CLARE MEANS

Clare Means’ latest album, Sidewalk Astronomy, is a cohesive patchwork of musings on life in Los Angeles, love, forgiveness, and the recent loss of her estranged father.  Sidewalk Astronomy debuted at #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts and #66 (right below Kanye’s recent album) on the iTunes All Genres Chart. As Clare says, “Most of the songs on Sidewalk Astronomy were written over the course of a couple years and were sparked by a variety of moments in my life… the day I found out my father was sick, when I fell in love, when I knew my relationship was doomed, when I got my heart broken, the day my father died, and when I woke up from a strange dream about sheep.”  Clare’s quirky take on life is fresh and comforting at the same time. 

Part of what makes Clare stand out as a performer is the unconventional path she has taken. Always a hustler, Clare has made a name for herself as one of LA’s most popular, hardest working street performers. She’s built a dedicated following by being one of the very few performers to perform almost exclusively original music. While most depend on covers to stop foot traffic, Clare learned to work on her songwriting craft and challenged herself to capture audiences using her own songs.  Clare’s street performances are musical experiments in which she interacts with the colorful and chaotic scene of the environment.

In September of 2015 Clare began live streaming her daily performances on Periscope. She is now one of Periscope’s most watched musicians and has made it onto the Periscope trending list multiple times and has over 100,000 followers on the app. Clare has independently sold thousands of copies of her albums through her live streaming, street performances and while playing shows at various venues across Los Angeles and touring the US, Canada and Europe.

Clare has also been featured in many popular online blogs and magazines including Billboard, No Depression, PopMatters, American Songwriter Magazine, Buzzbands,LA,  Yay LA! and Digital Music News.  Also, you may have read about her and her live streaming success in the two top selling books How To Make It In The New Music Business: Practical Tips On Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living As A Musician, Editions 1 and 2. 

In February, 2010, I visited a medium who looked straight at me and said, "Do you know you have abilities?"

I had no idea what she was talking about. I thought to myself, I'm an attorney, not a medium.   However, I was very excited and interested. I lost my father at a very young age but was always able to communicate with him while growing up.  I now realize that when I was asked that question, the "switch" was turned on for me.

Things started happening. Our doorbell had been broken for several months, and we would hear a computerized voice saying "Install Cover," anytime someone rang the bell. On the day of my birthday in June, someone rang the doorbell, but instead of hearing the computerized voice, I heard the song "Happy Birthday" playing. I knew immediately it was Spirit. The next day, the computerized voice was back! Countless experiences like that began occurring.  Now that I was open, Spirit could communicate with me.   

 Shortly after, I completed a sixteen-week mediumship course. I learned so much, and finally received clarification on what was happening to me.  I also sharpened my abilities. The progress felt unreal. I also learned that my grandmother had been an incredible medium. This was something I had never known. 

I have been performing professional readings ever since, and it has changed my world. Communicating with Spirit and relaying beautiful messages to people has given me feelings I have never experienced in my life. I plan to continue learning and growing this ability. Recently, I also completed an eighteen-week training course in Clairvoyance. It is amazing! My life changed in February 2010, and I would not trade anything for this magical new world.

Dr. Cheryl Scott is a PhD prepared nurse who has enjoyed a 40-year nursing career in Northern California.  Dr. Scott has worked in many hospitals in Northern California as a registered nurse in many areas of Maternal-Infant health:  Neonatal Intensive Nurseries, postpartum units, antepartum labor and delivery and outpatient pediatric clinics. 

As an Adjunct Research Investigator for Stanford, Kaiser Permanente and University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Scott has assisted on many research topics pertaining to infant health. 

Dr. Scott is a published author of her clinical research and many magazine articles pertaining to holistic support of the mother infant dyad.  She has also enjoyed a very active career for 18 years as an national and international speaker on the topic of Human Lactation and Clinically Evidenced Based Maternal Child Health Care practices. 

Cheryl’s primary love is working at the bedside of mothers and babies in the postpartum and NICU units assisting newly delivered mothers and their newborn babies.  

Cheryl has two feet planted firmly in two divergent worlds of health care.  For 40 years, she has been working in the American Medical model of care and for 25 years she has been a strong advocate of holistic medicine.  She is a Certified Family Herbalist.  Her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees are in Holistic Health.  Her career goals have been on the integration of many holistic modalities into Western medicine.  

Cheryl also established the Volcano Ubuntu Center in her village of Volcano in Northern California, where she conducts workshops on holistic self care, energy healing, self-empowerment, innovative gardening and self-sustainable practices.   She provides workshops on Alternative Energy sources and zero-point energy devices and modalities and has notable guest speakers such as Ralph Ring who helped with the development of Otis T Carr’s OTCX1.

Gary Rubens is a Serial Entrepreneur, Start-Up Investor, Philanthropist and Real Estate Developer based in the Seattle area. Having started and sold 2 companies, as well as acquired and merged 5 companies, including selling ATGStores.com to Lowes in 2012.  Most recently, Gary has become President and CEO of Athlete Intelligence, a head-impact monitoring and performance tracking solution for coaches and Athletic Trainers.  Gary views everyday as a new opportunity to change the world in some way, his goal is to be a positive and inspiring addition to people’s lives.

As a personal trainer for over 20 years and battling MS for over 13 years, I bring a deep knowledge of functional, corrective & adaptive training specific to the MS and chronically conditioned community. In 2008 when I received my MS diagnosis and weighed close to 300lbs, I decided to focus on nutrition and exercise to fight the disease after I was hospitalized for 2 weeks. After one year and over 117lbs later, I realized that with proper nutrition and correct exercise methods, you can and will get stronger and healthier while fighting MS.

I'm now a Master Trainer and Co-Owner of Thrive Fitness Studio in Warren, Rhode Island alongside Lauren Smith, who also battles MS and is a Barre Instructor and Personal Trainer. We continue to help those with MS, Cerebral Palsy and other chronic conditions while providing hands on training to other certified trainers to help them better understand how to use appropriate training methods.

Utilizing my multiple certifications and education through AFAA, ACSM, ACE, NASM and NFPT, I have developed many exercise and nutrition strategies to help my clients over the years and I look forward to a continued future with Lauren by my side, training those who are chronically conditioned.

CHAOS TO CLARITY: SACRED STORIES OF

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE

BY REV. PATRICIA CAGGANELLO & KATHLEEN O’KEEFE-KANAVOS

FOREWORD BY DR. BERNIE SIEGEL (NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR)

Pain doesn’t have to define us; it can instead transform us.

Real people. Real pain. Real hopelessness. Real healing. A global voice of authors bare their souls.

Welcome to the heart of our shared humanity. Offering their expertise in spirituality and psychology authors Cagganello and Kanavos share

personal challenges of change; divorce and death, and those of thirty men and women from around the world who faced change head-on.

Through their adversity, learn how they became stronger and happier and went on to inspire and help others.

Topics of Change: Battling a life-threatening illness. Surviving an abusive relationship. Overcoming

addiction. Suffering the heartbreaking loss of a child. Wrestling with self-sabotaging thoughts. Losing and

finding love. The painful death of a parent... and more!

“This outstanding book contains everything a reader could want: emotionally gripping,

encouraging, hope-filled, powerful writing, engaging personal stories...so much packed into

it. Pain is part of the human experience that we can all relate to. But finding hope and

healing through the pain—that is a precious gem that this book uncovers. A must-read!”

– Pamela Cangioli, literary reviewer and editor

Kathleen offers these 3 Key Discussion Points from a Psychological Perspective

1. Metathesiophobia is fear of change and evolutionary in humans. We crave routine.

2. The Butterfly Effect of change is part of Universal Oneness.

3. Change is good for us. It can be a coming-of-age situation that allows for growth.

Patricia offers these 3 Key Discussion Points from a Spiritual Perspective

1. How change is a catalyst for spiritual transformation.

2. Why the deep emotion triggered by significant change is a gift.

3. It's time to change the paradigm of spiritual transformation through trauma, to one of joy.

For Interviews Please Contact: publicity@sacredstoriespublishing.com or katkan@comcast.net

November 2019

Sacred Stories Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-945026-61-4

Paperback: $16.99, 314 pages, 6x9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-945026-62-1

KATHLEEN O’KEEFE KANAVOS is accredited in Psychopathology and Special Education, taught Psychology at USF, Ft. Myers Branch, serving the severely emotionally handicapped for ten years and heading the Special Education Department Head for two years before retiring. Kat, an international speaker and author, is also known as The Queen of Dreams in her syndicated columns and as a PR Guru, video podcaster/radio show host of Dreaming Healing, where she promotes patient advocacy and connecting with divine guidance through dreams. A three-time breast cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her illness, she also is a multi-award-winning author and dream expert who has been seen on Dr. Oz, Doctors, NBC, and CBS. Kat and Duke University Radiologist Dr. Larry Burk co-wrote the 2018 Nautilus Award Winner Dreams That Can Save Your Life. Kat also authored Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing.

REV. PATRICIA CAGGANELLO is CEO and

Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a

conscious online media network. As an

ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister

Patricia believes every story is a sacred

story. She is ordained from One Spirit

Interfaith Seminary in New York.

Patricia, who holds a Masters of Arts in Education and a Bachelors

of Science in Business, has worked in the corporate and

educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a

sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Patricia has authored God is in the Little Things: Messages from the

Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden

Angels and is co-author Scanning For Signal, a book of poetry.

Sacred Stories Media includes Sacred Stories Publishing, an

award-winning traditional publishing and marketing company:

Garnet Press, a self-publishing book division; and Sacred U, an

online course division.

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