artists directly, and equitably. 

website: www.thevan.wtf 

socials: @thevanwtf (IG, TW) 

Entrepreneur and consummate outdoorsman Ben Warner talks to us about his latest venture, Coast Film Festival located in the seaside town of Laguna Beach, CA. 

Ben has spent most of his life and career in the Action and Outdoor Sports Industries. His background served as a perfect launching pad to create a film festival that celebrates the lives, passions, and human experiences found in the stories and art of both professional and amateur outdoor athletes and enthusiasts. 

Coast Film Festival is a multi-day film and art festival that showcases filmmakers, artists and social changemakers who focus their work on topics related to the land and sea. Founded in 2019, Coast Film Festival crisscrosses the globe in search of diverse and inspiring films about people and cultures from the worlds of action sports, outdoor adventure, and environmental conservation; those who approach life with an unyielding sense of curiosity about the world around them. CFF donates a portion of the event proceeds to support social causes that support a variety of environmental awareness and activism efforts. 

About Ben Warner:

Founder, Coast Film Festival Ben Warner is an entrepreneur and advocate for outdoor recreation and conservation. Originally from the East Coast, Ben moved to Southern California driven by his passion for surfing, skiing big mountains, mountain biking, and the exploration of wide-open spaces. He has created a life around this ethos. He has founded multiple businesses centered on outdoor and action sports lifestyles through the lens of his personal mantra “protect to enjoy.” In 2019, Ben produced the first Coast Film Festival dedicated to sharing the abundant films and art that showcase the life and stories of this special community of athletes, filmmakers, artists, and conservationists that dedicate their lives to the land and sea.

Watch: Website: https://www.coastfilmfestival.com/ 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Coastfilmfest/ 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/coastfilmfestival/

LORI H. SCHWARTZ is a true technology catalyst (‘Tech Cat’). As a leading advisor in marketing and tech innovation, Lori collaborates with top creative and strategic executives of multiple brands, tech and content companies to ensure their understanding of new business models. She is frequently curating large trade show plenaries and hosting events. Her company's trends briefings, curation and tours products have become well known globally through their work @CES, @NAB, @NATPE and @InfinityFestival to name a few. 

Los Angeles-based, Lori is a CNN Technology Contributor and a frequent speaker at major industry events as well as for private companies helping to facilitate conversations around technology innovation. She sits on the Board of Governors for the Television Academy’s Interactive Media Peer Group, driving thought leadership for the future of television. 

Websites:

www.techcat.tv 

www.story-tech.com 

Socials: @techcatgirl @storytech

It was in 2018 that LA-based Ellen made the leap from her career as an executive creative director in digital marketing to co-create We Are All Daughters a Quantum Holistic Healing Space supporting collective healing through education, energetic therapy, plant medicines, and ritual tools. Because of her own need to make a healthy lifestyle change, these tools help reprogram the subconscious and regulate the body so that we can be liberated to live authentically. 

The Woo Knew? Podcast launched in April 2019 and follows creators Sam and Ellen's transformational journeys as they explore the world of alternative healing. That same month, Ellen became a certified breathwork guide. With her background in design and music, shamanic healing, and entheogenic plant medicines, Ellen created an energetic practice that merges breathwork, guided visualization/shamanic journeying, Cannabis Sativa and freeform movement. 

Through this journey work, Ellen guides her circles to connect deeply to their bodies, their "Little Selves," and to vast Quantum realities where the subconscious can be reprogrammed and old traumas released from the energetic and physical body. With her life practice and offerings, she acknowledges with gratitude the First Nations of the Tongva and Cahuilla, the Ancestors of the lands upon which she resides, and her own ancestral lines extending to Taiwan and China. 

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 www.tripwithellen.com 

@tripwithellen 

wearealldaughters.com 

@we.are.all.daughters 

Woo Knew Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woo-knew/id1475210641 Ig: @wooknewpodcast

Since COVID began and people have been isolated and unable to connect with friends and family, opioid overdose deaths have doubled. Our country is in crisis and Coming Clean hopes to create awareness and impact solutions to change the trajectory of this epidemic. Our loved ones' lives depend on it!

"This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner brings together artists, political leaders, the lead prosecutor against big pharma, recovering addicts, and those working on the frontlines to fight this - the deadliest drug epidemic in history. We want to ground the opioid epidemic in stories that show us just how connected we are, and what's at stake when we turn away from one another. Most importantly, we wanted to connect the dots on how we got here, and how we can find our way out of this crisis."

About Ondi Timoner:

Ondi Timoner is known to be one of the greatest talents in non-fiction filmmaking. She often takes on the stories of visionaries fighting against all odds with a gripping and unique narrative style. Ondi has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice - for her documentary, DIG! (2004) and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (2009). Both films were acquired by MoMA, NY for its permanent collection. Other award-winning features include: THE NATURE OF THE BEAST (1994), JOIN US (2007), COOL IT (2010), BRAND: A SECOND COMING (2015) and COMING CLEAN (2020). 

In 2017, Ondi created and produced the critically-acclaimed 10-hour nonfiction television series JUNGLETOWN about the building of “the world's most sustainable town” for Viceland. Ondi wrote, directed, produced and edited the scripted film, MAPPLETHORPE, starring Matt Smith. After premiering at Tribeca, the film was released theatrically in 2019 after winning eight Audience Awards and Best Narrative Feature at several festivals. The MAPPLETHORPE Director’s Cut will be released in the Spring of 2021. Ondi has also produced and directed music videos for The Dandy Warhols, The Vines, Paul Westerberg, Lucinda Williams, Vanessa Carlton, The Jonas Brothers, and Run DMC, among others. Ondi was nominated for a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video for an EPK she directed about the band Fastball in 1999. 

Ondi has also enjoyed a career in front of the camera, interviewing filmmakers and innovators for a number of shows. In 2011, she created and hosted BYOD (Bring Your Own Doc) for thelip.tv producing over 300 episodes with top documentary filmmakers over five years. In 2012, she founded A TOTAL DISRUPTION, an online network dedicated to telling the stories of entrepreneurs & artists who are using technology to innovate new ways to live. Subjects include musician Amanda Palmer, graphic artist Shepard Fairey, comedian Russell Brand, musician Moby, Twitter-founder Jack Dorsey, Instagram-founder Kevin Systrom, and the late founder of Zappos, Tony Hsieh. Ondi has released two master classes for filmmakers, “Lean Content” with Eric Ries & “How to Make a Great Documentary (In My Opinion).” 

Additionally, Ondi has produced & hosted WeTalk, a traveling talk show about the women shaping our culture with the mission of taking #MeToo to #WeDo, since 2018. In 2014, she gave a popular TEDxKC talk entitled “When Genius and Insanity Hold Hands” explaining why she tells the stories of “impossible visionaries.” Ondi is currently helming a new film called ALONE, TOGETHER (w.t.) which looks through the eyes of scientists and artists at how technology is transforming our ways of connecting and loving, given the societal trend towards increasing physical isolation, accelerated by the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Ondi Timoner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the DGA, the PGA, the International Documentary Association, Film Fatales and Women in Film.

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Watch: https://watch.laemmle.com/.../5ffcffae5113db0001d1b7a8 Website/Resources: https://www.comingcleanmovie.com/ Join the Fight and Host a Screening: https://www.comingcleanmovie.com/the-crisis FB: https://www.facebook.com/comingcleanmovie IG: https://www.instagram.com/comingcleanmovie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/comingcleanmov