Michelle Santana was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She spent her childhood in Atlanta and the surrounding area. She is divorced and has two adult children and two precious grandchildren. She found peace in the North Georgia Mountains where she is now with her rat terrier, Mary Jane. By writing "To Hell and Back," she has conquered her demons and has changed from the inside out into a beautiful woman. She has found happiness that resides deep in her soul. Through her many struggles and heart aches, she has become a strong and vivacious woman. She hopes that her book will encourage others to seek professional help and support. Healing and living a rich life and fulfilling life is possible.

She has been asked to speak to PTA groups on "Ending the Silence" a program through NAMI (National Alliance On Mental Illness). She helps law enforcement officers better understand the trauma that families face when sexual child abuse is brought to the officer's attention. She speaks to law enforcement officers through the CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Trainings in Georgia. She attends Georgia DBHDD (Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disability) counsel meetings and speaks about the need to provide an avenue for better mental health services to children of sexual abuse. 

Michelle has a vision to open a non- profit factory that will employ men and women recovering from mental illness, but will not re-victimize others. The factory will produce and distribute angel dolls and Aslan Lions. These toys will be given to children of abuse. The making of the toys will give an empowering effect on those involved.

Author of TELL IT ALL MY SON, and To Hell and Back

Known as “The SMART Guy” Success Means Acquiring Right Thoughts 

 Anthony DeNino is the Founder and President of CORe – Creating Our Reality, Inc. Working with both For-Profit companies and Non-Profit organizations, his talks and training/workshops are targeted, interactive presentations, that are always customized to fit the specific needs of the client. He speaks for major corporations, smaller companies, and NPOs. He works with troubled teenagers, and loves to discuss ways in which he can help you and your company/organization. Prior to creating CORe, he worked for 25 years in the corporate world, which has allowed him to offer powerful insights during his talks and workshops, while also providing the foundation for the consulting work he does. Some of the topics he covers include: Leadership, Sales, Customer Service, Effective Communication, Workplace Environment, and Perspective.  He has been speaking at company events since 2008 and have been the Keynote Speaker for State and National Conferences.

Anthony is a spiritual person, believes in the amazing power of God and how He is always speaking to us, always wants us to succeed and always, always loves us...no matter what the circumstances are. 

                                           

Highlights Include:

• Partial Client List -  Taco Bell, NC Department of Public Safety, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, UTC Aerospace, Heartland Payment Systems, National Partnership for Juvenile Services, Emory University, CBS Radio and Speedway Motor Sports;

• Co-Developer of  “The CORe Project™” - a 7–16-week self-esteem, social-skill building curriculum for kids and teens utilized in Teen Courts, Schools, and Community-Based Programs in North Carolina, Virginia, and California;

• Published Author - “The Power of Giving and Gratitude!”

A N D Y

T I L L I S O N

BRITISH KEYBOARDIST-SINGER-SONGWRITER

FOR

PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND

'T H E    T A N G E N T'

The Tangent is a Progressive Rock Band from Northern England, based around keyboards player, composer and idiosyncratic vocalist Andy Tillison Diskdrive.

Their music is cinematic and lyrical, full of narrative, often telling stories or making observations about the world we live in - often choosing subject matter more associated with Anarcho-Punk bands than with the genre in which the band choose to base themselves. "No Hobbits or Orcs in our songs" The band have released a steady output of well-regarded albums through their record label Inside Out Music.

The band has changed personnel many times and has used this fluidity to keep ideas fresh and lucid. The debut album released in 2003 The Music that Died Alone was often referred to as a "supergroup" project, though Tillison has always eschewed this title, preferring to go for the less obvious "a good idea".

In twelve years, the group has had close affiliations with Swedish progressive legends The Flower Kings, and Jonas Reingold (bass) from that band remains in the Tangent to this day despite the departure of Roine Stolt from the Tangent ten years ago now. David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator) was heavily featured on that debut album, Jakko Jakszyk (now of King Crimson) has been a frequent collaborator along with Theo Travis (Steven Wilson Band, Soft Machine Legacy, Gong etc.). Guy Manning, Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), David Longdon (Big Big Train) have all played key roles in the band's development and the band was instrumental in bringing the talents of the astonishing young guitarist Luke Machin (Maschine) to the world for the first time.

Tangent philosophy has been to embrace other more contemporary bands. Whether overtly progressive themselves (Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Argos, Magenta etc.) or completely away from the official boundaries of the genre into metal, Jazz, modern pop, soul, disco and film music, the Tangent do not follow the prog rock rule book.

"It's more what we don't do that sets us apart" Tillison said in a 2007 interview... "we've always avoided doing the 12 string acoustic stuff, and in fact anything that gets too Genesissy or Floyd-like usually (not always) gets binned.. that's not to say that there aren't influences.. just that we don't like the idea of being confined to the styles of those particular figureheads. The spirit of progressive rock music was carried by lots more people than Genesis. I think that too many of us (new bands) use the obvious source - i.e. the 70s bands and forget to look around us and see what our contemporaries are up to!"

Over the years the band has had many manifestos, all of which are still relevant to the future of the Tangent..

Andy Tillerson’s progressive bands have been "A New Opera" 1978 - 1986, "Gold Frankincense & Diskdrive" 1987 - 1995, Po90 (Parallel Or 90 Degrees) 1996 - 2010 and The Tangent 2002 - the present. With over 20 albums released out there - Andy has been one of the most committed and unrelenting advocates of Progressive Music through its darkest days.

Purchase the latest album by The Tangent

entitled

P R O X Y

At amazon.com

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Studio albums

by THE TANGENT

The Music That Died Alone (2003)

The World That We Drive Through (2004)

A Place in the Queue (2006)

Not as Good as the Book (2008)

Down and Out in Paris and London (2009)

COMM (2011)

Le Sacre du Travail (2013)

A Spark in the Aether (2015)

The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery (2017)

Proxy (2018)

Live albums

Pyramids and Stars (2005)

Going Off on One (2007)

Going Off on Two (2010)

London or Paris, Berlin or Southend On Sea (2012)

Hotel Cantaffordit (with Karmakanic as Tangekanic) (2018)

Dr. Catherine P Crosland specializes in internal medicine in Washington, DC and has over 17 years of experience in the field of medicine. She graduated from Harvard Medical School with her medical degree in 2003. She is affiliated with numerous hospitals in District Of Columbia and more, including George Washington Univ Hospital. Dr. Catherine P Crosland is licensed to practice by the state board in District Of Columbia (MD038272).

Dr. Catherine P Crosland also practices at 425 2Nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC. She is accepting new patients at her medical office, and available for appointments, preventative care, medical care as well as ongoing patient care.

Overcoming Depression and Anxiety...Finding Your Soul's Purpose

Ann Wagner is a speaker and author with 30+ years of first-hand experience in the areas of depression and anxiety. After a traumatic brain injury and subsequent out of body experience (OBE), Ann has focused her study on the relationship between our thoughts, our consciousness, and the direct impact on our mental health.



All of our thoughts, positive and negative, go into the universe with certain vibrational energies attached. Thoughts of love, compassion, and happiness have higher vibrations than fear, anger, and anxiety. We attract “more” of whatever we put our minds toward. If we put out thoughts and feelings of despair or anxiety, we attract people and situations with similar energy vibrations. The good news is that if we can shift to higher vibrational energy, we can completely change our circumstances for the better.



She speaks to audiences about "re-training the brain" by slowing the mind (meditation) and changing the "programming." On the most fundamental level, she teaches techniques that can change negative thought patterns as they arise. With practice and over a period of time, she shows how we can radically change our consciousness and the outcomes in our lives.

Depression and anxiety can be situational or deep-seated. By aligning the physical, mental, and soul self, Ann shows how one can experience lasting mental health and true fulfillment.