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Sergiy Kovalenkov is one of the most renowned hemp builders in the world and has been part of the hemp building industry for more than 13 years. He is the Founder & CEO of Hempire UA in Kyiv, Ukraine, a company that is focusing on developing and supplying commercial markets with hemp-based 100% natural insulation and construction materials.

Under Sergiy’s leadership Hempire has earned recognition and numerous awards during international green tech and environmental contests. Hempire now has an office in California.

Rod Kight is a cannabis business law attorney. He created the “Source Rule”, which is widely credited as a primary legal foundation for the contemporary hemp market in cannabinoids and other cannabis materials.

Based in North Carolina and Mexico, Rod represents legal cannabis businesses throughout the world, is editor and chief writer of the, Kight On Cannabis law blog (www.kightoncannabis.com), and is the author of “Cannabis Business Law-What You Need to Know”, published by Aspatore Books.

Rod has served on the advisory board for the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine (AJEM), for which he wrote a legal column. He also served on the board of directors for an international cannabis and psychedelics company. He can be reached via email ([email protected]) or phone (828-255-9881).

Michelle is the owner and operator of Freedom To Know Wellness (FTKW), a disability social enterprise advocating for disabilities due to complex chronic pain

Previously a professional dancer trained in Toronto and New York City with experience in freelance journalism, arts administration and marketing, and now managing a disability, she is using her artistic and business skills to move the pendulum on visible and invisible disability awareness using the mediums of podcasts and blogs. 

Michelle would be remiss not to highlight disabilities in the arts and the medical conditions and issues that impact her community as a woman from the African Diaspora. Michelle is also a believer in Christ.

Does Jesus assign or allow pain and suffering to teach humans life lessons? Cannabis patient and advocate Lonnie Kessler is the survivor of 14 surgeries, including an 18-hour surgery to remove a tumor the size of a softball from his brain. After several attempts to gain access to the Missouri CBD program, Lonnie decided to make his voice heard. 

In 2015 he was afforded the opportunity to work with New Approach Missouri to legalize medical marijuana. Shortly after legalization, Lonnie realized there was a need for education and founded Medical Missouri to act as a medical cannabis consultant for Missouri patients. Through the formation of Medical Missouri, Lonnie has helped hundreds of people obtain their medical marijuana card, provided cannabis education and worked at a cultivation facility with experience in post-harvest production. 

Lonnie has appeared in several publication including the St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Kansas City Star, St. Louis Today and Scripps News.

Tracey Tee has been actively involved in the momosphere for over 13 years, first co-creating

In 2022 she launched an online community and digital microdosing courses created exclusively for moms called M.O.M. which stands for “Moms

Tracey weaves in a sacred facilitator approach into the M.O.M. ethos, calling on the support of the Sacred Feminine and Sacred Mother Earth to connect women back to themselves through prayer, herbology, grounding, nature and of course plant medicine.

Her unique journey of reproductive health issues, infertility, a hysterectomy, and early menopause provides a unique and very deep level of compassion for mothers. This compassion and understanding coupled with a lifetime of learning about women’s health and wellness allows her to hold space for moms with health, birth and womb trauma while also offering practical tips for overwhelmed and busy moms to simply feel better in their bodies and embrace a more sustainable and natural approach to physical and spiritual healing.

Since it’s launch in March 2022 M.O.M. has been featured on NPR (twice) Good Morning America, Today Show, Piers Morgan, Rolling Stone Magazine, Fox News, CBS Saturday Morning, NBC News, Romper Magazine, Café Mom, London Times and The Guardian. And yes: Tracey did appear on Dr. Phil to defend the right to heal through microdosing.

Peace is the desire when threats present themselves, suddenly or predicted. The thing about a hurricane is one knows of its arrival well in advance. Of course, this is episode is about more than a hurricane. It is about you, the person next you, me and the person next to me, too.

Dr. Chris Slininger has been serving the Tampa Bay community since 2013. He is one of less than 80 Craniocervical Specialists nationwide and one of only two Certified Advanced Orthogonists with

As a Craniocervical Specialist, he practices with a focus on helping patients that have had prolonged and complex neurological issues like headaches, migraines, post-concussive injuries, dysautonomia, dizziness & vertigo, balance issues, brain fog, and much more. His specific approach is to identify the root of the issue, explain it, and strategize the most logical approach to the long-term resolution of the

Dr. Slininger is a U.S. Army veteran, serving oversees during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as an engineer and a Training NCO in the Medical Corps for nine years. 

He serves as the Executive Director of the Advanced

The objective of the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine is to help educate medical professionals on the role of the

Jay Naidoo was appointed by Nelson Mandela to his historical inaugural post-apartheid cabinet, and subsequently appointed as The Minister of Telecommunications. He is a South African elder and married to the international journalist, author and speaker who covered the fall of Apartheid in South Africa, Lucie Pagé.

Together they authored the memoir, 'In Love and Revolution: One Couple, Two Continents, Three Decades.'

Aging in this world does not always equate to maturity. The gap between aging and maturity grows wider with coming generations. But they