As an author and motivational speaker, I work to raise the voices of the family secret keepers. As a survivor of child sexual abuse and domestic violence, I know firsthand how critical it is to break the silence. I am on a mission to help other survivors shine a light into the dark places where secrets grow into deep shame. By turning up the volume and turning off the shame, we can return to our true selves. We are not what happened to us—we are the meaning and purpose we give to what happened to us. My story is not for everyone, but for those who need it, I hear you. I see you. It happened to me too.
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Gratitude and blessings to tonight’s podcast guest, Dr. George Ackerman, Sharon’s son and Founder of Together for Sharon. Please join us as we discuss:
Dr. George’s insights on Parkinson’s awareness
his personal story of loss and grief
an explanation of Parkinson’s symptoms
his book A Son’s Journey: From Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
We started TogetherForSharon® as a family for the purpose of keeping my mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman’s, memory alive and to share the message of Parkinson’s Awareness and hope for a cure.
“We love you, we support you, we care about you, and you are never alone! I will advocate for you and together, our voices are STRONGER! And I am just getting started!”
I wanted to honor my mother and continue to help in the Parkinson’s cause and did not know how to bring change. With my family, we decided to create a wristband, purple in color for Parkinson’s awareness, and with the design stating, “In memory of Sharon Riff Ackerman,” “Parkinson’s Disease Awareness”, “TogetherForSharon®”.
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After 15 years designing the interiors of beautiful homes and offices, I found myself missing something. I took a break from work and focused on my most important client – Me. My actual interior needed a reboot. I found that in Feng Shui.
Working with and studying under a Feng Shui master practitioner helped me unlock a new and wonderful set of principles to combine with years of high-end design success. With these combined experiences, I deliver beautifully designed spaces that improve the lives of my clients, their families, or their employees.
I experience true inner joy when I see the impact of my recommendations or interior design project, on the life of my clients. My aim is to enhance far more than the appearance of their home or office, but to improve their well being and lifestyle in a way they had not imagined.
Certification in the BTB style of Feng Shui and Bau-Biology under Karen Rauch Carter and the Academy of Exquisite Living
Graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts Degree
Professional Member of the International Feng Shui Guild (IFSG)
Certification in Biophilic Design from the Luminous Spaces Feng Shui School, an IFSG
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What an engaging and inspirational conversation I had with Kareen Aristide, speaker, trainer, consultant, coach, and author. Please join us as we discuss:
Kareen’s insights on her She Did It! program for women entrepreneurs
her personal story of triumph
an explanation of what she means by parentpreneurs
her philosophies on empowerment through connection
As a Human Behavior Expert, Mental Health Specialist, and Author, I am passionate about unlocking human potential and fostering personal growth. Through engaging discussions and actionable insights, I empower individuals and communities to embrace their authentic selves, discover their passions, and take meaningful steps towards transformation. With a focus on mental health and personal development, my expertise extends to guiding individuals through challenges and facilitating moments of clarity and inspiration. I also offer valuable perspectives on BIPOC allyship and entrepreneurship. Additionally, I am excited to share insights from my upcoming book, which explores holistic approaches to well-being and personal fulfillment. I particularly resonate with parentpreneurs, mompreneurs, and anyone seeking to thrive in both their personal and professional lives. Let’s collaborate to inspire and empower your audience to live their best lives.
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I truly resonated (as you will hear) with Anat Peri’s message. She is CEO and Found of Training Camp for the Soul (TCS), and renowned Creator and Master Facilitator of the TCS Method. Please join us as we discuss:
Anat’s insights on somatic and inner-child reparenting techniques
her leadership role as a guide for coaches, practitioners, business owners, and their teams
I’m an Inner-Child Healing Expert in the coaching and wellness space and I’ve devoted my life to empowering those at the forefront of the coaching industry. I’ve dedicated my career to helping coaches, healers, and business leaders scale their business, overcome overwhelm, build confidence, and master their craft while attracting their ideal clients.
My approach to healing and personal growth isn’t merely informative – it is a profound experience that curates lasting change.
My background blends traditional healing arts and modern psychology, with somatic and inner child reparenting practices that have enabled me to guide hundreds of practitioners, business owners, and their teams through my TCS Method™.
MY MISSION IS TO HELP YOU CREATE THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT SHAPES THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD OF HEALING AND LEADERSHIP AS WE KNOW IT. CHEERS TO GROWING TOGETHER…
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Frank Rogers Jr., PhD, is the Muriel Bernice Roberts Professor of Spiritual Formation and Narrative Pedagogy at Claremont School of Theology. He’s a spiritual director, speaker, retreat leader, and the author of Practicing Compassion, Compassion in Practice: The Way of Jesus, and The God of Shattered Glass: A Novel. He focuses on spirituality that is contemplative, creative, and socially liberative. He is the co-founder of the Center for Engaged Compassion and lives in Southern California with his wife Dr. Alane Daugherty, with whom he shares three young adult sons.
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Sarah Cartwas raised and educated in New York and New England, and wrote for multiple local publications while she and her husband, Ben, raised four sons in northeastern Ohio.
Upon becoming empty nesters, the two moved to the Florida Keys, but they returned every summer to the Pennsylvania Poconos, where each had lifelong family connections. Then came COVID-19. The pandemic, combined with Ben’s health issues, necessitated their sheltering in place in Florida for the entirety of 2020. In the wake of Ben’s undergoing miraculous lifesaving measures, they have been afforded the unanticipated gift of a future and, more than ever before, relish time spent with family and friends.
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So very blessed to have welcomed, Elizabeth Kipp, addiction recovery coach, ancestral clearing practitioner, yoga and meditation teacher specializing in chronic pain, stress management and trauma informed yoga teacher, and author, to share her healing insights. Please join us as we discuss:
Elizabeth’s insights on healing chronic pain
her personal story of triumph after living with chronic pain for decades
the practice of yoga and meditation as healing tools
her book The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power
Chronic is ANY pain – physical, emotional, or spiritual – that is felt for 15 days out of 30 for three months or more. Chronic pain can be healed without addictive pain medications.
She lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where she helps people find and build a stable recovery path. Along with her prolific writing, she practices and teaches Trauma-Informed Yoga and Ancestral Clearing.
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A captivating conversation with Warwick Fairfax, best-selling author, storyteller, host of Beyond the Crucible podcast, speaker, and ICF-certified coach. Please join us as we discuss:
Warwick’s insights on crucibles
his personal story of triumph
the utilization of forgiveness in moving beyond the trauma
Warwick Fairfax is the founder of Beyond the Crucible, a philosophical and practical breakthrough for turning business and personal failures into the fuel for igniting a life of significance. Forbes has hailed him as offering “compelling insights for anyone who would like to wake up feeling inspired by their work but doesn’t.”
Those insights are rooted not in a checklist of glib to-do’s but in his own experience at the epicenter of one of the most spectacular business failures in the history of his home nation of Australia, as well as scientifically valid data his company commissioned that found a staggering 72 percent of people have experienced an event so traumatic it fundamentally altered the course of their lives. Those are the “crucible experiences” he helps people move beyond.
Fairfax was only 26 when, as the fifth-generation heir to the media empire bearing his family name, he led — and lost — a multibillion-dollar public takeover bid. The result? The company founded by his great-great grandfather slipped from family control after 150 years, leaving him to examine not only his own shortcomings and losses, but also his life’s principles and the lessons he learned from family members who came before him and some of history’s greatest leaders. By sharing these insights as a leadership adviser, Fairfax enables others to learn from their own crucible experiences and emerge to lead lives rooted in their unique designs.
Beyond the Crucible’s quantitative data from more than 11,000 respondents shows great need for the hope and equipping Fairfax’s experience and perspective spotlight. That data additionally found that 42 percent of men and women who have suffered a crucible experience — including accomplished professionals and business leaders — admit to being held back from living the lives they truly want by those setbacks and failures.
Fairfax has also captured, on his podcast Beyond the Crucible, a collection of stories nearing 100 from a vast array of leaders who have leveraged their crucible moments to bounce forward into lives of fresh, fulfilling significance. He has identified the growth milestones and emotional beats all journeys from crucible to significance take — no matter how diverse or unique the stories and people behind them are.
He is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Crucible Leadership: Embrace Your Trials to Lead a Life of Significance (Mount Tabor Media, 2021). In the book, he discusses for the first time his thoughts and actions in launching the John Fairfax Ltd. takeover and explains what he learned about himself from that crushing failure — who he was and was not and what his unique design, purpose, passions and vision really were. He has come to regard the loss of the company, as painful as it was, as a gift that allows him to live a life on purpose dedicated to serving others.
Fairfax holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified executive coach and an Elder at Bay Area Community Church. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife, Gale. They have three adult children who are in the process of developing their own unique paths to lives of significance.
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Boo Trundle is a writer, artist, and performer whose work has appeared across various platforms and publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and NPR’s The Moth. She has released three albums of original music with Big Deal Records. She lives in New Jersey. The Daughter Ship is her first novel.
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