Superhero of Love Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bridget Fonger
You have a Superhero of Love inside you! Come learn to love and be loved more than ever before + fly high with that Mighty Heart of yours!
If you prize wonder-full-ness, you will love this episode! Superheroes of Love, Patti Pagliei and John Simpson are a husband and wife team who have been spreading wonder, joy and love wherever they have gone their whole lives. Now you can get a taste of it all, and glean some very helpful inspiration from them in their new book THE WAY OF WONDER which hits bookshelves on September 19, 2023.
In this interview you get a delicious tasting menu of what the book has in store plus some fun, hilarity and entertainment.
Patti and John co-founded Waxing Poetic, their jewelry line, brought Santa Barbara's Funk Zone to life with their incredible store Shopkeepers and will grace your inbox with beauty and inspiration with their Substack JOHN + PATTI. You can also find John's wonder-ous musical magic via his band, Doublewide Kings Band! Yes, their wonder can be seen, heard, tasted and felt in oh-so-many ways. After giving this episode a listen, you are bound to want more!
It just came out on Monday June 27, 2023!
ORDER NOW at thelovethief.com to get a special BONUS gift!
Find out more about Arielle and her giant heart at arielleford.com
Celebrity Love Coach, Nicole Moore, KNOWS love because she had to LEARN love when her complicated birth booted her into a life where love was scarce. She did it. She won. And she flew bravely into a life of being a Superhero of Love where she helps people love and be loved more in a very big way.
She coaches, she has courses and now she has a TV show (on DirecTV starting in June), The Reality of Love! Check out all the ways you can follow her and find out more about her beautiful heart and work!
Visit Nicole's site - LOVE WORKS METHOD
Instagram: @NicoleMooreLove
And, follow her new DirecTV show on Insta at @RealityofLoveShow
This is Love is in the Stars, Vedic Astrologer Carol Allen's second appearance on the Superhero of Love Podcast. This time she has a lot too say about how the pandemic affected her clients, her personal life and how it had been predicted for years by Vedic Astrologers.
Carol has a knack for bringing love to those who wish it, guiding them through the process - including navigating online dating, flirting and understanding the right timing for you and your unique astrology.
She is a true SUPERHERO OF LOVE, as is evidenced by this photo I snapped from the recording of this most inspiring interview! You can't help but have your heart be touched by Carol's love-centric view of this world, no matter how troubling the stars may look!
Find all about Carol Allen and her many amazing love offerings at loveisinthestars.com
Donovan Taylor Hall is a true Superhero of Love, his cape flapping in the wind as he flies from school to school – and soon to an even wider audience via his own television show -- empowering kids to be their most amazing selves.
He is an educator, coach, speaker, content creator, and a proud and powerful voice and advocate for youth. He has some pretty kick ass tips to help kids navigate this crazy world, and just as important, profound teachings for all the adults swirling in and out of those kids' lives.
Listen in for tips, wisdom and all the love that he offers us all to make this world a better place for all ages.
In this interview he talks about (to name just a few):
- His TOP THREE TIPS for parents (of all ages);
- How he UNpandemicized his heart by turning to grief counseling during the pandemic when he realized that not being WITH his kids in person was an enormous loss touching on many previous losses;
- What kids really need to thrive and become their most powerful selves;
- What all ages need to thrive (and becomes Superheroes of Love!!!!); and
- The magic of being in the flow of life, watching synchronicities help him make an even bigger difference in the world.
Find Donovan on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitch at "Donofriend.” Learn more about Donovan and his oh-so-Superhero-of-Love mission at his website at donovantaylorhall.com.
This bright beautiful light is Superhero of Love, SHERRI COALE, the Hall of Fame Basketball Coach who led her players with LOVE to their greatness, their most magnificent selves - inside and out.
Her book ROOTED TO RISE: The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People is a tribute to just some of the many players she coached, and some of the people in her life who inspired her for whom she is profoundly grateful (who you know were profoundly grateful themselves for this giant heart on earth!)
Listen in if you have young people in your life for whom you care deeply about their hearts and evolution, if you love competitive sports, if you are a teacher, a coach, a parent or if you just want to be inspired to lead your life with love. If you are a writer or wish to be, you will love how this book came to life!
Inspired by this amazing man and the LOVE he is bringing to the earth, we are back for a second season of the Superhero of Love Podcast! Woohoo!
This season we not only learn from our Superhero of Love thought leaders about how to love and be loved more. We also get tips on how to help our hearts navigate the post-or-nearly-post pandemic waters. Our hearts have all taken a beating one way or another these last years and most of us could use some heart-healing, heart-boosting and/or heart-spiration. I call it UNpandemicizing our Hearts. I hope you will join me on this sacred journey.
Ian takes the shame out of taking an inventory of how our hearts, souls, bodies and spirits could use some LOVE in the form of his most divine essences. He gives multi-level support to heal our hearts inside-out, outside-in.
I hope you have as good a time listening to his stories and guidance as I did. If you've never heard of Ian or his Australian Bush Flower Essences, you are in for a soul-and-heart treat.
While you listen -- or after -- I encourage you to dive into his gorgeous website:
Australian Bush Flower Essences
If you would like to see the VIDEO version of this interview, click here:
YOUTUBE: Superhero of Love Podcast Season Two Episode One
In that video version, I wave around these two beautiful books -- just two of the several he has published. I can't more highly recommend them:
If you like this podcast, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE and also fly on over to the Superhero of Love website for more LOVE!
Enjoy, Superhero!
Two previous guests (See Episodes 100 and 107) share ways that the pandemic has helped open, strengthen and inspire their hearts, sparking some forever changes for the mighty hearts. Both of these Supeheroes of Love are out in the world doing what they can to help us all heal our hearts.
First we hear from Alicia Crysta Easter of ACE Yoga LA who is a yoga and meditation instructor, a ray of light shining leading us through Black Lives Matter and guiding us toward better allyship. ACE is the creator of a new line of inspiring candles like this Superhero of Love beauty which says it all: I AM LOVE!
Next we hear from Bestselling Author, Rebecca Winn whose extraordinary book One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace & Meaning When Things Fall Apart came out on Day #1 of the pandemic in her home town of Dallas, TX. Sometimes a change is sparked by a fairy godmother swooping in....Rebecca tells us one such real-life fairy tale lesson she received.
What mysterious gifts has the pandemic brought to your heart? Tune in to be inspired by some of the gifts you may have missed and others that you are bound to draw in.
His company’s name is Extreme Leadership Institute, and bestselling author Steve Farber is as powerful as his company’s name implies.
He also has the giant heart and magical powers of Tinkerbell, and he's not afraid to admit that he shares her core value: Love.
In this episode, Steve talks about the magic he has created or observed in extremely successful businesses who lead with love, infuse love into their businesses and invest in what makes their customers feel loved because, as he says, “Love is just damn good business.”
It’s the name of his most recent book (Love is Just Damn Good Business: Do What You Love in the Service of the People Who Love What You Do), and the name of his podcast.
We invite you to leap into this inspiring conversation with Steve. LEAP, you ask? Yes, LEAP like his previous bestselling book's title portends: The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership. Steve brings our attention to this love-based inspiring acronym wherever he goes -- including in this episode:
Cultivate Love
Generate Energy
Inspire Audacity
Provide Proof
You don't have to own or run a business to get value from Steve's love lessons. His advice is for all Superheroes of Love who want to make a difference in the world. The love we bring into our work lives spills into our personal lives, affects friends, family and beyond.
So tune in for a love tune-up!
Arielle Ford is in the business of helping us FIND, KEEP and BE love. And she believes very much in "Love in the Time of COVID" and tells us why. She has written eleven books on the subject and just celebrated her 22nd anniversary with the love of her life, so she knows the stuff of love!
Arielle is also the sister of the renowned author/thought leader, Debbie Ford whose work is woven through Superhero of Love, and shares the story of how she brought Debbie's final book, Your Holiness: Discover the Light Within into the world five years after she passed away.
You can find Arielle, her books and all the free goodies she has to offer us all at arielleford.com.
You can find out all about Debbie, her legacy and books at debbieford.com.
Deja Riley comes from kick ass pioneer blood as the daughter of The King of New Jack Swing, Teddy Riley. She is a musician, she had a band with her sisters, The Riley Band. She plays several instruments. She's a professional dancer having danced with the likes of Beyonce and Lady Gaga. She was even a Laker Girl. She's also a boxer who fused boxing with dance to create "Dance Out of the Box," a fitness method that you can find her teaching on PopSugar.
She's all that AND she's stepping into a leadership position teaching us all to move through the journey of making black lives matter while taking care of our hearts. She shows us we can be kind, loving, and gentle with our own hearts while kicking ass and making a difference.
Listen in to be inspired to step into true allyship.
You'll even hear from and about her dog, O.G.
Find Deja at dejariley.com. Follow her on Insta at Deja Riley AND Deja Riley Athletics
We mention Olympian Louise Hazel of Slay Gym's Open Letter to the Fitness Industry.
Lian Dolan knows about sister love. She and her four sisters have been bringing their behind the scenes chats up front and center first in a radio show, first for WNYC public radio and then ABC radio, and then finally where they are now with their Satellite Sisters podcast. They talk about life and love and create a beautiful community encouraging people to do as they do: take care of their hearts with the support of family, friends and sometimes even strangers.
Lian shares how she sought support coming through a personal challenge that hit her life like a meteor sychronistically on the day she delivered the final manuscript of her new book.
She has two LA Times Bestsellers Elizabeth the First Wife, Helen of Pasadena. Her new novel The Sweeney Sisters just came out! It's about The four daughters of Bill Sweeney who find out at their father's funeral that they have another sibling. The adventure unfolds from there!
Find out more about Lian and her books at liandolan.com.
Find the Satellite Sisters Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
Alicia Crysta Easter "ACE" is an extraordinary woman who teaches yoga at ACE YOGA LA and at many other venues. She leads her classes with love and grace but after she posted her own Black Lives Matter verbal manifesto on Instagram Live, she stepped into a leadership position in the BLM movement. Hearts and souls are aching and exhausted -- including hers. Yet she leads herself and others each and every day to lead with love, grace, patience and forgiveness.
The audio of her Instagram Live is included in this episode.
Follow @AceYogaLA on Instagram and go to her webiste at aceyogala.com to find out how you can check out her classes to experience this gloriousness:
This woman is literally waving her own special brand of magic wand to touch hundreds of hearts each week. Someone once waved a wand that magically lifted up Simone Gordon when she didn't have the money she needed to feed her special needs son. And, now she pays that blessing forward on a daily basis.
The pandemic has gravely affected many. Domestic abuse and mental health issues are on the rise. Unemployment, homelessness and hunger are an every day occurrence, but Simone is doing all she can to end people's suffering and move them one step closer to making their dreams come true. She isn't satisfied with helping people survive today. She works on moving them toward sustaining themselves for the long term as they move toward creating the lives they truly want.
Simone has been featured in People Magazine and she even won a Webby Award, but her dream has nothing to do with fame, she is on a mission to help as many women as she can as The Black Fairy Godmother, and to start a transition house for victims of domestic abuse.
If you need a respite from the tough news, I invite you to turn your attention to this bright and shining light on our planet, The Black Fairy Godmother. Simone is a true Superhero of Love, helping people lift their hearts out of the darkness and fill with the light and hope that she, her volunteers and donors have to spare for those temporarily less fortunate.
Find her on Instagram at "The Black Fairy Godmother Official" and jump into her magical world with both feet.
When Hope Hendricks met Ed Bacon met she was on her way to a career as a speech pathologist and he to a career as an attorney. All that changed when God came knocking, and we are so lucky it did because she opened her heart and her mind and they started a beautiful journey that allowed them to both change thousands of lives for the better with love.
Originally from the south, in 2016, they left All Saints Church in Pasadena where he was rector for over 20 years to return to the area. With a home in Birmingham, AL but a full time gig in Atlanta, they straddle both cities, and are doing their best to "evolve forward" as Ed calls it, through the classism, racism, through this pandemic, through the political dissension.
We are all in what Rev. Ed calls Pandemic University, and now amidst the George Floyd murder and protests, we are all being handed some very trying classes which he and Hope both help guide us through with a heavy dose of love and laughter.
You will hear about their relationship, how they navigate with love through even the difficult times weathering internal and external storms with a lot of grace...and laughter.
This interview dives deep but it also grabs your heart and promises to lift you up, up, up during these very trying times.
Rev. Ed's book (which Oprah Winfrey loved and celebrated) also couldn't be a more timely and helpful read. Get it now wherever you buy your books for a major uplift for your heart and soul:
You will hear Rev. Ed speak about the event of June 1st with Dr. Catherine Meeks. Click here to view the recording: "Time of Lament" with Rev. Bacon + Dr. Meeks
Just being in Debra Poneman's presence you want to say "YES!" to whatever it is she's inviting you to do. Now, after a few decades away from her extraordinarily successful, world-renowned "YES TO SUCCESS" program, she is bringing it back in June of 2020, upgraded and updated for our current times - yes, even these quarantine times! The timing couldn't be more perfect for her to invite us to jump into a world with her where everything is possible, where we can say yes to our heart's desires, yes to our highest version of success.
Go to Debra's website at yestosuccess.com to download this e-book to get a taste of her upcoming program, and find out more about Deb.
Saying YES during these contemplative, life-altering times is even more powerful, more poignant, and may be exactly what your heart could use. You can do her new YES TO SUCCESS program from anywhere!
Every Superhero of Love heart needs a respite sometime. And, this pandemic is touching many of the wounded places in our hearts causing pain, stress, fear, sadness, anger -- all of which thwart our ability to love and be loved.
Give your Superhero heart a little break, and tap into this episode for a brief guided meditation designed to each all of our hearts back into living and loving with a little more of a golden spark.
Let your inner Supehero of Love have a little break, press play and relaaaaaaax....
Sunne Justice leaves a trail of love and beauty wherever she goes. She was a high fashion model in New York, worked at Vogue, L'Oreal and then earned well-deserved renown for being the "Chief Pollinator" who grew the Burt's Bees brand into a household name. She's about to launch a brand new skincare line called Love Daily.
Loving daily is Sunne's business, as you will learn when you read her new book Mugged by God: A Journey from Holy Shit to Holy which follows her fast-paced harrowing journey from high fashion to high love, from childhood through four husbands, and what has to be a record-breaking number of near death escapes.
Check out Sunne and her new book at Mugged By God
Find out more about Sunne's retreat house in Panama: Soul House Panama
Soon you will get to learn more about her her brand new skin product care line at Love Daily Skincare.
You will hear her walk Bridget through this divine forgiveness exercise too...to help you LOVE more DAILY!
I love you.
I forgive you.
Please forgive me.
Let’s forgive each other.
Let’s forgive ourselves.
Jerry Thomas is a true Superhero of Love who takes care of our hearts by guiding us to our soul purpose by using a unique method weaving together his expertise and wisdom in the arenas of mysticism, Vedic astrology, metaphysics, Jungian psychology, and evolutionary personal counseling. He is a former monk and a former Vietnam vet. He is an MIT graduate, a former marriage therapist, and an author of several books. He loves leading all our hearts toward love.
Read more about Jerry's very special retreats at StillPointRetreats.com.
Order your very own Soul Blueprint and learn more about Jerry's work at YourSoulBlueprint.com.
There couldn't be a more perfect guest for the 100th episode of the Superhero of Love Podcast than Rebecca Winn, bestselling author of One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart.
Rebecca also had her heart torn asunder and discovered her inner Superhero of Love through a path of self-discovery and some challenging inner work. But her path was strewn with beautiful trees, flowers, plants and even animals and insects! Nature helped her heal and connected her to her divine source.
During these quarantine times, people are turning to the heart-healing properties of nature just like Rebecca has done her whole life. Her book is a botanical elixir for all of our aching hearts - whether you are in crisis, you are supporting someone who is, or you simply have a level of empathy that is causing you pain as the world navigates this crisis.
Rebecca was supposed to be starting a nationwide book tour when the pandemic hit so listen in for how she is handling the quarantine, and how she handled the two enormous heartbreaks that lead her on this healing journey.
You will likely enjoy Rebecca's reading of heart-soothing excerpts from her book that seem to be written for these exact times upon us now.
At one point in the interview, Rebecca tells the story of how and when this glorious photograph of her garden came about:
Find her book wherever you buy your books or on Amazon.
Rebecca Winn can be found at rebeccawinn.com
Intagram: @rebeccawinn.writer
Facebook: Facebook.com/WhimsicalGardens and Facebook.com/WinnRebecca
Twitter: RebeccOWinn
There's no time like a quarantine time to "GET YOUR BOTHER ON!"
Jennifer Louden has a history of creating life-transforming best-seller books to help us all become even more powerful Superheroes of Love. In her brand new book Why Bother? Discover the Desire for What's Next" she leads us to uncover the "why bother?" mantra that is silently running our lives and tap into those beautiful desires we all have that will bring the wind back up under our wings so we can really fly -- and even, dare we say, make a difference in the world? Yes, even from inside our very own quarantined homes!
Read more about Jen at jenniferlouden.com. Find her on Instagram and Facebook and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, once you buy her book, take your receipt to the "WHY BOTHER?" section of her website to get your FREE GIFTS!
Will Crossley did amazing things with his education a The Piney Woods School. He went off to become a successful attorney and political appointee. He could have done anything with his education, gifts and experience but he was called back to his roots at Piney Woods to serve as its fifth president, the first alumnus to serve in this role.
He is following in the schools founder, Laurence C. Jones' footsteps as he leads with the school's core values including LOVE. Yes, one of the school's core values is LOVE!
He is right now guiding the hearts and minds of his students from afar as they were quarantined while on spring break. It is hard to not be inspired by Will Crossley because you can feel it in your bones when you listen to him that he truly does lead with love, and with an even deeper fervor perhaps now in the middle of this quarantine.
Prepare to be inspired by this giant heart!
Jody Savin is an accomplished screenwriter and film producer who graduated from Princeton and the American Film Institute. But two heart-holding projects plucked her from the entertainment industry into the world of apps and books.
She has created an amazing app with Cybersecurity & Privacy expert Hemu Nigam that can help us take care of ourselves and each other during this pandemic. Hear how this app came about and how it can help us all in this conversation wtih Jody.
You will also hear about her brand new book, Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel from Prospect Park Books which came out on April 7, 2020 about the life and art of Trudie Strobel who was interviewed in Episode 2 of this Superhero of Love Podcast!
Prospect Park Books is offering 20% off the price of the book with the CODE "FREE20," and they are delighted to send this directly to your home so you can stay safe and read about the beautiful story and art of beloved master embroiderer, Trudie Strobel.
Find out more about Syndesy at syndesy.io and download it today in the Apple App Store!
Photo Credit for Jody Savin's headshot: Ann Cutting
Photo Credit for Jody Savin and Trudie Strobel picture: Randy Miller
Have you searched online for a "COVID Map" to give you the details on where your area stands in the pandemic?
Have you been getting more and more texts and emails with "deals" lately?
Have you -- or someone you know -- been "ZOOM Bombed"?
And, most importantly, are you wondering how you can protect yourself and help protect others during these extraordinary times?
This episode's guest, Hemu Nigam, says we need to be more vigilant and proactive than ever. But he gives us plenty of tips and tools -- including his new app SYNDESY -- to help us navigate these extraordinary times.
Hemu is one of the top Cybersecurity & Privacy experts in the world who is often seen on CNN and other major news outlets as an expert in online security and privacy. He was one of the country's first online crimes prosecutors against hackers and child predators at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Hemu's company, Cyber Security Affairs, provides legal counsel and strategic advice on cutting edge online privacy and security issues. So, when Jody Savin came to him with the idea for an app that could help people feel more secure in the way they connect in the world, he was intrigued. They started developing Syndesy -- their app that just launched this week -- and soon realized that it had a timely use in helping to control the spread of the coronavirus.
We hope you will want to download Syndesy by the end of this podcast. Find it at the Apple App Store.
Find out more about Syndesy at Syndesy.io.
Small businesses are being hit hard by this pandemic. Meet two kick-ass giant-hearted small business owners, Elisa Bruley of Elisa B. and Jill Yukawa Pearson of Homage in Old Town Pasadena. They share their stories, not unlike the stories of many passionate entrepreneurs who are hurting right now.
A great discussion on what's behind these storefronts we all know and love, and some lovely wisdom on how we might be able to support our favorite stores during this difficult time.
Elisa and Jill are two giant-hearted store owners who give so much love and attention to their customers and to their community. Here they are at the beginning of their careers - Elisa with her mom on the day her store opened on July 15, 1993, and Jill (on the left in this photo) as a child in her first foray into jewelry-making and sales!
Find Elisa B. at ElisaB.com and on Instagram at @myelisab
Find Homage at HomagePasadena.com and on Instagram at @homagepasadena
BONUS: That time when Elisa's husband, artist Robert Bonk (robertbonk.com) interrupted the podcast with a hilarious photo-bomb:
Jan Casebolt Walsh is a walking, talking, breathing, dancing and living-in-joy medical miracle! She would have been having heart surgery to try to extend her life that was being slowly compromised by Sarcoidosis (a disease that has plagued many first responders at 9/11) had she not had a medically documented miracle.
Listen in if you know anyone suffering from Sarcoidosis, the disease that ended up tragically cutting Bernie Mac's life short.
Jan refers to the Oprah interview with Bernie Mac's widow -- Oprah Episode with Benie Mac's Widow as well as the video available of Master John Douglas Workshop from 2015 (which mentions Jan's Healing). You can read more about the book mentioned here: Medical Miracles Book.
Follow Jan at Jan's Facebook Page: Sarcoidosis Miracle
And, most importantly, we invite you to CLICK THIS: Free Global Healing with Master John Douglas (3/21/20 Recording). As mentioned in the interview, every time you listen, you are helping not only yourself, receiving thousands of blessings, but you help the planet right now in this time of epic suffering.
Dr. Christopher Hartnett started the first VOIP provider, Global Link USA, in the early 90's and grew it into a billion dollar company. He was also extremely ill at the height of his success and for many years. He and his wife Linda searched the globe for years for a cure. Luckily their path led them to Master John Douglas and Chris' vibrant health. So he knows his miracles!
If you have been touched by COVID-19 -- either body, heart, soul or bank account -- you'll want to hear this conversation and preview of the Master John Douglas teleseminar coming this Saturday, March 21st at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. UPDATE: You can view the recording at masterangels.org. If you love this conversation with Chris, you may want to listen to the first Superhero of Love episode with him where he gives some great advice navigating the topic of karma, among other wisdom: https://superherooflove.podbean.com/e/episode-69-angels-miracles-and-soul-realization-with-dr-christopher-hartnett/ Chris mentions "Emotional Repair" To check it out click for the 3 1/2 minute angelic process from Master John Douglas: https://masterangels.org/emotional-repair/ Also mentioned is Renata Maniaci's Let's Get Metaphysical podcast interview with Dr. Hartnett: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/letsgetmetaphysical/E.39_with_Dr._Chrstopher_Hartnett.mp3
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On the eve of what would have been Mr. Rogers' birthday, we celebrate a man who many have named "The Mr. Rogers of the Business World." Gary Saint-Denis co-founded the wildly successful 1-800-Dentist with Fred Joyal. Their intention was to create a happy place that people wanted to go to every day, that also created abundance for all who worked there. He leads with love and kindness wherever he goes but he has proven that leading with his heart also happens to be good business.
Gary shares his wisdom to help us navigate the troubling quarantini days, as well as tips for parenting, relationships, and entrepreneurship.
Links to mentions in this episode:
Thrive Global Article "WWMRD: What Would Mr. Rogers Do in these Isolation-Inducing Times" featuring Fr. Richard Hendrick Poem "Lockdown"
Join the free Master John Douglas teleseminar (no pre-registration needed) on Saturday, March 21st at 6p PT/9p ET by clicking: masterangels.org/live
Anthony Guthmiller is such a bright shining light that he even makes Tallulah throw her head back in love and glee!
Anthony is known throughout the nonprofit world in Southern California as a master fundraiser. He has raised many millions and always with a smile on his face in a dapper outfit. He brings smiles to everyone he meets and is about to follow his bliss to jump into a new adventure.
Listen in to be inspired to follow your bliss, jump into the unknown to create your own bliss and live that dream you never thought you could make a reality.
Prepare to be inspired....and then follow Anthony's beauty and love lead at @ALuxeDesign on Instagram. It will make your heart smile.
Ernie G is all about making a difference in this world -- one heart at a time. He has transformed the lives of over 500,000 teens and college kids. He's even inspired the hell out of a group of NASA scientists!
If you have a teenager or know a teenager who could use some inspiration, sign them up for Ernie's Teen Empowerment Day 2020 with Ernie G on March 14, 2020: Ernie G's Teen Empowerment Day. If you'd like to help sponsor a teen to attend, shoot a donation of any size to Ernie G's Venmo for DONATIONS for Teen Day.
Ernie was featured in the movie We Rise Up because he is a force in this world who helps each person that he meets to rise up to their highest, happiest potential. I can't more highly recommend the movie which you can (at least for a short time as of March 2020) view by clicking here now: We Rise Up Movie
Find out how to book Ernie, learn more about him and grab yourself a smile at Ernie G's website and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Alexandra Cole is the co-founder of Purpose Generation, a millennial insights and strategy firm that helps iconic Fortune 500 brands better understand and engage the next generation of consumers and talent. In 2016, Alexandra created the Find Your Purpose workshop to provide a practical, no-nonsense roadmap to living a more purpose-filled life. Alex discusses her new book, The Purpose Playbook (May 2020), which helps us design our lives around our Superhero of Love heart's true purpose.
Preorder Purpose Playbook at www.purposeplaybook.com. Check out Alexandra's personal website: www.alexandracole.com. Follow her on Instagram: @purpose_playbook, @alexandrafcole
Reverend Ed Bacon, the author of 8 Habits of Love: Overcome Fear and Transform Your Life is a source of nearly constant Superhero of Love inspiration. He was featured on Episode #7 of this podcast, and will soon be appearing again with his beloved wife of 49 years, Hope Hendricks-Bacon who is a kick-ass inspiring woman making a difference with hearts far and wide as well.
This week Rev. Ed inspired at the memorial for our mutual friend, Adelaide Hixon, who died at 101 after leading an inspiring Superhero of Love life. (The photo of a butterfly I gave her during one visit that match her bedding.) Their friendship inspired The Butterfly Love Effect.
This is a very short episode that we hope will inspire the heck out of people to spread a little love by starting their wings a-fluttering and instigating the Butterfly Love Effect in their own lives.
You may want this little jpg bit of stationary when you are done listening to start your own Butterfly Love Effect!
Carol Allen is a magical creature who happens to know a shit ton about Vedic Astrology, relationships, love and all things heart-related. She helps people pave a smooth path to having their heart's desires by looking at the stars. Check out her work at Love is in the Stars and don't forget to sign up for her newsletter that everyone loves1
There is magic in the air for Valentine's Day -- no matter how coupled or uncoupled you may be.
And for some extra fun, after you hear this episode, click here to listen to the teleseminar mentioned to hear what's in the stars for you -- and all 12 signs this year: Replay of the "Love Is In The Stars Radio – What’s in the Stars for 2020?" with Carol Allen (originally recorded 2/1/20).
Check out Carol's amazing Valentine's Day 2-for-1 Special!
Follow Carol on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more love-fun!
Renata "Ren" Maniaci has just come out of "The Angel Closet," throwing all their angel love and devotion out there to be seen and heard by all on their magnificent and powerful podcast Let's Get Metaphysical. After just one episode it was clear to Bridget that Ren has a very unique balance -- male/female, brain/heart -- they bring to their words and thoughts about all things metaphysical.
Hear about their journey from scientific to spiritual, from the government work to healing touch, from the U.S. to Costa Rica, from singledom to parenting with their beloved partner. It's a fun romp with Ren. Enjoy!
Find Ren at Let's Get Metaphysical Podcast and renatamaniaci.com.
Follow them on Insta, Facebook and Twitter and find the Let's Get Metaphysical podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
Nicole C. Ayers has been playing with words as long as she can remember. She loves editing for her clients at Ayers Edits but now she is touching hearts with her own writing inspired by her own journey to loving her body.
Nicole has three books that will be out on February 21, 2020: Love Notes to My Body, Love Letters to My Body: Writing My Way to (Self-)Love, and Writing Your Way to (Self-)Love: A Guided Journal to Help You Love Your Body, One Part at a Time. There is so much to love in these books including the amazing illustrations by Nicole's dear friend Mica Gadhia which help open our hearts even wider to Nicole's inspiring words. Find Nicole and her books at www.nicolecayers.com and connect with her on Instagram: @nicolecayers
"We are allowed to hope."
Becca Stevens is a true Superhero of Love in the daily business of healing hearts. She is an author of the book Love Heals. She is a priest in Nashville, Tennessee, but luckily she also regularly comes to All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA where Bridget met her.
Over 20 years ago she started Thistle Farms, an international nonprofit organization to provide a sanctuary and healing for women survivors of prostitution, trafficking and addiction. She and her superhero work have been featured in the New York Times, PBS, ABC World News, NPR, and CNN. She leads with hope. She leads with love.
Becca talks about why she started Thistle Farms, how she is committed to healing south of our borders with her Thistle Farms Global projects. She talks about freedom and dance and how she follows the divine breadcrumbs to keep herself dancing.
Find Becca and learn more about Thistle Farms. Her sermon The Invitation to Freedom in Our Lives at All Saints Church Pasadena can be found here on YouTube.
Becca wanted everyone to check out The Monkey Project, a wonderful Peruvian project that Thistle Farms is supporting and that she talks about in this interview as well.
Discover composer Jacob Narverud, whose song is featured at the end of the Podcast. Dance Your Dance was sung by the All Saints choir on November 10, 2019. An excerpt from Becca's sermon on that same date is featured as well. Check out the words to Dance Your Dance:
DANCE YOUR DANCE
Who knows why dolphins leap for joy? Or eagles fly to the sun? We should be light as the morning air But who can tell us how?
Ask the wind Ask the wave Ask everything that flies or sings Ask the moon Ask the stars Ask the brave one who fights for Love
Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your dance
Our lungs were made for singing Our legs were made to climb Our arms will open wide enough to welcome the whole bright world
Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your dance
Drop your worries to the floor And kick them to the corner hard Then march to the center of the space you have cleared Grab hands and dance in joy
Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your dance Dance your Dance in Joy
Christina Dunbar didn't feel like she had a voice for a very long time. She came here with her family from Russia as a young child, a fish out of water. She took silent solace in ballet until her body blossomed in such a way that she could no longer follow her ballerina dreams. Her life twisted and turned in such a way that she became a stripper to support herself.
Life events then gave her back her voice, inspiring her to tell her own stories. Now she leads women through the healing and empowering process of birthing the stories in their hearts through her renowned Los Angeles workshops, and brings some of them even to public stages with She Takes the Stage and Red. She brought her own story, one-woman show Dirty Me Divine to stages in Los Angeles, San Francisco and soon will be bringing it to New York.
Visit Christina at her website: christinadunbar.com
Happy New Year episode made all the happier by this extraordinary woman, Nadia Salamanca, who has endured several dramatic tragedies in her life and yet you would never know it. She doesn't even appear to be singed by the fires -- including the burning down of her home and studio in the Thomas Fire in 2018. She is a bright beautiful light and she inspires women far and wide with her work.
Find out more about Nadia and her Spark & Ignite It program at her site: nadiasalamanca.com
Click here to view the video that Nadia's husband, Mikki Willis, made that we refer to in the interview: What if Your Son Chose This? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7rujK0iOJU
Follow Nadia on Facebook and Instagram for more beautiful sparks of light!
It's that time of year when pictures of what life should look like -- for the holidays, in that life review that happens at year end -- comes crashing up against what life is.
One of the five superpowers in Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World is SUPER ALIGNMENT where our life supports our connection to the divine, to our highest self.
Check in to your own heart in this short episode celebrating SupervAlignment, as Bridget closes out this year of the podcast to go work on her Super Alignment and start 2020 with even more love in her heart.
Aimee Galicia Torres is in the business of telling stories through her documentary films. Usually she is telling the stories for the people who voices would otherwise not be heard. Most often they are uplifting stories of people overcoming adversity.
On November 19th she found herself in front of the camera at a press conference, announcing that thanks to a new law in California, she can now sue the priest who molested her between the ages of 8 and 12.
Listen to this inspiring story because you don't know who you may help by listening as states are expanding the time within which one must report abuse. In October, California raised their statute of limitations to age 40. Earlier this year, New York and New Jersey raised their statutes of limitations to 55.
People can have a voice. People can tell their stories, be heard, seek justice and further heal their hearts. Aimee is a true Superhero of Love. Find her on Instagram at @shotbyaimee.
Richard L. Sarnat, M.D. has a new book out! So we are bringing back his interview from one year ago where he discusses his work, including publishing peer-reviewed medical studies of the miracles he has witnessed and studied.
Find more about Dr. Rick and the book at medicalmiracle.info. Buy the book now at Amazon.
We lost a beautiful light and force on this planet last week. Adelaide Finkbine Hixon was 101 when she passed and was nothing short of the Grande Dame of my Love League. Since I was eleven years old, she has been a source of wisdom, laughter and a swift kick in the pants when I needed one. She was an extraordinary philanthropist, who was passionate about early childhood education. Adelaide's list of philanthropic credits is miles long, but I love the twinkle in her eye behind the writing program she started with her husband Alec at CalTech to help scientists convey their ideas to the rest of us folk.
In the photo above, as we waited for a play to begin about 4 years ago, she had just uttered this hilarious sentence "Opera is the television of the 1880's!"
Here she is in her one and only visit when she came to my new home for lunch. I had only very recently gotten settled here, but she was so excited for me she wanted to come as soon as I would have her. She was my champion.
We shared a passion for flowers and butterflies. I always brought flowers which she would inspect in great detail ("Is this from your garden?" "What's this one here?) and deeply inhale their aroma as if she were ingesting their deliciousness. Whenever possible I would bring her a special butterfly find too. This is one of the wind-up butterflies propelled by a tightly wound rubberband. It delighted her so when it flew up high and then landed on her blanket. I couldn't help snap a photo of its synchronistic lavender butterflied landing strip!
This podcast is a love letter to Adelaide with excerpts from Supehero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World that she inspired.
With love from Bridget...
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton were at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on November 6, 2019 hosted by Book Soup as part of their book tour for The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience.
Bridget casually recorded some snippets on her iphone and was moved to share them her. She sought and received permission to share them in honor of these two Superhero of Love authors who celebrate over 100 Gutsy Women who also happen to be Superheroes of Love.
Brilliant interviewer Maria Shriver led the conversation through heart territories that some had never heard about before, and led to Hillary giving some hints about another possible presidential run.
Buy "The Book of Gutsy Women" Wherever You Get Your Books
One of the most often mentioned books in the Superhero of Love Podcast is the NY Times Bestseller (for three years!) The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. James talks about how his work has evolved since he first self-published the book that quickly went old-school viral as a "pass-along book." Today it is reaching a whole new audience including rappers Jay Z, P Diddy, Wyclef Jean who name it one of the books they live by, becoming again a book that isn't staying on bookstore shelves.
James talks about a new passion for enneagrams which you can explore further with James Redfield article "THE SECRETS OF THE ENNEAGRAM: KNOWING OURSELVES"
James will be in Los Angeles on 2/11/20 and Sedona on 4/11/20 on his Celestine Prophecy Tour
Read more about what James is up to and catch up with all things Celestine Prophecy and beyond at James' website: CelestineVision.com.
Buy the NEW EDITION of The Celestine Prophecy wherever you get your books!
Yet another synchronicity comes into the Superhero of Love world. Bridget was watching a YouTube video and the next video that YouTube automatically played -- on a topic completely unrelated to the one she was watching! -- was on Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI's). Bridget did an interview with Jerri earlier this year but visited her home for another quick conversation about synchronicity, love, making a difference in the world and TBI's.
EMMY winning director Jerri Sher's new movie, QUIET EXPLOSIONS, is inspired by Adam and Andrew Marr's book Tales from the Blast Factory and follows the stories of several people with traumatic brain injuries who are being helped by some medical miracles now available to TBI patients.
You can also check out the YouTube Version of this Interview
Find out more about Jerri's movie: Quiet Explosions
Anthony Guthmiller has been making a difference in this world since he was a tiny tot growing up in South Dakota and Minnesota. For the past many years he has been making a difference in the Pasadena area, first as a guiding light at the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena. Since then he has lent his magic Midas touch to fundraising and bringing light to many nonprofits including Thrive Tribe, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Cancer Support Community, American Cancer Society, Pasadena Fire Foundation, Leadership Pasadena, and more!
He also is a true Superhero of Love, inspiring all he meets to love more.
He also helped Bridget with Love Forward Talks and inspired her (just after this interview was completed!) to join the fun in the upcoming fundraiser that Anthony himself invented for Leadership Pasadena: Setting the Table: The World of Conversation. Join us on November 9th at the Pasadena Convention Center!
Andrea Pflaumer is the author of Shopping for the Real You: Ten Essential Steps to a Better Wardrobe for Every Women – Fashionistas, Fashion-phobes and the Over Fifty and She’s Got Good Jeans. She writes about fashion, style and the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We talk about beauty inside and out -- how you can wear your beautiful heart on your beautiful sleeve in a way that makes you look and feel great.
Please visit her blog at Shopping for the Real You
Find a plethora of inspiring videos Andrea has made to help us all at Shopping for the Real You YouTube Channel
Trudie Strobel and Sharon Kagan are two extraordinary and beautiful artists who have a lot in common. They both were changed by the Holocaust. Trudie spent up to age seven in camps. Sharon was five years old when she started hearing the vivid stories from the people her mother saved from the Holocaust. They both work with needles: Trudie as a master embroiderer and Sharon with knitting as one of the important mediums she is working with at the moment.
But the most important thing that they share is that they both have stories of how their art helped heal their hearts. They also are passionate about making a difference with their art and their hearts -- and they both do exactly that with great success.
Find out more about each of them and see their art at their respective websites: trudiestrobel.com and sharonkagan.com.
Linda Joy's name fits her. She has been a source of joy and inspiration to women around the globe for decades. She is a former welfare mom, high-school dropout and self-professed "queen of self-sabotage," Linda knows first-hand the journey of healing, forgiveness and transformation and the importance of embracing the dreams in your heart. She believes in the power of possibility and that every woman has the power to transform her life.
Through her numerous inspirational media brands, including the beloved Aspire Magazine, Inspired Living Publishing™, the Inspired Conversations™ radio show, Inspired Living Secrets™ Summit Series and the all new Inspired Living University™: A Sacred Community & Curriculum for Women, Linda has been passionately spreading a message of love, feminine wisdom and self-empowerment since 2006. Her message now reaches over 40,000 subscribers and a thriving social media community. Learn more at www.InspiredLivingUniversity.com.
If you are in the mood to be inspired and fill your heart with joy, listen in -- and share with those you love!
New York Times Bestselling author Robyn Spizman is a true Superhero of Love who is committed to helping each and every one of us spread love and kindness. Her new book Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word is full of inspiring stories and hundreds of ideas to get you started on changing the world with love and kindness.
Robyn just had a tough couple of years losing both of her parents and she shares how even through that loss she brought love and kindness into each and every corner of her life during these very intense times caring for her ill parents.
If you are trying to shift a relationship or breathe fresh energy into a situation, listen in.
Visit Robyn online at http://www.robynspizman.com and find her book wherever you get your books!
Dr. Christopher Hartnett has had billion dollar businesses, owns the largest pink emerald on earth, and brought VOIP technology to the world. Those are a mere few of his long list of extraordinary credits. His greatest mission, though, is the one he speaks about in this interview: to help people become Soul-Realized.
Dr. Hartnett studied for decades with masters of self-realization including Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, but an extreme physical condition brought him to Master John Douglas in 2008. After many years of suffering and searching the globe for someone who could heal the illness that caused him to endure over 29 week-long hospital stays and countless surgeries, Master John performed the miraculous cure for which Dr. Hartnett will forever be expressing humble gratitude through his service.
This interview was taped on September 11, 2019 and Dr. Hartnett talks about how an intervention by Maharishi saved his life on September 11, 2001, and also about the consciousness of the world on that day and since.
For many years, Dr. Hartnett has been "in the business" of helping people raise their consciousness, and the consciousness of the planet. You will hear his passion for Master John in this interview and his excitement about the free global call with Master John Douglas LIVE from Sydney on September 28th at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. For call-in information for that call, click HERE.
Dr. Hartnett also mentions the October 27th video events featuring Master John Douglas to be held at over 30 locations around the globe, is available for registration HERE!
For more information about what drives Dr. Hartnett's life --Master John Douglas and all that he does for the world, go to masterangels.org.
To read more about Dr. Christopher Hartnett, click HERE.
Artist Sharon Kagan and Bridget met almost 24 years to the day after they were both featured in an LA Times article that Bridget didn't see until just last week. The article featured an interview with Bridget when she owned The Angel Store but largely featured a story of Sharon as a Superhero of Love, who created an extraordinary happening in the space next to her art studio: The Love Chapel. Curated with love and care, Sharon created a sanctuary that drew visitors from all over the globe who were invited to visit day or night to have an experience of feeling loved.
Sharon is a Superhero of Love for even more reasons, some of which are featured in these photos which you will hear about in the interview -- including tapping into her unknown passion for knitting -- and creating knitted art -- after her mother, a master knitter and embroiderer passed away as a way of healing her heart.
You will also hear a fabulous love story of how she met her husband, artist Terry Holtzgreen who created the table in this photo from reclaimed wood.
Also if you'd like to see a brief interview with Sharon in her studio, which features this magical floor art of Metatron's Cube (also known as The Flower of Life) click here: YouTube Video of Mini Studio Tour with Sharon Kagan
Find Sharon at sharonkagan.com and follow her on Instagram as Sharon Kagan and Curated LA Culture.
At the end of this episode, you will hear an acknowledgement of Charlotte de la Poole who is the person who sprinkled the breadcrumbs leading to this interview happening. Her essential oil line can be found here: TanTien Essential Oils
Gretchell Yaneza is an award-winning singer-songwriter whose new album The Offering was just released. She is also a bright creative source of Superhero of Love light on this planet. Gretchell hails from Hong Kong, a spot on our earth that is currently in turmoil. She tells us how she maintains her center and remains entrenched in love in spite of the unrest, how she uses her many artistic and entrepreneurial talents to make this world a more beautiful place, and the source of her power and light, Master John Douglas.
Gretchell's website will be live soon at www.gretchelyaneza.com
Do you have an exciting choice to make? Or maybe do you have a difficult choice to make for which you can't quite seem to figure out your heart's greatest desire? Have you been delaying a tough decision because you just can't get clear?
In this episode Bridget will lead you through a peaceful meditation for your heart that may help you clear your heart and find a place of power, peace and love from which to jump toward a clear choice.
Whether you are deciding whether to buy a house, take a job, jump into or out of a relationship, this may bring you a bit closer to a Superhero of Love powerful action. Enjoy!
....and don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! It will bring more Superheroes of Love into the fold!
And, as of the posting of this episode, the book is on major sale on Amazon so...Buy Your Copy of SUPERHERO OF LOVE Today!
Enjoy, Superhero!
Connie Whitman is a communication and listening expert who gives many listening tips to help us open and soften our hearts. She helps open hearts in the business world with more than 36 years experience as a sales, service, coaching, training and development expert. Her mission is to help leaders build powerhouse organizations that change clients’ lives for the better.
Connie is also the Co-Founder of Wisdom De-Coded and you will hear her lead Bridget through their Communication Style Assessment. You'll hear about your own communication style and that of those you love too!
Check out Connie's podcast Enlightenment of Change. Learn more about working with Connie at whitmanassoc.com.
SPECIAL OFFER to Superhero of Love Podcast Listeners -- Connie is offering a free 15-minute laser coaching session, to review and deep dive their personal results, for any listeners who sends her an email by August 31st. Email her to schedule a free 15-minute session to info@wisdomdecoded.com
Lisa Lang is an innovator and the Founder of Spread Goodness®, a brand new concept with the mission of uplifting the vibration of the planet through acts of human kindness and generosity of spirit. She started off her professional career in the classroom teaching all ages from Early Childhood through 8th grades. For the past 14 years, Lisa founded, developed and recently handed off Dream Big Education, one of the largest non-profit performing arts workshops for children in Chicago.
Lisa is clearly in the business of making a difference wherever she goes! Find out how you can help her spread love and goodness around the world at www.SpreadGoodness.Love.
Find Lisa and the Spread Goodness project in all the right places:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spreadgoodness.love/ @spreadgoodness.love
Twitter: www.twitter.com/GoodnessSpread @GoodnessSpread
Facebook: www.facebook.com/spreadgoodness.love
Blog: http://spreadgoodness.blog
Website: www.spreadgoodness.love
Bridget reads from the Superhero Training Camp section of her book, Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World and shares an experience she recently had when practicing one of the exercises in this excerpt to cause a breakthrough with her mother.
Find more about Bridget and the book at superherooflove.com and find the book wherever you buy books!
Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to this podcast -- if you LOOOOOOOVE it!
Robert Kandell is an interpersonal communication expert, speaker, podcaster and the author of the bestselling book, unHIDDEN: A Book for Men and Those Confused by Them. Since 2002, Robert’s mission has been to help people find themselves and use their internal power to live their best lives. He has helped thousands of students up-level their communication, leading them to live more balanced, energized, connected and purposeful lives.
Find more about Rob, his book and all the ways you can work with him and his wisdom at https://www.robertkandell.com
Jerri Sher is an EMMY Award-winning director who is making a difference one creative project at a time. Whether it's a movie, a book, art, poetry, she puts her heart and soul into it and lights up hearts all along the way.
Her new movie QUIET EXPLOSIONS: Healing the Brain is about the revolutionary work being done with traumatic brain injuries (TBI's). Listen in to hear about the movie, the wisdom it shares and the star athletes, military personnel, and regular people like you and me that have been quietly suffering with TBI's.
Watch the trailer for the documentary at Quiet Explosions or on YouTube.
You'll probably want to hear and see more from Jerri Sher too!
The video of another interview of Jerri by Bridget, filmed at Jerri's home is on YouTube now!
Carol Woodliff and Bridget had both recently hit a wall of should's and shame so they got together to transform that negativity into possibility. The results were so magical that they got together to share about what they did in this Superhero of Love Podcast episode. The breakthroughs started coming from just setting the intention to meet to break through the negativity. The power of intention is definitely one that could benefit every Superhero of Love!
You can check out more of Carol Woodliff's work at carolwoodliff.com.
Jen Pastiloff's book On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listen Hard came out June 4, 2019! It is a stunning, moving, heart-holding and heart-warming memoir.
This episode features the talk that Jen gave at Love Forward Talks on November 11, 2018 that will inspire you to run out and get her book. You'll want more Jen. You'll want more of her very special dose of love that she showers upon all she meets.
Click here after you listen to the podcast to watch her give this talk: YouTube Video of Jen's Love Forward Talk
Enter NOW for the give-away for a free copy of her book by entering a comment on any Superhero of Love social media feed. Winner will be chosen on Fourth of July 2019!
Carol Woodliff is a Shaman, a coach, healer and author of a few books including From Scared to Sacred: Lessons in Learning to Dance with Life. She gave a talk at the Love Forward Talks event which happened in Pasadena on November 11, 2018. The audio from that talk is featured in this episode. People are still talking about how inspiring they found the story she shares as well as the wisdom she gained that couldn't help but inspire everyone who was present.
You can watch the Love Forward Talk which is featured in this episode on YouTube and read all about Carol and her work at her website, carolwoodliff.com.
Stephanie Reid is a healing facilitator living in Ashland, OR. While specializing in Lyme Disease, she works with clients suffering from a broad spectrum of illnesses & conditions.
Stephanie uses an ability to discern the truth in matter as a guide and calls upon the Angels to help those suffering from illness and other difficulties. It is her mission to help others by bringing Divine truth and light to all who seek her help.
You can connect with Stephanie via email at lotusblessings1@gmail.com
As mentioned in the interview, you can check out the Karmic Repair process on one of the Friday Karmic Repair intro calls at MJDIntro.org. You can read more about Master John Douglas at masterangels.org. If you are in the Los Angeles area, or are near enough and suffer with Lyme, the final dates for the current Golden Grace Tour are this weekend, June 15th and 16th in Marina Del Rey.
Every parent's worst nightmare is losing their beloved child. Some are always terrified of an accidental death. Every new parent has likely feared accidentally harming their child, never imagining though that it might really come true. Victoria Markham endured the worst nightmare, losing her dear 3 1/2 year old boy Koa.
Markham found our American culture under-equipped to deal with grief so she sought other cultures that did grief better, finding comfort, strength and power from them. She now helps others with this wisdom with her company Life Cycle Center and the documentary about her journey, RE:MEMBER, premieres June 11, 2019 in Ashland, Oregon. Go to rememberdoc.com to find out more about the documentary produced by Markham and directed by great documentary filmmaker Katie Teague.
James Creighton, Ph.D. is a psychologist and relationship consultant who has worked with couples and conducted communications training for more than 50 years. He has helped couples, families, businesses, and even governments resolve their conflicts by systematically and lovingly leading them through their differences. He makes taking care of our collective and individual hearts a fun adventure with plenty of tips, tricks and windows to understanding each other. You are bound to have more love in your heart for family and friends after listening.
You can find James at https://jameslcreighton.com/ and find his book anywhere you get your books -- including Amazon.
When has it ever been more important to get women onto the Hill to remove the legislative male hands from our uteri? Never before. And thank God Melanie Childers is on the case because she is empowering, clearing and firing up the hearts of women who are stepping into the political arena for the first time.
She doesn't only coach women running for office but the power with which she does comes through this interview and into all of our hearts. She helps us all imagine stepping into our CEO energy, or what we here call our Superhero of Love!
You can't help but feel empowered when in her presence.
If you know a woman that you would like to run for office, PASS THIS ON TO HER!
If you know a woman in Georgia (one of the 8 states to pass legislation set to harm Roe v. Wade) then definitely PASS THIS EPISODE ON TO HER because Melanie informs us that many of the races in Georgia are run unchecked. There are no Dem contenders in many races.
If you know a woman who isn't quite feeling her power, PASS THIS ON TO HER, because this is a fire starter for all our hearts -- whether politically inclined or political-averse.
Find Melanie at theenlightenedbadass.com and on all social media as The Enlightened Badass.
We also mentioned the Yale program supporting women candidates: Women's Campaign School at Yale University
When Scott Stabile's parents were murdered he was just 14 years old. No one would have blamed him for shutting down his heart for business at that moment. But he didn't. Instead his journey led him to first survive the unthinkable and then slowly make his way toward healing his heart wounds. More tragedy came, and still he consistently cultivated a life dedicated to love, with an ever widening, life-affirming open heart.
In his book Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide-Open Heart (New World Library, September 7, 2017) Scott shares that wide open heart with wisdom and hilarity. He reads a wonderful excerpt from the book in this interview and had Bridget laughing pretty hard throughout this interview.
You can find out more about Scott, his book and his upcoming workshops at scottstabile.com and follow him on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Jennifer Pastiloff, founder of the online magazine The Manifest-Station, travels the world with her unique workshop On Being Human, a hybrid of yoga-related movement, writing, sharing aloud, letting the snot fly, and the occasional dance party. She is a frequent contributor to SHAPE Magazine, has online yoga classes atoneOeight.com, and has been featured on Good Morning America, New York Magazine, Health Magazine, CBS News, and others for her unique style of teaching, which she has taught to thousands of women in sold-out workshops all over the world -- including one in France in just a few weeks!
Find her at JenniferPastiloff.com and on Instagram at @jenpastiloff. She also has many online yoga classes at OneOEight.com. Her memoir On Being Human (Dutton Books 6/4/19) is available for pre-order now wherever you buy your books.
In this interview we touch on several of the themes in her book, one of which is Beauty Hunting which is really easy to do when you are in her presence. We did this interview in her apartment and in front of us was her son Charlie's little table and chair which still housed his lunch leftovers. Look how beautiful they are -- and how aligned they are with the colors of her book cover!
We also mention Jen's Love Forward Talk (11/11/18) which you can check out here: Love Forward Talks - Jen Pastiloff. Watch it to the end....magic happens. You'll want to be touched by that magic.
Dr. Marni Feuerman is the author of Ghosted and Breadcrumbed: Stop Falling for Unavailable Men and Get Smart about Healthy Relationships. She is a licensed social worker and marriage and family therapist with a private practice counseling those with relationship issues.
She has great tips for all of us -- whether in or out of a relationship -- to create more love and intimacy in our lives.
Find Dr. Marni Feuerman at drmarnionline.com and at thetalkingsolution.com. Find her book wherever you get your books and/or on Amazon.
Bridget Fonger created Love Forward Talks to further the vision and intention of her book to help people love and be loved more. We have featured a few Love Forward Talks previously -- Ted Lyde, Jan Casebolt and T. Chick McClure -- and more are on the way. This is Bridget's introductory talk which kicked off the event which gives a little peek into what had her write her book Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World.
You can also see the talk on YouTube.
Orna and Matthew Walters worked a lot on themselves before they set out to manifest their life partners. They had a lot of tools in their toolboxes, and they used them diligently. They were recovering from - respectively -- childhood abuse and alcoholism, so they had their work cut out for them. They came to the other side of their journeys into each other's arms and with the beginnings of what would become systems for love success.
They have been widely featured in all media as love experts. Orna and Matthew help women do what they did to manifest each other: heal heart wounds and clear the decks for the love and life you want.
In this episode, they give us some great tips and wisdom that apply to far more than romantic love. The work they do to help women find love can help us all when the heat in our hearts -- for whatever reason -- is turned up to scorching. Anything that helps us move around this world more able to bump into each other's hearts in a peaceful, loving way is a good thing, and Orna and Matthew give us plenty of that.
Check out Orna and Matthew's work at Love on Purpose. You don't have to take the long circuitous route to loving and being loved. You can go directly, with purpose, from Point A (pain) to Point B (love) with their beautiful, uplifting -- and sometimes hilarious -- guidance.
T. Chick McClure used to be a man in a woman's body, but now he is skyrocketing through life as the man he always knew he was since transitioning. He gave an extraordinary talk about the journey that his relationship with his father has taken during this transition at Love Forward Talks on November 11, 2018. The audio from that talk is featured at the end of our short catch-up conversation to discover how his life and art are on a rocket ship to higher and higher places every day in these five months. If you know someone struggling with their gender, or in any way confronted by the schism between who they are in the world and who they are in their hearts, you will want to share this with them. Check out Chick's beautiful essay on this topic as well on Medium, his Photo Essay mentioned in this conversation and his Love Forward Talk, and his Instagram. His website is TChickMcClure.com and if you know of a transgender person who could use some support, Chick welcomes those communications with a giant open heart.
April is Sarcoidosis Awareness Month.
This episode is designed to take care of the hearts of those who suffer - or have loved ones who are suffering -- from this not very well known or understood disease. Many sarcoidosis sufferers will in fact never be properly diagnosed unless we continue to raise awareness. Others have been misdiagnosed with other grave diseases, such as lymphoma, and may never know that they may indeed suffer with sarcoidosis.
Many 911 first responders have died from sarcoidosis. But it isn't just a 911-related, New York based disease. Jan Casebolt lives in Los Angeles, and had been suffering for years with this debilitating disease. She was set to fly to the Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery because sarcoidosis had ravaged every part of her body except her brain: her heart was in dire need of repair. Luckily something had her say yes to an invitation to meet Master John Douglas, who is known for healing incurable diseases, and especially auto-immune disorders like this one. Jan received her miracle healing and the physical suffering was finally over. The miracles didn't stop there, though, so listen to this episode to hear all of her uplifting story.
You can read the peer-reviewed case study about her medical miracle at masterangels.org/research
If you or someone you know suffers with sarcoidosis, Jan welcomes emails at mysarcoidosismiracle@gmail.com. You can also follow her Facebook page at My Sarcoidosis Miracle.
Listen to her story and share this episode wherever you can to help increase awareness of sarcoidosis, and also of the potential end of its terror on those who suffer with it.
Heartbreak Coach Claire Byrne had a very bad break up that blindsided her just like mine! And it was the best thing that ever happened to her too. She came out the other side a powerful, often hilarious, always motivating coach leading women to the other side of heartbreak.
We have so much in common she will be moderating my next Superhero of Love event at The Last Bookstore on April 4, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Get your tickets (the price of a book) here now: Eventbrite -- Last Bookstore Event on 4/4/19
Find out more about Claire at her website Claire Your Mind: Claire Byrne Coaching
Find her podcast How to Stop Wanting Him Back on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts
Sara Singer Schiff, Melissa Brohner-Schneider and Morgan Simpson created a podcast that is about to up your powers, Superhero of Love. They talk every week about failure -- in all its myriad forms -- and ease us toward letting go of our shame around it, embracing its lessons and even adding several doses of humor into the failure mix. They are all hilarious, smart and mighty hearts. You will LOVE them!
In this episode Sara, Melissa and Morgan talk about the recent college admissions scandal, parenting, aging and even plastic surgery in a way that makes you almost want to run out and fail in a big way so you can let go of that huge weight of perfectionism and fly higher in your life - no matter what you are up to.
Find their podcast wherever you get your podcasts or at The Other F Word Podcast. Just go ahead and subscribe to it, and once you've become addicted, don't forget to rate it and review it -- like you should rate and review THIS podcast right here!
Also, remember to grab your copy of Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World wherever you buy your books or Amazon. And if you are in Los Angeles, come meet Bridget Fonger at her book event at The Last Bookstore on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Melanie Lutz is a love activist, a producer, filmmaker and author of several books including Mel's Love Land. She asks us all to consider what this world might be like if most of our thoughts were loving. Even better, she gives us inspiration and super easy exercises that can help us inch a little closer to that Love Land.
Find all about Mel, her Love Land, All Systems Love and more at https://www.melsloveland.com/
NOTE: This interview was SO FULL OF LOVE it had to be split into two parts. Part 1 was published on March 7th.
Melanie Lutz is a love activist, a producer, filmmaker and author of several books including Mel's Love Land. She asks us all to consider what this world might be like if most of our thoughts were loving. Even better, she gives us inspiration and super easy exercises that can help us inch a little closer to that Love Land.
Find all about Mel, her Love Land, All Systems Love and more at https://www.melsloveland.com/
NOTE: This interview was SO FULL OF LOVE it had to be split into two parts. Part 2 will publish on March 14th.
The title for Jaime Alexis Stathis' book "Love is Always the Way Home" popped into her head one day, proving she is a natural born Superhero of Love (as we all are!) whose Super Hearing is honed. The proceeds of her book go to Together Rising and/or the Texas Civil Rights Project to help the kids at the border still separated from their families.
Jaime has a giant heart and a great break-up story that she wrote about in a blog post that went viral "Discovering My Boyfriend Has a Wife."
Find out about all that Together Rising suggests we do for the children at the border at Together Rising: Ways to Help Separated Families at Border
Find the blogpost that found its way onto Medium here: Jaime's Medium Article "Discovering My Boyfriend Has a Wife"
Jaime's blog: sorry i'm NOT WHO YOU THOUGHT i was
Join her on Facebook at Jaime's Facebook Page and buy her book now at Love is Always the Way Home!
Bridget reads the "Super Hearing" section from the chapter entitled "The Five Superpowers," including the very short exercise at the end of the chapter which may prove helpful.
To buy the book on Amazon or wherever you buy your books! You can even get it on Audible from Brilliance Audio, read by Teri Schnaubelt!
Enjoy, Supeheroes!
Jen Kramer is an average every day human with one caveat. She has a tremendously gigantic heart. As Jen looked at ways to best impact her year in 2018, she created the “Year of Love” as a way to share and express her love for all people (both those she knew, and had yet to know!). Jen lives on the north side of Chicago. She is actively involved and on the board of Special Olympics in Chicago. Jen loves the Chicago food scene, is a theater junkie and loves a bike ride on her beloved lakefront. Find out more about Jen and the Year of Love at www.yearofloveproject.com
Carol Allen is not just a Vedic Astrologer who knows her stars, she is also an amazing relationship coach who has studied relationships from every angle so she can gently guide people to find their soulmates, and take care of their hearts on their journeys.
She is hilarious and is quick to laugh so it will be hard to not have a smile on your face when you listen to her chat about her tips, wisdom and tools to help people navigate not just the land of love and the stars above us, but also these crazy heart-wrenching times in which we live.
Carol has been a featured expert on hundreds of local and nationally syndicated radio shows and global telesummits, and has been seen on CBS News, EXTRA, Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers, Bridezillas, and an E! Television special. Her writings have been in many books, journals and magazines. Find out more about her body of work, her easy access Vedic Astrology readings, and sign up for her wonderful newsletter at www.loveisinthestars.com.
Kathryn Alice was a single mom for 10 years before meeting her soulmate Jon, and is considered one of the U.S.’s foremost experts on soulmates & dating. Author of the bestseller Love Will Find You, she teaches around the world and is responsible for thousands of people recovering from heartbreak and finding the love of their lives.
Kathryn is in the business of healing hearts so she and Bridget talk about how she and her family are dealing with losing her home in the Malibu fires, how she helps people to the other side of suicidal thoughts, how she guides single moms through parenting and finding their soulmates. Kathryn leads Bridget through an exercise that you can do too when you listen!
Find Kathryn Alice on her website at kathrynalice.com
Sara Schulting-Kranz of Live Boldly Coaching takes people who have suffered trauma or loss on healing hikes of a lifetime in the Grand Canyon. She took the first blind woman, a veteran whose traumatic brain injury left her blind, through a record-breaking hike. She leads everyone to the other side of their trauma and loss to a place where they can live and love boldly again. Her book and a documentary about her work should be gracing our bookshelves and movie screens in 2020.
Listen in to our conversation and then check out her upcoming workshops and events at liveboldlycoaching.com
Gwyneth Paltrow launched "conscious uncoupling" into the collective consciousness in 2014 when she announced her separation from Chris Martin. In 2015, its inventor Katherine Woodward Thomas' book of that title Conscious Uncoupling: The Five Steps to Living Happily Even After came out, and became a New York Times bestseller, just like her first book Calling in "The One": 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life.
Katherine is a delight -- generous with her wisdom and will likely make you laugh and ponder, while giving you useful tips to deal with heartache of all kinds. She talks about her both of her books and at the end makes an exciting announcement about something she is doing at the end of January, 2019!
Find Katherine at www.ConsciousUncoupling.com and www.katherinewoodwardthomas.com and buy both of her NYT bestsellers anywhere that you buy books.
Sister Dr. Jenna is a world renowned speaker and meditation teacher whose radio show America Meditating is healing our world one new meditator at a time. She is the director of two Meditation Museums in Silver Spring, Maryland and McLean, Virginia, the prolific producer of meditation CDs and travels the world bring more peace to souls and love into hearts.
We have a great chat about managing our hearts during these chaotic times. She will make you laugh and she will make you feel more at peace by the end of the interview too. What a great way to start the new year!
Find Sister Dr. Jenna at America Meditating and on Twitter at @AmericaMeditate and her meditation museums at Meditation Museum.
Susan Segal was driving her daughter to school one day when a city bus had to swerve into her BMW in order to miss a runaway truck. Her daughter, Alyce, stepped out of the impossible wreckage and was miraculously unscathed. Susan required a laborious extrication from the vehicle and barely survived, having broken nearly every bone in her body, including her neck. Today, she is the picture of health and her husband Doug Segal tells the story of how and why she is today a walking miracle in his book Struck: A Husband's Memoir of Trauma and Triumph (Prospect Park Books, September 2018)
You can guess it: they are Superheroes of Love. The Segal family believes in the power of love, the unique love of friends, family and complete strangers in a time of crisis, and its ability to bring Susan through this healing saga that could have, at hundreds of points in time, taken a sharp turn toward a far darker end of this story.
You will hear from Doug, Susan and their son Michael, whose life was, of course, also struck by this tragedy-turned-miracle story of love.
Find the book wherever you buy your books and find Doug at douglassegal.com.
Allana Pratt is an intimacy expert who has coached thousands to open their hearts to love, healing and stepping into their most kick-ass power. She has authored three books and talks about her latest -- just out this November -- 7 Steps to Manifest Your Beloved: While Staying True to Yourself Allana generously gives us many real life tips during this episode. She has a way of teaching through hilarious yet heart-centered stories. If you know someone who has recently gone through a brutal divorce, pass this on to them. If you would like to have your heart opened up a little bit more, tune in for yourself.
You can find Allana, her books, her inspiring videos (that make you feel like you are with her - live - in that moment even if viewed years later!), classes, and more at allanapratt.com.
Allana is a Superhero of Love, so you will want to stay in touch with her refreshing, sometimes hilarious and always whip ass smart intimacy inspirations.
And, don't forget... Superhero of Love will be out January 1, 2019. You can pre-order it now wherever you buy your books. Also, go check out all the videos from the recent Love Forward Talks event that happened on November 11, 2018 in Pasadena, CA. The book and the talks are all about helping us all love and be loved more than ever.
Kelly Notaras had an illustrious career in publishing. Right out of college she jumped into Avon Books (which subsequently folded into Harper Collins) in New York City as an editor and worked her way up, up, up until she started her own business kn Literary which is the company she created to help shepherd the dearly beloved books we all have inside us -- that we were as the title of her book says "born to write. Check out her brand new book: The Book You Were Born to Write.
The conversation covers how Kelly's "shepherd fairy" duties - as both 1) shepherd helping carry the emotional load for authors and 2) fairy godmother seeing the beauty and magic in each of our stories -- span into her personal life. Kelly generously gave up over a year of her life to help shepherd her friend and partner through dying and death. This is the article she mentions that began as a Facebook post and went viral: Self Magazine article "Doing Death Differently"
During the interview a major "aha" moment erupted in screams when it was discovered that it was an article by Kelly about the 25 publishers that accept unsolicited manuscripts that got Bridget her publishing deal! That article is no longer available via google search, but Kelly did say that you can sign up for kn Literary's email list and you will get it!
If you feel you have a book in you, this is a MUST LISTEN episode!
Don't forget Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World is now available for pre-order wherever you get your books. And, please check out the videos now available of the fabulous talks that took place at Love Forward Talks event in Pasadena, CA on 11/11/18 at loveforwardtalks.com!
Actor/Comedian Ted Lyde has a popular podcast Learning Not to Swear with Ted Lyde which he started out of the period in his life that he speaks about in this hilarious yet deeply moving talk. You will laugh but you may want to have a tissue nearby too.
This talk was given at the first ever Love Forward Talks on November 11, 2018 at the Boston Court Pasadena theatre. The title of these talks was Thanks+Love+Giving and it explored how we can infuse more love into our divided communities, families, our holiday tables, etc. You can find the video of this talk -- and watch Ted in all his glory --- on YouTube on the Superhero of Love channel. You can also watch it on the Love Forward Talks website and see lots of pictures from the event too!
Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World is now available for pre-sale! Check it out wherever you buy your books.
On November 11, 2018, a magical happening occurred in Pasadena, CA. The event was the first ever LOVE FORWARD TALKS and the title was "Thanks+Love+Giving." Seven speakers gathered to contemplate how we can insert more love into our divided political and personal landscapes, how we can insert more love into our daily lives, into the holidays. This Thanksgiving episode was inspired by that event: a guided meditation to prepare our hearts for the Thanksgiving and upcoming holidays.
Our hearts tend to be more tender during these times. This is a guided meditation that may help you take care of yours. Enjoy!
And..
Speaking of holidays...You can pre-order Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World now on Amazon and let your gift recipient know that it will arrive in their mailboxes around January 3rd to start their new heart year off right.
Sign up for the Superhero of Love mailing list at superherooflove.com to be in the loop when the next Love Forward Talks is scheduled. Announcement coming soon!
Dr. Rick Sarnat started a new kind of healthcare system over 20 years ago. It's holistic, heart-centered and time-consuming, and yet it is cost-slashing. That's not a typo: they spend more time with patients and they significantly reduce costs. They also have magnificent results with opioid addiction. Miracle? Actually it's more practical than miraculous.
Dr. Sarnat is also regularly publishing peer-reviewed studies of Master John Douglas's work healing incurable diseases. Miracle? Indeed, and yet it's also based in verifiable medical fact.
To find out more about Master John Douglas: masterangels.org.
Also, check it out! Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever you buy your books!
UPDATE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2019 -- Richard L. Sarnat, M.D.'s new book Medical Miracles: Medical Insights Gained from Observations of Angelic Reformation is available now on AMAZON. And his new website related to the book can be found at MEDICAL MIRACLES.
Patti Pagliei followed her heart after she lost her dot com job. She's starting creating beautiful things. Soon what touched her heart as she created her art was touching the hearts of thousands. Her companies Waxing Poetic and Personally Poetic have touched hundreds of thousands at this point with the beauty and poetry she instills in every piece.
Patti talks about overcoming many challenges - cancer, the fires, floods and mudslides of Santa Barbra, nurturing her family through health scares, and all that can possibly thwart a precious "tiny and mighty" idea for a business that has grown up to make a huge difference in people's lives.
Patti mentioned this poem (by Waxing Poetics in house poet, Brianna Colburn) during the interview which is emblematic of how she lives her life and runs her business:
Be brave, be bright, be brilliant, be wild.
Roses have managed it for centuries, so can we.
Also you will hear mention of Patti's amazing husband, John Simpson, an entrepreneur himself, who expresses his artistic self via music. The exciting upcoming gig she mentions is Saturday, 11/17 at 8 p.m. at Lobero Theatre. Check out the The Double Wide Kings Play Neil Young.
Check out their store The Shopkeepers when you are next in Santa Barbara. You will feel Patti's heart beating in every corner!
Jess Phoenix ran for Congress this year in California's 25th District. She is the Democratic daughter of two Republican FBI agents. She was in high school just up the street from Columbine when what everyone who thought would be the last high school shooting occurred. She thought the adults would take care of it. Soon she was an adult, stepping up to make a difference herself. Jess deals with climate change every single day as a volcanogist, geologist and with her nonprofit environmental scientific research organization, Blueprint Earth. In all of her roles - daughter, congressional candidate, scientist, etc. -- she has developed a true gift of finding points of commonality. Yes, even in the times of extreme dissension and violence, she has a way with our hearts: speaking to them, teaching them and inspiring the hell out of them. Let's follow Jess's advice: "If we can just show each other more empathy... now that's something we want to go viral." Post on all social media your tips for finding points of commonality, for being a point of light in your life, bringing LOVE into our current landscape of dissension and division. Post your tips and tag them: #ThanksLOVEgiving #loveitforward #superherooflove Follow Jess on Instagram @volcano.jess, on Facebook @jessphx and on Twitter @jessphoenix2018. Read all about Blueprint Earth at BlueprintEarth.org
Nancy Levin is in the business of helping us all heal our hearts and clear away all the conscious and subconscious degree that thwarts our Superhero of Love superpowers. She is the bestselling author of Jump … And Your Life Will Appear, Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth, Writing For My Life, and The New Relationship Blueprint. Nancy a Master Integrative Life Coach and the creator of the Jump Coaching, Worthy Coaching and New Relationship Blueprint Coaching, working with clients – privately and in groups – to live in alignment with their own truth and desires. She hosts a weekly call-in radio show Jump Start Your Life on Hay House Radio. Check out all the ways you can connect with Nancy and her heart-opening, heart-strengthening powerful work at nancylevin.com.
Fatima Matousse's education was nearly snuffed out when her very religious Muslim father discovered she had not been attending school fully covered as he wished. Her punishment for being caught was that she could not longer attend school. Due to the kindness and persistence of her classmates and professors and the support of her powerful mother and family, she made her way back to school at age 12, and climbed her way through the education system to become a Moroccan Fulbright scholar. With that scholarship she attended City College of New York and received an MFA in film. Her award winning thesis project, Family in Exile, is currently on the festival circuit. The documentary short film tells the deeply personal story of the women in her family who have risen above the men who have tried hard to oppress them.
Her upcoming screening at the NewFilmmakers New York Festival will be on Wednesday, 10/24/18. Keep an eye on Fatima, and watch for Family in Exile in upcoming international festivals, and then for it to become publicly available once she gets a distribution deal!
Debra Poneman was at the peak of her career when she put the brakes on the successful transformational train she was riding. She is the Founder/CEO of Yes to Success, Inc., which has helped thousands of people transform their lives with what were then considered radical ideas like "your thoughts create your reality."
Now a best selling author, world renowned speaker and seminar leader, Debra has taken the idea of success to a whole new level as she has given birth to her new endeavor aptly named: The NEW Success – A Revolution.
Debra has a contagious optimism that is fully grounded by decades of meditation and motherhood. Moms will love her parenting stories, but everyone will be able to grab a helpful trick, tool or golden nugget of inspiration from her.
Find her at www.YesToSuccess.com and www.YourYearofMiracles.com.
And.... BREAKING NEWS! Follow Superhero of Love on Facebook for the very big announcement of an amazing live event that Debra will be part of on November 11, 2018 in Pasadena, CA!
Julie Alonso had a big fancy corporate job when a series of losses stripped her of many things she valued, bringing her to a place of discovery. The magical art and notes that she had previously only made when inspired by friends and family, grew into a way of life. As she healed her heart so she touched and inspired the hearts of others. A true Superhero of Love, Julie is in the business of healing her own heart as she inspires others to love and be loved more.
You will hear her speak about the magical treasure chest she created for 7 year old Lulu who had invented a series of magical potions. This is a photo of the recipe book she made for the chest:
Find more of Julie's creations on Instagram as @byjuliealonso
Dana P. Rowe is a musical theatre composer whose works have been performed around the globe, including London's West End. He is also the giant hearted leader of a private Facebook group, The Creative Entrepreneurs Mastermind Group. A certified coach, Dana inspires the highly accomplished creatives who use the loving, supportive online community as a springboard for kicking ass in their careers and making their hearts sing. Dana has a knack for making music for himself, his world and those who allow him into their hearts.
If you are a creative entrepreneur, you will want to hear this episode full of tips delivered with joy from one creative directly to you.
Stan Lai is an award-winning playwright and director. Currently his play Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden is in production at the Huntington Gardens. The play is staged in the Chinese Garden, the "Garden of Flowing Fragrance." The audience travels through the garden, over bridges, through pavilions, walking with the actors as they transition from scene to scene, from one magical location to the next, traveling through a journey of the heart, exploring love in all its forms, whether in dream, death, life or theatre, our hearts are deeply moved.
The play inspired a short guided meditation for us to explore all the glorious real estate in our hearts held for all of time, by all that has touched our hearts up to this moment.
To read more about Stan Lai's play: http://www.huntington.org/nightwalk/
Former -- and Forever -- Miss Ohio, Susan Kay Wyatt, didn't win the Miss America Pageant when she competed 30 years ago but she came away with many internal prizes that she shares with us all in this interview and in her new book No Crown Required: Raising a Confident, Courageous, and Compassionate Daughter.
Find Susan on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and click these links:
Susan's Author Page
Amazon Page for "No Crown Required"
There is a ray of sunshine in our justice system and actress Melissa Fitzgerald makes it shine even more brightly.
Melissa played Carol on the television series West Wing for seven years. In 2013 she abruptly left her successful Hollywood career to move to Washington, D.C. to serve as the new Senior Director at Justice for Vets, a division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). She wasn''t new to fighting for justice, nor was she new to bringing light to the struggles of our returning vets (See the documentary she co-executive produced from 2011 Halfway Home), nor was she a stranger to the tragedies of drug addiction, having lost a dear friend to an overdose. She now works at the intersection of all these worlds and her stories are bound to make your heart happy.
Listen in for some good news. These treatment courts are making a difference, reducing crime and costs while uplifting individuals, families and communities on the path to justice being served for all.
To read more after you listen to Melissa's uplifting words and stories: NADCP Website. To stay in touch via Twitter: NADCP on Twitter and Justice for Vets on Twitter, Melissa Fitzgerald on Twitter and to see the Advancing Justice video we mention featuring Melissa and Sesame Street's Elmo: Advancing Justice Partnership with Sesame Street.
Bridget had a little experience on vacation that led her to contemplating how we can catch our heart's desires as easily as catching a bouquet of angel flowers. A little story precedes a short heart-focused guided meditation.
If you need a little heart reset to start receiving all the gifts visible and invisible that may be being gently thrown toward you like rose petals, this tiny meditation may give you just what you need.
Stirling Gardner was an actor and writer in Hollywood when he realized the traffic jam in his head and on Santa Monica Boulevard didn't have to be his norm anymore. He shares the wisdom he gained in overcoming depression, addiction, chronic fatigue and trauma to bring him to his ideal life in Asheville, North Carolina, with the woman of his dreams.
He shares about his experiences with breath work, EMDR and a very special 25 minute morning ritual that you may want to try yourself, or share with anyone who is looking to breathe some joy and divinity into their daily life. Follow Stirling on Facebook, on Youtube and on Twitter Sign up for updates on his book at https://goo.gl/ChT8pd!
Anyone else in the super-stress zone? I am being pushed past my limits these days, and almost everyone I know is in the same boat. It's crucial to remember we are loved and supported during these times. We. Are. Not. Alone.
If you need to hit the re-set button, tune into this short Lovespiration with a guided meditation to shift you from "I gotta do it all by myself" to "I am loved and supported no matter what."
After we finished recording EPISODE 14 with Superhero of Love Natalie Hampton who rose from the ashes of enduring two years of being bullied at her prestigious private school, it was clear we needed to hear how her parents navigated these stormy heart waters as well. No parent wants to see their child suffer. No parent thinks they can support their child in just the right way when their emotional and physical health are at stake. Listen to Scott and Carolyn share how they got through this and helped Natalie stand strong on her own two feet, while doing their best to support her through these treacherous times. They also ended up deepening their family bonds as a result.
Natalie Hampton also pops in for a brief story in this episode as well, giving even more reason to love and respect her.
Please pass on this episode to any parent you might know as there may be something they will be able to use one day when they end up trying to help their child through rough emotional times.
Natalie Hampton was bullied for two years at a prestigious private school. She and her parents tried everything to have her remain in the school and stay safe, but the road was difficult, and Natalie has the scars to prove it. Yet, she rose up from years of abuse to take a stand for the kids who can't fight back, and to provide a real life solution with her Sit With Us App, which gives others like her a chance to stand up against bullies and reach out to those who are being bullied.
At 17, Natalie has already received a plethora of award. You will find her gracing the same page as Jane Goodall when she was acknowledged by People magazine in the issue celebrating "25 Women Changing the World." and was 2017 Radio Disney Heroes for Change honoree.
If you have been bullied, or know someone who has, you will want to listen in to her heart of gold wisdom.
Kathy Eldon lost her son, Reuters photojournalist, Dan Eldon, when he was stoned to death in Somalia at just 22 years old. She and her daughter, Amy Eldon, began an extraordinary journey after that heartbreaking event. They created a documentary entitled Dying to Tell the Story which premiered at the United Nations, and which asked journalists and journalists why they regularly risk their lives to tell the stories of tragedy. This started them on a journey of telling Dan's and other stories through books, documentaries and feature films.
Kathy's memoir In the Heart of Life chronicles how she has lived around the globe yet always nestled in her heart center. She is the embodiment of open-hearted, but her greatest gift is being a spark for other's hearts to come alive in most powerful and creative ways. She will likely spark yours.