Episodes

If you love to travel, love animals, and love making a difference, this episode is for you! Nora Livingstone, co-founder of Animal Experience International, joins Jennifer Norman on the show to talk about how her organization empowers adventure seekers with the ability to volunteer with ethical animal conservation programs while traveling to exotic destinations. Listen for important information on what Consent Based Tourism is, how to avoid exploitative animal programs, and what to expect when v...

What happens when you listen to your body? You notice what's right for it...and you. Christina Carlson is a Self Relationship Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, and the Host of the podcast Bitches, Witches, and Queers. They work with those who feel like they have had to hide their messiness to belong, supporting them to create lives with internal safety, community, belonging, and confidence. In this episode, Christina shares the story of overcoming religious fanaticism to reconnect with their body, fi...

If you've ever been skeptical, curious, or intrigued by hypnosis, then this episode is for you. Our guest Eliott Cohen-Skalli helps educate on hypnosis and self-hypnotherapy. Eliott is the founder of Oneleaf, a new self-hypnosis app that provides audio programs to help people quit smoking, lose weight, sleep better, reduce stress, build confidence, manage pain, and improve focus. He founded Oneleaf after his own successful hypnotherapy experience that helped him quickly overcome a years-long add...

The world needs more people like Ian Bentley. With a background in business development and a passion to enact change, Ian, along with his wife Brittany, sold everything and moved from the comfort of their hometown in Santa Barbara California with their two young boys to Ethiopia. They adopted a daughter and learned about the local culture. In this episode, Ian tells the story of how he and his wife founded and successfully grew Parker Clay, a company built to create bags that showcase the fines...

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide, how to help those contemplating self-harm, and how to support caregivers of those with suicidal tendencies. Mature audiences and listener discretion is advised. That being said, this is an extremely important episode that can help save lives. It's hard to discern who among us is suffering so badly that suicide is seriously being considered. Understanding the signs, knowing what questions to ask, and learning how to listen with compassion can be e...

Learn how to attract the people, things, and opportunities you want by fine-tuning your vibration. Katie Fink is a Frequency Strategist who works with her clients to intuitively tap into their quantum abilities. In this episode, we talk about how we can become influenced by the vibration of others, why it's important to find space to meditate and reach a state of empty presence, and how even the practice of labeling your drinking water with positive affirmations can help create shifts in your li...

Representation matters. For those of us who grew up not seeing ourselves reflected favorably on screens, it's refreshing to see things changing. Here to talk about her own experience as a South Asian Muslim actor is Farah Merani. Farah is a classically trained actor and creator, based between LA and Toronto who has performed on stage and on screen across North America, Europe, and Russia. She has appeared in AppleTV’s “SEE” and NBC-TV’s “Quantum Leap,” Shadowhunters, and Nikita. Farah has lived ...

When life takes a turn, how do you turn things around? Jennifer Norman sits down with Dr. Leonaura Rhodes, medical professional and life coach, to talk about the power of positive intelligence and resilience training. In this episode, Leonaura discusses the state of mental health, how suffering is optional, the difference between building resilience versus putting up with toxic situations, and the seven contributors to thriving in positivity. Check out Leonaura's books, including Beyond Soccer M...

When life gets rough, it's very common to use coping mechanisms to help get through it, when what we truly need is to HEAL. Steve Bacon once found himself on the path to prison and death. He experienced so much pain and suffering in his early years of life — 14 schools, 2 marriages, crack houses, abuse, molestation, anger issues, alcohol troubles, and attempted suicide — all before he was 20 years old. It took a long time for him to see it but all of his trauma was a gift. After a profound recko...

When career transition happens, it can take a toll on our self-esteem. Self-limiting beliefs can make us think that we're not wanted, not talented, or not as capable as we truly are. Our podcast guest David Petrovay is an employment strategist who helps people manage their careers, navigating through the challenges they face, especially during lapses of work. David's latest book, Life between Jobs: Out of Work...Not Out of WORTH, is available now. In this episode, David talks about the emotional...

Sometimes traumatic experiences can shift our consciousness to a different dimension. That's what happened to award-winning author, speaker, and educator, Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro. Marni spent 35 years as a high school special education teacher and 12 years as a university adjunct graduate school professor. She received a doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard. Then, Marni was hit with life-changing trauma, which caused her to experi...

At the top of his career, Dr. Allen Lycka was told he had six months to live. He was a world-leading cosmetic dermatologist in 2003 when he was crushed by a misdiagnosis. He trusted his intuition to continue searching for answers. Ultimately, he defied the odds, fully recovered, and learned to thrive. Because of Dr. Lycka's struggle, he set out on a new path to share inspiration through his book, The Secrets To Living A Fantastic Life. The book is co-written with Harriet Tinka, a Woman of Distin...

Interested in becoming a model? Then this episode is a *must* for you to listen to. Jennifer Norman sits down for a beautifully human conversation with Katie Willcox, the founder of Natural Model Management and author of Healthy Is the New Skinny, Your Guide to Self-Love in A Picture-Perfect World. Katie has been a top-plus model for 15 years. All too often, Katie saw ‘the ugly side of beauty’, and she wanted to change things for the better. Her mission is to promote health and happiness within ...

Meet Stephanie Jameson! Stephanie is an intuitive coach and author who helps empaths heal from inner child wounding, karmic patterns, and conditioned beliefs that can hold them back. Her books, The Happy Empath's Workbook and The Happy Empath's Little Book of Affirmations are published by Simon & Schuster and are available now. In this episode, we discuss what it means to be an empath, the differences between empowered and disempowered empaths, and the specific challenges empaths face. Enjoy the...

Meet Susan Bennett Fisher and Martin Fisher! Susan and Martin are the co-founders of Body of 9, an innovative, body-based personality assessment different from enneagram, Myers Briggs, and Jungian personality tests. According to Susan and Martin, each of us has our own Natural Number, from 1 to 9, which is the key to who we are, and how we think, react, act, and interact. In this episode, they reveal the origins of the Body of 9 system, share how the Body of 9 method works, provide a summary of ...

Meet Lisa Hennessy! Lisa is a Creative Director and Designer from Berlin, Germany, now living in Kauai, Hawaii. For over 16 years, Lisa lived a fast-paced life, working in the world’s top ad agencies. But over time, she began to believe that the ad industry didn't align with her values. She recognized exploitive, fear-based practices that caused people to feel unworthy. So she started her own creative studio, focusing on love as a business model. Enjoy the listen! Lisa's Links: Website Instagr...

Meet Chris Hutchinson! Chris is the founder of Trebuchet Group, a Certified B Corporation that helps bring out the best in organizations and people. Chris helps coach and mentor people on building effective leadership skills and great teams. In this episode, we talk about how leadership impacts an organization, what makes a great leader, how curiosity builds real understanding, and founding an organization upon deeper meaning for the greater good. Enjoy the listen! Chris' Links: Website Linked...

Meet Tim Brown! Tim is the CEO of Tradewater, a mission-driven company that works to reduce the world’s carbon footprint. Tradewater finds and destroys the most potent greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases (like refrigerants, halons, and methane) before they are released into the atmosphere. The company is a Certified B Corp dedicated to preventing at least 22 million tons of CO2 equivalent from being released into the atmosphere by 2027. In this episode, we talk about Tim's environmental work, h...

Meet Greg Hemmings! Greg is the founder and executive producer of Hemmings House Pictures, an award-winning production company that uses film to create social change. Greg’s mission is to improve the world one story at a time. In this episode, we talk about Greg's early days, the incident that galvanized his professional values, why his company became a Certified B Corporation, and the types of media he produces. Enjoy the listen! Greg's Links: Hemmings House Website Hemmings Films Website Lin...

Meet Dr. Susan Landers! Susan is an author, speaker, mom of three, and Neonatologist with over 34 years of experience in neonatal intensive care medicine. Susan suffered through a difficult midlife period that caused burnout after the birth of her third child, and this propelled her to make new life choices including a career change. She recently released her book, So Many Babies: My Life Balancing a Busy Medical Career and Motherhood. In this episode, we talk about the difference between being ...

Meet John Tarnoff! John is an executive and career transition coach, speaker, and author who supports mid and late-career professionals in defining, planning, and achieving more meaningful and sustainable careers. He is the author of the best-selling Boomer Reinvention: How to Create your Dream Career Over 50. In this episode, we talk about the dilemma people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s face when making a career change and valuable tips on how to transition your career successfully at mid-life. E...

Meet Rach Wilson, founder of Divine Relating and a relationship coach for couples with autistic and/or special needs kids. Rach is a mum of 4. Her two youngest are both autistic and non-verbal, with diet limitations and sensory challenges. Rach’s own life experience has inspired her to focus on supporting couples who have the highest breakup rate – couples with special needs kids. In this episode, we talk about being a special needs parent, what self-care looks like when things get rough, and th...

Meet Alfredo Borowdowski! Alfredo is also known as “The Bipolar Rabbi.” In June 2013, Rabbi Alfredo was arrested for impersonating a police officer. Shortly after that, he was fired from his job and ridiculed in the press as “the Road Rage Rabbi.” It took some time, but things eventually turned around when Rabbi Alfredo discovered the power of Positive Psychology. In his upcoming interactive book, “The Wisdom of Mental Illness: Finding strength in your struggles,” Rabbi Alfredo teaches us all ho...

Meet John David Latta! John is an author, teacher, and successful founder & CEO of a multimillion-dollar consumer products company. He recently wrote a book called The Synchronicity of Love, which reveals the radical transformation he underwent when he discovered unconditional love. John coaches others on leadership, healing, transformation, and waking up to expand the human experience. In this episode, we talk about John's own personal awakening, how to interpret dreams, what kundalini energy i...