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Melissa McGhie Proctor is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena. In this role, Proctor oversees the day-to-day operations of the club's marketing, Hawks Studios, live experience and production, brand merchandising, creative services, corporate social responsibility, brand communications and basketball development teams. She has been recognized with Leaders and Aspire Academy's Leaders Under 40 Award; earned a mention on Atlanta Magazine's 2018 list of Women Making a Mark, and was recently selected as part of the Sports Business Journal/Daily's 2020 class of Forty Under 40. A published author, Proctor released her first book this year titled From Ball Girl to CMO.  

MARGO HALL is an award-winning actor, director, activist, educator, and newly appointed Artistic Director of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. She has graced Bay Area stages for 30 years as a performer and director. She recently appeared in the hit film Blindspotting with Oakland native Daveed Diggs and All Day and a Night on Netflix. She was last seen onstage in Exit Strategy at The Aurora Theater. She recently directed How I Learned What I Learned at Marin Theatre Company, BARBECUE (which she also starred in) and Red Velvet for SF Playhouse and Brownsville, b-side for tray for Shotgun Players. Other acting credits include: Marin Theater Company- JAZZ, Skeleton Crew, Gem of the Ocean, Fences and Seven Guitars. 

Kelvin H. Chin is the Executive Director and Founder of both the Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation and the nonprofit TurningWithin.org. Working with audiences on death and dying issues since the 1980's, Kelvin has taught numerous seminars for the healthcare industry, was a state-certified Long Term Care Ombudsman for the California Department of Aging, and a co-founder of the Center For Medical Ethics and Mediation. Bringing greater clarity to his client's thinking in their personal and business life is something Kelvin has applied throughout his 40-year career, including teaching meditation worldwide to more than 5,000 people since the 1970's in schools, businesses, the U.S. Army and at West Point. Kelvin also formerly held CMO roles at AmLaw100 law firms, and was a VP for the American Arbitration Association.

Debra Giusti has spent over 40 years on the leading edge of the ever-emerging progressive culture, locally and internationally, creating and supporting “new paradigm” evolution, as the “Creatress of Transformation”. She has founded and grown many businesses that support personal growth and transformation, healthy & sustainable lifestyles, cutting-edge spirituality, and community connection, including the Harmony Festival, 1 of the 1st transformational festivals, taking place from 1978 – 2011 in Santa Rosa California, drawing 30,000 participants. She currently distributes Debra Recommends, Harmony Connects, and Transformation Paradigm eNewsletters which share transformational online programming, live events, resources, serves over 200,000 subscribers nationally and internationally. She is the author of "Activate Your Soul Tribe" book. She also currently produces Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe, an inspirational virtual variety show that takes place every Saturday night.

Jill Osur, has helped over ten start-ups launch and is a seasoned sales and marketing executive and holds board seats on a number of regional university career development programs. Jill was the recipient of a 2012 Bronze Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year in Consumer Products for up to 2500 employees, was honored in the East Bay Business Time “40 under 40” (a few years back) and San Jose Business Journal's “Top Women in Business”. Jill is a co-founder and director of GoldLine Brands, a full-service winery group in El Dorado County, CA. Jill is a serial entrepreneur, activist for social justice, and is considered a connector and a disruptor. Teneral Cellars is a woman owned and run wine business. From its home in Northern California, it is a digital platform to a community of like-minded women who sip, create, and act with purpose. This socially-forward wine business is data-driven and built for the largest consumer base in the wine industry – WOMEN!      

The Universe's “Perfect” Orchestration of a Path to Generational and Individual Healing This life-changing book illustrates the awe-inspiring and magical way that the Universe orchestrates our lives toward a state of wholeness, completion and love—whether we are aware of it or not! Perfect is a true recounting of the transformational journey that Judi Miller was guided to take that brought the exact right people together, in the exact right order, to right a wrong committed decades ago; before her birth and which left its shadow on her soul. Judi started her career as a Certified Public Accountant and went on to excel in the world of corporate finance. Most of her life has been dedicated to personal development and helping others excel in a constantly changing environment. Judi has trained with renowned spiritual visionaries. As an author, coach and speaker, she will inspire you to live a more passionate life filled with greater clarity, joy and happiness. Judi spends most nights protecting her dog from thunderstorms.

Joffre McClung is an Author, Filmmaker, Self-love Teacher, and Common Sense Advocate. Six years ago she came out of the Spiritual/Personal Growth closet when she arrived at a crossroads after an intense eight-year-period of loss that hit every area of her life. Her decision to share what she had learned over her thirty-year passion for self- discovery produced two books, How Learning To Say Goodbye Taught Me How To Live and her most recent book, The Heart Of The Matter: A Workbook and Guide To Finding Your Way Back To Self-love. Joffre's website is www.joffremcclung.com

Dane Stevens is an author, speaker, and facilitator. He is the owner and director of An Extraordinary Life a company that promotes healing, spiritual awareness, and Self- empowerment. He is the developer of the Neuro Trauma Healing Process (NTHP) and the Soul Re-Cognition Process (SRC). These new healing modalities are obtaining profoundly positive results for people dealing with unwanted behaviors, chronic conditions, and addictive behaviors. Stevens's goal is to show people how to create a connection with their inner life, leading to healing from their past and fulfilling their true potential and happiness. For more information https://anextraordinarylife.ca/

Kelvin Chin learned to meditate at age 19 and has been teaching meditation in living rooms, schools, and businesses worldwide — and now via videoconference, phone, Skype, and webinars — for over 40 years. Kelvin was a test subject in the first medical studies on meditation in the U.S.— conducted by Boston cardiologist Herbert Benson, MD, in 1971 (published in Scientific American, 1972). Kelvin has taught people from age 4 to 94 — professional athletes, retirees, teachers, students from elementary school to postdocs, construction workers, clergy, and CEOs. He has taught 1,000's of people this easy-to-learn, non-religious technique of naturally Turning Within — or “learning how to let go.” He often simply calls it “learning how to turn on the opposite switch to the Fight or Flight response.

Austyn is a multiple award-winning author, spiritual medium, and soul gardener who empowers individuals to create soul-centered lives. A certified grief counselor, she combines intuition and mediumship with shamanism, energy medicine, and sacred ceremony. Austyn presents and educates at many national conferences including the Sun Valley Wellness Festival, as well as The Original Afterlife Conference, for which she has been a board member for seven years. She will be featured in Bill Bennet's upcoming series on Facing Fear – the docuseries along with Dr. Joe Dispenza, Paul Selig, and Dr. Bruce Lipton. Austyn developed the Divine Spark Cards© and Divine Insight Cards© for people to develop their intuition and for holistic practitioners to add to their spiritual toolbox. Her Amazon best-selling book Soul Conversations teaches you how to connect, heal, and empower yourself so you can live a soul- centered life.

Anna Penenberg is an author and a healer. Her interests focus on life enjoyment, nature, and relationships. She enjoys hiking, gardening, reading, dancing and practicing Kundalini Yoga. She lives in the mountain town of Topanga, California, where she often walk up to the local labyrinth to view the sunset.

GALEN GUENGERICH is senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Church, a historic congregation on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and earned a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Chicago. His sermon at All Soul on the Sunday after 9/11, “The Shaking of Foundations,” was selected as one of seven responses to 9/11, along with speeches by President Bush and Governor Pataki, for Representative American Speeches 2001–2002. Guengerich is the author of God Revised: How Religion Must Evolve in a Scientific Age and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

“Daring Women Doctors” follows the challenging and illuminating history of 19th-century women doctors. The film was completed through an affiliation with Professor Scoon's film company, True Visions, Inc., the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts Torchlight Center Studios as well as The Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. The project also received funding support from women physicians in the Tallahassee community and a grant from Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. As an executive at Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films, Ms. Scoon's credits include the Golden Globe nominated “The Great Debaters” starring Denzel Washington, Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Wedding both starring Halle Berry as well as adaptation of Beloved by the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Toni Morrison. In addition, Ms. Scoon served as a Studio Executive at Warner Bros. and oversaw such film as Malcolm X directed by Spike Lee and the children's classic The Secret Garden.  

Dr. Linda Backman (Colorado) is a licensed psychologist with more than forty years of experience in private practice. Dr. Backman studied, co-taught, and co-established The Society for Spiritual Regression (now the Newton Institute) with pioneering therapist and best-selling author Dr. Michael Newton. She has conducted thousands of past-life and between-lives hypnotherapy regression sessions.

Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren (“Dr. T”) MD, LN, CCN, DABFM, DACBN educates medical professionals and the public world-wide about Nutritional, Environmental, & Functional Medicine. Dr. T is founder & president of Ecopolitan, sharing new scientific knowledge & technologies to empower people to prevent & reverse disease. With 30 years of holistic skin lesion treatment, he has trained many physicians to use his skin improvement methods. http://www.ecopolitan.com/

Tony Redhouse From the very improbable way that his parents met, through years in the wilderness when either drugs or alcohol could have taken his life, it is no small miracle that Tony Redhouse is alive and with us today. But for all the people he is now helping to stay alive, and for all those that he touches with his music and his healing ceremonies, there are many who are truly grateful that he is. Looking back, it's obvious that his personal struggles and dark times came along to mold and shape him into who he needed to be – there were no accidents, the steadfast pulse of his true destiny in life “never missed a beat.” https://www.tonyredhouse.net/

Donna Hartley is a true survivor! Her message is one of learning how to conquer change and achieve transformation through triumph over trials. Faced with insurmountable odds, she learned to be persistent during life-threatening times. When her goal of being an Olympic skier racer was cut short, she bounced back by becoming a surfer. Donna has been suicidal, broke, and a single mother, and she's cheated death three times; she overcame these challenges with her relentless energy and unbreakable spirit. Through an unexpected turn of events, a master teacher entered her life and instilled in her the tools needed to go from ordinary to extraordinary. She passes on this wisdom with strategies to blast through those invisible walls that limit you … so you can become unstoppable. She has been an active organizer of the Special Olympics Winter Games in Northern California, fundraiser for Arts for the Schools, an organization to empower the youth, a supporter and participant in the Relay for Life Cancer Charity Walk Events, and an advocate for the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Campaign. A former Miss Hawaii and television actress, Donna Hartley shared her compelling story on NBC, ABC, PBS, and in The New York Times. Donna is a master speaker and an intuitive mentor. A sought-after expert on surviving challenges and developing heart centered leadership. Donna Hartley is a member of the National Speakers Association, Screen Actors Guild and the owner of Hartley International. She has six stories in the Chocolate for a Women's Soul series and two stories in the Chicken Soup series. In addition, she is the author of Fire Up Your Life!, Fire Up Your Intuition!, Fire Up Your Healing! and the Healing Meditation CD and Insights Workbook.

Dr. Martina Wagner, co-founder of ArtesHumanis, is a Molecular Biologist with 25 years of experience in the Healthcare Industry holding various executive positions. After getting a PhD in Biochemistry from JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, she explored neuroscience, plasticity and psychology to understand the alterations the mind undergoes through introspective techniques. She brings a unique and practical approach to the field of Physical Intelligence (PI), conveyed in her book 'Physical Intelligence, An Introduction'. https://www.arteshumanis.com/post/overcome-self-sabotage-with-physical-intelligence  

David and Karen Gamow are the founders of Clarity Seminars, and provide workplace stress management, leadership, and resilience training to clients including NASA, CBS, GE, Citrix, Marriott, Westin, The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the National Park Service, Nokia, Stanford School of Medicine, and the U.S. Navy.  They have personally trained more than 30,000 people in these methods at corporate on-sites, employee appreciation events, and conferences throughout North America and Europe. Authors of Freedom from Stress, their work has been featured in Gannett News, Industry Week, Investor's Business Daily, Money Magazine, and The Huffington Post. 

Meir Schneider Ph.D. is the founder of the School and Center for Self-Healing. He has been developing his approach to healing since 1971. The best-selling author of Self-Healing, Meir works with people who experience low vision and other forms of disabilities. Meir's Self-Healing Method combines breathing, massage, movement, and visualization techniques that can help anyone to become more aware of their own body and be empowered to take charge of their own healing. These teachings are valuable for anyone who works as a therapist, seeks to overcome the limitations of an illness, and for everyone who seeks to cultivate and maintain good health. http://www.self-healing.org  

CYNTHIA DIBARTOLO, ESQ. is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tigress Financial Partners. She guides the overall strategy and direction of the firm parlaying her extensive corporate and securities experience into a new generation of financial services firms. Cynthia has 35 years of accomplishment-laden practice working in finance aligned with Fortune 500 companies, driving achievements in revenue growth, brand expansion and new offerings. Her ability to set the overall vision and strategy for a company propelled her career at Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney, Citigroup and Bear Stearns.

The year of the Rat is a time of fresh beginnings because Rat is the first sign of the Chinese zodiac that starts a new 12-year cycle. Anticipate scientific discoveries, medical breakthroughs, and an increase in technological inventions. Creativity flourishes, with advancement in everything from artificial intelligence to soil analysis on Mars. What does this year hold for you personally and what can you expect in the year of the Rat? Susan Levitt has been a practicing astrologer for over 40 years and was voted "Best Astrologer" by SF Weekly. She's the author of five books published in eight languages: Taoist Astrology, Taoist Feng Shui, Teen Feng Shui, The Complete Tarot Kit, and Introduction to Tarot. She's been counseling people in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1986. Website: https://susanlevitt.com/

Julie Hawkins is a co-author of Tapping into God: Experiencing the Spiritual Spectrum and her forthcoming book How to Say “No” Without Guilt: 6 Doable Steps to Confidently Set and Communicate Boundaries. A certified trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnosis, Hawkins is also a Certified Advanced Akashic Records teacher. https://juliehawkins.com/

Dr. Feig is a physician who has specialized in intestinal disorders for more than 25 years. He was one of the early pioneers in using natural approaches for intestinal microbiota/microbiome imbalances. Using a functional medicine approach, he has successfully guided thousands of people from Intestinal Distress to Intestinal Success. Through meticulous detective work, Dr. Feig determines the underlying imbalances which cause common intestinal symptoms such as bloating, gas, fatigue, and many other expressions of intestinal distress. Each person is different, and Dr. Feig designs a program to fit your unique needs.

Rodger's book, The History of Last Night's Dream, sparked his appearance on Oprah Winfrey's Soul Series program. He's guided thousands of people, including rabbis, deacons, and Buddhists in the art of Natural Dreamwork. He's worked with hundreds of healing practitioners as well, teaching them how to weave Natural Dreamwork into their work with clients. Natural Dreamwork asks us to sift fact from fantasy to identify what actually happened in a dream... instead of relying on a narrative created later by the waking mind... http://rodgerkamenetz.com/

Jenni Skyler, PhD, LMFT, CST is an AASECT certified sex therapist, board certified sexologist, and a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has been the Director of The Intimacy Institute for sex and relationship therapy in Boulder, Colorado for over ten years. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Sexology and a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy. In addition, Dr. Jenni offers sexological wisdom and advice as the in-house Resident Expert at Adam & Eve–America's largest sex toy company. SexualHealth.com

Wendy Newman is a media-celebrated author, and a dating, sex and relationship expert who's led hundreds of workshops and revolutionized the lives of over 60,000+ women internationally. She guides women to understand men, dating, sex, and partnership of all kinds. Since 2002, Wendy has interviewed thousands of men on relationships, love, dating, intimacy, sex, and the opposite sex. She's conducted polls, had one-on-one discussions, and hosted over hundred male speaker panels for these topics. Wendy is a compassionate fellow dater who navigated her way through 120 first dates before meeting her husband, Dave, lucky #121. They live in San Francisco. Her book, 121 First Dates: How to Succeed at Online Dating, Fall in Love and Live Happily Ever After (Really!) is part juicy tell-all, part anti-rules dating guide. It's been optioned for a television series and is getting love from The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Glamour, Self, Huffington Post, Access Hollywood and more.

Dr. Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver have assisted thousands of couples and singles create lasting intimacy and fulfillment in their relationships. They are featured on Showtime's documentary series Sexual Healing and the Emmy Award-winning NBC show Starting Over, best-selling authors of Sexual Enlightenment endorsed by world-renowned Spiritual Pioneer Dr. Michael Beckwith, and the co-founders of TantraNova Institute in Chicago. They have coached billionaires, innovators and power couples all over the world, shared their intimacy secrets at a global YPO (Young Presidents Organization) conference in the city of love, Paris, and got nominated as Changemaker at the White House sponsored 2016 United State of Women Summit in Washington, D.C. Elsbeth and Freddy Zental are beloveds—life and business partners—residing in Chicago. Books: Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy - Amazon The Social-Sexual Power of Infinity Flow - eBook

JAMES J. SEXTON, is a trial lawyer with two decades of experience negotiating and litigating high-conflict divorces. He's taken his expertise as a long-time, hard-hitting divorce lawyer, gathered the collective wisdom from his practice, replete with “how-not-to” cautionary tales, and provided a candid, witty, and non-judgmental guide for how to stay—stay sexy, stay in love, and stay happily married. Sexton lives in Manhattan. For more information on his practice, visit www.nycdivorces.com.James Sexton is a trial lawyer with two decades of experience negotiating and litigating high-conflict divorces, and has gathered the collective wisdom from his practice. In his new book, HOW TO STAY IN LOVE, James reveals unvarnished truths about romantic relationships, diving straight into the most common relationship problems and uses those insights to help readers strengthen and revitalize their bond, and stay out of his divorce office.

Phyllis Newhouse is an entrepreneur, retired military senior non-commissioned officer, mentor, Founder and CEO of Xtreme Solutions, Inc. and Founder of ShoulderUp. A pioneer in cybersecurity, she is the first woman to win an Ernst & Young (EY) Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the technology category. Passionate about women-led businesses, Newhouse teaches aspiring entrepreneurs to recognize and capitalize on their leadership skills and empowers others to operate in greatness.  

Creating healthy boundaries is vital to good communications and relationship. Boundaries create SAFETY. When you don't feel safe – not just physically, but emotionally and psychologically safe, you naturally protect yourself by either withdrawing ... or attacking. Healthy boundaries make all that unnecessary, which means real intimacy, exquisite relationship, can finally happen. Today we'll discover the importance of creating healthy boundaries in relationships. Bryan Reeves is a former United States Air Force Officer. Now an internationally renowned blogger and coach – you may have even read his article, Choose Her Every day or Leave Her – it's been read by over 30 million people worldwide. He's joining us to explore the common challenges around creating HEALTHY BOUNDARIES and the EXPERIENCE OF CONNECTION in intimate relationships.  www.bryanreeves.com

Dr. Gary Salyer has spent a lifetime learning how to step into a secure love style. All of his relationships have taught him so many things about what makes love work well. Dr. Gary's path to creating a secure love style has opened his heart in a thousand different ways and now, his passion is to share those lessons with everyone. He has been dedicated to ‘changing a generation's fate with love' since he was seven and first noticed that not everybody feels happy and loved in families. Dr. Gary firmly believes “everyone deserves a love that lasts.” https://garysalyer.com

Dr. Michelle Peticolas is a national speaker and expert on the topics of loss, emotional wounding and unresolved grief. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology and over 18 years experience coaching people through major life challenges. She produced the award-winning 3-part documentary series, Secrets of Life and Death and leads workshops and presentations for organizations throughout Northern California. Her work combines new findings in neuropsychology and evolutionary biology and psychosomatics. She is a featured author in Amazon Best Seller: Breaking Barriers and the soon to be released Step into Your Brilliance. A free audio download from Dr. Michelle Peticolas. This is a 14-minute guided inner journey to find out where you are holding on to your feelings so you can begin to release them and claim in your authentic power.   www.releaseandthrive.com 

Our guest today, Dr. Liz Lyster is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist, and has special expertise in the treatment of perimenopause and menopause with bioidentical hormones. Through her personal life experience, she has merged her medical training with alternative approaches to optimal health and well-being for men and women of all ages. She helps patients with complex hormonal imbalances, metabolic conditions causing weight issues, thyroid dysfunction, and fatigue disorders. In 2009, Dr. Lyster published her first book, “Dr. Liz's Easy Guide to Menopause: 5 Simple Steps to Balancing Your Hormones and Feeling Like Yourself Again. www.drlizlyster.com

Traditionally and Classically trained Naturopath, International Speaker on Cannabis and Holistic Medicine practitioner, Dr. Pepper Hernandez is a sought-after specialists and Cannabis Content Writer for multiple publications. She's the Founder and CEO of the Cannabis Holistic Institute located in the heart of Humboldt County, the Emerald Triangle. Giving a voice to the local community about their view, knowledge and connection to the cannabis plant. Dr. Pepper Hernandez website, Drpepperhernandez.com

Kimi Avary, and I'm all about Love! I love my life! I love my husband Art who I met when I was 38! I love my work helping men and women understand each other so that they can get to the love and partnership that they truly want! I have a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology, and a Bachelors Degree in Family Studies and Human Development. I'm an NLP Health Certified Master Practitioner and Trainer, a licensed Relationship Coach, a PAX Programs Licensed Partner (the creators of the Celebrating Men, Satisfying Womenworkshop series), and a Core Transformation leader. Dr. John Gray of the Mars/Venus series is personally endorsing my new book “Falling in Love, Staying in Love!” I am so blessed to be able to do what I love for the past 8 years; helping couples have great relationships! https://consciouscouplesnetwork.com/about/kimi-avary/

Michael S. Sorensen is an award-winning author and marketing executive by day, and an avid reader, researcher, and personal development junkie by night. Obsessed with finding the best principles and practices for living a rich, fulfilling, and connected life, he seeks out and experiments with new and interesting ideas to discover what actually *works.* Having benefited from years of mentoring from coaches, counselors, and executives (and the wisdom of countless self-help books), he's set out to share his explorations, insights, and discoveries with others.

Mor's Nutrition & More is a functional nutrition practice, owned by Chen Ben Asher M.A, CGP, FLT, a board-certified holistic nutrition® consultant. Chen specializes in women's health, metabolic syndromes, diabetes, hormonal imbalances, and weight management. Chen has worked one-on-one with hundreds of clients via Skype or video in her own private functional nutrition practice in the California Bay Area. Her effective “Lose Weight, Gain Health” program, is a customized nutritional plan that leads to optimal wellness. If you are looking for personalized nutritional support, contact Chen today to begin the journey to a healthier you!

Bernd Friedlander, D.C., has a Bachelor Degree in Physical Education with emphasis in applied kinesiology from San Francisco State University, and a Doctorate of Chiropractic Degree from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. He has been involved in developing nutritional therapies since 1982. As result of his therapeutic formulas, he pioneered the research and use of nutrition and free form amino acids for improving athletic performance as a safe alternative to steroids. During his career Dr. Friedlander has served as a nutritional and sports injury consultant for athletic members of track teams at UCLA, USC Berkeley, Stanford and many professional track and field athletes from all over the U.S. He has also worked with professional players from the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego Chargers. In 1984 he served as a chiropractor and a nutritional consultant to numerous members of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Teams and U.S. Olympic Crew Teams.

Internationally recognized, Interpersonal Communications Specialist, Patricia Evans, is the bestselling author of five books, including The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out, Controlling People, The Verbally Abusive Man: Can He Change? and Victory Over Verbal Abuse. She has single-handedly brought the subject of verbal abuse to the forefront of American consciousness. Newsweek commended her first powerful book on the subject as “A groundbreaking new book.” Patricia lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be reached via her website at www.VerbalAbuse.com

Destin Gerek is an internationally recognized leading voice in masculinity, sexuality, consciousness, and personal empowerment.  Recognizing the need for new role models for men in these changing times, Destin is dedicated to redefining masculinity for the 21st century. As host of “The Evolved Masculine: Redefining Sex, Power, & Success” podcast, Destin brings 20+ years of direct study, training and active life experimentation to help men have better sex, deeper connection to their masculine power and understand women like never before.

ruce Cryer has been called a renaissance man because of a four-decade career as a Singer, Actor, Dancer, Publisher, Author, Marketing Executive, CEO, Board member, Consultant, Mentor and Coach for Leaders in diverse fields. Bruce now brings his expertise and passion for renaissance living and working to a select group of clients each year. His diverse and fascinating background, leading successful companies and performing for large audiences, blends beautifully to create a powerful, culturally-rich, and results-driven approach with all those he chooses to work with. Music, dance, meditation and fun will definitely be involved! Bruce began as an actor/singer/dancer in New York, where his credits include performing more than 800 performances as The Boy in the world's longest running musical, The Fantasticks. www.heartmath.com

Steven Halpern is more than just a musician. He is a Renaissance man who is also an author, media spokesperson, seminar leader, pioneering sound healer and entrepreneur who helped create the alternative market for lifestyle-support music outside the traditional music industry. Steven has been recognized by Keyboard magazine as "one of the 30 most influential keyboard artists of the past 50 years."

A student of Metaphysical Arts and Sciences since 1990, Stuart graduated the Masters program at the Academy of Intuitive Medicine in Sausalito, CA under the tutelage of Dr. Francesca McCartney. A passionate pioneer of energy medicine, Stuart co-founded Oxygen Research Institute LLC with researcher Norman McVea PhD. Located in Marin County, California, the pair designed a complete line of energy enhanced oxygen-fortified products, including Far Infrared anti-aging technologies and spa energy systems. Incorporating the research of Nikola Tesla, Raymond Royal Rife, Albert Abrams M.D. and Willhelm Reich M.D., they created Life Energy Amplifier Systems. Two cutting-edge environmental and personal meditation systems, Atlantis HighLife and VisionQuest, resulted from their unique research and developmental partnership. Stuart's special interest in spirituality, metaphysics and reverse aging, inspired her to develop subtle energy technologies to aid people in achieving deeper states of meditation and higher states of consciousness, while realizing optimal personal performance. Deborah's mission is to energize clothing and jewelry with the goal of raising the wearer's resonance and vibration, thereby releasing stress and raising vitality. Learning of the groundbreaking work of world-renowned Egyptologist, Dr. Ibrahim Karim, in Biogeometry, Deborah knew this would be the next step in her personal evolution. Dr. Karim's research demonstrated a means of protection from EMF's, transforming negative energies into positive ones, incorporating techniques the Ancient Egyptians believed to create "gateways to the Divine."

Prof. Dr. Paul Ling Tai is a best selling author of books “Cordyceps Miracles”, “8 Powerful Secrets to Anti-Aging” and “Thin Factors” with published Clinical studies completed with Dr. Steven Morganstern, MD on patented technologies and scientific solutions to Weight Loss and Obesity; “Fabulously Beautiful You”; “Noninvasive Plastic Surgery and Anti-Aging”, a textbook revealing the breakthrough technologies in healthy aging skincare, noninvasive plastic surgery, skin restoration and skin fitness, and latest breakthrough US Patent Weight Loss Technologies; “Gold Book of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine” Volume I & II. His Latest blockbuster book is the “Encyclopedia of Natural Products.”

Psychotherapist. Metaphysics Expert. Life Coach. Catherine's mission is to unlock, encourage, and coach others to realize the power that lives in all of us to engage our imagination, empowered by our will to take command of our own lives and engage our full potential. She seeks to re-mind people of their magnificence - to re-mind , re-condition, and teach us to re-look and re-know. She appropriately views herself as an Advocate for Humanity.? Dr. Athans is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (CA License #MFC 21159), trained at UC Berkeley. Her combination of experience as a scientist and as a compassionate metaphysican allows her the unique ability to offer a myriad of both conventional and unconventional services to her clients.? In addition to or in lieu of traditional psychotherapy services, Catherine offers metaphysical solutions where she will look at your pattern, by tuning in, clearing and allowing herself to become aware of your higher, divine pattern or personality. She then works to reflect this pattern back to you, energizing and nourishing you and giving you enough strength to push out all the blocks that have been placed in you by your environment. ?

Dannion Brinkley is the author of the New York Times and international bestsellers Saved by the Light and At Peace in the Light. His books, tours, and lectures, with his wife, Kathryn, have transformed the consciousness of people across the world. Their nonprofit organization, The Twilight Brigade/Compassion in Action, trains volunteers to be at the bedside of our nation's veterans. It was nominated for the Heart of Hospice award in 2008.

Belinda Farrell, author of the book Find Your Friggin' Joy, graduated with a BA in Spanish and English from the University of California at Berkeley and is trained in hypnotherapy, past life regression, NLP, Hawaiian chanting, and ancient Hawaiian healing (Huna). Belinda trained with Anthony Robbins (author of Unlimited Power) and has effectively used these skills in her own life. She has completed 18 firewalks. When Belinda was forty-eight, she collapsed with herniated discs and spinal nerve damage. Threatened with paralysis by her medical doctors if she didn't have surgery, Belinda instead chose to apply the ancient Hawaiian healing practices she had been learning the previous three years, which are covered in this book.

Peggy Wallace is a Managing Partner of Golden Seeds. She also helped raise and serves as a General Partner of Golden Seeds Funds I and II and, as a result, is one of the few female venture partners in the US focused on seed and early stage investing. Golden Seeds is an investment firm that invests in early-stage, women-led companies in the United States. The group was founded in 2005 and has become a leading force in focusing on gender diversity, entrepreneurship, and job creation. Headquartered in New York City, with active chapters in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston and Silicon Valley, it is one of the largest and most active angel investment networks in the US. Golden Seeds also manages two venture capital funds with committed capital of $32 million. In total, Golden Seeds has invested over $120 million in over 150 companies.

Nick Delgado graduated from the University of Southern California, with studies at Rancho Los Amigo Hospital, USC, Loma Linda University, California State Long Beach and Los Angeles as well as continued research with interventional endocrinology, hematology, and physiology. He served as Director of the Pritikin Better Health Program of the Nathan Pritikin Longevity Center. Ongoing studies of participants in the Pritikin Plan were monitored by Dr. Manzoor Massey of the Loma Linda School of Public Health. This plan motivated and facilitated the careers of current Lifestyle Medicine leaders, including Michael Greger, M.D., Dean Ornish, M.D., and Michael Klaper, M.D.

Xanet Pailet is a former New York City health care lawyer who lived in a sexless marriage for over two decades. After experiencing her sexual healing and awakening in 2011, she transitioned her career into a full-time sex and intimacy coach, writer, blogger, and teacher. She works with individuals and couples to empower them around their sexuality and strengthen relationship and intimacy skills.   Xanet is a certified Somatica® Sex and Intimacy Coach, Sexological Body Worker, Holistic Pelvic Care Practitioner, Tantra Educator and Somatica Experiencing Trauma Practitioner. She is on the faculty of the Ecstatic Living Institute and the Somatica Institute. She lives in Marin County, CA. She has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Brides, Sex with Emily, SheKnows, and Elephant Journal.    Her website is www.powerofpleasure.com.