Loretta Breuning: I am Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. As a teacher and a mom, I was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then I learned about the brain chemistry of animals, and everything made sense. I knew this information could help people, so I set about creating resources. I’m thrilled that they’ve helped thousands of people around the world, and have been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Turkish and German.

Before teaching, I was a United Nations Volunteer in Africa, where I learned about the mammalian custom of bribery. Later, I volunteered as a Docent at the Oakland Zoo, where I gave family-friendly tours on the social behavior of mammals. I’m a graduate of Cornell and Tufts, and the proud mother of tax-paying adults. And every day I appreciate the similarity between the field notes of a primatologist and the lyrics to a love song. More about me below.

Nick Janicki is the founder of the True REST Float Spa and True REST Franchising.  True REST Float Spa is the world's largest float spa brand. With over 78 awarded locations, including 34 open locations and another 15 opening this year across the country, it is on its way to servicing 1 million floats. This year, True REST Float Spa was named as Entrepreneur Magazine’s #7 Top New Franchise Concept in it its Franchise 500 List.   True REST Float Spa provides a revolutionary service for health and wellness. Widely adopted in European countries, Flotation REST remains generally unknown to the U.S. public. True REST Float Spa offers flotation therapy in luxury private suites and has helped hundreds of thousands of clients with chronic pain, stress, sleep disorders, anxiety and depression. Elite athletes and navy seals are using floating for recovery, improved performance and super-learning.  Nick discovered floating in November of 2008, after watching a Joe Rogan video about it. He immediately sought out the experience and after several months of searching was able to try it. He was sold after the first float and recognized, “As a society it seems we have forgotten how to relax, and relaxation is a state that must be remembered. Flotation Therapy is an environment that meditates you, and without any effort your body, mind, and spirit awaken to the memories and benefits of true rest.”  Nick is a published author, regular speaker and pod cast guest where he talks about floating and its many benefits. He covers such topics such as PTSD, addiction, super-learning and more.   True REST Float Spa is the world's largest float spa brand. With over 78 awarded locations, including 34 open locations and another 15 opening this year across the country, it is on its way to servicing 1 million floats. True REST Float Spa has created a luxury float spa experience in 10 inches of water and 1,000 pounds of Epsom salts. Members float effortlessly in their float suite. Each location is dedicated to providing pain relief, relaxation and better sleep through a 60-minute float session. True REST Float Spa offers monthly memberships programs and packages. For more information, go to: www.TrueREST.com. Or visit Facebook: www.facebook.com/TrueREST, Twitter: https://twitter.com/truerest  or Instagram: www.instagram.com/truerest.  For franchising opportunities, go to www.TrueRESTfr

Rachel Smets: What I speak, teach and preach about: You can do Anything, if you put your mind into it!!! The mind is so powerful. Your thoughts create your reality! I stand by that!  My mission is to inspire people to become their best selves.....and....overcome adversity, like I have too! This starts with your mindset.   Where shall I begin.... The reason I did 2 TEDx talks is really to share my message that if you put your mind to something, you can achieve your goal. But also, by using tools, tips and methods, you can grow your confidence to be the person you want to be.  Nothing in life comes falling from the sky.  And YES, I have been there, shy, low self-esteem, hopeless....but I learned, learned and learned, and by being determined, I overcame fears and developed myself. One of the key turnarounds for me was my burn-out. It was the BEST thing that ever happened. I was leading a ''perfect'' life on the outside and felt miserable inside. I had the status, money, corporate title and quit it all. I have lots of stories that I experienced to help your audience taking their next steps towards growth, happiness and fulfillment. For me, my journey abroad transformed me, and now I lived in 12+ different countries, speak 6 languages and still plan to move.  Easy??? NO!!!! But with the right mindset, I push myself out of my comfort zone and it's well worth it!

Jamie has been entertaining audiences as one-half of the comedy duo Mack & Jamie for over 35 years. His appearances with Mack on The Tonight Show both with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno lead to 125 original episodes of the syndicated half hour COMEDY BREAK WITH MACK & JAMIE. Jay Leno said, “…Mack and Jamie are at the top. They are the funniest duo, working today!”

Jamie is in the elite corps of LA Voice Actors. Providing voices for many National Commercials, plus The Simpsons, Rugrats, Power Beach, Justice League, Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights and scores of Video Games, most recently Gears of War I & II & III & V, Transformers Halo, and numerous film looping for celebrities such as Sean Connery, Harrison Ford and even John Lennon.

Jamie was named “Westlake Village Citizen of the Year” for his successful fundraising for area schools. He has been named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential People in Ventura County.” He can be seen on YOU TUBE with Phil Proctor, of Firesign Theatre fame, by going to BOOMERS ON A BENCH.

After a 12-year battle with CHF, he received a new heart and liver on September 24th, 2017 at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles.

Dr. Julie Steinhauer overcame trauma as a child and has built an amazing practice in developmental optometry. Dr. Steinhauer OD, FCOVD, is in Glen Carbon, Illinois, and is one of the few developmental optometrists in the nation. Her practice, Vision For Life, is becoming known worldwide for outstanding results in working with children and adults with various vision problems that affect their ability to read, write, comprehend, perform in sports or perform on the job.  Her practice is booming. Clients have even driven as far away as New York City to get treatment. Revenues are growing at a rapid pace.  In addition she reinvented herself several years ago and also became a coach to other optometrists. She even has a Facebook group dedicated to optometry where doctors and others pay to ask questions, share information and seek out answers.  Julie had a rare stomach disease as a young child and it took many, many months of doctor visits before someone actually figured it out. It put her behind in school and caused many emotional problems as well as physical ones.  Dr. Steinhauer has a great story of how she encountered a number of personal problems and was able to bounce back from those to have a family, find her niche and build a successful practice. She is a very positive person, with a bubbly attitude. She has done dozens of YouTube videos and has a big following on social media.

Roni spent almost 10 years helping people transform their bodies as an award winning personal trainer and nutrition and wellness coach. She’s been a nationally qualified champion figure athlete, written for bodybuilding websites, and has been featured by Muscle Insider, and Bodybuilding.com.

But she also spent over 2 decades years struggling with her own weight, an eating disorder, depression, panic attacks and an anxiety disorder.

Last year, she left the fitness industry to become a speaker and mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral coach. She made this switch as a result of what she learned during her own recovery and years of frustration watching traditional wisdom surrounding healthy eating and weight loss, fail most people.

The problem, as she says, is that our brains control everything – our thoughts, habits, beliefs and behaviors – all the things that determine our results – but we’ve been ignoring them.

Roni is on a mission to help people rewire their minds - to focus on behavior and habit modification at the brain level. She works to empower women to release weight, food and body shame, to learn to love and accept their bodies and to break free from a diet culture that she says is built upon shame, fear, and distrust in ourselves. It feeds on our insecurities and fuels the story that we are only worthy of love, acceptance and goodness if a scale displays the “right” number or we eat the “right” things.

To that end, she’s created The Cognitive Eating Academy – the first program of its kind to incorporate the science of mindfulness, intuitive eating and cognitive behavioral strategies to help lifelong dieters go from weight food and scale obsessed to happy, healthy and free. She’s also currently writing a second book, contributes to sites like Tiny Buddha, Having Time and other popular blogs, hosts workshops, group programs, online courses and is wildly passionate about helping people rebuild self-trust, compassion, connection and heal their relationships with food, themselves and their bodies.

Kenny Weiss is the highest rated and most reviewed life coach in all of Arizona. He is also a Speaker, Author Podcast Host and Founder of The Greatness Movement. Through his own personal journey and nearly 30 years of studying what keeps people from achieving their inherent Greatness. Kenny’s journey included multiple addictions, two divorces, a bankruptcy, playing two professional sports he never wanted to play and contemplating suicide. In other words, he has not only studied the process, he has lived it and overcome it. Kenny has outlined that process in his highly reviewed book Your Journey To Success and the concepts discussed are the basis for The Greatness Movement who’s mission is to help everyone live in their inherent Greatness.

Bri Seeley is an entrepreneur, thought leader, innovator, and business visionary. She’s here to help entrepreneurs, companies and small businesses to create long-term, sustainable success… on their terms! She knows that one-size never fits all, so her approach is customized and tailor made to each client.

Her Zone of Genius lies in being a Visionary Architect - she can not only see the one-of-a-kind vision you want to create, but she will also help you build it and bring it to life by utilizing your values, vision and zone of genius.

Bri works with established and emerging businesses using her extensive knowledge to increase their impact, laser-focus their vision, streamline their systems and boost their profits.

She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, the author of the best-selling Permission to Leap, the top Entrepreneur Coach on Google and has been seen on The TODAY Show, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo! and more.

Kevin Palmieri: Many people have the misfortune of hitting rock bottom. I learned from personal experience that rock bottom has a basement.

- A high paying job

This came to a breaking point one day when I was sitting on the edge of a hotel bed on a work trip. I couldn't turn the noise off in my head and I truly thought being dead was the only way to change my life.

Luckily I didn't take my own life... But I did take a valuable lesson. That was the day that I found my purpose and my passion. "To be the person I needed when I was at my lowest point."

A few months after that.. I left my job and went full time into chasing my dreams and fulfilling my purpose.