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Paula Abbruzzese
My name is Paula Abbruzzese, and I’m a grandmother of eight who is ready to embrace a new chapter in life. I have lived many roles — wife, mother, business owner, student, and lifelong caregiver — and now I find myself navigating a major life transition. After a spinal injury placed me on disability, my independence shifted overnight. I also worked hard to lose weight after being told my whole life that I was “too heavy.” I succeeded, but now I face the challenge of rebuilding my confidence and sense of self after this transformation. I crochet. I cook. I create. I love fiercely. My eight grandchildren see me as strong — even when I don’t feel it. I know that my journey will resonate with your listeners — people who are navigating change, seeking inspiration, and learning to embrace life’s new chapters. I want to share a message of resilience, hope, and the belief that it’s never too late to reclaim your confidence and purpose. Your show is the perfect platform to reach adults striving to turn challenges into opportunities, and I would be honored to inspire your audience with my story. Thank you for taking the time to consider my submission. I would love the opportunity to bring my journey to your listeners. With hope and gratitude, Beauty, Fashion, Fitness & Exercise, Love & Relationships, Sex, Dating, Sex Advice, Medium & Channeling, Astrology
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I am a 61 yo grandmother with an education that I can not utilize due to a spinal injury. I have 8 grandchildren and 3 children. I finally lost weight after being “fat” my entire life to have a complex due to sagging skin which is making me feel old and unwanted.
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Kris Land
Kris Land is an award winning author and serial technology entrepreneur who has built and exited more than a dozen high tech companies, including one IPO. From the outside, his career reflects what most people would call extraordinary success. However, behind the milestones, metrics, and business wins was a deeper personal reckoning that ultimately reshaped the trajectory of his life and work. After reaching many of the goals high performers spend decades pursuing, Kris found himself confronting a question that quietly surfaces for many ambitious leaders. If success is supposed to bring fulfillment, why do so many accomplished people still feel restless, pressured, or internally misaligned. That question became the doorway into a much deeper exploration of fear, identity, intuition, and the hidden emotional drivers that shape both business outcomes and personal wellbeing. Today, Kris speaks and teaches at the powerful intersection of leadership, entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and inner transformation. His work helps entrepreneurs, executives, and high achievers understand how unconscious fear patterns and identity conditioning often drive overwork, burnout, and the persistent feeling that something is still missing even after major success. His award winning book, The Infinity Within, blends lived experience, spiritual insight, and practical reflection tools to help readers recognize fear not as an enemy to eliminate, but as intelligent feedback pointing toward growth and alignment. Rather than promoting surface level motivation or quick mindset hacks, Kris offers grounded, real world perspectives that resonate strongly with audiences who are ready for deeper clarity and more sustainable success. Listeners can expect a conversation that is both deeply human and highly practical. Kris shares openly about the emotional collapse that followed his early business success, the near death experiences and pivotal moments that forced him to reevaluate everything, and the specific shifts that helped him rebuild both his life and his leadership from the inside out. His story particularly resonates with entrepreneurs, founders, corporate leaders, and professionals who appear successful on the outside but know internally they are being called toward something more meaningful. Key themes Kris can speak to include how high achievers unknowingly build success around fear based patterns, how to distinguish between fear and true intuitive guidance in high pressure decisions, how leaders can pursue wealth and growth without disconnecting from themselves, and why emotional alignment is quickly becoming one of the most overlooked competitive advantages in modern leadership. In addition, Kris brings a rare bridge between hard business experience and deep personal transformation. Having navigated multiple company exits, high stakes leadership environments, and profound personal turning points, he offers audiences both credibility and relatability. His message is especially timely in a world where many professionals are questioning traditional definitions of success and searching for ways to lead and live with greater clarity, resilience, and purpose. Kris is an engaging and thoughtful guest who delivers meaningful conversations that stay with listeners long after the episode ends. His goal is simple but powerful. To help people recognize that the pressure they feel is often pointing toward their next level of growth, and that true success is not just about what we build externally, but who we become in the process. Literature, Marketing, Management, Education Technology, Alternative Health, Energy Healing, Love & Relationships, Near Death Experiences, Ghosts
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Kris Land is an award winning author, entrepreneur, and transformational thought leader with more than four decades of experience across technology, construction, finance, and human development. Over the course of his career, he built and exited more than a dozen high tech companies, including one that reached public markets, giving him rare insight into both the external mechanics of success and the internal pressures that often accompany high performance. Following a profound personal turning point that reshaped his understanding of achievement and fulfillment, Kris shifted his focus toward helping leaders, entrepreneurs, and high achievers align success with deeper purpose and emotional clarity. His work explores the powerful role that fear, identity, and intuition play in leadership, decision making, and long term wellbeing. Kris is the author of the award winning book The Infinity Within, a transformational work that blends lived experience, spiritual insight, and practical reflection tools to help readers move through fear and reconnect with their inner guidance. Today, through writing, speaking, and media appearances, he helps audiences navigate uncertainty, strengthen authentic leadership, and create success that feels aligned as well as impressive.
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Preston Dennett
I have written 32 books and am able to speak on many aspects of UFOs & The Paranormal. Books by Preston Dennett
Aliens and UFOs Chelsea House, 2008 Bigfoot, Yeti and other Apemen Chelsea House, 2009 California Ghosts Schiffer Publishing, 2004 The Coronado Island UFO Incident Galde Press, 2007 Extraterrestrial Visitations Llewellyn Publications, 2001 Ghosts of Greater Los Angeles Schiffer Publishing, 2010 The Healing Power of UFOs Blue Giant Books, 2019 Human Levitation Schiffer Publishing, 2007 Humanoid and High Strangeness Blue Giant Books, 2023 Inside UFOs Blue Giant Books, 2017 Not from Here: Volume One Blue Giant Books, 2016 Not from Here: Volume Two Blue Giant Books, 2017 Not from Here: Volume Three Blue Giant Books, 2018 Not from Here: Volume Four Blue Giant Books, 2022 Not from Here: Volume Five Blue Giant Books, 2024 Onboard UFO Encounters Blue Giant Books, 2020 One in Forty: the UFO Epidemic Kroshka Books, 1997 Out-of-Body Exploring Hampton Roads, 2004 Schoolyard UFO Encounters Blue Giant Books, 2019 Supernatural California Schiffer Publishing, 2007 Symmetry: A True UFO Adventure Blue Giant Book, 2022 UFO Healings Wild Flower Press, 1996 UFOs at the Drive-In Blue Giant Books, 2020 UFOs over Arizona Schiffer Publishing, 2016 UFOs over California Schiffer Publishing, 2005 UFOs over Colorado Schiffer Publishing, 2017 UFOs over Nevada Schiffer Publishing, 2014 UFOs over New Mexico Schiffer Publishing, 2012 UFOs over New York Schiffer Publishing, 2008 UFOs over Topanga Canyon Llewellyn Publications, 1999 Undersea UFO Base Blue Giant Books, 2018 Wondrous: 25 True UFO Encounters Blue Giant Books, 2021 Paranormal, UFOs, Ghosts, Spiritual, Access Consciousness, Akashic Records, Medium & Channeling, Meditation, Clairvoyant & Telepathic
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Preston Dennett Biography Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends, and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena. He is a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a ghost hunter, a paranormal researcher, and the author of more than 30 books and more than 100 articles on UFOs and the paranormal. Several of his books have been Amazon UFO bestsellers. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fate, Atlantis Rising, MUFON UFO Journal, Nexus, Paranormal Magazine, UFO Magazine, Phenomena Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, Ufologist and others. His writing has been translated into several different languages including German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Icelandic. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Midnight in the Desert with Art Bell,Coast-to-Coast and also the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters and Ancient Aliens. His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers. He has taught classes on various paranormal subjects and lectures across the United States. He currently resides in an unknown forested location on planet Earth. |
Sara Landa
The Science of Shared Growth: Why Learning Together Deepens Relationships We are living through a loneliness epidemic and researchers are clear that it is not simply about being single or physically isolated. It is about the slow erosion of depth inside relationships. The kind of presence, vulnerability, and shared attention that makes connection feel real has become increasingly rare, even between people who love each other. This is the conversation I want to bring to your audience. Psychological research consistently shows that couples who engage in novel learning experiences together report higher relationship satisfaction and stronger emotional bonds. And yet most of us have never been taught how to be deliberately present with another person, how to negotiate, attune, and show up without distraction. We have the intention. We rarely have the structure. In this episode, we would explore why presence has become a radical act, why vulnerability without structure rarely leads to real connection, and why shared learning may be one of the most overlooked tools we have for rebuilding relational depth in a distracted world. And the practice that best embodies all of it may be the last one you would expect. Japanese rope tying, shibari, is not what most people imagine. When you look past its reputation, what you find is a practice that meets every criterion relationship researchers use to define high-quality connection: partners negotiate boundaries out loud before anything begins, read each other's physical cues in real time, maintain undivided presence throughout, and collaborate toward something neither could do alone. Nothing is assumed. Nothing is passive. It is structured vulnerability, which is precisely what most relationships are missing This is not a conversation about shock value. It is about rediscovering how to be fully present with another human being and why that might be the most urgent relationship skill of our time. I bring this conversation from direct experience. Shibari Academy, which I founded, is one of the largest online shibari education platforms in the world, serving more than 200,000 students across 60 countries. Shibari Academy teaches Japanese rope art as an accessible, consent-driven, mindfulness practice. What that global community has shown, repeatedly, is that the rope is almost never the point. Connection is. Alternative Health, Love & Relationships, Emotional Health and Freedom, Personal Development, Dating, Sex Advice, Sexuality, Pop Culture
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Eve is the founder of Shibari Academy, one of the largest online shibari education platforms in the world, serving more than 200,000 students across 60 countries. After discovering shibari in a social setting and experiencing firsthand the depth of connection it created, she spent two years immersing herself in every course, workshop, and resource available only to find that most existing materials were intimidating, hypersexualized, or nearly impossible to follow. She built Shibari Academy to offer what she had been looking for: a structured, beginner-friendly, consent-driven approach to rope practice focused entirely on communication, trust, and relational presence. Beyond Shibari Academy, Eve is a partner at Elevín Solutions where she advises hundreds of startups annually, a volunteer mentor in startup accelerators worldwide, and a portrait painter. She holds an MBA, a degree in Chemical Engineering, and the MIT Innovators Under 35 Award. |
sam bettens
K’s Choice, announces the release of his highly anticipated solo album, Coming Home. Recorded in Nashville, this country/americana collection tells stories of identity, love, and transformation through an intimate and authentic lens. Sam’s journey is as compelling as his music. Known for decades as a European alt-rock sensation, Sam is now navigating life as a trans man and American citizen while blending personal experiences into a new musical chapter. Coming Home captures the essence of resilience, family, and the search for belonging. “I wanted to create songs that felt honest, that told my story as I live it today,” Sam says. “This album is about home — not just a place, but a feeling of being comfortable in your own skin and voice.” With hits like K’s Choice’s classics behind them, Sam’s solo work continues to resonate with audiences across Europe and the United States. His journey, from opening for Indigo Girls and Alanis Morissette to serving as a firefighter in Tennessee adds depth to his narrative, making this album more than just music. Coming Home is now available on all streaming platforms. Sam Bettens is available for interviews, features, and guest contributions. Performing Arts, Careers, Entertainment, Personal Development, Inspirational, Motivational, Pop Culture, TV & Film, Variety
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Andreas Farmakalidis
Hi, this is Andreas Farmakalidis — small business owner, music educator, and candidate for California State Assembly District 40. I’d love the opportunity to join your show to discuss local economic issues, education funding, business ai and what voters in the Valley are really concerned about right now. I bring both a business and community perspective, La
Andreas Farmakalidis is a business leader, educator, musician, and community advocate based in California’s San Fernando Valley. Known for his work bridging education, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement, he has built a reputation as a practical problem-solver focused on economic opportunity, educational access, and strengthening local communities. He is currently a candidate for California State Assembly, where he is campaigning on restoring education funding, supporting small businesses, and promoting responsible economic growth. Originally from Cyprus, Andreas brings an international perspective shaped by European policy experience alongside American business leadership. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Harvard University and a Master’s degree in Education from Brandeis University. His academic background informs his policy approach, combining economic analysis, education reform, and community-centered governance. Andreas is the co-founder of California MusicBox and MusicBox MusicShop. He is dedicated to making high-quality music education accessible and affordable. Under his leadership, these programs have served students of all ages — from early childhood enrichment to college-level training — with a focus on creativity, career readiness, and cultural appreciation. He has been actively involved in expanding these programs toward full accreditation while maintaining a mission centered on innovation and real-world opportunity. Before entering education leadership full-time, Andreas was an award-winning touring musician, songwriter, and producer. His work has received national recognition, including honors from major songwriting competitions and industry organizations. This creative background continues to shape his educational philosophy, emphasizing discipline, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the arts. He also teaches college-level courses on music business, production, and emerging technology, including artificial intelligence applications in music. Beyond education and business, Andreas is deeply involved in civic leadership throughout the Valley. He serves as Chair of the North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, representing local businesses, entrepreneurs, and community stakeholders. In that role, he advocates for economic vitality, workforce development, and policies that support sustainable growth for small businesses. He is also active in Rotary community initiatives, nonprofit fundraising, and regional development efforts. Family is central to Andreas’s life and public service motivation. He and his wife Alexis — a music professional and business partner — are raising their children in the Valley, which further drives his commitment to community safety, education quality, and economic stability for future generations. He often emphasizes that strong communities are built through family support, local business success, and accessible education. Lastly Andreas received a presidential award. Today, Andreas continues to combine his roles as entrepreneur, educator, musician, and civic leader. Whether advocating for business owners, teaching students, or engaging voters on policy issues, his focus remains consistent: practical solutions, community collaboration, and long-term investment in education and economic opportunity. |
Richard Kuhns
My journey began in a place of despair. I battled Morgellons‑like symptoms of relentless 24/7 itching and biting sensations that felt the bite was to the bone. I was desperate for relief. That struggle became the catalyst for transformation. Instead of giving up, I turned my experience into a mission: to create powerful, science‑driven skin formulations that support the skin from the inside out. The result was a line of super charged skin care products that clean the skin from the inside out. Warts, rashes, and redness become history while also delivering everything people expect from premium skincare—hydration, radiance, and a smoother, more youthful appearance. At the heart of these formulations is an ingredient once believed to be impossible: liquid bioform carbon. This breakthrough component became the foundation for products that not only nourish the skin but also help restore its natural balance and vitality. What began as personal misery evolved into a purpose‑driven entrepreneurial journey—one focused on helping others reclaim confidence in their skin. My name is Richard Kuhns, and I would welcome the opportunity to share a story that blends personal transformation, scientific curiosity, and the creation of a skincare line that grew out of one of the most challenging chapters of my life. My work sits at the intersection of lived experience and hands‑on innovation, and I believe your audience would find both the journey and the discoveries compelling. My background is in chemical engineering, and for many years I lived a very different life than the one I lead today. Everything changed when I began searching for answers to a set of persistent and deeply distressing skin issues that affected my quality of life in profound ways. Traditional approaches did not bring the relief I hoped for, and I found myself pushed into a position where I had to rely on my own resourcefulness, research, and willingness to experiment. That period became the catalyst for everything that followed. During that search, I encountered a unique liquid carbon material I named, Nature’s Gift. I did not create this ingredient, but I immediately recognized its potential. Nothing I had tested behaved quite like it. Its ability to support deep cleansing and help the skin feel renewed sparked a new direction for me. I began formulating products around it, testing combinations, refining textures, and exploring how this ingredient could be incorporated into a complete skincare system. What started as a personal project gradually evolved into something much larger. The result is my Beauty Forever skincare line, a salon grade collection built around this liquid carbon foundation. Over time, I saw how these formulations supported the skin’s ability to feel cleaner, clearer, and more balanced. Users often reported that their skin looked healthier, that stubborn issues improved in appearance, and that they felt more confident with less makeup. These observations encouraged me to continue refining the formulas and expanding the line. The products are designed to work from the surface inward, helping dissolve buildup, cleanse deeply, and support the skin’s natural clarity. After years of real world use, I have come to believe that these are some of the most effective products ever formulated. My journey also led me to write a book titled How to Get Your Life Back from Morgellons. The book reflects my personal experience and the strategies that helped me navigate an extremely difficult period. It has received more than 260 four and five star reviews on Amazon, and many readers have shared that it offered them comfort, direction, or simply the feeling that they were not alone. While I am not a medical professional, I speak from lived experience and from the perspective of someone who had to find his own way forward when answers were hard to come by. As a guest, I can offer your audience a conversation that is both informative and deeply human. I can discuss why modern science claims liquid carbon cannot exist, how this remarkable material does exist, and how it powers my super charged skincare line, along with the personal journey that shaped my work. I can also speak to the emotional and psychological side of facing a condition that is poorly understood, and how that experience can fuel innovation and resilience. My goal is not only to share the story of these products, but also to offer hope to people who feel overlooked or unheard. Your platform reaches individuals who are searching for solutions, inspiration, or simply a new perspective. I would be honored to contribute to that. If this resonates with you, I would be thrilled to connect and explore the possibility of joining you as a guest. Beauty, Alternative Health, Emotional Health and Freedom, Personal Development, Religion, Science, Motivational, Technology
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Richard Kuhns is a chemical engineer turned high‑performance wellness innovator whose career spans engineering, human behavior, authorship, and breakthrough consumer products. He began in chemical engineering before shifting into hypnosis and stress management, where he spent nearly two decades helping thousands of people stop smoking, manage weight, overcome fears, build self esteem, and reduce stress through biofeedback and mind‑body techniques. Richard’s engineering mindset shaped his unconventional approach to emotional resilience and personal transformation. He has authored several books that challenge traditional thinking and offer practical, experience‑driven insights, including works on self esteem, weight management, anxiety, spirituality, and misunderstood health conditions. His writing reflects a rare blend of analytical thinking and real‑world problem solving. His personal journey through complex skin challenges pushed him to explore solutions far outside conventional boundaries. This led to the development of a radical dietary protocol and, eventually, to the creation of a proprietary carbon‑based ingredient that became the foundation of his most groundbreaking work. Richard is also known for his engaging TikTok series Zen for the Day and Relationship Killers, where he blends humor, clarity, and practical wisdom. Beyond wellness, he is the inventor and manufacturer of Waterloov, a patented gutter guard system recognized for its performance and durability. Today, Richard is best known as the creator of the super charged Beauty Forever skin care line — a high‑energy, next‑level system designed to do everything top skin care products promise while taking a bold leap ahead of them. Built around his proprietary carbon‑based ingredient, Beauty Forever supports deep cleansing from the surface inward, helping the skin shed buildup, impurities, and debris so it can look clearer, smoother, and more refined. Users often share that their skin appears brighter, more balanced, and less dependent on makeup, with stubborn surface concerns improving in appearance over time. Beauty Forever represents Richard’s signature approach: engineering precision, fearless innovation, and a commitment to creating products that push far beyond the expected. Richard Kuhns brings a dynamic mix of science, lived experience, and practical innovation — making him a compelling guest for conversations about transformation, resilience, breakthrough ideas, and the future of high‑performance skin care.
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Gray Weller
The Baking Brigade™ is a brand-new children’s book series that invites young readers into a magical, joyful world where baking, imagination, and friendship come alive. At the heart of the story is Edie, an orphan girl who comes to live above a bakery with her long-lost grandparents and her best friend, an irrepressible toy hamster named Douglas. One day, Edie is given a pair of Magical Red Slippers. The moment she slips them on, the kitchen bursts into life and the utensils become The Baking Brigade, a mischievous, loving crew who guide her through adventure, laughter, and discovery. Edie learns to trust her baking instincts and soon finds that life, like baking a delectable cake, always needs one essential ingredient - Love. Full of warmth, humour, and wonder, The Baking Brigade uses baking as a playful metaphor for life, where things don’t always go to plan, but with curiosity, kindness, and a little courage, something beautiful can always be made. A Children’s Book Series Baked for Ages 5–10 The Baking Brigade™ is the first in a series of richly illustrated books for children aged 5–10. Each story includes a unique detachable baking recipe card, inviting children to step out of the pages and into their own kitchens, taking the 2D world of reading into the shared 3D world of doing and away from screens. Children will fall in love with the world’s quirky characters, gentle magic, and laugh-out-loud moments. Adults will love how naturally the stories open up space for conversation, creativity, and togetherness. Through teamwork, friendship, resilience, and self-belief, young readers absorb meaningful life lessons as part of the fun. Children will “eat up” the subtle life lessons and wholesome morals “baked into” each story. Importantly, it explores the concept that baking is therapy, accessible by all. The detachable recipe cards transform the stories into shared experiences, encouraging children to bake alongside parents, grandparents, and carers, who embrace the books as they spark action, transforming children from imaginative readers to active doers. Children will clamour to recreate the books’ magical universe in their own kitchens. A lively audiobook edition brings the world to life through voice, music, and storytelling, perfect for bedtime listening or long car journeys. More Than a Book, It’s A Lifestyle The Baking Brigade is a growing story universe. Alongside the publishing programme, an animated musical adaptation is in development, expanding the world into song, movement, and visual storytelling. At its heart, the project celebrates simple, joyful rituals: Reading together Baking together Talking together Laughing / failing / learning togetherIn a world increasingly shaped by screens, The Baking Brigade invites families back into shared, imaginative, real-life experiences, where stories don’t just stay on the page, but in kitchens, conversations, and most importantly flour encrusted faces. Key themes include: Imagination and magic in everyday life Friendship and teamwork Family and intergenerational connection Creativity through baking Storytelling as joy and comfortThe Baking Brigade™ publishes January 15, 2026. Review copies, interviews, images, and press materials available. Literature, Visual Arts, K-12, Entertainment, Games & Hobbies, Kids & Family, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development
Gray Weller is the CEO of Cariad House and was inspired to write this book to get children off screens and into real life doing real things like baking and interacting with family with love and passion for doing things. |






