Grandmother Flordemayo, Curandera espiritu (healer by divine spirit) and Mayan priestess, is one of the 13 grandmothers of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, a global alliance that teaches ancestral ways of prayer, education and healing.

The youngest of 15 children, Flordemayo was born in the big highlands of Central America on the Nicaragua/ Honduras border. She grew up in a family of traditional healers. When she was 4 years-old, she began learning the art of “Curanderismo” in the traditional way: taught from mother to daughter, generation to generation.

Flordemayo is President of The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, an organization that carries the wisdoms of traditional native people to a global audience. She is a featured speaker on Curanderismo at international conferences about traditional medicines, She has also worked with Native American and alternative western healers, and her knowledge and healing skills are recognized by medical doctors, nurses and medical institutions.

Flordemayo says, “In this time of movement, where celestial doors have opened, we must do what we have been asked to do. We are standing in the movement and the vibration of a sacred prophecy. The prophecy tells us that consciousness is preparing the spirit of the feminine, the spirit of the grandmothers. It is in the prophecy that we shall walk into the light, united from the four directions.”

She founded The Path an organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of heirloom and heritage seeds. She is a regular contributor of workshops to The Shift Network.



She is a founding member of the Church of the Spiritual Path, the Confederation of Indigenous Elders of the America, Institute of Natural and Traditional Knowledge, The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, Grandmothers of the Sacred We, and The Mother Earth Delegation of United Indigenous Nations.

Lee Washington, a native of Punta Gorda, Florida, served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 1998 as an infantry platoon sergeant.

Upon returning to civilian life, he began a career in mortgage banking, holding the positions of Sales Manager for Bank of America/Countrywide Home Loans and Regional Sales Manager for Fifth Third Bank.

In November of 2008 to August of 2009, he worked to help open the Sarasota National Cemetery, as Cemetery Representative and going on to become a Veteran Services Counselor for Manatee County, Florida, and was selected to lead the Veterans Division in May of 2013. Lee Washington is the current (2021-2023) President of the County Veterans Service Officer Association of Florida and Director of Neighborhood Services department for Manatee County Government.

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Colonel Mike Borders, US Army retired, was born in the Army hospital at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, the son of a career Infantry Officer. Mike received his commission through the ROTC program at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. Mike went on to serve in the Army for 30 years as a Signal Officer and as a Latin America Foreign Area Officer.  After his military career, Mike worked for six plus years at the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C.   Mike and his wife Diana moved to Sebring, Florida in mid-2014.  Mike agreed to stand up a Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) chapter in the Sebring area upon arrival. He is still president of that chapter, has been the Membership Chair for the southern half of the state, was Area Vice President for the Southwestern area, the Vice President, and now the President.  Mike also serves on several other boards, committees, and councils—all veteran/military-related. 

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It is difficult to describe who Triin Uustalu is. She has worked as a professional programmer but has also dedicated her life to learning to know the real world, human soul and little things in life. Her inner child has been her life-long companion, urging her to explore new and exciting themes. Inspired by it, she has learned glass cutting, growing watermelons, smelting and forging iron smelting, weaving on the loom, the dialect of doves, woodworking, ice-skating (something she disliked as a child), horseback riding, silversmithing, welding and more. She also built a small treehouse (her children applauded to that), a brick stove, made furniture, many lamps, and other wonderous things. She discovered that there is much more to all of these adventures than just technical aspects, so she has written several manuscripts about them.

Triin lives with her children in a small village in Estonia, works as a robotics teacher, is the creator behind Magpie Mill Jewelry and writes about discovering the world.

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Kinga Staszalek is a love and relationship coach expert, energy healer, and founder of Lapis Evolution.

Kinga grew up in a very conservative family where most of her life she was told what to do, how to love, how to talk and how to think. After years of living in an ego-driven world and pleasing others, Kinga realised how disconnected she was from her soul and heart’s desires. 

A life crisis inspired her to completely change her personal, love and business life. This was a turning point in Kinga’s life. She started to heal the past, stepped into her unique gift and became a free, strong woman, leading by her own example.

Kinga helps women to step into their inner power, connect with the heart and never hold back their truth. Kinga’s clients get amazing results. They not only become unapologetically themselves but also attract deep authentic connections, ideal life partners and create the life of their dreams, free from society, cultural or family expectations.

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Sydney based executive coach and global talent development leader Samridhi Purohit is a fan of transformation. Her 14 years of experience as a learning strategist, award-winning facilitator and internationally certified coach shines through in her work of bringing out the kinder, happier and more productive versions in people and teams from Fortune 500 companies across the USA, Australia, China, India, New Zealand and Singapore. She enjoys using theatre, games and art for bringing out deep self-reflection and empowerment for her clients. Her life’s mission is to help people connect with their inner calling and bring out their personal magic.

Born and raised in India, Samridhi loves all things culture and tradition while also challenging the status quo and seeking her own personal stories through her solo travels. If left unsupervised, you’d most likely find her crooning along with a street artist or laughing uncontrollably at a 4-year-old’s joke!

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Jane Rose and The Deadend Boys are an Alt-Country, Rockabilly, Blues band hailing from Nashville, TN. Fronted by the powerhouse vocals of Jane Rose, and backed by the rhythmic stylings of some of Nashville's finest musicians, you'll hear them coming from a state away!  The band was founded in 2010 stemming from Jane’s life-long love affair with the culture and styles of these genres.

They tour the country extensively and are featured at many hot-rod/car shows year round. Make sure to take notice, this band is a force to be reckoned with!

    

Jane Rose (vocals/guitar/songwriter)

Jane Rose grew up fast and mean and, at age 13, she committed her first heinous act of cold bloodedness… 3 men lost their souls, consumed by Jane’s powerfully sultry and soulful voice.  Jane got caught up in the heat of the moment while overtaking her fourth victim, and was sent to lock down in the Muhlenberg Penitentiary. Jane found redemption playing violin in the penitentiary church band, and harnessed the power of her soul and heartache-filled past into her music and song-writing. This purge led to the creation of such songs as How Could You and Death Becomes Him (available on the CD Poultricide).

Upon her release from Muhlenberg, she formed The Jane Rose Band, belting out over 50 original songs during their five-year run in the Louisville, KY area. But once again, Jane’s voice landed her behind bars. During her short incarceration, she scoured the land of craigslist, posting ads in search of musicians as crazy as she, who wanted to live out of a van and travel to every po-dunk town across all corners of the world. Jane just couldn't resist the calling of the slappin’ upright bass and the quick-cut time beat of the drums - and that Gretsch hollow body she had been drooling over since age 13. She assembled a group of deadend boys that perfectly fit the bill. The day she was released, The Deadend Boys snatched her up in the murder van and they’ve been on the road ever since.

Well behaved women rarely make history. -Marilyn Monroe

(...so let’s f*** shit up! -Jane Rose)

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Alyssa Couture is a fashion author and fashion entrepreneur. She feels fashion is an opportunity to attain health and healing. She claims the existence of fashion can be interpreted and experienced with a deeper purpose: fashion as an alternative medicine for mind/body/spirit. Her sole motive is to bring fashion into its course as a therapeutic, healing tool. To awaken the consciousness of the human spirit via fashion into its transmission of divine activity for overall human wellbeing and ultimate planetary awakening. She had founded three small businesses, only one of which she is currently producing. The business she is focused on is her fashion campaign HEALTHY FASHION: creating innovative solutions for a healthier kind of fashion. It’s a platform to raise awareness of the health effects of apparel. Healthy Fashion discloses important, relative content to revamp fashion for a healthier planet, but above all, it serves for the health and livelihood of humans. It is to empower and preserve Earth, humans, and plant service .

Healthy Fashion is a forward-thinking book that tunes into a modern lifestyle. Fashion as modern medicine is a relatively new concept, an advanced approach.  It taps into the potential of what fashion is and can become. It is made to inspire, empower, and invoke this sense of a positive attitude, that’s new-dimensional.  This book will certainly broaden perspective, and make the reader feel + look beautiful.

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