The Global Gratitude Show

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Led by Dr. Bob Houle, our science-based coaching program helps you break free from what’s holding you back and rediscover a life filled with meaning, confidence, and real joy.

A former counter-intelligence special agent in Saigon and recipient of the FBI Special Award, Dr. Bob isn’t your typical life coach.

He’s a member of the American Psychological Association who studied directly with Dr. Carl Rogers, founder of Humanistic Psychology.

This unique blend of real-world experience and proven psychological insight means you’ll get guidance that few others can offer, helping you navigate your journey with empathy, honesty, and results. For more information, visit Dr. Bob.

Ross Daly (born 1952) is a musician, composer, researcher, and musical instrument designer of Irish origin, but who has lived in Greece for most of his life. He is widely recognized for his pioneering work in the field of modal music and for his role in bringing the Cretan lyra into a broader international musical context.

Daly first traveled to Crete in 1970, where he encountered the island’s rich musical traditions and began studying the lyra with local masters. What began as a fascination with Cretan music gradually expanded into a lifelong exploration of modal musical traditions from a vast region extending from Northwest Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean through the Middle East and Central Asia to India. Over the decades he has developed a distinctive musical language that draws on these traditions while remaining highly personal and contemporary.

In 1982 Daly founded the Musical Workshop Labyrinth in the village of Houdetsi on Crete. Conceived as a meeting place for musicians from the many cultures of the “modal world,” Labyrinth has become an internationally respected center for the study, performance, and transmission of modal music. Through seminars, concerts, and collaborative projects, it has hosted leading musicians from numerous traditions and has inspired the creation of branches in several countries.

Alongside his performance and teaching activities, Daly has long been involved in the design and development of musical instruments, particularly bowed instruments with sympathetic strings. One of the best known results of this work is the Nak Tarhu developed in collaboration with Australian instrument maker Peter Biffin.

Ross Daly has performed widely around the world, both as a soloist and with various ensembles, and has recorded numerous albums of original compositions and traditional repertoire. Through his music, research, and educational work he continues to explore modal music as a living tradition and as a profound means of artistic, cultural, and spiritual expression.

The Global Gratitude Show with Brittanie Navarrete

Vincent Rossi is a decades long avid world journeyer and spiritual seeker. After an undergraduate double degree at New York University, he began his aviation career as a Pan Am flight attendant. 

With further graduate work in international politics, mideast civilizations and history he remains in aviation and has been a team member and leader in aviation projects as a consultant to airlines, airline executives, front line team and governments on five continents. His nearly 40 year encounter with aviation and the world continues unabated.  

Karon Wright

President, co-Founder and Executive Director

Karon Wright is the President, co-Founder and Executive Director of The Greater Contribution. She is a passionate advocate for the poor and a frequent speaker about the fight against poverty. In 2006, Karon and her co-founders were motivated by recognition of the abundance of their own lives and a desire to make a greater contribution – to give back and make a difference in the lives of those who are so much less fortunate. They formed The Greater Contribution. Since 2006, under Karon’s leadership, during the last 15 years, The Greater Contribution has provided over 20,000 micro loans to women living in abject poverty, allowing them to start small businesses and begin to work their way out of poverty.

Karon was given national recognition with a “Vibrant Giver Award” for her dedication to poverty relief worldwide. She was one of the featured speakers at the TED conference in Thousand Oaks in 2010 and was named A 2016 Peace Hero as part of a nation-wide celebration commemorating the 15th anniversary of 9/11 and honoring those in local communities working toward peace. She has been nominated for a CNN Hero Award in both 2017 and 2019. She travels to Africa every six months to monitor the TGC loan program there.

Website: https://www.greatercontribution.org

Meet Dr. Bob Houle

Welcome to The Happiness Life Coach, where lasting happiness isn’t just a dream — it’s achievable.

Led by Dr. Bob Houle, our science-based coaching program helps you break free from what’s holding you back and rediscover a life filled with meaning, confidence, and real joy.

A former counter-intelligence special agent in Saigon and recipient of the FBI Special Award, Dr. Bob isn’t your typical life coach.

He’s a member of the American Psychological Association who studied directly with Dr. Carl Rogers, founder of Humanistic Psychology.

This unique blend of real-world experience and proven psychological insight means you’ll get guidance that few others can offer, helping you navigate your journey with empathy, honesty, and results. For more information, visit Dr. Bob.

Tom Betti

A Norwich University Alumni with a Masters in History, Author, and former Pan Am Passenger.

“I am most honored to be a part of the Pan Am legacy. As a young boy on the upper deck of a 747 in 1991, my imagination was forever captured by this great airline. Today as a historian and storyteller, what excites me is there’s so much yet to be told. Though the six-decade history of the airline is best remembered for its numerous technical advancements in aviation history and standards in luxury air travel, it is the past stories of the people at the heart of Pan Am that resonate and inspire across generations.”

Tom is dedicated to bringing history to life through entertaining story telling. He served on the board of Columbus Landmarks Foundation and has co-authored five books on Columbus, Ohio history available through The History Press. He currently serves on the board of the Pan Am Museum Foundation. 

Experience the legacy of the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways! This award-winning history and humanities program brings Pan Am’s 64-year history to life through engaging storytelling and insightful interviews from Pan Am employees, passengers, historians, authors, fashionistas, and aviation enthusiasts! Hosted by historian Tom Betti, the program has won the following awards: Platinum 2025, Gold 2024 & 2023, Silver 2022 - Muse Creative Awards; Platinum 2025, Gold 2024, Silver 2023, Arcturus 2022 - Vega Digital Awards; Gold Award from the 2023 Hear Now Palooza of the National Audio Theater Festivals; and Arcturus 2022 Vega Digital Award (Best Host). The Pan Am Podcast is brought to you by the Pan Am Museum in Garden City, New York and is sponsored by the generous personal support of Mr. Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Theatres and President of the Pan Am Historical Foundation. The Pan Am Museum Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and would appreciate your consideration of tax-deductible donations to support our work.

The Global Gratitude Show with Debbie Wright

The Global Gratitude Show with Bill Wilkerson

Meet Dr. Bob Houle

Welcome to The Happiness Life Coach, where lasting happiness isn’t just a dream — it’s achievable.

Led by Dr. Bob Houle, our science-based coaching program helps you break free from what’s holding you back and rediscover a life filled with meaning, confidence, and real joy.

A former counter-intelligence special agent in Saigon and recipient of the FBI Special Award, Dr. Bob isn’t your typical life coach.

He’s a member of the American Psychological Association who studied directly with Dr. Carl Rogers, founder of Humanistic Psychology.

This unique blend of real-world experience and proven psychological insight means you’ll get guidance that few others can offer, helping you navigate your journey with empathy, honesty, and results. For more information, visit Dr. Bob.