Psychologist Anna Seewald talks about how at 13 years old she survived a catastrophic earthquake. Tragically, her mother did not survive.  She talks about how that horrific event shaped her, including her realizing she wouldn't have as deep of understanding, compassion, and empathy today if she hadn't gone through that devastating experience.  Today, Anna is the founder of Authentic Parenting, the Authentic Parenting Podcast, she's a speaker, and author of 15 Keys To Effective Communication: Building Strong Parent-Child Relationships.  She works with children and helps parents who are overwhelmed, frustrated and who want to parent differently. 

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• AuthenticParenting.com
• Anna's Facebook Page

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Creativity coach Dr. Pragya Agarwal, PhD., is the founder of Hedge and Hog Prints and The Art Tiffen.  The mother of three talks about how she suffered from workplace bullying, and she suffered severe anxiety and depression. Pragya says it got so bad that she almost had a breakdown, and eventually quit her job.  One day, she took an art class and discovered the healing it brought her.  She tells how art and creativity helped her with her anxiety and depression, and brought her peace and calm.  Now, she campaigns for creativity and mental health, aiming to break the stigma of mental health in Southeast Asian communities.

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• The Art Tiffen
• Hedge & Hog Prints

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Today's guest is bestselling author Sunniva Holt, a property investor who began investing at age 19.  By the time she was in her early 30's, she built a multimillion-dollar property portfolio. What's also interesting is Sunniva's atypical upbringing. She explains the way she was raised made her fight for her freedom, and so she fought to go to high school. You see, Sunniva and her nine siblings were raised in a strict religious cult and lived in an isolated area of New Zealand. Sunniva talks about what life was like back then, and also talks about an event when she was 19.  She also in this interview offers several tips from her latest book, Life on Your Terms: 7 Steps to Creating the Life you Always Wanted.  Today, Sunniva is a transformational and wealth alignment coach, a speaker, and describes herself as driven to help others trying to get more out of life.

Kristin Hanes has spent 14 years as a reporter in radio news, including 5 years at KGO news radio in the Bay Area. She talks about how she became what she calls "intentionally houseless" because if she didn't take drastic measures, she felt like otherwise she was never going to get out of debt. That's when Kristin decided to move into the back of her boyfriend's Prius for 4 months. And then getting laid off from her job seven months later turned out to actually be a blessing in disguise...

A self-described "recovering attorney," Amber Malcom is the founder and CEO of Shabby Chick Natural Products, a company that produces natural cleaning products.  Amber shares her story of growing up in a "tumultuous" home, how at 14 she decided to get out of the house and go to military school, how when she was in the Air Force she was sexually assaulted yet was told by her Commander to drop the complaint, and then later how she got herself out of an abusive marriage.  Today, Amber runs a successful business and mentors women going through custody battles.

Marian Bacol-Uba is working on her first book, Survivor to Thriver. We talk about what inspired her to write it, including her journey of overcoming childhood sexual abuse by her father, and an overdose, which lead to a near-death experience that she says made her finally wake up and give her a second chance at life. Now Marian is a transformational coach and holistic health and wellness expert.  Her passion is to raise awareness about sexual abuse in the Asian communities, and also help women transform their trauma to triumph and heal themselves from within.

Vince Pugliese says that at 32, he was newly married, earning $15 an hour, had $140,000 in debt, and a baby on the way. In less than four years, he and his wife were totally debt free, house included. They quit their jobs, became financially free, did the work they truly loved and added a another baby!  Vince is an award-winning, former photojournalist, even winning the coveted International Sports Photographer of the Year. He's shot nearly every professional sports venue in the U.S., including Super Bowls, the World Series, the Stanley Cup and NBA playoffs.  Here, he talks about the money troubles his family had while growing up, how it had affected him, his brief stint with the law, and why he used to call himself the "poster boy for a 22-year-old slacker."  Now, he's an entrepreneur, business coach, founder of The Freelance Tribe, and the author of Freelance to Freedom: The Roadmap for Creating a Side Business to Achieve Financial, Time and Life Freedom.  Today, he helps others learn how to become debt free and live a freedom lifestyle.

Formerly known as Eirian Cohen, Luana Ribeira says she has no regrets. Here she talks about the difficult time in her life when her husband of eight years announced he was transgender. As shocked as she was, she was supportive and they kept the family together, but eventually the marriage split. And then several months later, her ex-husband said he wanted to revert back to presenting as a man. Luana talks about her confusion, the challenges they faced with the media, the trolling, and how she managed to pull through it. And despite the emotional roller coaster, Luana successfully published her book, Passions to Freedom, grew her businesses as a transformative coach, acting academy founder and director, and now she helps entrepreneurs to write books and become bestselling authors.

Charles Eduardos tells the shocking story of how in 1971 he was shot in the mouth with a 45 semi-automatic rifle.  He was told he may never speak again.  Now, he says you can't shut him up!  Charles is now an executive coach, motivational speaker, certified NLP Practitioner and hypnotherapist, an ordained minister, and a former police officer and radio broadcaster.  Here, Charles talks about that shocking story of him getting shot, his recovery both physically and spiritually, and how he now helps guide others toward success.

Today we're talking with Kenny Weiss, a coach, speaker, podcast host and also author of Your Journey to Success: How to Accept the Answers You Discover Along the Way. Kenny's book is powerful and gives real how-to steps on learning how to identify your fears and much more. He draws from his own life experiences. His journey started with finding his mom passed out naked on the toilet when he was 12. She was an alcoholic. From there, it spiraled for Kenny. He later also became an alcoholic, but also a sex addict, spending addict, sugar addict, tobacco addict and love addict. He went through two divorces, bankruptcy, played two pro sports he never wanted to play, and even contemplated suicide. Here Kenny talks about it all and also what he's doing now to help others.