The Spark with Stephanie James: Igniting Your Best Life

A gentle and provocative book, stimulating considerable thought, and igniting the heart space, while providing the practical insights to build the inner strength and courage to overcome. Becoming Fierce is an astonishing revelation of balance, poignancy, and meaning. Stephanie James has captured beautifully, the essence of universal wisdom and self-love https://www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/live_videos/

What lights you up? This is a question that our amazing guest Stephanie James asks not only herself, but her clients and peers. As a Psychotherapist for over 30 years, she has dedicated her life to helping others transform their lives. Her secret sauce? Igniting her spark within. Her journey is truly inspiring, sharing incredible stories and experiences that touch the lives of many as an Author, Speaker Coach. Her goal is to bring as much love and healing to the world as possible - to be a light that lights other lights, guiding with love and illuminating the way for others to do the same! Join Amber and Stephanie as these two beautiful souls share in deep discussion about: ▸ How to get out of your own way and ignite the spark within ▸ The power of healing yourself through love and what it means to 'become fierce' ▸ How creativity has been an essential tool in Stephanie's journey - leading to the launch of a brand new book called 'Becoming Fierce' and a movie called 'When Sparks Ignite' By the end of this conversation, we have no doubt you will feel empowered to ignite your best life and illuminate the world! ------------------To learn more about Stephanie James visit: Website: StephanieJames.worldMovie: When Sparks Ignite Film To explore more tools from The Heart Leader Program, visit The Heart Leader Toolbox Watch LIVE on Facebook Go to: www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio

Being fierce is all about being powerful, strong, forceful, passionate, and fiery. It is about living a life out loud, full out, and embodying the beautiful, authentic expression that is you! How do you fully ignite that flame? Join Erica Gifford Mills with her guest, Stephanie James, as they discuss a guide to help you on your journey; a roadmap to help you take the paths that all lead back to your essential self. The magnificent essence you were born with to shine, exude, and share with the world.

Stephanie James is a transformational life coach and psychotherapist, dynamic public speaker, published author, and filmmaker. Nominated for Fort Collins Woman of the Year in 2014, Stephanie delivers her message in a powerful way to help others find their own internal sparks and create their best lives at the next level. She has an unrelenting commitment to help others actualize their visions and dreams and create tangible, lasting results.Her world-wide, weekly radio show and podcast, The Spark with Stephanie James, is a show created to bring you the very best in the fields of psychology, science, and spirituality and take your life to the next level! In her book, The Spark, Igniting Your Best Life, Stephanie shows us how to transform beliefs that don't serve us, befriend ourselves, ways to develop more authentic and rewarding relationships, cultivate grit, resilience, and joy and how to approach each day with zest.

Stacy Perry is on a mission to help women find love without all of the unnecessary drama and B.S. How does she manage that? At 40, when she found herself single again, wanting to love and be loved, she went all-in on dating for 4 years. 475 dates later, she found the love of her life. Dating does not have to be so hard. Stacy's approach takes a lot of the "it's complicated," out of dating, and her clients love it! Join us this episode on The Spark and we talk with certified life coach and expert on dating, Stacy Perry for a fun and frolicking look at dating at this time on the planet, how to improve your self esteem, and perhaps find a pathway to the relationship of your dreams.

We all want to be happy! But what if you could take happiness from just a passing emotion to a state of being? My guest on this episode, international keynote speaker, best-selling author, and leadership trainer on positive psychology, Tia Graham talks with us about the science and methods of creating more happiness in your life on a continual basis. Tia has worked with dozens of global companies such as Hilton Hotels, Hewlett Packard, and The American Heart Association, to elevate engagement and drive bottom results. Her insights have been featured in major media such as CNN, Forbes, and Fast Company to name a few. In this high energy interview, we also discuss her new best-selling book, Arrive at Happy- Stop the Overwhelm, Thrive Personally, and Achieve Killer Business Results, which teaches her 8-step methodology on driving productivity and business growth through a culture of happiness. The delightful and joy-filled Tia Graham will inspire and enlighten you and give you the tools to move towards your most happy self!

How often are you worried about the future or ruminating about the past? What if the hey to happiness, joy, love and fulfillment was as easy as changing your focus and as close as your next breath? Now-ist author, and powerful inpirational speaker, Billy Mandarino will share the gifts of living from the now, his personal powerful story and give you the wisdom of how to experience the greatest gifts in life as you learn to access the present moment more fully.

Want to improve your love life? There is a science to loving relationships and actually "love" as an emotion has very little to do with it. Learn how to create intimate relationships that thrive and last a lifetime on this episode of The Spark with Dr. Stan Tatkin.Stan is a clinician, researcher, and developer of A Psycholobiological Approach to Couple Therapy. PACT is a polytheoretical, non-linear approach to dyadic systems that integrates developmental neuroscience, arousal regulation, and attachment theory.

This week on The Spark, my guest is artist, linguist, futurist and author Mahalene Louis. Her story is a facinating one. Emigrating from France to the US in her mid-twenties, Maha (as she likes to be called) did not speak a word of English. She began to communicate through her paintings and soon she was featured in public and private collections. We talk in this episode about her amazing 40 year writing journey that came to fruition in her new book, The Code of Opposites, an introduction to a path by which to resore health in all levels of communication. Insightful and lovely, Maha teaches us how to communicate with our own hearts to find new ways to full love ourselves and the whole world.

We have all heard the expression, "Just love yourself, be your own best friend," but after 33 years in the personal development and mental health field, I know it's just not that easy. Join me for an episode about how you can have a love affair with the most important person you can ever fall in love with... Yourself. All this and more, on this week's episode of The Spark.

A rare and compelling interview with music business legend, Danny Goldberg. Music company executive, political activist, and president of Gold Village Entertainment, Danny speaks in this episode about his amazing new book, Bloody Crossroads 2020: Arts, Entertainment, and Resistance to Trump, a riviting and thoughtful tour of the role artists played in resisting the horrors of the Trump presidency. Danny, who was once the manager for Nirvana, is a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, The Nation,The Huffington Post, Dissent, and Billboard among many others. An absolute enthralling episode to enjoy a box seat as we explore art, entertainment and the powerful role artist have played as influencers in politics historically and today.

How do we make meaning of our lives and how do we navigate through this new world that we are dealing with as so much changes on our planet? My guest this week is Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Jamie Wheal, an expert in peak performance and leadership, specializing in the neuroscience and application of flow states. In this episode we discuss Jamie's latest book, Recapture the Rapture and what the essential steps are to becoming a more fully evolved human being, along with what are the essential elements that will enhance our lives as we navigate through uncharted territory on the road ahead.

How do we get through hard times? Sometimes, we just have to laugh. This episode we talk to comedian and amazing human being Alvin Williams. Over the last 13 years, Williams has made his presence felt on the national and international comedy circuit with a non-stop comedy tour schedule. He is a 7 times featured comic on the viral video network Comedy Time Tv. Alvin has a contageous energy that will light you up and his stories will lift your spirits and remind you that laughter is the perfect medicine for our souls.

What is it like to meet a powerhouse? -Someone who has walked through the fire in their life to unbelievable transformation, self-empowerment, and the ability to help move other people to live their dreams... On this episode of The Spark we talk with the woman The Huffington Post has described as, "The most grounded spiritual entreprenuer on the planet," Pauline Nguyen. Pauline has astounded audiences with her personal story from the war-torn Vietnam, to award winning, best selling, international author, and co-founder of the world's most awarded Vietnamese resturaunt, The Red Latern. With elegance, grace, and amazing grit, Pauline takes us on her jouney through her life and the phenominally inspirational life she has created. Her story and her deeply inspiring message will expand your belief in your ability to create your best life and to move beyond what has limited you and kept you from living your life full out.

How would we lives our lives more fully if we were no longer afraid of death? This episode, award-winning author, Clare Goldsberry discusses her new book with us, The Illusion of Life and Death- Mind, Consciousness and Eternal Being and shares with us a uniquie guide for living and dying fearlessly and with grace. Clare is a lifelong spiritual seeker whose articles on spirituality and religion have been published in a variety of publications, including Quest magazine. Bringing wisdom and vital perspective, this is an inspirational episode you will want to be a part of.

We all want to create a better world. But what if we each had the power to create Heaven on Earth? International speaker, consultant, and co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work, Martin Rutte joins me for a powerful episode of The Spark, as we explore the ways that you can begin to co-create Heaven on Earth, within yourself and in our world. Martin's book, Project Heaven on Earth is a roadmap to the eight gateways to creating change on every level from the micro inner level and the macro level for humanity and our world as well. An inspiring and uplifting episode that will leaving you feeling empowered to be the change you want to see in the world.

What if we had a love affair with our food? Nourishing soul food that fed our mind and body in beautiful ways... in ways in which we actually became deeply connected to how it was grown, processed, prepared and consummed. How then, might our food and the earth from which it grows from, become more sacred to us? In this episode, writter, professor, and chef, Gabrielle Myers joins us as we talk about her life and her new poetry book, Too Many Seeds. Come dive into a deeper understanding of the beauty of food that is not only delicious, but meaningful as well.

Tis the season, not just for family and friends and Christmas cheer. Tis the season to take our lives to the next level of awareness, conciousness, and healing. In this episode I am joined by internationally known guitarist, energy healer, and teacher Mark Romero for a transformative experience of his words and music. Mark is the founder and C.E.O. of Mark Romero Music and has helped thousands of people world-wide to experience instantaneous healings and shifts in their perceptions. Through Mark's transformational music and speaking programs, he is a channel that eliminates negative influences in the environment and helps people to eliminate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that are no longer serving them in reaching their best lives and highest self expression. A truly soul-filled interview with the gift of Mark playing his music as well, so you can have your own transformative experience!

Joey Hurl has been on her own amazing transformational journey. Founder and editor-in-chief of Joga Wellness, Joey's wisdom in the areas of yoga, movement, breathwork and stillness all come together to help people find the joy in their lives again. Joey's wisdom will help you to expand your mind, transform your body and become the master of your own happiness. Her beautiful message is about knowing all you need is already within you and her goal is to help others live the fullest expression of themselves. Come join the conversation and bring more joy, health, and healing into your life!

Are you ready to cultivate something great in your life? Are you ready to ignite the sparks within you to find the courage to truly step into your best life; one of passion and possibility where you feel fully empowered? Join me, when my guest this week is Best-Selling Author, Business Strategist, Serial Entrepreneur, and Syndicated Host of Voices of Courage Radio Show, Ken D Foster. Ken has decades of experience with thousands of lives changed already. He gets extraordinary results by empowering entrepreneurs, business owners, learners and leaders to stretch out of their comfort zones, redefine themselves, and live their greatest dreams. A power packed episode you will want to be a part of!

This season can be magic or mahem depending on our energy and attitude as we enter the holidays. How can you spark something special this season? Join me for this episode as I share about the 6 ways to spark resilency during the holidays and what you can do to create peace within yourself. This is a wonderful episode to help warm your heart and give you the recources to continue to thrive through the holildays and beyond!

This season can be magic or mahem depending on our energy and attitude as we enter the holidays. How do you spark something special this season? Join our guest host, Stephanie James from The Spark and learn about 6 ways to spark resilency during the holidays and what you can do to truly create peace on earth (by cultivating it within yourself first!) A wonderful episode to help warm your heart and give you the resources to continue to thrive all year long!Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/

A very special Thanksgiving episode with my beloved family sharing their insights, wisdom, and stories of how gratitude has worked and manifested amazing things in their lives. Join me and my daughters, Hailey Hanes, and Acacia Johansen, and my beloved partner Morgan Oaks as we light up the start of this holiday season and share the magic of what can make this season (and the rest of your life) an illuminated, spark-filled experience!

What if death isn't the end of our connection with the one's we love? On this episode I welcome Joe McQuillen who shares about his continued heartfelt journey with son Christopher, who drowned at age 21 in January of 2016. In his new book, "We're Not Done Yet, Pop," Joe describes his continued lessons he continues to receive from the other side. It was every parents worst nightmare to get that phone call reporting that his son and three others had drown, and something that transformed Joe's life. His story will touch your heart and renew your faith that no matter what, connection and love remain even after death.

Come join me for a candid and deep dive with author Laura Davis, author of seven non-fiction books, including The Courage to Heal, which combined have sold over 1.8 million copies internationally, as we discuss her new book, The Burning Light of Two Stars, which examines the endurance of mother daughter love, how memory protects and betrays us, and the determination it takes to fulfill a promise when ghosts from the past come knocking. Laura is an amazing heart-led teacher,who has helped her students find their own voices. Her books have inspired and changed people's lives all over the world for more than twenty years. Come be inspired! This is an episode that will light up the sparks within your own heart.

Music has the ability transport us, transform us, to help us join together in a collective experience of spirit. Emmy Award Nominated inger, songwriter, Sheree Brown blesses us with her beautiful soul, music and message this episode. You will be uplifted and inspired through this illuminated, fun, and deeply moving interview as we discuss life, deep belief in your dreams, and Sherees new album, Messages From The Spirit: The Collective. Get ready to feel the sparks ignite in you!

Are you ready for some dynamite in your life? You will absolutely be lit up by my guest this week, Curtrice Goddard. Curtrice is a Sprititual Teacher, Speaker, and Transfomation Coach whose work spans over 15 years of wellness and spiritual studies and facilitation. Her expertise weaves spiritual coundeling, leadership development, holistic health, mindset therapy, and emotional trauma hearling. She is the founder of Transcendence Global Institiute - a personal transformation company, and online community cultivating social transformation by providing self-develpment, trauma healig, and wellness tools and resources. Transendent Global hosts inclusive roundtables and build initiatives focused on creating social transformation through raising consciousness in our global world. Curtrice's mastery lies in bridging her own unique wisdom and perspectives to self-develpment, and spiritual teachings as a catalyst to help people transed limitations in their lives and build an empowered future.

Dynamic international healer, executive coach and group facilitator Jen Ward joins the Spark for this very interesting episode. Jen has spent decades researching the core issues of what preventing most people from living their best lives. Through SFT (Spiritual Freedom Technique) tapping, Jen has helped thousands of people to remove blockages and resolve physical, psychological and emotional issues. Her work is a unique and important gift to the world.

We all want to live a life of meaning. We all want more joy, vitality and connection to our higher power. In this episdoe, Co-founder and co-spiritual director of Spiritual Arts Institute, Dimitri Moriatis joins me to discuss just that. Dimitri has been instrumental in bringing Spiritual Arts Institute to the place it is today as a premier metaphysical school. With Barbara Y. Martin, he is co-author of the international bestseller Change Your Aura, Change Your Life, Communing with the Divine, Karma and Reincarnation, The Healing Power of Your Aura and their newest book Heaven and Your Spiritual Evolution (release date, October 2021). He is an eloquent speaker on a wide variety of spiritual topics, has lectured across the country, appeared on numerous radio shows and leads the workshops and training classes offered at the Institute with Barbara.

Your life matters! Author, International Speaker, Psychotherapist, and Playwrite, Junie Swadron joins us on this episode of The Spark! A compelling and candid woman who will touch your heart and help empower you and help you to see how your story and your life are significant and truly matters.

What is on fire within you? Living life as our authentic self in full expression can take us on many journeys and life will continue to serve as a teacher to us along that path.Award winning Author, Activist, Artist, and executive and co-founder of The Living Kindness Foundation, Jan Phillips will take us through jouney as we discuss her touching and powerful new memoir, Still on Fire, Field Notes from a Queer Mystic. From rejection, to self-discovery and redemption, this is an inspirational conversation that will leave you feeling lit up and expansive.

What creative part of you is ready to shine in the world? What happens when we allow our creativity to flow? Singer, songwriter and amazing painter and sculter, David Halliwell sees the beauty in the world and brings it to life through music and art. Born in London, England, David graduated from fine art school, and found a love for guitar and music as well. David's art and music are all truly inspired works of art that will touch your heart and expand your mind. He shows us the way we can hold on to our dreams, even when others don't believe in them, and how to allow the beauty and creativity in us to flow out into the world.

There is deep wisdom that lies within us. What if we could actually connect with our soul to access that wisdom and allow it to help inform, improve, and guide our lives. My guest for this episode, Christen McCormack shares with us her own personal journey and how she has helped thousands of others use their soul connection for a deeper sense of purpose, transfomation, and profound healig.

Are you ready to be uplifted and illuminated? Join me this week for a live episode where we will be talking to presenters from the What We Need to Know Now Event, which will be a free online Event, happening September 26th, 4:00pm MST. Thought leaders, wisdom keepers, and change makers all over the globe are coming together for this one of a kind event.. I will be taking your calls and responding to your facebook live comments as well. Come be a part of this global tribe and ignite the spark within you!

What happens when we drop into uncertainty instead of avoiding it? Life strategist and business coach, Allison Carmen gives us the inside scoop on how to handle life when life tuns upside down.Bestselling author and CFO of the Women's Center, a day hospital for women, Allison brings all the savvy and wisdom from her amazing career and life experience to become a beacon of light to help illuminate our way through tough times.

We all want more energy, vitality, and to thrive fully in this world. When we get in touch with the wild person inside of us, we can live life in this expandend, and authentic sense of ourselves. Join me and my guest this week, international superstar yoga teacher Cristi Christensen as we discus her new exciting book, Chakra Rituals, Awakening the Wild Woman Within. A formal elite-level gymnist and platform diver, Cristi suffered an injury that cut her Olympic dreams short and changed her focus to help people improve their fitness level through personal training, Pilates, Core Training, and Yoga. Cristi is a Global embodiment coach, whose personal mission is to empower women and to expand their definition of yoga and well-being. She is the creator of Soul Fire, a unique style of yoga that incorporates dance, meditation, and mudra practices to awaken and empower you. For 10 years, Cristi served as the director for the internationally renowned Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, California, and through her leadership, the center became the epicenter of yoga and foundation for yoga in the Western world. With amazing energy, Cristi fuses dance and yoga, Cristi has shaken up the yoga world with her live DJ'd house music during her invigorating "Deep Exhale" events.

We all want more energy, vitality, and to thrive fully in this world. When we get in touch with the wild person inside of us, we can live life in this expandend, and authentic sense of ourselves. Join me and my guest this week, international superstar yoga teacher Cristi Cristensen as we discus her new exciting book, Chakra Rituals, Awakening the Wild Woman Within. A formal elite-level gymnist and platform diver, Cristi suffered an injury that cut her Olympic dreams short and changed her focus to help people improve their fitness level through personal training, Pilates, Core Training, and Yoga. Cristi is a Global embodiment coach, whose personal mission is to empower women and to expand their definition of yoga and well-being. She is the creator of Soul Fire, a unique style of yoga that incorporates dance, meditation, and mudra practices to awaken and empower you. For 10 years, Cristi served as the director for the internationally renowned Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, California, and through her leadership, the center became the epicenter of yoga and foundation for yoga in the Western world. With amazing energy, Cristi fuses dance and yoga, Cristi has shaken up the yoga world with her live DJ'd house music during her invigorating "Deep Exhale" events.

How do we heal? Author Michelle Welsh, shares with us how to ground, transmute negative energy, and live a fully empowered life. Former lawyer and current owner of the SoulTopia stores, Michelle is a firecracker of positive energy that will light you up and teach you how to utilize intuition and empathy to heal yourself and stay connectied to your community.

We all want to live fully ignited!! And we can! This week we explore love, life, and living fully as we actualize our quantum brian. My guests quantum physicist Amit Goswami (What the Bleep Do We Know) and Dr. Valentina Onisor join me for a truly amazing episode as we learn how we can be fully empowered and live in a place of infinate possibilities!!

An Amazing event is taking place, September 19th, 2021. Stephanie James is hosting an online world event to share the wisdom of thought leaders, wisdom keepers, and luminaries all over the planet to restore a sense of hope, elevate our spirits, and empower us to be the change we want to see in the world.Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/

We all can feel powerless sometimes. Want to tap into more personal power? My guest this week in Les Jensen, Founder of NewHuman Living, Published Author, Radio Host, Inspirational Speaker, Energy Master, and Visionary, will talk about his book, Citizen King- The New Age of Power and give us all ideas how we can tap into our own power and live the best version of our lives. All this and more on this week's episode of The Spark!

Want to expand your gifts and potential and take your life to the next level? Join my for my interview with Human Design expert, #1. Bestselling author, and extrodinary business and life coach, Karen Curry Parker.