Jovanka Ciares is a former entertainment executive turned Integrative Herbalist, Wellness expert; detox specialist, nutrition educator and author. She is the creator of Reclaiming Wellness, an online wellness & learning community for healthy living and founder of Solana Wellness, an herbal supplement line to be released in the Summer of 2023. Jovanka studied nutrition with best-selling author Dr. T. Colin Campbell at Cornell University and herbalism with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog. She offers lectures, workshops and wellness coaching in both English and Spanish. In her social media channels, she shows viewers easy natural cures, home remedies and how to use common herbs and spices to address various health complaints. After years of suffering from IBS, ulcers and fibroids, Jovanka embraced alternative therapies like Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Herbalism. Her journey towards self-healing, peace and happiness became her motivation to inspire and support hundreds of others to do the same. Jovanka is a featured expert at People Magazine, Entertainment Tonight, Whole Foods, Veria Living, Fox News LA, NPR and CBS Radio. She’s also a regular contributor in Spanish-language media outlets like Telemundo and a contributing guest expert at The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, BlogHer and PositivelyPositive. Jovanka gave her first TEDx talk on “Rethinking Failure” in November 2013.

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Parents around the world are constantly searching for guidance to navigate the unpredictable journey of raising children. But what happens when life doesn’t go as planned? When challenges arise—whether it’s a child facing illness, bullying, or academic struggles—how can parents find the strength to remain hopeful? How do they sleep at night, knowing the world can be so uncertain, especially when their children are vulnerable to threats like terrorism or mass shootings in schools? Confronted with these types of difficult issues, it’s often challenging to maintain a positive outlook. We can all feel discouraged when the unknown makes us think, “If things aren’t good today, they won’t get better in the future.”

This is why bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and podcaster Allison Carmen’s new audiobook, Maybe Everything is Okay: A Parent’s Guide to Less Stress and Worry (September 17, 2024; Tantor Audio Original; narrated by Kim Niemi), is both important and timely. It offers parents a powerful and uplifting tool called the “Maybe mindset” to help them navigate the unknown with greater ease and renewed hope.

Whether a child is 2 or 22, or even has children of their own, this audiobook provides parents with a resilient mindset that will support them throughout their child’s entire life journey. Perhaps most importantly, Maybe Everything is Okay also equips parents with the tools to pass this invaluable perspective onto their children, helping them navigate their own challenges with more confidence and hope.

Maybe Everything is Okay is more than just an audiobook—it’s a lifelong companion for parents, offering a mindset that transforms fear into possibility and stress into resilience. Embracing the power of Maybe allows parents to approach each moment with their children with calm and openness, paving the way for a future filled with unexpected joys and opportunities.

Discover how the concept of Maybe can change everything. For your children, and for you, Maybe the best is yet to come!

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Mark’s son Nick was having terrible headaches, and as parents often do, he went to school anyway. When the headaches worsened, they took Nick to see his pediatrician and then a doctor, and then specialists. It was too late and misdiagnosed. He had brain cancer that had not been seen before in NJ. They lost their beloved son, Nick, too young.

Rockets in the Sky is Mark’s memoir on learning to heal. He takes the reader on many twists and turns, from sadness to anger and finally acceptance. It is beautifully written, and he has included some pretty funny family stories.

Mark began writing in his journal in January 2019 to see if he could heal through the terrible loss of his son, Nicholas. He simply needed to see if he could survive. After two years of writing, he realized he could and would survive. Through the people he met, the mediums, the signs, and sightings of Nicholas, his days got a little easier.

In Rockets in the Sky, Mark shares his struggles with his faith in God and his grave disappointment in science. How they both let his son Nicholas down, showing no mercy, while he was fighting the last stages of brain cancer. He kept the right people close and found the right tools to help regain and strengthen his faith in God, renew his belief in science, and, most importantly, reconnect with Nicholas.

If you are going through the loss of a loved one and you’re struggling, we hope what is written within these pages can inspire you to move forward with your life. To bring your loved one’s spirit with you as you go.

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Loretta welcomes David Wick who has been a devoted peacebuilder since 1978, with a remarkable career spanning over four decades. In 1974, he founded Youth Services in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, California, starting with a small team and a $17,000 budget. He grew it into a thriving multimillion-dollar center still active today. This experience inspired his contribution to “The Origins of Neuro Linguistic Programming.” In 1983, David co-launched Pathways To Peace (PTP), a UN-designated Peace Messenger NGO, instrumental in the UN’s 1981 International Day of Peace resolution. Since 1984, he has led Peace Day celebrations and now serves as a PTP Director. He founded the Peace Within Organizations program at Stanford University in 1985 and co-founded Peace Building Through Business in 1995, contributing to a global think tank on business’s future role. Today, David leads the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI), with PTP as its Secretariat, inspiring individuals and communities worldwide to build peace from the inside out.

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Today, Loretta welcomes Billy Wynne who is a seasoned practitioner and teacher of Buddhism and mindfulness with over 30 years of experience. He is the author of "The Empty Path: Finding Fulfillment through the Radical Art of Lessening", a practical guide to embracing the Buddhist concept of emptiness for a more fulfilling life. Certified as a meditation teacher under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Billy also holds lay Zen Buddhist ordination from the Zen Center of Denver, where he teaches and serves on the board. Beyond his spiritual work, he is a health and well-being entrepreneur, having founded Impact Health and Awake, one of the first alcohol-free bars in the U.S. Billy lives just outside Denver with his wife Christy, their son, daughter (now in college), and two shih-poos, Oscar and Archie.

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