Superhero of Love Podcast

If you prize wonder-full-ness, you will love this episode!  Superheroes of Love, Patti Pagliei and John Simpson are a husband and wife team who have been spreading wonder, joy and love wherever they have gone their whole lives.  Now you can get a taste of it all, and glean some very helpful inspiration from them in their new book THE WAY OF WONDER which hits bookshelves on September 19, 2023. In this interview you get a delicious tasting menu of what the book has in store plus some fun, hilarity and entertainment.     Patti and John co-founded Waxing Poetic, their jewelry line, brought Santa Barbara's Funk Zone to life with their incredible store Shopkeepers and will grace your inbox with beauty and inspiration with their Substack JOHN + PATTI.  You can also find John's wonder-ous musical magic via his band, Doublewide Kings Band!  Yes, their wonder can be seen, heard, tasted and felt in oh-so-many ways.  After giving this episode a listen, you are bound to want more!  

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  Celebrity Love Coach, Nicole Moore, KNOWS love because she had to LEARN love when her complicated birth booted her into a life where love was scarce.  She did it.  She won.  And she flew bravely into a life of being a Superhero of Love where she helps people love and be loved more in a very big way.   She coaches, she has courses and now she has a TV show (on DirecTV starting in June), The Reality of Love!  Check out all the ways you can follow her and find out more about her beautiful heart and work!   Visit Nicole's site - LOVE WORKS METHOD Instagram:  @NicoleMooreLove And, follow her new DirecTV show on Insta at @RealityofLoveShow  

  This is Love is in the Stars, Vedic Astrologer Carol Allen's second appearance on the Superhero of Love Podcast.  This time she has a lot too say about how the pandemic affected her clients, her personal life and how it had been predicted for years by Vedic Astrologers.    Carol has a knack for bringing love to those who wish it, guiding them through the process - including navigating online dating, flirting and understanding the right timing for you and your unique astrology.   She is a true SUPERHERO OF LOVE, as is evidenced by this photo I snapped from the recording of this most inspiring interview!  You can't help but have your heart be touched by Carol's love-centric view of this world, no matter how troubling the stars may look!   Find all about Carol Allen and her many amazing love offerings at loveisinthestars.com

The Lyde family is a family of giant hearts and easy, bright smiles.  Ted Lyde is the father in this family.  He's an accomplished actor and comedian, with two extraordinary kids - wildly gifted daughter Grace, about to graduate from college and Jackson, his special needs son with the brightest of the family's smiles.  Ted started his podcast, LEARNING NOT TO SWEAR, to talk to people about thriving in spite of life's curve balls and stressors, most immediately at the time in being a dad of a special needs son and how he wrestled with all the pictures of how life should be in his own “Ted” mind.  Always hilarious and inspiring, Ted is currently in the middle of a health crisis that is definitely a curve ball he wishes he didn't have to deal with.  We learn about dealing with the struggles of waiting for a new kidney and flatlining – twice – as his body struggles.  He talks about how he is dealing with all of it, and at the end we hear from his scientist wife Jaime (whom Ted always says “ruined” him with all the love she brings into his life) on how it is to support someone in this kind of a crisis, how she manages overcoming the day-to-day stressors, Ted flatlining, and keeping their beautiful family on track – and, of course, the Big Bang Theory and how it relates to Ted! When you are done listening to this check out Ted's Podcast – LEARNING NOT TO SWEAR – wherever you get your podcasts and follow him on Twitter at @learningno and on Facebook at @learningnottoswear or Ted Lyde.  Listen to the Learning Not to Swear episode he mentions “Ted Goes Flatline” here: https://tedlyde.libsyn.com/ted-goes-flatline-episode-233 If you liked THIS podcast, please subscribe, rate it, review it, tell every single human you know about it AND feel like a Superhero of Love when you do it because that's spreading some big love!  

Donovan Taylor Hall is a true Superhero of Love, his cape flapping in the wind as he flies from school to school – and soon to an even wider audience via his own television show -- empowering kids to be their most amazing selves. He is an educator, coach, speaker, content creator, and a proud and powerful voice and advocate for youth. He has some pretty kick ass tips to help kids navigate this crazy world, and just as important, profound teachings for all the adults swirling in and out of those kids' lives.   Listen in for tips, wisdom and all the love that he offers us all to make this world a better place for all ages. In this interview he talks about (to name just a few): His TOP THREE TIPS for parents (of all ages); How he UNpandemicized his heart by turning to grief counseling during the pandemic when he realized that not being WITH his kids in person was an enormous loss touching on many previous losses; What kids really need to thrive and become their most powerful selves; What all ages need to thrive (and becomes Superheroes of Love!!!!); and The magic of being in the flow of life, watching synchronicities help him make an even bigger difference in the world. Find Donovan on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitch at "Donofriend.” Learn more about Donovan and his oh-so-Superhero-of-Love mission at his website at donovantaylorhall.com.    

  This bright beautiful light is Superhero of Love, SHERRI COALE, the Hall of Fame Basketball Coach who led her players with LOVE to their greatness, their most magnificent selves - inside and out.  Her book ROOTED TO RISE: The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People is a tribute to just some of the many players she coached, and some of the people in her life who inspired her for whom she is profoundly grateful (who you know were profoundly grateful themselves for this giant heart on earth!) Listen in if you have young people in your life for whom you care deeply about their hearts and evolution, if you love competitive sports, if you are a teacher, a coach, a parent or if you just want to be inspired to lead your life with love. If you are a writer or wish to be, you will love how this book came to life!

Inspired by this amazing man and the LOVE he is bringing to the earth, we are back for a second season of the Superhero of Love Podcast!  Woohoo! This season we not only learn from our Superhero of Love thought leaders about how to love and be loved more.  We also get tips on how to help our hearts navigate the post-or-nearly-post pandemic waters.  Our hearts have all taken a beating one way or another these last years and most of us could use some heart-healing, heart-boosting and/or heart-spiration.  I call it UNpandemicizing our Hearts. I hope you will join me on this sacred journey. Ian takes the shame out of taking an inventory of how our hearts, souls, bodies and spirits could use some LOVE in the form of his most divine essences.  He gives multi-level support to heal our hearts inside-out, outside-in. I hope you have as good a time listening to his stories and guidance as I did.  If you've never heard of Ian or his Australian Bush Flower Essences, you are in for a soul-and-heart treat. While you listen -- or after -- I encourage you to dive into his gorgeous website: Australian Bush Flower Essences If you would like to see the VIDEO version of this interview, click here: YOUTUBE: Superhero of Love Podcast Season Two Episode One In that video version, I wave around these two beautiful books -- just two of the several he has published.  I can't more highly recommend them: If you like this podcast, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE and also fly on over to the Superhero of Love website for more LOVE! Enjoy, Superhero!

Two previous guests (See Episodes 100 and 107) share ways that the pandemic has helped open, strengthen and inspire their hearts, sparking some forever changes for the mighty hearts. Both of these Supeheroes of Love are out in the world doing what they can to help us all heal our hearts.   First we hear from Alicia Crysta Easter of ACE Yoga LA who is a yoga and meditation instructor, a ray of light shining leading us through Black Lives Matter and guiding us toward better allyship.  ACE is the creator of a new line of inspiring candles like this Superhero of Love beauty which says it all:  I AM LOVE!     Next we hear from Bestselling Author, Rebecca Winn whose extraordinary book One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace & Meaning When Things Fall Apart came out on Day #1 of the pandemic in her home town of Dallas, TX.  Sometimes a change is sparked by a fairy godmother swooping in....Rebecca tells us one such real-life fairy tale lesson she received.     What mysterious gifts has the pandemic brought to your heart?  Tune in to be inspired by some of the gifts you may have missed and others that you are bound to draw in. 

His company’s name is Extreme Leadership Institute, and bestselling author Steve Farber is as powerful as his company’s name implies. He also has the giant heart and magical powers of Tinkerbell, and he's not afraid to admit that he shares her core value: Love. In this episode, Steve talks about the magic he has created or observed in extremely successful businesses who lead with love, infuse love into their businesses and invest in what makes their customers feel loved because, as he says,  “Love is just damn good business.”   It’s the name of his most recent book (Love is Just Damn Good Business: Do What You Love in the Service of the People Who Love What You Do), and the name of his podcast. We invite you to leap into this inspiring conversation with Steve.  LEAP, you ask?  Yes, LEAP like his previous bestselling book's title portends:  The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership.  Steve brings our attention to this love-based inspiring acronym wherever he goes -- including in this episode:  Cultivate Love Generate Energy Inspire Audacity Provide Proof You don't have to own or run a business to get value from Steve's love lessons.  His advice is for all Superheroes of Love who want to make a difference in the world. The love we bring into our work lives spills into our personal lives, affects friends, family and beyond.  So tune in for a love tune-up!

Arielle Ford is in the business of helping us FIND, KEEP and BE love.  And she believes very much in "Love in the Time of COVID" and tells us why. She has written eleven books on the subject and just celebrated her 22nd anniversary with the love of her life, so she knows the stuff of love!   Arielle is also the sister of the renowned author/thought leader, Debbie Ford whose work is woven through Superhero of Love, and shares the story of how she brought Debbie's final book, Your Holiness: Discover the Light Within into the world five years after she passed away.  You can find Arielle, her books and all the free goodies she has to offer us all at arielleford.com. You can find out all about Debbie, her legacy and books at debbieford.com.  

Deja Riley comes from kick ass pioneer blood as the daughter of The King of New Jack Swing, Teddy Riley.  She is a musician, she had a band with her sisters, The Riley Band.  She plays several instruments.  She's a professional dancer having danced with the likes of Beyonce and Lady Gaga. She was even a Laker Girl.  She's also a boxer who fused boxing with dance to create "Dance Out of the Box," a fitness method that you can find her teaching on PopSugar. She's all that AND she's stepping into a leadership position teaching us all to move through the journey of making black lives matter while taking care of our hearts.  She shows us we can be kind, loving, and gentle with our own hearts while kicking ass and making a difference. Listen in to be inspired to step into true allyship.      You'll even hear from and about her dog, O.G. Find Deja at dejariley.com.  Follow her on Insta at Deja Riley AND Deja Riley Athletics We mention Olympian Louise Hazel of Slay Gym's Open Letter to the Fitness Industry.

Lian Dolan knows about sister love.  She and her four sisters have been bringing their behind the scenes chats up front and center first in a radio show, first for WNYC public radio and then ABC radio, and then finally where they are now with their Satellite Sisters podcast.  They talk about life and love and create a beautiful community encouraging people to do as they do: take care of their hearts with the support of family, friends and sometimes even strangers.   Lian shares how she sought support coming through a personal challenge that hit her life like a meteor sychronistically on the day she delivered the final manuscript of her new book. She has two LA Times Bestsellers Elizabeth the First Wife, Helen of Pasadena. Her new novel The Sweeney Sisters just came out!  It's about The four daughters of Bill Sweeney who find out at their father's funeral that they have another sibling.  The adventure unfolds from there!       Find out more about Lian and her books at liandolan.com. Find the Satellite Sisters Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

Alicia Crysta Easter "ACE" is an extraordinary woman who teaches yoga at ACE YOGA LA and at many other venues.  She leads her classes with love and grace but after she posted her own Black Lives Matter verbal manifesto on Instagram Live, she stepped into a leadership position in the BLM movement.  Hearts and souls are aching and exhausted -- including hers.  Yet she leads herself and others each and every day to lead with love, grace, patience and forgiveness. The audio of her Instagram Live is included in this episode. Follow @AceYogaLA on Instagram and go to her webiste at aceyogala.com to find out how you can check out her classes to experience this gloriousness:        

This woman is literally waving her own special brand of magic wand to touch hundreds of hearts each week.  Someone once waved a wand that magically lifted up Simone Gordon when she didn't have the money she needed to feed her special needs son. And, now she pays that blessing forward on a daily basis.   The pandemic has gravely affected many. Domestic abuse and mental health issues are on the rise.  Unemployment, homelessness and hunger are an every day occurrence, but Simone is doing all she can to end people's suffering and move them one step closer to making their dreams come true. She isn't satisfied with helping people survive today.  She works on moving them toward sustaining themselves for the long term as they move toward creating the lives they truly want. Simone has been featured in People Magazine and she even won a Webby Award, but her dream has nothing to do with fame, she is on a mission to help as many women as she can as The Black Fairy Godmother, and to start a transition house for victims of domestic abuse. If you need a respite from the tough news, I invite you to turn your attention to this bright and shining light on our planet, The Black Fairy Godmother. Simone is a true Superhero of Love, helping people lift their hearts out of the darkness and fill with the light and hope that she, her volunteers and donors have to spare for those temporarily less fortunate. Find her on Instagram at "The Black Fairy Godmother Official" and jump into her magical world with both feet. 

When Hope Hendricks met Ed Bacon met she was on her way to a career as a speech pathologist and he to a career as an attorney. All that changed when God came knocking, and we are so lucky it did because she opened her heart and her mind and they started a beautiful journey that allowed them to both change thousands of lives for the better with love. Originally from the south, in 2016, they left All Saints Church in Pasadena where he was rector for over 20 years to return to the area.  With a home in Birmingham, AL but a full time gig in Atlanta, they straddle both cities, and are doing their best to "evolve forward" as Ed calls it, through the classism, racism, through this pandemic, through the political dissension. We are all in what Rev. Ed calls Pandemic University, and now amidst the George Floyd murder and protests, we are all being handed some very trying classes which he and Hope both help guide us through with a heavy dose of love and laughter.   You will hear about their relationship, how they navigate with love through even the difficult times weathering internal and external storms with a lot of grace...and laughter. This interview dives deep but it also grabs your heart and promises to lift you up, up, up during these very trying times. Rev. Ed's book (which Oprah Winfrey loved and celebrated) also couldn't be a more timely and helpful read.  Get it now wherever you buy your books for a major uplift for your heart and soul:   You will hear Rev. Ed speak about the event of June 1st with Dr. Catherine Meeks.  Click here to view the recording: "Time of Lament" with Rev. Bacon + Dr. Meeks

Just being in Debra Poneman's presence you want to say "YES!" to whatever it is she's inviting you to do.  Now, after a few decades away from her extraordinarily successful, world-renowned "YES TO SUCCESS" program, she is bringing it back in June of 2020, upgraded and updated for our current times - yes, even these quarantine times!  The timing couldn't be more perfect for her to invite us to jump into a world with her where everything is possible, where we can say yes to our heart's desires, yes to our highest version of success. Go to Debra's website at yestosuccess.com to download this e-book to get a taste of her upcoming program, and find out more about Deb. Saying YES during these contemplative, life-altering times is even more powerful, more poignant, and may be exactly what your heart could use. You can do her new YES TO SUCCESS program from anywhere!

Every Superhero of Love heart needs a respite sometime.  And, this pandemic is touching many of the wounded places in our hearts causing pain, stress, fear, sadness, anger -- all of which thwart our ability to love and be loved.   Give your Superhero heart a little break, and tap into this episode for a brief guided meditation designed to each all of our hearts back into living and loving with a little more of a golden spark. Let your inner Supehero of Love have a little break, press play and relaaaaaaax....

Sunne Justice leaves a trail of love and beauty wherever she goes.  She was a high fashion model in New York, worked at Vogue, L'Oreal and then earned well-deserved renown for being the "Chief Pollinator" who grew the Burt's Bees brand into a household name.  She's about to launch a brand new skincare line called Love Daily. Loving daily is Sunne's business, as you will learn when you read her new book Mugged by God: A Journey from Holy Shit to Holy which follows her fast-paced harrowing journey from high fashion to high love, from childhood through four husbands, and what has to be a record-breaking number of near death escapes.     Check out Sunne and her new book at Mugged By God Find out more about Sunne's retreat house in Panama:  Soul House Panama Soon you will get to learn more about her her brand new skin product care line at Love Daily Skincare. You will hear her walk Bridget through this divine forgiveness exercise too...to help you LOVE more DAILY!   I love you. I forgive you. Please forgive me. Let’s forgive each other. Let’s forgive ourselves.

Jerry Thomas is a true Superhero of Love who takes care of our hearts by guiding us to our soul purpose by using a unique method weaving together his expertise and wisdom in the arenas of mysticism, Vedic astrology, metaphysics, Jungian psychology, and evolutionary personal counseling.  He is a former monk and a former Vietnam vet.  He is an MIT graduate, a former marriage therapist, and an author of several books. He loves leading all our hearts toward love. Read more about Jerry's very special retreats at StillPointRetreats.com. Order your very own Soul Blueprint and learn more about Jerry's work at YourSoulBlueprint.com.  

There couldn't be a more perfect guest for the 100th episode of the Superhero of Love Podcast than Rebecca Winn, bestselling author of One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart.  Rebecca also had her heart torn asunder and discovered her inner Superhero of Love through a path of self-discovery and some challenging inner work. But her path was strewn with beautiful trees, flowers, plants and even animals and insects!  Nature helped her heal and connected her to her divine source. During these quarantine times, people are turning to the heart-healing properties of nature just like Rebecca has done her whole life. Her book is a botanical elixir for all of our aching hearts - whether you are in crisis, you are supporting someone who is, or you simply have a level of empathy that is causing you pain as the world navigates this crisis. Rebecca was supposed to be starting a nationwide book tour when the pandemic hit so listen in for how she is handling the quarantine, and how she handled the two enormous heartbreaks that lead her on this healing journey.  You will likely enjoy Rebecca's reading of heart-soothing excerpts from her book that seem to be written for these exact times upon us now.     At one point in the interview, Rebecca tells the story of how and when this glorious photograph of her garden came about:   Find her book wherever you buy your books or on Amazon. Rebecca Winn can be found at rebeccawinn.com Intagram: @rebeccawinn.writer    Facebook: Facebook.com/WhimsicalGardens  and Facebook.com/WinnRebecca Twitter: RebeccOWinn  

There's no time like a quarantine time to "GET YOUR BOTHER ON!"  Jennifer Louden has a history of creating life-transforming best-seller books to help us all become even more powerful Superheroes of Love.  In her brand new book Why Bother? Discover the Desire for What's Next" she leads us to uncover the "why bother?" mantra that is silently running our lives and tap into those beautiful desires we all have that will bring the wind back up under our wings so we can really fly -- and even, dare we say, make a difference in the world?  Yes, even from inside our very own quarantined homes! Read more about Jen at jenniferlouden.com. Find her on Instagram and Facebook and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, once you buy her book, take your receipt to the "WHY BOTHER?" section of her website to get your FREE GIFTS!

Will Crossley did amazing things with his education a The Piney Woods School. He went off to become a successful attorney and political appointee. He could have done anything with his education, gifts and experience but he was called back to his roots at Piney Woods to serve as its fifth president, the first alumnus to serve in this role.   He is following in the schools founder, Laurence C. Jones' footsteps as he leads with the school's core values including LOVE.  Yes, one of the school's core values is LOVE! He is right now guiding the hearts and minds of his students from afar as they were quarantined while on spring break.  It is hard to not be inspired by Will Crossley because you can feel it in your bones when you listen to him that he truly does lead with love, and with an even deeper fervor perhaps now in the middle of this quarantine. Prepare to be inspired by this giant heart!        

Jody Savin is an accomplished screenwriter and film producer who graduated from Princeton and the American Film Institute.  But two heart-holding projects plucked her from the entertainment industry into the world of apps and books. She has created an amazing app with Cybersecurity & Privacy expert Hemu Nigam that can help us take care of ourselves and each other during this pandemic.  Hear how this app came about and how it can help us all in this conversation wtih Jody.  You will also hear about her brand new book, Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel from Prospect Park Books which came out on April 7, 2020 about the life and art of Trudie Strobel who was interviewed in Episode 2 of this Superhero of Love Podcast! Prospect Park Books is offering 20% off the price of the book with the CODE "FREE20," and they are delighted to send this directly to your home so you can stay safe and read about the beautiful story and art of beloved master embroiderer, Trudie Strobel. Find out more about Syndesy at syndesy.io and download it today in the Apple App Store! Photo Credit for Jody Savin's headshot: Ann Cutting Photo Credit for Jody Savin and Trudie Strobel picture: Randy Miller

Have you searched online for a "COVID Map" to give you the details on where your area stands in the pandemic? Have you been getting more and more texts and emails with "deals" lately? Have you -- or someone you know -- been "ZOOM Bombed"? And, most importantly, are you wondering how you can protect yourself and help protect others during these extraordinary times?   This episode's guest, Hemu Nigam, says we need to be more vigilant and proactive than ever. But he gives us plenty of tips and tools -- including his new app SYNDESY -- to help us navigate these extraordinary times. Hemu is one of the top Cybersecurity & Privacy experts in the world who is often seen on CNN and other major news outlets as an expert in online security and privacy.  He was one of the country's first online crimes prosecutors against hackers and child predators at the U.S. Department of Justice.  Hemu's company, Cyber Security Affairs, provides legal counsel and strategic advice on cutting edge online privacy and security issues. So, when Jody Savin came to him with the idea for an app that could help people feel more secure in the way they connect in the world, he was intrigued.  They started developing Syndesy -- their app that just launched this week -- and soon realized that it had a timely use in helping to control the spread of the coronavirus.   We hope you will want to download Syndesy by the end of this podcast.  Find it at the Apple App Store. Find out more about Syndesy at Syndesy.io.  

Small businesses are being hit hard by this pandemic.  Meet two kick-ass giant-hearted small business owners, Elisa Bruley of Elisa B. and Jill Yukawa Pearson of Homage in Old Town Pasadena.  They share their stories, not unlike the stories of many passionate entrepreneurs who are hurting right now.   A great discussion on what's behind these storefronts we all know and love, and some lovely wisdom on how we might be able to support our favorite stores during this difficult time. Elisa and Jill are two giant-hearted store owners who give so much love and attention to their customers and to their community.  Here they are at the beginning of their careers - Elisa with her mom on the day her store opened on July 15, 1993, and Jill (on the left in this photo) as a child in her first foray into jewelry-making and sales!         Find Elisa B. at ElisaB.com and on Instagram at @myelisab Find Homage at HomagePasadena.com and on Instagram at @homagepasadena         BONUS: That time when Elisa's husband, artist Robert Bonk (robertbonk.com) interrupted the podcast with a hilarious photo-bomb:  

Jan Casebolt Walsh is a walking, talking, breathing, dancing and living-in-joy medical miracle!  She would have been having heart surgery to try to extend her life that was being slowly compromised by Sarcoidosis (a disease that has plagued many first responders at 9/11) had she not had a medically documented miracle.   Listen in if you know anyone suffering from Sarcoidosis, the disease that ended up tragically cutting Bernie Mac's life short.  Jan refers to the Oprah interview with Bernie Mac's widow -- Oprah Episode with Benie Mac's Widow as well as the video available of Master John Douglas Workshop from 2015 (which mentions Jan's Healing). You can read more about the book mentioned here: Medical Miracles Book. Follow Jan at Jan's Facebook Page: Sarcoidosis Miracle And, most importantly, we invite you to CLICK THIS: Free Global Healing with Master John Douglas (3/21/20 Recording).  As mentioned in the interview, every time you listen, you are helping not only yourself, receiving thousands of blessings, but you help the planet right now in this time of epic suffering.

Dr. Christopher Hartnett started the first VOIP provider, Global Link USA, in the early 90's and grew it into a billion dollar company. He was also extremely ill at the height of his success and for many years. He and his wife Linda searched the globe for years for a cure. Luckily their path led them to Master John Douglas and Chris' vibrant health. So he knows his miracles! If you have been touched by COVID-19 -- either body, heart, soul or bank account -- you'll want to hear this conversation and preview of the Master John Douglas teleseminar coming this Saturday, March 21st at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.     UPDATE:  You can view the recording at  masterangels.org.   If you love this conversation with Chris, you may want to listen to the first Superhero of Love episode with him where he gives some great advice navigating the topic of karma, among other wisdom: https://superherooflove.podbean.com/e/episode-69-angels-miracles-and-soul-realization-with-dr-christopher-hartnett/   Chris mentions "Emotional Repair"  To check it out click for the 3 1/2 minute angelic process from Master John Douglas: https://masterangels.org/emotional-repair/   Also mentioned is Renata Maniaci's Let's Get Metaphysical podcast interview with Dr. Hartnett: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/letsgetmetaphysical/E.39_with_Dr._Chrstopher_Hartnett.mp3Disclaimer: Always seek immediate medical care for serious or emergency health and medical conditions, including psychological issues such as suicidal thoughts or impulses.  Call 9-1-1. The statements and advice offered in this communication are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical condition and are not substitutes for prudent medical care offered by a licensed medical professional.  References to healing or treatments in this communication are describing faith-based blessings performed by God and the Master Healing Angels.  They are not performed by any individual or affiliate of CMA International Foundation or the Church of the Master Angels.  Neither CMA International Foundation, the Church of the Master Angels, nor any of their affiliates, speakers or representatives offer medical advice and they are not medical organizations or doctors.  None of the statements made and advice offered in this communication have been independently evaluated by the medical community or the United States Food and Drug Administration.  Neither CMA International Foundation, the Church of the Master Angels, nor any of their affiliates, speakers or representatives provide any warranty of any kind that any product or service any of them may recommend will be safe, appropriate or effective for any specific individual.    

On the eve of what would have been Mr. Rogers' birthday, we celebrate a man who many have named "The Mr. Rogers of the Business World."  Gary Saint-Denis co-founded the wildly successful 1-800-Dentist with Fred Joyal. Their intention was to create a happy place that people wanted to go to every day, that also created abundance for all who worked there.  He leads with love and kindness wherever he goes but he has proven that leading with his heart also happens to be good business. Gary shares his wisdom to help us navigate the troubling quarantini days, as well as tips for parenting, relationships, and entrepreneurship. Links to mentions in this episode: Thrive Global Article "WWMRD: What Would Mr. Rogers Do in these Isolation-Inducing Times" featuring Fr. Richard Hendrick Poem "Lockdown" Join the free Master John Douglas teleseminar (no pre-registration needed) on Saturday, March 21st at 6p PT/9p ET by clicking: masterangels.org/live

  Anthony Guthmiller is such a bright shining light that he even makes Tallulah throw her head back in love and glee! Anthony is known throughout the nonprofit world in Southern California as a master fundraiser. He has raised many millions and always with a smile on his face in a dapper outfit.  He brings smiles to everyone he meets and is about to follow his bliss to jump into a new adventure.   Listen in to be inspired to follow your bliss, jump into the unknown to create your own bliss and live that dream you never thought you could make a reality.  Prepare to be inspired....and then follow Anthony's beauty and love lead at @ALuxeDesign on Instagram.  It will make your heart smile.  

Ernie G is all about making a difference in this world -- one heart at a time.  He has transformed the lives of over 500,000 teens and college kids.  He's even inspired the hell out of a group of NASA scientists! If you have a teenager or know a teenager who could use some inspiration, sign them up for Ernie's Teen Empowerment Day 2020 with Ernie G on March 14, 2020: Ernie G's Teen Empowerment Day.  If you'd like to help sponsor a teen to attend, shoot a donation of any size to Ernie G's Venmo for DONATIONS for Teen Day. Ernie was featured in the movie We Rise Up because he is a force in this world who helps each person that he meets to rise up to their highest, happiest potential. I can't more highly recommend the movie which you can (at least for a short time as of March 2020) view by clicking here now: We Rise Up Movie   Find out how to book Ernie, learn more about him and grab yourself a smile at Ernie G's website and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

Alexandra Cole is the co-founder of Purpose Generation, a millennial insights and strategy firm that helps iconic Fortune 500 brands better understand and engage the next generation of consumers and talent. In 2016, Alexandra created the Find Your Purpose workshop to provide a practical, no-nonsense roadmap to living a more purpose-filled life.    Alex discusses her new book, The Purpose Playbook (May 2020), which helps us design our lives around our Superhero of Love heart's true purpose.    Preorder Purpose Playbook at www.purposeplaybook.com. Check out Alexandra's personal website: www.alexandracole.com. Follow her on Instagram: @purpose_playbook, @alexandrafcole

Reverend Ed Bacon, the author of 8 Habits of Love: Overcome Fear and Transform Your Life  is a source of nearly constant Superhero of Love inspiration.  He was featured on Episode #7 of this podcast, and will soon be appearing again with his beloved wife of 49 years, Hope Hendricks-Bacon who is a kick-ass inspiring woman making a difference with hearts far and wide as well. This week Rev. Ed inspired at the memorial for our mutual friend, Adelaide Hixon, who died at 101 after leading an inspiring Superhero of Love life. (The photo of a butterfly I gave her during one visit that match her bedding.)  Their friendship inspired The Butterfly Love Effect.     This is a very short episode that we hope will inspire the heck out of people to spread a little love by starting their wings a-fluttering and instigating the Butterfly Love Effect in their own lives. You may want this little jpg bit of stationary when you are done listening to start your own Butterfly Love Effect!  

  Carol Allen is a magical creature who happens to know a shit ton about Vedic Astrology, relationships, love and all things heart-related.  She helps people pave a smooth path to having their heart's desires by looking at the stars.  Check out her work at Love is in the Stars and don't forget to sign up for her newsletter that everyone loves1 There is magic in the air for Valentine's Day -- no matter how coupled or uncoupled you may be.   And for some extra fun, after you hear this episode, click here to listen to the teleseminar mentioned to hear what's in the stars for you --  and all 12 signs this year: Replay of the "Love Is In The Stars Radio – What’s in the Stars for 2020?" with Carol Allen (originally recorded 2/1/20). Check out Carol's amazing Valentine's Day 2-for-1 Special! Follow Carol on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more love-fun!

Renata "Ren" Maniaci has just come out of "The Angel Closet," throwing all their angel love and devotion out there to be seen and heard by all on their magnificent and powerful podcast Let's Get Metaphysical.  After just one episode it was clear to Bridget that Ren has a very unique balance -- male/female, brain/heart -- they bring to their words and thoughts about all things metaphysical. Hear about their journey from scientific to spiritual, from the government work to healing touch, from the U.S. to Costa Rica, from singledom to parenting with their beloved partner.  It's a fun romp with Ren.  Enjoy! Find Ren at Let's Get Metaphysical Podcast and renatamaniaci.com.   Follow them on Insta, Facebook and Twitter and find the Let's Get Metaphysical podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

  Nicole C. Ayers has been playing with words as long as she can remember. She loves editing for her clients at Ayers Edits but now she is touching hearts with her own writing inspired by her own journey to loving her body.    Nicole has three books that will be out on February 21, 2020: Love Notes to My Body, Love Letters to My Body: Writing My Way to (Self-)Love, and Writing Your Way to (Self-)Love: A Guided Journal to Help You Love Your Body, One Part at a Time. There is so much to love in these books including the amazing illustrations by Nicole's dear friend Mica Gadhia which help open our hearts even wider to Nicole's inspiring words. Find Nicole and her books at www.nicolecayers.com and connect with her on Instagram: @nicolecayers

"We are allowed to hope." Becca Stevens is a true Superhero of Love in the daily business of healing hearts.  She is an author of the book Love Heals. She is a priest in Nashville, Tennessee, but luckily she also regularly comes to All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA where Bridget met her.  Over 20 years ago she started Thistle Farms, an international nonprofit organization to provide a sanctuary and healing for women survivors of prostitution, trafficking and addiction. She and her superhero work have been featured in the New York Times, PBS, ABC World News, NPR, and CNN. She leads with hope.  She leads with love. Becca talks about why she started Thistle Farms, how she is committed to healing south of our borders with her Thistle Farms Global projects.  She talks about freedom and dance and how she follows the divine breadcrumbs to keep herself dancing.  Find Becca and learn more about Thistle Farms.  Her sermon The Invitation to Freedom in Our Lives at All Saints Church Pasadena can be found here on YouTube.   Becca wanted everyone to check out The Monkey Project, a wonderful Peruvian project that Thistle Farms is supporting and that she talks about in this interview as well.   Discover composer Jacob Narverud, whose song is featured at the end of the Podcast. Dance Your Dance was sung by the All Saints choir on November 10, 2019. An excerpt from Becca's sermon on that same date is featured as well.  Check out the words to Dance Your Dance:     DANCE YOUR DANCE   Who knows why dolphins leap for joy? Or eagles fly to the sun? We should be light as the morning air But who can tell us how?   Ask the wind Ask the wave Ask everything that flies or sings Ask the moon Ask the stars Ask the brave one who fights for Love   Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your dance   Our lungs were made for singing Our legs were made to climb Our arms will open wide enough to welcome the whole bright world   Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your dance   Drop your worries to the floor And kick them to the corner hard Then march to the center of the space you have cleared Grab hands and dance in joy   Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your Dance in Joy      

Christina Dunbar didn't feel like she had a voice for a very long time.  She came here with her family from Russia as a young child, a fish out of water. She took silent solace in ballet until her body blossomed in such a way that she could no longer follow her ballerina dreams. Her life twisted and turned in such a way that she became a stripper to support herself.  Life events then gave her back her voice, inspiring her to tell her own stories. Now she leads women through the healing and empowering process of birthing the stories in their hearts through her renowned Los Angeles workshops, and brings some of them even to public stages with She Takes the Stage and Red.  She brought her own story, one-woman show Dirty Me Divine to stages in Los Angeles, San Francisco and soon will be bringing it to New York. Visit Christina at her website: christinadunbar.com

Happy New Year episode made all the happier by this extraordinary woman, Nadia Salamanca, who has endured several dramatic tragedies in her life and yet you would never know it. She doesn't even appear to be singed by the fires -- including the burning down of her home and studio in the Thomas Fire in 2018.  She is a bright beautiful light and she inspires women far and wide with her work. Find out more about Nadia and her Spark & Ignite It program at her site: nadiasalamanca.com Click here to view the video that Nadia's husband, Mikki Willis, made that we refer to in the interview: What if Your Son Chose This?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7rujK0iOJU Follow Nadia on Facebook and Instagram for more beautiful sparks of light!  

It's that time of year when pictures of what life should look like -- for the holidays, in that life review that happens at year end -- comes crashing up against what life is. One of the five superpowers in Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World is SUPER ALIGNMENT where our life supports our connection to the divine, to our highest self. Check in to your own heart in this short episode celebrating SupervAlignment, as Bridget closes out this year of the podcast to go work on her Super Alignment and start 2020 with even more love in her heart.

Aimee Galicia Torres is in the business of telling stories through her documentary films. Usually she is telling the stories for the people who voices would otherwise not be heard.  Most often they are uplifting stories of people overcoming adversity. On November 19th she found herself in front of the camera at a press conference, announcing that thanks to a new law in California, she can now sue the priest who molested her between the ages of 8 and 12. Listen to this inspiring story because you don't know who you may help by listening as states are expanding the time within which one must report abuse. In October, California raised their statute of limitations to age 40.  Earlier this year, New York and New Jersey raised their statutes of limitations to 55.  People can have a voice.  People can tell their stories, be heard, seek justice and further heal their hearts.  Aimee is a true Superhero of Love.  Find her on Instagram at @shotbyaimee.  

  Richard L. Sarnat, M.D. has a new book out!  So we are bringing back his interview from one year ago where he discusses his work, including publishing peer-reviewed medical studies of the miracles he has witnessed and studied.  Find more about Dr. Rick and the book at medicalmiracle.info. Buy the book now at Amazon.          

We lost a beautiful light and force on this planet last week.  Adelaide Finkbine Hixon was 101 when she passed and was nothing short of the Grande Dame of my Love League.  Since I was eleven years old, she has been a source of wisdom, laughter and a swift kick in the pants when I needed one.  She was an extraordinary philanthropist, who was passionate about early childhood education.  Adelaide's list of philanthropic credits is miles long, but I love the twinkle in her eye behind the writing program she started with her husband Alec at CalTech to help scientists convey their ideas to the rest of us folk. In the photo above, as we waited for a play to begin about 4 years ago, she had just uttered this hilarious sentence "Opera is the television of the 1880's!"   Here she is in her one and only visit when she came to my new home for lunch.  I had only very recently gotten settled here, but she was so excited for me she wanted to come as soon as I would have her.  She was my champion.   We shared a passion for flowers and butterflies.  I always brought flowers which she would inspect in great detail ("Is this from your garden?"  "What's this one here?) and deeply inhale their aroma as if she were ingesting their deliciousness. Whenever possible I would bring her a special butterfly find too.  This is one of the wind-up butterflies propelled by a tightly wound rubberband.  It delighted her so when it flew up high and then landed on her blanket.  I couldn't help snap a photo of its synchronistic lavender butterflied landing strip! This podcast is a love letter to Adelaide with excerpts from Supehero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World that she inspired. With love from Bridget...

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton were at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on November 6, 2019 hosted by Book Soup as part of their book tour for The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience. Bridget casually recorded some snippets on her iphone and was moved to share them her.  She sought and received permission to share them in honor of these two Superhero of Love authors who celebrate over 100 Gutsy Women who also happen to be Superheroes of Love.     Brilliant interviewer Maria Shriver led the conversation through heart territories that some had never heard about before, and led to Hillary giving some hints about another possible presidential run.  Buy "The Book of Gutsy Women" Wherever You Get Your Books    

One of the most often mentioned books in the Superhero of Love Podcast is the NY Times Bestseller (for three years!) The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.  James talks about how his work has evolved since he first self-published the book that quickly went old-school viral as a "pass-along book." Today it is reaching a whole new audience including rappers Jay Z, P Diddy, Wyclef Jean who name it one of the books they live by, becoming again a book that isn't staying on bookstore shelves.   James talks about a new passion for enneagrams which you can explore further with James Redfield article "THE SECRETS OF THE ENNEAGRAM: KNOWING OURSELVES" James will be in Los Angeles on 2/11/20 and Sedona on 4/11/20 on his Celestine Prophecy Tour Read more about what James is up to and catch up with all things Celestine Prophecy and beyond at James' website: CelestineVision.com. Buy the NEW EDITION of The Celestine Prophecy wherever you get your books!            

Yet another synchronicity comes into the Superhero of Love world. Bridget was watching a YouTube video and the next video that YouTube automatically played -- on a topic completely unrelated to the one she was watching! -- was on Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI's).  Bridget did an interview with Jerri earlier this year but visited her home for another quick conversation about synchronicity, love, making a difference in the world and TBI's. EMMY winning director Jerri Sher's new movie, QUIET EXPLOSIONS, is inspired by Adam and Andrew Marr's book Tales from the Blast Factory and follows the stories of several people with traumatic brain injuries who are being helped by some medical miracles now available to TBI patients. You can also check out the YouTube Version of this Interview Find out more about Jerri's movie: Quiet Explosions

Anthony Guthmiller has been making a difference in this world since he was a tiny tot growing up in South Dakota and Minnesota.  For the past many years he has been making a difference in the Pasadena area, first as a guiding light at the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena.  Since then he has lent his magic Midas touch to fundraising and bringing light to many nonprofits including Thrive Tribe, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Cancer Support Community, American Cancer Society, Pasadena Fire Foundation, Leadership Pasadena, and more!   He also is a true Superhero of Love, inspiring all he meets to love more. He also helped Bridget with Love Forward Talks and inspired her (just after this interview was completed!) to join the fun in the upcoming fundraiser that Anthony himself invented for Leadership Pasadena: Setting the Table: The World of Conversation.  Join us on November 9th at the Pasadena Convention Center!

Andrea Pflaumer is the author of Shopping for the Real You: Ten Essential Steps to a Better Wardrobe for Every Women – Fashionistas, Fashion-phobes and the Over Fifty and She’s Got Good Jeans. She writes about fashion, style and the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. We talk about beauty inside and out -- how you can wear your beautiful heart on your beautiful sleeve in a way that makes you look and feel great. Please visit her blog at Shopping for the Real You Find a plethora of inspiring videos Andrea has made to help us all at Shopping for the Real You YouTube Channel  

Trudie Strobel and Sharon Kagan are two extraordinary and beautiful artists who have a lot in common.  They both were changed by the Holocaust.  Trudie spent up to age seven in camps.  Sharon was five years old when she started hearing the vivid stories from the people her mother saved from the Holocaust.  They both work with needles: Trudie as a master embroiderer and Sharon with knitting as one of the important mediums she is working with at the moment. But the most important thing that they share is that they both have stories of how their art helped heal their hearts.  They also are passionate about making a difference with their art and their hearts -- and they both do exactly that with great success. Find out more about each of them and see their art at their respective websites: trudiestrobel.com and sharonkagan.com.    

Linda Joy's name fits her. She has been a source of joy and inspiration to women around the globe for decades. She is a former welfare mom, high-school dropout and self-professed "queen of self-sabotage," Linda knows first-hand the journey of healing, forgiveness and transformation and the importance of embracing the dreams in your heart.  She believes in the power of possibility and that every woman has the power to transform her life. Through her numerous inspirational media brands, including the beloved Aspire Magazine, Inspired Living Publishing™, the Inspired Conversations™ radio show, Inspired Living Secrets™ Summit Series and the all new Inspired Living University™: A Sacred Community & Curriculum for Women, Linda has been passionately spreading a message of love, feminine wisdom and self-empowerment since 2006. Her message now reaches over 40,000 subscribers and a thriving social media community.  Learn more at www.InspiredLivingUniversity.com.    If you are in the mood to be inspired and fill your heart with joy, listen in -- and share with those you love!

New York Times Bestselling author Robyn Spizman is a true Superhero of Love who is committed to helping each and every one of us spread love and kindness.  Her new book Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word is full of inspiring stories and hundreds of ideas to get you started on changing the world with love and kindness. Robyn just had a tough couple of years losing both of her parents and she shares how even through that loss she brought love and kindness into each and every corner of her life during these very intense times caring for her ill parents.  If you are trying to shift a relationship or breathe fresh energy into a situation, listen in.   Visit Robyn online at http://www.robynspizman.com  and find her book wherever you get your books!