Yes, And... With Jennifer Whitacre

Dr. Julie Lopez, founder of The Viva Center, author of Live Empowered, trauma specialist, and expert in implicit memory shares her breadth of knowledge with us. Julie explains what implicit memory is, how it differs from explicit memory, and why it matters in the resolution of trauma. 

Trina L. Martin is a speaker, leader and cyber tech expert! Trina has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and an MBA in International Business. She spent 20 years in the Information Technology field as a programmer and analyst.  She also worked her way up to become a United States Naval Officer and proudly served her country for nearly 30 years.

Jacquie Nelson Walburn’s life did not start easy. Her mother committed suicide when she was just 1 year old. This resulted in her being bounced around between many family members. Ultimately, she ended up living with her father and an abusive step-mother. These early-childhood traumas led to long-term health implications.

MeiMei Fox is a New York Times best selling author, coauthor, and editor of over a dozen non-fiction books in the realm of spirituality and positive psychology, as well as hundreds of articles in publications including Forbes, the Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, and Self magazine. It appears MeiMei has found her purpose in life. 

By 24, Julio Briones had 2 clothing stores, a beautiful condo, and just about anything else that would deem him a success. He would've never thought that seeing a movie with a friend would change the trajectory of his life. His bright future was quickly exchanged for a 39 year prison sentence.

Mari Ryan, CEO and founder of AdvancingWellness, is an expert in worksite well-being. She leverages over 30 years of business experience in various marketing, consulting and executive roles across a variety of different industries. For the past decade, Ms. Ryan has been creating healthier businesses and impacting the lives of employees, through her consulting work and speaking on worksite well-being.

Mike Symonds is a published author, father of 5, and host of the Anything Goes Project. He wrote a book series about a zombie apocalypse breaking out in his home state of Texas. Now, Mike is focusing on the Anything Goes Project. AGP is a podcast about people and their stories.

Joe Phelan is an entrepreneur and snake enthusiast. He shares his love of snakes through social media. This has lead to over 13k followers on Instagram, 1.8 million YouTube views and over 60k podcast downloads. This social following has enabled him to help other small business owners do the same.

Growing up, 28 year old Australian rapper Mugzy, was never "Mr. Popular". His loneliness led to deep internal stress and depression. Ultimately, he found inspiration after his first encounter with Hip-Hop. After hearing Eminem's song 'The Way I Am', Mugzy felt that he could strongly relate to the lyrics in Eminem's songs and began to change his image to be a true representative of the Hip-Hop culture. 

Kate wasn't always a writer. She was a real-estate agent for high dollar properties. In 2008, recession hit the real estate market tremendously hard. By 2011, Kate had lost her house, was 6 figures in debt, and living in an RV. It was in these dark moments that Kate realized the very thing that made her successful in the real estate industry... It was actually her writing ability!

Toni Crowe is an author of 6 books and a retired corporate vice president, but her success did not take a traditional route. Like her mother, she had a baby at fifteen. At just 17 years old, she fell blindly in love with a pimp and ran away with him.

Luke Williams believes positive habits can be built in just 20 minutes. Luke is a life-long entrepreneur and has consulted small business and agencies for two decades. He is now shifting his focus on living a fulfilled life and helping others.

Conventional medicine not working for you? Holistic Health Coach Donna Markussen, teaches us to summon the courage within to question the Western medicine approach towards disease and ill health, in order to get to the root cause of our pain and stressors.   Donna knows first hand how positive lifestyle changes can affect your health. After being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and given medication, Donna combated the issue holistically. Within 4 months, she was able to stop taking all medications.    We talk about how her cancer diagnosis changed her life. Her cancer was not genetic, but a result of chronic stress. This is often stress brought on from our own negative emotions. We learn how to speak up and work through past trauma, to avoid stress.   Beating cancer has inspired her to help others. Donna's book, Finding My Way, Facing My Journey with Courage, highlights the many health challenges Donna has gone through, and through diet and lifestyle changes, she was able to get to the root cause and elim

Have you ever had a bad day? Maybe you had a "wardrobe malfunction" or a fall in public? Most people avoid talking about their most cringe-worthy moments but not, Amy Lyle. Amy and I discuss the huge life change of trying to blend a family. This change ultimately led her to quit her corporate day job to become a full-time screenwriter. After an immense amount of rejection- she was told to "write a book" to "get on the map".

Julie helps others transition to health using a new approach to food and "habit hacks” that help her clients overcome obstacles. Julie is the founder of Fresh Food Alchemy. The company's mission is to create healthy, happy, plant-based individuals. As the founder of Fresh Food Alchemy, Julie's presentations focus on how foods can boost energy, joy and focus.

Today's guest is Tammy Sorrento. Tammy is founder and CEO of Fireball Approves. Fireball Approves is an identity verification service for scam prevention. She became a licensed private investigator and started an investigation agency to keep consumers from getting burned when they rentHelping people avoid scams is Tammy's life mission! She is so passionate because she was almost a victim of one herself.

Today's guest is Sheira Brayer, creator of Motiv8: 8 Ways to ROCK Your Own World, an interactive, multi-media-based empowerment program for women and girls.  Sheira spent over a decade as the co-creator, music supervisor, and head songwriter of "Dittydoodle Works," the Emmy-nominated and nationally distributed children's television series for which she wrote 170 songs.

Chris is a perfect example of someone who knows himself!  Chris knows what he values, and his life reflects that.He shares with us two times in his life when was able to turn an adverse situation into personal growth.Chris also talks about the 21-day water cleanse he's doing.  He promised to keep us informed on his blog about his progress during the cleanse, and about the process the process of re-introducing food into his diet as he comes off of his cleanse.

Today's guest is Laura Di Franco, owner of Brave Healer Productions and a powerhouse who writes to Feng Shui her soul.  Laura is a published poet and author, inspirational speaker, holistic physical therapist, and third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do with over two decades of experience in healing.  Laura is with us today to share her story and her wisdom with us.

Dr. Aaron Smith joins us today to talk about public STEM schools.  He is currently an administrator at a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) school in Virginia, and he also has years of experience teaching in a traditional public school.  Aaron explains what STEM really is, and he also dispels some myths about STEM schools.