The Sanity Project Podcast

Robert Raymond Riopel is an international Best-Selling author, App Designer, Entrepreneur and Trainer who has spent the past 18+ years traveling around the world sharing his passion. He has also shared the stage with and trained many of the top trainers and thought leaders in the world today.

With his high energy and heartfelt style, Robert draws on his journey from humble beginnings to financial freedom at the age of 32, to inspire individuals into tapping into their greatness. Realizing that he is not the only person that struggles, Robert's "Clues" open individuals up to the possibilities that lie within them and that is why he is a highly sought-after presenter.

Carrie Leaf is currently a practicing psychotherapist and life coach. She holds her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from the University of Northern Iowa. Carrie completed her Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, graduating top of her class from Iona College. She has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 10 years and working in the psychology field for over 15 years.

Carrie has worked in the field of psychology in a wide variety of settings which include hospitals, community mental health, youth residential homes, substance abuse, military base, college university and private practice. She has worked with a wide variety of clients from all ages and around many different identified problems. She has worked with individuals, couples, families and groups.

Dr. Amy Novotny founded the PABR® Institute with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment. Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute, gave her the foundation to develop this method. She has helped countless people reduce and eliminate pain, stress, anxiety, orthopedic surgeries, sleep issues and the need for medications. Her ability to speak English, French and Spanish has allowed her to help clients from all around the world.

Kurian Mathew Tharakan is the founder of the sales and marketing strategy firm Strategy Peak Sales & Marketing Advisors and a 27-year veteran of the sales and marketing industry. Mr. Tharakan is also the author of the Amazon Bestseller, "The 7 Essential Stories Charismatic Leaders Tell," which details how anyone can move people and mountains with the power of story.

Gail Rudolph is the author of the new book, Power Up Power Down: How to Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win/Win. She has spent years as an executive professional maneuvering the power dynamics that happen in all interpersonal interactions. One day, she had an epiphany: Nobody takes our power; we give it away. The go-to expert on how to harness interpersonal power and create win/win outcomes, Gail's mission is to help those who often feel overlooked and under-estimated.

Dr. Ruth Gotian, author of The Success Factor, is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentorship and leadership development. In 2021, she was selected as one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list. In addition to publishing in academic journals, she is a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about 'optimizing success'. Her research is about the mindset and skill set of peak performers, including Nobel laureates, astronauts and Olympic champions.

Michelle Pontvert is a branding and website designer with 12 years of design experience, specializing in working with overstretched parents with service-based businesses who are ready to scale up their businesses and scale back their overtime.

She has an MFA from the prestigious USC film school in set design, which gave her a solid design background and a knack for creative problem solving which shapes her business today. She's also gone through the Designlab User Experience bootcamp to round out her web design training, along with several branding, web design, SEO and marketing courses.

Michelle lives with her husband and adorable 2-year-old in Paris, far from her native Australia or adoptive homeland America, and balances serving her clients and being a hands-on Mum.

Jerry Fu is a conflict resolution coach who helps Asian-American leaders advance in their career and life journeys. Having taken on several pharmacy leadership roles, Jerry started coaching in 2017 to help other Asian-American professionals deal with the conflict they encounter at work, with their culture, and within themselves.

Prior to starting his coaching business, Jerry served as a pharmacist and began facilitating leadership workshops in 2012. Today, Jerry offers a range of coaching services, which includes individual coaching, group workshops, and keynote presentations.

Sandy Vo is a visionary, meditation teacher and yogi. She is the founder of globally rated Prosperous the Podcast and her signature transformation program; Prosperous: School of Self-realization, a 90-day integrative breakthrough experience for modern-day leaders.

Sandy encountered the path of meditation after living with crippling depression and anxiety for most of her teen years. Through practicing self-transformation methods, she learned how to self-heal mental, emotional, physical trauma, and break generational patterns.

Sandy Vo supports others in bridging the gap between the outer world of achievements and the inner world of fulfillment. Sandy is also the co-founder of a conscious media platform, Ladies Aligned.

After starting her own business in 1995 as a corporate trainer, Susan Rooks changed her direction in 2012, focusing primarily on editing/copyediting, working on a wide variety of nonfiction and/or business-related documents.

Knowing that many excellent writers have lost track of their early American grammar training, Susan provides the knowledge of the rules, the wisdom to know when to break them, and the love for helping all authors look and sound as smart as they are.

She also offers free one-hour presentations on Mastering the LinkedIn Profile Basics, American Grammar, and DiSC® (so far) to the members of any civic or nonprofit group, all to help the attendees add a little more polish to their professionalism.

One of her favorite mottos is "A rising tide lifts all boats."