Accessing new ideas and possibilities in Westfall’s narrative is simpler than readers will find in other self-help books because Easier is told as a relatable, straightforward conversation between a Client and a Coach. The Client is ambushed at work. He’s fired on a Monday morning. He believes his wife will leave him as a result. He’s afraid that he can’t pay his bills. From this life-after-career-death story, new discoveries bloom, revealing 60 insights into resilience, resourcefulness, self-leadership and more. With each new concept, readers can find their perspectives shifting from “How will I ever get through this?” to “What can I gain from this?” Westfall’s insights can be applied not just to the workplace, but to all walks of life.

Chris Westfall is one of the most sought-after business coaches and keynote speakers in the world. He helped launch over five dozen businesses and has appeared on ABC NEWS, NBC TV and CNN. A regular contributor to Forbes, he has worked with thousands of leaders at Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organizations and high-tech startups. A coach to entrepreneurs and executives around the globe, his clients have appeared on Shark Tank, Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank-Australia. He regularly consults with top-tier universities and is the author of three other books, including Leadership Language.

Hugh McTavish is running for Governor of Minnesota with the Independence-Alliance Party, Jesse Ventura's former party.  He will talk about his proposal of Jury Democracy to give power back to the people and have large juries of randomly selected citizens make policy decisions for government and about his other innovative proposals, particularly to govern with the goal of happiness instead of GDP growth, to improve policing, and to restore our environment by rewilding a large portion of our land.  

Hugh McTavish is the candidate for Governor of Minnesota of the Independence-Alliance Party, Jesse Ventura's former party.  He is a Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist and patent attorney, has authored 18 scientific journal articles, is the inventor on 21 patents, has authored three books on public policy and nature, and has founded two pharmaceutical companies off his own inventions.  His latest book is COVID Lockdown Insanity, which documents how vastly the harms of the lockdowns exceeded any benefits.  Now he is running for Governor of Minnesota with his innovative proposal of Jury Democracy to give power back to the people and his idea to govern with the goal of happiness instead of GDP growth.

NOLAs Finest Pet Care llc, Louisiana's first bi black-owned pet business that recently launched "Ask the Pet Expert," a feature allowing pet parents to book a private zoom session and receive tailored advice and tips (media experiences available). A self-taught artist offering unique products for pets & pet lovers that offers functionality, quality, art & culture, Twila's shop is the only business in the area that makes human-grade gourmet pet treats from scratch via Doordash. 

Born and raised in Uptown, New Orleans, C.E.O. founder, artist, & fur mom, Twila has 9yrs of professional pet care experience & basically a lifetime of being a fur mom. Her expertise are cats & dogs. Twila has fostering experience and has cared for furkids in every life stage. NOLAs Finest Pet Care llc is Louisiana's first bi black-owned pet care business.

Founders:

Richard Gray - Independent filmmaker, producer, and director

Carter Boehm - Audio and Visual production; Real Estate and Land Developer; Producer

Colin Davis - Co-founder & Owner, Chico Hot Springs Resort, Montana & Landowner

After healing from over 31 surgical procedures, battling chronic pain management, and keeping depression at bay, Geralyn Ritter has climbed her way back to a life of happiness and healing. Now, you can find her ringing the NYSE bell and organizing events championing for women’s health. But it was a hard-won battle to leave the hospital and be with her family and friends again, which she details in her new memoir, Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing [Out June 28, 2022 with Core Media Group]. 

It made nationwide news. On May 12, 2015 an Amtrak train derailed traveling to New York City, killing 8 passengers and injuring over 200. Geralyn Ritter was one of those passengers. Her pelvis was shattered and all her organs were pushed up by her heart. Her story begins with this fateful accident and details every resilient step she took to make it to home and back to her family. She goes further to describe her fight to get prescription medications and adjust to her husband as a caregiver. 

A women's healthcare policy advocate and expert as well as a first-hand trauma survivor, Geralyn Ritter can uniquely speak to: 

Please let me know if you would be interested in receiving a copy of Bone by Bone or speaking with Geralyn Ritter.

A recognized expert in healthcare policy, Geralyn Ritter is executive vice president at Organon & Co., a new Fortune 500 healthcare company dedicated to the health of women. She was formerly senior vice-president at Merck & Co., Inc., one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. She has spearheaded global government affairs and policy, led initiatives on corporate governance and corporate responsibility, created and launched a widely acclaimed half-billion-dollar philanthropic initiative to end preventable maternal deaths around the globe, and served as President of the Merck Foundation. In 2020, on behalf of Merck, Geralyn accepted the Disability Employer of the Year award. She is now the author of a memoir about her recovery from the 2015 Amtrak derailment titles, Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing.

Caught up in the relentless pace of modern life, the demands of work, family and finances can, at times, leave us feeling overwhelmed. The demanding pace of life fosters anxiety, depression, restlessness, anger, irritability or unhealthy habits, like overeating, overworking and addictions. All too often, the daily grind can leave us struggling to keep up, with little or no time for self-care or reflection. We find ourselves merely existing, not living the life we wish to live.

In her new book, A Deeper Wellness, Dr. Monica Vermani provides the tools to create a deep, authentic sense of wellbeing. Drawing from her 25 years of clinical practice, Dr. Vermani takes readers through her tried and true steps of creating incremental, meaningful change. In 18 clear and succinct ‘chapters,’ the author guides readers through healing their pain and trauma, recognizing and confronting the thoughts and behaviors that stand in the way of their happiness and connecting to their authentic self. 

Inspiring and guiding readers to create deep, transformational change in their life, A Deeper Wellness provides a focused, and practical path to healing the past, dealing with the present and building an authentic, connected future — and creating for themselves a lasting, deeper wellness.

Drawing from her decades of expertise as a clinical psychologist and key themes in the book, Dr. Vermani is available for interviews to discuss topics including: 

·         How Do We Know When Our Mental Health Needs Attention?

·         Understanding Our Negative Thoughts and How to Break the Cycles That Lead to Fear and Self-Doubt

·         Do We Really Understand Our Stress? The Four Actionable Tools to Cope and Thrive

·         Are You Trapped in A Cycle of Panic? How to Shift into a Healthy Cycle to Control Feelings of High Anxiety

·         Can People Actually Take Control of Their Mental Health?

·         What’s Feeding Your Anger Funnel? Challenging Your Anger to Spark Meaningful Change in Your Life

·         The Phantom in The Conference Room: Exploring the Causes and Solutions to Workplace Absenteeism Due to Mental Health Issues

·         Dive into Specific Practices and Their Benefits for Anxiety, Stress and Other Mental Health Issues including Mindfulness Medication, CBT, EMDR, Breath-Body-Mind Practice

·         Can People Actually Heal Traumas, Like PTSD, or Are We Never Truly Free from Our Past Hurts?

One of Canada’s highest-rated clinical psychologists, Dr. Monica Vermani is a public speaker, teacher, and author in the field of mental health and wellness. In her private practice, Dr. Vermani provides a multi-faceted treatment approach in treating adolescents and adults suffering from trauma/abuse, mood, anxiety, substance addictions, and other related conditions and disorders, as well as family and couples therapy. She employs a dynamic range of techniques and evidence-based treatment modalities, including psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, (CBT), Mindfulness Meditation – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Breath~Body~Mind (BBM), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming (EMDR). 

Dr. Vermani’s Start Living Corporate Wellness programs were created out of her belief in the importance of good mental health in the workplace. Start Living Corporate Wellness programs support and facilitate individuals’ efforts to overcome the barriers that prevent them from living their best and most authentic life.

Dr. Vermani’s game-changing Start Living Corporate Wellness programs address the underlying mental health issues that impact individual employees and teams. Through a dynamic suite of psycho-education, training, and support, Start Living Corporate Wellness programs keep employees engaged, supported, happy, and whole.

Dr. Vermani believes that good mental health doesn’t just happen, that it deserves the same time, attention, understanding, and effort as our physical wellbeing. To that end, Dr. Vermani’s latest book, A Deeper Wellness, and its companion online A Deeper Wellness Life Lessons mental health program provide the tools to create a deep, authentic sense of wellness and wellbeing. Drawing from her 25 years of clinical practice, she takes readers through the same tried and true multi-disciplinary approach to treatment that has been successful in creating incremental, meaningful change for hundreds of patients and groups.

Peg has been sober for 34 years. She believes that philosophy helped her to get and remain sober, but she avoided Alcoholics Anonymous for the first 20 years of her sobriety because of the concept of a “higher power.” Now, Dr. O’Connor is the author of the forthcoming book, Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering (Wildhouse Publications, September 1, 2022). 

In Higher and Friendly Powers, Peg O’Connor, PhD, addresses an audience much like herself: those in recovery who have struggled with the Christian-centric God at the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous. She brings our attention to a little-known fact: the term “higher power,” a touchstone in the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, was coined by William James, philosopher, psychologist, and intellectual giant of the early 20th century. 

Drawing from her expertise in addiction studies and key themes from her book, Dr. O’Connor can discuss:

•               Understanding the Concept of “Higher Power” at the Heart of the 12-Step Program 

•               Why There Must Be Multiple Paths out of Addiction and No One is the Best or Right

•               Why Needs in Recovery Change over Time

•               Are Some People More Susceptible to Addiction

•               Undertaking Spiritual Recovery in AA without a Religious Denomination

•               The Barriers People Face When Seeking Treatment for Addiction

•               How to Talk to People About Their Alcohol or Drug Use

•               Changing Your Relationships with Addictive Substances and Behaviors

•               Good Without God: Recognizing the Difference Between Spirituality and Religion  

Please let me know if you would like to connect on an interview with Dr. Peg O’Connor.

Peg O’Connor, PhD, is a recovering alcoholic of 34 years and has been a Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN for 27 years. She believes that philosophy helped her to get and remain sober. She avoided Alcoholics Anonymous for the first 20 years of her sobriety because of the concept of a “higher power.”  Dr. O’Connor is the author of the new book, Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering (Wildhouse Publications, 2022) and Life on the Rocks: Finding Meaning in Addiction and Recovery (Central Recovery Press, 2016). She also writes a column, “Philosophy Stirred, Not Shaken,” for Psychology Today that has nearly 2,000,000 total views and select columns have appeared in the print publication. 

Author, speaker, CEO and podcast host, Judy Gaman, was so busy as a 3rd generation workaholic that she didn't even notice life was passing her by. While working on the book Age to Perfection: How to Thrive to 100, Happy, Healthy, and Wise she interviewed centenarian, Lucille Fleming. What started as a short meeting about what it took for Lucille to make it to 100, soon turned into an incredible friendship that spanned nearly four years. Lucille's wisdom, humor, and love of life completely changed the trajectory of Judy's future. In her Best-selling and award-winning memoir, Love, Life, and Lucille: Lessons Learned from a Centenarian, Judy leaves her readers laughing, crying, and finding a renewed sense of perspective. 

Here are a few things that Judy Gaman can discuss:

Judy Gaman is the CEO of Executive Medicine of Texas, author of 7 award-winning books, a national speaker, and the host of the Stay Young America! podcast. She holds a BS in Health Sciences from The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a MSPS from GW, and a graduate certificate in Strategic Management from Harvard Extension School. Judy is featured in the media, including Fox News Radio, quite often as a Healthy Living Expert. Learn More About Judy Gaman

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Please feel free to accept my invitation to join your audience for a solid discussion regarding moving abroad and building a company from scratch in Costa Rica. I am available at your earliest convenience to discuss advanced telemarketing strategy, conflict management, interpersonal soft skills, customer support, rhetoric, gamification, employee motivation and phonetic micro expression reading.

Richard’s journey in the call center space is filled with twists and turns. When he was 27 years old, he relocated to Costa Rica to train employees for one of the larger call centers in San Jose. With a mix of motivational public speaking style backed by tactful and appropriate rhetoric, Richard shared his knowledge and trained over 10 000 bilingual telemarketers.  Richard Blank has the largest collection of restored American Pinball machines and antique Rockola Jukeboxes in Central America making gamification a strong part of CCC culture.Richard Blank is the Chief Executive Officer for Costa Rica’s Call Center since 2008.

Mr. Richard Blank holds a bachelors degree in Communication and Spanish from the University of Arizona and a certificate of language proficiency from the University of Sevilla, Spain. A Keynote speaker for Philadelphia's Abington High School 68th National Honors Society induction ceremony. Giving back to Abington Senior High School is very important to Mr. Blank. As such, he endows a scholarship each year for students that plan on majoring in a world language at the university level.