Rommie Duckworth is a dedicated emergency responder, author, and educator with more than thirty years of experience working in career and volunteer fire departments, hospital healthcare systems, and private emergency medical services. Rom is currently a career fire captain and paramedic EMS Coordinator for Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department. Rom is the author of chapters in more than a dozen EMS, fire, rescue, and medical textbooks and over 100 published articles in fire and EMS magazines. A member of the NAEMT Board of Directors, as well as other national and international advocacy and advisory boards, Rom continues to work for the advancement of emergency services professions.

Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut. He lives in Houston, Texas.

I’m speaking with David “Avocado” Wolfe who is the rock star and Indiana Jones of the superfoods and longevity universe. The world’s top CEOs, ambassadors, celebrities, athletes, artists, and the real superheroes of this planet—Moms—all look to David for expert advice in health, beauty, herbalism, nutrition, and chocolate! He is the visionary founder and president of the non-profit The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation charity with a mission to plant 18 billion fruit, nut, and medicinal trees on planet Earth.

Hear David Speak Live at the L.A. Conscious Life Expo, February 10th-13th, 2023

GET TICKETS: https://consciouslifeexpo.com/?ref=debbidachinger1

Renaye Thornborrow is leading a worldwide movement to bring life coaching to kids. Since 2013, her company has certified hundreds of coaches in over 30 countries, helping them create a business they love as a life coach for kids while empowering children around the world. For Renaye, motherhood was the catalyst for turning her lifelong passion for personal development into a powerful story-based coaching curriculum to help children develop mindset skills for self-esteem, resilience, confidence, self-leadership, happiness, and so much more. Renaye is a personal development expert, member of the International Coaches Federation (ICF), and former 3-year board member for the Association of Coach Training Organizations (ACTO). She is a retired corporate marketing executive and the proud mother of 20-year-old twins – a son and a daughter. Adventures in Wisdom is an ICF CCE (Continuing Coach Education) provider. 

DAVID FRANK

David Frank is stepping out on the scene in a major way with his first solo project. The award winning singer, producer and guitarist has already garnered incredible success as the leading man of the band Little Dume, as well as a songwriter for the likes of Kygo, Merk & Kremont and many more. With tracks already featured on shows like American Ninja Warrior and Nashville, David Frank’s music is household, even if his name isn’t quite yet, but that time will come.

Whether expressing a high, a low or something complex in between, David’s raw records hold power because of their relatable vulnerability. His ability to flow between indie, folk, pop and rock make him a special talent whose creative net can be cast around the entire world.

David aims to provide every person a sanctuary with his catalog. Life can be challenging, it can be exhilarating, and David’s music is a friendly hand on your shoulder that is right there with you every step of the way. 

STEVEN A. HARMS

Steven’s mission is to invigorate, inform, inspire and educate the world about the immense power of the voice so they thrive spiritually, professionally, personally, and physically.

Steven was classically trained as a professional opera singer and has been performing nationally and internationally for two decades. He has shared stages with well-known greats such as Placido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli. While spending the last two decades singing, speaking, and teaching, he has developed expert-level breathing techniques that enhance personal health and allow anyone to train their bodies to live healthier with the advantage of defying age and having longevity of life.  

Steven has appeared in 50 productions with the Los Angeles Opera and starred in dozens of lead and supporting roles. Steven is a frequently sought-after singer for independent projects, film, and television. He has also worked within the film industry with IMDB credits that include “Star Wars”, “The Hangover”, “Despicable Me”, and Disney’s “Frozen”.  As his global impact continues to expand, Steven is proud to serve today as a world-class speaker, trainer, and coach to provide understanding to the ever-popular and growing phenomena of how to easily optimize your voice, increase your influence and impact to command boardrooms, stages and everyday conversations while leading a healthy lifestyle

ROSE GANACHE with MESHELL WOLF & JAMES COBURN

Rose Ganache was brought to life in March of 2020 by songwriters MeShell Wolf & James Coburn. The duo, who had been performing as an acoustic outfit in Charleston, SC since April of 2018, decided to use the pandemic lockdown to take the project in a new direction.

Over the course of the next year, MeShell and James collaborated with members of the Disco Biscuits and Umphrey’s McGee, both decades long touring stalwarts, working diligently to carefully craft songs that would stand the test of time.

It wasn’t long before Rose Ganache found themselves in Hollywood, CA, working with Tip Wyman and Ray Bardani at Wyman Records, where their inceptive EP “Madness From Two” was recorded.

The debut release, which features Kris Myers and Ryan Stasik of Umphrey’s McGee on drums and bass, represents the beginning of a journey for this South Carolina duo, one that will surely take them around the globe sharing their hook-laden music.

(Written by Marc Brownstein)

MICHELLE WELCH

Michelle Welch is highly accomplished in many fields: An author, psychic intuitive, active lawyer in Dallas practicing criminal and civil law, Jury selection consultant, Grief Doula and a mother of five children.

Michelle Welch is a psychic medium, author, CEO, mother of five and is a licensed attorney who employs her intuitive and psychic abilities to high profile court cases. She hosts the podcast SoulWhat on all listening platforms,YouTube, and hosts Tarot Takeaways, a SoulTopia instagram series. She is the owner of the Northwest Tarot Symposium (Portland) and The International Divination Event in Dallas.

She was born and raised in Longview Texas in a religious family of four. Because of her spiritual childhood she always had a relationship with angels, God, and other spiritual beings. She attended Baylor Law School to become a licensed attorney and actively practices both civil and criminal law and is retained to utilize her intuitive abilities for jury selections and to high profile cases. Michelle lives with her family in Dallas, Texas.

Michelle has appeared on CBS News, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, ”Inside Edition”, “Good Morning Texas”, “CBS News” and numerous radio and Podcasts.

In her latest book, Spirits Unveiled, psychic medium Michelle Welch introduces you to all types of spirits that are around you whether you are aware of them or not.

While you may have previously approached some spirits and avoided others, it is time we realize the differences are only a matter of frequency not ones of dimensions and realms. Welch recommends you engage before you sage spirits. Ask why they are around you and what you can experience and learn from every type of energy being – be they angel or demon…human or alien.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Spirits Unveiled: A Fresh Perspective on Angels, Guides Ghosts & More – By Michelle Welch

From ancestors and animal spirits to elementals and extraterrestrials, Spirits Unveiled presents an impressive variety of energetic beings and teaches you how to connect with them.

Each chapter introduces a particular kind of spirit and provides an example of how to sense its presence, methods for identifying and connecting with it, and strategies for setting boundaries. Michelle Welch demystifies concepts and debunks misconceptions about different spirit beings, and she shares ideas for honoring them. Spirits Unveiled explores inspirational spirits like angels and spirit guides as well as scarier entities like ghosts and demons.

You’ll learn how to scry with elementals, connect with an ascended master, protect against psychic attacks, astral travel, and more. Featuring meditations, visualizations, and inspiring stories, this book helps boost your intuition and spiritual practice.

BENT REED aka SHELDON ZIRO

Bent Reed, aka Sheldon Ziro, is currently residing in Nashville, TN., playing music, writing original tunes, meeting lots of interesting people and making some great friends and fans on the musical journey that started in Jan. 2002! Bent Reed plays regularly at the two biggest & best Blues Clubs in Nashville, Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar, in world famous Printers Alley, and at B.B. Kings, both located downtown Nashville!

Bent Reed recently said, when asked in an interview about music: “I’ve always loved good music…because it makes you feel good! Good music makes the difference!” We hope you’ll “Feel” the difference in the music of Bent Reed!

REV. KAREN E. HERRICK, PhD, LCSW, LMSW, CADC, ACMHP

Rev. Karen E. Herrick, PhD, LCSW, LMSW, CADC, ACMHP, finished an interdisciplinary doctoral major at Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2008 in Philosophy. She has shared her clinical expertise for thirty years in private practice and by lecturing on dysfunctional, addictive homes, dissociation, and grief and loss from a Jungian perspective.

She is now researching the potential benefits of mediumship knowing that grief is primarily resolved when the bereaved can recognize their continuing spiritual bonds with the deceased.



Dr. Herrick’s decades of research consists of paranormal experiences that have been widely reported and appear to be fairly common. These phenomena have been the subject of psychical research for well over a century, and their existence is reasonably established.

MEREDITH WILEY

Meredith Wiley possesses a unique blend of strategic research and analysis, hands on experience managing projects and people, as well as many years of experience in campaigns and elective politics, public policy, press and communications, and public speaking. She is a former prosecutor with a long track record of getting things done.

Meredith Wiley recently retired after 10 years as the director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York, part of a national bi-partisan, non-profit anti-crime organization made up of police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, victims of violence and crime prevention experts.

In her work for Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Meredith worked with more than 300 law enforcement leaders to promote a research-driven four-part Youth and School Violence Prevention Plan through public education and advocacy, with special emphasis on educating legislators and policy leaders on the crime prevention benefits of quality investments in children and families.

During her time with Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Meredith was appointed and served on the Governor’s Task Force to Transform Juvenile Justice, the New York Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Council, and the NY State Early Childhood Advisory Council.

Prior to moving to New York, Meredith served as chief of staff to the Oregon Speaker of the House where, among her other duties, she managed the “Children’s Care Team,” a Blue Ribbon task force charged with restructuring Oregon’s child protective services to make them more effective and more preventive in their focus.

Currently Meredith resides in Fresno California where she is the policy consultant for  children and family policies and editor of  “Our Children This Month,” a monthly electronic policy digest targeted to the Central Valley child advocacy community. It provides access to relevant local, state and national news, research and trends, updates on the progress of key federal and state legislation and local policy information.

Meredith co-authored, with Robin Karr Morse Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence, an eye-opening book that explores the impact of early child abuse and neglect on child development and crime. (Grove Atlantic Press, 1998, 2^nd edition 2013).  Meredith and Robin also co-authored Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease, which was released in January 2012. It explores the long-term impact of early trauma on lifelong physical and mental health. This was followed in 2021 by the release of The United States of Trauma: How a Pandemic Unmasked America.

Meredith received her law degree from the Willamette College of Law (Cum Laude) and her master’s in public administration from Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has three children, five grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

ROBIN KARR-MORSE

Robin is a family therapist in private practice in Portland Oregon—a role she has maintained for 40 years.

She has designed and directed three statewide programs in Oregon each of which focused on scaffolding vulnerable parents in the challenging task of building healthy children from the beginning of life. Subsequently, Robin became the founding director of the Oregon Children’s Trust Fund, the states only funding source dedicated exclusively to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

A member of the T. Berry Brazelton seminar faculty, she was the sole paid consultant to the Oregon legislature’s Children’s Care; Oregon subsequently led the nation in providing universal home visitation of all first- born newborns in the state, a system that continues to show strong outcomes. 

Robin has taken her understanding of earliest brain development and of the need for the protection and modulation of the immature nervous system to communities across the nation and across the world.

Most recently, she has worked on a preventive mental health model called “UPP!” a potential model for national replication. The goal of the model is to complement the current model of pediatric care for physical health with a parallel system for helping parents protect emotional and behavioral health.

Robin is married to Colin for forty years and is the mother of four children; she is the grandmother of four. This she considers her most challenging and most rewarding role.

FERNANDO PERDOMO

Fernando Perdomo is a powerhouse of the LA music scene who lives and breathes music LA Weekly dubbed him as “The millennial answer to Todd Rundgren.” A veteran at 37, he has made a name for himself as an in-demand producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a featured guitarist in the Netflix documentary “Echo In The Canyon” where his is seen backing up Jakob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Cat Power, and Jade Castrinos. He is also played on every track on the official soundtrack album of the film along with Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Josh Homme as well as the aforementioned artists.

Fernando is an acclaimed recording artist with releases in the Singer Songwriter, Rock, Progressive Rock, and Classical genres. His Out to Sea trilogy was released on Cherry Red Records with album covers by Genesis artist Paul Whitehead. His album Zebra Crossing was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. He has opened for Todd Rundgren, Leon Russell, Filter, Adrian Belew, and Kasim Sulton

As a session guitarist and bassist,  he has played on three number 1 Albums from Christian Castro, Paulina Rubio, and Tego Calderon. He has played on records by Jakob Dylan, Linda Perhacs, Emitt Rhodes, Todd Rundgren, Ruby Friedman, Curved Air, Louise Goffin, Dave Kerzner, Creed Bratton, Elizaveta, Hilary McCrae, Andy Pratt, Jorge Moreno, Beny More and many more.  He has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR’s Live From The World Cafe, and  Sabado Gigante.

Fernando owns and operates Stairway Studios in Los Angeles. He has produced hundreds of records. He has also created music for commercials for Target, McDonalds, Honda, Toyota, Dunkin Donuts, Coca Cola, and Goya. Library music created by Perdomo has bee used in Dexter, CNN’s The 90s, Pitbull’s and Parolees,Melrose Place, Real Housewives, Bone Collector, and many more. 

Fernando has performed at  Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The Greek Theater, Vina Del Mar Festival, Cruise To The Edge, On The Blue Cruise, American Airlines Arena, The Fillmore Miami, Sunfest, SXSW, CMJ, and The NAMM Show. 

Fernando is endorsed by Guild Guitars, Sparxx Guiatars,  Shabat Guitars, Magnatone Amps, IK Multimedia, Hotone Pedals, Valeton Pedals, and Visual Sound Effects 

Fernando has a 2 page feature in the December 2021 issue of Guitar Player Magazine.  read it here 

Fernando Perdomo Guitar Player Article 

Fernando is currently the touring guitar player with Marshall Crenshaw. 

On Oct. 2, 2022. Fernando performed at Alan White of Yes’s Memorial. He and Karl Hoag sat in with Yes to perform “Roundabout” with a 3 minute standing ovation. 

Fernando composed the music for the 2022 film “Frost”. On the original soundtrack he is joined by Rick Wakeman, Geoff Downes, L Shankar and Terry Reid. 

More about Fernando Perdomo and his music at:

DARREN CAMPBELL JENKINS

I’m Darren Jenkins, a composer living in Edinburgh Scotland. I’ve always been intrigued by sound design, programming and of course building the best home studio allowing the freedom of creativity.

I have had a passion for writing music from a very early age. I began this wonderful journey in production music in late September 2018 when I was introduced to Michael John Mollo here at Velvet Green music. We collaborated on over 40 tracks in my first 14 months since being signed.

I have gained so many new skills which include: improving track layouts and instrumentation, reading and understanding briefs, communication in the business and writing lots of genres that VGM has to offer. Michael has an abundance of knowledge, What you can learn from him and from the material we are provided with is truly priceless.

If I could sum up library production music I would say, it is a wonderful and educational journey, having the freedom to be able to write many different genres of music from all regions across the world. This brings with it the ability to meet amazing, talented people, learning about their cultures and the culture of traditional instruments and most importantly making friendships that will last a lifetime. For this very reason I will continue to write and enjoy what I do. 

I have multiple albums and tracks available across the world of library production music and I continue to grow my catalog. I am truly blessed to work with so many great publishers.

Some labels I have worked with include: Gargantuan, Velvet Green Music, APL Publishing, Earmotion Audio Creation, Hollywood Trax music, BMG production music, Warner Chappell US, Warner Chappell Elbroar, Warner Chappell Color TV, Fantasy music, Lovely music, Bart music library, Amadea production music, Sonoton Gargantuan, Velvet Green Music, APL Publishing, Earmotion Audio Creation, Hollywood Trax music.

OLIVIA BAREHAM

My name is Olivia and I am known primarily as a death midwife, but am also a dedicated student of the Mystery, a teacher, healer, inter-faith minister, mother, grandmother, friend and Mystic.

Every since my mother died in 2005 I realized that at the moment of death and for a few days following there is a profound opportunity for healing. I turned my ministry toward the goal of inspiring and empowering others to reclaim the lost art and healing ritual of home-based after death care.  When we lean consciously into this liminal space, allow ourselves to feel the depths of our fear, love and sorrow we are re-arranged and never the same.

The work is tender, raw, honest, gentle, real, alive and deeply satisfying. I fall in love over and over again and become more and more aligned to my true purpose – to help change the culture of death and dying from fear to love.

I feel the expansive field of work with the dying and their families is Death Midwifery and includes the role of Spiritual end-of-life counselor, death doula, home funeral guide, funeral planner, celebrant  and even funeral director and care giver. The Art of Death Midwifery training program was designed to cover all aspects of the work.

Death is life’s greatest teacher – it is time for us take this skeleton out of the closet once and for all, to lay her gently on the table and allow her wisdom to gently penetrate the depths of our psyche till we are free from fear, free from attachment, free from conditioning, free to truly live.

– Olivia Bareham

I’m speaking with Anita Sirene, who is a 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵, a 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, and a 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿. Anita is an oracle for those on a hero's journey.  An astrology enthusiast and tarot reader, Anita’s spiritual video content has earned the attention of more than 877,000 subscribers. Learn more: YouTube: @AnitaSirene

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I’m speaking with Matthew LaCroix, an ancient civilizations expert, author, and researcher at Gaia, who has appeared on shows such as Ancient Civilizations, Open Minds, and Beyond Belief. He is a frequent guest on numerous podcasts, radio shows, and panel discussions and is currently co-writing his third major book with Billy Carson entitled: The Epic of Humanity, which will focus on uncovering the mysteries of the human origin story, the timeline of lost civilizations, and ancient catastrophes.

Chief Bobby Halton is currently editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering magazine, editorial director for the Clarion Fire Rescue Group and education director of FDIC. A native New Yorker, he began his career in structural firefighting with the Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department and rose through the ranks to include chief of training.

Bobby was chief of operations until his retirement from Albuquerque in 2004. He then became chief of the Coppell (TX) Fire Department, then Bobby left Coppell to assume the duties as editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering Magazine.

Martin Mawyer began his career as a journalist for the Religion Today news syndicate and as the Washington news correspondent for Moody Monthly magazine, resulting in his position as the Editor-in-Chief of Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority Report.”

In 1990, he founded the Christian Action Network (CAN), a non-profit organization created to protect America’s religious and moral heritage through educational and political activism efforts, both on the national and grassroots levels. He is the author of four books and has directed three documentary films.

During his career as a journalist and an activist, he has appeared on the top television and radio programs in the country, including Larry King Live, The O’Reilly Factor, The Hannity Show, Pat Robertson’s 700 Club, Tucker Carlson, Entertainment Tonight and many others.

Mawyer has been married 47 years to his wife, Bonnie. Together they have four children and eight grandchildren.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-mawyer-7a18653b/

Substack: https://martinmawyer.substack.com/about