Stephen Ritz is the Founder of the Green Bronx Machine and quite frankly a miracle worker in the classroom and beyond. Stephen has been revitalizing education, food quality and community in the poorest congressional district in the country. Stephen saw beyond the limits of poverty and recognized that educational opportunities, joy, health and wellness can all come from a curriculum that is based on growing food and cooking in the classroom. His students have grown over 65,000lbs of food and are not only changing the health and potential of the students and families in the Bronx but the Green Bronx Machine model is being implemented in over 6000 classrooms all over the world!

My dear friend Keesia Janes left all social media and gave up her smart phone seven months ago. I invited her on the show because I find unplugging from technology a truly refreshing concept.

It really wasn�t that long ago that we all just used our cell phones for phone calls. It�s amazing how quickly we have become so dependent on our phones. Is social media and the smart phone making our lives better? Is the smart phone and social media tools or crutches? We discuss these questions and about how these technologies have effected each of us in different ways. Please share your thoughts with us too!

Cofounders of Mural Mice Universal R.E. Wall and Margaret Dewar sit down with us to discuss the empowerment of public art. They talk to us about how taking a white wall and transforming it with a mural creates an enormous sense of community and fosters a sense of place for all involved. Murals are infusing the planet with energetic ripples that continue for the life of the mural. I am so thankful and inspired by what Mural Mice Universal is doing to unify communities thru art.

Marissa McDonough has built a hugely successful Rodan+Fields organization leading over ten thousand people! It has been an absolute inspiration to watch her build her business over the last six years because she is so down to earth and committed to truly helping people. I really enjoyed our conversation and walked away with some great gems on how to approach business and life in general!

Kareen Erbe is an experienced practitioner of permaculture who teaches, consults and designs using the principles of permaculture. She talks to us about her journey as an activist and her personal shift to stop focusing on the problems of the world and start focusing on the solutions. She also shares with us some easy steps to begin implementing permaculture in our lives where ever we live.

Angela Marie Patnode is a transformational coach who helps people break free from anxiety, stress and illness. She talks to us about her amazing personal story of healing her anxiety thru meditation. She also talks about how she was able to heal herself from chronic pain and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity by rewiring her brain for health. She offers us great insight on the power of the mind.