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Title: The Fire Within: Courage, Faith & the Saxophone Soul of Lakecia Benjamin
How music, faith, and fearless living ignite one of jazz’s brightest voices.
In this electrifying episode of Sound Pathways, Dr. Karen Olson sits down with the unstoppable Lakecia Benjamin—5x GRAMMY-nominated saxophonist, composer, and UN Global Ambassador of Music. From her Papa’s early influence to surviving a life-threatening car accident in 2021, Lakecia shares how courage, faith, and the healing power of sound shaped her journey.
Seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and NPR’s Tiny Desk, and headlining sold-out performances from the Hollywood Bowl to the Newport Jazz Festival, Lakecia continues to blaze a trail as one of the defining voices of her generation. Fierce on stage yet tender at heart, she embodies what it means to rise to the top with brilliance, purpose, and a heart of gold.
At its core, this episode celebrates creating and living your dream — a journey Lakecia Benjamin embodies with every note she plays.
🌟 Lakecia Benjamin — 5x GRAMMY-Nominated Saxophonist, Composer & UN Global Ambassador of Music
New York–based saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin is a 5x GRAMMY-nominated powerhouse whose magnetic blend of jazz, soul, and funk has captivated audiences worldwide. With a tone often compared to Johnny Hodges and a fiery, onstage presence, Lakecia has headlined the Hollywood Bowl, the Newport Jazz Festival, and major stages around the globe.
She has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and NPR’s Tiny Desk, and tours internationally with sold-out shows across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. A passionate composer, arranger, and bandleader, she has worked with icons including Clark Terry, Terri Lyne Carrington, Gregory Porter, and Robert Glasper, and served as Music Director for the NEA Jazz Masters Concert.
Following her acclaimed albums Pursuance: The Coltranes and Phoenix (produced by Terri Lyne Carrington), Lakecia continues to break boundaries—embodying faith, courage, and the transformative power of music.
Endorsed by Vandoren, Yanagisawa, Key Leaves, Sennheiser, and Conn & Selmer, Lakecia Benjamin stands as one of today’s defining voices in contemporary jazz—a true ambassador of sound, resilience, and inspiration.
Title: What You Possess, Possesses You
When we accumulate and own our things, we obligate ourselves to a responsibility of protection and control of those things. Often, we do not realize that on our steadfast desire to hold on to something you cannot even imagine giving up, at this point it begins its process of possessing you. One of the first things we learned in kindergarten, no matter how much it is worth, you cannot take it with you when you leave. Even in protecting our items have you ever imagined how much energy and focus it takes just to keep it? Join us for another exciting Angel Talk radio show, sponsored by The Living Light Center a Church of Faith and Healing.
When I was in my early twenties, I was inspired to make three intentions I would happen
in my Life. They were outrageous and magical: I wanted to Heal. I wanted to do Kundalini
Yoga (not knowing ANYTHING about that style of yoga). And finally converse with plants.
That was it – call it a bucket list or Life direction. And it happened and is unfolding.
So when I’m not in a relationship of Healing with another, I am in my ideal home and land
in Payette Idaho. YAY! I do sadhana every morning (yoga / breathing practice) It clarifies
my movement and energy for the day along with weightlifting 2-3 times a week.
This is me, this is what I emanate, love and live.
Halloween Encore Tonight!
Join me on The Cathy Durant Show for a special rebroadcast featuring acclaimed authors Chris Grosso and Preston Fassel, creators of the chilling horror novel Necessary Death.
We’ll dive into what drives the horror and sci-fi genres from page to screen a perfect Halloween treat for every fan who loves spine-tingling stories.
Watch Tonight: 8 PM – 9 PM EST
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The conversation continues as Dr. Frances Rahaim and Dr. Kucherov dive deeper into treatment options, emotional resilience, and strategies for managing fertility costs without sacrificing future goals. This second half brings practical insight and hope to anyone navigating the intersection of fertility and finance.
Fitness Pioneer, Consultant & Educator, inventor of Nautilus & MedX equipment
Bill Crawford has been a leader and visionary in fitness since 1977. In 2012, Bill was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame for his life’s work and was elected to chair the board from 2015 - 2017.In 2016& 2017,Bill represented the NFHOF in Washington D.C. at the Surgeon General's Call to Action for the "Step it Up" Program in collaboration with the American College of Sports Medicine, CDC, ACE, MFA, and others. This historic event featured Regina Benjamin, the 18th U.S. Surgeon General and Vivek Murthy, the 19thU.S. Surgeon General, along with leadership from Congress, the health care system, and the fitness industry. In 2019, I received the Arthur Jones Lifetime Achievement Award from the Resistance Exercise Conference.
Bill was certified for musculoskeletal evaluation and rehabilitation at the Exercise Science Center, University of Florida in Gainesville,Florida and was personally trained and endorsed by the late Arthur Jones, the inventor of Nautilus and MedX.In the 1970’s, Bill pioneered some of the first Nautilus clubs in the Los Angeles area implementing high intensity training principles and was one of the key players in the ignition of the fitness boom. Over the past 42 years, Bill has provided strength and fitness training for thousands, exercising muscles in isolation to muscle failure with equalized resistance through the full range of motion using a safe and effective protocol. You may have seen his national TV ads for the Resistance Chair, his features on CNN and Fox News, or read his stories and articles in countless publications. Bill is a recognized fitness columnist, consultant, lecturer, and educator.He worked with the U.S. Navy which led to the development of his Gym To Go programs featured in Men’s Fitness magazine. Bill has trained major sports teams, athletes, Hollywood celebrities and developed the careers of many fitness professionals.
Bill was born and raised in the Rocky Mountain town of Ouray, Colorado where being fit is incidental to the environment. He spent his youth competitive skiing, hiking and climbing fourteen thousand foot mountains. Bill has received numerous accolades as a longtime community leader in municipalities across the country investing valuable time serving in law enforcement, public safety, search and rescue, boards, committees, and volunteer organizations.
Bill has owned and developed fitness centers around the world. Since 1997, Basic Training Med X has been located in Scottsdale, Arizona and is owned and operated by Bill and his wife Debbie. Today,the Crawford’s clients enjoy their dedication to personal service, state-of-the-art Med X and Nautilus equipment and evidence-based weight resistance and cardiovascular exercise programs for strength, balance, mobility, weight loss, enhanced quality of life and good health. Their knowledge and motivational skills help clients attain their fitness goals by tailoring a program for everyone’s individual needs. People travel from around the world to train at their elite strength training and fitness center. There is no substitute for the decades of Bill’s practical experience and expertise. As a world-renowned strength trainer and fitness expert, Bill continues to passionately promote the benefits of weight resistance exercise and fitness worldwide.
Lead Singer of the Alternative Rock Band 42 Out
Matt, the lead guitarist for 42 Out has been singing since his childhood winning various awards and competitions, played venues and small festivals all over the county growing up. He’s taught music to children and adults and volunteered as a musician for various veteran groups and other charities. Matt has brought numerous originals to the band with his talent in song writing and collaboration Matt has that much needed grunge voice for the 42 Out music set list!
Organizational Psychologist, Inspirational Speaker, Network TV Commentator, Author
Dr. Marissa is an Organizational Psychologist, Inspirational Speaker, Network TV Commentator on topics of Grief Hope and Happiness, #1 Bestselling Author of 8 Ways to Happiness from Wherever You Are, and Celebrity Host of #1 NBC News Radio and iHeartRadio syndicated morning show “Take My Advice, I’m Not Using It: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa” and she has been dubbed the Asian Oprah!
Dr. Marissa Pei has keynoted on a plethora of large stages, including the largest venues in the world including Carnegie Hall, LA and LB and Anaheim Convention Centers and internationally across Africa, India, China, Philippines and Brazil for the most success organizations in the world. She is a master at creating specialized talks that take into account the specific audience she is addressing.
“I know from experience…when you grow up being told you are fat ugly and clumsy, you believe it and that BS Belief System picks up speed when your wasband tells his friends you are obese and then cheats on you…and all the while, the voice in your head says that it’s true, you are good for nothing, a piece of shitake, worthless and no matter how much you achieve, you willl never be enough. BUT I am here to tell you that that is BS!!
I wrote 8 Ways to Happiness as a map to claim their birthright to happiness!! Because statistics show that 7 out of 10 of us have had childhood trauma, because our parents were raised by their imperfect parents and so on and so on…but the BUCK STOPS RIGHT OVER…HERE! With ME and YOU!! Actually Oprah, my honorable moniker says it’s 8 out of 10 and some psychologists today say it’s as high as 90%…either way WE ARE THE MAJORITY!! SO why do we, the majority, think there is something wrong with us?! That we are damaged goods, or we will never catch up and be successful?! More Bull-Shitake!! So it’s TIME!!
AND because my life motto is don’t die wondering, there are a myriad of ways in which to access my koolaid…have me speak at your corporate conference, your annual company strategic planning day, your women’s organization, your professional networking event, as a guest on your TV or Radio/Podcast show, as your executive coach, your personal happiness coach, or any combination thereof!
I’m on a Happy88 Mission…88 million more happy people in the next 8 years and I have already had to adjust the number up as it used to be 8 million but I surpassed that number with my speaking and booksignings in the Philippines and China…yes I was 10 miles from Wuhan November 2019…but no virus! AND now I am HAPPY to be back on the road touring.
I am looking for international publishing companies to bring my 8 Ways to Happiness Book/Program/Process into different languages now!
And if you are someone who is carrying their pain from their past into their present and future and is tired of being unhappy most of the time. I know your pain, and I know that PAIN in life is mandatory…but SUFFERING is OPTIONAL. So if you are ready to stop making excuses and start making juice from this thing called LIFE let’s catch the Gospel according to NIKE…JUST DO IT!!”
Security-Protection Specialist, Executive Protection Agent, Counterintelligence Threat Specialist, Private Investigator
About Frank A. Roberson
BLACK RHINO GROUP, LLC
Black Rhino embodies the extensive experience and expertise of seasoned executive protection agents, investigators and counterintelligence threat analysts. In the past, our team has experience protecting elected officials, military leaders, high profile CEO’s and ultra high net worth individuals around the world.
Our elite team of protectors and investigators excels in delivering high-level protection and background services to address a diverse spectrum of threats. Whether you require protection for your family, mitigation of risks such as, specialized threat assessments or advance planning, Black Rhino offers professional services professional services dedicated to safeguarding and protecting people.
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EXECUTIVE PROTECTION
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SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SEMINAR (Classroom Setting)
FRANK A. ROBERSON, CEO, CSO
Executive Protection Agent
Counterintelligence Threat Specialist
Private Investigator
Over his 20 year career as an executive protection agent, Frank has protected elected officials, high profile CEO’s and ultra wealthy individuals and families. He is a sought after expert on protection advance operational strategies and protective intelligence.
Frank serves on the exclusive Board of Executive Protection Professionals, is a Texas licensed Personal Protection Officer, Certified Security Manager & Private investigator.. Frank also serves as a member of the National Security Policy & Analysis Organization and Society for Defense and Strategic Studies. Frank’s presentation on identity theft, reputation management and situational awareness is a fun but powerful in-depth look at what we call the “Black Rhino” that can affect our everyday lives and those around us.
Recently, Frank has been added to the speaker series with the Strategic Warfare and Tactics Club, a counterintelligence organization who hosts the Counterintelligence & Insider Threat Conference.
Frank lives in Arlington, TX with his wife, Christy and their four dogs. When he has down time, Frank plays golf and draws custom cartoons for his successful online cartoon business.
Light Language Channeler, Galactic Contact, Akashic & Psychic Healer, Reiki Master, Kundalini Yoga Guru, Tarot Maestro, Astrological Diviner
My guest Althea Lucrezia is a Light Language Channeler, Galactic Contact, Akashic & Psychic Healer, Reiki Practitioner, Kundalini Yoga teacher, plus Tarot & Divination Astrologer. She was born in Milan, Italy and has travelled and worked perfecting her craft worldwide eventually settling in South Africa. Althea has had psychic & intuitive insight and prophetic dreaming from a young age and decided to pursue this as a career. Her specialty is Light Language channeled in all forms – written, drawn, sung, spoken, and signed. Althea does a lot of timeline clearing on both an individual and collective level. She channels 5D and up higher dimensional frequency codes and anchors them in the Third/Fourth Dimensional matrix construct to help raise the planetary frequency.
Galactic Numerologist, Intuitive Soul Path Coach, Intuitive Coach
As the Galactic Numerologist and Intuitive Soul Path Coach, Denise serves as Ambassador for the Evolution of Consciousness, guiding visionaries, Starseeds, and truth seekers to awaken their Higher Self connection, and to align with the soul path they are here to embody and express in this lifetime.
In her offerings and speaking engagements, she serves as a pure conduit and channel for Source Codes, transmitting advanced evolutionary frequencies through Light Language.
Through these transformational energies, Denise empowers individuals to reclaim and embody their birthright of Divine Wholeness and Unity as Creator Beings, activating and restoring joyful, fulfilling lives rooted in their Divine Truth and the destiny they came to live.
Drawing from her cosmic lineage, she co-creates with a vast network of multi-universal Divine Beings – Intergalactic Councils, Angels, Archangels, Ascended Masters, Cosmic Beings, Dragons, Elementals, Crystals, and the living intelligence of Nature, all supporting the expansion of consciousness on Earth.
Medium, Author, Spiritualist
When I was very young, I remember being scared to go to bed at night. Mortified. Spirit came to visit me, but I was too young to understand it. Bedtime was a nightmare I lived awake. Eventually, Spirit understood I wasn’t going to be a channel for them, and left me alone for good.
I went on to live a very normal life, very analytical and left-brain. I got an Undergraduate degree, a Master’s degree and half a Doctorate. I climbed the corporate ladder. I opened three small businesses. I enjoyed managing, leading projects, and living and orderly, yet adventurous life! I was not spiritual at all, AT ALL, and never considered myself creative. I rolled my eyes when someone suggested I meditate.
But one thing was missing. I could not get pregnant.
My husband and I went to three fertility clinics over the course of 3 years. My 30th birthday approached. It was the pandemic. My parents gifted me the amazing gift, of, what I thought at the time, a yoga retreat.
It ended up being a spiritual and meditation retreat. They took a picture of my aura. (a picture of my what!!?). We did rituals. We meditated. I left that week changed. It opened up a tiny little spiritual window inside me, just enough to let air in.
I dove into spirituality. I had my dark night of the soul, and emerged of it… pregnant!
I started getting interested in mediumship, just out of curiosity. I took a class, but not much came of it. It was simple a fun learning experience.
Until I was in my third trimester.
It felt as if someone flipped a switch.
One night, I was practicing, and I could hear Spirit loud and clear.
Just like that, I was able to communicate with passed loved ones. Everything I thought I knew, I thought I was and wasn’t capable of, out the window. I was no longer scared, I felt empowered.
I have since been on multiple courses and mentorship programs, practiced with over a 100 sitters before taking this professionally. I hear, sense, see and feel passed loved ones. I accompany a lot of family into healing processes.
My son was the gift of a lifetime, and he brought me my sense of purpose.
Founder of Astor Simovich Mental & Addiction Law . Mark was born and raised in the United Kingdom. He came to the US for college where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Michigan in 1990, his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University College of Law, and his Master of Laws Degree (L.L.M.) from American University.
Mark began his legal career as a Palm Beach County Assistant State Attorney and served as Chief of two different County Court Divisions and, thereafter, was promoted to a felony trial division.
He has handled thousands of cases ranging from first-degree misdemeanors to Capital Murder.
In February 2016, Mark formed a concierge law service dedicated to help families and individuals suffering from substance use and mental health disorders. Together with his experienced team, and using the tools and resources only available to an experienced practitioner, Mark has been witness to many individuals experiencing the miracle of HOPE and recovery.






