Muslim American molecular biologist Sabnem Unlu, PhD is an executive board member at City of Bridges Foundation advocating and organizing civic engagement programs amongst diverse communities to foster intercultural dialogue, unity and collaboration.

Debbie Stueber chronicles her parent's escape from the Nazis as well as her own experience as a Jew in America.

Cornelius Boots is a certified Dai Shihan (grandmaster) of Zen shakuhachi and an award-winning composer. As a lifelong woodwind performance innovator, Boots also earned three music degrees from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and has released over 12 albums as a leader and written overr 100 compositions for under-represented instruments. He is working on his Master in Divinity in Zen Buddhist Ministry through Buddha Dharma University where he also teaches a class.

Kevin May is a singer, rapper, beatboxer, poet, personal development coach, sidewalk chalk artist, and free spirit. He provides us with details of his 3 near death experiences and their impact on his life. He is the author of "Unlocking Your Superpowers; A Handbook for Personal and Collective Transformation" and the organizer of the Peaceful Gathering of Hands.

Husband of Debra Holz (Episode #15), Rick Nowlin is a jazz musician, Post-Gazette jazz critic and evangelical Christian discusses his transformation from troubled youth to the man he is today. He is an advocate for racial reconciliation in the church and in society. He was recently recognized as an exemplary jazz composer and arranger at the 2023 Pitt Composers Concert

For 50 years, depression was an insidious tormentor that dictated what Debra Holz believed about herself and the meaning of her life. She endured crippling emotional trauma that lead her down a dark path of addiction and self-loathing. It was only a last minute internal voice that stopped her suicide attempt and lead her to find another way to heal beyond traditional medical treatments that had failed her. Listen to her compelling and uplifting story.

Having experienced the dark places of cancer and divorce, Dana Flowers relates how going to her knees and asking for God's help changed everything. Her journey has wonderful uplifting thoughts for all of us.

Psychic medium and life coach Kitsy Higgins has appeared on ABC, CBS, NPR and other major media outlets. Her MBA helped her establish her own Reiki business. She has helped many patients heal by using suggestions from their deceased loved ones. Her journey to becoming an effective medium and Reiki practitioner has many lessons for those who feel that they are a little odd or not like the people around them.

Ellen Guise's partner and psycholterapist, Tawna Loutsenhizer discusses her early spiritual life and the shame she was made to feel when she fell in love with another woman in high school. Her parent's negative reaction and the rejection she felt from them and her pastor led her away from organized religion for many years. The freedom that she feels at Waverly Presbyterian Church has meant a lot to her and she shares that feeling with us.

Tech trainer and Georgia Bulldog fan Ellen Guise provides us with insights into what it is like to grow up a southern Catholic in a Southern Baptist town seeking a spiritual path. Having experienced the trauma of sexual abuse as a child from a familly member and later discovering that she loved a woman, she gave up on organized religion entirely. She returned to the church when she and her partner got married and found Waverly Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.