Stories of Inspiring Joy

Myles Biggs

Myles Biggs is a passionate storyteller. His TEDx talk and book, both titled “Unseen Work” have been featured by Yahoo! and Business Insider. His first podcast, Relish The Journey, was named No. 5 on a list of the Top 15 Podcasts of 2020, by New York Weekly. As a podcaster, marketer, and personal coach he loves helping others uncover their talents and then share them with the world. When he's not creating content, you can find him consuming copious amounts of caffeine, exploring the outdoors, and making memories with his family.

In today’s episode, Myles shares his story building and creating his podcast, Relish the Journey. In the middle of moving and becoming a father, Myles was crazy enough to start a podcast (his words, not ours!) It’s been an incredible journey, and as you’ll hear in today’s episode, Myles started the podcast as a way to find a creative outlet. He was at the corporate ladder with a six figure salary, but as he interviewed more and more incredible people, he hit his version of rock bottom. He wasn’t doing what he was passionate about, and it started to take its toll. He decided he didn’t want that anymore, and it was time to make a change. He was tired of being tired. So, Myles quit his job, started a new career and never looked back. Less than 2 years after doing that he’s now a published author, TEDx speaker, and nationally-recognized podcaster. If he can do it, others can do it, too.

To learn more about Myles and his work visit his website www.mylesbiggs.com and on Instagram @mylesjbiggs Facebook @jselym you can find his TEDx Talk here his Book here and his podcast, Relish The Journey here and via email myles@rthmedia.com

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Andrea Yang

A former litigator turned career coach, Andrea helps lawyers and law students with professional development, career transitions, and holistic well-being. She is the creator and host of Career & Life Chats with Andrea, a YouTube channel that features the careers and lives of fulfilled lawyers.

In today’s episode, Andrea shares her story of homecoming, and coming into her own. A former litigator turned career coach and rule-following child of Taiwanese immigrants, Andrea spent most of her life striving and accomplishing, she walked well worn paths to success. When the going got tough, she forced her way through until it left her feeling exhausted, miserable and lost. Andrea started working with a career coach, and for the first time she found herself feeling curious and hopeful. Today, her life is night and day from before, with her external circumstances mirroring the internal shifts that keep going. Andrea’s story is one of self-expression, acceptance, and a powerful reminder to source our self-worth from within.

To learn more about Andrea and her work visit her website www.andreayangcoaching.com and on YouTube here

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Gina Adams

Gina Adams is an entertainment executive and the co-founder of COMMAND your CROWN and The 4M Method. This program has helped women all over the country who struggled with their health and weight finally achieve their goals. Gina has spent the last three decades in the entertainment industry as a dancer, choreographer, director and VP of an Entertainment Company. She produces the longest running show in Las Vegas & shows in multiple venues around the country as well as Internationally. Her performers have appeared on The Ellen Show, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, and many mor

Moving from behind the lights to behind the scenes she saw how women were struggling with their health as they moved into their 40s and beyond. She took her expertise as an athlete and teamed up with a nurse and nutritionist to develop a method that could work for every woman. The 4M Method has helped women all across the country keep accountable and achieve their goals.

In today’s episode, Gina shares her journey from working in the entertainment industry to co-founding COMMAND your CROWN. She’s spent her life doing something she’s totally passionate about, and as Gina shares that’s a real gift. Gina shares her experience with COVID, and what happened when she lost her career and her industry. She started to wonder, who am I? She lost her identity, and she had to find her joy again. During the middle of 2020, Gina joined forces with friends to create COMMAND your CROWN. As Gina shares, when you find a spark and allow yourself to follow it, there will be amazing rewards and opportunities that you might have never expected. Gina’s story is a powerful reminder that our stories are never over, they’re ever changing, and despite the hardship and tragedies of the past year, there are positive we can look for and hold on to, to keep us going.

To learn more about Gina and her work visit her website www.COMMANDyourCROWN.com and on Facebook @COMMADNyourCROWN Instagram @COMMADNyourCROWN

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Eesha Patel

Eesha Patel is an international channeler, speaker, author, healer, and spiritual mentor to world-class coaches, speakers, and entrepreneurs who are here to serve humanity and raise the vibration of the planet. Over the last 5 years, she has helped over 10,000 people to become leaders in the full spectrum of frequencies available in this planetary ascension. She is the founder of Origin Activation, a powerful multi-dimensional & energetic healing modality, which can discover limitless lifts in frequency causing spontaneous healing.

In today’s episode, Eesha shares her spiritual awakening triggered by leaving a relationship that she thought was everything she wanted, but the universe had other plans for her. She felt lighter, like something had been lifted, and in the coming weeks she started going deep in her meditation practice. Over night, she was able to start channeling and energy was moving through her. She knew she had to share these images, meditations, and guidance with other people. Eesha’s story of her spiritual awakening is a beautiful reminder that we’re often called to explore a pathway that’s unknown to us, but it’s an intuitive knowing and a soul calling we’re meant to follow. Throughout her journey, Eesha has learned that there’s something greater than us, and something beyond us that can help us to create a life that is perhaps even greater than what we’ve envisioned for ourself. Today, Eesha is helping people through energy healing and her work, Origin Activation. Eesha’s biggest message is that we’re not along in this universe, we’re always guided and connected.

To learn more about Eesha and her work visit her website https://originactivation.com/ and on Facebook @EeshaPatel and on Instagram @eeshapatel11

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Chris Parsons

Author Chris Parsons is leading the charge to help educators and parents with interactive tools that spark kindness, friendship and giving in his debut children’s book. Helping drive home the concept of finding good in the world, A LITTLE SPARK offers a read-along with a musical soundtrack, audiobook and corresponding lessons highlighted in each chapter. A first grade teacher in Dallas, Nicole Ramirez said: “I personally loved the lessons learned in the story- especially that even the smallest creature can make the biggest difference. That is especially important for children to hear because they so badly want to be seen and heard."

A Little Spark is more than a book. We all can be that Spark by helping those who need a hand up, a break, a chance – someday you may need your own Spark. The book teaches us a number of important lessons with respect to how we treat those around us. We must always strive to “Be That Spark”.

In today’s episode, Chris shares his journey writing “A Little Spark.” After a career in technology, three years ago he made the decision to take a different direction and become a children’s author and create music for kids. Christ began writing children’s books when his kids were growing up, and it was something he really enjoyed. It was an opportunity for him to create a story with a strong message. He kept creating and expanding the stories, until one day he was on a plane where an idea came to him about a small mouse named Spark who was given an opportunity, and he saved the day. Chris was really inspired by this story, and he made a vow that every time he traveled by plane he would work on the story, now known as “A Little Spark” published in October 2020. Chris knew this was his passion, and through this journey he’s found his spark. As he shares, we can all be that spark in someone else’s life.

To learn more about Chris and A Little Spark visit his website https://bethatspark.com on Instagram @bethatspark Facebook @bethatspark Twitter @bethatspark and the book A Little Spark is available on Amazon and on most online bookstores across the globe.

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Dena Rae

Dena Rae is an intuitive energy healer and life purpose life coach, with a background as a creative director and teacher. In working with her clients 1:1, she’s blended energy healing and intuitive guidance to help them along on their journey, feel empowered and gain clarity on moving forward.

Wisdom Healings is an answer to a soul calling to help those who struggle with understanding how to get what they really want in life. For all those who want to transform into who they really are but fear the unknown. As Dena has moved through life, it took many hard years to break through her own fears and generational conditioning to take action on her soul calling of being a healer. Today, she helps guide her clients through their own unique process to blossom and walk through their own personal portal to transition to who they’ve always wanted to be.

With a unique blend of intuitive theta guidance and energy medicine as Healing Touch for the framework, Dena has combined a unique blend to bring the unknown to be known and shed light of insight and inspiration for you. These become your tools to work with and empower yourself to be your unique magical superhuman and walk this earth in your intended power. Through working with Dena, together you remove blocks and outdated mindsets to be replaced with new clarity and balanced energy. By simply letting go and letting the guidance in, amazing results can happen. When we ask for help, the answers reveal themselves.

In today’s episode, Dena shares her journey learning to tap into her own intuitive guidance and becoming a healer. She always wanted to help humanity in a deeper way, and it took some time to get to know herself on a more intimate level, and who she wanted to be in the world. Growing up, she was always the one in the group that people wanted to confide in and ask for advice, and one of the main things that would come up often was someone’s life purpose. For Dena, it was simply to follow what lights you up and to trust in the process of being led by your intuition and your guides. Easier said than done, but as Dena shares, every time we take a leap of faith we’re met with beautiful lessons, and a greater understanding of ourselves. Dena followed her interests, and let her intuition guide every step of the way, and one day she felt a calling to be a healer. Her soul said yes, but her ego was more hesitant. She quickly realized that healing is her true calling, and it became evident that she had to find a way to pursue it. Today, through her work with Wisdom Healings, Dena is helping others to move forward in life, encourage them to find their intuitive voice, shift out of old mindsets with love, and shift into healthier and more authentic version of ourselves.

To learn more about Dena and her work visit her website www.wisdomhealings.com and on Instagram @wisdom_healings Facebook @wisdomhealings and via email hello@wisdomhealings.com

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Carmen Kissel-Verrier

Carmen Kissel-Verrier is the author of “The Butcher Shop Girl.” She was born in rural Alberta, Canada, and these days she is a technical writer and a graduate of Mount Royal University. In her meaty coming-of-age memoir, The Butcher Shop Girl , Kissel-Verrier writes with vivid detail about her experiences as an elite world-traveling entertainer, partying with the Hells Angels, falling in love with a sexy U.S. drug enforcement agent, run-ins with premium organized crime, and safely finding her way home again. Carmen still loves a wild time spent with peculiar people and appreciates a good ribeye steak. She remains fascinated by the diversity of the human spirit. Carmen lives with her husband and their two children on the shoreline of Moose Lake, Alberta.

In today’s episode, Carmen shares her coming of age journey. Her story starts in rural Alberta, Canada, where she spent her childhood working in her mother’s slaughterhouse, tearing through flesh and getting into trouble. To escape a violent home, she bounced from house to house, working on the family farm, and eventually in the oil patch. Her story is one of resilience and persistence, and Carmen’s memoir captures the vivacious spirit of a small-town girl determined to succeed by any means necessary. Carmen reads an excerpt from “The Butcher Shop Girl”, and it’s a beautiful piece full of melancholy, resolve, revelation and new beginnings about to unfold.

To learn more about Carmer and The Butcher Shop Girl on her website www.TheButcherShopGirl.com and on Instagram @butcher_shop_girl Facebook @ButcherShopGirl Twitter @thebutchershop9 @Carmen.K.Verrier and via email inquire@thebutchershopgirl.com

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Sandy Cowen

Sandy Cowen has always been dedicated to the empowerment of others as an entrepreneur, community leader and expert on the holistic healing process. Now, an author and speaker, in her latest book, “HI MOMMA, IT’S ME” she shares her gift as a “reluctant medium”, which she kept hidden for more than thirty years. Prompted by her son’s passing, Sandy’s new work shares her story to help others find peace and even joy in the face of profound loss by being open to the concept that staying connected can actually occur.

In this episode, Sandy gets personal about her childhood, her challenging adult life and how the importance of friendships may have fueled her new life and expanded her friendships to people she never dreamed she’d meet. How to appreciate the joys of being connected, what their real purpose is in this life and how we can all enrich our daily experiences by being grateful for those who know us and love us, is inspirational. Sandy shares how love and gratitude can make the rewards of friendship surprising and help us expand the limited potential we might believe we have in staying connected to those we love.

To connect with Sandy and learn more about her work and book visit her website https://www.sandycowen.com

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Don Culp

Don Culp has been in the military for the past 23 years, and is married with 5 children. He entered the military at just 17 and a junior in high school. He completed basic training between his junior and senior year, and about a week after graduating high school he left to finish his AIT (advanced individual training). He had always wanted to be a pilot and fly, and in 2008 he found out they were selected to go to flight school. Today, Don is also a Flight Consultant on the civilian side teaching kids about STEM through Aerospace specifically related to flying.

In today’s episode Don candidly and vulnerably shares his family’s journey with his daughter Braelyn Aubrey. In 2008 when she was just six months old Braelyn started to show issues with minor eye deviations, and they soon came to find out that she was having seizures. In 2011 after Don graduated from flight school, he had to come home from his deployment in Iraq because Braelyn experienced another seizure and was taken to a local children’s hospital. This began a series of hospital visits, and after experiencing a stroke a portion of Braelyn’s brain was damaged. She started to show signs of improvement, and Don returned to his deployment. Braelyn had gone nine months without a seizure or hospital, but on a trip to Florida she had a seizure again.

On October 1, 2012, Don came home from work and saw that Braelyn was sick. As it got closer to bedtime he gave her a hug and she patted him on the back and kissed her goodnight, and told her that he loved her. As Don shares, he didn’t know that would be the last time he’d be able to do that. The next day when he was at work, Braelyn had passed away. As Don shares, his daughter had a fighting spirit, she never quit, and today he continues to work to emulate her no quit, joyful attitude.

Don started the Braelyn Aubrey foundation in her memory, and it’s through the foundation that he’s able to honor her, her memory, and help others like her. Today, Don and his family continue to honor Braelyn and her spirit. Don’s story is a beautiful reminder of the power of honoring the loved ones in our lives - their story and their memory - and just how important it is to make the most of our current situation. Don has learned he’s blessed beyond measure to have his wife and kids and to have had a child such as Braelyn in his life. Don’s biggest dream is to honor Braelyn’s memory and ensure her spirit lives on through all that he does.

To connect with Don and learn more about the Braelyn Aubrey Foundation you can reach out via email braelynaubreyfoundation@gmail.com

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Michael Arterberry

With his captivating and empowering style, Michael will leave people with the aspiration and inspiration to be better.

As a teenager, Michael was fortunate to receive guidance from positive adult role models who helped him overcome adversities and set high expectations for his future. Grateful for the role these mentors played in his own development, Michael decided to dedicate his professional life to helping people navigate the difficulties of life and launch their future into motion.

Michael received the 2010 USA Network’s Characters Unite Award for exceptional commitment to combating prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance and acceptance within the community. He is also the recipient of the 2014 100 Men of Color Award for leadership in education, government, mentorship, entrepreneurial success and community service. And most recently, he was awarded the EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD from Y-COP, the Youth Community Outreach Program in Mt. Vernon.

In today’s episode, Michael shares his journey shaking off the dirt in his life, and using it as a stepping stone. Today, Michael is sharing with us some of his dirt. His father was a raging alcoholic, and he grew up in poverty and dysfunction. His mother raised him and his siblings on her housekeeping salary. But this is where he started, it’s not where he’s ended. His dirt is the catalyst and the foundation for why he wants to reach out and help other people. Michael is a master encourager, because he draws on the things he went through growing up. His own experience has allowed him to be empathetic and put himself in the shoes of those who may suffer, or have challenges or obstacles that they have to deal with as they go through life. He’s created a phenomenal youth development organization called Power of Peace, where young people come together for two days to learn about themselves and create community with others, and a non-profit, Youth Voices Center where they help young people become better citizens, contribute to society, to take the things they’ve gone through and to use them as a catalyst for success rather than an opportunity for failure. Michael’s mission in life is to bring peace to those he comes in contact with and his story is powerful, and as he shares we can use the dirt in our lives as our transportation, and not our destination.

To learn more about Michael visit his website www.michaelarterberry.com and www.youthvoicescenter.org and on Facebook @michael.arterberry Instagram @ctthunder and Get a FREE copy of his book "Be Encouraged: 250 Days of Motivation and Encouragement" here

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